Chapter 3 – Is it love at first sight?

Dream World

The two former friends could not stop looking at each other's eyes; they seemed to have a power to control the others soul. One by one as they slowly began to step closer to each other, only for them to start with tears in their eyes from seeing their best friend after 14 year. 'She looks so beautiful. My red Rose is beautiful!' Yusei thought to himself not realising that he referred to Akiza as his, he felt something and he dint understand why but followed his heart. 'He looks so hansom. Oh my gosh my shining star's hansom.' Akiza thought to herself not knowing she did the same as Yusei, she had never seen Yusei look as he did and her heart began to skip a beat. Finally the two of them snapped and ran to each other and took the other in a one into one of the biggest hugs they had ever done that they could remember. All they could say to each other was the other's names since they did not know what to say. It was is if just the sight of each other and the sound of their voices were all they needed to feel better in that moment which lasted over an hour, but felt like a few minutes.

Eventually Akiza pulled away from Yusei and looked at him again only for them to lock eyes again.

They didn't realise that they were both asleep and meeting due to something they both needed, a loving companion and their best friend. "I don't believe this, I must be dreaming, Is it you Yusei?" Akiza ironically said to him needing to know for herself if it was real or not, her heart craved to know. "It is Akiza; you finally bloomed into a beautiful young lady. I've missed you." He replied not realising what he said but it was said from the bottom of his heart. Luckily Akiza did not realize what he said since they was he spoke was all she needed right there and them as she hugged Yusei again.

To Akiza the real world did not matter to her anymore as she was doing what she wanted to do for years, she found Yusei and gave him a hug. This meant everything to her since he was the only boy she had ever hugged because of the events years ago which stuck in her head. Even now if her mother and father saw her hugging a boy she would be in a lot of trouble with her dad, but right now in this moment, she felt like she was in heaven and Yusei was the same.

Although Yusei was used to giving the twins hugs all the time, it was the one he used to have with Akiza which he always enjoyed the most as a kid, even more than the one Martha gave him. Those lost feeling they had from 14 years ago had returned and they felt happier that they had been for ages. As the two of them move back again to look at each other they started to feel something different inside them which felt like magnets pulling them together. This time when they there heads move together and without any notice they kissed on the lips. By the time they realised what was happening they could not separate but instead they were pulling each other closer as their simple kiss began to become more and more passionate. It felt like their bodies were doing the opposite to their heads. 'What am I we doing? What's wrong with me? I have to to t t' both Akiza and Yusei's shouted in their heads as they mental strength faded. After a while they finally split apart gasping for air with a look of love in their eyes. As they looked at each other again they was only one think they could say as their minds where still blank from there strange moment together. "Aki, my beautiful Rose" Yusei said only for Akiza to reply "Yusei my shooting star" as they closed their eyes to kiss again only for them to fall over in each others arms.

Real World

Akiza woke up at 6:30 in the morning at home in Germany, only to gasp at what she had seen, she was not with Yusei but in her room and her mind went into shock. "What? Where? How? No No No No Nooooooooo!" she ended up shouting. To her she had one of the best dreams she could have had and believed it was real; she place a hand to her heart and strangely it was beating faster than it ever has done for years. 'Was that really Yusei?' she thought as an image of him was stuck in her memory. She started thinking why she could still remember everything that happened since she could never remember anything from her dreams before. One thing she did know was she felt different inside, happiness and love by someone else outside her family, but was it real enough or just a desire. Whatever the answer was she did not care right now, she just did not want that feeling to end. "Oh Yusei!" she said to herself in a daze.

Akiza's mother ran in to her room panicking as she thought something was wrong. "Akiza what wrong? Have you lost something you need for your exam?" Setsuko said in a panic only to notice she was still in bed but holding her hand to her chest, this was strange since she had never done that before. Akiza looked over to her mother with a look in her eyes that Setsuko had never seen before, her brown eyes shone bright with a sparkly that was different from normal. "Mum my heart, my dream I" Akiza started not able to say a complete her sentence as her mind was still replaying that kiss from her dream. Setsuko then noticed that Akiza moved her other hand to her lips and touched them in a way that signalled she had been kissed on the lips. 'Aki did you just' "Akiza did you just kiss a boy?" she shouted causing Hideo to run in to her room mad. "Aki who is this boy and where did you see him?"

