Godwin's Dragon Leash

Chapter Seven

By Kellyq

Kiryu tagged alongside Crow and Blackbird as the red-haired teen showed his new friend around Satellite. Kiryu smiled to some of the residents who recoiled back. He raised an eyebrow.

"Don't worry about them, Kiryu. Once they get to know you, they won't give you dirty looks," Crow reassured, winking to his new friend.

Kiryu smiled and followed Crow to the old factory. Kiryu scanned the building and spotted one teen -- Yusei. The dark-haired teen turned and the first thing he felt was a pain surge through his arm. Crow rushed to Yusei, asking if he was alright.

"I'm fine," Yusei reassured, rubbing his arm. He tried to keep the pain from showing on his face.

Alex turned and he ran up when he saw that Yusei was in pain. "Yusei! Are you alright?"

Kiryu also felt a pain surge through his arm. He watched with interest as everyone fussed over Yusei. Kiryu placed his gloved hand over the mark on his arm. A signer is here .... excellent, he thought. Kiryu stared at Yusei to see that he had passed out in Alex's arms.

"Yusei!"

A moan came from the back of Yusei's throat as he opened his eyes. Alex and Crow helped their friend stabilize on his feet. Something's not right, Crow thought.

"Is he okay?" Kiryu asked, stepping up.

Yusei rubbed his arm and looked at him. Yusei stared into golden eyes that held a lot of personality, and mischief. Yusei couldn't help but smile. "That's good you're alright."

Kiryu smiled as well. "Of course I am." He took a gentle hold of Yusei's hand and kissed it. "I'm Kiryu and you must be Yusei."

The dark-haired teen raised a brow. Okay, this is ... before Yusei could finish his thought, Blackbird peed near Kiryu's foot. He stepped back and glared down at the dog.

Crow pulled his loyal companion away from Kiryu and had Blackbird between his legs. "Bad boy! You know better than that!"

A smile plastered on Kiryu's face. "Don't worry about it. I'm use to having animals not like me."

Aki rubbed her arm. Something doesn't feel right, she thought. Aki stared down at the twins to see that they were asleep - or so she thought.

"Aki," came Ruka's voice from the bed. The red-haired woman stared fondly at the young child. "I'm scared. What if Yusei is already fighting as we speak - and we're just sitting here doing nothing."

"Go to sleep, Ruka," came Rua's groggy voice. "You know that Jack will kick their sorry butt for hurting Yusei."

Ruka sat up and pulled her sleeve up and stared down at the mark on her arm. "It felt different - almost like death."

Rua stared at her with a panicked expression. "What!? No! I'm not going to let you die!"

"Calm down, Rua," Aki said sternly. "What she meant was that whoever is near Yusei might bring death."

Rua's eyes clouded over with fear and shock. "No ...." he whispered in fear.

Ruka lowered her head and half of her expression darkened. "I'm sorry ..."

Jack slowly opened his eyes to see Mina and Godwin hovering over him. Wha-? What just happened? Jack thought.

"That's good you're awake," Mina spoke up, helping him sit up.

"What just happened?" Jack asked. He looked over to Godwin. "I was going to ask you what I should do until the pain in my arm hurt so much I passed out."

"You did," Godwin spoke up, watching Jack pull his sleeve up and stared at the mark. "This is not a good sign, Jack. You need to find him and bring him here." the silver-haired man averted his gaze from Jack to Mina. "I want you to a company him, Mina -"

Jack rose to his feet and walked out before Godwin finished his plan. The blonde-haired teen walked down the hallway to his room and slammed the door shut. Jack scanned the room, trying to find something that he could rip apart. The door opened and Mina slipped quietly in.

"M - Mr. Atlus?" Mina called out timidly. She almost shrieked when Jack turned with glowing red eyes.

They stared at each other for a moment and Jack's eyes turned back to their violet color. "Fine! You can come with me -"

A small smile made its way to Mina's lips. "Thanks, Mr. Atlus. I do want to help you any way I can." A light blush appeared on Mina's pale cheeks. "Besides, I want to know who this Stardust Dragon is."

"Yusei," Jack said bluntly. Mina blinked. "His name is Yusei." Mind as well tell her, the blonde-haired teen thought. "It wasn't love at first sight. It annoyed me when he didn't fight back."

Mina nodded her head, feeling a little disappointed that it wasn't a romantic story. "So ... uh ... how did you and Yusei end up together?"

"A deadly spider showed up. We had no idea where it came from," Jack started to explain. "It seemed to watch Yusei's every move, and then it attacked him out of the blue. I didn't know that it was a poisonous spider until a day later, when Yusei became sick."

"I'm assuming that you saved him, right?" Mina inquired.

Jack closed his eyes. "Not exactly." He turned and walked over to his window. "One of Yusei's close human friends named Crow was there with the antidote and all I did was kept him warm. It was then I realized how much Yusei meant to me."

Mina smiled. "I'm glad." Jack raised a brow at the comment as he watched her reflection through the window. "It showed that you care about people who are close to you."

Yusei opened his eyes to see Jack crouched over him. They both stared at each other for a moment. Yusei leaned up and gave Jack a peck on the lips.

"Thanks, Jack," Yusei murmured. "I knew that you cared ... even if you don't show at times."

Mina watched Jack's expression through the window and saw a lot of emotions in his eyes.

To Be Continued ...