Chapter 17 : A Memorable Sight
Girl 1 : So what's do we do now, master?
Master: Sakura! Look out!
(The master lunges in front of Sakura and it hit hard with a intensive ball of fire, shot out from a gigantic dragon)
Sakura: No! Master!
Girl 2: Sakura! Are you alright?
(Girl 2 gasps as she sees the dragon and Sakura's unconscious master)
Sakura: Akira! Please, help me carry master!
(Akira and Sakura both start carrying Sakura's master and the two girls begin to run)
Sakura: Quickly! This way so that we can open the portal!
Akira: The portal!? You sending him to the real world?
(The last sentence echo's as Yuko wakes up from his dream)
It was 8:00am and Yuko had woken up to a very sunny Wednesday, after having experienced another dream, similar to the last one. However, this time Yuko managed to retain the names of the two girls, which were "Sakura" and "Akira". He still didn't understand what was happening exactly in the dream, but since it was only a dream, Yuko preferred to just let go of the subject.
The sun was shining brightly through the bedroom window just above his bed which had caused Yuko to wake up, and find himself in Akiza's spare bedroom. He could hear the faint humming sound of a shower being turned on over at Akiza's room, which bought him to assumed that Akiza was already awake.
Therefore, Yuko decided that he may as well get up now and shower too. As he slowly brought himself to sit upright, Yuko noticed an ice pack fall off his chest. He looked at it confused and looked down at where it had been placed, noticing that he already had fresh new bandages wrapped around his torso.
"Strange", thought Yuko, and got up to stretch when his eyes caught sight of something shiny placed on his night stand, next to his bed. It was small silver plate with a few slices of toast on it and bacon on the side, accompanied by a large glass of orange juice.
Yuko smirked. "Wow, how nice", he thought, now feeling rather enlightened, but decided to take his shower first before eating, since he was never really hungry in the early morning. Yuko lightly cracked his neck, while walked over to his bathroom door and opened it, while rubbing one eye.
He took a few steps into the luxurious bathroom and was surprised to find that the lights were already on and a person was looking at themselves in the bathroom mirror.
It was a girl in a dark red bath robe with her hair all tied back into one very long pony tail. Her face was covered with white cream that she was applying on to herself and Yuko watched silently as the girl went over to turn on the shower next to her.
Yuko stood there, now confused as he eventually recognized the girl. It was Akiza, but what was she doing in the bathroom connected to his room?
Yuko was about to make his presence known when all of a sudden, Akiza took off her bath robe, causing Yuko to freeze on the spot and gulped at the sight of the most divine figure he had ever seen. Akiza turned round, feeling the cold air creep inside, to find Yuko staring at her with wide eyes.
She gasped lightly as Yuko turned bright red. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't know that..." began Yuko, but was cut off as he took a step back hitting his legs against the side of the bath tub behind him, causing him to fall over backwards and bump his head hard against the bath wall. Yuko jerked, as the impact knocked him out unconscious and Akiza stayed staring at Yuko's motionless body with worried, yet guilty ruby red eyes.
When Yuko woke back up, he found himself back in his bed and felt a small ice pack pressed against his head. At first everything seemed blurry, and Yuko groaned and felt his head ache. As he tried to adjust his vision, he soon noticed Yusei facing him, with Akiza (now fully dressed) standing behind him.
At the sight of Yusei, Yuko sprang out of bed and began to apologize to both his friends, but was cut off quickly by Yusei, who then placed his hand over Yuko's shoulder. "How you feeling?" asked Yusei in a calm, comforting tone of voice.
Yuko looked at him confused. "I'm Ok, I guess" he replied softly, and lift his arm up to make contact with an ice pack that was strapped around the side of his head. He tugged at it, trying to remove it and immediately felt a sharp ache in his head. Yuko yelped and let go. "What happened? Why does my head hurt so much? Did Akiza hit me or something?" mumbled Yuko, causing Yusei and Akiza to glance at each other and chuckle.
"No no, you bumped your head against the side of the bath wall, and pretty hard too. The impact left quite a big bump on your head there", said Yusei, rather amused as he patted his friend.
Akiza sat down on to the bed, next to Yusei. "I've already told Yusei what happened and there's no need to apologize. It was all an accident", said Akiza, but didn't look too sure of herself. "Plus, I shouldn't have been using your shower. Yusei was using my one and since you were still asleep, I didn't expect you to wake up so early, so I crept into your bathroom instead", she explained guiltily. "Though when you saw me , you could at least have covered your eyes!"
Yuko blushed, recalling very well what he had had the chance to see and lay back down on to his bed, hoping that the incident didn't upset Yusei too much.
Yusei chuckled lightly under his breath and smiled reassuringly to Yuko as if to say "It's ok. It wasn't your fault".
Yuko smirked and sighed in relief. "Still, I'm sorry about walking in on you Akiza. I should have knocked", he said pathetically, but Akiza just smiled and nodded happily.
"It's alright. At least you're still Ok", she replied, a little worried about the state Yuko was in.
"You really are a hand full, aren't you Yuko?" stated Yusei grinningly. "Now rest some more, Akiza and I will wake you up at ten-ish for some more breakfast", said Yusei casually, and both Akiza and Yusei got up, making their way out, closing the door behind them.
Yuko laughed quietly, happy that Yusei hadn't angered himself over the delicate situation, and slowly went back to sleep into the comfort of his covers.
At 10:30am, Yuko was now down stairs after having taken a nice hot shower and got himself fully dressed back into his school t-shirt and gym trousers. He walked into the kitchen to find Akiza and Yuko both cooking together and giggling amongst each other.
