Summary: Aki is thinking how filled with darkness her life was. But this time she is not afraid for herself. RXR please!

Type: One – Shot (kind of a sequel to Ghost)

Character(s): Aki x Yuusei

Setting: post - canon

Rating: K+

Genres: Hurt/Comfort

Warning: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, not even this title. I own only the plot of this story.

Black

Aki's POV

I held my favorite card with both of my hands, allowing some short of emotional escape, as a single teardrop rolled down my cheek.

"Black Rose Dragon," I whispered.

'Witch, witch, you are a witch!' Voices from my haunted past echoed again and again in my mind, making another drop of emotion follow the first one.

I shook my head to clear up my thoughts but they were right. They were all right, spitting the awful truth coldly in my face. My ace monster was Black Rose Dragon and my deck was a black rose, filled with plants like a garden; but not like a common garden with happy colors. This one was a black garden, representing my own life and I have no good memories from my childhood.

I was a little girl when I gained my birthmark and the psychic powers born inside me, from my anger and disappointment in my life. My father called me a monster that day; it was the worst day of my life. From that day on I had become a witch; the one who can hurt other people so easily. I gave my heart up to the darkness.

Deep down I was still the little girl filled with fear and anger, only because I wanted to feel accepted and loved and no one was able to see through me. I became a rose; a black rose, actually; rare and dangerous with thorns ready to hurt anyone and everyone.

And this is what I became. "Black Rose Witch," I whispered again.

My whole life was nothing but darkness. Only one man managed to see what was lying in my heart; only one saw that the black roses were rare and pretty, too.

"Aki?"

I heard his voice calling me and I placed my favorite dragon, from which I gained my old name, back in the top of my deck.

"There you are," he smiled when he opened the door of our bedroom. "Are you ok?" he asked with worry, looking at me carefully.

"Hmm," I hummed wiping my tears away, "I'm fine," I ended up saying, but knew I failed to convince him of that.

"Hey, come here." He marched closer and he pressed his strong arms around me in a protective embrace. "It's ok," he whispered, kissing the top of my head.

"But, Yuusei," I protested, "I was the Black Rose Witch because of my powers," I muttered, trying hard not to cry again. "What if she-" he cut me off, placing one finger gently on my lips.

"I love you, Aki," he declared and he trailed one hand slowly to my lower abdomen, and smiled with warmth. "If she gains your gift then I will have one more reason to love her more."

"You are not afraid?" I asked, because definitely I was.

It had been four months from the day I found out I was pregnant and I was still scared.

"She will have to face the same fear and rejection I felt; she will feel unloved."

"No, she won't," he comforted me softly. "She will always have both you and me on her side and if she is gifted like you, then we will teach her how to control her powers. She will never feel unloved in her life."

"I trust you," I whispered, resting my head on his chest and placing my hand above his on my belly, over our child.

She will be fine; her life won't be as black as mine. Hers will be filled with light.

Don't worry Aki... she will be ok...

Credits to my betas, EndlessNight025 and Ria D'Arcy!

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