Chapter 10 A happy night.
Yusei woke up to a familiar room and a nostalgic feeling passed through him. He remembered growing up in this very house as a child with nothing but his deck which had been with him since he was born. 'I always get these emotional build ups every time I sleep here. Makes me happy that I can always come back to the one place I truly could call home.' He thought sitting up in his bed and turning to get out. He then straightened his hair and got dressed in a plain blue t-shirt and tight jeans and went downstairs to see no one else was awake yet.
'I guess Akiza and Martha are still sleeping. He smiled. Then I'll just make my own breakfast and hopefully Martha won't be upset. She always did say that you have to take care of yourself after all.' He thought to himself getting some eggs and milk from the fridge. He then started to scramble them and put some toast in the toaster as well as poured himself some milk. As he started plating his scrambled eggs and toast he heard footsteps coming downstairs. He turned around and saw Akiza with her hair down wearing a red short nightgown with thin straps over the shoulders which only reached down to her knees which showed off a good piece of her legs. Seeing her like this made his cheeks turn the same color as her nightgown.
"Good morning, Yusei." She yawned as she made it to the kitchen.
"Good morning. You hungry? I made some breakfast." He offered.
"No thanks. There is not enough here for two and you made it so you can eat it. I'll just eat something later. I'm not really hungry when I first wake up." She answered heading to the cupboard to grab some coffee.
"Alright. Just let me know if you change your mind." He said sitting down to eat.
"Thanks, but it's ok really. I still have to have a shower and get cleaned up. I'm sorry that you have to see me looking like this." She let out still somewhat groggy.
"Well to be honest, I thought you were pretty cute when I saw you on the stairs." He admitted honestly which made him slightly turn away from her. 'Great. I bet that was a stupid thing to say you idiot.' He cursed himself.
"Thanks for the compliment Yusei. But I know that I don't look all that great right now. I don't even have my hair up and it looks so sloppy when it hangs like this." She explained running her fingers through it as she turned on the coffeemaker.
"Well, I must admit that you look different with your hair like that but, it doesn't change who you are." Akiza sighed and then smiled knowing tat Yusei was just being him. She knew that he didn't understand the meaning of women and their looks since had hadn't known many in the past outside of Martha. She then decided to grab a orange from a basket on the counter to tie herself over until her breakfast.
"I know. It's just a women thing Yusei. I would be more surprised if knew understood my reasons since you have admitted you haven't known many women." She said as she peeled her orange until the skin was all off. As Akiza sat beside Yusei and started to eat her orange a awkward silence fell on top of her. She had remembered the night before and were wondering how the Yusei thought about it.
"Um, Yusei?" Akiza asked nervously breaking the silence.
"What is it Akiza?"
"Well, I actually just wanted to know something. I hope you don't mind me asking this but…" She stopped. Yusei stopped eating and looked up at her curious as to what she was trying to say.
"What is it, Akiza?"
"Are we now dating each other?" She asked with a blush. As Yusei heard the question he felt his heart jump two beats. He wasn't sure how to answer that question since he had never dated anyone before and had no experience in the field. But he knew he liked Akiza and knew that she was a great woman, so he decided to give her an honest answer that he knew they would both be happy with.
"Yes we are Akiza. I would be very happy to date u." He smiled back with his strong yet kind smile.
"Oh Yusei!" She ran over fell on top of him with joy and hugged him hard. Yusei was happy that she was happy and as long as he could keep her happy then he knew they would be fine. He hugged her back smiling at the fact that he made her so happy and he himself was happy to have such a kind and beautiful woman by his side. She then let him go and went back to her seat.
"So Akiza, now that you are settled in here, how about coming over to my place today so you can see where I live?" Yusei asked eating his eggs. Akiza's heart jumped at hearing Yusei's request. She had been curious for a while about the place where Yusei lived and had wanted to see it since he told her.
"That sounds great. I would love to see where you live." She smiled finishing her orange.
"Sounds great. I warn you though, it isn't anything big or fancy." He explained finishing his breakfast as well and putting his dished in the sink.
"I could guess that just from the way you are Yusei. You aren't one for big or outrageous things. If it was that extravagate you would hate it I'll bet." Akiza joked and laughed.
