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Akemi's POV

~*/still in the flashback from 10 years ago/*~

"Urggh..." The first thing that hit me was the pain. My head felt like it had been smashed into a brick wall a thousand times. It was throbbing like crazy.

I groaned again and tried to roll over onto my side. Something began digging into my skin.

Reluctantly, I opened my eyes. And screamed.

I had no idea where I was!

I had expected to be at the 'Children's home', tucked up in the slightly squeaky bed, and waking up to see the giant poster of Usagi Tsukino smiling brightly back at me.

Instead, I was lying on a metal framed bed, on a lumpy mattress with a plain white duvet cover rather than my usual Sailor Moon one, in a dimly lit hospital room, the big energy saving lights flickering now and again.

There were scary looking machines opposite me, which were beeping and whirring. There were some colourful posters aswell - presumably for small children to look at - depicting 'Pudsy' the bear with various injurys. Two chairs where opposite my bed - presumably for visitors to sit on and talk to me (not that I'd be getting many visitors).

There were other beds too, dotted around the room. There were... about five or six of them. All of them had their curtains drawn around them, but I could hear the person in the bed next to me snoring.

I sat up, noticing that for some strange reason my curtains weren't drawn, and screamed again!

I had noticed what was digging into my skin. It was a a plastic tube, with liquids flowing inside!

And it was attached to MY SKIN!

Normally, I hated hospitals - I had never liked there cold atmosphere, or the faint smell of antiseptic that always seemed to hang around in the air - but I REALLY hated the sight of all the tubes going in and out of people's bodies.

I sat up in the bed, huddled up, with the blankets wrapped around me for warmth.

The tube was going out of my arm, and into a packet of some sort of funny coloured liquid.

I stopped looking. I was feeling sick as I was. I didn't need to make myself feel worse.

As I faintly heard the sound of voices, I quickly lay back down on the bed, and shut my eyes.

"Is she going to be alright?" An anxious voice asked. It sounded soft, it had a British accent, and although I could tell that it was a male's voice, had a feminine quality.

"Yes. She'll need to stay in the hospital for a few days though," It was the cool, clear and efficient voice of a well-trained female doctor that replied. "We found her identity in the back of her purse, and we've telephoned the Care Home were she lives."

"Care Home?" asked the unknown voice again. It sounded sad, and slightly guilty.

"Yes. Sh-"

"Oh! I think she's waking up!" Exclaimed the British voice again.

Inside, I groaned. Now I would have to talk to them.

Playing along, I 'sleepily' rubbed my eyes, sat up and looked around me 'questioningly'.

On the the two seats opposite my bed sat a woman with brown hair tied in a ponytail, with glasses and a big Doctor's coat on.

But it wasn't her I was interested in. Next to her was a strange man(?) with long white hair, jeans and a stipey t-shirt. He had a worried expression on his face, and he looked very dishevelled with his rumpled clothes.

They were both looking at me.

"Um, hi," I said, feeling embarassed with the way they were both staring at me so intently.

"Hello Akemi," The Doctor said to me. "My name is Dr. Rasul. This gentelman here is Mr. Bakura-"

"-Call me Ryou, please."

"Fine. This gentelman here is Ryou Bakura. Now, are you feeling okay?"

"Um... not really."

"What's the matter?"

"My head hurts, and so do my arms, and, well the rest of my body."

"Hmm..." The woman wrote something down on a notepad.

"Do you remember anything about what happened?"

"Well, I went out to but sweets, and tripped on my lace, and there was a car - I think it hit me."

Ryou flinched at this.

"Excuse me for asking," I said, trying my best to be polite. "But, who exactly are you?" I asked, referring to Ryou.

"I'm the one... that... hit you. I was driving the car and I couldn't stop! I- I-I'm so sorry!" With this Ryou broke into sobs.

I was shocked. I mean, it was an accident, why was he feeling so guilty.

