Me: Part 2, not sure if this is the last part.
Jack: How can you NOT know?
Me: I dunno'. Lol
Jack: Sorry, couldn't hear you over the sound of my fingers on the keyboard.
Yusei: Jack, you know flaming's against the rules.
Jack: Who said I was flaming? (whispers) directly?...
Me: Step…away…from the computer….
Jack: But I'm almost done!
Me: And I have to upload chapter 15!
Jack: (grumbling) fine, just be quick.
Me: Yay! Computer sweet computer, how I've missed you. Anyways, Yusei, can you do the disclaimer?
Yusei: Sure, Kemmeyz does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.
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Aki watched the rain pelt the passenger window as she listened to Ushio rant into his radio. It twas definitely an emergency. A child stuck in a building that contained a bomb that could go off at any time… Aki looked back again, trying to decide if she should follow Yusei. He couldn't go alone, but she'd seen Jack join him… Would that be enough?
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Yusei and Jack ran into the building and looked around.
"What did Rua hear about the plan?" Yusei asked as they went to the stairs hurriedly.
"I think all he heard was about where we'd meet: the top floor." Jack said. Yusei groaned, thinking about all the stairs they'd have to take.
"Then let's go!" Yusei said, and the two ran up to their destination.
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Rua looked around, scratching his head. It had taken forever to get Mikage-San to drop her guard. As soon as she had, Rua had made a run for it. He remembered Jack and Crow talking about the top floor, but no one was here! There was a big window that overlooked the entire city of Neo Domino, and a few desks in the room. All of them had computers and phones. Rua walked over to the window and looked out to the city. No one in their right mind would be caught out in THAT storm, Rua thought, even though he had just run through it himself. The rain was coming down hard, and the regular thunder would send a small shake to all the buildings. The lightning was loud enough to silence the scariest bear. Rua went back to the closest desk and picked up the phone. There was no sound, meaning the electricity was out. That meant calling for help was out of the question.
Rua heard a sound of feet and doors opening, and he instinctively ducked below the desk, hoping it wasn't a bad guy. He was well aware of the bomb threat, but that didn't stop him from wanting to help his friends. He was a little upset that Ruka had went without him. Why'd she do that? Rua wondered. She'd followed the guys even though they didn't want her involved, so why'd he have to stay behind? Rua wondered this to himself, but his thoughts were interrupted when someone walked into the room. Rua held his legs close to his chest, forcing himself to stay quiet. He was definitely scared. He didn't know if it was a bad guy, or a friend of his?
"Rua!" A deep serious voice yelled quite loudly.
"Are you here?" Another voice, this one much nicer, said. It was Yusei and Jack! Rua jumped up so the two could see him.
"Guys!" He said excitedly. Yusei sighed with relief, while Jack glared quite angrily.
"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be at home," Jack growled, obviously upset. Rua fumed to himself for a few moments.
"It doesn't matter, Jack," Yusei said. "Rua, we have to get out of here. NOW." The black haired teen said quickly. Rua nodded and ran over to the two.
"You're dead when we get home," Jack growled darkly, making Rua cringe.
"You should have just let him come in the first place. Then this wouldn't have happened," Yusei said. Jack rolled his eyes, getting Yusei's point.
"Fine, I won't kill him." Jack muttered.
The three ran down the stairs, feeling as though they would get out in time. When halfway down, a loud boom broke through the air, and the building shook violently. Rua tripped, quickly caught by Jack and Yusei.
"Hurry!" Jack said loudly, as the building continued to shake.
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Crow blinked in amazement. The police had taken him and Aki to an area far enough away from the building to be safe. But they could still see Sector Security Headquarters. And what they had just seen was almost unbelievable. A whole floor, somewhere in between the middle and top of the building, had been completely destroyed. Huge flames broke through every window it could, and fire quickly spread up and down the floors. Fire fighters, ambulances, and cops were already running and driving to the site, to put out the fire, and help any civilian that could possibly be injured or hurt. Aki gasped at how quickly the fire was spreading. Crow didn't have to be psychic to know what she was thinking. I hope they'll be okay too, Crow thought worriedly.
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It didn't take long to see the fire chasing them down the stairs. But they quickly reached the bottom floor, where things weren't any prettier. Just like during the duel with Aki, pieces of the ceiling was crashing down onto the floor, and you could see up three floors just by the holes in the roof. Jack picked up Rua and the two teens ran quickly through the chaotic disaster zone. They were almost to the door, when another piece of debris fell, blocking the door. Jack swore under his breath.
