I wrote it! I stayed up until midnight yesterday writing this yet I wasn't even able to finsih it! So this morning I decided to get this chapter over and done with. I hope you like it.
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's does not belong to me!
"Grandma! The cookies are done!" a seven year old boy chirped as he ran over to the oven. He watched with a small smile on his face as the old woman put on her oven gloves and retrieved the chocolate chip cookies from the oven. Yusei couldn't help but lick his lips at the sight and smell of the delicious treats.
"Don't you try eating them whilst I've got my back turned." Yana warned the little boy, he gave an innocent smile to show her that he wouldn't dream of doing such a thing, she smiled and ruffled his hair before walking over to her rocking chair and lowering herself into it.
"Grandma, can I go round Sonachi's house tomorrow? He said he would help me with my studying." Yusei asked. He knew that his grandmother didn't mind him going round his friend's houses, but he still felt that he should at least ask so that the old woman would know where he was.
She smiled and gave a small nod, "Of course you can, dear. That Sonachi is such a nice boy."
"He's like the brother I never had… he's always eager to help Cheneg, Ripsin and I whenever he can!" Yana smiled and nodded, Sonachi was an amazing person, she was always glad to know that he was always there for her grandson especially since she was getting old and looking after the energetic seven year old was growing increasingly harder day by day. Yusei really looked up to Sonachi, but why wouldn't he? Sonachi was a brilliant role-model to anyone younger than him.
Yusei smiled at his grandmother again before running upstairs to his room to study, he was determined to do well as a Kii'Shen and make his grandmother and Sonachi proud, and if that meant spending hours nearly every night studying then he would do it with no complaints. 'Being a Kii'Shen sounds like a hard job,' he thought to himself, 'having to make sure that The Aura is safe and that any intruders are taken care of immediately.'
He must have been studying for a long time since when he looked out of the window it was pitch black. He let out a yawn before closing the study book, shortly after he started hearing sounds from outside. He jumped off his bed and ran to the window, the sight he saw shocked him.
Nearly all of the buildings were on fire, people were running around screaming, Kii'Shen were frantically trying to calm them down and rescue people from burning buildings and a black light was swirling around, killing everyone it touched. Yusei backed away from the window and ran out of his room and leapt down the stairs.
"Grandma! Grandma!" He yelled, the old women turned to him, she already knew that the village was in danger and had already begun gathering her things.
"Yusei, we need to get out of here!" Yusei nodded and him and Yana headed to the door.
Everything looked and sounded worse as soon as they were outside, fear began to set in Yusei as he huddled closer to his grandmother. "Stay close." The young boy did exactly as was told as the two of them scurried away from the house. Yusei looked around him, the burning buildings were now starting to collapse as the people inside them screamed and begged for help, the sight of it all was starting to terrify the young child as he saw the looks of absolute horror on all of the people around him's faces. His attention was soon caught by a group of Kii'Shen who were trying to calm the panicked villagers and get them to a safe place.
The crowds of people grew bigger and bigger and he began finding it hard to stay close to his grandmother, people began to push each other in a panicked frenzy and Yusei eventually lost sight of Yana. He frantically tried to find her again, pushing and shoving everyone in the crowd out of his way and yelling out continuously. It was all in vain however as he unfortunately found himself being pushed out of the crowd. He stared at his surroundings, nearly everything had been destroyed. He swallowed hard before running off in a random direction, he didn't know where he was going and he didn't care, he just hoped that wherever he was going would be safer than where he currently was.
"Yusei!" The child turned, it was Cheneg, "Yusei, oh thank goodness! C'mon, we have to find Ripsin!" Yusei nodded and followed behind Cheneg as she ran as fast as she could, scanning the area around her for any signs of Ripsin.
"Do you have any idea where he might be?" Yusei asked, Cheneg stopped dead in her tracks, causing Yusei to nearly crash into her. She turned to face the boy for a few seconds before snapping her fingers and running off in another direction, 'the river' Yusei thought, it was his, Cheneg and Ripsin's favourite hangout place, if there was anywhere Ripsin would be, it would be there.
However, as soon as the two children got to the woods that surrounded the river, they stopped and stared in horror, all of the trees had been set alight. Neither of them wanted to go anywhere near. Orange and yellow colours swirled around as trees collapsed on each other and thick black smoke filled the sky, the heat emanating from the flames was almost unbearable and Yusei and Cheneg found themselves having to take a few steps back.
