I'm back. sorry that i left you hanging in the last chapter. Anyway thanks for the reviews, I still need a few ideas for th first kiss, between Yusei and Pippa. (No she's not dead.) And thanks to all those who spotted my mistakes. (Sorry, I'm dyslexic, can have big trouble with spelling and gramma. :-( It drives me up the wall) I would particually like to thank jory014, for the advise. (Really helpful) Now one with chapter 13
Chapter 13
Yusei couldn't feel Pippa's pulse under his fingers. He gasped, but before he could do anything, lights came on so brightly, he couldn't see anything. He was seized by securities. "Let me go!" Yusei shouted. Another security ripped Pippa from Yusei's grasp. "PIPPA!" Yusei cried. A security hit him over the head and he feel unconscious.
When he woke up, he was in a prison cell, the first thing that came to his mind was Pippa. 'She's gone.' He thought,
"Hey, rise and shine sonny. Welcome to the facility" An old man appeared in front of him. "Hey, you got a pretty good marker, doesn't ruin your face too much." He said. Yusei sat up and felt his cheek, he felt a small triangle and a line next to it. "The names Yanagi, Adventures my middle name and famous relics are my game." Yanagi said. Yusei didn't reply. "What a sec, I never forget a face you were at the kiba dome, so was it you who made all the power in the city go out, and that dragon was that you too." Yanagi's talking went into the back of Yusei's mind, he was too busy thinking about last night.
'I should have stopped that duel when that mark of hers started glowing again. I'm such an idiot, I should have known from the moment my arm started aching that duel was going off. Pippa I'm so sorry, it's all my fault, even if I had got stardust dragon back after that duel, it wouldn't have been worth it, I would trade a thousand Stardust dragons to get you back.' He thought.
"Hey, you listening to me there." Yanagi said, Yusei ignored him again. "Oh come on, tell me about the Crimson dragon. Only signers and the dragon mage have the power to summon that." Yanagi stated.
"How do you know what it's called?" Yusei asked. "And what are signers?"
"I heard about them long ago, I thought the whole thing was a legend but now, it must be all true. There was this tribe that worshipped the crimson dragon. Some could even summon it, through the power of the dragon mage. Basically the dragon mage is another type of signer. There are three types of signer in total, the original signers who carry a mark of the dragon, they're destined to save the world, the dragon mage who is kind of like a doorway that the crimson dragon can use to get into this world, and the signer guardians, they have two jobs, 1 protect their signer, and 2 in the final battle they bond with the signers signature dragon. Their marks are the same as their signer's except they have a heart round it." Yanagi explained. "From the looks of things the dragon mage must have been there too, it's the only way the crimson dragon could have appeared."
'So that's what Pippa is the dragon mage, but she had a mark that was the same as mine with a heart round it, so does that need she's a guardian too. No it's what she was.' Yusei thought.
"So are you going to tell me about the dragon mage?" Yanagi asked. Yusei didn't reply. "Oh don't go all quiet again, come on tell me about the dragon mage, who is it and where are they now? Come on tell me please" Yanagi pleaded.
"There's no point." Yusei said quietly.
"Huh?" Yanagi exclaimed
"She's gone." Yusei said.
"What do you mean she's gone?" Yanagi asked.
"I mean, she's gone and she's not coming back." Yusei said getting angry. "And it's my fault!" Yusei punched the wall in frustration. Yanagi stopped talking.
Goodwin got out of a limo, Jack close behind. In front of them was a hospital. "Say Goodwin, you never did explain what was with this girl." Jack said.
"I'll explain soon Jack, just be patient." Goodwin replied. The two of them walked into the hospital, where a young nurse greeted them. "Good day sir." She said
"We're here to see Miss Allen." Goodwin stated.
"This way sir." The nurse led them to a room on the third floor. The nurse looked at her clipboard. "She's making an incredibly quick recovery, considering she was dead for about three and a half minutes." The nurse stated. "She hasn't woken up yet, but her vitals are normal and she seems to be just fine."
"Good." Goodwin replied. The nurse opened the door before leaving.
"So are you going to explain what the deal is with this girl now. You said I'm a signer and that I'm supposed to save the world with the help of the guardians, but how is she and Yusei connected to all this?" Jack asked.
"She's the dragon mage Jack, and if my theory is correct she's a guardian as well. You said she was gripping a glowing mark on her shoulder, you didn't happen to see the mark did you?" Goodwin asked. Jack shook his head. "Not clearly. So what is the dragon mage?" Jack asked.
"The dragon mage is the connection the crimson dragon has with this world. The fact that we almost lost her last night was quite a scare. With out her, we can't summon the crimson dragon. The next big problem she's going to have is when her Guardian powers start to show." Goodwin explained. They walked into the room to see Pippa sound asleep. 'It's not unheard of for the dragon mage to a signer or a guardian as well, but it can be dangerous, especially when their this young, The guardians powers tend to appear when the wilder is about 18, the same as the dragon mage power. We're going to have to research this girl.'
Two days later Pippa had woken up. She was wearing a plain white nightgown. The first thing that came into her mind was Yusei. 'What happened to Yusei.' She thought. It didn't take Goodwin long to arrive. "I'm glad to see your making a good recovery Miss Allen."
