*Yusei*
We were all in position, ready to invade the building in front of us. The place where we all had agreed to be part of 'Team Satisfaction' just so happened to be the place where Kiryu was arrested for killing a Security officer. It was the perfect place to hide out in.
The building itself was positioned in an area where Satellite wasn't being rebuilt, not to mention it looked like it would collapse at any minute. I glared up at the five windows with candles burning within them. Star was in one of those rooms, and I was going to get her back.
I heard Crow's voice in my ear as he contacted me through out duel disks. "There are three buildings with candles, Yusei." He said, and I bit my lip. The hideout of 'Team Satisfaction' had been consisted of a cluster of abandoned buildings, and they were all memorable in a way.
One was where we first made a pact as 'Team Satisfaction', another was where Kiryu was arrested. The last one was when Kiryu saved my life when I was about to fall off the roof. All of them could have Star, and I was pretty sure that two of them were decoys.
"Jack." I said into my microphone, "Can you check out the one to the North? You're closest." The one where we made our pact. I heard a "Hmpf!" from the other end, but no complaints. "I'll check out the West one, I think I left some stuff in there anyway." Crow joked, and I smiled a little. Even with the façade of being relaxed, I knew how he really was. Worried, like all of us.
"That leaves me with the East one." I said a bit bitterly. That was the one where Kiryu saved my life, and I knew that it would be hard dueling him with that thought haunting me. I placed a hand over my deck that was strapped to my waist. My passion, my heart, my soul. As it was to every duelist. "Let's go." I said, dispersing ourselves to our designated structure.
*Kiryu*
I watched through my captors eyes as three shadows moved in three different directions. One of them was running to the building I was now residing in. 'Well, well. Kiryu. Aren't you happy? You get to finally fight Yusei, the one who betrayed you.' I inwardly glared at the Dark Signer that was suppressing my soul within my own body. 'He never betrayed me.' I countered. No matter what I wouldn't be fooled again.
The shadow that moved stealthily toward us was indeed Yusei. His hair was unmistakable, but it wasn't only that. It was they way he moved. When I was creating Team Satisfaction, there were other reasons as to why I had asked Jack, Crow and Yusei to join me. Jack was the strongest, and the most intimidating. No threat he made would be taken as a joke. Crow was the trickiest, not to mention the funniest. He always knew how to play a prank on someone and make us laugh. It also came in handy when we were finding more duelists. Yusei was the fastest. Not just in body, but in mind too. He knew how to catch on to a situation quickly, saving our hides more than once.
He had also been the one who reacted the fastest. I thought bitterly, shock had never held Yusei down. In fact, I think it fueled his drive. He was probably the one that got everyone together so that they could find they're comrade. There was a twinge in my heart as I thought of the girl chained to the bed behind me. I know I wasn't the one who did it but still . . . . If only Yusei had let me die in that western town, then maybe we wouldn't have to go through this again.
My body created a sinister smile on it's lips as it walked out the door, but not before making sure that Star was asleep. I felt sorry for the poor girl. She had been violated, although I did all I could to make sure that I didn't rape her, and beaten. I could only hold back half my strength with the beating, which I think was the only thing that kept her alive.
I shivered as I felt my other self have a strange thought. 'NO!' I mentally shouted, trying to pull him back as he unchained the girl. The sadistic voice filled my head as it responded to my desperate call, 'I can't have him holding back in our duel now.' said the voice echoing in my head. 'You bastard! Leave her alone!' I desperately shouted. I didn't want her involved. I had seen how Yusei looked at her, she was extremely important to her. This could end very badly if I didn't do anything soon.
'Kiryu' ignored me and simply glared at the now unchained, sleeping girl before him. "So now, it begins, Star." he said in an unusually serious tone. Confusion overtook me as I watched him bite his finger and watched it bleed. Using the newly drawn blood he wrote a strange symbol on her forehead. "When you wake up, you will remember everything." He said as he turned around and opened a closet.
Inside was a pure white, sleeveless, gown with light blue lace at the edges. A light blue bow was innocently hanging from the lower back portion of the dress. The design was simple but flawless, as a sapphire jewel hung from the chest. He ripped it off it's hanger and shut the closet door with his foot. He went over and started undressing her but I did nothing. I didn't sense any lust coming from his mind, and I was curious as to what he was doing.
He replaced her body with the dress with little to no effort. Was he used to this sort of thing? When he was finished he lifted himself up and walked over to the dresser. He opened a drawer and pulled out a silver chocker necklace with a sapphire jewel in the middle. A perfect match to the dress that she was now wearing. The necklace was placed around her neck, with unexpected gentleness.
'I know you are confused.' he said into my consciousness, 'And I will answer to your curiosity, these artifacts were originally her mother's.' I mentally narrowed my eyes at him, what was he doing? There was a chuckle resonating through my mind. Making me wince at how menacing it was. 'You will soon find out.'
*Side Story*
Me: Yes, yes. I realize that this side story is going to take place in a very confusing time period, but let's all pretend that Yusei and Star have already done it, and are now hanging out at Yusei's apartment.
Friend: Hm, odd. You're not really the type of person to write these things.
