Again, italics is the story. Also, some flashbacks will vary from different positions in that flashback. So like, one part might be as if your with Yusei, or another with Martha, or Kiana, I think. I have no clue where I'm going with this story. R&R&F please!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's.
CHAPTER 3:
Signers house, New Domino City:
'What did Kiana look like?' asked Leo, interrupting Crow's story.
Crow looked thoughtful. 'Well… at the time she had black hair like Yusei's only it wasn't spiky but it was short, and…' Crow trailed off.
It had been so long since he had seen Kiana he wasn't sure. The group heard Yusei sigh. He turned around and dropped to the floor, but Jack had wisely moved away so Yusei didn't land on his head.
'Here.' Yusei said, throwing a piece of paper at them. 'As far as I know it is the only picture of her. It was taken a few weeks before…' Yusei trailed away and bit his lip.
The group crowded around to look at the photo. Even Jack and Crow were curious. They had missed their adoptive little sister, Kiana had become almost family to the both of them.
There were four people in the photo. Three of the people the group could recognise as Jack, Crow and Yusei since they hadn't changed at all really. The fourth was a different matter entirely.
Jack and Crow smiled. She looked a lot like Yusei, and they had missed her.
Like Yusei she had black hair, only hers was in a bob around her head. She had pale white skin as smooth as moonlight, and although you couldn't see them because they were closed mid-laugh, you had a feeling her eyes were a sparkling crystal blue.
'We didn't know you still kept this.' Crow said in amazement.
Yusei smiled. 'Of course I did. It's the closest you can get to seeing her before the fire.'
Akiza looked up in surprise.
'What fire?' she asked curiously.
'The fire that took my little sister away from me.' Yusei almost growled as he said this.
He hated thinking about that day. He hoped they would not ask him to tell them what happened. His hopes were soon dashed.
'Can you tell us what happened? Luna asked tentatively, not wanting to make Yusei upset by talking about her.
Yusei sighed.
'Fine, but don't worry if I stop. I've never spoken about it to anyone, Jack, Crow and Martha were there at the time and Jack told Rally, Blitz, Nervin and Tank.'
Yusei began to tell his tale, which was still a mystery not only to Jack and Crow, but to Yusei as well. He still couldn't believe what had happened himself.
The three of them were running. They were running towards the smoke coming from the building on fire. When they reached it, they saw a girl almost their age come outside with a young boy on her back.
'Kiana!' Yusei shouted.
The girl looked up and said 'I have to go back in. I need to get them out.'
With that last statement still ringing through the air she turned and ran back into the building.
'No!' Yusei yelled in terror. He turned to his friends. 'I have to help her!'
Jack and Crow stared at him.
'What are you saying?' Jack asked cautiously.
'I'm going in.'
Crow shook his head. 'No your not. We won't let you go in there. It's too dangerous.'
Yusei sighed. 'I'm sorry. I'll be back soon.'
With that, Yusei ran off into the building. Jack and Crow looked at each other before running into the crowd that was close by. They knew Martha would in there. When they found her they started to tell her what had happened.
Slight Jack/Crow POV:
'Martha!' Jack shouted.
Martha turned to them. 'What are you doing here? And where is Yusei?'
The two children looked up at her with wide eyes. 'In there. With Kiana.'
Martha stared at them. 'No, Kiana is back at home.'
Jack shook his head. 'No. She's in there, we saw her come out and we couldn't stop her from going back in. Yusei followed her; he wants to get her out.'
Slight Martha POV:
Martha's eyes widened.
'WHAT!' she screamed.
The crowd fell silent and stared at her but Martha ignored them. 'Are you telling me that both Yusei and Kiana are in there?'
The two children nodded with wide eyes. Martha spun around and ran to the front of the crowd, trying to get to her adoptive children. A man stopped her.
'I'm sorry Martha but we can't let you through.'
Martha stared at him in shock. 'But two of the children are in there!'
The man sighed and shook his head. 'There is nothing we can do for them.'
Martha continued to stare at him. Before Martha could reply, a scream rose up from the crowd.
'Look! Something's up there!'
The crowd looked up.
'NO!' yelled Martha in shock.
'Ok, so maybe climbing to the top of a 24 story building and falling out of a window wasn't my brightest idea ever.' Yusei said ruefully.
His new friends looked at him in shock.
'What do you mean?' Akiza asked in fear, hoping he did not mean what she thought he meant.
'You're right. It wasn't your brightest idea ever. You scared Martha half to death.' Jack said angrily.
'I didn't mean to. The building started to collapse. That wasn't my fault.' Yusei shot back.
'Calm down you two. Yusei, I think you should tell them what happened in there. We're not even completely sure.' Crow said, pushing between them.
Yusei nodded and spoke once more.
Slight Yusei POV:
Yusei ran in the building after his sister, leaving his friends to stare at him in shock. He pounded up the stairs, taking them two at a time.
'No, No, No!' he whispered to himself. 'I have to get her out of here!'
He continued to pound up the stairs. He reached the top floor and still no sign of Kiana.
'Kiana!' he yelled.
No response.
'KIANA!' he screamed again.
Still nothing. He headed into one of the two rooms. It was filled with smoke, he wasn't sure if Kiana was in this one.
