Pain 6
By Female Heero Yuy
Disclaimer: If I owned Yu Gi Oh 5Ds this would be in the manga. XD
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Martha after that had done her best to treat Yusei better. Taking things slow as she knew it wouldn't be easy. He'd taken to reading all sorts of books, even ones that'd make her own brain hurt just by reading the title. She wondered if she should be worried that a child was reading a book on engineering. But shrugged it off thinking if anything he was pretending to read it. And not actually understanding a single word within it's cover.
After a month, she'd finally gotten him to move out from the closet and into a bedroom. This made the other children jealous because Yusei had gotten his own room, but they said nothing directly. The way she'd gotten him out of the closet was by stating he'd run out of room for his books. But he'd refused to share a room with the others. So she caved in and gave him his own room which he stayed in quite frequently. She'd also decided in all fairness he'd been treated poorly, and kindly took to living in a closet to please everyone. So in reality he'd earned his own room.
After that she'd started to notice electronics that were broken were suddenly working like new again. Raising a brow she didn't understand why this came about. But was glad just the same. Alot of toys were usable again. So it helped a great deal. Though one day the air conditioners went out, and she sighed in distaste. A repair man had stated they were beyond repair and for her to just get new ones. Something she couldn't afford. The children whined as it'd been exceedingly hot that day. But there was nothing she could do and tomorrow was going to be even hotter. When she'd put the children to bed she'd heard a strange sound on the way to her room, coming from the play room. Peeking in she saw someones shadow and some tools. Walking in further she saw it was Yusei, silently doing something to the air conditioner. She looked perplexed at his actions for a moment, and the moment she was about to say something he'd pushed the button to the unit to turn it on. Cool air was now flowing into the room.
She was shocked. A four year old had just fixed what a grown man had stated couldn't be repaired. And he'd fixed it in only perhaps ten minutes at best. "Yusei..?" she uttered without knowing it. But Yusei just grabbed the tools he'd been using and walked past her as if she were no more than a stranger on the street.
He stopped when she was a few feet behind him. "Think of it as payment for the room." he muttered before proceeding to another room that had a broken unit. Her eyes grew wide and shook. She'd turned quickly even as she only saw the end of his coat before he was gone. That's when she'd realized. That Yusei had given up on even having a childhood.
In the morning the children were so happy to have working air conditioning. To them it was magic that'd fixed the units. Not knowing that it was the one they'd denied from their own ranks who'd done the repair. Yusei was in his room, reading another complicated book that not even Martha could understand. She had her hands on her hips as she looked down at him, while he simply ignored her. "Why don't you go outside and play with the other children?" she tried to intimidate him. Though such an action would of probably worked better had he been looking at her.
Flipping a page in his book he replied. "Why bother. They want me dead anyway."
"No they don't." she shot back.
"Yes they do." he answered her.
"No. They. Don't." she emphasized each word.
"Keep to your fantasy then. I know the truth of what they really want. Then again your the same. Still pretending that kindness really exists I see." he muttered.
"This is getting old Yusei." she stated. Arguing with a child who could speak like an adult was exhausting.
"Funny. I thought it was unfair when everyone ran from me." he replied. "Or have you forgotten? I'm the cursed child remember." he flipped the pages again. "Even my parents killed themselves to get away from me. So why pretend?"
"Now you stop that." she grabbed at him, making him drop his book. "You stop that now you hear me!" she shouted at him. "Your parents loved you."
"Did they? Did you see them love me?" he asked as he stared at her with no emotion.
"Damn it Yusei!" she cried, before hugging him tightly. Tears fell from her eyes as she held him close. "Your loved damn it. Don't you know that! Your loved!"
Yusei just looked forward without any expression. "There is no such thing as love." he stated bluntly. Then there was a loud slapping sound. Martha had pulled away and slapped him. His left cheek was reddened from the blow, but still he showed no emotion. She shook even as the tears continued to fall. She didn't know what to say. He blinked a few times then picked up his book. Holding it in his arms close to his chest. "See. Even now you still fear me. Fear the cursed child." he smiled softly. "How ironic...a child that had once thought there was no such thing as cruelty in the world, is the very same child who now knows it best." he started to walk out of his room.
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Yusei took a sip of his own coke, as his voice was getting rather dry from all the talking he was doing. Yami and Yugi were watching him as if they were mesmerized by his tale. Chewing on their food silently as they waited eagerly for him to continue. "It'd taken months to get me back to what Martha called my normal self. And in a twist of irony it was Jack who'd brought my old self back."
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"This is a new member of our family. Now treat him nice." Martha stated to the other children. Then she lightly pushed Jack so he'd introduce himself. It didn't take long for Jack to gain friends quickly. They played for hours until he noticed someone sitting under a tree.
"Who's that?" he asked as he pointed.
The children looked over before one spoke up. "Oh that's Yusei." a boy stated. "He's cursed."
"Cursed?" Jack looked at him with a raised brow. "What do you mean cursed?"
"A while back a man came here and said he was." a little girl stated, with a hand at her mouth.
"That's stupid." Jack stated with his hands on his hips. "How can a person be cursed just because a man says so?"
"Well I don't know, but it's rather scary." another girl stated. "Even Martha avoided him when she found out. Now only she's willing to go near him."
"I'm gonna go talk to him." Jack announced. The other children were shocked.
"Noo! You mustn't! You'll become cursed too!" a boy tugged on his arm.
"Curses won't affect Jack Atlus." he stated as he marched over. The other children stayed at a distance and watched. "Hey." he stood over Yusei with his hands on his hips. "I'm Jack Atlus, and i'm new here." he stated boldly. Yusei just kepted his nose in his book. Apparently reading something on physics. "I'm talking to you!" he snatched the book from Yusei. Yusei just blinked at him, but gave no other reaction. "I said i'm Jack Atlus." he pointed to himself. Yusei just got up and dusted himself off. "Your supposed to introduce yourself when someone introduces themselves ya know!"
