Authors note: Edited.
Chapter 3
The next morning after Kori's duel, Kori awoke to find Rose resting on him, well it would be more accurate to say that she was snuggling into him.
'Wait, what!? Why is Rose… what happened… the duel… why can't I remember what happened?'
Rose started to wake up, she sat up and looked around the room and realised that she wasn't in her bed.
Rose turned her head to Kori to see him awake.
"Kori, you're awake, I was really worried about you." Rose said to him.
"Honestly Rose, I don't know what happened last night, my memories stop after when Denki attacked with his chimera."
"So, you don't remember anything?" Rose asked him shocked.
"No… It's like there's a thick fog over what I did. I know it sounds stupid but that's the best way to describe it." Kori then looked up at Rose with sad eyes.
"What did I do? I feel like I did something awful, please tell me Rose."
"After the attack with his chimera, you started acting strange. You're attitude changed to kind and nice to dark and cruel." Rose said looking away from Kori.
"Rose...what did I do?"
"I kept asking you if you were okay, but you just ignored me. Soon after you brought out White Phantom Dragon and won the duel, but in the progress Denki got hurt." Rose finished.
"How hurt was Denki?" Kori asked, as he lowered his head slightly so that his eyes were no longer visible.
"He had a couple cut here and there but nothing serious." Rose said looking at Kori.
"And last night in your sleep, you said my name." Rose said with small blush her face.
"I... don't remember but I think… I was dreaming about protecting you."
Rose blush turned darker but smiled.
"You're almost like my knight in shining armour." Rose said still blushing.
"Yeah I guess so… just not as brave." Kori laugh slightly, while he said the last part.
"Well, I think that your brave." Rose said.
"Thanks Rose."
"Your welcome, Kori." Rose said, as she gave Kori a hug with a smile.
Kori gained a slight blush and hugged Rose back.
Kathy opens the door to see that they are hugging, she clears her throat to get their attention.
"Rose. Kori. We have some people here, who are wanting to adopt." Kathy said to them.
"Really?" Rose said and Kathy nodded in confirmation.
"So, do you guys want to meet them?' Kathy asked Rose and Kori.
"Yes, I want to." Rose said jumping off the bed to Kathy's side.
"What about you Kori?" Kathy asked him.
"Err... yeah sure."
"Alright, follow me." Kathy said, as Rose and Kori followed her.
They arrived outside the orphanage, where all the other kids were lined up, Rose and Kori went to the end of the line and Kori put his hood up to hide himself a little, while Rose held onto his jackets sleeve.
"Kids, I would like you to meet Yusho and Yoko Sakaki and Shuzo Hiragi." Kathy said introducing the people.
"It's very nice to meet you all." Yoko said smiling.
"Yusho and Yoko are wanting a son and Shuzo would like a daughter. So could I have boys on my left and girls on my right." Kathy said.
All the kids did as told and went to their spots that Kathy arranged them in.
Shuzo looked through the girls, but the one that got his interest was Rose. As he found it interesting that she had a necklace similar to his daughter's bracelet, but the gem was blue.
"I'll pick this one." Shuzo said pointing to Rose.
"Alright, Rose can you stand next to Shuzo for me?" Kathy asked her and Rose nodded and stood next to Shuzo.
While on the other hand, Yusho and Yoko were looking through the boys.
When they got to the end, where Kori was. Yusho seemed interested in Kori, so Yusho kneeled in front of Kori.
"Hey, What's your name?" Yusho asked Kori with a smile.
"Kori." Kori said in reply keeping his head down.
"Oh, a name that translates to Ice that's certainly unique." Yoko replied to hearing his name.
"Well, Kori if you don't mind, could you put your hood down, so we can see your face?" Yusho asked, kindly.
Kori put down his hood to reveal his messy bed hair.
"Well, what do you think Yoko, should we pick him?" Yusho asked his wife.
"He looks so cute, so we should pick him." Yoko said with a smile.
"We would like to pick Kori." Yusho said and Kathy nodded.
"Good choice, Kori may you please stand next to the Sakaki's?" Kathy asked him and Kori did as he was told. He walked and stood between Yusho and Yoko.
"Alright, the rest of you can go back inside the orphanage." Kathy said and the other kids walked inside the orphanage, while giving glares at Kori. Once they left, it was just Shuzo, Rose, Kori, the Sakaki's and Kathy.
Rose looked at Kori with happiness in her eyes and a big smile on her face.
