Okay, whoa! I'm not that great a writer, people! And thank you for the spelling corrections. I swear, when it comes to spelling hard words like that, I can't spell worth shit! Anyway, poor Mandy is heart brokened by Titus, can someone bring her spirits back up?

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Mandy laid in the bed unconscious as Akiza watched over her in sadness. How could someone so innocent as Mandy be broken by someone so dark and corrupted as Titus? Surely he didn't mean those awful words he said to her, right? As the girl began to stir in her sleep, Akiza watched to see if she would wake up.

When Mandy opened her eyes, her vision was blurred for a few seconds before she looked to see Akizas worried face. Mandy brought a hand to her head in exhaustion.

"Where am I?" she asked.

"You're in the infirmary," Akiza answered. "The explosion really packed a great punch. You fell unconscious, so I rushed you here immediately."

"Is the duel over?" Akiza nodded. "I guess I lost, huh?"

"Oh, no, Mandy, you won. You still had 400 lifepoints left."

Mandy smiled bitterly. "I guess this means I've brought shame and humiliation to him once again..." She then frowned. "It's all my fault. If I hadn't have beaten him a long time ago, he probably never would've left me and he wouldn't be like this."

Akiza put her hand on Mandy's shoulder. "It's not your fault, Mandy. Titus was blinded by his own fury. I'm sure that he didn't mean any of those awful things he said to you."

"But that doesn't change the fact that he left me, Akiza!"

Mandy started tearing up again and she hugged Akiza as she sobbed.

Just then, Jack had come in with a bouquet of white gardenias in his hand. Mandy pulled away from Akiza and wiped off her tears as Jack approached them.

"What do you want, Jack?"

"I just came to see if you were doing alright, love," Jack replied.

"If you came here to flirt with me, don't, okay? I'm not in the mood."

Jack sat down at the edge of the bed and softly grabbed her hand in his. Akiza gave him a warning glare, but he ignored it.

"I know that, Mandy, but I'm not here to flirt. I just wanted to tell you not to listen to whatever that telepath says to you. His own selfish desires lead him to lose this duel, and also lose you. You can stop blaming yourself, Mandy, because it wasn't your fault."

Mandy's eyes were wide at this... kind speech he gave her. Never before had he spoken to her like this, and not even in a smug way. For once, he was actually trying to cheer her up. She didn't know this, but what happened in her duel pained Jacks heart. He decided to speak with his heart rather than his mind like he always did.

Mandy opened her mouth to say something, only for her to close it. Needless to say, she was speechless. Jack put down the flowers, grabbed her other hand, then brought both of them to his face and kissed the palms of her hands tenderly.

"Get well soon, love." With that, he left.

Mandy blushed slightly before she wiped her hands off and took the flowers and held them in her arms, taking in the sweet scent that she loved so much since she was a child.

Akiza smiled. "Gardenias, huh?"

Mandy nodded. "Yeah, their my favorite. My mom showed 'em to me when I was two, and she called me her little gardenia."

"They suit you quite nicely. Gardenias are a symbol of joy, and the color white symbolizes purity. They fit your personality wonderfully."

Mandy blushed at Akizas words before she took off the covers and swung her legs around the edge of the bed and got up. "Well, I better head home and get some rest. You should probably do the same, Akiza."

Akiza nodded before pulling Mandy into a hug. "I'm sorry about what happened."

Mandy returned the embrace. "It's not your fault. It was a long time ago anyway."

Akiza nodded before releasing the girl and they both went their separate ways. When Mandy came to the others, the kids and girls greeted her with a group hug. She hugged Yanagi and Tanner separately, and saved Yusei for last. However, their hug lasted much longer. Yusei took in Mandy's sweet scent, only to see that she had gardenias in her hands, but he didn't care. All that mattered was that she was in his arms, the girl he loved dearly. Mandy was glad to be in Yuseis arms, because it felt so right, it was like being in the arms of a guardian sworn to protect what they cared most about.

They pulled away and Yusei looked at the bouquet. "Those from Jack?"

Mandy hugged the flowers to her chest. "Yeah, he's been strangely nice to me today. Well, after your duel with Greiger of course. Maybe I should be nice back and keep them for a bit."

Yusei felt a little jealous, but he nodded. "You should. Jack may be a jerk on the outside, but inside he has a heart."

Mandy nodded before they all left the Kaiba Dome. When they had gotten back home, Mandy was in her fathers arms as he tried to comfort her, along with Marsha and Peyton. When they left, the four had dinner in silence. Then as nightfall had come, Mandy sent the twins to bed after they had given her one last hug in comfort.

Once Mandy was in bed herself, she began dreaming about a meadow and she was laying down in the flowers. Peyton came to her side, laughing cheerfully. Mandy smiled as he took her hand and pulled her up to her feet. They both laughed as he lead her down the meadow. In the real world, a swarm of dark butterflies had swirled around her sleeping form and she smiled before unconsciously getting out of bed and following the butterflies out of her room.

