Hey guys! Long time no see! Sorry it's been sometime, I feel like my muse has taken a vacation ever since 5D's ended, and then I found some other things to occupy my limited free time. But, now it is summer and I can focus on some more important things such as this story. So, without further adieu, chapter 9!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh 5D's

Ally stood there, shock written all over her face as her mother tightened her death grip. After the initial surprise wore off, the redhead started to pry her mother's hands away from her.

"…Mom," she rasped, trying to get a control on her breathing, "Need… oxygen…"

"Oh, whoops!" the woman answered, taking a step away from her, allowing her daughter to breathe.

Ally took a quick intake of air, gasping to get her breathing back under control. "Mom…" she started, racking her brain for the right words to say, especially in front of her father, "What are you guys doing here?"

Her dad was the one who answered, stepping in front of Mrs. Davis and the twins, "Remember? We were going to come and visit this week after you had settled in."

"I don't remember that…" Ally trailed off, looking behind her to see that everyone was staring at her, raised eyebrows and confused expressions present on all of her friends. "Guys, these are my parents, and my younger siblings."

"Oh honey! I didn't realize you had already made friends here!" Her mother exclaimed, clapping her hands frivolously.

"Yea, Mom… This is Crow, Yusei, Jack, Aki, and the younger twins are Rua and Ruka," she said, pointing at each person, "How about you guys come in…" She hesitated, glancing at the boys for permission.

"Yea, c'mon in!" Crow said, waving the family in and leading everyone back towards the living room. Crow and Aki exchanged quick glances with one another, before looking at Ally who seemed to be panicking, which was definitely abnormal. Considering the past couple of weeks with Ally living above the boys she had always exerted excitement and happiness; she was rarely if ever shaken up, not counting the Thrasher's incident, and was stubborn, but never panicked. This was a different side both Aki and Crow saw and neither seemed to be liking where it was going.

Upon entering the living room, the groups split up, Jack left to go upstairs. He had no interest in Ally; therefore he had no interest in her family. Aki suggested that since both sets of twins were close in age that they go with Yusei and her to the basement and look at the D-Wheels. It seemed that the Davis' were about to protest before Ally shot them a look which seemed to keep them quiet. Crow stayed with Ally, since Aki was leaving it seemed that she should have at least some support when confronting her parents.

The Davis' took up the couch and Ally and Crow sat in armchairs near the couple, Crow near Nathan, Mr. Davis, and Ally near her mother, Elena.

"Young lady," Nathan said, in a somewhat threatening tone, "You have a lot of explaining to do."

Ally glanced at Crow very quickly, "Crow, how about you go see what Jack's up too."

"But-"

"Please, Crow?" Ally asked, flashing him a quick, fake smile.

Crow nodded, he didn't like it, but at the same time he didn't want to intrude upon their sure to be private conversation, and although he wanted to give Ally moral support he knew she would be upset if he didn't listen and left. He didn't want to, but he had too. If only Aki had decided to stay, she was a stronger force then he was. Crow trudged up the stairs, stopping once he reached the top and sat down, waiting for their conversation to be over.

Once Ally knew Crow was out of earshot she looked at both her mother and her father. Neither looked to happy with her at the moment, and in a way she couldn't blame them, but then again she wasn't living with them anymore and what she wanted to tell them about was her business. Especially the Thrashers, even if they tried they weren't going to weasel that information out of her.

"Alexandria Caroline Davis," her father began, uh-oh the full name, she was in for it, "why aren't you in your own apartment?"

"There was a tiny break in…" Ally trailed off, glancing down at the floor.

"I knew it! I knew it!" Her father shouted, getting up from the couch and beginning to pace around the living room, "You should've stayed back home, not come here!"

"Dear," her mother said soothingly, grabbing Nathan's arm and sitting him down again, "Use your indoor voice, please."

Nathan took a deep breath, removing his wife's hand from around his arm and continuing to question his eldest daughter. "Why are you here then, with these, these, boys?"

"Dad, it's not a dirty word." Ally shot back, ignoring the warning look her mother sent her. "They just offered me a place to stay while everything's being repaired; it's not a big deal."

"A big deal? Honey, they have criminal markings." Her mother whispered.

Ally rolled her eyes at her mother's behavior, "I told you, it's not a big deal, they were punished for crimes beyond their control, Mom and they're nice people."

Both her parents still didn't seem to like their daughter's living situation, however decided to accept it for what it was for now. Like she had said, it was only temporary and she'd be back to living in her own apartment after everything had been fixed. The questions didn't stop there though.

"Are you done chasing this irrational dream of yours? Becoming a pro-duelist or whatever it is called these days?" Nathan asked in a tone that resembled that of asking what an old buddy was up to these days over a cup of tea.

Ally narrowed her eyes at her father, "No," she replied coldly, "Are you done yet?"

"Don't you use that tone of voice with me, young lady. You may be an adult, but I am still your father and I will not take that from you. Understand?"

"Yes dad."

"Good." He replied, "If you'll excuse me, I'm going to get Logan and Addison and we're going to leave."