"Wow I didn't know I was dating a comedian." He said sarcastically.
"And I didn't know I was dating such a handsome man." She replied back slyly. Hearing his new girlfriend say handsome made his heart jump. He was also shocked at the way she said that. He was happy to see her being more open but he wasn't expecting that. Akiza herself realized what she had done and turned away from Yusei blushing. 'I can't believe I just did that! I just made myself sound like a slut! I was so into the mood that I just let that slip right out.' Yusei went up to her and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Akiza, are you ok?" he asked her worried.
"I just, I didn't realize how stupid that sounded until I said. I'm sorry that you heard me talk like a slut." She sadly spoke putting her hand over his.
"Akiza. Your not a slut for talking like that to someone your dating. Martha also told me once a long time ago that people talk differently around those they like. I know that if you talked like that to everyone THEN I would say something. But if it's with me then it's ok and to tell you the truth I thought it was very cute." She turned and looked into his honest eyes happy at the fact that was raised so well. She now knew that she was grateful to Martha for more than just letting her stay there. She was also grateful that Martha raised Yusei so well and thought about how she would have turned out if Martha had raised her and not her parents. 'Would I have become the person I was if I had been raised like this? Would I have been able to find this happiness sooner if I had lived here as well?' She thought sadly. She then shook the thought out of her head and turned to Yusei who was still standing behind her.
"I'm happy to hear you think I'm cute Yusei. That's really sweet of you. She told him before giving him a peck on his cheek. I'm going to go shower now and get dressed for real. I'll see you in a bit ok?" She then headed for the stairs leaving Yusei alone. He smiled and headed back upstairs to his room to change into something more pleasing since he had thought about what Akiza said about looks. 'I guess that if it's for her I can wear something that you would actually want people to see you in.' He then switched into a pair of black dress pants and a clean red t-shirt with and blue sweater vest over top of it. Martha then woke up and heard the shower going and got up and went to see who was in it.
"Who's in there?" Martha called as she knocked on the door.
"It's me Martha! I'll be out in a few minutes!" Akiza called back.
"Ok! I'll be downstairs just so you know." Martha told her as she headed downstairs. Yusei then came downstairs in his new outfit and Martha was quite impressed at seeing Yusei dressed up so well.
"My lord Yusei! You look great this morning! what's the occasion?" She smirked.
"Well I was planning on taking Akiza to my place today so she can see where I live." He explained sitting on the couch beside her.
"That's great to hear Yusei. What have you got planned or today?"
"Noting at all to be honest. I'll just see how the day unfolds." He admitted bluntly.
"Alright. But just try and keep whatever you do out of the bedroom. At least for now." She snickered making Yusei roll his eyes.
"I knew that was coming." He sighed with his hand over his face. Martha giggled knowing that it was fun teasing Yusei like this since she knew he wouldn't take advantage of anyone.
"Sorry Yusei, I just couldn't resist since it's fun to tease you like that." She continued to lightly chuckle.
"Well anyway, I'll just take her there to check it out and then I will see if she wants to do anything for the day since I have no work as of yet."
"Just make sure to treat her well Yusei. She is a special woman after all." Martha smiled causing Yusei to grin back.
"Yes she is." He said softly to himself. Back with Akiza. Akiza had stepped out of the shower in a red bathrobe and quickly went to her room. She then began to dry her hair and started to try to figure out what to wear for the day. It was her first time ever going into a guy's house so she was a little worried about looking nice for the occasion. 'Maybe I should wear just something casual so I won't look sluttish or too forward. But I also want to look nice for him too. I know he wouldn't really care what I wear, but I still do.' She thought looking over at her closet as she was drying her hair. She finished drying herself off and decided what to wear.
"Akiza! You ok up there?!" Yusei yelled from downstairs which made Akiza jump.
"Yes! I'll be down in a minute!" She called back. She had put her hair up in her normal fashion and then put on a red tank top and blue jeans which went to her ankles and went downstairs. 'I hope this is a good look.' She thought as she headed back to the stairs. She got halfway down and saw Yusei waiting at the bottom. He turned to see her in her outfit and blushed at how cute she was.
