Okay, I'm revising this chapter because Guest gave me the correct translation to write the lyrics in Italian so I'm putting them in. I'm not changing anything else (Author's Notes or Chapter Content).
Okay, no one had a clue who Hada Antiguo, Estrella, Demonios Rojos, Pluma Negro, Negro Rosa, and La vida corriente so I'll go ahead and tell you who they are. Hada Antiguo is Ancient Fairy, Demonios Rojos is Red Demon's, Estrella is Stardust although inSpanish estrella means star, Pluma Nergo isBlack Feather, Negro Rosa is Black Rose, and finally La vida corriente is Life stream. I had to leave out dragon or that would be a dead giveaway on who they were. Besides, I had to add the dragons in some way.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's.
It was three days after the group of friends escaped from 'Paradise Without Payment' and their encounters with the supernatural world was growing since Jezebel apparently had several contacts that belonged to a group of specially trained supernatural creatures that were deadly to any supernatural that was on their kill list. So far they had met a werewolf, the creature that turned Jezebel who was a vampire, a grim that hunted down all unfriendly super naturals, a grim reaper that kept the grim in check, a jinni which is a type of shape shifter, and a siren that seemed to have a history with the guys. Leo enjoyed talking to the grim, jinni, and siren to hear their wild tales while Luna liked hearing what the grim reaper had to say. All in all, everyone was getting used to staying with Jezebel. Everyone but Jack that is.
He still didn't trust Jezebel or the siren at all for two different reasons entirely. He didn't trust Jezebel because the blonde didn't trust witches that much since what happened with Charlette. As for the siren, Mirabel, they had never gotten along mainly because of Yusei. Mirabel was a beautiful young woman with vibrant red hair, electric blue eyes, and a slightly pale complexion. They had been getting along just fine until she humiliated him in the summer of 1870 in Italy all because of a comment he made.
Mirabel, Jack, Kalin, Misty, and the twins were all in the living room/area doing basically nothing but talking and getting to know each other for Mirabel, Misty, and the teal haired twins. Mirabel was casually lounging on a dark brown chaise lounge chair with the twins sitting on the floor in front of her while Misty and Kalin were on the love seat adjacent to the lounge chair, and Jack sat in ordinary red chair that clashed with the greens on the walls and in the paintings. The violet eyed man kept shooting glares at the young siren who caught on fairly quickly and decided to have some fun with this situation.
"Hey!" the siren's nearly songlike voice yelled. "Do you kids want to know how I met these fine young men, and some things that happened because of that fateful meeting?"
There was a mixture of responses from the group of immortals and mortals in the room. The two fourteen year olds were all for the idea for two different reasons; Luna thought it would give them more insight on what their older friends from Satellite had done before the meeting they had because of the Signer/Dark Signer War while Leo just wanted to hear an adventure story. Misty was interested but didn't want to seem nosey to her friends. Jack openly displayed his discontent and objection to the idea.
Kalin just gave the woman some advice, "Try and keep it PG-13. Luna and Leo don't need to know everything that we did during that time."
"I will, Kal," she assured the icy haired former dark signer. "Now this tale begins in the summer of 1870 in Italy before the Franco-Prussian War began…"
In the Italian city of Naples, there was an eighteen year old girl that lived in an abandoned house on the edge of the city. She lived here because it was close to the sea and was worried about what would happen if the rest of the city found out what she was. This young woman hadn't had a family since she was ten years of age by a man that was just trying to survive each passing day. The man was convicted of murder and hanged by the neck until pronounced dead which saddened the young girl who thought the man didn't mean to kill her family.
The woman had lived in the city her entire life which was a very short amount of time. Although the city was her home and the place where she was born, she felt more at home when she was in or near the sea. She couldn't explain why until she reached the ripe age of sixteen. That was the day she began to sing for money because someone had told her she was really good at it. She noticed that while she was singing the men and boys seemed almost as if they were hypnotized by her voice. It confused her for a few months before she realized the truth of the matter: she was a siren and could use her voice to control men to do her every wish.
That was nearly two years ago since then she had charmed nearly two hundred men and boys, and nobody had ever suspected what she was doing. Even though they hadn't begun to suspect, she knew she didn't want to chance it and make a mistake. She didn't even want to think about what they would do if they found out. Then again she could charm the men, and the women didn't have much of a voice in the community so she wouldn't have to worry about them. It all depended on how people found out and how many learned of her dark secret. She shook her head trying to rid of these thoughts so she could start the day's work. She had heard some sailors had arrived in the city from the country that had recently had a bloody civil war and were trying to get the war out of their system. She knew they could be the perfect catch since she was running low on papal liras.