He found the wall and followed it around the room. Yusei found a gap, probably a window. He stepped away from it. The building leaned. Yusei felt himself falling backwards. With a jolt, he saw Kiana through the smoke, in the room opposite.
He yelled her name. She looked up. Relief spread across Kiana's face. Yusei made his way towards her but a burning beam fell, blocking the passage. Fear spread on both children's faces.
Yusei felt himself sliding backwards. He stumbled. Kiana screamed in terror. He fell. Yusei slid over the edge of the window into nothing. He cried out in fear, not for himself but for Kiana.
He heard Martha scream.
'NO!'
Yusei didn't care anymore. There was no-way Kiana could get out, no way she could survive. And without his little sis, he didn't want to live anymore.
No POV:
The crowd gasped. Yusei felt something tingling in the pocket where he kept his deck. Yusei looked at it to see that it was glowing a brilliant gold. He lifted the flap and all the cards came soaring out.
'What the?' Yusei said to no-one in particular.
The cards surrounded him, encasing him in a spinning ball of cards. Only one card did not move and that was the card directly in front of Yusei's eyes.
'Stardust Dragon.' Yusei whispered it's name.
The card glowed and disappeared to hover over Yusei's head. The card grew in a flash of golden light, taking on a shape. With an ear-splitting screech, Stardust appeared. All this happened in the little seconds that passed after Yusei fell.
Stardust wrapped his wings around the ball holding the frightened little boy, covering it. The next instant, the ground felt the impact of the collision. From inside the crowd came a scream of terror.
With the man holding her in place momentarily distracted, Martha ran followed by Jack and Crow. The raced over to Yusei's side. Stardust let out another screech, glowed gold, and broke into many gold dust mites, coming together to form a card once more.
With Stardust gone, all Yusei's cards glowed and shot back into the boy's pocket. Yusei lay there in the small crater that had formed when he hit the ground. He didn't move even when the burning building fell with a smash and a crash behind him.
'When I came to, I was on Martha's couch again. She had to tell me that Kiana didn't make it.' Yusei whispered.
The group was beyond shocked.
'So do you now see why I need to be alone? It's my fault she's dead.'
Akiza stared at him. 'Of course it's not you're fault. You didn't tell her to go in there, did you?'
'You don't get it. If I had made her listen to me instead of going inside that building, or if I had been able to reach her before I fell, she would still be here today.' Yusei said angrily.
'That is absolute rubbish Yusei and you know it.' came a new voice.
The group looked towards the house in surprise. They saw Martha there, with Trudge standing close behind.
'You know that is a lie Yusei. There was nothing you could do. You two were both just too stubborn for her own good.' Martha said, on the verge of getting angry.
Yusei just sighed and looked away.
'Anyway, I'm glad I finally found out what's been bugging you. You were worrying me.'
Yusei stared at her. 'You knew I was sneaking away?'
Martha laughed. 'Of course. None of you kids could keep anything hidden from me.'
Trudge coughed.
'Why are you here Trudge? No offence.' Akiza asked.
Trudge came forward. 'I'm here for Yusei actually. I need to take you to the HQ.'
'Still trying to arrest me Trudge?' Yusei asked with a laugh.
Trudge shook his head. 'No. We had someone come staggering into the HQ about an hour ago. She collapsed before we could find out who she was, or why she was there, but she did say one thing.'
Jack stared at him. 'Well? Get on with it then.' Jack said with his typically angry attitude.
The officer glared at him. 'She said she had to see you Yusei. My boss,' he growled, anger lacing his voice, 'told me to come and get you. See if you know her.'
Yusei sighed and got up. 'Ok. I'll head over there now. Anything to escape these questions.'
Yusei's friends looked at him and stood up.
'You don't think-' Luna started.
'we'd let you go on your own, do you?' Leo asked.
'We're coming as well.' Akiza continued.
'We want to find out who this girl is.' Crow finished.
'Besides, I said I wasn't letting you out of my sights today, otherwise you'd just run off and hide for the rest of the day.' Jack stated.
Yusei stared at them.
'Oh alright. Let's get going.'
A few minutes later, they were at the Sector Security HQ. Trudge walked in the doors and spoke to the officer at the desk.
'I got Yusei. Where'd they take her?' he asked.
The girl, looking extremely bored, looked up and said 'Down there. In the female rooms. Third to last one.' She pointed to a hall way to her left.
Trudge nodded and led the group down the corridor.
'She's new. Get's bored and irritated very easily. Annoys the hell out of me.'
Yusei nodded. They came to a stop outside a door as another female officer came out.
'Quiet if your going in there. She's tired, but awake. Obviously, she's been through a lot even if she hasn't said anything. Oh, you got Yusei. That's good. I wonder how she knows him.'
Trudge nodded and led them in. Yusei let his eyes wander before they settled on the figure sitting on the bed. She stared round eyed at them, her gaze resting on Jack, then Crow. She let out a gasp when she saw Yusei and burst into tears. Yusei stood there in shock.
'Kiana!' he said in a choked whisper.
Ma'at's Diamond:
*evil giggle* cliffhanger! I'm evil. Chapter four will be up soon, and then this story will be on Hiatus. Sorry everyone!