Ahh the life of an adult! I've been working so much this week I haven't been able to update till now, anyways! I would like to thank my ever so lovely reviewers; FiringShootingStar, Deseya, Magdalene Thorne and my ever so mysterious Anon reviewer! I'm happy you all like this story so much! Now on with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh 5Ds, just the plot of this story and my own OCs.

A little while later after doing some damage control, wrapping up her luckily lightly burned hand and consoling the crying twins, though Leo did pretend he wasn't, they finally ate the dinner Crow had been preparing and now all of them sat around the table holding various conversations.

Raven's head still kind of hurt but she managed to keep up with all of Leo's chatter about his duel monsters and how cool they were, sort of. 'I wonder if his cards being a certain temperature is a sort of slang.' She thought as Luna managed to stop the boy from talking her ear off anymore.

Luna looked at her concerned,

"Are you sure you're alright?" Raven laughed, someone had been asking her that every 5 minutes since they sat down and she just found it funny. Not to mention Jack, Crow and Yusei kept glancing at her like she might lose it again any second.

"Oh yes, the language here is just very hard to understand sometimes."

Bruno spoke up now,

"How so?" she had to think about it for a second,

"Well, first there's what Leo just said about his deck being 'cool', where I came from when we say that we aren't referring to something as being great in nature, more like just the weather."

"Yeah, you were speaking a different language earlier. Which one was it?" Yusei asked, Raven blushed,

"I-It's French. That's the main language used there, but my parent's also taught me English, Italian, and Chinese."

He nodded his head, Raven hadn't known him long so she couldn't tell what the man was thinking as he didn't' talk much. Then she remembered something,

"Oh! There is one word that I can't seem to figure out! It was what Crow said earlier…about 'sticking'?" She noticed all the older ones blush,

"Honestly if he means to hit me with a stick that doesn't sound too pleasant…" she said completely oblivious.

Crow put his hand over her mouth, and whispered in her ear;

"I will tell you later!" she nodded and decided to ask something that had also been plaguing her mind.

"So umm…If you all don't mind…which one of you are Signers?" They all went kind of quiet then.

"H-How did you know we were?" Luna asked,

"Well, I saw a strange red mark on Crow's arm the night I spent here and as I was doing some research at the library ahh...now what was it called again…"

"She found it on Wikipedia! Not like its some big secret or anything!" Jack said holding Carly's hand as she once again was taking random pictures.

"Yes! That's what it was called! But…you don't have to tell me if you don't want too that is…"

She twiddled her thumbs as Crow took her hand in his and smiled at her,

"Jack's right, it's not a big secret so I see no reason not to let her know." They all seemed to agree which made her really happy.

After which Crow pointed out everyone who was of Signer status, though she was really surprised that Leo wasn't also one. Though she had a feeling it might someday change, they each showed off their individual marks and she was amazed at how beautiful they were.

As Raven gazed at Crow's mark he smiled,

"Anymore questions Ms. Curious?" he joked, she blushed unsure how to ask this,

"Well…there is one…but it might be a little dumb…" The red head laughed again,

"Nothing you could say would be dumb, now ask."

"Well…when I was here that night, I had a very strange dream…about a little girl and the Crimson Dragon…It asked her something about a wish and then it was like the dragon became one with the girl…So I went to the library and researched the dragon itself. On the page it said something about a…portal for the Crimson dragon?" She felt Crow stiffen.

"A-And with recent event's and this Pandora people I keep meeting, I was wondering if any of you had heard of it? According to the page it was supposed to be a person and for some reason these Pandora people think it's me…" she said trailing off at the end.

"I remember them! I dueled one of them when I picked her up a few days ago! Something strange happened when we dueled though…"Jack said, from what she could remember nothing strange happened unless you count being forced to ride side saddle on his duel runner. But that was more scary than strange.

"What do you mean Jack?" Akiza asked,

"When I summoned my Red Dragon Archfiend your eyes changed to a strange color and you kept staring at it! It was like you were possessed or something!" he said looking at Raven.

Raven narrowed her eyes as she thought back; she couldn't even remember seeing the dragon until the it was attacking the other duelist, although she did remember feeling like the area between her shoulders was on fire.

She remembered feeling the same thing when she and Crow kissed a few days ago too, though it made her blush to remember it. 'But there's no way right? I mean in my dream the little girl was strapped to a table with a scientist! I've never even seen that place before…'But even she knew that was a lie as she felt the familiarity of the room in the dream, and even the fear of the scientist.

Raven had to admit, it was all strangely familiar.

She shook her thoughts as Crow began speaking again,

"Well, it won't do us any good to worry about who it might or might not be. For now we will see what we can dig up on these Pandora people and the Portal." Raven nodded, Crow stood up suddenly dragging her with him to his runner.

"Whoa! Crow where are we going?" the red head stopped and pulled her close to him, kissing her lips lightly. She blushed as Leo laughed in the background,

"We, are going on a date!" he replied with a smile as he put on the jacket she bought him and handing her his extra helmet and putting his own on.

