0713MM: Heyllo guys! Here comes chapter 21!^^ Akiza is in the hospital again, but will fully recover a bit faster than she did last time she was in the hospital. As always, I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds, nor do I own Aura Guardian Flood Fudo. My co-writer, guardian of the aura Aurasoul owns her. Now then, chapter start!
Chapter 21
Sayer tried to move, but could not. He just laid there. Misty and Akiza deactivated their duel disks and smiled at each other.
"We did it Akiza." Misty told her female Signer friend. "We won." Akiza glanced at Misty and nodded. A small smile appeared on her lips.
"Yes…...Yes we did….." Akiza breathed; a sigh of relief escaped her mouth. Sayer began to get up slowly, his clothes badly torn/ripped. He had several cuts all along his body. Blood trickled down from his bottom lip. It's highly probable that he bit his bottom lip to hard while trying to ease the pain from him going across the room. Once he was standing upright again, he glared at both Akiza and Misty. Akiza on the other hand was clenching her chest; her eyes were wide in shock from the pain she was experiencing from healing herself via her own power. Sayer sneered seeing that, but his facial expression turned back to a deep scowl of anger.
"Impossible…. How could I lose to you 2?! How?!" Misty's lips formed a sly smile at Sayer's anger. She glanced over at Akiza with concern; seeing Akiza was now on the ground; almost screaming pain The healing process Akiza did to allow herself to continue to duel had finally had worn off. In that moment, Akiza's eyes widened, then she crumpled to the floor; her eyes now closed and the sound of breathing slowed until it was little to nothing. Same deal with her heartbeat and pulse. Misty felt herself crying upon seeing that, but she wiped away any tears and turned to back to Sayer; her sly smile now returned.
"It's simple Sayer." Misty told the insane psychic duelist. "Because unlike you, Akiza has friends that put their faith in her. And because of this, she was able to find the strength and willpower to overcome your mind games and evolve not only herself into a much better person, but evolve her Signer Dragon as well. In other words Sayer, you lost the moment you accepted our challenge. Even if I wasn't with Akiza in this duel and she was dueling you alone, you'd still lose." Sayer's entire body began to shake with absolute rage.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Sayer roared angrily. "AKIZA IS NOW DEAD AGAIN DUE TO HER OWN POWER WHEN SHE HEALED HERSELF JUST SO SHE COULD DEFEAT ME! SO IN THE END, I STILL WIN! HAHAHAHAHA!"
"Akiza!" Misty looked up to see the others rushing in and gasped seeing the scene before them. Sayer stops laughing and looks up to see the others. He rolled his eyes.
"Oh great….." Sayer growled. "It's Akiza's pitiful group of friends….. What do you fools want?! I'm busy in bringing Akiza back to my side where she belongs!" Suddenly, 2 familiar angel monsters appeared in front of Sayer, who jumped back in surprise, pointing their weapons a near centimeter from Sayer's face.
"Another fucking word Sayer and I'll have Bloodedge and Lillian give you the worst kind of hell imaginable." Aura snarled at the insane psychic. Sayer just gave Aura a death glare in response to her petty threat. (According to Sayer, it's a petty threat.) Aura quickly went over to Akiza and knelt beside Akiza's body. Carefully, Aura moved Akiza's body so that she was on her back. Aura bit her lip. I can already sense how injured she is. I can't even begin to describe how bad. Aura moved to have her ear over Akiza's chest listening. Her heartbeat is quickly slowing down. Even if we contact the ambulance now they won't make it in time.
"Mina! Call the hospital!" Aura yelled, placing her hand on Akiza's chest where her injury was.
"On it!" Aura heard Mina called back from not too far away. Aura's hand began glowing indigo with her aura focusing. It'll take a lot out of me, but I got no choice. Aura placed both hands on Akiza's injury as her aura flared; beginning to heal Akiza within her body.
"Akiza!" Yusei jumped down from where the others stood from above and ran towards Aura and Akiza's body. Jack and Crow glanced at each other regarding Yusei's actions, but said nothing on the matter. When Yusei noticed the severe injury at her chest area, he fell to his knees. Tears slowly began to fall down and out of his eyes.
