Okay, by some miracle I was able to get this out, even though I have finals this week. But I was determined to get something out before Christmas, and I have fufilled that goal.
So, now I REALLY need to study for finals and write a 12 paper essay...hehe ;)
Anyways, enjoy!
Chapter 12
Akiza smiled widely as she walked through the streets of the Satellite, Yusei's hand tightly grasping hers. She couldn't remember a time when she felt such happiness.
Crow was walking along beside her, chatting away about whatever popped into his head. Yusei was on her other side, smiling softly and giving her soft glances every few minutes. Jack was walking a few steps behind them, stating that he had to create some distance between himself and Crow before he was driven insane.
And Akiza was in the middle of it all, loving the way that they acted like a small family.
Family…what she always wanted, and now had.
It was more than she ever dreamt it would be.
She was brought out of her thoughts when Yusei suddenly stopped, his hand unconsciously tightening its hold on hers.
Akiza's eyes darted around the empty street as she anxiously whispered, "Yusei, what is it?"
Jack and Crow had immediately activated their duel disks, their faces set with determination as they gazed off into the darkened corners of the street.
Silence filled the street, not even the wind disturbed the tension filled air. All three men were tensed and ready for action, the only female's hand rested on her deck strapped to her waist.
Yusei's eyes narrowed as he quietly stated, "Someone's following us."
Akiza gasped quickly as she quickly scanned the area, unable to detect any sign of a stalker. "Are…are you sure Yusei?"
He nodded his head as his blue eyes took in every detail in front of him. "Yes, I'm positive."
Jack's violet eyes burned with fury and impatience as he took a brave step forward and yelled, "Come on out bastard! We know you're there!"
Deep chuckles erupted from the dark corner of the street, causing everyone's eyes to whip over into that direction. Slowly a form appeared from the shadows, causing Akiza's heart to accelerate as the cloaked figure said, "Well done. I must say, I'm impressed that a mere Satellite could detect me."
Akiza's hand flew to her mouth as she took a quick step back from shock and fear. "S-Sayer!"
Sayer fully stepped out into the sunlight, a malicious grin adorning his face as he said, "Ah, so you remember me Black Rose Witch."
Yusei glared at the man as he protectively moved in front of Akiza and said, "Don't call her that! She's not a witch!"
Sayer blinked in surprise, then shrugged with indifference as he said, "It makes no difference to me what she's called. Anyways, I've come to take you to the Arcadium Movement my dear."
Before Akiza could answer, Yusei had taken a step closer to Sayer as he said, "Sorry Sayer, but Akiza doesn't want to go with you."
The young man's eyes narrowed as his jaw tightened with annoyance. "I do believe that this is of no concern to you."
Blue eyes blazed with passion as Yusei's hands clenched tightly into fists. "Akiza's not going with you, and that's final!"
Sayer sighed wearily as he activated his duel disk and pulled out one of his cards. "I must say, you're really starting to get on my nerves. Now, I won't say this again. This is of no concern to you."
Yusei opened his mouth to retort until Akiza quickly stepped in front of Yusei, her own duel disk activated as she said, "I'm not going with you, now please leave before I lose my temper."
The psychic man sighed as he shook his head with disappointment and said, "Akiza, I was hoping that it wouldn't come down to this, but you leave me no choice. Since you won't come of your own free will, I guess I'll just have to persuade you to come instead."
Akiza's eyes widened as Sayer slapped a card on his duel disk, causing several balls of fire to come soaring towards Akiza and her new friends. Before she even knew what she was doing, Akiza had slammed down a card on her own duel disc, causing large vines to shoot out of the ground, creating a protective wall around herself and her friends. The fireballs hit the vines with loud booms, catching their protection on fire and making it wither away.
All three guys watched in astonishment as the wall of vines crumbled away, leaving ash and soot on the ground. Crow's gray eyes bugged out of his head as he gazed at the psychic man in front of them. "You tried to set us on fire!"
Jack scoffed as he slapped Crow on the back of his head. "Of course he did you dolt! Anyone with half a brain could see that!"
Yusei ignored the fight that was soon to start between the two young men, even in the situation they were in. He took a step towards Akiza, reaching for his deck attached to his belt, but froze when Akiza's frightened amber eyes snapped to his.
She lifted a quivering hand, a silent message for him to stop as she said, "No Yusei! You can't come any closer!"
Yusei stopped, a frown marring his features as he began to protest. Akiza just shook her head and interrupted him as she said, "Please Yusei, I have to do this alone. You could get hurt going against him. I'm the only one who can do this."
Although the last thing he wanted to do was to let her do this on her own, he knew that she needed to do this for not only them, but herself. With a hesitant nod, Yusei took a small step backwards, but kept his deck ready just in case he had to step in.
Sayer chuckled as an evil grin spread across his face. "I must say, the Satellite sure does produce some entertaining citizens."
Jack's violet eyes narrowed angrily as he raised a clenched fist and yelled, "Hey, I dare you to say that to my face you psychic moron!"
A chuckle was Jack's only answer as Sayer shook his head in pity. "As entertaining as it is to bait you with words, I do have some business to attend to."
Akiza snatched a card from her deck as she clearly stated, "Your visit was wasted, because I'm not going anywhere with the likes of you."
Sayer's grin just widened as he whipped out a couple more cards from his deck and said, "I beg to differ, my dear."
And with that he slammed down another card onto his duel disc.
Akiza gasped with surprise as a large figure slowly molded in front of her eyes. Her eyes slowly widened as she took in the expanse of the beast now completely formed in front of her.
Sayer beamed with pride as he said, "Akiza, meet my Psychic Snail."
The beast in front of her looked quite intimidating.
It looked like a large snail, but it had such horrifying features.