She looked outside and noticed the sun had nearly risen above the land making her realize she could possibly be late to her post where she sang to the masses. She couldn't be late because Victor Emmanuel, the Italian king, would most likely take away heard right to perform to the people since their agreement was she would sing at certain hours to influence the people that everything was alright. If she didn't or was late for her performance, she would be imprisoned for months on end before being released at a date she wouldn't know.
What she didn't know was that this day wasn't going to be an ordinary day or performance because some of those sailors weren't the ordinary people that she thought they were. They were not in her city to escape the war they had recently fought in or to get involved in another war that she could see coming soon if the leaders weren't careful or decided to gain more land for their kingdom. They were in Naples, Italy for an entirely different reason that nobody could fathom if they just looked at them and judged them based on their rough appearance and first impression. All they assumed was that they were Americans that most likely wouldn't care for their city, customs, or traditions, but these sailors were more than that because they had been alive for nearly two hundred years, and one was on the run from the past and mistakes that they had made when they were less than twenty years of age. There were five of these sailors who were from the late seventeenth century in her beautiful city for reasons that remained unknown to all. There were four young men and a young woman that was younger than the men by two years.
The young siren finally arrived at her final destination that was old justice building that hadn't been used in half a century. Vines had begun to spring up on the walls of the building used to judge the guilty and the innocent depending on the crime and where the people were at the time of the crime. The vines had given the area new life that Mirabel loved to see when she performed for the people. The building its self was that of old life dying and new life being reborn in beauty which proved how much the city had grown in half a century. The building was more wooden than brick on the walls, but it was still one of the most beautiful buildings in the city in the red haired siren eyes. She began walking up the stairs to her podium to get ready for her first show of many she would do on this beautiful day. She had been mistaken about the hour because once she arrived she realized she had about thirty more minutes until her. She decided to sing to a few of the animals that wondered around the area.
Before she knew it, her thirty minutes were up, and people were in the streets waiting her to sing a song that was completely her own. She had done it a few times before when people asked to hear her original pieces, but it gave her more work to do so she rarely did sing original songs unless she had promised the crowd she would write something new for them. They were usually dedicated to someone in the crowd that she barely knew but always about love since love songs allowed her to control the male population easier. She had promised one small song a few days before on this day exact day.
She began to hum the song before she began to sing,
"Ci siamo incontrati in una bella giornata estiva,
è stato nei pressi della baia di Napoli,
tu eri il capitano di una piccola nave di pescatori,
mentre io ero una fanciulla in un viaggio di colpa.
Il bellissimo inizio di qualcosa di grande,
e nessuno di noi voleva aspettare.
Abbiamo deciso disposarci il settimo giorno di luglio, ma il fato aveva altre idee,
sotto forma di bellissimi angeli.
Ti sei innamorato di una di quelle bestie indesiderate che ha vinto il tuo cuore attraverso una festa seducente,
ma hai scelto di mantenerla segreta da me.
Amore bello, perché hai smesso di farti vedere?
Che cosa avevo fatto che ti ha fatto arrabbiare?
Quando l'ho scoperto, eravamo già separati. Addio, amore mio bello."
Once the song ended and she closed her eyes, she crowd applauded as if she was the second ruler of the country that would become the world's first totalitarian state the world had seen that everyone was afraid to be the first one to stop clapping lest be charged with treason. She opened her eyes to see what the crowd thought of her new song, but when she did, she noticed that a young man in the crowd wasn't affected by her voice. The very fact that he was not under her spell intrigued her so she decided to find out more about him tomorrow. Tomorrow would be her day off.
The next day, that man was still in her thoughts although she had no idea on how to find him, but she had a feeling he was one of the sailors from the country across the sea. That helped her a bit more than she realized. She exited her house at the break of dawn because she didn't know how long it would take to find the man that sparked her interest. It actually didn't take long to find him because of a scar she had seen on him the day before. The scar was on the left side of his face and was jagged as if done by someone inexperienced with a knife, but it could have been done intentionally. The place she found him was where most of the sailors stayed when they were in the city from weeks at sea: the caffé.
