Chapter 3 - Questions and Answers

A/N: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's!

I do however own Katsumi, please ask permission before using her!

I hope you like this chapter! This was originally part of Chapter 2, but I thought it would make sense to separate them!

Enjoy!

The woman panicked and tightened her grip on the man's wrist, her nails digging into the flesh. "Ack! Can't...Breathe!" She coughed and the man's eyes narrowed.

"What are you doing here?!" He asked, his voice deep and confident but also threatening and dangerous, the woman didn't speak, but he got an answer when something glimmered in the light and he spotted a knife in her grip. He snarled and snatched the weapon, showing it to her. "You were planning to kill me, weren't you?!"

"N...No!"

The man scoffed and tossed the knife away from them, so she couldn't reach. "Tell me your name, now! Before I end your life!"

"K-Katsumi Hosh...Hoshiko!" Katsumi felt his grip tighten and she let out a choked sound, now unable to speak at all. Her nails drew blood and the man hissed, dropping her, watching as she landed on her hands and knees, coughing and inhaling delicious, if not damp, air.

"Tell me what you have come here for! If it wasn't to kill, why did you bother to find me?" The man asked, putting his hands on his hips, his shirt creasing around his fingers. "I'm assuming you're from the last village I destroyed...?"

Katsumi nodded slowly, still unable to speak, her throat sore from such a tight grip. The man tsked and a snarl showed on his face. "Damn, I've never missed one before, I must be overdoing it..." He mumbled, and her eyes widened in shock.

Had she heard right?!

"Y-you've killed more than just my village?" Katsumi asked, looking up at the man, her position and horror making it look like she was begging for her life at his feet. "Why?!"

The man's lips curled back and his sharp canines and perfect teeth became visible. "I asked you a question! ANSWER IT!"

Katsumi jumped back and landed on her ass frightened by the booming tone his voice took. Even the candle by the bed flickered with the vibrations his voice caused against the damp walls.

"I-I just wanted to know why you were killing innocent people!" Katsumi informed, shaking with fear, glancing towards the knife. It was too far away to get before he caught her. She was without a weapon with a man who could kill her in a heartbeat. "The knife was for self defense! I was only going to use it if you attacked me first!"

She should have just ran away, she shouldn't have come here! Now it was too late, now she was going to die!

The man growled and grabbed her by the collar of her long shirt, pulling her up so she was at eye level. "No one has ever seen me before and lived, how did you manage to escape the fires?!"

"I-I wasn't in the village at the time! I was a fair distance away when you destroyed it! I wasn't part of the blaze!" Katsumi shrieked, her flame eyes intensified by the flickering candle.

"Then how did you know I had destroyed it, and how did you follow me here?!"

"I saw you appear from the shadows, I was too far away to see your face! I assumed when you vanished, you would continue in the same direction, so I just went with that!"

"You found me on pure luck?" The man asked, his eyes showing a small glimmer of amusement, but his face still angered. "That was stupid! If you had kept your nose out of this, you would have lived to see another day!"

Katsumi began to panic when the man dropped her, but grabbed her wrist as soon as her feet touched the ground. "W-wait! You can't kill me!" She shrieked, struggling against his grip as he grunted and forced her to follow. "I'm only nineteen, you can't kill me!"

The man didn't listen as he dragged her down the hall and into the main room, before leaving the mouth of the cave, causing her to squint against the harsh light.

Katsumi screamed as she was flung forward and landed on her face. She quickly spun so she was facing him and watched in horror, her face dirtied by the sand.

"P-please! I don't want to die! I'll do anything!"

The man lifted his hand, his fingers poised in a snapping motion. What was he going to do?! Katsumi shrieked and shielded herself, shaking with fear.

"I don't want to die, I'm all alone! I don't want to die!"

The man growled, her constant whining was beginning to grate on him. He snapped his fingers, and a bright orange flame came to life, hovering over the digit. "Any last words?" He asked, smirking when she gave him a look of pure terror.

"Why can't I just stay here?!" She shouted, then realized what she had said and slapped her hand over her mouth. Why had she said that?! She hadn't even been thinking that at the time!

The man didn't move, he blinked once, twice. "Repeat that?" He demanded, amusement in his voice. Had she just said what he thought she had just said?

"I...I could stay here!" Katsumi suggested, getting to her feet, trembling with fear. "I could help you out, I could clean for you! For free!"

The man thought about this, it would be nice to have someone to clean up, that way he wouldn't have to do it himself. It was daunting having to pick up all those burnt out candles.

Katsumi had a look of pure hope in her flame eyes, she didn't want to die, and even though the cost was her pride, she would stay with this man.

At least, until she could escape.

The young male snapped his fingers again and the flame flickered out, then he let a lazy, but evil smirk curl his lip at the left corner. "Alright, you've got yourself a deal..." He said, placing a hand on his hip and letting the other drop to his side. "Don't expect any sort of accommodations, you'll sleep in the dungeon!"

Katsumi panicked when he stormed up to her and glared down at her, his eyes shadowed and threatening at that moment. "And if you ever try to escape, or tell anyone of my existence, I will personally send you to the depths of hell and introduce you to Death himself...Understood?"

Katsumi nodded frantically and the man smirked, making her shiver as he turned and walked towards the mouth of the cave. "You can start by cleaning up all the candles that have burned out..."

"Wait!"

The man stopped and turned his head, his face not visible, but the fact that he had stopped proved that he was listening. "What about your name? It's only fair that you tell me your name as well!"

He stayed silent for a moment before he turned his head and continued walking, his voice reaching her ears as he vanished into the dark shadows of the cave.

"Jack...Jack Atlas..."

A/N: Oh and the man reveals himself! It took me ages to find the right words for Katsumi to say to save her life! I literally spent about half an hour staring at the paragraph, thinking about what she could say. I deleted three lines during this time and rewrote them until I found that one!

So What did you think?

Please review, all comments and advice are appreciated and welcome!

Thank you!