"I…..I know I asked Misty to help Akiza in this but…" Yusei choked. "But I feel that I'm partly to blame for this…"
"Yusei." Yusei looked up with tear filled eyes to come in contact with Misty's gaze with her grey eyes. "It's not your fault for what happened to Akiza now." Yusei on the other hand, didn't buy it.
"Yes it is Misty!" Yusei shot back. "Had I pressed to help Akiza against Arcadia when she mentioned fighting against them when me and her teamed up against Roman in our rematch, then maybe, just maybe, Akiza would not have ended up…..like this…" Yusei choked on the last 2 words of his sentence as he trailed off.
"Yusei don't be an idiot. I was there when she mentioned it, yet did I pressed to help her too? No, so then it's my fault too. So stop with the self blaming already!" Aura hissed with a wince as she continued to heal Akiza's injury. Yusei stopped crying and glanced at Aura, then back at Misty, who nodded.
"It's true Yusei." Misty agreed. "What your sister said, I mean. Of course, I would have helped Akiza even if you hadn't asked me. Her fight against them all by herself is not only brave and courageous, but it has reached national news since her injury." Yusei gave Misty a puzzled as if saying "what are you getting at?". As if hearing Yusei's unasked question, Misty began to elaborate.
"You see Yusei, the news goes across the whole world, not just in New Domino City. And because of that, I myself would have seen this news. Whether it be from a newspaper or the news channel. And as you know, I have my own personal reasons for wanting to fight against Arcadia." Yusei only nodded, not saying anything.
"And soon enough, Akiza will be seen as a hero and idol to other psychic duelists. Showing that not all psychics are bad." Aura remarked, her eyes still on Akiza; her face paling as she continued to heal this was going on, Trudge, Crow and Jack had Sayer handcuffed and escorting him out of the building. Sayer turned around and gave Misty, Yusei and Aura a death glare, which Misty returned in kind. As well as Yusei. If Akiza was alive at that given moment, she would have returned Sayer's death glare too.
"THIS ISN'T OVER YET YOU BASTARDS!" Sayer screamed hysterically. "I WILL BE BACK TO RECLAIM AKIZA! JUST YOU WAIT!"
"Bloodedge!" Aura yelled. At once, Bloodedge flew past Jack, Crow, and Trudge and pierced Sayer's right eye with his spear. Sayer screamed as the spear pierced his right eye. And due to him being handcuffed, he couldn't stop the bleeding.
"I warned him." Aura muttered darkly; still not looking up as Bloodedge moved back with a sadistic smirk. "Now take him away Trudge!" Trudge gave Aura a thumbs-up in response, but did not turn around. Instead he kept walking.
"Will do Aura!" Trudge called back to her. Trudge then glanced at Sayer, who was walking in between Jack and Crow, Trudge being on the far end of the horizontal line. "You're going away for a long time Sayer. Mark my words." Sayer just gave Officer Trudge a death glare in response. Shortly after, Trudge, Jack, Crow and Sayer's footsteps became softer and softer until they were no more. The only people left in the massive room were Mina, Akiza, Aura and Yusei. Soon, Aura moved back, panting as the aura around her body vanished.
"Ok, I managed to heal the more drastic wounds. So she'll live, but she needs to see a doctor and fast." she panted, her face pale as a sheet.
"The ambulance should be here shortly." Mina spoke up. While Mina brought that up, Yusei stood back up and turned to Mina; he nodded, then turned to face Aura. He was about to say thanks to his sister, only for him to freeze upon seeing Aura's facial color. A sheet of white.
"Ummm Aura?... You okay sister?" Yusei asked in concern.
"I-I'll be fine…. J-Just took a lot out of me…." Aura panted. "I just need to rest and-!" Aura winced, clutching her chest tightly with a deep shudder.
"Aura!" Yusei called out to her in concern. "What's going on? Misty and Mina glanced at each other, then back at the 2 Fudo siblings.
"I'm fine. Just an aftershock with the Aura." Aura winced. "Look, focus on Akiza right now. She's the injured one here still." Yusei felt his body begin to shake. Not out of anger, but out of concern and worry.
"But I…." Yusei began. He mentally waved the white flag of defeat. "Alright Aura, if you say so."
Thank Crimson he dropped it. Aura thought, relieved. They eventually heard the sound of sirens.
"That must be the ambulance." Mina piped up. "I'll go out and tell them to come inside here." Mina then left the room to go and greet the paramedics.
