Chapter 06 - Akiza's chosen trip alone.

Before Akiza could reach her bedroom to start packing she ran into her mother and fell on the floor. Setsuko jump as she spotted that Akiza had nothing on but her underwear and bra on "Akiza what are you doing running around like that" she shouted. Akiza blinked in confusion and looked at herself, she gasped at the fact that she forgot she was using the bathroom to get ready and forgot to put anything on to cover herself before she ran out. "Oh no I, What was I thinking. I'm sorry mum I was cleaning up and... and" she stopped as her mind played back what happened. "Akiza what's wrong?" Setsuko asked snapping Akiza out of her daze. "Mum this mark appeared on my arm while I was running the water, but before I washed myself my arm hurt and burned like hell." Setsuko looked at the arm in question "Akiza there's nothing there, besides I think you should go and clothes on before you father see's you like that. You know what he says in regards to you cleavage remember." She said and walked off to use the bathroom herself.

Akiza walked into her room confused at what her mother had said. "There's a claw mark on my arm and mum could not see it, how can that be? I mean its right here!" she walked over to her mirror and looked at her reflection and could see the claw mark on her arm. "It here and I can see it, what's going on. Hold on maybe I could try.." Akiza stopped as she grabbed her phone and used it camera to take a photo of it. After the photo was taken she went to her computer and downloaded the photo to it, but when she opened the photo on her computer she was shocked. "What! Where is the mark?!" the image showed her arm with no claw mark on her. 'How can the mark be on my arm but not show up on my photo? Is that even possible.' She spent the next hour trying to work this mystery out but could not come up with anything. "Maybe I'm day dreaming and nothings there at all. Forget it I'll just get ready then talk to mum and dad about returning to New Domino."

In domino Yusei was having a similar problem, at first he thought the mark on his arm was part of a bad day dream (although it was still night time) and decided to have a cold shower to wake him up. However when he was drying himself the mark on his arm would not disappear, and how it got there was driving him up the wall. "Where did it come from? How did it get there? And why doesn't it disappear?" he said try watch his langrage, as he forgot the twins where not around. When he finished drying himself, Yusei placed the towel he used in a wash basket and put his boxers back on before walking to the living area again. He looked at the clock and found it was still only 4AM, and needed to talk to someone. "Everyone will still be asleep right now. Jack and crow leave tomorrow and, Right the twins have already left. Martha did say to ring her if I had a problem." He looked at the dragon head mark on his arm and decided to ring Martha about it.

When Yusei rang Martha he was surprised to find she was still awake. "Oh hello Yusei having problems sleeping again. It must feel funny not having someone around to talk to in the house right?" Yusei had to agree with that but then explained what had happen after he got home and fell asleep until an hour ago when he woke up. "That's strange Yusei you never did that before. Did anything happen on the way home." Yusei shock his head to say "no" and thought he better ask her about the mark. "oh that's a point, that's not the reason I rang Martha, I went to the bathroom after I woke up, I ran some water to have a wash but my right arm felt like I burned myself and" he started before Martha went in to mother mode and interrupted. "Yusei I told you to add cold water before you use water in the bowl remember. Your old enough to know this by now." She said before Yusei butted in to stop Martha going in to a motherly rant. "I know Martha the water was what I normally use and the temperature right. But here's the thing, I ran my arm under the cold water and it just got hotter and hotter. Then this dragon looking mark showed up on my arm." He lifted his right arm to the video phone to show Martha but all she showed was a funny and not amused look. "Yusei looks more like you were rubbing it too much and its now just gone red. Maybe I need to stay over a night to help you settle in like last time." She suggested. Yusei was confused with Martha's explanation, his arm had a black head mark and she could not see it. "It's ok Martha maybe I just want something that not there like before." Yusei said confused about what happened. "Ok Yusei now go and get some sleep. Oh Yusei I need you to see me tomorrow and collect something from me please, it's important for you ok. Good night." With that Martha cut the call off.

Yusei started walking up to his room as Martha suggested thinking about the last part of what Martha said. "What could Martha have that is so important she could not tell me, or give me earlier? Maybe she did not want jack and crow to see it so she held on to till now since there leaving tomorrow. Whatever it is I will find out in a few hours, so I better get some sleep like she said." He said before getting in to bed.