"My dream, playroom, Yusei, I, no we.." Akiza said still touching her lips and her heart "I kissed, he Kissed, WE WE HUGGED AND KISSED EACHOTHER, ON THE LIPS. I THINK I liked it." Her parents were not shore how to react to the statement as what she said made no sense, what did a dream and her shouting have to do with each other "come on Hideo there's nothing ... Hold on who you say?" Setsuko said surprised as she thought she miss heard Akiza. "Me and Yusei KISSED" she replied still in a daze and did not even realise that her mother had asked her a question. "YUSEI THE KID FROM YEARS AGO!" she started shouting but then realised something "But he is in Japan with Miss Martha!" she continued in shock after hearing that name, she forgot that name years ago after their family left Japan to come to Germany. Hideo held on to his wife knowing what she ment but also knew Yusei could not have been in Germany since orphans were not permitted to have passports unless a sponsor supports the application. He also knew it was true because of a chat from years ago between him and Martha that his wife did not know about.

FLASHBACK

Hideo was on a day off from work and went to the day-care centre with Akiza, he had heard about this young man there and it had made him a little worried so he decided to stay with Akiza and watch her having fun. He was paying close attention to Yusei since he was not happy still about the hugs Yusei kept giving Akiza, since he say him give her on when she first arrived that day. He asked around to find out who was his guardian and when he found out he decided to talk to Martha about it hoping he could stop that before it got worce..

"Miss Martha I would like to talk to you about your son Yusei." Hideo said in a demanding tone. "That's ok Mr Izinski but you have 2 issues, one I will not talk to you with that tone in your voice and two Yusei is an orphan and im not his mother, I'm his guardian." Martha said back catching Hideo off guard. Martha sat down with Hideo at a table and she could watch Yusei enjoying himself with his best friend Akiza. "What is the story behind Yusei being here?" he asked in a way that sounded like an interrogation. "Yusei Is a 5 year old orphan that lives at the orphanage I run, about 4 weeks ago all the other kids that were there were adopted by new families but no one wanted Yusei for reasons I don't can't say here. He had to stay with me and over time he began to have issues with loneliness and attention needs, with him being alone with me I made an arrangement with the group leader who is an old friend of mine, in exchange for me help out here with the running of the group Yusei could join to play with other children around his age."

Hideo was surprised to hear that Yusei was an orphan, who was all alone and in need of friends to play with, and from what he saw today it seemed like Akiza was his only friend currently. He then remembered som of the current laws in place in regards to orphans and he wondered. "Martha has he got any dreams for his future that you know of?" he asked out of interest, Martha sighed sadly as she looked at Hideo. "Yes he wants to become a duellist as well as an Engineer of duel technology when he grows up. The only thing is he will not be able to get there because of being an orphan and I don't have the heart to tell him that. He loves this city and once told me that he would not want to leave Domino since he can't handle leaving places well at all, and I can tell that with that young man. Anyway it that dream that keeping him going and he would do anything it takes to achieve his dreams. For right her and right now though, your daughter Akiza is helping right now just by being by his side as a friend." Hideo looked over and saw how happy Yusei was with Akiza, he could see that Yusei would cause n harm to her but then at that moment his face and heart to drop, because Akiza was unaware of what was happening at the moment. "Well Martha I hope he enjoys it while he can, my family are leaving in a few months to go to Germany and I don't know when or if we will come back." He said quietly so no one heard him. Akiza and Yusei's friendship and fate was already set and there was nothing that could be done.

FLASHBACK ENDS

"I knew I should have stop Akiza from going there when that kid started hugging her every week. It made things so difficult when it was time to say goodbye." Hideo said to Setsuko. "No Hideo Aki was giving that boy something he needed back then and those hugs were a thank you, you told me that yourself remember. Besides Aki enjoyed them at the time and was sad when she left him. Remember she did not want to leave her friend; we gave her no choose back then. Maybe it's time we accept that she is grown up now and she can make her own chooses now. No one told her to become a doctor and here she is living her dreams." He replied while they did not notice Akiza had walked out of the room to get ready for her day still in her daze. The subject was meant to be about Akiza's dream and changed to be about a young man in a different country.

Back in domino Leo and Luna where having trouble waking Yusei up since he was making sounds that made them worried since whenever he stayed over he was always quite. This time however the dream Yusei was having was different and was making him act differently, in a way they didn't understand. "Yusei wake up, Wake Up!" Luna said having no effect until "YUSEI WAKE UP ITS MARTHA ON THE PHONE!" Leo shouted at him causing Yusei to jump and fall out of bed. "Ouch what happened and LEO DONT DO THAT!" Yusei shouted at Leo causing him to run out of the room in terror, all Luna could do was laugh at that. 'Serves him right for scaring Yusei awake.' She thought after seeing that. It was clear that Yusei was ok, and he just had a nice dream and that was why those noises happened. "Sorry Yusei we heard noises comeing from the room and thought something was wrong. especially after last night." Luna explained looking worried still but glad Yusei as ok. "Don't worry Luna it wasn't you, it was Leo that went too far doing that. What time is it anyway?" Yusei asked as they both looked at the clock it was 6:30 AM, earlier than normal for all 3 of them to be awake but they was no chance of going back to sleep now since the sun was high in the sky already. "I guess we are all up a little too early today now." Luna admitted, Yusei just laughed at that.