"Finally..." Aura sighed. She went to stand up, but she felt light headed and stumbled onto her feet. Yusei stood up shortly after Aura did. Soon the paramedics came in with a stretcher. As they rushed over to Akiza, kneeling down and carefully placing her on the stretcher; carrying her to the truck.
"Come on, we'll follow on our D-Wheels." Aura told Yusei. Yusei nodded, then glanced at Misty, then back at Aura.
"I'm down for that, but what of Misty?" Yusei asked. Misty just smiled at Yusei in response.
"Haha! Yusei, I'm not wearing appropriate clothing to ride on a D-Wheel." Misty told the Turbo Duel Champion. "Besides..." Misty approached Yusei and whispered the rest of her sentence into Yusei's ear. "Remember our deal? I help Akiza out against Arcadia. And in exchange, you 2 have to go out on a date." Yusei only nodded.
"Yeah. Yeah I remember." Yusei whispered back. "But that date you speak of will have to wait until after Akiza is fully healed."
"Fine by me." Misty agreed.
Evil women. I respect her. Aura thought, overhearing them before she spoke up.
"She can ride with Mina to the hospital while we're on our D-Wheels. Let's go." Misty nodded in agreement to that.
Yusei, Misty, and Mina sat within the hospital's waiting room. The paramedics having taken Akiza to surgery Soon, Jack and Crow walked in and over to them.
"How's Akiza?" Crow asked.
"She's in surgery right now. We won't know until they come out." Yusei said.
"We also called Akiza's parents. They'll be here shortly." Misty added.
"Well that's good." Crow grinned. "But where's Aura?"
"She said she had to use the restrooms." Mina spoke. Suddenly, Hideo and Setsuko rushed in; hurrying to them.
"Where's Akiza?! How is she?!" Setsuko gasped.
"She's fine Mrs. Izinski. Akiza is in surgery right now." Mina told Akiza's Mother with slight reassurance in her voice. Despite Mina's reassuring tone, it did not calm the older red-haired woman's worriness very much, if any at all. Hideo glanced at the others present in the room. His eyes eventually met Misty's.
"You were there Misty." Hideo started. "What exactly happened to cause Akiza having to go the hospital, and the ER by default, a 2nd time in a row this month?"
And so Misty told them everything what happened. Including some details of Akiza's injury. Once she finished, both Mr. and Mrs. Izinski looked shocked and frightened.
"How…. Why would this happen?..." Setsuko began, but she then trailed off, tears overcoming her and began to cry. "After all the things Akiza's been through too….." Soon, the doctor came out of the room and removing his gloves and mask.
"How is she?" Hideo asked the doctor.
"Don't worry Mr. Izinski; your daughter will be alright." The doctor assured with a smile. Setsuko stopped crying and glanced between her husband and the doctor. While Hideo seemed convinced by the doctor's words, Setsuko was not.
"How can you be sure?" Setsuko choked out the question.
"Well that's just it. Most of the damage to her body that would've been fatal is already beginning to heal; which is a relief. If not, your daughter may not have made it." The doctor explained. "I dare say it's a miracle." Setsuko gaped, then glanced at the others in the room. Her gaze met Yusei's gaze first, then Misty's.
"Do either of you know how the fatal injuries were healed?" Setsuko spoke in a shaky questioning tone. Yusei and Misty glanced at one another. Instead of answering, Misty turned to face the doctor.
"So Akiza will pull through?" She asked.
"Yes. She's asleep right now because of the medicine, but she'll come around in the morning." The doctor assured. "Have a good night." The doctor then walked off, leaving them alone. Misty then faced Setsuko.
"To answer your question Mrs. Izinski, you can thank Aura." She answered.
"Yusei's sister?" Setsuko asked. "I'm...confused. How could Aura heal Akiza?"
"You see Mrs. Izinski, Aura is gifted, besides with her Psychic Powers." Yusei spoke. "She can use her Life Energy that's called Aura to heal a person's injuries. That's what she did for Akiza. She healed the more fatal injuries." Hideo had listened to Yusei's explanation, as well as Setsuko. Both Hideo and Setsuko had shocked/surprised facial expressions after Yusei finished.
"I-I can't believe it..." Setsuko spoke in a stunned mannerism, yet very grateful and relieved.
"At first, neither could I." Misty admitted.