"What a great couple they make", thought Yuko, a little jealous that he didn't have a girlfriend yet.
Yuko sat down on a chair in front of a rather large oak kitchen table and looked around the room, admiring his surroundings. He found the kitchen to be very wide, and judging from the modern furniture and general appearance, it all seemed rather new. In front of where Yuko was sitting, there was another room attached to it with a Tv and sofa, while to his left was the flight of stairs that he had just come down from, and behind him was a nice bright view of the front garden.
Akiza walked over to Yuko and handed him a new plate of freshly cooked bacon, sausages and two slices of toast. "Here. Me and Yusei ate the breakfast we had left next to your bed when you were unconscious. It was getting cold and we didn't want it to go to waste", she claimed, trying to hide a cheeky smile.
Yuko nodded and glanced over at Yusei (who was still cooking). "What is Yusei doing here though?" Yuko asked curiously.
Akiza sighed. "When Yusei got the text message, he got here as quickly as possible on his duel runner to see the state that you were in. He arrived here at midnight while you were still asleep and since I was still awake reading a book, I invited him inside. He seemed really worried about you and got you a few ice packs from the freezer, and funny enough, this morning he was the one that cooked you that breakfast next to your bed".
Yuko smirked. "Wow, Yusei can cook?" he snorted, but he appreciated that Yusei had been worried. Yuko took one bite of his bacon and as Akiza was about to go back to cooking, Yuko reached over and caught her sleeve (like with Stephanie). Akiza spun round back at Yuko with puzzled eyes.
"Where did Yusei sleep last night?" asked Yuko innocently.
Akiza seemed a little shaken by the question and hesitated to answer it. "He umm... H-he slept on the couch downstairs", she stuttered, and forced a smile.
Yuko chuckled silently and remembered that Yusei had used Akiza's shower. "Sure he did", he thought, and let go of Akiza's sleeve, thanking her for the breakfast.
Akiza nodded happily and soon the two friends (Akiza and Yusei) came over and both sat down opposite Yuko with their breakfast-filled plates.
The trio gobbled down their breakfast, Yuko always catching Akiza exchanging friendly glances with Yusei and eventually, the three friends quickly finished, their stomachs filled up to the max. Yuko yawned and scratched his tummy.
Yusei stretched out his arms and chuckled. "That was one hell of a good breakfast", complimented Yusei to Akiza, considering that she did most of the cooking this time.
Yuko nodded in agreement and gulped down the rest of his orange juice before talking about the objectives of the day. "So what's the plan? Are we all gonna go visit the Arcadia?"
Akiza nodded and so did Yusei, his expression filled with determination. L"Akiza explained to me the whole story while you were knocked out. I'm coming with you guys, since I don't trust the people of the Arcadia very much. I'll be there to try and keep you guys safe", said Yusei protectively.
Akiza smirked and nudged him. "Hey, I'm the one with psychic powers. I think I'll be the one protecting you guys".
Yusei and Yuko both turned red, feeling a little embarrassed by the fact that they'll both be protected by a girl, when it's usually the other way round.
"Ok", replied Yusei, and sighed. "However, I do need to stop by at my house since there are somethings I need to get together".
Yuko nodded at the remark. "So do I".
Akiza sighed. "Fine", she moaned, and the three friends cleaned up their plates and strolled outside to where two duel runners were parked, both their rich red coat of paint shining glamorously against the sunlight.
However, even if the two runners were the same color, they each were a different modal. Yuko recognized Yusei's duel runner from Live Tv turbo duels, but had never seen the other duel runner before.
"Who's is that?" pointed Yuko at the duel runner next to Yusei's. Akiza smiled and proudly skipped over to it. "This duel runner is mine", she said gleefully, and Yuko's jaw dropped open. Akiza had a duel runner!? How come he never saw Akiza drive it around like Yusei does?
Akiza laughed at the expression on Yuko's face and threw him a red helmet from the back of her bike. Yuko caught it out of sheer reflex and looked up at Akiza, who smiled and took a seat on her duel runner. "That's a spare helmet that you can use. I'll be driving you to Yusei's", she said excitedly.
Yuko looked up at Yusei with a nervous expression, who started laughing cheekily back at Yuko. "It's alright. Akiza is a pretty good driver on a duel runner. You have nothing to fear".
Yuko shrugged. "Thats not the point", he thought to himself, but now knew that Yusei didn't mind Yuko was to be accompanied by Akiza, and so Yuko put on the spare neon, red helmet over his long white hair and hesitantly took a seat behind Akiza. She switched on the duel runner and Yuko heard the very loud roaring sound coming from the runners engine. Akiza laughed as Yuko jumped in surprise while clinging on to her.
"Are you ready Yuko?" she yelled in delight.
Yuko gulped. "Ready as I'll ever be", he yelled back, and grabbed tightly on to his rucksack as the two duel runners began racing down the New Domino City streets. "Here we go again!"
Yuko: I think that this expression " ;3 " says it all about this chapter! I hope to that you all liked it and I'll be super, duper happy for you all to Review, Follow or add to Favourites.
Akiza: Yep! This really is the most unnecessary chapter! -_-
Carly: Ah ha! Seems like I'm not the only one who's had a private matter revealed! ^_^
Yuko: Oh come on, you two! Don't gang up on me!
Crow: Don't worry, Yuko. I think that those two chapters were very important ;)
Akiza: Of course YOU would think that!
Leo: Hey, what's going on here?
(Akiza, Carly, Crow and Yuko all exchange glances)
Yuko: Ummmm...nothing much :P
Akiza: Yes...dont worry about it. It's none of your concern! :3