"Come on Luna let's find Leo, get ready and go out for breakfast to make up for last night. Besides we still have 4 hours still to get ready and get you to the docks for the ferry." Yusei pointed out and Luna agreed with the idea, she ran off and went to sort Leo out and get ready. After 10 minutes Yusei was ready but a feeling inside felt different but he did not know why. That dream he had which normally faded quickly was still fresh in him mind and Akiza's face and smile was overpowering him. "Was that really her, was it really you Akiza?" he said to himself not able to believe it was a dream, after a moment one thing that seemed right to him was how he felt. 'She is the one, and that was the real me! Could this felling be Love? No it can't be ... could it?' he thought confused. "That's it when they set off I am going to see Martha and see what she thinks. She could be able help me figure this feeling out." He said to himself.

Leo as normal was paceing all over while he was waiting for Yusei and Luna; he was both fed-up and hungry which wasn't new for them. "Come on you two lets go already I'm hungry" he said as Yusei arrived to check the bags the twins were taking with them. "Leo will you relax please? You know Luna will be down soon so calm down already, besides the place we are going to dose not open till 8am anyway, go and have something to eat from the cereals just to put yourself at ease with until then." Yusei advised and Leo nodded before rushing for something to eat while Yusei finished checking the bags. As Leo was looking at the snacks they had he instead of breakfast cereals, he started to hear something strange coming from the lounge and went to find out what it was, as he looked into the room he noticed it was coming from Yusei. "Is Yusei humming? And what is he humming I don't know the tune" Leo snuck past to find Luna since she lessoned to a lot of music so he assumed she would know what it was.

Luna walked out of her room finally only to bump in to Leo hanging around at the stairs. "Ouch Leo what are you doing?" he asked but leo covered her mouth. "Luna lisson Yusei is humming something but I don't know what it is. Do you?" he asked before letting go of his sister.. Luna look over at Yusei still humming that tune but she never heard it before either but she liked it whatever it was. "sorry Leo it's a new one on me as well. Although I wish I did I like it" She said before the two of them walked down stairs. "Oh hi Luna the bags are all ready so we can go... What's wrong?" Yusei asked as he could tell she and leo were distracted by something. "Yusei what was that song you were humming just now" she asked, Yusei thought about it but was not shore what it was or even where he heard it from, until he remembered where it from that dream from last night. "I truthfully don't know Luna, I don't know what tune is called but I heard it in a dream once, I guess the tune stuck in my head for some reason. Well anyway are we all ready to go then." Luna and Leo both nodded and they all picked up the bags and walked down to the limo at the parking lot. The driver loaded the bags as Yusei walked over to collect his duel runner. "Yusei why are you taking you duel runner? You could use the limo to come back." Luna suggested. "I could Luna but I am going to see Martha after you have set sail so it quicker to take my runner." he explained, he wanted to know still what he was feeling inside as soon as he could. The twin nodded as he had a good point and they got in the limo and they all set off for the cafe for breakfast, with Yusei following on his runner.

Akiza walked out of the washroom finally out of her daze but still feeling warm inside from the dream. "Yusei please give me the strength for today then I will come and find you soon!" She said as she walked into her room to get dressed. She had to get to the university for her final exam. As he looked in the mirror to sort out her hair she imagined Yusei with her in that moment and felt like he was talking to her. "Good luck Aki Do your best, I will be waiting with arms open for you." The Yusei image said to her. This only made Akiza Shriek like a kid and rush to finish getting ready. When finished she grabbed her bag and without even thinking she called out "Bye Yusei see ya later." They were no reply but Akiza was so happy that she did not care. Setsuko was in the next room and heard her say that and thought for a moment Akiza had lost it this morning, calling out to a memory from the past. 'She must be nervous today and that's her way to let it out.' She though so she let the issue go. As she ran out of the house to get to her exam she feel like last night had given her the strength she needed to finish her course and become a full fledge doctor. Her dream was about to come true and she gained a new more precious dream and goal.

As she ran up to the university building she saw her classmate Rio and ran over to her. "Morning Rio" she said excitedly. Rio turn around not shore who it was, until she spotted Akiza waving to her, this was different since Akiza did not call anyone like that normally. "Hi Akiza what's up? You seem different today what happened?" Rio questioned from the difference from the previous days greeting. "What me, no I am ok just had a good night sleep and feel really energized, that's all. Come on we have an exam to get to." Akiza said as she ran to the main building to get to the exam room.

