NEW CHAPTER! :D :D I know it's been a little while since I last updated, and I'm truly sorry, but this got up a lot faster than the last chapter. xD Anyways, I just finished chapter 5 which means I could upload this chapter for you guys! :) Consider it my Halloween gift to you all! :D
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Claimer: I do own Ally, and The Thrashers.
"Let's be rational," Yusei said, holding up his hand in a calming gesture, as he, Aki, Rua and Ruka moved closer to Crow, Jack and Ally.
"Yea, I like that idea, Mr. Thrashers, sir." Rua awkwardly half smiled.
The blonde haired man, who seemed to be the leader, cocked an eyebrow at Yusei, "If you think we're going to be rational, you've got your head up in the clouds."
Crow, Jack and Yusei exchanged looks. Yusei quickly thought over every possible scenario in his head, and the only real goal at the moment was to get Rua and Ruka out safely, and there seemed to be only two ways to do it. Option one: someone was going to have to smash the blonde's face in or option two: someone was going to have to provoke them. It was the only way to create a big enough diversion for them to get to the apartment safely.
Yusei looked at Crow and Jack quickly, "The way I see it, we're going to have to keep them busy somehow, while Aki and Ally get the twins inside."
Crow and Jack looked at each other; it seemed like the only option at this point. Crow whispered to Ally the plan. She gave him a sad look for a moment, but agreed nonetheless, she too understood that the main goal was to get Rua and Ruka out, even if it meant they would get hurt. Yusei glanced at Aki, who was currently rubbing both Rua and Ruka's arms in a comforting manner, trying to keep them calm and assure them they'd be fine. She looked at him, and smiled softly, almost to reassure him that everything was going to be fine.
"So, who's going to be our first victim?" The blonde haired man asked, circling the group, "How about you?" He pointed at Ruka, who then proceeded to bury her face in Aki's side, whimpering.
"Hey! Leave the kids alone." Ally snarled looking the man up and down, making sure to avoid eye contact with his blood red eyes. Jack resisted the urge to slap her upside the head, he understood that she didn't want the Ruka to get hurt, but did she want to die?
"Is that a volunteer?" He chided, penetrating the circle in order to grab her face roughly. "Because, I would love to show you what I'm capable of," he said as his arm snaked around her waist. The gang started whooping and hollering at their leader's catch.
Ally squirmed, trying to free her face from the man's hands. She was definitely going to have bruises from this guy. "How about I volunteer this?" Crow growled, proceeding to sock the guy in the face. The blonde reeled back, clutching his eye and groaning in pain. Crow wiped the blood off his knuckles on his jeans. "Go," he hissed to Ally.
Ally didn't object, she grabbed Aki's arm and with Rua and Ruka right behind them, they sprinted towards the apartment. No one really seemed to notice them since all the men that had been surrounding them began to circle around Yusei, Jack and Crow, preparing to wail on them for hurting their head honcho. Aki looked behind to see Yusei kick some guy in the ribs while simultaneously punching another one in the jaw. She wasn't all that worried, but when she saw a heavy set man come up behind him, she knew it was best to look away. There wasn't anything she could do right now… Except…
After they had gotten a good distance away from the men, and only a short distance away from the apartment complex, Aki stopped sprinting. "Gimme your duel disk," Aki said, motioning for Ally to give her duel disk to her.
"Aki, c'mon we gotta get inside, this is no time for you to sharpen your dueling skills!" Ally snapped, grabbing Aki's hand and attempting to drag her into Poppo Time.
"Trust me." Aki spat, digging her heels into the sidewalk and yet again motioning for Ally to give her her turquoise duel disk. Ally sighed and looked at Rua and Ruka, who both seemed to know what Aki was up too. They both gave her a slight nod, and Ally's resolve began to waver. She slid the duel disk off her arm and handed it to Aki, who then slid it onto her own arm. Aki grabbed her own deck, that she kept around her waist, and grabbed a card.
