Title: Prelude to What is Stolen

Genre: romance, hurt/comfort

Rating: T for language, mild violence, and suggest themes (might go up)

Pairings: JohanXJudai (spiritshipping)

Summary: Judai couldn't be happier. Johan has proposed to him! But just when Judai thinks that life can't get any better, Giese Hunter returns from God knows where and seeks revenge on the two. Yubel swears to protect Judai and Johan from the man that once worked for her, but will Yubel's strength alone be enough to stop the hunter and his new found powers? Giese decides to get revenge on Johan by stealing Ruby! Judai blames himself and goes to get Ruby back! But is this exactly as Giese planned? What will they do? Can Yubel help?

Me: Chapter four of "Prelude to What is Stolen"!

Lucy: Giese has returned, and is planning on doing something horrible to get revenge on Johan for what happened to him, even if it was technically Cobra who did it to him.

Me: Yeah, cause Giese has a thing against Johan. They have like a hated thing going on.

Lucy: What will happen in this chapter? Read on if you want to find out what happens to poor Johan and Judai, and what Giese's horrible plan for revenge is!

Chapter Four: The Stolen Card

"Nothing," Giese snapped. "Just an old memory is all." The hunter closed his eyes and tried to think of a way to exact his revenge. He didn't want something that was so obvious, but he didn't want something so completely unlike him either.

A smile snaked across his lips.

"I have an idea," Giese said, standing up and turning to his minions. "One of you go and see where Andersen's deck is. There's a little friend of his that I'd like to see again."

Johan and Judai laughed as they came walking up the stairs back to their shared dorm room. They had spent the last few hours partying with their friends lover their engagement.

To be truthful, Judai couldn't be happier.

He had never imagined that Johan would propose to him. He loved the thought that he would one day be part of the Andersen family. He had met Johan's family before, and truth be told, he liked them a lot.

They laughed with each other and slowly stepped into the dorm room.

They both fell silent almost instantly.

Johan's room was torn apart.

The bed was messed up, the covers knocked on the floor. Some of the walls were filthy, but overall, they were okay. Books and clothes were thrown to the ground, but nothing was stolen, Johan and Judai both noticed. Everything was as it should have been, except for one small thing laying on the ground.

Johan's deck box.

"Oh no!" Johan rushed to his deck box and picked it up.

He snapped it open and took his deck out, flipping through his cards. He stopped, checked them again, and then did it a few more times. Judai saw his eyes go wide in horror.

"What's wrong, Johan?" Judai asked.

Johan shivered and dropped his deck to the ground, the cards scattering around. "Ruby's card," Johan whispered, almost inaudibly. "I-it's gone. I-I can't find Ruby's card, Judai."

Judai's brown eyes widened in horror. "What?" he screamed.

Johan glanced around and searched the room, picking up books and throwing them around, trying to find the card of his favorite Duel Monster spirit somewhere in the room.

Judai went down on his knees and started searching right beside Johan.

They turned the whole room upside down; Johan even cleaned up his deck and looked through it again, but he couldn't find Ruby's card anywhere in the room.

The bluenette shuddered and collapsed onto his knees, eyes dull and wide.

"Where...?" he whispered softly. "Where could it be?"

Judai went beside Johan and laced his arms around the bluenette's shaking shoulders. "Johan, I'm sorry," he said. "W-we'll find Ruby. I-I promise we are going to find her."

Johan could only manage a slow, barely moving nod.

While Judai helped his new finance stand, they both heard a strange laugh coming from the outside. It wasn't quite near their door, but it was close enough, near the forests that surrounded it.

Johan and Judai rushed towards the sound and paused at the balcony.

They both noticed a cloaked figure rushing towards the forests as fast as he could manage. The figure glanced back and smiled, from what Judai could see from under the cloak.

The man waved something over his head in Johan's direction as he ran.

"Giese says thanks for the card, kiddies!" the cloaked man called from over his shoulder.

Giving one last victorious laugh, the cloaked man went running into the darkness of the forests, vanishing into the pitch black night, his laughter vanishing as he went farther and farther away.

Johan and Judai were speechless.

Johan was shaking, and Judai couldn't find his voice.

He wanted to run after the man and get the card back, but somehow, he knew that there was nothing that he could do. Something about the cloaked man wasn't right.

Johan, who wanted to run after the man and tear his head off, did the only thing that his body would allow him to do. He did something that he would forever hate himself for doing, since it was pathetic of him and showing weakness at a time where he needed to be strong and brave for the spirit he cared for.

He sunk to his knees besides Judai, shivering, and cried.

Me: No! Giese, you wicked bastard! Get back here with Ruby's card!

Lucy: Dammit! Poor Johan! Who knows what's going to happen to Ruby now that Giese has taken her away! Damn, this engagement is turning out to be a horrible day for our two young lovers!

Me: What's going to happen?

Lucy: Please review nicely and we shall update!