Suddenly a yell could be heard from the massive inferno going on in front of their eyes, the voice was unmistakable. It was Ripsin. Yusei and Cheneg gasped as the horror began to set in and the two of them stood with their mouths wide open. "Ripsin!" Cheneg yelled into the fire, her voice laced with fear. They heard another yell from the burning woods, neither of them had any idea as to what the boy was saying, but Cheneg wasn't about to lose her friend like this.
Without thinking, the young girl ran full pelt into the woods, determined to rescue Ripsin. "Cheneg! No!" was all that Yusei was able to say as he stared in disbelief at his friend. 'How could she be so stupid?' Yusei thought as the fear within him began to rise again, 'She's gonna die!'
Yusei's thoughts were confirmed as a large fiery branch from a tree fell and landed with a loud noise that nearly drowned out the screams of Ripsin and Cheneg. There was no way that the two children could have survived from something like that falling on them, plus the raging inferno going on around them would have sealed their fate. 'No, no!' Yusei thought, tears welled up in his eyes but refused to be shed and a large lump formed in the back of his throat, the child had no other choice but to turn and run from the woods and back to the village. His heart was pounding in his chest and he was breathing heavily, he was terrified. Purely and utterly terrified.
"Oh God…" Aki put a hand to her mouth and let out a deep breath, "That's…horrible."
Ruka was now huddling up next to Aki, trying to get comfort from the elder teenager, "Please tell me it gets better…" She whispered.
Yusei solemnly shook his head, "I wish it had."
People were still screaming, Yusei darted his eyes around, everywhere he looked there was either: fire, dead bodies or scared citizens. He didn't know where to go or what to do, his friends were dead and the village he had grown up in was being destroyed. He decided to follow some of the older villagers, he didn't care whether they knew where they were going or not, he just wanted to get away from the chaos, he wanted to be back with his grandmother or for all of this to just turn out to be a really bad dream.
Suddenly he heard his name being yelled, he spun around, "Sonachi!" he cried as relief washed through him to replace most of the fear in his heart. As soon as the elder boy got close enough to him he scooped Yusei up in his arms and held the boy close to his chest and ran. Yusei, overcome with emotions, buried his head deep into Sonachi's chest and let the tears run down his face as the elder boy stroked his head.
"Don't worry; everything will be OK, Yusei."
After a few minutes of being held in Sonachi's arms, Yusei began to grow curious as to where his big brother figure was heading, he twisted himself around slightly to get a view of their destination. He didn't know what to think when he saw the church come into sight, why would Sonachi run to the church? Shouldn't he be running out of the village to a safer place where everything wasn't burning down around him? 'Maybe he's going to hide in there until the danger passes, but is that really a sensible idea?' Yusei thought.
"Sonachi." Yusei was shocked at how weak his voice sounded, "Why are we heading towards the church?"
Sonachi tightened his grip on the child for a few seconds before loosening it again, "Don't worry, everything will become clear eventually." Yusei's brow furrowed, Sonachi was hiding information from him. Why? Sonachi always liked to make sure that people knew exactly what was going on. Why was he choosing now of all times to keep information from him?
"Cheneg and Ripsin…" Yusei muttered, tears threatening to show again. He heard Sonachi sigh.
"They're in a better place, Yusei." It didn't take an expert to know how painful it was for sonachi, having to say those words to such a young child who didn't even understand the harsh reality of the world he was living in yet. He was too young for this. 'Life really isn't fair' Sonachi thought to himself as he looked down at the emotional, defenceless boy wrapped in his arms.
Yusei remained silent as Sonachi slowed to a walk as he entered the church, "I got him." The young child looked up in confusion before swivelling round to see the mayor of Dakatoa, Igder, standing at the front next to the High Priest who was standing behind the stone table; both of them had solemn looks on their faces. Yusei's heart began to beat faster at the sight. Sonachi gave Yusei a reassuring squeeze before stepping forward.
The mayor turned to the High Priest, concern and uncertainty now beginning to show through, "Are you sure we should be doing this? He's only a child!"
The High Priest raised a hand to calm the man down, "He is also the last Kii'Shen."
"But, there has to be another way."
"There isn't" Both men turned to face Sonachi who was now standing in front of the stone table, a frightened Yusei trembling in his arms, "If there was, I would gladly take it, but it pains me to say that this is the only choice he have."
"But this is barbaric! We can't do this, he's only seven!"
Yusei's heart started beating faster as he felt tears begin to run down his face, the cryptic talk of the older people was terrifying him; just what were they going to do?
"Don't think I don't know that!" Sonachi half-shouted, "I'm against this as much as you are, but like the High Priest said, there is no one else; he's the last of them."
"Sonachi…" Yusei whispered, his voice trembling along with his body.