"Rose Tentacles!" Aki cried, summoning the plant monster.
"What the hell is she doing!" Ally screamed. "Is she begging for her death wish or something? A hologram is not going to do anything against a bunch of gang members!"
"Just watch," Rua said, looking up at Aki.
Before Ally could say anything else, Rose Tentacles roughly grabbed one of the men and pulled him off of Yusei, then proceeded to throw him against the wooden bench that they had occupied moments before. Ally could hardly believe what she was seeing. A hologram had just picked up a fully grown man and thrown him into a bench! That seemed to have startled the other men, as one by one, Rose Tentacles plucked men off of Jack, Yusei and Crow.
"Let's get out of here! Get back to headquarters!" The blonde man screamed, motioning for all ten of his members to follow him away. The large group of men complied, running away from the scene, arms and limbs flailing as they went.
"Rua, Ruka, get inside before anything else happens." Aki demanded, handing Ally's duel disk back to her.
Rua and Ruka nodded, running into Yusei, Jack and Crow's apartment and fetching the first aid kit, knowing that they would need it when the girls came back with the surely injured men.
"C'mon, the guys probably need our help." Aki said, grabbing Ally's hand and dragging her over to Jack, Crow and Yusei.
"H-h-h-how did you do that?" Ally stammered attempting to comprehend what had just happened. Her jaw was still wide open and if Ally had any control over her muscles she would've closed it, but right now she was in complete shock.
"I'm a psychic duelist," Aki explained, flashing a smile at Ally as they continued to make their way over to the guys, "I'm able to bring duel monsters to life."
Ally seemed to accept this answer, as her jaw closed and she regained full control of her muscles and actually began running towards the guys instead of making Aki drag her along. As they came closer they could both tell that even though they had fought for only a few short minutes, there was damage. It was clear Crow was going to need stitches behind his left ear, Yusei was going to need many pain killers from all the bruises that were emerging all over his skin and Jack was going to need some ice for his swollen lip. They were all breathing heavily and with the help of Ally and Aki they eventually made it inside.
"God, I'm gonna kill those guys!" Crow shouted his arm was around Ally's shoulders and her arm was around his waist, dragging him over to the couch.
"Stop making death threats and sit." Ally threatened, pointing to the couch. He pouted in reply, but did what she said anyhow.
"Whipped." Jack coughed into his elbow, causing Ally to send him a death glare. He averted her gaze, took off his ice pack and asked, "Who were they anyway?"
"Put that ice pack back on your lip!" Both Rua and Ruka snapped in unison. Jack was a bit taken aback by their fierceness but complied anyway, they had seen way too much tonight and Jack wasn't about to argue with them over something so small. He was arrogant and stubborn, not heartless.
"I have no clue, but we might wanna watch out from now on," Yusei commented, placing his hand out as Aki dropped some pain medication in his hand. He popped them in his mouth and swallowed them down with a glass of water. Aki then went over to Crow and handed him some pain medication, as well as Jack, who both swallowed them dry.
"Do you need me to get you anything?" Ruka asked Ally.
Ally nodded, "Mind getting me the first aid kit? I'm going to try and stitch this cut."
"WHAT? NO WAY. YOU ARE NOT STITCHING ME BACK TOGETHER!" Crow complained, "I can just go to the clinic later."
"Oh calm down," Ally demanded, waving her hand dismissively, "Do you know how many cuts and broken limbs I've had to deal with in my life time? I probably know more about this than the doctors at the hospital," She retorted, accepting the first aid kit Ruka handed to her.
Crow sighed and let Ally look at the gash behind his ear. "How'd you get this anyway? It's really deep," Ally asked, wiping away the dried up blood from around the cut with some gauze.
"The blonde kid did it, right after I punched him in the eye," Crow explained, hissing as Ally put some peroxide on his wound, "He cut me with his damned duel disk. That thing is sharp; it has spikes all over the thing."