Yusei was lying in bed for over 5 hours and all he ended up doing was daydream about the dream he had about Akiza. Would the real Akiza look like that? Would she be that surprising in the love department? All those questions ran through his head and only made him want to meet her again. "Man I did not sleep a wink, between that girl and this mark... Why do I think there connected in some way?" somehow the image of Akiza's smile from the dream had imprinted in to is memory and anytime he closed his eyes he say that smile, it only made some strange urges start down below which he tried to fight. Between the 3 of them jack and crow would always make Yusei download or buy their 18+ movies and while Yusei had had no choice but to watch them, he would find a way to fall asleep during it and wake up just as the movie finished. "God I need a cold shower now to stop thinking about her and get rid of this urge. Then I will go and see what Martha has for me." He said to himself as he got off his bed to get ready for the day ahead.

Akiza walked to the dining room to find both her mum and dad eating their breakfast while talking about what happened the day before. 'Well better now than never I guess. Wish me luck Yusei.' She thought to herself before walking into the room. "Ah Akiza, we got a call earlier from a local hospital and their asking to see you about starting a job there." Hideo informed her as Akiza sat down. "That's nice dad but I may not be able to right now." Akiza replied. "Whys that Akiza?" Hideo and Setsuko both asked at the same time. "Well that's what I came to talk to you both about. Mum and Dad I want to go away to and visit Neo Domino city for a while to think about and decide what I want to do next." She said only for Setsuko to panic. "You want to go away, why is they something you need that isn't here? Can't you find any jobs? What could you..." Akiza realised her mum was over reacting so she had to butt in. "Hold on mum!" Akiza shouted stopping her mother's line of questions. "It not that I can't find anything, I, I feel like I need to go out there and find my path in life. I want to find myself before I start work so I was wondering something. I want to go to our house in Neo Domino for a few months and try some new things before I start a new job. Beside I need to learn how to live on my own eventually and everyone here has taught me well, but I want to try without other people around me. Plus I have a promise I want to keep and now there's nothing here holding me back from keeping it."

Hideo thought for a moment and remembered that. "Akiza could it be you want to keep you promise to return and see Yusei again?" Akiza nodded answering her father's question as a small tear appeared in her eyes. 'I knew it they won't let me since it was a promise to a boy, but I want to; no I need to see him again.' Akiza thought to herself as she felt her heart break inside. "Akiza will you wait outside for a few minutes while I talk to your mother." Hideo asked, Akiza nodded and walked out the room.

"Setsuko did you see what I saw when I asked Akiza about Yusei?" Hideo asked. "Yes Hideo, all that happened the last few days must have brought back some old memories from when she was with him and now she wants to see her best friend again. Beside Aki's right she will have to live on her own some day or when she get married. Maybe this could be a good time for her to do it. Plus like she suggested she would be going to our original home, it's already payed for so the only thing she would have to worry about is gas, electric and grocery bills. We could have our friend in domino get the house ready for her and she can move in when she is wanting to." Setsuko said and Hideo agreed. "Your right my dear. But if we do we should set some house rules to follow while she is there." Hideo said only for Setsuko to disagree. "No Hideo if she is living alone we can't interfere with her life. So instead we just make her promise to contact us every few days, and not do anything like 'the deed' until she get married." Hideo did not like this idea but his wife had a good point, they had been over protective of her ever since she was a child, and even more when her chest size resulted in them having to buy her custom fitted clothes. "Your right dear, we will do that then, but if we hear something serious from Akiza we bring her back ASAP." Hideo finished and Setsuko agreed. "Ok, let's talk to her!" Setsuko said to him as they walked to the lounge.

Akiza was sat on the couch worrying that her parents would not let her go still, she felt a hand on her shoulder which made he jump. "What the hell dad, don't do that!" she shouted only to get a laugh from her parents. "Akiza you mother have talked about it and we have decided to" he stoped for a few seconds which felt like hours to Akiza, "let you go!" he finished. Akiza did not respond at first as that last part replayed in her mind but when it snapped she jumped out of the chair and hugged them like tomorrow was never coming. "Thank you, thank you thank you" she said through all of her tears of happiness. "Akiza they is a few things we need you would need to agree to first, but as long as you agree to them it will be fine." Hideo said and explained what they talked about. "That not a problem dad I will follow those things, and I will keep in touch while I am in domino." Akiza said finally happy again. "Well them miss we can't have you going away unprepared, so when do you want to go?" Setsuko asked only to get the answer "I want to arrive on Monday in domino!" Akiza answered quickly with excitement in her voice. "Well them come on we have a bag to pack for you and your father has some arrangements to make for you, so Akiza let's get going!" she said only for Akiza to run off to her room.