Yusei just patted his hands, before going. "Yusei Fudo."
"Yusei Fudo? That sounds like an interesting ramen." he smirked. "I like ramen!" he added.
"Ramen?" he looked puzzled.
"What you've never heard of ramen before? That's weird. Ramen is the best thing in the world!" he smiled.
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Yusei smiled for a moment as the memory came forth in his mind. It was a rather pleasant memory. Probably one of the ones he considered the best.
"I'm finding it hard to believe that the Jack in your tale is the same Jack we saw earlier." Yami stated.
"I know...I kind of miss that little dorky Jack who said my name was like an interesting ramen." he giggled for a moment. "Things did get better from there. The other children no longer feared me, and i'd gained some of my child innocence back. Of course it goes without saying that once you've read a book on quantum physics, you never fully go back to being a child."
"It's crazy how you were able to learn that at the age for four. At the age of four my goal was to eat with a fork." Yugi stated. This made Yami and Yusei crack up instantly.
"I don't know my goal at that age, it was probably eat without spilling it on myself." Yami added as he put a hand on his forehead as he continued to laugh.
"But i'm glad it did get better for you." Yugi stated.
Yusei nodded, "Yeah, it was nice when Crow came in too. After that we eventually shared a cup of ramen together." he smiled at the memory.
"Wait!" Yami stopped him. "Hold that thought." he got up.
"Where are you going?" Yusei asked.
"We have been sitting here for four hours while eatting pizza, cheesy bread, and drinking what was probably a gallon of soda each. Where do you think i'm going?" he smirked as he opened the door.
Yugi and Yusei blinked at him, then got up. "Now that I think about it, I gotta go too." Yusei stated.
"Me too." Yugi followed behind them. They formed a small line at the bathroom door even as Yami entered. Soon a contented sigh sounded from within.
"I won't pretend though, that it was all happy from there. It wasn't. Even after that Martha and the others still forgot about me from time to time. Even Jack. But since things had kind of gotten better it made things easier. But I had times where I broke down. Just like this." He hugged himself. "It seems like things never seem to change. When I was twelve i'd gotten tired of the routine of having short happy moments, and yet still being forgotten. So I started to abuse aspirin, in hopes i'd overdose. But Martha stopped me." he stopped for a moment. "That's when she told me if I ever felt like I was being abandoned to go to her, she'd been my last hope. So I guess you could only imagine my horror when i'd gone to her this time, and well...clearly she'd forgotten me." he said saddened by the thought. "To make matters worse, it was like everyone was avoiding me. Making plans with each other, but I was never included. It was like that time when I was four had started again. Only now I was older and there wasn't a strange man making the claim." he thought for a moment. "I felt so alone. And a few times I even tried to talk to them, but each time it was the same. They'd give me a strange look like I was some sort of monster or as if they were questioning why I was talking to them then brush me off. They'd only come to me when they wanted something. And i'd never even get so much as a thank you." He turned as saw it was Yami who was next to him. Apparently at some point Yugi had entered the bathroom.
"That's harsh." Yami stated as he leaned against the wall with his arms crossed. "But now I can see why you said what you said in the shop. A person can only take so much."
"Yeah." Yusei looked down at his socks. "Honestly i'm typically okay with helping my friends. But...being treated in such a way it got to be too much." He saw Yugi had exited the bathroom. Then he walked in to do his own business.
"Poor Yusei." Yugi stated as he waited beside Yami against the wall. "Though I can say I know how he feels to a point. But it's definately not the same."
"I can't say if i've experience that, I just know what it's like to be alone." Yami stated. Both going silent even as Yusei exited the bathroom. "Yusei, I think I can understand where our bond comes from." he started, then looked at him. "It's from our experience, our sorrow, and happiness. We've all suffered in the same way thought the situations are different." he put a hand on his shoulder. "You really are our brother."
Yusei smiled. "Thank you."
"So what are you gonna do about those people?" Yugi asked as they headed back towards the room. "That guy said they'd be back." he sat on the floor.
Yusei sat on the floor. While Yami sat on the bed. "I don't know. I just know I can't take it anymore. That endless cycle of getting hurt." he closed the empty box that once had pizza in it. "All I know right now is I don't have a thought of going back. I don't feel like I can." he stated as his mark of the crimson dragon started to glow. He touched it with a look of surprise on his features.
"What is that?" Yami asked as he stared in shock.
"This pain...they seem to have come close." he stated. "They are probably keeping watch of the house." he stood up again and opened the blinds ever so slightly. He could see Crow trying to keep cover behind the fence of the house. "I didn't think they'd do this much." he stated as he released the blinds.
"Let's just ignore them for now." Yami stated. "We should focus more on teaching you to control your power. Otherwise you could send innocent people to the shadow realm."
"Right." Yusei nodded.
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I'm sure many of you are like "FINALLY!" Sorry I was just editing this, and fixing it cause there was some stuff I didn't find satisfactory for my tastes. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and will have the next chapter out soon. School starts for me on January 17 X.x So i'd like to get some of my other fics updated since those haven't really been updated.
Also I have a tumblr for those who are into that. I posted the link in my profile, but I warn you i'm kinda random and may not post all that often. Well...atleast not as often as others with tumblr do anyway. I also posted two G Gundam Fics (yes...after all these years I still love G Gundam too), so if any of you guys enjoy that series please read them and let me know your thoughts k? I'd greatly appreciate it. I also hope everyone had a good Christmas and good New Year.
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