"Rose and Kori, you guys go to your room and start packing, while Shuzo, the Sakaki's and I go to my office and do the paperwork." Kathy said.
Both Rose and Kori nodded, before walking towards their room.
When Rose and Kori got to their room, Rose gave Kori a big hug.
"Where being adopted!" Rose said in excitement with a smile.
"It's… a strange feeling… to know that someone wants us."
"I wonder if I will being getting a brother or a sister? Or maybe they don't have kids." Rose asked excited.
"I wouldn't mind being a brother, I guess."
"Who knows, but I can't wait to get out of here." Rose said packing her suitcase that was under her bed.
"I know what you mean." Kori replied doing the same, but with his own stuff.
When they were finished packing, they went to Kathy's office. They walked inside to see that their new parents were nearly done the paperwork.
"Are you guys finished packing?' Kathy asked them.
"Yes, we have." Rose said.
"Once your new parents are finished the paperwork then you guys can go." Kathy said to them.
Once Shuzo and the Sakaki's finished the paperwork, they walked out of the orphanage with Kathy behind them.
"I'm glad that Rose and Kori are going to a good home. So, please take care of them." Kathy said smiling.
"Don't worry, we will." Shuzo said placing a hand on Rose's shoulder.
"I should let you guys go." Kathy said with small sad smile.
Rose runs up to Kathy and gives her a big hug, with some tears at the corner of her eyes.
"Thank you for everything Kathy..." Rose said.
"Your very welcome, I will miss you both." Kathy said breaking the hug.
"You should go to your father now." Kathy said and Rose nodded and ran to her new dad.
"Let's go, I bet Yuya and Yuzu will be excited to see their new brother and sister." Yoko said, as they walked to the van.
"So, do I have a brother or a sister dad?" Rose asked her new dad.
"You have a sister." Shuzo said to Rose.
They put Rose and Kori's suitcases in the back of the van, they all climbed in the van and they drove to the Sakaki's household. Once there, they walked inside the house.
When Yuya and Yuzu heard the door, they ran to the door to see their parents and their new siblings.
"Dad! Mom! Your home!" Yuya said, as he ran to his dad.
"Yuya, this is your new brother Kori." Yusho said placing a hand on Kori's shoulder.
"Kori, this is your little brother Yuya." Yoko said introducing Kori to Yuya.
"Hi, big brother." Yuya said with a grin.
"Hi Yuya, nice to meet you." Kori said giving a small wave and putting his hood down which made both Yuya and Yuzu look at awe at his hair.
"Wow!"
"So cool!"
Rose laughed at Yuya's and Yuzu's reactions to Kori's hair.
Kori just looked confused at why they were looking at him so weird.
"Anyways, Yuzu this your new big sister Rose." Shuzo said.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you Yuzu." Rose said with a smile.
"It's nice to meet you too, big sis." Yuzu said with her smile.
"By the way Yuzu, If you haven't noticed yet, but Rose has a necklace similar to your bracelet." Shuzo said.
"Cool!" Yuzu said.
Rose looked confused at her dad.
"Yuzu. Rose. May I have your bracelet and necklace for a sec?" Shuzo asked them, they nodded and gave their bracelet and necklace to him.
Shuzo showed Yuzu and Rose how similar they were, besides the gem difference; as Yuzu's was pink, while Rose's blue.
"Wow!" both girls said at the same time.
Shuzo gave back their bracelet and necklace to them.
"If you guys want to, you can go to Yuya's room and get to know each other better." Yoko suggested.
"I don't mind." Rose said.
"Same." Yuzu and Yuya said.
"What about you, Kori?" Rose asked him.
"Yeah sure, I'll warn you now, I don't have much to say about myself."
"Alright, have fun." Yoko said, as Rose, Kori, Yuzu and Yuya walked to Yuya's room.
Yuzu and Rose were sitting on the bed, while Yuya and Kori sat on the floor in front of them.
"So, do you guys play Duel Monsters?" Yuya asked Kori and Rose.
"We do." Rose replied.
"What type of decks do you use?" Yuzu asked.
"I use many monsters but some of them are mainly light monsters and I haven't used it much." Rose said.
"I mainly use a White Phantom deck and I have used it a few times before." Kori also said.
"I've never even heard of that kind of deck before." Yuya said in awe at Kori.
"And it makes sense considering how you look." Yuzu said as well.
"How come you don't use your deck, sis?" Yuzu asked Rose.
