"Well......I'm surprised your father hasn't told you this secret............well let's see....When a Millennian is born they each recieve a dragon...but not of their own choosing...the dragon must choose his or her master..............Jack Red Dragon Archfiend chose you because he knew how kind you can be underneath all those rough edges that stand in their way...............And Yusei Stardust Dragon chose you because of your kind heart as well...but also for the love of your friends and how much you really care and Feeling the need that you have to protect them at all costs" Martha continued. "Our dragons.....Chose us as their.....Masters" Yusei said confusingly. "Yes..........Runa too has her own dragon....but she is young.........She is only a teenaged sized Dragon........but she is only just a year old........I have been keeping her in her card locked away so that Your father couldn't ever find her and destroy the card Jack............but be careful with the Dragons......for they are just as real as all of us" She said as they all went inside and into her room. She opened up a cabnet that had a box hidden inside a book. She took the box out and handed it to Runa. "Only Runa can open the box she has the key to unlock it.....but you mustn't open it here if you do then Jack's father would find out what I've been hiding for all these years and destroy it...........as well as Runa" She said. Jack's eyes widened. "Why would my father.....want to destroy this card........and what do you mean by 'as well as Runa'" He asked as he pulled Runa close to him. "if a dragon is ever killed......then so does it's master................Millennians and Dragons are connected to eachother by a special bond..........if the master dies then so does their Dragon...........but the Dragon mustn't be very far from it's master or else it'll die but the master will live but feel the Dragon's death inside his or her own heart forever.............A dragon can be up to 1000 miles appart from his or her master......but excede that limit and the Dragon'll die" She explained. "Well then I guess we're just gonna have to make sure Runa and her dragon card don't get seperated then won't we" he said as he picked Runa up and held her like a sleeping child. " hang on tight to that box with one arm and wrap your other arm around my neck alright" He said sweetly as he looked at her and smiled. She smiled back and noded her head. "Don't let me fall got it" She said. "Why would I let you go" he said as he kissed her forehead then walked outside. "Don't let your father see you got it Jack" Warned Martha. "I know" he replied. "But i still don't know why I have these abilities" Said Runa. "That you'll have to find out from Cerena and Yugi dear" She said. 'but they don't know us very well" Said Jack. "They know Yusei pretty well since he goes to school with them" She said. "Yeah I can tell them that Runa wants to know more about her family and Cerena and yugi are the only ones IN her family that are on this world......becides you Martha" Said Yusei. "We have no time for any more chit chat now go" she said as she pushed Jack out. "Yusei....before you go there's something I want to ask you............Does Jack like Runa" Asked Martha. "He loves her as if she were his little sister" Said Yusei. "I can tell that you love Anari as much more then that..........and Jack loves Runa the same way you do to Anari" She said. "how did you know about that Martha" Asked Yusei. "I know alot of things.....plus your still holding that doll Anari helped her father made as if it were a baby...........now go and protect your friend's girlfriend" She said as she pushed him. Yusei looked back at her and smiled as he noded his head then ran off after Jack and Runa. "He'll be looking for you soon.............be careful you two.....And take good care of her........I'm counting on you.....Both of you" Martha thought.
