Pain 2
By Female Heero Yuy
Disclaimer: If I owned Yu Gi Oh 5Ds this would be in the manga. XD
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Jack yawned as he woke up from a good nights sleep. Walking down the stairs, he raised a brow when Yusei's D wheel wasn't there, but thought nothing of it. Thinking that maybe he'd gone off to fix something as a job, or run an errand of some sort. Grabbing a cup of ramen, he poured some hot water into it after opening it and prepared to eat. Crow was coming down the stairs, yawning all the while. "Man these night shifts are killer at times." he stated.
"Oh suck it up." Jack stated bluntly. "You don't hear anyone else complaining."
"That's because you can't get a job to save your life." he muttered while grabbing a cup of ramen for himself. "So where'd Yusei go? Off on some job?"
"How should I know, his D wheel was gone when I woke up." he stated as he slurped some noodles.
"Now that I think about it, who'd call at eight in the morning for repairs?" he stated before putting some noodles in his own mouth. "Ah well, maybe it's some high end rich guy or something. It'll be good if that's true cause we could use the money."
"I could care less as long as my D wheel is maintained." Jack stated after finishing his cup ramen.
"Hey a part costs money ya know. If you want your D wheel maintained why don't you try to get a job to help pay for parts." he stated. "You should also be grateful that Yusei maintains your bike, other mechanics would charge for that stuff."
"Whatever." Jack huffed. "I just know, that if even one thing is out of place on my Wheel of Fortune, he's gonna get it."
"Again with the threats man? That's getting old." he finished his ramen. "In any case i'm off to work. Try to get a job and keep it for once."
"I'll keep it if the people are competant." he muttered.
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It'd taken some getting used to, but Yusei believed he was doing rather well all things considered. He still had bouts of sadness when things reminded him of his old friends, but otherwise he was fine. Going through cards with Yugi, he was trying to create a deck more appropriate for the time period. Apart of him was excited that he was going to learn to duel without syncro summoning. Another part of him was nervous. How was he to duel in by old rules when he was so used to dueling with a D wheel, he thought. "...My D wheel?" he jumped. Startling the smaller duelist.
"What's with all the excitement Yusei?" Yugi looked at him awkwardly.
"Yugi, I have to go back to my time to get somethings." he looked at him with worry.
"What do you mean?" he asked confused.
"My D wheel. If I don't have the things to maintain it, it'll fall apart. Also the programs i'd worked on for it are on my computer. I need them to maintain it or..." he stated as his eyes trembled.
Yugi tilted his head since he wasn't fully understanding. Yami appeared beside him with his arms crossed. "Yugi, I think I get what he's saying."
"You do?" he looked perplexed.
Yami nodded. "Even though we don't have such an item in our time, it's an important item to Yusei. And our time doesn't have the items required to keep such a thing maintained. So he'll have to go back."
"You mean permanently?" he looked a little sad.
"No not permanently." Yusei cut in. "I just need to get what I need to maintain my D wheel."
"I see." Yugi seemed to understand.
Yusei put a finger to his lips. "I'd need some help though. I can't gather everything by myself."
"Maybe we can help." Yugi offered as he tapped his fingers. "Umm...my friends don't know about this, but I feel like I can tell you about it." he appeared nervous.
"Tell me what?" he raised a brow.
"Well...Yami and I have...the ability to actually separate...we've never told our friends before because well...we didn't know how they'd react." he turned away.
"You can separate? That's actually kind of cool." he stated. "Okay then, we'll go and get what we need and come back. We may need to make multiple trips though. My computer isn't exactly small, and there's alot of stuff I need to grab."
"Right." Yami and Yugi stated at the same time with a nod.
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For a few days, no one thought anything of it. No one even questioned it. But after the third day it became exceedingly obvious. Stuff was going missing from their garage, and they didn't like it. "It looks like we have a thief in our midst's." Jack stated with his arms crossed in anger. He was currently looking at an empty table that had once held a computer on top of it. Alot of other things were missing too. Wires, tools, even some parts. The only thing they all had in common was everything that was going missing either went to Yusei's D wheel, or belonged to Yusei himself.
Crow came down the stairs in a hurry and grasped at the railing on the second floor stairs. "I've just done a check of Yusei's room, all his stuff is gone. Even his clothes, and room computer." he proceeded to walk down the rest of the steps. "Did he move out or something?" he questioned.
"How should I know? Though it seems like it all things considered." he muttered the last part. "Well then I say good riddance. He was a thorn in my side anyway."
"How can you say that? Isn't Yusei your friend?" he grabbed Jack by the front of his shirt. Ready to punch him at any given moment.