"Well, I haven't had the chance to use it much." Rose said.
"How about you and me duel?" Yuya asked.
"I don't see why not." Rose said standing up.
"So, where should we duel?" Rose asked Yuya.
"We will duel outside in the backyard." Yuya said.
They walked downstairs and went outside, they both activated their duel disks.
"DUEL!"
Turn 1
Yuya: 4000 LP
Rose: 4000 LP
"I will start first, I play Ancient Rules, this spell card lets me special summon 1 level 5 or higher normal monster from my hand and I choose Blue-Eyes White Dragon! (Atk/3000 Def/2500)" Rose said, as a white dragon with blue eyes appeared on the field.
"Then, I place 2 cards face down and end my turn, your turn Yuya." Rose said placing two cards face down.
Turn 2
Yuya: 4000 LP
Rose: 4000 LP
"Draw! I activate the spell Super Hippo Carnival allowing me to special summon Performapal Hip Hippo (ATK: 800 DEF: 800), from my deck, and three Hippo Tokens (ATK: 0 DEF: 0) in defence mode. Now by using Hip Hippo's effect I can tribute him as two monsters to Advance Summon Odd-Eyes Dragon! (ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000)" Yuya looked really proud at the move he just pulled off and even Yuzu was cheering him on.
"Great job, Yuya!" Yuzu cheered.
"And I'm not done there, I activate the equip spell Horn of the Unicorn giving my Odd-Eyes another 700 Attack points."
"Sorry Yuya, but I play the quick-play spell card Mystical Space Typhoon, this spell lets me destroy 1 spell/trap on the field and I choose Horn of the Unicorn." Rose said, as a typhoon came out of the card and destroyed Yuya's equip spell card.
"Damn...but it's a good thing I have two then." Yuya declared activating his second spell.
"Well, It's a good thing I have this trap card, Magic Jammer." Rose said, as she activated her trap, which canceled out Yuya's second equip spell card.
"I set two cards face down and end my turn."
Turn 3
Yuya: 4000 LP
Rose: 4000 LP
"Alright my turn. Draw!" Rose said, drawing her card.
"I summon Maiden with Eyes of Blue (Atk: 0 Def: 0) in attack mode!" Rose said, as a women with hair that was the same colour as Blue-Eyes scales, her eyes were blue and her skin was pale.
"Why would Rose place that monster in attack mode? It's too weak." Yuzu asked confused..
'Now she's got them in a trap' Kori smiled to himself.
"Now, I play the spell card Burst Stream of Destruction, this card let's me destroy all of your monsters, but my Blue-Eyes can't attack after activating this spell." Rose said, as all of Yuya's monsters were destroyed.
"I end my turn!" Rose said.
Turn 3
Yuya: 4000 LP
Rose: 4000 LP
"Dammit, I draw! I activate the trap Call of Haunted to bring back my Odd-Eyes Dragon in attack mode and now I activate the quick play spell Rush Recklessly giving my dragon an extra 700 attack points." Yuzu again was cheering on Yuya thinking he was gonna pull off something big.
"You got this, Yuya!"
"Yeah you got this little bro." Kori cheered not as loud as Yuzu but still a little loud.
"Alright Yuya, what's your next move?' Rose asked.
"Battle, Odd-Eyes Dragon attack Maiden with the Eyes of Blue! Spiral Burst!"
"Sorry Yuya, but I use my Maiden's effect. I can stop your attack and I get to summon another Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my deck, then my Maiden switches to defence mode." Rose said, as she summoned another Blue-Eyes to her field.
Yuya grit his teeth before giving small sigh of defeat.
"I end my turn."
Turn 4
Yuya: 4000 LP
Rose: 4000 LP
"My turn, I draw!" Rose said, drawing from her deck.
Rose smile when she saw the card.
"I tribute my two Blue-Eyes and my Maiden to bring out my ace monster, Light Rose Magician! (Atk/4000 Def/2000)" Rose said, as her three monsters disappeared and replaced with a women with long brown hair with blue eyes and pale skin. She wore a white dress with blue rose patterns all along the dress, that went down below her knees, white boots with blue rings around the boots, she had a gold staff with a blue gem on the top.
"Wow, she's pretty." Yuzu said with awe.
"Now my Light Rose Magician activates her effect, when she is summoned on the field, I can destroy all your spell and traps on your side of the field." Rose said, as her magician destroyed Yuya's trap, that also got rid of Odd-Eyes.