"How does this look? Does it look good on me?" She asked looking at herself then back at Yusei. Yusei was quite impressed and noticed that red was a color she always looked good in.
"Yes it does Akiza. You look very pretty in those clothes. Red really is your color." He smiled.
"Indeed. It does seem to suit you a lot. Martha agreed. But I'm going to check on my flower beds so I'll see you both later." Martha told them before heading outside
"Thanks Martha. So Yusei, I noticed that you changed your clothes." She mentioned pointing at his new attire.
"Yeah I thought about what you said and decided that I should also then put on an effort with my looks." He smiled. Akiza was surprised that he was trying to impress her in a way he wasn't used too and smiled back at him at his generosity.
"Thanks Yusei. But you didn't have to do that for me. You looked great in what you were wearing before. So, you ready to go?" She asked sweetly.
"I have been for awhile, but SOMEONE was upstairs probably trying on everything she had." He chuckled which made Akiza make a funny face.
"Oh hush you." She pouted.
"Make me." He dared her. She then walked up to him and went right by his right ear.
"I will tonight." She whispered and winked to him and walked away swaying her hips. 'Wow she really HAS opened up! I have to admit that she is hot when she does that!' He thought to himself. He then went outside where Akiza was waiting for him and started up the runner with Akiza getting on the back . Then drove until they came to a small building that looked like a converted garage. It had a garage type front door with windows, and had nothing around it but junk and vehicle parts. It also had a huge Storage unit on the side of it. (A/n: The one that he was in when the twins and Crow were in with him in the first and second chapter where he works on his runner.)
"I told you it wasn't pretty. Yusei said sadly as he turned off the engine. I hope your not disgusted with it since I know it looks stupid."
"It's alright Yusei. In all honesty I'll bet you feel right at home surrounded by all this metal. Does it look better on the inside?" She asked getting off.
"Yeah. I try to keep the inside tidy so it does look better than this dump pile. So shall we go inside?" He said getting off and parking his runner on the side of the building. He opened the door to reveal a small living room with a small one person kitchen and a small futon bed in the middle of the room as well as a table with tools spread out on it.
"So this is like a bachelor suite, right?" Akiza asked walking inside and looking around.
"Yeah that's what it was converted too anyway. I like it this way though and since I'm staying for free I really can't complain." He explained.
"That's true." Akiza said sitting on the futon. 'This is pretty comfy to be honest.' She thought examining it. Her thoughts were cut off by a doorbell ringing.
"Who would be showing up here at this hour?" Yusei asked as it was still morning. He then went and opened the door to see Leo and Luna standing in the doorway.
"Hey Yusei! Can we come in?" Leo yelled while Luna sighed at his outburst.
"Umm, yeah sure, come on in." Yusei said inviting them in. As the twins walked in they saw Akiza sitting on the futon.
"Hey it's that Psychic girl from that building!" Leo shouted pointing to Akiza. Akiza was somewhat hurt inside by the words but knew that he did have a point.
"Leo! That's not nice at all." Luna scolded him.
"It's ok Luna. I understand he probably isn't happy with me after what happened." Akiza said still looking somewhat sad.
"But that wasn't your fault. We both know that. RIGHT Leo?" Luna elbowed her brother.
"Yeah I guess so." He muttered rubbing his ribs.
"Leo. I know you guys had a bad misunderstanding in the beginning, but what happened with the Movement and all that is now over. Can you please let the past go and give Akiza a chance to be a friend to you?" Yusei asked him with a hand on his shoulder. Leo thought for a moment about what Yusei said and saw that Akiza was truly sorry for what happened and he didn't want to cause any friction between him and Yusei.
"Yeah, I can try." He said sighing.
"Thanks Leo." Akiza smiled at him.
"So Why are you both here so early? Don't you two have school?" Yusei asked getting the twins and Akiza some water.
"We did have it. But it seems that there is a problem with the pipes in the basement so they had to shut it down for a few days to figure out the problem." Luna explained sadly as she liked going to school.
"Well, that does sound bad I'll admit. I hope it all works out soon. So how is school going for you two?" Yusei asked drinking his water with everyone sitting around the table.
"It's been ok. We got some new friends in class that we hang out with sometimes after school. They are really nice and they always are fun to talk too and hang out with." Luna told him taking sips of her water.