"Where is Aura? We should thank her." Hideo said, hand on Setsuko's shoulder as she nodded in agreement.
"She went to the restroom, though she should've been back by now." Mina spoke in a worried tone.
"I'll go see if she's ok." Misty suggested, standing up from her seat. Yusei glanced at Misty, and then gave her a nod as his response. Despite it being non-verbal. Misty nodded as she walked off.
Aura leaned heavily on the sink in the restroom, panting, a hand on her still pale face. She wincing in pain of the painful tugging she felt before she let out a breath.
"You are unwell Aura."
Aura turned her head to face the spirit of Aurastar Dragon. She sighed.
"I'm fine don't worry. Just tell me… How much did it cost?" She questioned.
"… 5 years." Aurastar Dragon answered sadly.
"Shit." Aura muttered, hand over her eyes. "Didn't realize it was that much."
"Aura?" Aura jumped, quickly looking up to see Misty coming in as Aurastar Dragon disappeared.
"Geez Misty, make a noise next time." Aura sighed. Misty raised her hands up in slight defeat.
"Sorry about that." Misty spoke apologetically. "I came in here because the others are concerned about you."
"Forget about me. What about Akiza?" Aura questioned. "Is she ok? Did the doctor came out yet?" Misty seemed a bit surprised by what Aura said regarding forget about her. Misty could clearly tell that that was a cover up to hide something, but ultimately decided not to dwell on it and decided to answer Aura's question instead.
"Akiza is going to be alright." Misty replied. "And yes, the doctor did come out."
"Oh thank Crimson." Aura sighed in relief. "So she's ok; you're sure?" Misty nodded in response.
"I'm positive." Misty replied. "Right now she's asleep because of the medicine." Aura sighed heavily with relief, leaning on the sink.
"Thank Crimson she's ok." Aura sighed.
"I agree with you there." Misty gave a smile. "Oh, Mr. and Mrs. Izinski want to thank you for you did for Akiza."
"Eh? Oh no they don't have to thank me honestly. Akiza is my friend; of course I'd do anything to help her." Aura said quickly, going to the door. "I better get home, grandpa is probably worried." Misty's facial expression turned to that of a puzzled/quizzical look.
"Are you sure Aura?" The supermodel asked.
"Yeah. I only stayed so the doctor would tell us if Akiza was gonna be ok. Now that I know she's fine, I'll be heading home." Aura replied as she opened the door. Misty shrugged as if to say "suit yourself", then she proceeded to follow Aura out of the bathroom.
Aura walked to where they were as she patted Yusei's shoulder. Misty not too far behind.
"I'm heading home now. I'll see you in the morning." She quickly told her brother. Yusei looked up at his sister and gave her a small smile.
"Alright Aura." Yusei told her.
"See you all in the morning." Aura told he rest.
"Oh Aura if I may, me and my wife wish to thank you." Hideo began.
"No no! No need really. Akiza is my friend I care about her too; no need for thanks." Aura said with a quick smile. And with that, Aura went down the hallway and leaving the hospital.
"Is it just me, or did Aura seem a bit...off?" Crow asked after she had left. Jack had been reading a magazine this whole time and didn't even notice much of anything. He lowered the magazine a bit and gave Crow a look that said "What?". Jack's other 2 Foster Brothers took notice of Jack's quizzical look and sighed.
"Come now Jack." Yusei spoke up. "You mean to tell me you didn't notice anything at all?" At this point, Jack closed the magazine and put it on the table beside the chair he was sitting at.
"Look Yusei," Jack began. "Do you honestly expect me to people watch this entire waiting room and expect to point out every single unusual thing that goes on around here?" Both Yusei and Crow could tell Jack's voice dripped with severe sarcasm. Heck, even Misty, Mr. and Mrs. Izinski could tell.
"But Crow has it right." Misty frowned. "Aura is indeed hiding something. When I told her I was checking on her because we were worried asking if she was ok, she ignored the question to only ask if Akiza was ok. She even went as far as saying 'Forget about me'." Yusei felt the feeling of concern wash over him. Crow may not have not wanted to admit it, but even he felt concerned. Jack being Jack, didn't show it, nor want to admit it, but just like his 2 Foster Brothers, even he was concerned.
"That doesn't sound right, nor the Aura I know." Yusei replied.