He was there with three other young men and a younger woman. The group was very odd for her to see since they all were completely different. The woman had brown hair that reached a bit below her shoulder, violet red eyes, and had a very pale complexion and wore the simplest light blue dress of their time. One man had icy blue, chin length hair, golden eyes, and also had a pale complexion while another had short, wild orange hair, grey eyes, and a slight tan, and the last before the one that had captured her interest was the man with short, blonde hair, the darkest violet eyes she had seen, and a pale complexion that was darker than the woman's and icy haired man's. Finally, the one that sparked her interest had shoulder length ebony hair, midnight blue eyes, and a tan complexion but not that tan. Coupled with the scar, she found him very attractive. They all noticed her in an instance and nodded at her to speak about what she wanted to know.
Her brain rattled for the right questions to ask for a long time before she came up with some. "Who are you people because you are not exactly normal, are you? Why are you here?"
The dark haired man was the one that answered her question although not in the way she had hoped. "We will talk but not here. It's not safe to talk about that topic here in public. Follow us."
He began to get up, and the others around him followed him out the door before she decided to follow as well. He led them through a series of alley ways and back roads she had never seen in her life before. He kept walking for what seemed like days but was really a matter of at least one hour. He finally stopped walking in what seemed like circles and walked into a large building that was said to be owned by some foreigners that were rarely ever seen. That's when she realized that they owned the beautiful house that everyone wished to live in.
The inside was even more beautiful than the outside of the palace. There were stairways to the right and left sides of the entrance way. The colors of the walls were so bright that she had to shield her eyes. The furniture was a bit out dated though since it looked as if it was from King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette's palace.
"They're not quite from the Palace of Versailles, but they are from that time period," the blonde answered as if reading her mind. "I did read your mind."
"Jack!" The orange haired man yelled. "You don't need to give information out like that. You know what we had to do last time because of your big mouth."
"Well, Crow," the man now known as Jack retorted, "Yusei seemed think she was worthy of coming to our home so I thought he must trust her well enough for someone just met."
Something didn't add up to the young woman who was becoming more terrified by the minute. She started walking backwards very slowly trying to not make them notice she was trying to escape. One of them did however and stopped her in process of escape. It was the icy haired man.
"Yus, you better have a good reason for wanting to talk to this woman," he growled holding her arms behind her back, but she did learn some new information about her captors.
"We are kidnapping you, Mirabel. You would know if we were," The one that interested her before, Yusei, chuckled low, deep, and just a bit darker than his normal voice. She started to struggle even more than before when she heard him say her name and decided the only way out was to sing. "Kalin, let her go. She won't cause any harm to us as long as we don't harm her. Right, Mirabel?"
She nodded and tried to run away from the young men and woman, but that man spoke again, "Mirabel, you wanted answers, and I told we would give answers. All you have to do is find a seat and ask us. I promise we will answer your questions truthfully." The dark haired young man spoke his calm voice making her do as he ordered.
"Who are you people? He can read every thought I have if he wishes," she accused pointing at Jack. "Your friend that held me in place seemed to have an iron grip on my arms, and you, you know my name."
"Well, tell her Midnight Star. It was your idea to bring her to our sanctuary, and then you let Jack read her thoughts and answer her thoughts with a comment we are never supposed to tell anyone so this is your mess to clean up," The fiery red head declared to one of his best friends who gave a low growl in return.
"Fine," his voice came out flat and emotionless. "I think you have figured out our names by now, but in case you didn't my name is Yusei although I won't tell you my first name. The guy that kept you from leaving is Kalin, the man that read your mind is Jack, the one made that snide comment is Crow, and our only woman is Scarlet. Now, I believe your real question was what are we? The answer is very simple, my dear siren."
"How did you know that I am a siren?" she was shocked because this man, Yusei, had figured out the secret she had kept from the city for two agonizingly long years. 'Who exactly are you, Yusei?'
"We were watching you first show yesterday when I happened to notice that while you were singing my three friends seemed almost hypnotized by your voice," he gave a slight smirk when they all looked at him questionably. "I asked them about it later, and they told me they didn't remember you singing at all. That's when I figured it all out."
"How come you weren't affected then, Yusei?" the blonde questioned his younger friend.
He laughed at that as if it was one of the funniest things he had ever heard. "You really couldn't figure that on your own with all the super naturals we have met. I guess I'll tell you though. Siren's songs only affect virgins, honest sailors, and those whose love is still alive, and you know I don't fit in any of those categories."