"You think he's gonna fallow us Jack" said Yusei once they were far enaugh away from Jack's father's mansion. "Oh he will alright but not right this second............knowing him it'll take him a good twenty minutes to figure out that we were there and he would first go to Martha and ask her if she's seen us lately...........I hope she tells him that we were there....but JUST you and me Yusei..............for now let's head back to my place....There's something we've gotta do there anyway" said Jack. "What do you mean 'Something you gotta do' you hardly ever have anything to do except for watching Runa" Said Yusei. 'It's not just me that he has to watch over now. We both get to watch over a puppy and a kitty I can't wait to get home and feed Sakura and Yuki They must be starving by now and I'm sure they want to play too" Said Runa happily. "Whow hold up there baby you sound a little too exited there........if you're this exited then you might wind up feeding them more chow then they will need" said Jack. "I won't Jackey" She said. He looked at her and smiled then hugged her tightly. "Whatever happens I want you to stay at the mansion......You'll be safe there untill Yusei and I return.....Everyone there may look like normal maids, cooks and butlers....but they're not...they're not robots either......They're body guards" he whispered into her ear. "No I want to stay by your side........Look I don't care what your father does to me" She whispered back. "But I do......I care about you more then anything............I've been watching over you for nine years........and I fell in love with you nine years ago..........I'm not about to loose you now do you understand me Runa" he whispterd. ".................I understand..........but I still want to be by your side no matter what" She whispered but sadly. "Run' it's far too dangerous for you I can't bear to see you getting hurt by my own father" He whispered worriedly as he kissed her forehead. "I'll be fine Jack like I said I can take care of myself" She said as she kissed his cheeck. He looked at her worriedly. ".........Alright.......but stay close to me alright no wondering off to where I can't see you.........You know how pretious to me you are and I don't want to loose you....Ever" He said. She smiled then gave him a peck on the lips. "You won't loose me silly........I promise I'll be right by your side and nowhere else even if he tries to pry me away from you" She said with excitement. "Oh he won't even try to pry you away......I won't let him" He said as he kissed her lips tenderly then broke it seconds later when he heard his father's voice coming Nearer. He put her down and gently got infront of her and Yusei also got infront of her next to Jack as she held the box close to her heart. His father came out of the trees a minute later. "Jack.....Who is that young girl with you and why does she have my box" he said vitiously. "YOUR BOX.......this isn't YOUR box......nither is what's inside it...That box belongs to Runa and what's inside it also belongs to her" He said angerly. "Runa....is THAT the girl's name is.......Why does that name sound so familier" he said. "Oh I dunno maybe it was the name of the baby that Artimus and Luna were holding..........She's a Millennian Father....Like me only she is a rare pure blood.......She's the baby that you always saw when we were still watching over her parents" he said. "parents....Please she looks like the boy's little sister" His father said. "no father.....Runa IS Luna and Artimus's Daughter........the one YOU thought that died along with them....but you were wrong" Said Jack.
"Wrong me as if I'm never wrong" Said his father. "You've always been wrong father.......You told me lies....Kept secrets from me.......I want to know who I REALLY AM father............You maynot be Millennian like mother was.....but you of all people should know who I really am" He said. "...You are a prince.....and yet you're half Millennian...your royalty side came from your mother.......but you were raised as a normal human boy........by the time you are Twenty you will go into a series of phases.....like a second puberty if you will but it won't last long......only a week...everyone goes though the phases differently depending on who.....or what they are" his father explained. "So......I'll be a monster" He asked. "Something like that" Said his father. "I think I've heard about these phases" Said Runa. Jack looked at her. "My father's oldest brother went though it once....it changed his outer appearence but no matter what he looked like on the outside he was still him on the inside............what I'm trying to say is No matter how jack looks like on the outside he'll always be jack on the inside no matter what" She said unexpectedly. "she knows too much for a girl her age Jack" His father said. "Trust me we're