The creature glared at Akiza, much like an eagle would its prey. Its razor sharp teeth were bared and a bit of foam bubbled up around its mouth. Low growls escaped its mouth, causing its body to vibrate with the intention to kill. Before the snail had any chance of attacking her defenseless, Akiza quickly pulled out her ace card and slammed it on her own duel disc as she yelled, "I call upon my mightiest beast! I summon Black Rose Dragon!"
A bright light shone as the powerful dragon seemed to appear out of thin air, bellowing a mighty roar to announce its' arrival. But although Akiza's ace monster was menacing, Sayer just softly laughed as he shook his head. His olive eyes connected with hers as he said in a voice reserved for a small child, "Now Akiza, you know that your Black Rose Dragon won't be able to stop me."
Akiza's eyes narrowed with determination as she glared at the man across from her. "It will do more than stop you. Now, Black Rose Dragon, demolish that Psychic Snail!"
The members of The Enforcers watched with stunned awe as the large dragon tilted its large head back and released a mighty roar, preparing to obliterate its opponent, but before an attack could be made Sayer's green eyes widened with malice as he screamed, "Now!"
Yusei's eyes widened as a large blast sounded through the area, causing him to fly to the ground from the force. Smoke blinded his eyes and filled his lungs, causing him to cough and sputter uncontrollably. Then, as if remembering what had happened before the sudden blast, Yusei jerked his head up with a gasp, which only served to cause a blinding pain to shoot through his skull as another fit of coughs wracked his body.
Yusei's body shook with effort as he unsteadily climbed to his feet, fear and anxiety making him unstable. He desperately looked around him, praying to catch just a glimpse of Akiza's magenta hair. But it proved useless, for the only thing he could see was the foggy smoke.
His hands reached blindly in front of him as he yelled with a strained voice, "Akiza!"
His heart pounded in his chest so hard and fast that the only thing he could hear was its desperate rhythm. His body felt so tired, but adrenaline forced his legs to continue moving as his arms swung out in front of him, trying to remember exactly where Akiza had been standing when the blast had happened.
"Akiza! Akiza, where are you? Can you hear me?"
Why wasn't she answering? Is she hurt? Did that Sayer guy do something to her?
What was going on?
Yusei felt like knives were stabbing into his skull, and his body was starting to feel heavier with each step. But he wouldn't give up.
He wouldn't….couldn't…..lose Akiza.
Even as he dropped to his knees, he called out her name one last time as his vision faded to black.
A sickening smile spread across Sayer's face as he watched one of his followers gently place the unconscious girl on the bed in the back of his plane. After making sure she was securely strapped in, the man whirled to face Sayer, gave a respectable nod, then quickly rushed back to the front of the plane.
The plane stirred to life shortly after, ready for takeoff.
Sayer lowly chuckled as he strapped himself into his seat, his eyes never leaving the psychic girl's body.
He lifted his arm and gently caressed her pale cheek, brushing aside the wayward strands of her hair. "You thought you could get away. You thought you could escape me, Sayer, the greatest psychic duelist in all of New Domino city."
His wild eyes quickly darted over to glance at the small box nestled in the chair beside him. His grin widened as he gently lifted the box as carefully as one would a newborn baby, and placed the package in his lap.
"You should have known that you couldn't escape me Akiza."
With careful finger he lifted the lid of the box and laid it back on the empty seat.
"And now that I finally have you, you cannot escape me again."
He lifted what seemed to be a collar and smoothly ran his fingers over the device. It was smooth and slightly cold due to the metal plates on the inside of the color, each one connected by a thin wire. His maddening grin widened as a quick shiver shot up his spine.
Then, in only a matter of seconds, he quickly placed it around the girl's slim neck and snapped it in place.
He chuckled once again as he ran his fingers over the collar now strapped around her neck and leaned over so that his mouth was next to her ear as he whispered, "Because now you are mine!"
Now my plot is really coming to a head! I've been anxious to get it here though, so I'm happy. I'm not sure how much longer this story will be...I guess it just depends :D
Anyways, answers to your reviews:
1. First of all, my poll. You can believe my shock when I had a tie between either having Carly or not! My 'solution' didn't solve anything! So, I'm just going to wing it with her. If it feels right I'll do it, if not oh well. I'm not that worried about it though, because I don't think she would've made such a big part anyways...but we'll see.
2. Yes, before I get any complaints, I am aware that this chapter is slightly shorter. But please keep in mind that I have finals this week, and I thought something was better than nothing. I apologize for the length, and I promise to start working on the next chapter once finals are over.
3. Please, don't send me messages and reviews that tell me that you don't like things 'half-done' and that I 'need' to update. Really, I have other obligations (such as school and family) and writing is something I do for my pleasure. I do write in my spare time, and I have two other stories started, one other one already posted. But I promise, I WILL finish this story, no matter how long it takes. Just have faith, stick with me, and send me your lovely reviews, for they are what truly inspires me to write.
4. I didn't even notice my last update was on 11/11/11, but how cool was that? Thanks for pointing that out ;D
5. I promise, if for some reason Carly is not in my story, I WILL NOT make an OC or anything to be with Jack. Actually, I try and stray from making OC's because I believe it takes away the actual meaning to Yugioh 5D's, or whatever you're writing for. And my personal opinion is that I don't like most OC's that people make (not saying that I dislike EVERY OC), but that's just my opinion. I usually don't read stories with OC's, so I write by my own opinion, which is writing something that I could see myself reading.
6. Will Kalin be back? ...well, I don't want to give anything away, but I'm pretty sure we'll see him in the near future...but I'll keep why a surprise ;P
Okay, I believe that's it! Now, my adored readers, leave me your wonderful reviews, for they are truely what motivates me to write.
Thank you! ^_^