Mirabel's confused face must have sparked something in this man's mind. "You see Ms. Gatti, my friends and I are immortals and have dealt with the supernatural world for the past hundred and seventy-nine so don't think that we don't know how to figure out who is a supernatural, and who isn't. That's not it though. No, it is all there is to know because you came here to figure out why I wasn't affected by your voice. There are three reasons for that dearie: I was a pirate before I met my friends here and still act a bit like a dishonest sailor, I have not been a virgin since a few days before 'her' death, and my only love was murdered for a crime she didn't commit."
"And he has been this cold since her death," Crow added knowing that Yusei was the only one who wouldn't admit he was. "We surprised when he just wanted to talk to you because trust me, he would rather ignore your existence like the women who have tried to charm him using all their wits."
A month had passed since Mirabel had the fateful meeting with the five immortals, and things had moved rather fast. She became infatuated with the dark haired immortal for reasons that she couldn't describe. Every day she spent with them the more she fell for him. She had heard the woman, Scarlet, who she found out was Jack's little sister tell Kalin and Crow that 'Mirabel is fatalement dans l'amour for him.' She knew what that meant because in sounded like fatalement in amour which meant fatally in love. She didn't know why the girl had put it like that because she knew sirens became immortal after their nineteenth year, and she was pretty sure that Yusei felt the same way as she did. She wanted to confront him about her feelings for him, but she was still a bit afraid of rejection.
She was in their Italian home at the moment when she heard some noise from outside before the four young men burst through the doors. The men seemed out of breathe as if they were running from someone or something, but that was impossible, wasn't it? Crow and Jack immediately ran to their rooms muttering something about packing while Kalin pulled Yusei aside and began to talk to him, but Mirabel noticed from her place on the loveseat that it seemed more like he was chewing his younger friend out for something before he left to tell Scarlet to start packing. The midnight blue eyed young man walked towards the young siren who pretended to be asleep.
"I know you're awake, Mirabel," he chuckled as she tried harder to seem asleep, but his voice soon grew serious. "Mirabel, I have to leave here for a while, and by here I mean Italy. Another war has recently started, and we have to leave since we don't want to get involved in another war this soon. I -"
"Please don't go!" The eighteen year old year girl cried flinging her arm around his neck. "I love you! Please don't go!"
He did the one thing that she hadn't expected him to do, and she loved every minute of it. He kissed her gently but with hints of passion before pulling back. "You didn't let me finish, Mirabel. I was going to ask you to come with us since you only know Italian then we can either go Spain or Portugal. You get to choose."
"I've never been to Portugal before," the vibrant red head whispered a blush still staining her face from his kiss.
"Then, that's where we will go," he smiled before pressing his lips to hers once more. "Don't worry we already have the living quarters ready, and no we don't own a house in every country. We know someone who owes us a favor there though."
It had been a week since the immortals and siren had left Naples, Italy to stay out of the Franco-Prussian War. Mirabel was surprised when she found out she could understand what everyone was saying since she had never left her city. She didn't known that if you knew one of the romance languages, you could understand most what people who spoke other romance languages were saying, and both the Portuguese and Italian languages were romance languages. It amazed her to no ends when she arrived in the city of Vianna, Portugal.
The person who owed the boys a favor happened to a daeva which she learned was a celestial being that was rejected for wrong doing. Apparently the boys had saved this one's life from hunters of the daeva that were out to kill this man for supposedly nearly killing another celestial being. The boys had hidden him from the hunters sent after him on several occasions, but once the hunters figured out that the boys were helping him, they weren't too happy. The leaders of the DHA (Daeva Hunters' Association) brought them in for questioning, but when the boys refused to answer, they were tortured in the most inhumane ways possible. They said they still had the scars from the incident but considered it worth-while if they saved a life. That man, Trevas, now owned and operated a hotel that anyone could stay at as long as they paid of course. He gave them three rooms each with two beds on the house for the trouble he had caused for the boys.
At the current time, Mirabel was having dinner with her new found friends in the hotel's very expensive restaurant. Jack and Crow were having a heated discussion about some stupid topic she wasn't paying attention to while Scarlet and Kalin were watching the scene play out as it happened. She was more focused on the man she loved as he sat at the bar talking to the bar tender about some topic while downing several drinks of alcohol. She had never seen him drink so much.
Suddenly Jack's comment threw her over the edge, "Crow, a woman could not do that by any means."
She began to hum a tune that she knew before starting to sing to Jack because she had gotten better at controlling powers, and now she could control one person at a time instead of the majority of the male population. She had all her focus on controlling Jack's mind completely before having him do things he never would do on his own. She made him act like a complete idiot getting laughs from everyone in the room. Yusei returned to the table, placed money in the middle of it, and motioned for them to leave before stumbling out the door. Scarlet and Crow sighed as Kalin went to help Jack after Mirabel released him from her spell.