"Yeah but I still can't understand why I can't seem to win lately. I wish I could have some good luck come my way!" Complained Leo gulping his water down.
"Well just give it time and keep working at it and you'll do better soon." Said Yusei reassuring him.
"Maybe you should check out your deck and change it up a bit?" Akiza mentioned looking at him trying to get involved in the conversation.
"Maybe. But I know that someday I'll be a true champion one day!" He proclaimed which made Luna laugh and made Yusei and Akiza lightly chuckle.
"Well your going to have to start wining before that happens" Luna brought before laughing again.
"Hey! Your supposed to be supporting me!" He whined.
"Well since everyone is here, I have an idea that might help u. Why don't we have a fun tag team duel?" Yusei asked everyone.
"Yeah!" The twins said together. Akiza suddenly got worried. She didn't want her powers to go berserk and ruin what was turning into a great night. She knew that Yusei was only trying to help but she didn't want anything to ruin what was going on right now. She moved closer to Yusei and whispered to him.
"Are you sure this is a good idea Yusei? I don't want to hurt anyone." Akiza whispered with a worried look.
"You won't Akiza. I promise I will stand by you even if your powers break free. Just relax and you will be just fine." Yusei smiled and handed her a spare duel disk from his closet. Akiza thought about it for a second and realized that she really did want to have fun with everyone and decided to stop worrying.
"Alright Yusei. I'll do it." Akiza smiled back.
"Then let's duel!" Leo shouted. (A/N: I will just skim through these duels as I am too lazy too write them :P but don't worry. I will be still writing full duels later on.) As the duel started Akiza was still worried that her powers would break loose, but seeing Yusei beside her gave her happiness and courage to face her fear. The duel went on for awhile until Yusei let loose a combination with Stardust Dragon to blow apart Leo's Boomboxen. Akiza never lost control of her powers the whole duel.
"That was fun." Yusei said looking at Akiza with a smile.
"Yes it was." Akiza answered back smiling at the fact that she didn't lose control of herself.
"Can we duel again with different partners this time Yusei? I would like to see if I can win with you instead of against you." Asked Leo looking at everyone.
"Sure thing Leo. We will make it guys against the girls." He announced.
"Alright. But us ladies won't lose, right Luna? Asked Akiza smiling at her partner.
"You bet!" Luna responded happily. As they switched partners Yusei looked at Akiza with a happy and relieved look. To see her happy and smiling like this brought him happiness as well. The duel went on for a while again with Yusei going after Akiza and Leo going after Luna.
"Now my Stardust Dragon will attack your Rose Tentacles!" Yusei declared as Stardust blasted an attack at the Rose Tentacles.
"Nice try Yusei! But I play the trap: Wall of Thorns! Now all your Monsters in attack mode are destroyed!"
"I activate Stardust's effect! Now in goes to the grave to negate your trap and returns at the end phase."
"That's fine. Luna smiled. I activate the trap: Bad Reaction to Sinichi. Now you take damage when you normally would gain life points."
"Look out Yusei! I have seen this combo before!" Leo announced prepared for what was about to happen.
"I now play the trap: Gift of the Fairies! Now you gain 3000 life points but because of my trap you LOSE 3000 points!" Luna's combo had brought Yusei and Leo's life points to zero.
"Awww man! I lost again! I got no luck today at all !" Leo sulked dropping to the floor on his knees.
"But it was fun Leo. You have to admit that." Yusei said dropping to Leo's level and putting his hand on his shoulder again.
"True it was actually." He smiled back.
"I think you have a few extra cards in that deck that seem to be dead draws and that could be one reason that you can't win." Akiza brought up as she noticed that Leo kept on making dead draws.
"I guess so. And here I thought I had this thing figured out." Leo muttered quietly.
"It will be ok to change your deck a bit. All duelists do it at some point." Akiza consoled Leo trying to cheer him up.
"Yeah your right, big sister." He smiled back at her with everyone slightly stunned at what he had said. As Akiza heard these words from Leo's mouth she was stunned. She had never been called that before and she couldn't help but feel very happy hearing it.
"Why did you call me big sister?" She asked surprised.
