Chapter 12: Return of the Witch

Ruby: Man, That movie was so AWSOME!

Aki: But there were a little too much corny jokes in it apparently.

Ruby: Some of them were still funny though xD

Yusei: I still don't get why they made me say that line...

Ruby: Cause you need to joke every once in a while! You're too serious sometimes. -_-

Aki: She's got a point there...

Ruby: Anyway, time for chapter 12, which is a training session for the fourth division. Expect some hilarity, shipteasing, and some more interesting stuff. ;D Time for the disclaimer, Rua!

Rua: Yay, I get to do it again! Ruby doesn't own 5ds, but she owns this story and her OC. Lancelot is an idea that was made by Turbo K1000, a regular reviewer.

Aki's POV

Her first day of training... Aki felt very nervous. She walked together with the girls, all of them sounding excited.

"I can't wait to see your powers in action, Aki!" Ruby said, shaking in excitement.

"Me neither." Carly grinned, blushing slightly.

"Oh, and since this is yoour first day of training, your performance and display of power will determine your status and fighting type." Ruby said, patting her on the shoulder.

"Fighting type?" Aki asked, curious.

"She means, depending on the style of attack you use, the weapon you recieve will match those abilities." Sherry explained, her arms crossed. "There are five types: Mercenary, Magician, Archer, Healer, and Unknowns."

" What's an 'Unknown'?"

Ruby grinned."Someone who's powers are widely varied. They don't have specific type because they are, well, 'special'."

"Do I know anyone who's an 'Unknown'?" Aki asked.

All the girls stared at her, smiling. This made Aki flinch a little.

"Oh, you probably know them very well..." Said Ruka, nodding. "Both Yusei and Ruby are 'unknown' types."

Aki blinked. "You're an 'unknown' type, Ruby?"

"Yeah, just don't wear it out." Ruby rolled her eyes. "Being an unknown type isn't the best thing you know."

"Why's that?"

"Because its harder to create a weapon to suit your abilities, cause they're practically all over the place." Ruka muttered.

"Okay, I know that Sherry's a mercenary, and Ruby's an Unknown... so how about the rest of you?" Aki asked, feeling a bit more nervous.

"I'm a healer." Ruka smiled a bit, blushing.

"I'm a Magician." Carly said, almost too excitedly.

"Those seem...interesting..." Aki said, wondering what type she would be.

"Yeah, not the best types though, but we're all pretty amazing at what we do!" Carly said, smiling.

"Just be careful Aki, the leader will be observing you today." Ruby warned. "He's a bit...interested in seeing your abilities."

"And how might you know that?" Aki said, giving her a look.

"Oh... he told me personally..." Ruby sneered a little. "Um, oh Aki.. here's the training room!"

They approached a door, which Ruby put a key in the knob to open. Aki saw a lot of things; weapons, trees, targets, and pretty much everything one would need for training practice.

"Hey, it looks like the guys are already here." Said Sherry, pointing to the middle of the room. Sure enough, she saw them in a group, talking. Aki saw Yusei waving at her. She couldn't help but blush a little.

"Oh look, its Yusei's girlfriend!" Said Kiryu suddenly, causing the rest of the boys to burst into laughter. Yusei responded by giving him a hard elbow in the stomach. "OW!"

"Kiryu, stop being such a smartass." She heard Yusei growl at him. "Like I didn't see you making out with Misty the other day.
"

Aki blinked. "Misty?"

"Oh, she's a member from the fifth division." Ruby giggled. "I heard they were going out."

Aki was talking with the girls and didn't notice Yusei walking over to her. He put a hand on her shoulder, which took her by surprise she jumped.

"Yeesh, Aki!" Yusei muttered. "You get scared so easily..."

"What do you want, Mr. spy?" Ruby said coldly, giving him a look.

"Hey, I'm not here for that... I just wanted to talk to Aki." Yusei said, putting his hands up in protest. "Its about her training..."

"Okay..." Sherry said, giving the same look that Ruby gave him. "But we've got our eyes on you... Yusei."

Yusei seemed to flinch a little. "Uh...right... come with me, Aki."

Aki followed him into a seperate area where they sat down. "Aki, before you get to start your actual training, you'll have to watch how we train, first."