"What's wrong?" She asked confused about what was going on with Yusei.
It was Crow that answered, "He gets like this when her death or birthday comes around. Drinks himself until he's flat out drunk, and then everything is back to normal."
"That's it," Leo complained upset about the ending of Mirabel's tale. He wanted to know who 'she' was, and what was wrong with Yusei because the only time he had seen the older man drink so much was a few days ago when he returned completely drunk.
"Wait," Luna interjected, "if you were dating Yusei during the late nineteenth century, how come you are not with him now?"
"Time changes things including people's hearts," Kalin explained a ghost of a smile on his face. "Besides they fought a lot after those first few months mainly because Yusei couldn't let go of the past and Aki."
Crow had heard from Yusei that Akiza had her memories from her past life, but he still couldn't believe that she might remember everything. He had heard that if someone remembered a past life, they didn't remember everything only parts. He decided to talk to Akiza about the past and try to fill in the gaps in her memory even though he knew Yusei would there to help her all the way.
Crow walked out of his room on the second floor and walked the familiar hallways of Saiga's old home before it was burnt to the ground in the fire that his best friend nearly lost his life in although he was already an immortal by then. When he reached his destination, he knocked the doorframe and entered after her a feminine voice say come in. He stood at the door just watching the girl he had loved at one time. Sure he did still have some feelings for the burgundy haired beauty but knew that the girl would make the same decision that she did nearly five hundred years ago. She sat on the only bed in the room in ball shorts and an old T-shirt with an insignia of a dragon on it that he recognized as one of Yusei's. Jealousy swelled up in the twenty year old before sensing that Akiza was still a virgin and remembering her feelings for the young man.
She looked up and gave Crow a sad smile. "Crow, it's nice to see you again. Is there something I can help you with?"
"I just wanted to talk about the past, what you remember, and see if I can help you fill in the blanks," the grey eyed young immortal replied.
"Of course you can, Crow. You are and were my friend before and now," the nineteen year old girl smiled at him once more causing his heart to skip a beat.
"Well, let's start out with what you do remember, and I'll help with the rest," Crow spoke trying to sound like he was just trying to help.
"I remember everything before Yusei started teaching people how to fight a pirate and became Jack's rival. Then I only remember certain things like the days Divine tried to kill Yusei and the day I was sentenced to death by the new mayor," the young witch answered shyly knowing that she had lost a lot.
"Do you remember how close you two were?" the nervousness building up in his chest wishing that she didn't but knowing she most likely would.
"Somewhat," Akiza confessed to the young man with a blush. "I remember he was very romantic at certain times and cold at others. He kissed me several times in public and private as if to show others that not to mess with me."
"I remember that," Crow chuckled remembering Yusei's quick attitude changes around her, "but I'm guessing you don't remember the night that you two shared before your death sentence."
The shocked look on the girl's face told him all he needed to know. He had to laugh at the face she was making because she had a bit of rage in her eyes, a deep blush on her face, and her face scrunched up as if trying to remember the night. She sighed when she didn't remember a bit.
"I'll ask him about him later," she sighed.
"When you do, mention it in front of everyone but just say the date August 27, 1692. He'll be as pale as a ghost when you mention it," Crow suggested with a smile from the door.
"I just might. By the way Crow, I know you liked me," she mentioned all at once, "but I began to have visions of Yusei almost every day after I touched that statue. I should have told you but didn't think much about it then so I'm sorry about what happened."
"It's alright, Aki. It doesn't hurt that much anymore," he replied, turned away, and began to walk down the hallway.
"By the way, you should talk to Scarlet!" Akiza yelled to him as he left hers and Yusei's room.
Yusei Fudo had decided to spend the day out in the woods to reconnect with what he had known so long ago. He had leave the town a few days after Aki's death vowing to never return because he knew the memories would haunt him like they have been since they arrived. Plus he hadn't worn the outfit he had on since then, and the only reason he was happened to be that someone that had supernatural essence took the rest of his clothing.
The outfit he wore was very simple but very classic since it was the outfit he had when he was a pirate and first met his life-long friends. He wore a faded white shirt that had since been stitched up, faded brown pants, a long brown jacket, and black boots that tied it all together. With his hair down, he looked just like he did when he was a pirate and when he first met his life-long friends. Underneath the shirt, there was a silver chain necklace with a golden ankh symbol on it. It was one of the few worldly things the former pirate cared about keeping safe along with the duel runner he had made a few years ago and the friendships he had forged. It belonged to his first father before his father was murdered for absolutely no reason and he was sold to the captain.