Luna woke up to the sound of footsteps and she got up to see Mandy walking down the steps with her eyes closed. Worried, she hurried to her brothers room and shook him awake. Leo groggily woke up and Luna pointed to Mandy's sleepwalking form. That had actually woken up Leo and they scrambled out to see Mandy walk out the door.

"Yusei! Yusei!"

Yusei woke up to their screaming and sat up from where he slept. "What's wrong?"

"It's Mandy!" Leo shouted. "She just got up and left!"

"The worst part is that she's not even awake!" Luna yelled along with him. "She might be sleepwalking or something!"

Yuseis eyes widened in alarm and he got up frantically and grabbed his jacket before he ran out the door after the teen.

Meanwhile, Mandy was walking down the streets as she continued to follow the butterflies, still in her sleeping state. In her dream, Peyton lead her down a path past the trees. They were both laughing so heartily that the wind picked up and blew the trees, but in reality it had started to rain badly.

Yusei was on his duel runner as he searched desperately for any sign of Mandy's presence, but the rain wasn't making it any easier.

"Man, where on earth could she have gone off to?"

He soon spotted her climbing onto the crates and sped to her direction.

In Mandy's dream she was climbing onto a hill where Peyton was gesturing her to come up. When she got to the top, she looked down a cliff and saw her mother in the water. Her eyes widened in joy. Her very own mother was alive and waiting for her.

Chloe smiled. "Hello, sweetheart."

Mandy waved. "Mom!"

Peyton jumped down the cliff and splashed Chloe and they both laughed before looking up to her daughter. "What are you waiting for, honey? Jump!"

Mandy laughed in her dream, and also in the storming reality. Yusei was speeding up to her and his eyes widened in horror as he saw her on the railing.

"Mandy, stop!" he yelled. As he saw her foot raise up slightly to jump into the water, he started going faster. "MANDY NO!"

In her dream, Chloes eyes turned into a demonic purple.

"Jump!"

Mandy gasped.

"Jump to your own demise!" Chloe then turned into a giant creature and others started coming toward her. "For the world shall be consumed in darkness! And you will die!"

Mandy screamed as another creature grabbed her from behind, but it was Yusei trying to get her off the railing. However, she continued to kick and scream in terror.

"Let me go! Let me go!"

Yusei struggled to calm her down. "Mandy, stop! Calm down!"

"Get away from me!"

"Mandy, it's me! It's Yusei!"

"Yusei, help me!"

"I'm right here! Wake up!" He turned her around to face him. "Mandy, wake up! You're in the city port!"

Mandy's eyes shot open and she took in her surroundings. "The shadow creatures are coming! The world's in danger! The Satellite!"

She was speaking so fast that Yusei could barely get a word out of her. "Mandy, settle down!"

Mandy started tearing up as she buried her face into his chest. "I saw my mothers face... I swear, I saw my mothers face..."

Yusei looked down at her and he wrapped his protective arms around her petite body. "It's okay, Mandy. It was just a nightmare." She started crying into his arms and he tightened his hold. "You're safe here... with me."

They both stayed like that in the rain before they got onto his runner and went straight back home. Luna and Leo waited worriedly for them to come back, but when they saw them both walk through the door, Mandy having Yuseis jacket over herself, they started asking Mandy a ton of questions that involved her sleepwalking. Mandy ignored them and went for the showers. Yusei watched in sadness, remembering that she said that she had seen her mothers face in her nightmare. Once Mandy was done, the twins went back to bed, but Mandy stayed on the couch with Yusei as she leaned into his warm embrace. As they both laid down, Mandy's heart began beating at a rapid pace, and from the looks of things, Yuseis heart was beating too. As Yusei held onto Mandy protectively, they both began to drift off to sleep.

"Yusei... I'm sorry about what happened..."

"It's not your fault, Mandy. You were just sleep-"

"It's not about that. I'm talking about the destruction I caused. I know you might be mad at me for what happened, but I couldn't help it. I got so out of control because I was so hurt and angry, I couldn't keep myself from nearly hurting anybody."

Yusei tightened his hold. "Mandy, I'm not mad at you about anything at all. I'm more mad at Titus that he betrayed you like that. Trust me, I know how it feels to be betrayed. Look what happened between me and Jack. My point is, none of this was your fault. Your emotions just got the better of you and you couldn't control them properly. In the end, you won your battle anyway. So stop apologizing, because you didn't do anything wrong. Okay?"

Mandy turned her head to look at him in the eyes and he saw the sparkle come back to life. The one that made her beautiful. He kissed her forehead and her cheeks were warm, but she was too tired to care. As she laid her head on his chest, she started falling asleep.

"Yusei... Thank you..."

Yusei kissed her head. "Your welcome, Mandy..." Once she had fallen asleep, he whispered. "I love you..."