I had a fun weekend and here's chapter 9 of YGO Girls 3D's: When Three Worlds Collide!
First off, Alexis had her deadliest beat down with Jaden's mean ex-girlfriend, Natalie for asking him out again and pushing Tea down. She did it because she's in love with him.
Secondly, in this chapter, it's Akiza's birthday today and Tea and Alexis sets her up on her special date with Yusei!
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Akiza's Birthday
That night, the girls went back to Alexis' apartment and later on Akiza stayed awake at the time, looking sad as she sat down on the couch.
"Why can't I get over it right now?" she thought. "Tomorrow's my birthday and that's when my psychic powers came."
*Flashback*
Akiza's father is sitting in the backseat of a car, his assistant in the passenger seat.
"Hey, driver. I need to stop and get something for my little girl's birthday," he said.
"Afraid not," his assistant said. "If you want this Ener-D Reactor, then you gotta pass this funding bill now, okay?"
A cell phone rings and Akiza's father answers it, and a hologram of Akiza at five years old springs from it.
"Hi, daddy! Tell me when you're coming home? I wanna open my present now!" she said excitedly.
"Daddy's working on that, sweetie."
Her father hangs up and groans after that.
Later at night, he finally gets home. Akiza's mom opens the door, eyes looking sad.
"You missed it," she informed.
"I know," he said very grouchy.
They walk into the house, to the room in which Akiza has fallen asleep leaning over the coffee table, her cake untouched and the candles burned down to stubs of wax.
"She waited all night for you," Akiza's mother said. "She didn't wanna eat her cake without her daddy."
Akiza's father runs over to his daughter, knowing already he can't make up for it.
"Sorry!"
He picks her up in his arms and carries her to bed. As she lies there, still asleep, dried tear trails can be seen on her cheeks.
"I'm so sorry," he whispered. "I'll make it up to you; I promise."
He sobs a bit, then takes a small rectangular birthday present out of his pocket and sets it on the bedside table.
"Good night, my little rose."
The next morning dawns warm and bright. We see just the exterior of the yellow two-story house with big, beautiful paned windows and a red roof, and hear a happy squeal from Akiza. She runs down the stairs giggling as her father is about to leave with his assistant; her parents turned around to see their daughter.
"Daddy, it's perfect!" she said excitedly. "My very own deck!"
"Maybe you'll go pro," her father replied.
"I will!" She said as hugged him and looked up at her father. "Why don't we have a duel right now, daddy?"
"I wish I could. But I'm afraid I'm going to be out of town for the next month on a new project. It's called the Ener-D Reactor."
"Please, Senator, we need to leave now!" His assistant called.
"Okay," he said and he turned to Akiza. "He's right. I'm afraid I have to go, little rose."
"No!"
As the angry Akiza looks at the floor and her bangs hide her face from view, we catch a glimpse of the Black Rose when her hair comes down.
"You promised you'd be here for my birthday!" she cried angrily. "You can't just give me a deck and run off! That's not what daddies are supposed to do! This isn't fair! Don't ever come back!"
She runs away up the stairs, holding her deck close as she ignored her father calling her name.
"Akiza? Akiza!"
He stared after her a moment more, then sighed and turned to leave.
*End Flashback*
Akiza was still in her thoughts until someone turned on the lights and it was Tea and Alexis.
"Huh? What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I am really sad," Akiza said.
The two girls went to Akiza, comforting her.
"What's wrong?" Alexis asked.
Akiza sighed. "My birthday is tomorrow and it was the day I became the Black Rose."
The two girls looked shocked as ever.
"Black Rose?" Tea exclaimed.
"Yes. I developed my psychic powers due to lack of love during my birthday. I used to hate my family and classmates and I hurt them so much. I always being called a monster or a witch and they used to be afraid of me. I never forget that my father called me a monster."
*Flashback*
Akiza when she was young, is dueling against her father, Hideo when he just got a phone call with some bad news.
"I'm sorry, my little rose, I must go to work because the reactor-" Hideo began.
"But our duel, daddy..." Akiza sobbed.
That's when Akiza first began her psychic powers for the first time.
"I play Rose Flame!"
She used her trap card to hit her father into a wall and he landed on the floor. Akiza's mother ran to her husband.
"Honey!" She yelled.
Hideo looked at his daughter. "Akiza..."
Akiza got the claw mark of the dragon and clutch her arm.
"Daddy! Help me!"
"Get away from me right now, Akiza!" Hideo yelled. "Get away, you monster!" He realized he said it was terrible for him saying that.
"Don't upset her!" Setsuko shouted at her husband but worriedly.
"M-m-monster?!" Little Akiza began to cry when she heard the word.
"Akiza, I'm sorry!" Hideo yelled at her again as he and his wife watched her cry harder.
*End Flashback*
As she sobbed, Akiza said, "I hated my powers for so long. Until one day, Yusei came in my life and he really helped me."
*Flashback*
Back at Akiza's second duel with Yusei…
"Give him a chance. People deserve second chances. Give your parents the opportunity to show they care about you! I mean, take it from me," he said to the former Black Rose. "In a way, you're actually really lucky. You have a real family."
"A real family?" she repeated.
She looks at her father, still trying to reach her, and her mother, watching anxiously.
"No, I... uh-uh!" she shook her head.
"I'm going to prove to you that you're my friend," Yusei said. "I'm gonna risk everything to show you that I care so much about you, Akiza."
*End Flashback*
"In the end, Yusei taught me not to be afraid and I'll never forget that," she commented.
"Then why are you afraid about your birthday?" Alexis asked.