He sighed as he sat down in the grassiest area of the forest twenty miles from the cabin, thirty-five miles from Paradise Without Payment, and forty miles from Hopeston. The memories that he had locked up so long ago were flooding into his subconscious. These memories were the ones that carried so much pain, misery, and heartbreak and where fears had come true. He still couldn't get the sound of Mayor Jones sentencing Aki to death for witchcraft or him begging Madam Levien to allow him to give her something to save her life only to be rejected the chance harshly because she said he didn't have anything to offer. It hurt even more when he was forced to watch her burn to death by order of the mayor before being shot in the chest seven times himself. Even though he didn't die that night, it felt like he had because she was out of his life forever, but then he met Akiza. His life got just a bit better after seeing her but worse after finding out she was with Sayer who looked a lot like Divine. Everything was just fine until the twins said they were going to vacation in the very town he didn't want anything to do with at all. Now he had a witch out for his heart, Sherry trying to get him to love her although it wouldn't be a problem if Charlette gave her his heart, and the mayor most likely wanting him dead again. Did the world really hate him that much?
"Of course, it doesn't Yusei," Scarlet laughed at his most recent thought. "I thought you had learned that by now."
"Scarlet, what a pleasant surprise. How long have you been standing there?" she could hear the sarcasm in his voice. She knew that he had come this far out to collect his thoughts and be alone for a while, but she was worried he'd resort to a method that he picked up in the twenty-first century to release the pain. It had shocked all of them when they found him unconscious for the loss of blood.
"Long enough to see your hand reaching for your pocketknife," she replied taking the knife out of his hidden pocket in his jacket. "I know you wanted time alone, but I was worried about you. That you would-"
"Use the blade on myself to release the pain, misery, and everything else," he finished the girl's sentence. "Don't worry about it, Scar. It's something I regret, but it's a big part of my life now. We wouldn't have found out that vampires like our blood more than human's; that most likely saved someone's life then and now."
"True, but you tried to kill yourself by slitting your wrists. Don't you dare deny it either because you scared us that day," her voice started to crack right about then. "We thought you had really tried to find a way out of this curse as you called it. We thought… we thought you…" The young brown haired girl became to wail about then and fell to the ground on her knees.
Yusei felt awful on the inside but didn't let it show on the outside. He never meant to hurt friends like this, but the pain had become too much to bear that year. He had gone out that day to clear his head when someone tried to, unsuccessfully, jump him for every cent he had on him at the time. He ended up in a bar (he'd long forgotten where they were in the country) once again, but the drinks weren't having the normal effect on him so he asked the bartender if there were any other ways to get rid of the pain. That's when the bartender told him so many different ways, and told him to pick one. He laughed it off at first but later chose a way to relieve all the pent up misery. He stopped the day after his friends told him that he lost consciousness from blood loss, and Jack's threat, even though it might have been hollow, of making him wish he was dead if he ever tried to do it again.
He walked over to the girl he treated as a sister to comfort the crying girl, but she used all her strength to push him away from her. He tried once again to comfort the young woman, and this time she let him come. He knelt down in front of her and put his arms around the brown haired beauty. He knew how to comfort Scarlet since Jack and Crow were usually at each other's throats, and Kalin was out planning something that half the time wouldn't work as well as planned. Through the times she was upset, he had learned so much about the young woman including her crush on a certain ginger. He had tried to drop hints to his friend without any luck what so ever, and he had heard them say he was clueless about Akiza's love for him.
Yusei watched the sky as best he could to determine what time of day it was, but he could only get a rough guess about the time. He guessed it was around mid-afternoon by the position of the trees shadows. That meant he'd been out in the woods for ten hours and thirty minutes, and his thoughts had plagued him for so long. If he didn't head back soon, his friends might just send out a supernatural search party, and that would be a complete disaster and mess.
"Scar, we need to start heading back before it gets too late. Maybe I can help you with your love predicament," the dark haired young man tempted the girl.
"All right, Yus. Let's not tell anyone about that though. I don't want Aki to worry about you any more than she needs to," Scarlet suggested to the man in front of her knowing the effect of calling Akiza Aki would have on him.
"Very well, but you owe me later, dearie," He joked making her giggle at his use of the word dearie. It reminded her of a character on one of her favorite shows because he also called people dearie when making deals with other characters.