"Because I had so much fun today duelling with everyone. I am sorry I didn't trust you at first but you really are fun to be around! You really are a good person like Yusei said you were. I hope that we can do this all the time, like a family! I wish you two really were our older siblings right now." He said smiling his goofy smile. Akiza was overjoyed at hearing Leo's kind and honest words. Her heart was beating rapidly to the point that she thought it would burst from her chest. She had been called sister and been treated again like family by the very twins she once held hostage.
"Thank you Leo. That means so much to me too hear you say that. She said starting to cry.
"Alright you two, you best get ready to leave. You both have to go back to school when it opens again and this would be a good opportunity to study and catch up." Yusei pointed out.
"Ok. We will be back soon Yusei!" Leo called already heading for the door.
"He is always doing that. But thank you both for a great time today." Luna bowed looking at Akiza.
"No problem. Take care you guys." Yusei said waving goodbye.
"Ok take care!" She called as she began running after Leo. After the twins had left Yusei sat down on the futon and put his arm around Akiza who was still sniffling.
"Akiza?" As he finished saying her name she jumped on him and hugged him tightly crying on his vest.
"Yusei! I'm so happy! My powers didn't go crazy or out of control! I was finally able to control because you were with me! The twins and u have given me another chance at happiness! Even after everything I have done they still wanted to be with me and even want me as a family. I'm so happy to be your girlfriend." She then raised her head to see Yusei smiling down on her and gave her a quick peck on the lips.
"Akiza I told u that I would always be here for you. You can always come to me for anything or to say anything. I'm happy the twins accepted you and I know that Leo and Luna would love you just like a sister." He smiled at her knowing that he now was even more happy he brought her over. As they stared into each other's eyes for a few seconds they let their lips touch each other again. They felt each other's happiness flowing into each other and knew that they were happy just being with each other no matter where they were. They broke the kiss and Akiza gave a direct look at Yusei.
"What's with that look?" He asked sliding down the couch nervously.
"You're a good kisser, Yusei." She bluntly stated which caused a blush to form on Yusei.
"Thanks. But so are you Akiza. You have lovely shaped lips which obviously work well." Yusei complimented.
"Are you just saying that to get another kiss out of them?" She asked slyly. Yusei smiled at her talking like that and decided to up the ante.
"Maybe I am. That a bad thing?" He asked back in the same manner moving closer to her again.
"I don't know let's find out. She said softly before kissing him again. She pressed her lips hard against his as they let their lips indulge in each others taste. Yusei then tried to slip his tongue into her mouth while still keeping their mouths connected. As she felt his tongue moving around she opened up and let it slip inside her mouth which caused her to moan at the feeling of it tickling the edges of her mouth while he moved it all around inside her. Se then decided that it was her turn and moved her own tongue past his and let hers enter his mouth. Waves of excitement and adrenaline rushed through them both as they both went back and forth into each other's mouths. They then pulled away to give each other some breath. They then smiled happily at what they had just done together knowing that they each had no regrets at all at what they had just done.
"Yusei?" Akiza asked looking at him.
"Yes?"
"Can I talk to you about something?" She asked seriously still in his arms.
"Of course you can. What's on your mind?" He asked looking directly at her to show he was curious.
"Well the truth is, I want to tell you a story about my past. I want to tell you what happened to me in my childhood that made me become the way I am or was anyway. The story of my parents and my powers as well as the birth of this mark on me." Yusei looked at her and could see that this was something that was truly hard for Akiza to remember and knew that if she was willing to go through that pain just to tell him this story then he knew that he had to listen to it.
"Alright Akiza. I'll listen to whatever you have to say. If it's truly that important to you then let's sit down and you can tell me all about it." He said seriously. Akiza nodded and moved with Yusei to the couch where she sighed trying to figure out how to word the story.
"Yusei? Before I start I just want to ask you something."
"Yes?"
"No matter what I say or what I do, let me completely finish my story before doing anything ok. Please don't interrupt no matter what I say or do. Please?" Yusei nodded and just sat still beside her waiting for her to start.
"Thank you."
A/N: So Yusei is going to learn his girlfriends harsh beginning. What is he going to hear and how will take the story. To find out the answers to these Questions…R&R