"No what?" He yelled. Yusei looked at his friends for a moment. Rua was on the verge of breaking down, Jack's patience was shot, and Yusei had no ideas.
"We'll have to find another exit," Yusei said. Jack put Rua down and pushed the boy into Yusei's arms.
"Wait here," Jack said seriously, and ran away.
"Where are you going?" Yusei yelled after the blond. Rua was silent as they watched him run up to the front desk, since they were in a lobby. He pushed dirt off the desk and started rummaging through papers and other items. He soon found what he was looking for and ran back to the two, who jumped to the side, dodging other ceiling parts.
"Look," Jack pointed at the paper. "This is a map of the entire building. There's an emergency exit just a few hallways that way," Jack pointed down a hall. Yusei and Rua nodded, and they quickly followed the apparent map expert.
They followed Jack around three turns, but didn't see an emergency exit. Jack looked at the paper.
"Um…" He mumbled, holding the page a little closer to his face. Yusei and Rua caught up to him and Yusei looked at the map.
"We turned left here, when we should have turned right," Yusei said.
"I know that," Jack snapped, as they ran back. They came back to the first turn and ran right this time. Before they made the second turn, Yusei stopped.
"Hand me the map," He said, holding out his hand. Jack stared at him.
"Why?" He growled.
"We don't have time to get lost, so I don't want to risk it," Yusei explained quickly. Jack reluctantly handing the paper to his friend and folded his arms. Yusei stared at it for half a second, and pointed right again.
"This way," Yusei said. As they were running, the building shook violently again. Jack stopped running once he saw the exit.
"There!" Jack pointed, and he heaved the door open. As soon as he did, the fire alarm went off, and sprinklers turned on. The three quickly exited the building, and looked up. Fire was licking at the sides of the building, refusing to be put out by the unrelenting rain. The lightning wasn't helping either. Yusei put Rua on his back and the two ran as quickly as they could, starting to feel tired from the never ending running. Jack seemed to have unlimited energy as he sprinted far ahead, stopping every now and then to let Yusei and Rua catch up.
Eventually, Jack was sick of it and stopped again. Once Yusei caught up, he was gasping for breath.
"Give me the kid," Jack said, pulling Rua off the teen swiftly. Rua was then put on Jack's back, letting Yusei breath a little easier.
"Come on," Jack said, sprinting again, this time Yusei running a little faster than before.
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Aki wouldn't sit around like this. She had to do something, right now. Aki tore her eyes away from the burning building and looked around the room she and Crow were in. There was one cop in the room, there for safety reasons. Maybe because Ushio was still worried Aki was going to attack someone? Who knew? Crow was getting restless himself. He looked at Aki, and the two exchanged a silent conversation.
"We have to help them," Aki said through her eyes.
"I know. We'll need a car." Crow replied through his. Aki looked at the officer, and Crow stood up from his seat.
"Look, we need your car keys," The teen said. The officer looked at him through weary eyes.
"I have orders to keep you here until this matter is resolved. You guys are witnesses." The cop said emotionlessly. "We don't have time to dance with you, just give us the keys. We need to help our friends," Crow said seriously. Aki rolled her eyes. This wasn't going to get anywhere quickly.
So she opened the door to the room and left. They were in some cheap motel. Aki heard it was often used as safe houses by cops.
"Hey! Where are you going?" The cop asked, jumping to his feet.
"I'm not going to spend another second waiting around for news. I'm going to help, whether you like it or not," Aki said darkly. She glared at the cop angrily, and it apparently scared him pretty bad. Mostly because it was the same look as the Black Rose Witch. The cop handed Crow the keys, and ran back into the motel room.
"Thanks, sir," Crow smiled as he walked over to the cop's car. The two climbed in, Crow taking the wheel.
"Let's go," Crow said, pulling out of the parking lot.
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Eventually, Jack and Yusei stopped running, and just walked. They were safely away from the building now, and they were just headed back to the mansion. Jack had left his umbrella back at the building, so they were all drenched now. A few minutes ago, Jack had given his not quite wet jacket to Rua to stay dry. It had helped for a little while, but Rua got drenched anyways. Jack and Yusei were taking turns carrying the small boy, who'd fallen asleep from all the excitement. Besides, it was getting pretty late anyways. At that moment, it was Yusei's turn to carry the boy, and they were almost halfway home. It had taken longer than expected, because they'd taken extra precautions to avoid the Arcadia Movement base.
After walking a few miles in silence, the two began to wonder to themselves if they should say something. After a few moments, Jack decided what to do.