"Sure thing, Beast and crocodile, but you better shield Belle from Hook," she joked knowing how to ruffle his feathers just enough to get him ready to fight.
"Ha, ha. Very funny, Scar," Yusei mocked laughter before his voice grew serious once more. "Let's get going, or Jack's going to have a fit."
With that said and done, the two began the long walk back towards the cabin and talking about the good old days back when you didn't have to worry about what you owned or how much money you had; back when the only thing that matter was what kind of person you were. By the time they reached the cabin, the two had summed up the basics of their lives in less time than it would take to tell someone who had no clue who you were, what you were about, and what you did for a living, but then again they had known each other for nearly five hundred years.
The lights were being turned on by one the occupants of the medium sized cabin by the time the two were right in front of the place that was their temporary home. Scarlet ran ahead of Yusei so no one would be suspicious of them coming in together. She knew her older friend was most likely laughing at her childish antics, but she didn't care one bit. She was worried about what Akiza would think because she hadn't known the girl that long, and the girl was in love with the dark haired man. She entered a few minutes before Yusei and noticed that almost everyone was in the living room sitting or standing somewhere; the only ones who weren't in the room were Jezebel and all of her SSA (Supernatural Saviors Association) except for Mirabel. Akiza, Misty, Carly, and the twins looked up when Yusei entered the room completely calm and collected.
Akiza had a slight vision of something in her past life that made her face get as red as a cherry on a vanilla milkshake. She saw herself taking off the very shirt that he was wearing at the moment, and he smiled at her flushed face because she looked so cute when she blushed. At least to him, she did.
The two black haired women and teal haired kids automatically received headaches from seeing the young man in something he hardly wore. The guys that had feelings for the two girls were at their sides in an instant while both Crow and Scarlet went to help the fourteen year olds. Scarlet blushed at the close proximity between the two of them but was quick to hide it for the young man's eyes. As soon as the headaches came, they disappeared allowing Leo to start asking Yusei questions about his appearance. Yusei managed to avoid the main question about the headaches that he had caused though. He answered the questions skillfully until Leo spotted the necklace around his neck.
"Why are you wearing a necklace with a strange symbol?"
"It's something that reminds me of home," he smiled a bit. "The symbol is an ankh symbol that the ancient Egyptians believed it represented a person's life source."
"Cool! Do you actually believe in that kind of stuff?" the curious boy asked his elder.
"I did a one point in time," the dark haired immortal mused, "but things have changed since then so I don't anymore.'
That answer wasn't what any of the people in the room had expected to hear from the young man. It was clear that he had been through so much in his life, and it was killing him on the inside. It would be best to change the subject before Leo broke down the defenses of Yusei's heart and mind even more than they already were so Crow signaled Akiza to ask the question, but she shook her head as if it wasn't the right time or place.
"Nice to see you again, Shooting Star. I finally get to meet the person who captured your heart for so long," A certain electric blue eyed young woman broke the ice before the young boy could ask another question. "You really like girls with red hair."
"Mirabel, what a pleasure to see you again. Nice to see you still try to use your voice against me," The fore mentioned young man replied in the same semi-friendly tone. "I thought you didn't want to leave Europe so you wouldn't have to see me again."
"That's so sweet and unlike you so I'm guessing you missed me," She sang so very sweetly but not to control anyone.
"I can't say that I did, siren. I would have preferred that you stayed away from me for as long as we both shall live," her ex admitted to a voice that scared the twins because it was challenging the girl they had made friends with to a battle.
"Okay, maybe it would be best if you two stay away from each other until we leave," Scarlet interjected knowing that it probably wasn't the best idea for the two to be in the same country, let alone the same room.
Crow once again signaled for Akiza to bring up the topic, but before she could reject he spoke to her in her mind. 'We need to relieve some of the tension those two created just now. Sides it won't bother Yus that much, all it will do will make him get a bit flustered and lose his cool for a bit. I promise that's all that will happen so please bring it up.'
"Yusei, what happened on August 27, 1692?" The girl asked the man she loved hesitantly.
"Oh, nothing much. It was the day…" The moment he realized what she meant he stopped speaking, and his calm voice turned dangerous. "Crow, what exactly did you tell Akiza about my relationship with her in her past life?"
"A few things that she wouldn't get to know about if I let you fill in the gaps like what happened that day so are you going to tell the girl or not?" was the reply Yusei received from the former thief. Crow knew that his best friend would most likely punish him for telling her later but who cares. He just wanted to see the twenty-one year old squirm while he straight out told her the answer in front of everyone.
