I think Crow may regret filming Akiza in her vulnerable form.
The night hours slunk as slowly or as quickly they could, depending on who you ask. The previous day had been an interesting one for Akiza, to say the least. She had learned of Crow's stride to be a filmmaker and she had also pushed the level of decency when it came to flirting with Yusei. That wasn't necessarily a bad thing in her mind. The dancer was taking a physical and emotional shine on him. Yusei was like a mixed bag of tricks to the dancer: every time she "hit" on him or just talked to him, she would get a different reaction from him. However, she wasn't quite ready to say that set of magic words that would show her still developing feelings for him.
When the sun rose up in the horizon, a new day had begun. A few stray rays of sunlight peeked in through the front windows and gently stirred the dancer from her slumber.
"Guess it's time for me to get up," Akiza croaked, rolling off the couch and onto her feet. She grabbed her makeup, toothbrush, and mouthwash from her backpack and set off to clean her face up from being planted next to a pillow. Upon reaching the bathroom, she came across a note taped to the doorknob. It was from Yusei. She pulled it off and examined the writing:
"Akiza, I'm sorry I couldn't be here to say 'good morning' to you, but an early call came in and a few others came as well. Anyway, I think it's going to be you and Crow for today. When Jack came home last night, he was also cited on public intoxication and disturbing the peace. He did manage to avoid jail time, since Carly had convinced Sector Security to let him pay his debt to society by having him be her extra set of hands and eyes in her journalist job for a while. I'm not sure how long we'll be gone, but my best guess is around when the twins get off school. Stay sweet, Yusei."
"He's so kind," she complimented him, lightly kissing the note before going inside to fix up her face.
When she was done, Akiza's face reverted back to the sweet and simultaneous attractive look she worked hard to have. The dancer also theorized that Crow must be sleeping in. That left her to take a peek at whatever she came across the Blackwing duelist filming the day before. Sure enough, she found the camera still next to the computer.
"All right, how do you turn this thing—oh, here it is," she started to ask before finding the on/off button. "Now, there should be something that says 'rewind' or 'playback' on here." With a little inspection, she found a button that she hoped was the "playback" function. Once it was set, her mind was in for a shock: the display screen first showed the bathroom door and an arm extending out and popping the lock out and onto the floor.
"That was Crow's arm," she mouthed to herself. "Why would he…" Her thought was cut short when the display screen her silhouette inside the shower, then her stepping out and drying off before the 3 minute clip went to black.
"He is in for it now," she steamed, squeezing the camera in her grip and stomping off to make Crow pay for his wrongdoing. Fortunately, when she came up to the kitchen, Crow was rummaging through the refrigerator.
"Good morn—ow!" he exclaimed when Akiza had his face, not once, but twice in successive attempts. "What was that for?"
"You are some other kind of sick," the dancer vented angrily. "How could you do this to me?"
"It….it….it's a weakness," he stammered, trying to compose an explanation. "See, not too long ago, I took this thing to a nearby park to see if there was anything worth filming."
"Uh-huh, sure," the dancer replied sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"Then I came across a bush and thought there might be something behind it," Crow continued. "When I poked the camera through, I saw a woman, with her eyes closed, sun tanning in a two-piece swimsuit."
"I don't want to hear anymore," she quickly rattled, also trying not to cry. "I thought we were friends, but it looks like I'm just a pawn in your twisted game of….porn."
"Think what you will," Crow solemnly told her. "Go on; smash that thing if you must." The dancer lifted her arm up, ready to hurl the camera down but decided not to at the last second.
"I have a more fitting idea," the young woman suggested. "We duel: if I win, you tell Yusei what you did and hope he doesn't flip his lid. If you win, you can keep doing what you do, but it'll be way harder for me to trust you."
"You're on," the slap victim declared boldly.
The pair donned their gear and went outside to the courtyard, not saying one word to each other in the duration. Akiza took her normal spot near the front door, as was during her last two duels. They drew five cards each, set their life point counters at 4000, and the match was on.
"If you don't mind, I'll go first," the dancer growled, drawing to hold six cards. "I'll start off with a familiar face: Botanical Lion!" Right on cue, a plant-like lion hurdled into play, ready to hit something.
"I'll set this card face-down and end my turn there," she said in an emotionless tone.
"Looks I'm up then," Crow replied, drawing his sixth card. "Since my field is empty and you have a monster in play, I can summon Blackwing-Sirocco the Dawn without making a sacrifice." Akiza watched as his five-star winged beast flew in, ready for action.
"Your feathered friend will have to make an early exit, since my Bottomless Trap Hole destroys and removes any summoned monster with more than 1500 attack strength," the dancer gloated, playing her face-down card. She hopped up and down with glee, thrilled that she was getting rid of a powerful monster out of the way in the opening round.
"I can still save my monster with my Shrink card," the Blackwing wielder countered, quickly placing a spell card onto the field and successfully reducing Sirocco's strength to 1000 and dodging Akiza's trap.
"Impressive: you saved your own beast by taking its power down a notch," Akiza commented. "Well played."
"I think you'll find that I'm full of surprises," Crow fired back. "Like Sirocco taking on your lion!" The tall bird-humanoid let out a screech and launched itself into battle, with Akiza's beast counterattacking.
"Before my Blackwing lays a talon on your monster, I activate the effect of Kalut the Moon Shadow from my hand," he continued, discarding a card into his graveyard. "Now Sirocco gets an extra 1400 points of firepower." The young woman gulped as she her monster shattered by Crow's and her points dropped 3500.
"I set two cards face-down and that's it," Crow concluded as Sirocco's strength returned to its original 2000.
How's that for a twist: Akiza winning this duel means Crow has to spill the beans about his voyeurism. Which side are you all on? Review if you wish and shoot me any ideas for where this story should go.