"Oh?"

"Yeah... Its what we call a 'Face-off'..." Yusei said quietly. "So, I'm going to sit out to even the odds. Oh, they're already starting..."

Aki looked toward the middle, where the girls were on one side, the guys on the other.

"You are so gonna lose this time." Ruby cried, holding two fan like weapons in her hands.

"I'll back you girls up if you need me..." Aki heard Ruka say. She was holding a turquoise and pink staff.

"You just keep us healed, Ruka. We'll handle the rest." Sherry shouted to her. She had a sword with a pink rose at the hilt.

"I'll make sure Ruka doesn't get attacked this time." Carly said, holding an amber wand.

Aki looked toward the boy's side.

"This should be fun guys, show no mercy." said Jack, raising two twin swords.

"And take no prisoners." Crow muttered, holding a black bow with a quiver of arrows.

"Does it really have to be that way?" Kiryu sighed, holding a purple and black wand.

"If we want to beat them, then we've got to pull all the stops!" Rua said excitedly. He had a gold and red staff.

Aki blinked. She felt Yusei tap her on the shoulder.

"This should be interesting. Make sure to watch..." He said, grinning.

Within a few seconds, the two teams were at each others throats.

"Doesn't someone get hurt?" Aki muttered.

"Nah, we're not using our normal weapons." Yusei said, shaking his head.

She watched as Ruby took a hit from Crow. The arrow hit her shoulder, and she pulled it right out.

"My dear boy, you must do a lot better than that to take me down!" Ruby laughed, tossing one of her fans. It made contact with Crow's head, knocking him out.

"That's one down!" Carly cried, fending off Jack with her magic.

"Dammit Crow, you are such an idiot!" Jack muttered, shaking his head. He took a spell to the face, which knocked him back about several feet. "OUCH!"

"That's another one down..." Said Ruka, giggling.

"Jeez..." Aki muttered. "Do you guys always lose?"

"Nope, It's just I'm not on the team right now." Yusei snickered as he saw Kiryu get knocked back by Sherry into a wall.

She blinked. "You're that good?"

Yusei smirked. "I don't like to brag about it... unlike Jack."

Aki saw Rua get knocked out by his own sister, and then it was over.

"We win!" Ruby said, excitedly, bringing the rest of the girls into a big hug.

"Yusei! Why'd you have to sit out?" Cried an angry Jack.

"Oh, it was getting very annoying hearing you guy tease the girls about being weak." Yusei sneered. "Besides, the girls deserved to win this time."

The group of girls looked at Yusei. They all ran over to him, smiling.

"I take back calling you a spy, Yusei, You are such a sweetie!" Ruby said, hugging him.

"Aw, don't give me that much credit..." Yusei said, blushing.

Aki couldn't help but feel a little jealous. Ruby must have noticed, because she let go of Yusei very quickly.

"Oops! I forgot you were off limits, Yusei!" she grinned. "Sorry bout that Aki."

Aki felt a bit embarassed. "Its okay, Ruby. I know."

Ruby smiled and looked up. Her smile disappeared instantly. "Oh crap.."

"What?" Aki looked up, along with everyone else. Behind a glass partition sat Hakase, Yusei's father and the Guild leader, with a somewhat sinister smirk on his face.

"We. Are. So. Dead." Ruby muttered.

"Wait..What?" Aki said, confused.

"We're not supposed to fight each other..." Yusei mumbled, shaking his head. "We just do it to get a better feel of battling an enemy."

"So... that means you guys are in trouble?"

Yusei bit his lip. "Deep."

Aki looked back at Hakase, who was chin on his hand, still smirking.

"So..." He said, chuckling. "That was not quite what I came here to see."

Everyone cringed.

"Who would be be so kind to tell me what exactly did I just witness?"

Yusei stood up, walking to the front of the group.

"Its our form of training, Sir." He said, looking straight at his father.

"Training?" His father muttered, sounding doubtful.

"It impoves our abilities to work as teams, sir." Yusei responded.

Hakase looked down at Yusei. "And which of you came up with this idea?"

"I did, Sir." Yusei muttered.

"Are you sure, Yusei? Or are you taking the blame for someone else?" Hakase said, frowning.