just as surprised as you are" Jack said. "Did you teach her to say that Jack" He said. "OF CORSE NOT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THESE PHASES UNTILL YOU TOLD US" Yelled Jack as he covered Runa's ears. "Then you should teach her to keep her mouth shut She knows far too much for a normal girl should know" Said his father. "That's what makes her so special.............She's a rare Millennian father....She knows things that some others don't........like how she found out that you were keeping secrets from me just by looking into my eyes is how she found that out....She can look into yours to see if your telling the truth or if what you're saying is all a lie" Jack exclaimed. Runa loked down at the box as it began to glow. She looked at Yusei's deck and Jack's deck and saw that Red Dragon Archfiend's card and Stardust Dragon's card was glowing. She looked back down at the box and opened it with a small key that she had around her neck that was hidden under her shirt. the key worked as the box opened and a card flew out of it and floated down into Runa's right hand. "That........................That card.......It's........Waterstorm the Dragon Princess......but why....that card is suposed to be mine" He said. "Your WRONG father......That card belongs to Runa.....The dragon has chosen her just as Archfiend has chosen me as with Stardust to Yusei" Said Jack. "I get it now.....Archfiend and Stardust were glowing because Waterstorm has chosen a master so they were congradulating her...Eventhough she's still just a baby dragon" She said. "Your mother had that card........but when she died I saw martha with her and Artimus.......She gave the box to her....told her that no one but the child should get their hands on it.....So she hid it from me for all these years....and I thought it was burned in a fire" Said Jack's father. "I ment to give it to Jack before he moved out....but I never had the chance to give it to him when you weren't around" Said Martha as she came out from a bush. 'But why would you give it to him" Asked his father. "Because I knew that even after Runa's parents had died He was still watching over her" She said. "but....how do you know about this girl martha" He asked. "I am her mother's Aunt....you could say that I've known her since the day she was born" She replied. His eyes widened. "Martha....Why didn't you tell me this" He asked. "Your not the only one that keeps sectrets Mr. Atlas" She said. "You dare to keep secrets from me old woman" Said the father angerly as he walked over to Martha. Yusei ran over to them and got infront of her. "Out of my way boy" he said. but Yusei wouldn't move. "I won't let you hurt her" He said.
"Alright I guess if you won't move then I'll just have to make you" Said Atlas as he picked Yusei up by his shirt. He was about to Punch him in the face but he hisitated. "What Why are you hisitating don't you WANT to hurt me for protecting Martha" He said. "....There's a girl on your mind that's just like this girl.......but right now she's far away from you......and she is somehow connected to this girl" he said as he looked into his eyes. Yusei's eyes widened. "Maybe.....but maybe not" he said. "Don't play dumb with me boy" Said the father as he picked him up higher into the air. "STOP IT" yelled Runa from behind Jack. "Why do you hate us children so much Mr. Atlas" She said. Everyone looked at her. "Runa don't drag his attention to you" Jack said as he picked her up and held her like a child. "Ever since Jack turned ten he was getting to be rather rebelious....Not wanting to do as I say like when I asked him to watch over your mother and father while I went to go get some food he said: 'I'll only watch over the baby from now on'....it's like he only wanted to watch over only that baby that Luna Always held....but why would she care about that baby She acted like she was it's mother when it was old enaugh to be their baby sister" he exclaimed. "That baby was Runa father and Luna and Artimus WERE her parents...........but when they died YOU simply stoped watching over the baby that was with them.......ever since she turned five she had been working at Yakoto's resteraunt during the day.....and at his bar at night......and you don't wanna know what Yakoto did to her and made her do at the bar" Said Jack as he held her tightly in his arms. "You've been watching over that baby ever since her parents died but Wh-" His father began to say before he was interupted. "Because SOMEONE had to...and it wasn't gonna be you so I was the only one that could..............plus I was the ONLY one that knew who that baby was and who her parents were unlike YOU" said Jack as he looked at him then looked down at Runa and played with a few strants of her hair. his father just stood there wide eyed staring at his son. "Eversince I've been watching