"So you finally got some back-bone aye?" Jack said, just loud enough to be heard, quiet enough that Rua wouldn't wake up. Yusei blinked at the blond.
"What are you talking about?" He asked.
"You kissed Aki. I assume you told her your feelings for her?" Jack guessed, not really needing an answer. Yusei smiled softly.
"Yeah, we just sort of started talking, and I told her I love her." Yusei said, shifting Rua to make it easier. Jack didn't notice, and shrugged carelessly.
"It's better than the way I told Carly." Jack muttered. Yusei was surprised. Jack didn't often talk about his relationship with Carly. Let alone anything personal other than dueling. And he was right, the way Jack told Carly he loved her, was pretty dramatic.
It was during the dark signer incident, when people from their past and present came and challenged them, trying to take over the world. Carly was a dark signer, and had dueled Jack. During the Duel, Jack told Carly about his feelings for her, and she of course, had loved him the whole time. It all worked out in the end, but there was a gap where Jack thought Carly was dead. Yusei couldn't imagine how he'd feel if Aki was dead.
"Is he getting heavy?" Jack changed the subject." Yusei nodded.
"Just a little. I can go for a bit longer." He said. Jack nodded.
It was around then that a white and blue car with flashing lights pulled down the street, slowing down as it neared them. Rua fidgeted slightly, and yawned loudly.
"Where… are we?" Rua asked quietly, wiping the sleep out of his eyes.
"A mile or so from the mansion." Jack replied seriously, as usual. Rua nodded lazily and let his head fall back on Yusei's shoulder, falling asleep again.
The police car stopped besides them and the passenger window rolled down.
"Aki?" Jack said, feeling surprised.
"Climb in, we've been looking for you," Aki said as Jack opened the back door. The three climbed in and sighed with relief.
"Are you guys okay?" Aki asked, looking back at them. Yusei and Jack both nodded as Rua snored.
"Yeah, it took awhile, but we got out," Yusei sighed, buckling his seat belt, as did Jack.
"Can we go home now?" Crow asked tiredly. Everyone nodded, much to the teen's relief, and the car zoomed to the mansion.
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Divine growled darkly. Not only did the bomb in Yusei's Duel disk NOT kill him, but Aki had her memories back, and no one was hurt in the explosions! He slammed his fist into the desk angrily as lightning flashed behind him. Divine glared out the window at the raging storm. Nothing was working. Once he'd found out Yusei's memory was back, and Aki was his, he'd planned on killing Yusei so Aki would always be his. Instead, Aki was back with him already! Divine sat in his chair and thought to himself. How could he get rid of his rival, quickly and easily? Before anyone could try and arrest him? Nothing came to mind. Divine went over the security footage again, trying to find something. Anything that could give him an idea as to dispose of Yusei for the last time.
The best security footage he had at the moment, was when Yusei was staying at Arcadia. He mostly talked with Aki, or was with Divine. Other than that, he was out, 'looking' for psychic duelists. But now, everything had been jeopardized. He looked at the second computer monitor. This one showed footage from Sector Security. It still amazed Divine at how easy it was to hack into the building. But that wasn't his concern right now. Mostly talking, running, dueling, and explosions. Divine rewound to during Yusei and Aki's duel, when the ceiling fell on them. It was strange. How was Yusei unharmed from that? Just a hit to the head could have killed him. Why didn't it? Divine thought in frustration. Suddenly, he saw something. It was that assistant for the chief of police. Ushio was the man's name, he remembered. But what interested him, was what was attached to his belt, at his right side. It was… a gun. He smiled devishly as one of his loyals walked into the room.
"What is the plan sir?" Conner asked. Divine continued to smile.
"I have an idea, I think you'll like."
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Yusei pulled on his old blue jacket and sighed with relief. How he had missed his old clothes. Yusei was wearing his blue jacket with red jems, his black shirt with a red circle in the middle, blue jeans with red jems, and dark brown boots to match. He pulled on his dark brown gloves that matched his boots and walked out of the bathroom. Jack was still taking his time drying himself from walking in the rain for who-knows-how-many miles. Aki was up in her room, talking with Ruka about something. Yusei smiled to himself as he walked downstairs.
"Hey Yuse," Crow said from the couch.
"Hey," He replied, looking out the window. There was an awkward silence between them for a minute or two.
"Ushio called while you were changing. He said their issuing a warrant for Divine's arrest. But it'll take awhile because technically, the record says he's dead." Crow muttered. The lights in the house flickered for a moment, but quickly turned back on.
"And there's a very good chance that we'll lose power in a matter of minutes." Crow finished.
