Author's note: Hiyas! I'm back with the new chapter. After learning about the ocs' pasts, we'll be starting the Fortune Cup arc. So enjoy.
Disclaimer: Again, I don't own Yugioh 5ds, only my ocs, such as Crystal, Akane, and Bridget.
Chapter 14
"It's started when I was five," I told Akane and Bridget my story, "You see, I really don't know who I am or where I came from at that time because I lose my memories. All I remember is my name and I think I'm from the Satellite, at least. A boy name Yusei found me in the middle of the woods, and took me inside the orphanage which is taken care of by our foster mother, Martha. I started living there and at first, I used to be shy and because of my amnesia, I not fully aware of what everything is. I've never really hang out much with the other kids so I usually hang around with Martha or play by myself in the living room. But Yusei was the first one to manage to open up to me and we became fast friends along with Crow and Jack."
"So it sounds like you have a happy life," Bridget commented.
I nodded, "Then there's Aoi. Yusei and I found him outside in the rain and took him in. He was bullied by the other kids because he has psychic powers, so he was considered an outsider. I understood how he feels because, like him, I have special powers as well. I can see auras glowing around other people, like I can yours as well right now."
"No way," Akane gasped.
"Yeah way. We're good friends after that. He's the one who gave me the moon clip," I show Bridget and Akane the clip, "This is one of my most prized possession. There's no way I'm going to give it away.
"Martha can only take care of us until we were thirteen, so I left the orphanage and start on a new life. I went along with my friends and first met Kiryu, the leader of the Team Satisfaction. We decided to fight off the duel gangs and conquer Satellite. But then, that incident happened.
"One of the teams came and decided to take Aoi away from us because of his powers. Of course, we didn't dare to, so all of us ran away and try to protect him. Each of us were force to split up and I was the only one left to protect Aoi, but the team leader, Silver, and one of his teammates managed to kidnapped him, and that was the last time I saw Aoi. I did tried to go after him, but I was stabbed in the leg and then Silver...well, I don't want to describe it, but he hurt and left me alone to die.
I rubbed the wound on my thigh, which was still covered in bandages. This is something I do not want to remember. Bridget gave me a gentle squeeze on my hand, expecting me to calm down.
"Yusei found me unconscious and took me back to the orphanages along with our friends to get me treated. When I woke up, I was haunted by that incident, and I blamed myself for Aoi's disappearance. I felt like a burden to the team, so I've decided to leave them for good. Truth is, I really miss them since I made great memories with them. But, I know there's no turning back to them so..."
"You've had a bad time, didn't you?" Akane wrapped her arms around my shoulder.
"Yeah," I nodded, "Soon, I became homeless in Satellite and have to get through without much money or food. Then I met you two. I guess this is fate, then."
"Man, that was quite a history," Akane stared to the ceiling, "I'm surprised that you managed to get through that."
I nodded and wipe the tears away, "Well, enough about me. What about you too?"
Bridget and Akane looked at each other.
"I guess I'll start first," Bridget volunteer, "You see, I'm not actually from here. I'm from the Neo Domino City."
I stared at Bridget in confusion, "No offense, but if you're from Neo Domino City, how come you're living here in Satellite?"
"I'm not actually living here, more like, I'm visiting for the summer," Bridget shrugged off, "My parents were always away from business trips, so I never get a chance to spend time with them. Every year, I live in the dorms in the school call Duel Academy, where students learned to play Duel Monsters. In summer, I went to the Satellite and visit my uncle here, who is a mechanic and we get along just fine. In this case, I've been going back and forth to live in two different homes. It was kinda depressing, and I nearly got tired of it until I met Akane. We became friends that time."
"I see. I wonder what Neo Domino City is like then," I muttered and turned toward to Akane, waiting to hear her story.
"Then it's my turn," Akane sighed, "Honestly, I never want to talk about this to anyone, but I guess this is necessary. Like you, Crystal, I'm an orphan. All of my siblings are as well. My mom died after the twins were born due to a disease and my father is an alcoholic. He would always abused us, calling us worthless little brats. We were never a happy family. My older brother, Sho, was the one who takes care of us most of the time. Taking care of the chores, taught me and Riku how to duel, and gently tried to prevent the twins from crying so that our father won't be able to hurt them."
Akane lifted her shirt up revealing scars on her right side, "One time, my father really got into a mental break down, so he stabbed me twice here on the side. And this...," she then took off her jacket, revealing a burned scar on her back, and I winced at that appearance, "He burned me right there. I really suffered a lot of pain that time. Sho got really furious when he saw the wounds on me, so we decided to escape and find a place to live."