Ally couldn't help but feel a little guilty when he said this. It was after all her fault that Crow had gotten this cut. She had provoked the man and gotten herself into trouble, Crow had just been trying to protect her and keep her safe. Ally looked down into the first aid kit and grabbed another package of gauze. "You might wanna put this in your mouth; it'll keep you from swearing in front of the kids." She said glumly handing him the package before going back into the kit in order to grab some thread to stitch the wound together.
Crow gave her a weird look before shoving some gauze in his mouth, causing some snickers from Rua, Ruka and Jack. Jack being the one to point out that he looked like a psychopath with it in his mouth. Crow was about to snap at him, with the gauze in his mouth when Ally started to stitch his wound, which caused him to bite down hard. He glared at Jack real quick, Rua and Ruka had already left the room, giving him a shut-up-this-hurts-like-a-mother-and-if-you-don't-keep-quiet-I'm-going-to-make-your-lip-hurt-even-more look. Jack shrugged his shoulders and sat in a chair, keeping pressure on his injured lip.
Once Ally had finished, Crow took the gauze out of his mouth and gave her a small smile. She smiled back and started to put everything back into the first aid kit. Crow looked at her jaw quickly, there were finger marks from where the man had grabbed her chin and it was starting to form bruises around her jaw. "Do you need anything for that?" He asked, gesturing to her face.
Ally raised an eyebrow and brought a hand to her face. She hissed when her fingertips made contact with the bruised flesh. Crow grabbed her hand and brought it away from her face; he lightly touched the skin with his fingertips, causing Ally to bite her tongue in order to keep from cursing him.
"Hurts?" He questioned.
"No…" Ally said, averting his gaze to look down at the floor. Truth was it hurt, really bad and she knew in the back of her mind that she was going to have to cover it up with make-up in the morning. She could also feel the fingernail marks the blonde man had made on her hip from gripping her so hard. Crow merely shrugged in response.
"How about I bring you to your apartment?" He got up off the couch and offered her his hand, giving her his signature Crow grin.
Ally smiled and took his hand; he lifted her off the couch. Aki and Yusei had already gone to bring Rua and Ruka home, so Crow only waved goodbye to Jack. Crow closed the door behind him and started walking along side Ally. They slowly made their way towards the stairwell. After a few seconds of silence Crow decided enough was enough.
"Wanna play twenty questions?" Crow asked.
Ally thought this over for a moment, "How about 5?"
"Sounds like a plan." Crow said, bringing a hand to his chin in thought. What to ask, what to ask… "What do you do aside from dueling?"
"I used to dance," she said simply, but then decided to elaborate a little more, "15 years in the making; my parents thought I was some sort of prodigy. I loved it, but it wasn't what I wanted to do for the rest of my life."
Crow nodded his head, thinking of his next question. "Do you have any siblings?"
Ally couldn't help but smile at Crow's question, "I told Rua and Ruka earlier that I had twin siblings. They're nine years old and I love them to death; I would do anything for them." She answered, clinging onto her necklace and swinging the charm against the silver chain – her siblings, Logan and Addison, had given it to her that morning and already she was attached to it.
Crow glanced downwards towards Ally, "You must really love them,"
"Yea, I really do…"
"Next, question," Crow decided after a few seconds, they were starting to get closer to the stairwell, "How's your chin? …And be honest this time." He added as an afterthought.
Ally instinctively brought her hand to her face and winced when her fingers made contact with the bruises surrounding her jaw line. "It hurts like a bitch." She replied, glancing downwards, all the memories from that night started flashing through her mind, making her feel guilty once again, "Geez, I'm so sorry, it was my fault you got hurt in the first place, I know I'm going a bit off topic here, since we were talking about my injuries and all, but it is my fault for all this! I mean, if I hadn't gone and been so stubborn and provoked the idiot things would've turned out better right? It's true, I'm a little hard headed, but going after Ruka? That's down right low; I had to defend in her in some way! Jesus Christ I swear, if I ever see this guy again I'm gonna-"
"Woah, woah, woah, take it easy Ally!" Crow said, snapping her out of her rant and grabbing her by the shoulders. "You reacted naturally; you actually beat me to the punch."