"Your one to talk, when was the last time you hung out with him?" he defended himself. By all facts, no one had really had time for Yusei lately. Not even the twins or Aki.
Crow slowly let go of his shirt and backed away. "Well...i've been busy ya know with work and stuff." he jumbled his words.
"Really? You seem to have alot of time for those kids lately." Jack added.
"Hey your one to talk! You don't even have a job, and I don't see you hanging with him!" he became angered. "Of everyone you had the most time to spare."
Aki came walking into the garage holding a few text books. "Hey guys. Is Yusei around? I need help with my physics and math."
"Ummm...well...no." Crow got out. "We think he might of moved out without telling us honestly." he rubbed at the back of his head. "His stuff is gone."
"What? But why would he do that?" she was shocked.
"How should we know?" Jack stated aggresively. "I say if he's just going to up and leave then he wasn't a real friend. And that's fine by me." he plopped himself on the sofa.
"How can you say that?" she looked at him mortified.
"Ignore him, that's just his way of saying he's worried." Crow stood there while thinking. "I think i'm going to call Martha. Maybe he went over there." he pulled out his phone and dialed the familiar number. He waited for someone to answer.
"Hello?" came Martha's voice over the receiver.
"Hey Martha, it's me Crow." he replied.
"Oh, Crow. It's been a while since I last heard from you." she stated. "Keeping out of trouble I hope."
"Yes." he sweated a little. "Listen Martha, i'm just wondering if Yusei is over there."
"Yusei? Oh. No. He did come by about a month ago, but i'm not sure why since I was rather busy when he showed up."
"Really he showed up there a month ago? Did he say anything? Was anything mentioned?" he was shocked.
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Martha had a hand to her hip as she tried to think. "Ahhh, I really don't know. It was really hectic here with all the new children coming in and all." she stated, and looked down at a girl who was tugging at her dress. "Hold on a second." she told crow before putting her attention at her. "What is it?"
A girl wearing a plain pink dress with short brown pig tails smiled at her happily. "Brother Yusei visited on that day and waited." she stated. "He waited a realllllllyyy long time too! He said he needed to talk with you, don't you remember Martha?"
"What?" came Crows voice over the phone.
Martha blinking in confusion and put a hand on the girls shoulder. "What was it he needed to talk to me about? Do you know?" she asked her seriously.
This confused the girl, as she didn't understand why Martha became so serious, but she responded anyway. "He said he was feeling down and that it was really important to talk with you. I remember he waited even when it was bed time." she told her. "When I woke up he was gone. Didn't you talk with him Martha?"
Martha thought for a moment on what she'd done, that day. She remembered tucking in the children for the night. Then headed for bed herself. "Crow. You need to find Yusei." she spoke to him on the phone as she became worried. "And you need to do so fast."
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"Uhh okay, but why so fast?" Crow asked his serogate mother in surprise. He could clearly hear her determination even through the phone.
"Yusei..." she started, but seemed hestitant. Crow waited, and it seemed the others were getting anxious as well for the reply, Martha's voice could clearly be heard through the phone since his volume was rather loud. "Yusei is having a break down." came her voice.
"A break down? What do you mean by that?" he looked perplexed.
"Wait, mom, are you saying Yusei's suicidal?" Jack spoke loudly.
"There are times, that he feels insecure when he hasn't gotten any attention for a long period of time." her explaination came through. "Typically it takes several months before he feels that way. But when he was a child I noticed it."
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Martha was going about the orphanage, cleaning things the children couldn't reach or things she didn't want them touching. When she got to a certain room she saw a small figure sitting in a corner all alone hugging their knees to themselves. It was Yusei, when he was seven years old. He was sniffling and had light tears in his eyes and didn't seem to notice her even as she walked up behind him and knelt down. "What's the matter?" she asked him with worry. "Were you picked on?" she asked. He simply shook his head. "Come on you can tell me." she tried to coax him. But still he shook his head. "If you don't tell me I can't make it better now can I?" He seemed to debate this in his mind for a moment, but didn't say anything. "Alright have it your way." she got up. She was used to children being stubborn and learned that if she did certain things they'd talk.
"I'm not wanted." came a small voice that trembled. This caused Martha to blink in confusion.
"What do you mean your not wanted?" she asked, as she knelt down beside him again.
He wiped at his eyes to try to stop the tears but it didn't seem to help. "Everyone else gets to have a special day, but I don't get to have one...people only acknowledge me when they want something. But the others get to have a special day for all their hard work." his voice continued to tremble. "I don't get to have one." he hugged himself tighter.
"Yusei you get to have a special day too."
"Nuh uh."
"Why do you say that?" she looked at him puzzled. "You've gotten special days too."