over her She's been like a little sister to me.........but the she would always stare at someone in the distance....She would always stare at me....with her beautiful eyes....but she stoped staring at me the day her parents died" He said. "You......like her....don't you" Said his father. "Like I said She's like a little sister to me....And I love her just the way she is....So I won't let you take her away from me" he lied as he kissed Runa's forehead. His father smiled. "I'm glad you care about this girl so deeply........Whoda thought that the baby was her this whole time and to think she was Luna's daughter" He said. "Not just Luna's....but Artimus's as well can't you tell the resemblance between the two and her" he said. "Yes I can.....her eyes are the same colors as Luna's and Artimus's put togehter......And she has her father's nose......but her mother's gentle smile" he said. Runa smiled then she yoaned. Jack smiled as he smirked. "I'd better put her to bed it's getting late" he said as she laid her head on his sholder. "I may hate kids........but this one makes me feel.....different" He said. "Are you saying that you are beginning to LIKE HER" Jack teased. "she's alright......but this is a huge responcibility for you Jack Are you sure you're up for it" he asked. "father I've been taking care of her for a week without any problems....well ok maybe one tiny argument but that's worked out now..and I've been watching over her eversince the day she was born right so I can handle it" He said. his father smiled and walked away. "Let's go home Martha.....you have alot of explaining to do about this child on the way back" He said as they disappeared into the trees. Yusei looked at Runa who was now fast asleep in Jack's arms. "She's cute when she's asleep right Jack" He said as he saw Jack looking at her. "No......She's beautiful when she's asleep" He said as he kissed her cheeck. Yusei smiled. "I'd better get goin Mom's probibly worried about me See ya tomarrow Jack" He said as he walked off. "Later Yusei" He said as he looked at him. He headed inside the mansion, went into her room, put her in her night gown, and put her to bed. "Good night my Runa.....Sweet dreams" He wispered as he kissed her cheeck once more then headed into his room and went to sleep.
The next morning Jack woke up to the sound of birds cherping but then he noticed Runa sleeping next to him tears streaming down her face. He wraped his arms around her and hugged her tightly. "She must've had a bad dream last night" He thought as he sat up then put her on his lap with the covers over her as he looked out the window and saw that it didn't rain the night before. He looked back down at Runa and noticed that she was waking up. "What's wrong baby" he asked softly as he wiped her tears away. She looked up at him. "nothing....Just a bad dream I had" she said as she laid her head in his chest. "Wanna talk about it" He asked. She told him about her bad dream. His eyes wiened as he listened. "The Dark Signers captured me and locked me up......you came to rescue me but you lost the duel aguinced Kalin.....and do you became a dark signer yourself loosing the signer mark you had before..........but the signer mark you had didn't disappear.....it somehow managed to appear on me combining with my own signer mark........but here's the thing............I don't have a signer mark............but the one in my dream the one that I had was blue not red like yours but when your signer mark combinded with mine it was a pruple light...............but I'm not sure how I know about all this signer stuff and saving the world" She exclaimed. "Maybe you saw more of my past then you wanted to see" He said as he held her close to him hugging her tightly. "No it's not that.....I think I might've seen.....the future" She said. His eyes widened. He smiled. "That's one of the abilities a pure Millennian can do" He said as he kissed her forehead. "but what I don't get is in the dream I was a signer like you and Yusei.....but in real life I'm not a signer" She said. "Maybe you are you just haven't met any other signers like yourself yet" He said as he stroked her hair. "I dunno maybe....but if I am then I'll have to be a different signer cause the glow the mark made was blue not red" She said. "That is unusual............maybe you could be a different kind of signer......but that's just my opinion" he said. "I could be" she said as she smiled. That afternoon Runa was in her room playing with Sakura while Yuki was sleeping on her bed. Jack was in the kitchen making lunch. he peaked in and seen Runa trying to teach Sakura some tricks but she wouldn't listen to her. "Sakura please sit for me" she begged. Sakura finally sat, but only for a moment. Jack smiled as he walked in. "You have to say the command calmly" He said. "I've tried but she just won't