"Light Rose Magician attack Yuya directly with Light Magic!" Rose said, as her magician attacked Yuya and won the duel.
Yuya: 0 LP
Rose: 4000 LP
Rose Wins!
"That was a good duel Yuya, I had fun." Rose said walking towards Yuya with a smile.
"Really?" Yuya said looking up at Rose with a sad smile.
"Yeah, That was one of my favourite duels so far." Rose said putting her hand out for Yuya to take.
Kori on the other hand was sulking behind her because of what Rose just said.
"Kori, what's wrong?" Yuzu asked him.
"It's nothing Yuzu, don't worry." Kori said still sulking, but now Rose was giggling at him.
"Kori, our duel was my favourite of all time don't worry." Rose whispered in Kori's ear.
Their parents came outside to check on them.
"Well, that was a good duel." Shuzo said.
"Thanks dad." Rose said looking at her dad.
"Where did you get those Blue-Eyes White Dragons from?" Yusho asked Rose.
"My parents..." Rose said, as she held onto Kori's jacket sleeve, as she looked down. Kori saw this and hugged her.
"Seto Kaiba was the only one, who had all three of the Blue-Eyes White Dragons, I don't think he passed them to anyone." Shuzo said.
"Do you know, who your parents were?" Yoko asked Rose.
"I don't remember much... but the name Kaiba does ring some some bells..." Rose said quietly, as she hugged Kori back.
"Can someone clue me in here, who is Kaiba?" Kori asked slightly annoyed as he didn't know what was being said at this point.
"Seto Kaiba was the president of KaibaCorp and he was the only one who had all three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, We think that Rose could be the granddaughter of Seto Kaiba." Shuzo said trying to enlighten Kori on what they were talking about.
"No one's making any sense!" Kori yelled in anger with his hair sparking up for a second and a spark of electricity going around him.
Rose jumped back in surprise by his sudden anger, before noticing and her eyes widen with shock.
"What has Denki done..." Rose whispered to herself.
Kori clutched his chest out of breath, but only did it as subtle as possible to avoid anyone noticing.
Rose looking at Kori with concern.
"Kori... Are you okay?" Rose whispered to Kori.
"I'm fine… Don't worry." Kori gave a pained smile which only caused Rose to be more concerned and felt Kori's wrist to feel his pulse which was beating at an insane pace.
"You're not okay, the lightning attacks from Denki has affect your body." Rose whispered to Kori.
"I'm...fine."
"You're not okay and this really worries me." Rose said to him with more concern.
"Just...give me a sec...please."
"Okay..." Rose said with a sigh.
"Kori… are you okay?" Yuya asked pulling on his brother's hoodie.
"Yeah… I'm fine."
"Don't worry Yuya, your big brother will be fine." Rose said giving Yuya a reassuring smile.
"Hopefully…" Kori whispered to himself.
"It's getting late, Yuzu, Rose and I should be going." Shuzo said.
"We'll head inside to get Kori settled in." Yusho replied.
"I guess, I will see you guys tomorrow." Shuzo said walking to the front of the Sakaki house to the van.
"See ya, Yuzu!" Yuya shouted out waving at her.
"Bye Yuya!" Yuzu shouted back.
"Bye Kori." Rose said giving him a hug before walking to her father.
"Uhh... yeah...see ya." Kori said back to her with a slight blush.
Shuzo walked to the van with his daughters behind him, he got Kori's suitcase out of the van, before walking inside the house to drop off the suitcase.
"Alright, it's time to go home." Shuzo said walking out the house and into the van.
Rose and Yuzu jumped into the back seat and they drived home.
"Kori, would you care to follow me to your room." Yoko smiled at Kori, which resulted in a nod from him.
Kori followed Yoko with with his suitcase behind him until they reached his room where Yoko left Kori to unpack but he didn't even bother to unpack and instead sat on his new bed looking at his hands.
"What's happening to me… I got tired just from being angry." Kori had his hands face each other and tried to recreate the feelings he felt when he was protecting Rose.
When he heard a spark Kori's eye's shot open as he stared at the small current of electricity in between his hands.
"So this is what the duel with Denki did to me…" Kori then tried to increase the amount of electricity in his hands but it got out of control.
The current increased ten-fold and was no longer around his hands as it was around his whole body.
"Focus… keep it… under cont-" Kori was cut off by himself passing out and collapsing on his bed.
Elsewhere Rose felt a shiver down her spine as if something bad had just happened.
"Kori..."