"Maybe because you don't know her very well…" Misty spoke, inaudible to the rest of them in the waiting room.
Akiza groaned as she slowly opened her eyes, seeing a familiar ceiling. I'm in the hospital again? She thought. She then looked to the side, seeing Yusei asleep on the chair at her bedside as she slowly sat up.
"Yusei?" She spoke lightly. Yusei stirred upon Akiza speaking. He blinked a few times before looking up and seeing Akiza looking at him.
"Akiza?" Yusei asked while rubbing his eyes. "You're up? That's good." Akiza gave Yusei a puzzled look.
"What do you mean?" Akiza questioned. "Isn't it past visiting hours now? What time is it?"
"Around 8 in the morning I think." Yusei replied, looking at the clock. "You're Father was able to persuade the doctors to let me stay here for the night." Akiza released a light chuckle.
"Well, that was nice of my Father to do that." Akiza smiled.
"Yeah I was really grateful when he did that." Yusei smiled as well.
"But Yusei, why didn't you went back home?" Akiza asked curiously. Yusei blinked before rubbing the back of his neck; a light blush on his face.
"Well I was still really worried about you and I wanted to make sure you were ok." He admitted. Akiza grew wide eyed herself, surprised as a blush appeared on her face. But she smiled, reaching to place her hand on his; making him look at her, surprised.
"Thank you Yusei. I'm really grateful." She told with a soft smile on her lips. He blinked, surprised before smiling himself; gently holding her hand.
"No problem Akiza." He told Akiza with a smile on his face.
In an area unknown (to an extent), the 3 white cloaked figures looked down at the purple circle in the center of their area. Each one of sat in their own respective chairs. The circuit then changed to show what had transpired at the warehouse quite some time ago. The scene showed Misty and Akiza dueling against Sayer. The scene then changed to Akiza Synchro Summoning Majestic Rose Dragon and defeating Sayer with it. The longer the scene played out, the more the red-eyed white cloaked figure became angry. Eventually, the scenery vanished, going back to the Circuit. The lines in the center of it had not moved since Sayer, Misty, and Akiza's duel. At this, the red-eyed figure had had it. He slammed his right fist into the armrest of his chair.
"This is outrageous!" He growled. "All that work and still no Circuit activated!" The green-eyed white cloaked figure glanced at the red-eyed one and he chuckled.
"Oh relax would you?" The green-eyed one spoke with a mischievous grin on his lips. The red-eyed one turned to glare at the green-eyed one.
"Oh shut the hell up would you?!" The red-eyed one snapped harshly, which caused the green-eyed one to chuckle, then he frowned. The brown-eyed one with the long grey beard sighed in irritation.
"Quiet! Both of you!" The brown-eyed one commanded. "The Circuit will be activated in due time. Patience is the key. These humans will activate the Circuit soon enough without even realizing it…" The green-eyed one grinned.
"You got a point there." The green-eyed one agreed. "Now then, where did-" When he turned to chair of his 2nd companion, he was no longer sitting within his chair. His lips formed a slight frown, but he did not say anything regarding the sudden disappearance of his 2nd companion.
Within an unknown located facility, the white cloaked that left his companions so he could do his own work. As he walked down the corridor to the Main Control Room, a dark smile appeared on his lips. But deep underneath it was that of frustration and anger.
"This is completely outrageous….." The red-eyed, white cloaked figure grumbled to himself as he continued down the corridor, and several more after that. Once he had finished walking down the last corridor, he opened the door to an office-like room. He closed the door behind him and approached the computer and took a seat at the desk. Once he did, he began to type on the keyboard furiously.
"Well…..if my companions won't do a thing to get our mission started up faster…. Then I'll just have to take things into my own hands…" The red-eyed figure told himself as he continued to type. After a few more minutes, the red-eyed figure grinned maliciously as he found what he was looking for. He then pressed the ENTER key, then he moved the mouse to click the SEND button to Hideo Izinski.
"Now…...let's see how Akiza Izinski likes when her precious Daddy is working for us….." The red-eyed figure grinned. "Heh…..I mean…..working for me…" Shortly after sending his email to Hideo Izinski, the red-eyed, white cloaked figure began to laugh darkly to himself.
0713MM: Ayyyyyyyy! The chapter SORTA ended on a cliffhanger, right? But regardless, what did you guys think of the chapter?^^