"Don't worry Yusei." Sonachi lowered the little boy onto the stone table, Yusei clung onto his arm and refused to let go.
"Sonachi, what's going on?" The little boy pressed. The mayor turned away, unable to bear the sight in front of him, it was wrong to scare a young boy this much.
"Yusei, everything will be OK." Yusei somehow knew that he couldn't believe those words. Sonachi was still hiding something from him, and it was scaring the child more by the second. Sonachi turned to face the High Priest, "Get it over with, quickly." He ordered. The High Priest gave a solemn nod and rested a hand on Yusei's shoulder. The blue eyed boy hesitantly turned to face him.
"Take your shirt off." The High Priest said. It wasn't an order or a demand; it was more of a request. Yusei sat and stared at the man, unsure as of whether he should do so or not, the old man looked him in the eye, "Please. We haven't got much time."
So Yusei did as he was told (though he didn't want to) and then lay down on the stone table as the High Priest had also requested after his shirt had been taken off. His heart began to beat faster with every passing second and his breathing had quickened by a lot.
Sonachi held onto Yusei's hand as the seven year old lay on the stone table staring up at him with absolute fear in his eyes. The elder boy wasn't sure if he could bear seeing the child so terrified and know that there was very little he could do to calm his nerves.
Yusei nearly had a heart attack when he saw the High Priest brandish a sharp stainless steel knife from a small wooden box, Sonachi desperately tried to keep the little boy calm without restraining him too much.
"Please child, calm down." The High Priest muttered as he stood near the stone table, "I'm not going to kill you."
Yusei was now hyperventilating as tears ran down his face and he thrashed against Sonachi's hold in a desperate attempt to escape, fear had consumed him and stopped him from being able to form a coherent sentence. The High Priest checked the sharpness of the knife before muttering something to Sonachi. The brotherly figure gave the man a questioning look, all he received back from him was a nod, Sonachi gave a pained sigh before pinning Yusei to the stone table completely, the elder boy felt tears of his own began to fall as the act only made the frightened boy feel worse.
All that could be heard now, apart from the burning and screaming coming from outside the church, was the sound of Yusei's sharp breaths that came with abnormally short seconds in between, the boy could do nothing except stare at the sharp tool that the High Priest was now holding above him as he felt himself lose control of his bladder.
"Do it! Quickly!" Sonachi yelled, all patience gone, "I don't want to see him like this."
The High Priest needed not to be told again as he lowered the knife and pierced Yusei's skin sending a horrible pain through the young boys chest, the sight of the blood almost caused him to pass out. Once the High Priest was certain he'd pierced through it enough, he began to manoeuvre the knife around to form a circle, the sign of the Kii'Shen that signified their promise to protect Semésa.
Once he was done the High Priest raised the bloody knife to the air and chanted some incantations that Yusei, in his panicked state, couldn't comprehend. After the Priest was done with the incantations a light green mist began to come out of the walls and headed towards Yusei. The young boy tried to escape once more but was unable to with Sonachi holding him down. Soon the mist was hovering over the boy, Yusei could only remember seeing it above him for a few seconds before it dove into his chest and he was overwhelmed with unimaginable pain.
He felt like his whole body was on fire, as if every single cell in his body was being ripped to pieces, yet he was unable to do anything, the pain had rendered him immobile as he did the only thing he could do, scream.
Sonachi couldn't bear it; he turned away and clamped his hands over his ears as Yusei's face contorted into a horrific pained expression and his blood curdling screams echoed throughout the church. The pain refused to go away, in fact, it only got worse. Yusei's body was too young to put up with this sort of pain and not long after it had begun, the young boy passed out.
Everyone sat in silence, Aki and Ruka were holding onto each other as tears rolled down their faces and their mouths held slightly agape. Rua just stared at Yusei, too shocked to do much else. Jack and Crow were sitting with their eyes closed, wondering why they had decided to stay to hear that story again.
Once Aki had recovered enough from the shock she opened her mouth to say something but closed it again when she realised that she didn't know what to say, Rua however seemed to be able to work out what he wanted to say perfectly fine, " That's just… how could anyone do that!"
Yusei lifted his head up to look the boy in the face, the pain from the memories showing itself in his eyes, "The High Priest had no other choice."
Ruka gave the teenager a confused look before asking, "What do you mean?"
"It was when I woke up again after I blacked out I realised just how much my life had changed."
Yusei slowly opened his eyes. The smell of smoke instantly filled his nostrils as he began to take in his surroundings. The fire in the village had gone out now, just how long had he been unconscious? He slowly sat up and looked around him, the church had been destroyed. The whole place had collapsed around him, leaving only dusty pieces of rubble.