Inside the exam room all the 7th year students were ready for their final exams, this one was important since for them to leave with honour's they all needed to at least 80%, Akiza on the other hand being a 4th year needed to get 90% since she was 3 years ahead on all of her classes due to her dedication to her studies. "This is it I have to do this well or I have to stay one another 6 months for the next one." Akiza said to herself panicking that he may not be able to finish her course before the summer now that her past memories were fresh, until a voice in her head seamed to calm her down and return her confidence. "Akiza you can do it, Do your best and you will be fine". Akiza look around looking for the person who said it until she realised that voice sounded Yusei's from the dream. "Ok Yusei I will do my best." She said to herself quietly as she looked down to start her exam.

Back in domino Yusei and the twins walked out of the cafe they went to happily, even Leo was quite now since they were full and ready for the rest of their day. Yusei looked at the clock that was near by and knew what to do now. "Well its time you two! Your ferry leaves in one hour and you need to be on board before then." Yusei said looking at the time. The two of them checked their watches thinking it couldn't be only to realise Yusei was right. "Your right, good thing we are near the Ferry now anyway." Luna said as the limo drive approached. "Miss Luna and Master Leo your Bags are on the ferry and in your rooms now. Is they anything I can do for you before I go?" the driver asked, Luna shock her head before repling "That's fine thank you and sees you in 6 months. Please remember the arrangement we arranged please. If Yusei needs to go somewhere with a friend, he will contact you. Treat him like you would us since he is staying at our place. Do that and your pay will continue while we're gone." Luna said getting a funny look from Yusei, he didn't know about this at all. "As you wish Miss Luna and I look forward to your call Mr Fudo." The driver said as he nodded and left.

As the three of them walk to the ferry a question bugged Yusei. "What did he mean by 'my call' Luna? What did he meen?" He asked. "Oh right I forgot, sorry Yusei. We have arranged it so you can use our limo service anytime you want while we are away. Wait that reminds me, Leo can you hand me that envelope I gave you to look after." Leo nodded to Luna and gave her the item before looking at the still puzzled Yusei. "Here Yusei this is for you, we thought it would help as both a thank you for looking after our place and a way for you to enjoy yourself as well." Luna said handing Yusei the package. Yusei held the thick envelope and wondered what it could be, so he opened it and was shocked. "Luna this can't be for me if full of money, should you not be taking this?" He said as he tried to give it back only for Luna and Leo to shake their heads and step back. "Yusei Leo and me decided to give you that not as a payment for helping us, but as a way for you to go out and enjoy yourself and maybe find someone to ... you know." She said hesitaiting at he end, Yusei started to blush as Luna continued he knew where she was going with this "We know you don't have much money so you can use that to…" Luna took Yusei's hand as she finished "Find a female companion to care for and love."

Yusei's eyes start to grow a tear from Luna's words, she wanted Yusei to enjoy his new freedom and the money they gave him was to allow him to do just that. "Thanks Luna and Leo, you didn't have to do this but if you are sure then I will do just that." Yusei said before putting the envelope into his pocket. "Hold on Yusei that is not to last 6 months, in your deck draw their is five more of those. One for each of the six months, and all with the same amount in it. Don't think about saving any of it. But do keep recites so we can account for everything." Leo said sternly to Yusei with Luna nodding in agreement. "Ok I give; I will use it on myself and someone if I do find one." Yusei said as he hugged the twin's good bye as they were in front of the ferry. "Now go and enjoy your holiday. And don't worry about keeping in contact if you having too much fun." He pointed out. "RIGHT BYE YUSEI!" the twins replied as they ran on to the boarding ramp. 10 minutes later the ferry departed and the three of them waved at each other as the ferry moved on.

"Well its time I think, I better go to see Martha about that dream, and ... what?" He said to himself as he saw someone by his duel runner, but what cought his eye was Red Hair. "It can't be AKIZA!" he shouted as he ran to his runner but as he got closer he saw her brown eyes and smile only form her before she began to disappear as he got close. "Was that really her? Was my Akiza, was my red rose here?." He said as he felt his heart beating a mile a minute, suddenly he felt something on his right hand and looked, he saw a set of thin fingers holding them. He looked up only to see Akiza's face again with a big smile on her face for a few seconds before she faded again. "Akiza! No my mind is playing tricks on me, but if felt so real. What does it mean? A have to see Martha, I need to know now. What this feeling is." Yusei said to himself as he put his helmet on and started hi duel runner. His destination the Satellite orphanage.