"No, Sir." He answered quickly.

"Then you'll be punished accordingly." Hakase said, sounding disappointed. "Meet me in my room, now. Yusei."

Aki looked at Yusei, shocked. His own father was going to punish him? Yusei walked towards a door she hadn't seen before, and entered it. He shut the door behind him. Hakase walked to the back of the room where the partition was, and walked through another door.

Jack, Rua, Kiryu and Crow came over to where the girls were, looking very worried.

"Man, this is not good..." Crow muttered. "Its our fault this happened..."

"What's going to happen to Yusei?" Aki said, concerned. Everyone looked at her, staying silent. "Tell me!"

Ruby sighed. "Aki...What we were doing was very risky, and someone could have gotten killed, at least, thats what most think. We did something illegal and not only did Yusei encourage it, he did nothing to stop it." Ruby looked down at the ground. "As the leader, something like that comes with severe consequences."

Aki's eyes grew wide. "So he...?"

"By taking the full blame, Yusei will get one of the most severe punishments possible." Jack said sadly. "He'll be lucky if he just gets demoted. Then again, he probably won't."

"Then what...?"

Kiryu stared at her. "Aki, do you wanna know how I got this?" He pointed to a tattoo marker on his face. "I got it from nearly killing someone."

"I have some too." Crow said, wiping something off his face. Aki gasped to see one marker under each eye, and asingle 'M' shaped one on his forhead. " I used to do a lot of things; stealing, fighting, you name it."

"You only get them if you break the serious rules." Carly said, shivering. "Its pretty much like wearing wearing a sign that says: 'I'm a criminal'."

Aki blinked. "That doesn't sound that serious..." she muttered.

Crow and Kiryu stared at her, shaking their heads. "It's much more serious than you think. Its not the only punishment you recieve." Kiryu said, shivering a little.

"What else is there?" Aki asked. Then she heard a scream. It was Yusei's.

"Damn. They're already starting..." Jack muttered.

"Trust me Aki... We can't tell you, and you don't wanna know..." Crow said, a grim look on his face.

"Are you finished, fourth division, or have you even started training?" said a familar voice. They all looked up to see Hakase.

"Uh... we'll get started right away, Sir." said Jack, motioning for the others to follow him. "Lets get to work, guys."

Aki followed behind them, then she felt a strong hand touch her shoulder. She froze.

"I didn't say you could go, Izayoi." Hakase said. "We need to talk."

"Why should I talk to you?" she muttered, feeling angry.

"You will talk to me, Aki. Or do you want to join Yusei?" He said, sounding cold.

Aki suddenly felt something inside her snap. She wasn't going to be bullied, especially by him.

"Oh, so thats it. You don't care about what other feel do you?" Aki cried, shaking uncontrollably. "You'd even go as far as punishing your own son!"

Hakase's eyes grew wide. "What was that?"

"Are you deaf or something?" Aki screamed, tears falling from her eyes. "I can see why Yusei doesn't like to be around you; You're a terrible father!"

Aki noticed Hakase's face turn into one of extreme anger. "How...dare you..."

"Have you ever tried to talk to your son, better yet, have you ever understood him?" Aki was completely out of control now, but she didn't care. "You think the scar on his back has healed yet?"

He seemed completely shocked. "Where did you...?"

Everyone else had stopped training; they were all staring at Aki, bewildered.

"Not only did you go as far as nearly killing your own son, you're going to punish him like some kind of criminal!" The ground began to to shake suddenly. Aki was losing control of her powers. "Yusei dosn't deserve what you're doing to him!"

Thorned vines were coming out of the ground, and Aki's Hair Clip fell out of her hair.

"So now...as the Black Rose Witch, I'm going to make you pay."

Ruby: Whoa, That went from fun to complete scary cliffhanger...

Aki:Now what?

Ruby: It gets very crazy next chapter. Its from Yusei's POV, so he'll have to prevent you from killing his father.

Yusei: Not this again...

Ruby: Sorry, I said this story was gonna get a bit darker. This is the beginning of the dark side of Bonds between Dragons! Review request, please!

Aki: I guess while everyone else is still frozen in fear... Give Ruby Nice reviews. Flame her and you'll get Atlas punched to oblivion.