"Because I'm really afraid because what happened in my past," Akiza said.
The female brunette gently patted the burgundy Signer's shoulder, hoping for comforting her. "It's going to be okay, Akiza. I'm sure you'll have a great birthday tomorrow."
Akiza gave Tea a question look. "How?"
Tea giggled along with Alexis.
"You'll know…." she teased.
Then the two females ran off of living room, leaving Akiza confused.
"Huh?"
Tea and Alexis are at the bedroom as the blue eyed female picked up her cell phone, calling a very special someone.
Her phone answered and replied, "Hello?" It belonged to Yusei.
"Hi, Yusei," Tea said. "It's Akiza's birthday tomorrow and she was wondering that you should take her out on a date."
"Okay, that sounds great," Yusei responded. "I'm looking forward to it. I gotta go because Crow's fighting with Jack… again."
"Okay. Goodnight, Yusei."
"Goodnight."
When Tea hangs up her cellphone, Alexis asked, "How did you know about setting up on a date?"
"Well, I remember Yugi set Atem up with me," Tea said. "Except the time Atem though it was a duel."
*Flashback*
Yugi arrives at the Domino Station without Tea noticing him.
"Ready or not, Spirit," he said. "This is when you take over."
Yugi switches to Atem with the Millennium Puzzle, with him looking confused.
The former pharaoh began to yell at the Millennium Puzzle. "Hey! Yugi! I'm not… You can't… This isn't a duel!"
As Atem was yelling, Tea noticed and turned around to see him. Atem noticed Tea standing before him and showed a rare but rather funny and peculiar expression of embarrassment.
"Hello."
*End Flashback*
"And I bet Akiza's birthday is going to be better than her last birthdays," Tea said as she gave an flirtiest wink.
The next evening, Tea and Alexis took Akiza to put on her red dress; Akiza asked why and the girls told her it's something special. The female Signer got her red dress on back at Kaiba's party and her red shoes. She came out with a confusion look on her face.
"Okay, girls, what is going on?"
The doorbell rings and Alexis shushes her.
"Ready for your surprise?" she asked.
"What surprise?" Akiza asked.
Tea opened the door and it was revealed to be Yusei, who is wearing a tux without a jacket or a vest. The black tie was hanging loose around the collar of his white button up shirt. He had nice dress slacks and black dress shoes. He smiled at her and gave her a red rose.
"Happy birthday, Akiza," he said.
Akiza was surprised for what Tea and Alexis had done on her birthday: going out on date with Yusei Fudo!
"Thank you so much, Yusei," she said.
She turned to the girls. "How did you-"
Tea wrapped her arm around the former Black Rose. "We noticed about your birthday so we made plans for you to go out with Yusei."
Akiza hugged Tea and Alexis. "Thank you, girls. I appreciated that you have done for me."
"Uh, I hate to interrupt the girl moment but should we get going?" Yusei asked.
"Right. We should," she said.
She grabbed a purse and her key as the Dragon Head Signer led her out of Alexis' apartment. She locked the door and took the cobalt-eyed duelist's arm as he offered it.
"Have fun!" Tea called.
"Be safe, you two!" Alexis shouted.
The former Black Rose had enjoyed the evening more than she really ever think she had. She had never really had a birthday like this before that she could remember. She never wanted to forget it. The restaurant that Yusei had taken her to was very nice and he had took her to the park where they danced under the trees.
The dark haired Signer led her to the bench when they sat down. Akiza looked down, her face looked very troubled.
After a second, Yusei noticed. "Is everything okay?"
"I can't stop thinking about tonight," she said. "This is the best birthday of my life. Thank you, Yusei."
"You're welcome."
"Yusei?"
"Huh? What is it, Akiza," he asked.
"I just want to say thank you, for...well, for everything. For freeing me from the Arcadia Movement, from Sayer, protecting me, breaking the hold my powers had on me. You've done more for me than anyone ever has." Her eyes are filled with tears at her next words. "If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have survived my life."
Yusei placed a reassuring hand on hers, his heart breaking at the thought of the pain she had endured. "Akiza, you are the strongest person I know. I'm sure you would have found a way through."
She wiped away a tear off her face. "Maybe, but...I'm glad I made it through with you."
Yusei embraced Akiza in a hug. If only he could tell her how he felt, the feelings he had for her, the love he harbored deep inside his stoic personality…
Then, they looked at each other for a few seconds, their eyes are completely shut as they are about to share the first kiss.
As the two Signers are about to kiss, the bench was tipped over without any warning, sending the two onto the ground.
"What the-" Yusei began.
"I don't know who caused the bench to fall," she said.
But neither one of them noticed Kyle and Liam congratulate each other. They had purposely tipped the boat over to keep them from kissing.
"Nice work, boys." Pandora said as she watched the scene with her magic. "That was a close one. Too close. The little witch! Oh, the Black Rose's girl better than I thought. At this rate, the three girls will be saving their friends and their world for sure. "
The evil woman walked around, grabbing some ingredients as a plan formed in her head. Grabbing a deck of specific spells that had of attributes, she selected the ones she needed, placing the rest in a pouch on a belt she wore around her waist.
"Well, it's time I took matters into my own hands!" Pandora started the spell. "Atem, Jaden and Yusei's love interests will be mine… And then I'll make them writhe. I'll see them wriggle like a worm on a hook!"
As Pandora laughed her known laugh of a young and yet older woman's laugh, she began to transform into a female person. Her light blonde hair turned black and her own height shrank a little, and a young female's voice became her own.
To be continued…
Stay tuned to chapter 10!