Me: *Sigh* I know, but this little side story has been in my head for awhile. Just think of it like an optional filler episode.
*Star*
I pulled Yusei's shirt over my head and let it drop. It reached all the way to my knees, making me feel a bit short. I looked over at the mirror and patted down my hair a bit, so that it wasn't sticking out oddly. I never had really cared about my appearance before, but I was alone with Yusei so . . .it couldn't hurt could it?
Yusei said I could wear whatever I wanted after breakfast, but since the shirt was long enough to be a dress, I didn't bother with pants. Yusei was in the shower, and I knew he had already brought cloths into the bathroom with him so, I decided to look around a bit more.
The TV caught my attention. When I was first introduced to the TV at Martha's place, it had scared me to no end. How could people be moving within such a small box? How could they even be that size? I calmed down only after being explained to that it was just the memory of the people, not the people themselves.
I had gotten the basic concept, and had taken my time watching movies and TV shows. I found it really enjoyable, but what had sparked my curiosity were these things called 'Video Games' that Leo had told me about. They sounded fun, but Martha didn't have any.
I looked over the small collection underneath Yusei's TV and hummed a little as I read the movie titles. 'Duelist Kingdom' and 'Battle City' seemed to stick out to me the most but then there was, 'Duel Academy Tournament' and 'Top Duelists'. Interesting, I haven't seen these before.
My eyes wandered until they reached an odd box that was placed on the bottom shelf. It wasn't a video player, or a DVD player, but it was about the size of one. It was pure black and there were strange connections on it everywhere. "What're you looking at?" asked Yusei behind me, which made me jump a little. "You scared me, Yusei!" I said in mock anger, I turned to smile at him, but stopped when I realized that he only had a pair of pants on. His well-toned chest was bare as he hand one hand drying his hair with a towel.
I blushed and looked back to the collection in front of me. "This box." I said pointing at it, "What is it?" I looked back a bit before I caught myself. "What box?" he said as he leaned in closer to see. He was leaning over me which started to make me blush in embarrassment. I kept pointing, hoping he didn't look at my bright red cheeks.
"Hm? Oh! That's a PS2, I completely forgot I had that!" I looked back at him, confused, but still embarrassed. He must have noticed because he answered me without being asked, "It's a video game console. I'm sure Leo told you about video games right?" I nodded, "Well, ever since Duel Monsters became so popular, the companies making these consoles went out of business. I got this one by scrounging in the Satellite. You can play video games on it, if you have the proper pieces."
I tilted my head. I wanted to play. It sounded so interesting! I wonder what it was like to play a game like this? I shifted a bit as I stared at it, would it be ok? I was startled as Yusei started laughing behind me. "Want to play? I haven't taken it out in so long, it might be interesting." I nodded, excited.
The next hour consisted of setting up the PS2 and getting the proper parts together, and then choosing a game. Yusei let me choose one, which made me nervous. I carefully looked over the games that Yusei had pulled out of storage. I stopped at one with a picture of a boy holding a blue sword as he stood in clear-blue water. I held it up and Yusei widened his eyes at it. "That one might take a while. It took me over a month to finish it." I tilted my head down in disappointment. That long? I really wanted to be able to finish a game.
"But, I did save the game at different points." I raised my head and watched Yusei as he took the game and inserted it into the PS2. "I'll show you the cut scenes so that you understand the basic story-line. It's a pretty sad story, so be prepared." I nodded as I looked to the screen to watch the first scene.
*Yusei*
It was funny to watch Star semi-played the video game. I was surprised when she had chosen Final Fantasy Ten. It had been one of my favorites when I was growing up, and it was the first video game I had ever completed. I watched Star as we went through cut scene after cut scene. Her eyes grew big at parts, while she laughed at others, until eventually we came to the Spring Scene.
Her eyes brimmed up in happiness as the two lovers embraced in the beautifully lit spring. I blushed a little, a bit embarrassed that I was actually showing her the scene and about the fact that she snuggled closer to me when it came on. As the final scene was coming up, I wrapped an arm around her. I wasn't sure exactly how she was going to react, but I knew it wouldn't be a happy reaction.
The final scene. Where Tidus is forced to say goodbye to his lover Yuna, when they finally defeated the monster Sin. It wasn't a shocking ending, but after watching the two lovers to through hell and back to be together, it was heartbreaking. I watched it and pulled her closer at the scene unfolded. It was a long one, and ended with Yuna having to give a speech to the people of Spira.
When it was over, I used the remote to turn off the TV. I could feel Star shaking in my arms, and I knew that tears were coming. "Yusei . . ." she said weakly as she turned her head up so that her eyes met mine. She wasn't crying, yet. "Yes, love?" I whispered softly as I brushed her check with my thumb. "Never disappear like that. Please . . ." I held back my surprise so that I could kiss away the tears that were now streaming down her face. I chuckled a bit before answering her. "I should be the one saying that." She tilted her head in confusion and I smiled. "You dropped into my life and changed it so suddenly. Do you think your going to be able to escape me after that?" I half-meant it as a joke but Star was taking me seriously, "I don't want to escape." She whispered as she let me lean forward to kiss her. Yes, she would never escape me.