listen" She said. "Hmm......let me try" he said as he bint down. Sakura ran to him. "Sakura......Sakura.....Sit" He said calmly as he gently pushed her backside down making her sit. "See you have to show her what sit is when you teach her the command like this but you have to be gentle with her when you show her" He said. "Ohhhh I get it now Okay I will" she said as he hugged him. he hugged her back as he smiled. "You look beautiful today my Runa" He said as he kissed her forehead. she looked at him and gave him a small peck on the lips which made him blush slightly. "You don't look so bad yourself Jackey" She said. "half bad I look pretty handsome to you" he teased as he tickled her. She laughed. "Alright alright.....your handsome" She said as she kissed him. "And you know it" He said sweetly. She smiled and looked at Sakuta who had jumped onto her lap. "Looks like Sakura wants to learn those tricks again" he said as he got up. "Lunch is almost ready then after lunch we can go to the stables if you want" He said. "Can we take Nura and Kurt with us too pleeeeeeease" she asked as she batted her eyes. "Of corse wherever we go they go remember that's what Anari said" He said as he kissed her once more. "you look beautiful when you bat those pretty eyes of yours" He said sweetly. She smiled. "I try to be" She said. "Just don't try too hard.......You're beautiful the way you are" He said as he smiled and left the room. She smiled back then continued to teach Sakura the 'sit' command. An hour later Jack, Runa, and the dolls went to the stables. when they got there Yusei, Cerena, and Yugi were having a race to see which horse rider was better. Yusei got onto a grey horse, Cerena got into Rukia, and Yugi got onto Byakuya. "Alright first one to circle around the school four times and back to the stables first wins" said Yusei. "You're on" said Yugi and Cerena at the same time. "Ready..........Set........G-" "GO" Yelled Runa which made Yusei, Cerena, and Yugi jump slightly then stormed off. She smiled. "Wow.....Aunt Cerena sure is good....and so is Uncle Yugi and Yusei" She said. "Yusei learned from his mother.......And today I am going to teach you" Said Jack as he picked her up and walked into the stabbles. He put her on a brown horse then tied a rope on the side of the horse's reins then pulled her out of the stables and into the training ring. "I'll start off slow allowing her to walk then over time if you want to go faster just gently tap on her sides with your heals" He said. "Alright" She said shakly. "It'll be ok trust me......if you fall then I'll catch you....I promise" He said gently as he smiled. She smiled back. That evening after her horse riding training he baught her some Ice cream. "Man girl I've never seen someone learn as fast as you.............except for Anari...but you learn faster then her even" Jack said as he licked his Ice cream. "I'm not sure why one like me can learn fast" She said as she looked down in sadness. "I'm not saying it's a bad thing honey it's just unusual that's all don't be so glum" he said as he wraped his arm around her. She laid her head on his side and smiled slightly then licked her vanilla ice cream. "can you teach me how to use a Mind barrier" She asked. "You have to consentrate really hard in order for you to make a mind barrier but i'm sure we can pull it off...........but we only have a year left for you to learn it" He said. "Yeah.......I maynot know when my birthday is but...........I know that I'm nine already" She said sadly. "Your birthday is tomarrow so your still eight" He said. "my birthday's romarrow??" She asked. "Yesh....and how do I know that.....well..........Cause I watched over you remember" he said as he looked at her and smiled. She smiled back. "Yeah I remember someone looking at me when I was two......it was you wasn't it" she said. "You know it.........we should get back home it's getting dark............and I don't want you to get hurt" He replied as he gave her a kiss on the forehead. They headed back to the house and got ready for bed after they had finished their ice cereams along the way. Their doors was shut but not the connecting door. The connecting door was cracked. jack peeked in to see if Runa was ready for bed. She was putting on her night gown. "I see you Jackey" she said as she smiled. He walked into the room and sat down on her bed next to her. You look pretty in that gown sweety....ever tried modeling school" he teased. "yeah right why would i want to be a model" She said. "Then what do you want to be when you grow up" he asked. "i dunno Some kind of a D-wheel maker" she replied. his eyes widened. 'A D-Wheel maker....why do you want to be one of those" he asked. "cause they look really cool and i wanna make one for myself someday" she said. He smiled and hugged her tightly and kissed her lips passionately.