"Nuh uh. The last time I got a special day was last year." he stated. "Crow got four this year. Jack got two. Jessie got five, everyone's gotten atleast one special day except me." he pouted. "No one even remembered my birthday." he stated as new tears formed at the corners of his eyes.
Martha looked stunned. She'd also realized he was holding something near his chest. Upon closer inspection she saw it was a calander. And on it was a circle on a specific day with the words written "Yusei's birthday." in bright letters. Her eyes grew wide as she looked at another calander in the room. A month had already passed since the date on the calander Yusei was holding. Now she felt terrible. Especially since Jack's birthday was only days after Yusei's birthday. She'd planned a whole party for Jack, but somehow had completely forgotten all about Yusei. "Oh Yusei, i'm so sorry." she hugged him from behind. He sniffled and cried freely at that point. He'd apparently hoped someone would notice and would atleast say "Happy Belated Birthday Yusei!" but it never came. So he figured the reason was because he wasn't wanted. So to make it up to him Martha threw him an extra special birthday party the next day.
He'd been so surprised, and Martha had enjoyed seeing him so happy. And even spent a little extra money to get him a special present. A booster pack of brand new duel monster cards. She had to ask a friend in Neo Domino for some help with this. But she figured it was worth it to ease a child's broken heart. His face was filled with utter excitement when he got to open it and see the new cards he'd gotten. And he'd even shown his friends the gift he'd received. And even shared the cards with everyone.
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"I'm ashamed to say, such instances have happened quite a few times even after that." came Martha's voice over the receiver. "Yusei is such a giving person, that it's honestly easy to forget that he too has such feelings. He keeps to himself so much that it's at times hard to realize that he's feeling left out." she seem saddened. "I'm sure of it. That a month ago, Yusei was looking for closure. That's why he waited, when he wanted to speak with me. I should of known better, he's come by for this very reason before."
"He's gone over there before?" Aki seemed surprised.
"Yes, though typically if I was busy i'd tell him to wait, finish what I was doing and talk with him to ease his insecurities. This time...I must of hurt him greatly when he was waiting. No i'm sure of it. He probably saw me putting the children to sleep and thought i'd come outside to speak with him when I was finished, but...no...it's just an excuse. I should of done better to make some time for him."
"Don't worry Martha, we'll find him, and straighten everything out." he stated and was about to hang up his phone.
"Wait." came her voice before he hung up. "There's something all must know first."
"What is it Martha?" Aki asked in curiosity.
"Yusei always ends up with a specific thought in his head when this happens. It makes it difficult to speak to him at times."
"A thought? What kind of thought?" Jack asked.
"Yusei when he gets like this believes his parents caused the zero reverse not as an accident. But to get away from him." she stated.
"What? That's absurd!" Jack shouted. "Zero reverse had nothing to do with him."
"We all know this. But..." she stopped herself.
"But..?" Crow repeated.
"Please tell us Martha. We may need to know this to help him." Aki pleaded.
"Yusei...believes he's cursed." she stated.
"Cursed?" Jack repeated as if the very word was strange.
"Please help Yusei. He's usually easy to calm down, but this time I can't be so sure. I'm usually his last resort when he feels this way. And my actions may have caused his heart to break entirely." her voice trembled. "Please save Yusei." she seemed to cry over the phone.
"Don't worry Martha, we'll find him. And we'll make everything right." Aki stated.
"Thank you." Martha stated. Then hung up the phone. Silence hit the room for a few minutes.
"So...does anyone have any idea where to find him?" Jack asked. "Last I remember Yusei was rather clever when it came to hiding."
"I don't know, but let's try his old hideout. Maybe he went there." Crow suggested.
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As promised here is chapter 2. =) I said if I got 3 reviews in chapter 1 i'd post chapter 2.
Also if your all confused bare with me. Things get explained as the story goes on. And I don't like spoiling things for my readers. And before anyone bites my head off, yes...even before the final duel in duel monsters, Yami and Yugi had the ability to separate. It's in the manga, they did it before the battle city tournament. And even Solomon stated while he was cleaning the front of the shop. "Those boys stayed up all night building their deck." Which means Solomon is very much aware of this ability that Yami and Yugi have. Why they don't tell their friends about it I don't know, but this was an instance where they both had a physical body then after making their deck they recombined. Maybe Yami and Yugi just wanted to keep it a secret as a brotherly thing or something. Who knows? But yes they do have this capability. Just clearing this up before hand.
Anyway thank you to those who reviewed/alerted/faved my fic, I greatly appreciate it and hope to meet your expectations with the next chapter. Since I still have alot of stuff written, i'ma just say when I get 5 reviews i'll post chapter 3. Otherwise i'll just wait like I said before. =) Hope you all enjoyed this chapter.