When Yusei arrive at Martha's place he was handed an envelope, and told to head to 'New Domino bank'. On the way he wondered why she wanted him to go there, he knew the envelope had the answer but Martha told him not to open it until he arrived. "What's at that bank that so important Martha could not tell me. Oh well I will be there soon." he said to himself. 10 minutes later he arrived and parked his runner up before he took out the envelope and opened it. Yusei realised it was a letter to Martha. "Why would she give me a letter that's hers?" As he opened it up and to his surprise a card fell out, not a duelling card but a deposit box card that belonged to his father. "This is my father's! Then this letter is about me." He began to read the letter and it explains that due to the death of Yusei's parents the items in the deposit box now belong to him however it could only be claimed after he turned 18, also it turned out that to both access and open it he required both the deposit card and the 'Stardust Dragon' card to be in his ownership. "Well I have stardust with me but what could they have left for me." He wondered before walking into the bank.

As Yusei entered he was directed to a deck, he kept the letter and both cards in his hand while he waited to be seen. "Would you be Mr Fudo?" a young lady asked. "Yes that's me miss." Yusei responded trying not to offend. "Ok Mr Fudo I need to see you appointment letter and deposit box card." She asked. Yusei handed the said items over and she checked it. "Oh so your here to take your parents deposit box with you today." She asked. "I guess so, is it ok to look at what's inside it before I remove it first?" he asked not shore what he had to do. "I'm sorry Mr Fudo but the letter only allows you to collect it so we can close the account. You will have to take it home first." Yusei was disappointed but understood it was the rules and he had to follow them. "If you wait here I will collect it for you, I will not take more than a few minutes to get it" she finished before walking off for Yusei's box.

5 minutes later Yusei walked out with the deposit box, loaded it in his runner and set off for the tops. As he arrive he parked his runner and ran all the way to the twins place, he placed the box on the table. "Ok first I need to swipe the deposit card in the reader." He said as he did that said action, next the scanner opened to revile an id scanner. "Ok this is not good, what do I need here? Hold on the letter said... RIGHT STARDUST DRAGON!" she shouted as he placed the said card on the scanner. The card unlocked the box and Yusei was able to open it. Inside were books, records and awards that his parents won, but one item was wrapped differently and had a letter with it. He took the letter and box and opened the wrapped box first, the item inside was surprised him, it was a 24 carat gold ring with a quite large ruby, with a emerald and sapphire on each side on the top, surrounded by diamonds. "This ring clearly belonged to my mum but why would she leave it in here. Maybe this letter will explain it." He opened the letter and read it

Dear Yusei

If you're the one reading this then it means something happened to me and your father and we are no longer with you. I guess you are wondering why this letter was connected to the ring box, well this ring was given to me by your father and has been past down by first male of the Fudo family for years. This ring has a special meaning to your family which you must continue.

"Whats so special about this ring? Besides it being my mum's" he asked himself before he continued reading

The ring must never be sold or given away to anyone son. This ring must be give to the one you see as you true love, who also loves you back the same. Your father told me when this is done the hearts of those two are forever bound together and will lead to happiness for the rest of your lives. You must use this ring when you feel the time is right to propose marriage to that person and after that you and you loved one must hand it over to your first male child after marriage.

We are very proud of you and hope you had the same success as we did and will live on even without us.

With all our love

Mum and Dad

p.s. don't tell anyone about this ring until after you give it to your loved one.

When Yusei finished reading the letter he took the ring in his hand and as if on cue he started to cry tears of happiness. "My mum left this for me to use 'sob' when I find my true love. Maybe I know who it will be but 'sob' I promise mum and dad I will use it when the right time comes." He straight away put the ring back and walked to his room to put it out of site. As he opened the door his mind saw Akiza in his room with that very ring on her hand looking in the mirror with one of her biggest smiles, she turned and looked at him before disappearing. His heart skipped a beat before snapped out of it. "Man I have to stop that, god I must be love sick or something." He said as shock his head and placed the ring in the draw with the money the twins gave him. "Well I'll take the stuff left in the box to Martha's when I am at the party next week to look at."

Akiza arrived at the airport in Germany 4 days later on the Sunday night after her parents allowed her to go, they decided to come with her to see that Akiza got away safely. As they arrived in the terminal Akiza became confused "Mum which check in do I need to go to?" she asked only for her father to answer. "Akiza I pulled some strings and you're not going on a normal plane. You're going to Japan using the family's private jet!" Hideo said only to get a big hug from Akiza. "Thanks dad, but when I decide to come back will I still be able to use it?" Akiza asked. "Akiza all you need to do is contact us and we will send it for the date you want ok. Now here is the Key and address for our house in Domino City, the gas and electric have been reconnected already and the cleaners will have finished their job by the time you get there in 7 hours. I also organised for a food shopping trip to have been done for you and all our house survives are available for you if you want them." Hideo explained before an announcement was called for her flight. "Ok dad, I better be going then, bye mum. Bye dad" Akiza said as she ran to her flight towards her future.