"It doesn't matter that much!" I said. "I mean, it's not like anyone would miss me. I'm just another Care Home kid."

The man looked up at me, shocked.

"Y-y-you mean," he began, his voice trembling. "Y-you mean that no one would miss you?"

I bit my lip.

"Excuse me," Dr Rasul interrupted us. "But I would like to attened to your injurys. You have broken your right arm, your left wrist, right leg, and snapped your Patella tendon. We'll need to bandage your wrist and put your arm and leg in a cast. You two can talk afterwards."

She walked off.

"I've snapped my what?" I asked, having now idea what a Patella tendony thingy was.

"The muscle holding your kneecap down has snapped," said Ryou, wincing. "You must be in a lot of pain."

At this point, Dr Rasul came back wheeling a wheelchair.

"Mr. Bakura, if you wouldn't mind," she said, indicating to the wheelchair.

Ryou took a hold of my legs, while Dr. Rasul took hold of my shoulder, and together, they managed to lift me into the wheelchair.

"You will need to go and fill in some more forms," she said to Ryou, as she wheeled me off towards another part of the hospital. I turned around in my chair, and waved at Ryou, who waved back.

~*/end flashback/*~

"It was the start of a beautiful friendship," I said, lost in my memories as I stared out of the window.

I turned, and saw Yuugi staring at me, agast.

"Ryou ran you over? How did that lead to him adopting you?"

~*/Guess what! Another flashback to 10 years ago!/*~

I sat on the swing chair that was on the porch, picking my nails.

My injurys were long gone - the accident having been about 7 months ago - but I had continued to see Ryou.

He had taken me on outings when I had my injurys, gone to physiotherapy with me, and generally been like a father figure.

He would sometimes just sit there and daydream though, with a faraway look of longing in his eyes. Whenever I asked him what he was thinking, he would just brush it off. He was doing it so constantly though - I was determined to find out was daydreaming about. I knew what I daydreamed about. Him finally fostering me.

I had been pestering him to foster me for months, and finally, he had agreed. The paperwork was taking AGES though.

As I sat there, mulling over my thoughts, I didn't notice a certain whitenette creeping up on me.

"BOO!" shouted Ryou, as he jumped in front of me, making me scream.

"Ry!" I shouted with delight.

"Calm down," he said, hugging me. "Today I have an extra special surprise for you!"

"You're taking me to the cinema?"

"No."

"The park?"

"No. More special."

"The ice cream factory?"

"FAR more special."

I dared to consider. "The foster papers are done?"

"Close enough! They're letting me adopt you! Isn't that wonderful?"

I just stood there, dazed by the fact that this man actually wanted me - ME, little Akemi, from a small family who died in a car crash, to PERMANANTLY LIVE WITH HIM!

"Akemi? What's the matter? Don't you like it. I mean, if you're not comfortable with that, I could alwa- OOF!"

He was cut off by me glomping him, and knocking him over.

"THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!" I squealed, hugging him tightly. "I love you Ry! You're the best!"

~*/ End Flashback/*~

"Did you ever find out whta made him daydream like that?" Yuugi asked, fiddling with the Gigham table cloth.

"No. Do you know? Will you tell me?"

"Yes, Akemi, I know. And yes, I will tell you. But not today."

"Why?" I asked. I had waited 10 years to find out Ry's secret! I could hardly wait even longer!

"Because," Yuugi said, getting up and drinking the last of his drink. "I have got a date, and I believe Ryou would be suspicious if you got back any later. Same time, same place, tomorrow. Ok?"

"Yep, sure," I said, glancing at the clock. "HOLY SHIT! 5:45! Dad's gonna kill me! Bye Yuugi!" I said, as I quickly put on my rollarskates, and ran out of the shop.

'What's he gonna say when I get back this late? I promised I'd be back earlier today, so he could help me with my work before he left for his evening shift at work!' I thought, as I skated back home.

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