"Ehh? W-We a-are?" Raven didn't even have time to process it as he picked her up and placed her on his runner before jumping on and waving goodbye to the others and taking off out of the garage. She heard Jack yell something but it was cut off by her squeaking, and the red head laughing.

She wrapped her arms around his waist and decided to wait and see what was going to happen next, and if she knew Crow. It could be anything.

~0~0~0~0~

It wasn't until they stopped that Raven could feel her hands freezing as she had forgotten both her scarf and her gloves. Crow hopped off the runner and held out his hand for her, Raven looked at the building they were currently parked in front of.

It was large and white with a window-dome, there were some words on it as well but it was too dark for her to see what it said. Crow wrapped his arm around her waist leading her into the building. As they walked through the doors Raven could have sworn she smelled something…damp?

The inside was also rather dark, she could barely she anything in front of her. As they walked however little lights turned on in the ceiling, and she noticed the floor was made of a strange stone, one that seemed to cover the entire room.

She looked to Crow as they came up on another set of doors and stopped, he smiled down at her,

"Do you trust me?" she nodded,

"Close your eyes then,." She stared into his eyes for a second, not really understanding. He laughed and kissed her lips,

"It's a surprise, now close your eyes you silly girl." He put his hand over her eyes, so Raven closed them. She heard the door open and was pulled through, walking through she smelled the damp smell a lot stronger now. But there was more too it, the sound of running water was everywhere. Crow's voice right next to her ear made her blush,

"Alright, now open your eyes." He sounded excited, which made her excited in turn. She opened her eyes and gasped, they were standing in dark room, lit only by the light of small tube like tanks that held fish.

Raven was so surprised; she didn't even know there could be this many fish. One held bright red fish that looked like something you'd find in a fantasy book; another held thousands of little flat fish that shone like silver, she smiled at Crow as he pulled her towards a tank that held something looking like a lantern with little tentacles.

"Oh my gosh! I've never seen anything like this place! What is it?" she asked touching the outside of the tank.

"It's an aquarium, they basically take a bunch of fish they don't want to go extinct and put them here so they can live and be safe. Do you like it?" he said rather sheepishly. She turned a smile still on her face and hugged him tightly,

"this place is amazing! Is there more?" Crow laughed and held her hand in his as they started walking, everywhere he took her was a new fish, and some strangely shaped others bigger than she could imagine a fish to get.

There was no one else in the building so whenever Raven saw something new or cool looking she would make a surprised sound that would echo throughout the place. Eventually they came to a long tube like hallway with the water and fish swimming all around it. Raven was a little scared, but Crow just smiled and lead the way.

There were benches in the tube-hall, so he lead her to one of them and sat down. She looked at him still smiling,

"Crow this place is amazing, thank you so much for taking me here." He blushed,

"I'm glad you like it. But there's something I want to talk to you about…" he trailed off still blushing.

"Oh…" she looked down; it sounded like he wanted to take back what he said before, about loving her. He used his hand to tip her head back up and kissed her,

"It's nothing bad! I just want to talk about me a little bit, like where I come from and all that. Ya know, since I know all about where you come from."

'That's right, I don't know much about him other than what he's told me so far.' She nodded her head,

"I wish to know everything I can about you Crow! Please tell me." She grasped his hand in both of hers and listened carefully as he began.

~0~0~0~0~

"And yeah, that's pretty much it…" Raven stared at him for a second before tackling him into a hug. It took all her effort not to cry at some parts, both from happiness and sadness. The red head continued to amaze her all the time with his strength and courage and now was no different.

He seemed surprised at first, "R-Raven?" she just hugged him tighter,

"Y-you're so amazing! I wish I could be as strong as you…" Crow just chuckled and pulled her back,

"Silly girl! You are strong already, though we both struggled in different ways; we're both strong because we survived our hells."

Raven stared at him more amazed than ever, she squeaked as she was suddenly pulled into the red head's lap. Crow just laughed as he moved forward to kiss her, but she blushed and turned her head away.

Crow pouted, "Come on, don't get shy on me now. I just want to kiss my girlfriend." He said with the smile that made her heart skip a beat.

"G-Girlfriend?" she stuttered, he nodded as he kissed her neck.

"Yep, cuz even though you don't say it, I know you like me the way I like you."

She blushed as her heart beat increased again, but she still couldn't turn her head. She squeaked again as he suddenly bit her neck lightly sending chills down her spine, only then did she turn to stare at him. The red head laughed as he leaned in to capture her lips.

He held her back tightly to keep her from falling as she sat with her legs on the outside of his and he pushed her back farther, his strength would have amazed her again but she would more interested in the fact that he had shoved his tongue into her own mouth and the feeling it brought about as he wrapped and twisted it around her own.

Just as Raven was about to run out of air a large thud echoed throughout the room, shocking her so much that she nearly fell out of his embrace. The room they were in, along with every room around them was completely black except for some small lights inside the tanks but it provided no light for the human inhabitants.

"What the hel-heck?!" he corrected himself, she vaguely wondered what he was actually going to say, but was more concerned with the fear growing inside her, Crow rubbed circles on her back as she bunched his shirt up in her fists.