"So it's all behind us now," Yusei smiled, sitting next to his friend. Crow nodded.
"I hope so. I really hope so," Crow said. Yusei looked at him carefully, wondering what he meant.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Yusei asked cautiously. Crow glanced at the teen, hardly moving.
"Divine tried to kill you by placing a bomb in your Duel Disk. If he intended on killing you, don't you think he'll keep trying?" Crow asked softly in case a certain young, green haired, eavesdropping boy was listening. The last thing either of them wanted, was everyone worrying again. They wanted everyone to just relax.
"But most importantly," Crow looked at the teen, "Are you okay?" He asked. Yusei looked down.
"Just a couple of bruises. I'll be fine." He replied casually. Crow nodded and yawned. It was 9:30 at night, and most of them were up past their curfew. Excluding Jack and Crow.
Yusei leaned back into the sofa and smiled softly.
"I doubt Divine will do anything tonight," he mumbled just loud enough for Crow to hear. The red head nodded in agreement as he stood.
"Do you mind if I crash here again tonight? I don't want to drive home in this storm." He said. Yusei nodded.
"I'm sure the twins will be fine with it. We're family to them." And everyone in the mansion knew it. Crow nodded.
"Okay, I'll sleep in the basement. There's a bunch of fun stuff to do down there." Crow grinned childishly as he walked away. Yusei nodded and stood, walking to the stairs so he could go to bed as well.
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"Wow, so that's why the guys were teasing Yusei," Ruka grinned dreamily, imagining the kiss. Aki nodded happily.
"It was almost unbelievable. I was so sure he was going to tease me or something!" Aki exclaimed, sitting on her bed.
The room was pink, and had a magenta colored rug. The bed's covers were a bright pink, with dark roses on it. They were a dark red, almost appearing black under certain light. There was a décor rose pillow on the bed, with normal white and red pillows. The desk was white, as was the chair, and the dresser was an elegant light brown, that brought out a certain class to the room. Ruka was sitting on the white chair near the desk, just across the room, but not too far.
"I think it's romantic," Ruka said. "Yusei saves your life, then confesses his love for you, and you kiss as your loyal friends save you both." The green haired girl said like a story teller. And the best part was, it actually sounded romantic. Aki blushed a light pink at the memory.
"You're relationship is definitely going to blossom, beautifully." Ruka grinned widely at her sister-like friend.
"I'm just glad it's done and over with," Aki admitted with a sigh of relief. Ruka stood and walked over to Aki calmly, and sat on the end of the bed.
"So, why do you love him?" She asked. Little did either of them hear, footsteps that had stopped in front of their door. Aki smiled gently.
"Not only has he saved my life multiple times, but he really cares about me. The real me, and doesn't even care that I have the powers of a monster. He's like my savior," Aki smiled. Ruka grinned dreamily.
"That's really neat."
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"That's really neat," Ruka's muffled voice said through the door. Yusei had a straight face, still digesting what he'd heard Aki say about him.
"You know, in all the years I've known you; I never took you to be an eavesdropper," Jack's serious voice said from behind. Yusei spun around in surprise, looking at the previous King of Games.
"You scared me," Yusei sighed with a soft smile. Jack's serious amethyst eyes simply stared at Yusei. He looked like he did any other day. Arms crossed, dark/serious glare, white jacket and pants, extremely light purple shirt, and white boots. Tiny braids of blond hair ran down the sides of his face to his lower neck, not quite to his shoulders. The rest of his hair was spiked as usual.
"Yeah, first time really." Yusei shrugged normally.
"You can stay the night if you want?" He offered, resuming his walk up the stairs. Jack shook his head.
"No, I'll just wait it out. And besides, until Divine's behind bars, I'm not sleeping." The blond said sourly.
"Okay then," Yusei replied, knowing better than to push the subject.
Yusei opened the door to his room and sighed at the old feeling. The old navy blue room, everything simple and just enough. A bed, dresser, closet, and an un-needed private bathroom. Yusei fell on the blue bed and closed his eyes. After only a few seconds, he fell into a dreamless sleep.
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Me: Ugh! I can't get it all into 1 chapter! WAH!
Aki: I like the part where I was talking to Ruka best.
Jack: This isn't Dora the Explorer. And when am I going to kick someone's butt? I'm tired of waiting.
Me: Be patient. Your time is coming.
Yusei: Don't worry. Part 3 will be the last part… right?
Me: Not only are you right, but it's going to end with a bang. So to speak.
Yusei: (pale) You could have worded that better.
Me: Why?
Aki: Please review.