The young boy looked down at the floor and instantly regretted doing so, "Sonachi…" Yusei whispered. Lying there in front of him was the corpse of the person he had always looked up to. The tears come flooding back to him, he let them fall as he reached out to touch Sonachi's pale face, retracting it slightly from the shock of how cold it was. Why was this happening to him?
A crunching sound and soft laughter caught Yusei's attention, he looked up to see an adult man standing where the entrance to the church used to be, smirking and chuckling to himself with an evil glint in his eye. Yusei backed up slightly, still sitting on the floor, fear once again rising up in him. However, whilst fear was welling up inside the young boy another emotion showed itself, Yusei had no idea what this emotion was but he didn't like it. He felt like he wanted to attack this man, like he wanted to hurt him. The very thought petrified the little boy.
Yusei began letting out heavy breaths and he felt his entire body begin to tremble; the man seemed to be enjoying watching him sit there scared. It looked like this man enjoyed setting this emotion in people. The young boy didn't know what to do, was this man going to kill him? Before Yusei could make any better judgement he felt a sudden spark inside him and a red light began to consume him. He sat in silence staring wide-eyed as the red light enveloped and then shot itself at the adult.
Yusei sat hunched over panting as the red light slowly disappeared; the man was nowhere to be seen. Now the child needed answers, not knowing what was going on was starting to really scare him. Why did he have to go through all of this?
Don't worry, Yusei. The blue eyed boy raised his head and was met by a woman floating in front of him, his heart once again began to beat against his chest, "Who…who are you."
I'm the goddess Semésa the woman replied. Yusei's eyes widened in shock, "But how? Wh…wh…"
Yusei, the High Priest has fused your soul with my Aura. I am now inside of you.
Yusei wasn't sure how much more of this he could take, "Why me?" He whispered. He wished that all of this could have happened to someone else.
Because you are the last Kii'Shen Yusei gasped, All of the other Kii'Shen were killed either fighting to save the village or burning in buildings. The High Priest knew that if nothing was done then everyone in the village would be killed and whoever it was that was after my Aura would succeed in getting it, he knew that he had to fuse me with a Kii'Shen's soul so that I could be protected. It just so turns out that you were the last Kii'Shen left alive.
It made more sense to Yusei now, though that didn't change how much he wished it hadn't of happened, but there were some more question he needed to ask, "That man, who was he?"
He was the one who burnt the village down; he was the one who was coming after me. I have reason to believe that his name is Minoru.
"That feeling…that light, what were they?
That feeling was hatred Yusei, you're going to have to get used to feeling it since I doubt that that is the last time you're going to see Minoru.
"I don't like that feeling…it scares me."
The goddess sighed before lowering herself down to Yusei's level, I know that hatred is a horrible feeling, but it is the feeling that all Kii'Shen have to get used to. You will get used to it, trust me.
"But the light…"
That light is how a Kii'Shen attacks, you just harnessed the powers that I passed on to the first Kii'Shen that they then passed on to their children, all Kii'Shen have this power, though they usually wait until they are older before they first harness it. I'm sorry you've had to be dragged into all of this at such a young age.
"Grandma, Sonachi, Ripsin and Cheneg. They're all gone…"
I'm sorry, there was nothing that could be done to save any of them.
Yusei lowered his head as the tears once again came flooding out of his eyes and, for the first time that day, he began to sob. "It's not fair…"
Semésa wrapped her arms around the crying child and rubbed his back, I know Yusei, but please don't worry. Things can only get better from now on.
"So that's why you hate Minoru…"
Rua, Ruka and Aki could hardly believe what they had just heard, they all sat in silence as Jack and Crow had rested a hand on Yusei's shoulder and asked him if he was alright. They were relieved when he told them that he was fine, reliving such a horrible memory would cause anyone upset.
Rua still felt that there was a bit missing from the story, "what happened after that? How did you end up in the orphanage with Jack and Crow?"
"Semésa told me that there was no point in staying in the village since it was completely burnt down and I was the only one left, so I left the village and wandered around a bit until I saw Neo Domino city, I was found by Security, but since I had no family and nothing was known about me I was sent straight to Martha's orphanage in the Satellite where I met Jack and Crow."
"So Semésa is living inside of you now…" Ruka asked.
"Yeah, and it's my job to make sure Minoru doesn't find out."
Everyone once again became silent, Crow looked at the clock and realised that it was now lunchtime. "Maybe we should all go out to eat. Grab a snack at the café." Everyone nodded, after hearing Yusei's childhood story they all needed a bit of fresh air to clear their heads.
There you go, it took me a long time to write this chapter.
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