Ally smiled a little, Crow had that weird effect on her, making her smile when she knew she should've known better and it was her fault. The duo started making their way up the stairs; they both took them slowly, neither really wanting to leave the other.
"If I remember correctly you have 2 questions left," Ally teased, elbowing Crow in the ribs.
As they ascended the stairs Crow asked his fourth question, "Did you like me when you first met me?"
Ally stopped walking up the stairs for a second, "Honestly?"
"Honestly."
Ally thought for a moment, still standing on the stair she had stopped on, "I thought you were pretty cute, and I felt that we both shared the same values when you criticized Jack for buying too much Blue Eyes Mountain Coffee." She began to climb the stairs once again, glancing downwards in order to hide her blush. Crow followed behind her, trying to cover up his own small blush.
They both reached the top of the stairs; Ally's hand was in her pocket, fishing for her keys.
"Okay, last and final question," Crow sat on the railing to the stairs, looking into Ally's blue-green eyes. "What's up with you and your parents? I mean, I know you said you'd rather not talk about it at the café, but I thought now that we're alone you would talk about them a bit."
Ally sighed, giving in when she saw the faintest look of a puppy dog pout appearing on Crow's face. She gave in instantly, which was really surprising since she had been building resistance against the puppy dog pout ever since Logan and Addison were born. Although, she had to admit, Crow's puppy dog pout was much cuter and made her stomach turn to mush.
"Jesus Christ," she muttered, playing with the keys in her hand, "It's a really tough subject. My parents have never been all that supportive. They never approved of my dueling and thought that I should focus on my studies and my dance. I was supposed to be the smart kid, the prodigy. I was supposed to be everything that they ever wanted, and I didn't want that. I started disobeying them, hanging around people they didn't necessarily approve of. They never told me upfront, but I could tell by the looks they gave me that they weren't impressed." Ally stopped playing with her keys and started twiddling her fingers, "I started sneaking out, watching pro-duels and participating in tournaments. My friends bought me a deck and everything for my birthday, and they found out. Burned my hopes and dreams right in front of me," Tears started welling up in her eyes, threatening to flow onto her cheeks, she wiped them off with the back of her hand, "It's not a sob story, not like most peoples, but the fact that they never quite understood me still gets to me,"
Crow looked at Ally, making sure that she made eye-contact with him. He brought her into a hug, wrapping his arms around her waist as hers went around his neck. She buried her face in the crook of his neck, as he rubbed her back softly, her body practically shaking. He felt awful for making her remember everything. Even though Crow had a tough life growing up as well, he could never imagine seeing a person's parents crushing their child's hopes and dreams. It was a dreadful thing to think about and made Crow feel lucky that he had Martha, Jack and Yusei while growing up.
"It's alright," Crow whispered into her ear, still rubbing her back.
Ally pulled away, wiping away the last of her tears. She started fiddling with her keys once again, "I'm sorry," she apologized, she felt she was doing that an awful lot tonight, "I told you, it's a really touchy subject, and I just didn't want to break in my first day with tears, ya know?" She laughed softly, "Well, it's time for me to get to bed, I have an early shift tomorrow, can I trust I'll see you there?"
Crow chuckled, "Yea, someone's gotta make sure Jack doesn't blow all of our money on his stupid coffee."
Ally giggled, finally placing her keys in the lock and twisting her door open. "Goodnight Crow," she said, smiling at him from over her shoulder as she went inside her apartment.
"Goodnight Ally," He replied, returning the smile and heading down the stairs. Tomorrow was gonna be something else.
That's the end of this chapter! I'll get to work on chapter 6 soon. I'm starting to get back on track with this story, which makes me really happy! By the way, have a safe Halloween Night and get lots of candy (or eat lots of it, in my case. xD).
Next Chapter: Aftermath