Title: Love is Blind

Genre: romance, hurt/comfort

Rating: T for language, mild violence, and suggested themes

Pairings: JohanXJudai (hinted other pairings)

Summary: When Johan goes back to North Academy, he confesses to Judai just before he leaves. He then gets word at North Academy that Judai has fallen into a coma. Johan rushes to Duel Academy in hopes that Judai will awaken. Judai does, but when he awakens from his coma, he's blind! Is his blindness permanent or temporary? Can Johan cure it? And is it just blindness, or is Judai's life in jeopardy?

Me: The next chapter, the next chapter, the next chapter!

Lucy: Judai's in danger, Judai's in danger, Judai's in danger! Will Johan be able to save him? And what is it about Hibiki? What is she? Human or is she something else entirely?

Me: Read on, read on, read on!

Chapter Fifteen: Save Me

When Johan arrived, he was horrified.

Hibiki, or who Johan thought was Hibiki, was towering a good foot above Judai, clawed hands outstretched towards him. Her skin was gray and bulging, veins visible. Her eyes were blood-shot and red, and fangs protruded from her lips. She looked every bit like a demon. Her clothes were moldy and decaying, and her body was thin and frail.

Judai stopped flailing when he heard Hibiki's raspy voice chuckling behind him. It was a strange sound, unlike anything he had heard before. It was not the sound that he had been use to hearing around the nurse's office.

It was evil..

"This boy is mine now, Andersen," the voice rasped with a wicked sneer. "You can have him back as soon as I'm finished, though I can't promise there will be anything left of him after that."

Judai heard Johan shout threats at her, but his first instinct was to panic. "Nooo!" Judai squealed, flailing in the woman's clawed grip. "Hibiki-san, you do not want to eat me! You'll get cancer! You'll get heartburn! You'll get appendicitis! You'll get crumbly-bumbly disease if you end up eating me, so don't do it!"

Johan paused halfway through his threats and stared at his crush. "Crumbly-bumbly disease?" he asked, containing a small laugh. Judai glared in his direction.

"Johan," he snapped. "I'm about to be eaten! This is not the time!"

Seeing as Judai was right, Johan took a step forward. Hibiki's claws grapped tighter onto Judai's throat, her yellow nails cutting into his flesh. The brunette gagged painfully.

"Judai-!" Johan called.

"Don't move!" Hibiki hissed angrily, long gray tongue slipping over her lips. "This boy is mine. I've been waiting for this day ever since I was taken over by that strange voice."

Judai blinked innocent and listened.

Hibiki gave another raspy chuckle. "I don't know what happened," she admitted. "A long time ago, when I first came here, I started hearing this voice. It said, 'catch 'em, kill 'em, eat 'em.' over and over again. I didn't want to listen to it, but eventually, I just gave in and did it. And you know what? I've never felt better!"

Hibiki glanced evilly down at Judai and smirked.

"That's why this boy's so wonderful! So wracked with agony and pain! His soul's going to be the best one I have ever eaten before!" she yelled, gripping Judai tightly in her hands.

Johan cried out for Judai and raised his hand up.

Being so close to his Duel monster spirits, Johan was able to channel some of their power from them and use it in the real world. It wasn't much, but it was enough to kill someone with one blast.

Hibiki flinched when Johan raised his hand up.

Johan's lips drew back into a snarl. "You're going to pay for threatening Judai, Hibiki-san," he spat bitterly. Hibiki flinched and took a single step back, releasing Judai's head and throat from her grip. "Good bye."

"No-!"

Johan gasped as Judai threw his hands up and jumped in front of Hibiki.

"Don't kill her, Johan!" Judai begged.

"Judai, what the Hell?" Johan yelled, lowering his hand down. "She's trying to kill you! Did you forget about that? She's evil! She's a cannibal who is trying to-"

Judai shook his head quickly. "No, Johan, that's not it!" he said. He glanced over his shoulder in Hibiki's direction. "Hibiki-san, when that voice started talking to you, you got scared, right? It scared you, and you listened to it because you were scared. You let whatever it was take you over, but you regret it deep down, don't you?"

"Judai!" Johan called. "Humanizing her now will do nothing. She's too far in now. We have no choice."

Judai started to protest, but after understanding what Johan meant, Judai settled and nodded slowly. A few tears spiked his blind eyes, and he was thankful that he was blind, so that he didn't have to see it.

"Hibiki-san," he murmured.

The ruined woman raised her head and snarled at Judai, narrowed her eyes. Judai sniffled and a single tear ran down his cheek. Hibiki raised her eyes at this.

"Thanks for everything."

BAM!

Hibiki was thrown back by an invisible force that Judai later realized must have been one of Johan's Duel spirits. The cannibal woman was thrown to the ground, wounded beyond repair, before her body started turning bright yellow.

Judai glanced down, shivering.

It's over, he thought.

Closing his eyes, Judai let everything sink in. Hibiki had attacked him, scared him, and yet, she wasn't always this way. Whatever had taken her over a long time ago had done this to her, and now, she was dead.

Good bye...

Me: Yes! Judai is saved! It's kinda sad that Hibiki wasn't truly evil, and that she was taken over by some evil intention, but she was the villain in the story, and now, her soul and Judai are safe!

Lucy: But what of Judai's blindness! What was the cause of all that? And will he ever get his sight back?

Me: Please review and we shall update as soon!