"Of course, we took Riku and the twins with us. We don't want them to be torture by our abusive father. It was difficult for us since we're running out of supplies and our younger siblings were running fevers. But finally, we found this apartment empty. None of the securities know about this place, which is a good advantage for us. We started living here from now on and found the happiness we're looking for. Riku and the twins became healthy again, Sho and I managed to find jobs at the factory and fed the kids pretty well. We even taught them how to duel and found some cards and duel disks for them to use. Though, there are some times when we're low on food and couldn't find any. But none of us care, because no matter how hungry we got, we're all smiling like a good family again.
"But then...things began to worsen again," Akane tilted her head down, letting her bangs fall over to her eyes, "One time, when I was alone taking care of the kids, Sho didn't come home that time. I got really worried because I knew he wouldn't come home this late, so I went out and search for him."
"What happened then?" I asked.
Akane stood silence for a moment, "He was stabbed in the heart when I found him."
I clutched my hand to my heart. This is terrible. Who would do such a thing?
Akane continued her story, "I didn't know who did this to him because there was no one around us when I arrived. Blood kept spilling from his chest, so I tried to save him, but Sho stopped me, because we both knew that there's nothing I can do. I cried for him, asking how are we're going to survive without him besides us. He then smiled at me and told me that I have to be strong, take care of the kids in his place. He pulled out his deck and gave it to me, believing that I'll take good care of it. That's the last thing he did before he died."
Akane grabbed the picture frame and show it to me and Bridget. The brown headed boy with warm, beautiful brown eyes have his arms wrapped around the younger version of Akane, who was hugging him back, showing that they're very close as any brother and sister would be. They both gave out radiant smiles, "So this is your brother."
Akane nodded, "This is one of the things I kept in memories of him," she then pulled out a deck and show me some of the cards, "And this is his deck, the one he treasures the most, the one he entrust to me. However, there's one card that's missing from this deck and I can't seem to find it. It's actually a rare card, so no doubt that whoever murdered my brother must've stolen that card from him.
"Did you ever find him, yet?" I asked in concern.
"No, not yet. But I know he's out there somewhere," she clench the hilt of her katana, "I know someday, I will find him. And when I do, I'll kill him to get my revenge."
Somehow, I did not like the tone of her voice when she speak out about her revenge. I know Akane is angry at that person for killing her brother, but I think that may be going to far. I really don't think that killing a murder would solve anything.
"Akane, you know revenge isn't always everything," Bridget implied. It definitely looks like she's thinking the same thing I am, "Because it won't solve anything. It would only make the matters worse."
Akane sighed and put her katana away, "Bridget, I understand that, but it's impossible for me to forgive that person. If I don't do this, then I won't be able to move on."
Bridget opened her mouth to protest, but said nothing when she looked into Akane's serious brown eyes. Akane faced towards me, "Anyway, I guess all three of us change histories. Turns out that all three of us have hardships even small ones we have to face."
"Yeah, I guess," I rubbed the wound on my thigh and frowned. Akane and Bridget both took my hands and smile at me.
"But hey, at least none of us are alone," Akane winked at me, "Because we have friends we can rely on to support each other."
"Right," Bridget agreed, "Crystal, you're our friends, too. We'll always be here with you to help you no matter what, so cheer up."
"Akane...Bridget," I nearly shed tears and smiled at them. After talking about that traumatizing incidents with them and exchanging stories, I can finally feel the pain in my heart slowly disappear, replacing it with hope and courage.
Suddenly, my stomach began to rumbled, so I rubbed it and blushed in embarrassment. Akane and Bridget laughed at me.
"Sounds like someone is hungry," Bridget teased.
"Y-Yeah," Come to think of it, I haven't eaten for like three days before I came here. Ugh, this is what happens when I didn't bring enough supplies.
Akane quickly gave me some clothes for me to change and followed Bridget to the door, "Go ahead and change while we'll go downstairs and start cooking."
"Okay!" the door was shut, and I changed out of the wet clothes and replace it with a black sweater and a white short. I dug through my backpack and pulled out some of my belongings. When I grabbed my deck, I heard a voice.
"Well, looks like you finally managed to settle in," I looked around where that voice is coming from. All of a sudden, my deck started glowing and a woman with angel wings appeared in front of me. I yelped and lost my footing, resulting me falling into the bed. I looked and blinked couple of times, and it turns out I'm not imagining this time.
"Ack! S-S-She appears again!" I stuttered, pointing my finger at her.
