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 six of "Prelude to What is Stolen"!
Lucy: Okay! Judai has gone off and has gone in search of the card!
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Chapter Six: The Web of Lies
Unable to tell where his fiance was, Johan tried to use the strange mental bond that he shared with his dear fiance. It was a strange bond. They could never speak to one another through it, but could both sense when something was wrong with the other.
Johan hurried as quickly as he could in the direction where he felt Judai's bond coming from.
And he hoped he wasn't too late.
"Ohhh.... What am I doing here again?"
Judai Yuki, one of the top Duelists in the whole Duel Academy, scampered on his belly across the ground towards the small camp. He ignored the dirt that must have been getting all over the front of his dark red school uniform, but he chose to ignore it rather than sit like a prep who has broken her nail and whine about it.
That's right, Judai thought with an exhausted sigh. It's partially my fault that Ruby's card was stolen, so now I have to come and get it back.
The little duelist stopped crawling on the ground and looked down at the ground in front of him. He pursed his lips together in thought and let his mind wander back to previous times.
How did it come to this? Johan and I were so happy together, since we were going to get married sometime, and then fucking Giese Hunter comes and steals Ruby's card. Why did it have to come to this? he thought.
Judai grit his teeth angrily.
Why can't Johan and I just be happy? Why are we always being-
Judai shook his head to clear the thought from his head. He couldn't let himself think to what he had learned happened to his friend when he had arrived in this world, wherever it was.
The brunette glanced up and saw a lit tent merely meters away.
It was in the area of the abandoned dorms, but the tent was new. Judai had never seen it before. He had followed where the shadow man had gone, and Judai figured that Giese must be the one in the tent. Or, if he wasn't, then it was the shadow man. Either way, Judai could go in and get the card back, especially if Giese wasn't there right now.
All right, all I gotta do is go in there and steal back Ruby's Card! That should be the easiest thing to do, he thought with a sigh.
Judai shuffled closer and slowly reached for the tent flap.
Before his hand even touched it, however, the tent fluttered open, and a tall figure stepped in the door frame. Judai squeaked and glanced up at the towering man who had obviously seen him coming.
"Well, well," the deep voice snickered. "If it isn't little Judai Yuki."
Judai gulped the heavy, thick lump in his dry throat and carefully glanced up. After a few agonizing moments, he locked brown eyes with the towering man before him.
It was Giese Hunter.
Giese had lost the dark green hunting jacket was so used to seeing him in. He was instead dressed in a loose flannel shirt and a pair of baggy white pants. He was slightly wet and had a towel in his hand, and he looked as if he had stepped out of the shower, or bath, just a few moments ago before Judai came.
Giese did look different, however.
His hair was slightly darker and longer, and he was a bit more muscular and evil-looking in this light. He was giving Judai a strange, knowing smirk, and the brunette couldn't help but flinch at it.
Shit! It's Giese! He was still here!Judai thought.
Though he was pissed that Giese didn't have the card right there with him, he couldn't help but be slightly relieved that Giese didn't have it. That meant that he, a low-down disgusting freak, wasn't touching Ruby anymore.
Giese smirked and reached for Judai, pale hand looking warm and inviting.
"Please come in," he said with a fairly small, polite smile.
Judai shuddered quickly, allowing the thought that Giese had been expecting him to dance across his mind unnoticed.
Giese turned and pointed towards the table that was set up in his tent. "I was just about to sit down for dinner, actually, when I heard you come by," he admitted. He turned back to Judai with a small, welcoming bow. "Would you like to join me?"
No way!Judai thought. You can't fool me with any of your tricks, you fucking child-molester! Give me back Ruby's card!
But before poor Judai knew it, he was kneeling at the table across from Giese, cautiously eating the food with bitter tears in his eyes. He anime-cried to himself and mentally kicked himself hard.
Wah! I am always soooo much braver in my fantasies!Judai mentally whined.
However, though he knew it was dumb to go right into Giese's lair, Judai knew that it worked out in his favor.
If Ruby's card truly was here, then being invited inside Giese's tent was probably going to give him a good chance of looking around for the card, if Giese had it here.
Giese took a simple sip of his wine and set the glass down on the table. His narrow eyes traced Judai up and down, taking in every single feature of the duelist who was glancing around so eagerly at the tent.
"I hear that that duel monster spirit was the favorite of Andersen," the hunter said suddenly with an evil grin. "Unfortunately, she's not here to join us this evening."
Judai stopped eating and looking around and lowered the plate to the table. What does he mean? Does that mean that Ruby's not here? If she's not, then where is she?
Giese ran his thin finger around the rim of the wine glass, which was now empty. He stared at Judai with hard eyes and let a small smile play with his lips. Judai shuddered visibly and looked up to Giese.
"I-if Ruby's card isn't here, then where is it?" Judai asked in a hushed whisper.
Giese chuckled in the back of his throat. "Where, you ask?" he repeated. The auburn-haired Duel spirit Hunter slowly rose and edged a bit closer to Judai. "Oh, my dear boy, I believe that you would know that better than anyone."
Judai felt his skin prickling at the look in Giese's eyes. He didn't like it.
He gulped and tried to carefully pull away, but before he could, Giese gripped his wrist, jerked him forward, and slammed his lips against the brunette's.
Judai's brown eyes widened in horror at the sudden sensation that jolted through his body. He could feel Giese's lips covering his own, the crushing feeling, but he couldn't feel any desire or love behind it. The duelist groaned and threw his hands forward, managing to shove the muscle-bound man at least off his lips.
Once he was free of the "kiss", Judai snapped his glance towards Giese.
He could see the smile on the man's lips, the same smile that would have put the devil to shame. Judai suddenly felt cold at the harsh, wicked look in Giese's dark eyes.
"W-what?" Judai whimpered. "W-what was that for?"
He saw Giese lock eyes with him, and then Judai found himself on the floor. He felt as if countless, frozen strings were digging into his flesh, slamming him hard against the tent floor. When Judai tried to stand, or move even slightly, the invisible strings would tighten considerably and slam him even harder onto the hard ground.
"Ugh!" Judai managed to grunt. C-can't move... Such a strong force... holding me onto the ground... W-what is this?
Judai felt the "strings" loosen enough for him to glance up and see Giese's blank expression moving towards him. The young duelist then felt as if something smacked him in the side of the face, an invisible force.
Judai coughed up a tiny bit of blood, the side of his face slightly scratched, enough to leave just a bit of blood. His frightened eyes, like those of a deer caught in headlights, glanced up and joined Giese's amused gaze.
"If you try to struggle, this could get... painful for you," Giese warned.
He drew back a bit and flashed Judai a wicked grin.
"I am a man who has made himself vulnerable just for you. I expect you to show me a good time now, my dear," Giese said with a dark and malicious chuckle. "And now, I am able to finally reap my reward."
Judai's eyes went wide, his pupils narrowing in horror. H-he knew I was going to come to get the card back. He planned this whole God-damned thing! How did he know I would be coming to get Ruby's card back?
Me: Oh no! Giese is using his new powers that he gained from the Duel spirit world and he's gonna hurt Judai! Johan, wherever you are, you need to hurry and save him!
Lucy: And what of Yubel, where is she?
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Me: What's gonna happen to Judai?