A smirk crossed Yusei's face before his eyes grew distant, and Crow's did as well. He knew his young friend had forgotten about one of the abilities he had gained from becoming an immortal, but then again he had forgot about some of his bird named friend's abilities. He also knew that Crow hated the one he was going to use to get answers and retribution. The ability he was using allowed him to transport someone's mind to another domain that he could manipulate to anything he wished, and it was the very place Crow and him were heading.
When he arrived in his domain that he hadn't used in years, he took notice of his friend's unconscious form and the overgrown weeds and plants. The dark haired man shook his head at the sight before trying to change the beautiful house into its former glory but only succeeded in getting rid of the weeds and shrinking the plants to a minimum. The house, itself, was still in a state of decay which bothered him, but he knew he wouldn't have enough time to deal with it. He instead turned his focus back to his friend who was beginning to wake at the moment.
"Yus, did you have to bring me here to talk about what I said and what I didn't? Couldn't we have settled this like normal people instead of you choosing to use this place?" the young man groaned still trying to clear his vision.
"Crow, you actually think I would talk about this in front of everyone," he chuckled darkly. "No, no. I thought you knew me better than that so tell me what you told her, and I won't use this place against you."
"Who am I speaking to right now? The Yusei Fudo who became the 'King' much to Jack's dismay and fought the Dark Signers, or the Yusei Fudo who watched the girl he loved be murdered before getting the same fate," The ginger knew the difference between the two he had mentioned because when Yusei lost Aki, he became a cold hearted man who hardly ever cared about what they did and to who. The other was happier and actually cared about other people's well-being.
"A bit of both," was the growled answer.
"Yes, I told her about the night you two shared days before her death sentence and nothing else because she remembered how you acted towards her," The words rushed out of his mouth since there was a wolf positioned to attack him at its master's command. "By the way, what happened, you acted indifferent towards her feelings for you this time around while before you were so forward with her?"
Yusei called back the wolf and began to stroke it head before he answered the question. "I guess I was afraid of losing her again, and that she would disappear if I acted the way I did before. That's the same answer I gave to her when she asked me since I know that's your next question."
"Can we go back now? The others are probably starting to get worried."
"They won't we've only been gone for a minute because the time moves faster here, but we will return now. That doesn't mean you're off the hook though," The man that brought the two to the beautiful place explained."
Within a few seconds, the two young men had returned knowing full well that everyone was awaiting Yusei's answer to Akiza's question. Crow gave a sigh of relief when he saw no signs of injury meaning Yusei hadn't done anything to him yet. Yusei on the other hand was trying to think of an answer to the question that wouldn't give away too much but at the same time would be enough to satisfy what everyone was thinking.
"It was the day that I gave you what you wished to have without knowing the consequences that would unfold in the following few days," he finally answered the question without going into details or saying exactly what happened on that fateful day. 'I'll explain exactly what happened later, Akiza,' He promised the girl through her mind.
"So what did Akiza wish for, and what were the consequences?" Leo's ever curious mind asked.
"I can't answer the first one without explaining something I'm not allowed to explain," he began speaking very softly. "She was sentenced to death a few days later because we stayed in the same area instead of moving around."
After he had spoken those words, Jezebel burst into the room out of breath. She spent a few minutes trying to catch her breath before she spoke. The next words she spoke would shock everyone. "The mayor has issued an arrest warrant for you four," she gasped pointing at the four young men.
I used a few allusions to a show I've watched that's second season recently ended. I think I watched a bit too many episodes of Grimm.
This has to be the longest chapter I have written so far. You should expect another update around Christmas. I hope this chapter brought some new insight on events that happened in the past. Also the part about why Yusei hadn't told Akiza about his feelings isn't the reason I thought he didn't; it just worked out with the story. Victor Emmanuel was really the ruler of a unified Italy during that time period.
Google translate is a nightmare so don't use it if you don't have to. It only translates word for word. Thanks Guest.
Translation: We met on a beautiful summer day,
It was near the Naples bay,
You were the captain of small fishing ship
While I was maiden on a guilt trip.
A beautiful beginning of something great,
And neither of us wanted to wait.
We decided to wed on the day of July seventh,
But fate had others ideas in the form of beautiful angels.
You fell for one of those undesirable beasts
That won your heart through a seductive feast,
But you chose to keep her a secret from me.
Beautiful love, why did you cease been seen?
What had I done that angered you?
When I found out, we were through.
Goodbye, my beautiful love."
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