The angel giggled, "Looks like you can finally see me then."
Realization struck me as I pulled out a card from my deck and gasped. I look at the angel again and then back at the card couple of times, "No way. No wonder you look familiar. You're actually Cecilia, Guardian Angel of Light."
"That is correct," Cecilia nodded.
"But, you're a duel monster. How can I be able to talk to you?" I asked in confusion.
"That's because I'm a Duel Spirits," she explained, "And you have the ability to talk to them. Oh, by the way, I'm not the only one who you can talk to."
Before I can asked what she means, my deck started glowing again and many of my duel monsters started popping out. My eyes widened in astonishment.
"Hi there!"Jirachi The Wish Maker appeared on my side and nuzzled me on my cheek, "You can finally talk to us."
"Hey there, Jirachi," I replied giving an apologetic look, "Sorry, it never occurred me that you guys are Duel Spirits because I never talk to you at all."
"Apology accepted, mistresses," Crystal Guardian Beast, Lupe nudged at me with his nose, "That's because as you grow older, your power starts to develop."
"I see. So I wasn't imagining when you first talk to me, Lupe," I looked around, seeing all the Dual Spirits around me, looking at me with excitement and/or concern.
"These Dual Spirits really wanted to talk to you for a long time," Cecilia explained, "And yet, they were always watching you."
"That's true, mistresses," Crystal Priestess nodded, "All of us were worried when you were injured. We even watched over you when you left that orphanage."
I smiled at them. Talking to Duel Spirits isn't so bad after all, "I didn't know that. But thank you for watching over me. I'm sorry that I worried you guys."
Everyone shook their heads, telling me that I have nothing to apologized about.
"Oh by the way," I mentioned, "Can you not call me mistresses? It kinda feels weird."
They all nodded, "Then, what would you like us to call you then?"
"Um, just Crystal is good enough," I replied.
"If that's what you wish, Crystal," Cecilia nodded.
"Come to think of it, Cecilia," I pondered for a bit, "The first time we met is when I found you somewhere in the Satellite as a card, and I don't know much about you. So what's your story?"
Cecilia sighed, "You see, I use to belong with someone else as a duel monster, but she passed away, and we were force to passed down with a new owner."
"We?"
"Yes, I have another friend of mine who is also my partner. His name is Toki, Guardian Angel of Darkness. Our owner did not treat us well, and no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't find a way to escape him. Suddenly, an explosion appeared around here, and our new owner lost us and was possibly killed, Cecilia's face saddened, "Toki and I were separated in the explosion, and I managed to survive. But for sure, Toki is still alive, so I went around trying to find him. I didn't find him just yet, but I know that no matter where we are, we'll find each other and reunite someday."
I stared into her sad expression. I never knew that Duel Spirits would feel this way, "Don't worry, Cecilia, we'll find Toki so you two can be together again."
Cecilia smiled at me a little bit, "Thank you, Crystal."
All of a sudden, we heard a knock on the door, and all of the Duel Spirits disappeared. I croaked, "Come in."
Riku peered through the door and stared at me strangely, "Um, who were you talking to?"
"Um," I blushed, "No one. You must be imagining."
Thank God, Riku nodded and took that as and answer, "Anyway, you should come downstairs now. My sister and the others were waiting for you so we can eat."
"Alright, I'm coming down now," I follow Riku downstairs and enjoyed the dinner with Akane and everyone else. We all laughed as we exchanged stories, telling jokes, and talk about our personal dueling strategies. Ever since that incident, I felt really happy finding some people to live with and have a family again.
However, I started to have a feeling that there are more mysterious things lying ahead of me. I wonder what will happen to me next?
Me: And that's that. Probably the longest chapter so far, and I hope you guys enjoyed it.
Crystal: I really enjoyed it. I think I like this chapter the better, since this one is much happier compare to the previous chapter.
Me: *Turns around and gasps* What in the-? Why are you here?!
Crystal: Why can't I be?
Me: Because you're my ocs. And it freaks me out when you're here talking to me.
Crystal: *sighs* You never knew that you can talk to you ocs. Now that's weird.
Me: *facepalm myself* Anyway, Crystal, you read my story didn't you?
Crystal: Yes, though until this chapter, I've seen a lot of tragedies in the previous chapters. Why?
Me: Hey, there are some parts in this story that has to be sad, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have a happy ending.
Crystal: *Shrugs* I guess, but still...
Me: Anyway, I'll be uploading the next chapter soon, and we'll be starting on the Fortune Cup arc. So follow up and don't forget R&R. ;)