"But, I haven't even said "Hi" to them yet!" Ally exclaimed, slipping into a hysteric tone of voice. "You can't leave before I see them!"

"I'll bring them up to say goodbye, and then we'll be staying in town for a few days, you can always come by then." Nathan answered his hysteric daughter before approaching the basement steps, "Only come if you've decided to come home, or don't come back at all."

Ally's eyes began to water at his words; he always knew what to say to get under her skin. Logan and Addison were a lot to her and he was using them to threaten her into coming back home. It was sick and cruel. She then turned her attention to her mother, who was digging around in her bag for something. Elena turned back to her daughter with an envelope in hand.

"This is from Grandpa Judai and Grandma Asuka," she said, giving the envelope to her daughter, "I don't understand why they keep sending these cards to us, I guess it's so your father has an excuse to come see you…"

Her mother's eyes began to swim with tears, "You know he doesn't mean it, you can come and visit anytime you want! I love you, honey." Elena wrapped her arms around Ally, giving her a quick squeeze then returning to her bag and getting something else out.

She handed Ally a pair of brand new pink pointe shoes and some other necessities.

"Mom, you know I-"

"I know, honey, just take them. You never know."

Ally nodded and looked over to see that her Dad had returned with the twins. Logan and Addison smiled at her from their position next to their father. Ally got up and held her arms out, immediately the twins ran to her, wrapping their arms around their eldest sister. Ally buried her face in the tops of their heads, absorbing the scent of home.

"I'll come and visit soon, I promise." She said, letting go of them.

They each nodded in return.

"Love you, Ally." They whispered back.

"E-mail me." Addison whimpered, trying to hold back the tears from their very brief reunion, "I really miss you."

"Me too," Logan replied, wiping his face of the tears that already streaked down his face, "But don't tell anyone I said that."

Ally chuckled at her brother's boyish behavior, "Don't worry."

"C'mon kids," Nathan said, "It's time to leave."

And with that, the Davis family left the apartment, allowing Jack, Yusei, Aki, Crow, Rua and Ruka to return to the living room. Ally stared at the door they had just left through. She didn't even realize she was crying until Ruka handed her a tissue. "Thanks," she said to the teal-haired girl.

"Geez," Crow said, "and I thought having no parents sucked."

Aki smacked him in the arm at his remark, causing the carrot-top to wince slightly. "…Ouch..."

Ally shrugged off the comments, looking down at the things her mother had given her. She couldn't wait to open the letter, next to her friends her grandparents were the closest thing Ally had to a support system. They had even been good duelist in their teenage years, even beyond, it always made her wonder why her mother, who grew up surrounded by Duel Monsters, would marry someone who despised it.

She then looked at the ballet shoes in her other hand. The ribbons were threaded through her fingers, the shoes hanging by her side. When her apartment was cleaned she'd probably end up putting them away…

"Hey Ally, what are those?" Rua asked, always the curious one.

The strawberry-blonde was snapped out of her thoughts, dragging her attention back to her friends and away from the shoes. "These are ballet shoes, pointe shoes to be exact."

Jack examined them; looking at them as though they would kick him in the stomach. He pushed at one with his pointer finger, then stepped away surprised by the weight the shoe carried.

"They look beautiful," Ruka commented, looking at the shoes with wonder.

"They look painful," Aki remarked, giving the shoes a once over.

"Well, they are," Ally replied, holding the shoes by the arch instead of the ribbons, "They're made out of wood, see?" She promptly hit Crow over the head with one, demonstrating her point.

"HEY!" Crow yelled, rubbing the back of his head, and giving Ally a mock glare. "Those things hurt!"

"Yea, now imagine them on your feet."

"Touché."

"Ally could you dance in them?" Rua asked, eyes shining.

Ally looked at the older twin, and then back at the shoes, then back at Rua his eyes still shining with hope. In reality, she didn't want to because deep, deep down she missed those painful things, but putting them on felt like she had given up. She had given in to what her parents had wanted; a more stable career something aside from dueling. Ally glanced around the room: Ruka shared the same hopeful expression as her brother, desperately wanting to see Ally in action. Aki looked skeptical still not entirely believing someone could wear the wooden shoes, much less dance in them. Yusei continued to wear his thoughtful expression, glancing at the shoes looking at them like a blueprint, looking for a flaw in the design. Jack seemed too care less, but that's just Jack his opinion didn't matter sometimes. Finally her eyes landed on Crow, he gave her a shrug.

"It's your choice," He said simply. She knew he couldn't make the choice for her, but she wished he could.

"Fine," Ally sighed. Rua and Ruka let out simultaneous cheers of excitement, grabbing the boys and urging them to help move the furniture so that Ally could perform properly.

Aki walked over to the strawberry-blonde, placing a hand on her shoulder, "Are you sure? I mean, it's your choice, do whatever you want, but just know that you got this far. Don't think about going back."

Ally nodded her head. "Aki come with me to get some stuff from my apartment."

Aki raised her eyebrows in a curious manner.

"Well, I'm not dancing in jeans stupid."

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