"How do you know who I am?" Pippa asked. She didn't trust him right from the off.
"I've had a look at your file." Goodwin answered, "Miss Allen, you might know what I want to talk about."
"What happened at the kiba dome." Pippa stated, feeling pretty sure that's what this was about.
"Correct, we still have little understanding about what happened, I was wondering if you could shed any light on the situation about that night." Goodwin said. Pippa didn't trust him at all.
"I barely know anything myself." Pippa replied.
"Neither the less, you are connected to all of this and we need you, I hear you have a talent for duelling. That will prove useful in the fight that's ahead." Goodwin stated.
"What are talking about?" Pippa asked. Goodwin explained what he knew of the signers. 'So that's what this is all about, Yusei's a signer, and I'm this dragon mage and a guardian' Pippa thought.
"Miss Allen, I have a favour to ask of you." Goodwin said. "I need you to talk to Yusei, I don't know how much he knows, but I think he might take it better if it can from you." Pippa could understand that.
"Just one problem, I go in there they could find out that I'm not from around here." Pippa stated.
"I can deal with that, but I need you to convince Yusei to join us."
"Us?" Pippa questioned, "I think you might mean, you." She corrected. "Sorry, but I'm finding it hard to trust you."
"I understand, if you can't trust me, maybe you can bargain with me." Goodwin said, putting his hand in his pocket. He pulled out a card and showed it to Pippa, to her disbelief, it was her mother's stardust dragon. "Where did you get that?" Pippa asked.
"Some how, it managed survived the fire." Goodwin answered.
'How does he know about the fire, and how did he even get there in he first place?' Pippa thought.
"You talk to Yusei and make him agree, then I may be able to get him out of the facility." Goodwin said.
"He's in the facility!" Pippa exclaimed.
"Calm down Miss Allen, I assure you he is alright." Goodwin said. That didn't make Pippa feel any better. "We may have one small problem, Chief Armstrong, who runs that facility probably won't realise Yusei without a fight, and my guess that fight will be in the shape of a duel." He explained. "Your due to be realised from this hospital in a few days, by that time I will have everything prepared for you to see Mr Fudo."
"One last question, where's my deck and duel runner?" Pippa asked. Goodwin put his hand in his pocket again and pulled out a deck, "Your deck is here, but I'm afraid your duel runner was confiscated, it's now in the security impound centre and I'm afraid there's not a lot that I can do about that." Goodwin replied handing her the deck. Goodwin left and Pippa's heart sank a little. 'Damn.' Was all she could think.
The next few days were long for Pippa. She didn't trust Goodwin and she was also worried about Yusei. Who knows how badly he was being treated. But if he had any chance of getting out any time soon, this would probably be it. She stared at the stardust dragon Goodwin had given her. Her father, told her that her mother was a pro duelist when she young, and her father was a Turbo Duelist. He first met her mother at the fortune cup about 30 years ago. And they were the ones that squared off in the final. Dark Armed Dragon was her Fathers trump card, and Stardust Dragon was her mothers card. Her mother won in the end, but her Father won the next year.
Three days after Goodwin's visit, Pippa left the hospital. She got her Black trousers, white low neck T-shirt and her light blue riding jacket back. As she walked out the main entrance, Jack showed up on his runner. "Look, I don't fully know what's going on, or what gonna happen. What I do know though is that Yusei owes me a rematch, as our last duel didn't have a result. Tell him that for me won't you." He said coldly.
"I can see why you're not friends anymore if you're always this stuck up." Pippa replied even colder. A thought suddenly came into her head, 'Jack had Yusei's stardust dragon the night of the duel, Goodwin is Jack's sponsor, could they be in this together, making the card Goodwin gave me Yusei's stardust dragon?' "You still got Yusei's card?" Pippa asked, just to be sure,
"Yeah." Jack replied pulling the card out of his pocket. "What so special about that?"
"Don't worry about it, forget I even asked." Pippa replied, she now knew everything she needed to. Jack huffed and drove away
Goodwin had a car to take Pippa to the facility, the driver handed her an ID card, "That will get you in there without anyone suspecting anything." He said. The card was a citizenship identification, all residents of new domino city had one. About half an hour later they arrived at the facility. Pippa got out of the car, and walked into the facility. "This ain't a place girl's like you should come." The Guard at the main entrance said.
"I'm just here to see a friend." Pippa said.
"What's his name?" The guard asked.
"Yusei Fudo." Pippa answered.
"You got some ID?" He asked. Pippa showed him the ID card that was given to her in the car. The Guard held a scanner up to the card. "This way please." The guard lead her down an empty corridor to a small empty room, "Your Friend will be here in a few minuets." He said, before he shut the door behind her. The room was bare with only two chairs and a table in the middle. Pippa looked at the top left hand corner of the room and saw a security camera.
The Guard walked down to Yusei's cell. "Hey Fudo, you've got a visitor." He stated.
"You got a visitor, you're lucky, in all the times that I've been here, I've never once had a vistor." Yanagi said whilst bouncing around. 'It's probably Jack, just come to gloat no doubt.' Yusei thought as he stood up, and walked out the cell. He still blamed himself for what happened, the guard lead him to the empty room. As he stepped inside, the guard shut the door, Pippa turned around.