As Akiza flight was on route, Martha contacted Yusei at 10:30 in the morning. Yusei was already up and full of energy as he ran to answer the phone. "Morning Martha, How are you? And what can I do for you?" he said surprising Martha. "Well hello Yusei I am fine this morning, and by the sound of it you are to. Yusei I just had a call from one of the delivery firms I order from, it seems that they did not include the location my package was to be delivered to in domino on the label. It arrive at domino airport in 3 hours I am faxing the forms to you, would you be a darling and collect it for me. It would help as it the last part I need for you party outfit." Martha explained knowing full well Yusei would do anything he could to help. "That's not a problem Martha but could you tell me what it is I am collecting?" he asked. "That not a problem Yusei, it a holsters to put the water gun into, which goes under the jacket. I order it and since I can't get one here. And it was express delivered. The papers I faxed you has the terminal you will need to go to in order to collect it." she explained. "Oh ok Martha, I will go in about 2 hours then wait for the package to arrive, Do you want it bringing straight to you?" Yusei asked. "No Yusei the holster can be set up on the day do just collect it so just look after it until Wednesday. I better go I am meeting Zora to set up the decorations today. Talk to you later Yusei" with that Martha cut off the call. "Ok I better get that fax then get ready to go then." Yusei said to himself.

As Akiza plane was about to land in domino Akiza could not believe the way the city looked. "Well now I wonder why we left here in the first place. I feel like a just came home right now, maybe it because I will see him again after 14 years." Akiza said to herself as the flight attendant walked up to her. "Miss Akiza we will be landing in 5 minutes, could you please put you safety belt on and remain seated." She said. Akiza nodded and did as she was asked. "Oh miss how will I collect my stuff when we arrive?" she asked since this was the first time she flew this way. "The jets attendant will unload your bags and transfer them to your family's limo, it will then collect you from the terminal entrance. Oh the limo driver tuck the liberty of collecting a new phone and number for you since your current one will cost you too much to use except for ringing German numbers. Also the charger for it will not work in Japan" the flight attendant explained. "Ok that's useful thanks miss." Akiza replied. As the attendant walked away to get ready for arrival.

As the plane landed Yusei arrived at the terminal to collect Martha's package. "Ok terminal 2, collection area ... oh 3 that it. Man that plane was load" Yusei said as the private jet flew over head. 10 minutes later Akiza was walking off the plane and was walked to the terminal. "Which terminal is this Miss?" Akiza asked. "Oh it terminal 2 miss Akiza, Private jet can't use the main terminal. I hope you had a nice trip with use and hope to see you again soon." the attendant said. "Thanks for everything and bye" Akiza said as she entered the terminal. Yusei arrived at collection area 3 and found no-one waiting, so he went straight to the help deck. "Hello sir how can I help you today?" the worker asked. "I'm here to collect a package for Martha. I have the paper work here." Yusei replied and handed over the paperwork. "Oh you're the young man we were expecting today. We have it right here, can you please sign this form please." Yusei nodded and signed the form, once he was finished the man handed him the package and wished him a good day.

Akiza was walking towards the exit to meet up with the limo, she was taking in all the sights of the airport and felt happy to be back in her birth town. As she about to exit she spotted something leaving the building. "Was that who I thought it was?" she said to herself and ran to the exit. As she got outside she looked around and saw a familiar sight, Yusei's crow style hair and blue jacket from her dream."It's .. its him!" she said to herself and started to run to him not knowing if it was him or not. Yusei had just loaded the package into his runner and was about to put on his runner helmet. "Well better get home and watch that football game, I bet our teams going to be beaten again though." He said to himself as he set up his runner. "Ok lets REV IT UP" he shouted as he set off. "Wait Yusei where are you going?" Akiza shouted as she stopped running to catch her breath. She looked down sad and spotted a poster on the ground in the spot where his duel runner was. "A poster for the, wait this is for the day-care I went to with Yusei. He must be going to it." She said before noticing the theme of the party and the date. 'It's in 2 days and it a spy theme. Now that could be fun, Ok I am going and if I find him that's even better. Hold on Yusei, Akiza is coming home.' She thought to herself as the limo arrived to pick her up, to take her home. "Hold on spy Yusei, your my target now and this girl never misses her man!" she said with a dark tone.