"I guess the power went out or something." He didn't sound convinced though as he moved her so she sat next to him again, she saw the outline of him stand up and quickly reached out to grab him.

She felt him place his hands on her shoulders,

"Don't worry, I'm just gonna see what's going on with the power. Just stay here ok? You can still see the fish, and maybe even a shark." His tone was light but she could tell he knew something was right.

A voice inside her said; 'Don't split up' but before she could even think to voice this Crow's footsteps were already heard walking away from her and soon out of range. She sighed,

"This is such a bad idea." She said to no one as she looked at the water in front of her, seeing a large group of silver fish swim by.

They soon disappeared into the darkness as a large strangely shaped fish took its place; this interested her as she got up and walked closer to the glass on the other side of the tube-hall.

It was swimming like a snake, but had the shape of a T. She was fascinated by this creature, though the darkness and it's slow swimming made it hard to really get a good look, she was shook from her staring as Crow's yelling out reached her ears.

When she turned she noticed a tall black figure standing there, her heart lurched as this person roughly grabbed hold of her shoulders and held her tightly.

"No! L-Let me go!" she yelled, but the man tied her arms behind her back and a cloth over her mouth.

"Damn, so noisy. Don't worry about your little boyfriend, the boss just wants' to talk with you." He said gruffly as he began dragging her away, she struggled with everything she had, but it did little good. 'Boss? Who are these people? Where is Crow?' she thought trying desperately to use her powers, but to no avail.

After a bit she heard a metal door open and she was shoved inside, landing hard on the floor. She winced as her body landed hard against the carpet floor, looking around she saw this room was a bit more lit with small lights on the ceiling and floor. The room was extremely large with a glass wall on the far side, and what appeared to be a person standing in front of the glass.

Their back was too her, but she could see they had short white hair and a long white coat with black slacks. The person turned and her heart stopped. Deep black eyes only hidden behind rectangle shaped glasses and a smile that made the air around them drop in temperature.

'T-That's the man from my dream!' she thought as he walked closer to her, his shoes clicking against the floor making her heart pound harder and harder the closer he got. By the time he was at least a foot away her breathing was so unstable her sight had blotches, and tears were running down her face as she stared up at the white haired man. She couldn't look away, as if she was being drawn into those deep dark eyes.

Raven's heart nearly stopped in her chest when he kneeled down and grabbed hold of her hair, pulling her up so that she was at eye level with him, as she looked directly into those eyes more tears ran down her face. The man just smiled,

"It's nice to see you again Portal, or should I call you Raven now?"

She mentally recoiled as her name rolled off his tongue; she cringed as he stood up again still holding her up by her black locks. Before she even had time to react, he dropped his grip and kicked her hard in the gut sending her body flying into the wall behind her and landing on the ground in a heap.

Raven felt as if she couldn't breathe anymore, like her body wouldn't accept the air she was attempting to get into it, she was so preoccupied with this that she saw too late the foot that was coming toward her again until pain exploded in her and a cracking noise filled the air. The white haired man laughed,

"Well, looks like I broke some ribs. Oh well!" he said kicking her hard as she coughed up blood. She laid there hacking up blood when he finally stopped; the gag had fallen off sometime when he was beating her,

"W-Why?" she barely got that word out as another wave of pain came from her stomach. He smiled as he leaned down grasping her chin in his iron grip,

"Why you ask? Because you are nothing more than a puppet, and no matter where you run I will always pull your strings." Her eyes widened,

"W-what do you mean?" he laughed,

"Don't tell me you've forgotten dear Raven! Sixteen years ago I created you to be the perfect host for the Crimson Dragon!" Raven's heart did stop this time, 'I-It can't be…'

"And you didn't fail me, now you alone play host to its great power. Power I will use to bring Neo Domino city to its knees! And thanks to the plague I spread it won't be long now till the Dragon awakens." Raven shook her head, more tears running down her cheeks.

"I-I stopped it! There's a cure and I already gave it to the city." She said her heart beating rapidly in her chest. The white haired man shook his head,

"You're little cure will do no good. You see, this plague is stronger than your average germ. And soon the first ones will die, and I'm the only one with the actual cure. So I'm giving you a choice my creation; give me what I want, or watch as the bodies begin to stack up." Raven couldn't breathe; this was all too much to process at once.

Before she could reply, the man that had grabbed her before flew through the door and landed on the ground unconscious. She heard a popping noise as someone walked through the open door, Raven couldn't see as the white haired man stood in her path

"Well, looks like your knight in shinning armor has come. Too bad, and we were getting so close too." He stood up, dropping her face first onto the ground and began to clean his glasses.

"Raven! Who the hell are you? And what did you do to her?!" 'C-Crow?' she knew it was him, even though she couldn't see through her blurring vision.

The white haired man looked down at the girl behind him, Crow wasn't sure who he was but seeing as he was the only person in the room he figured that this guy had caused Raven's injuries. Crow clenched his fists as he spoke again;

"I was just getting reacquainted with my pet here. Though it seems we are out of time for today."

The red head growled and stepped toward the strange man, intent on punching his lights out for calling her a 'pet'.

"Who the hell are you?" he said nearly yelling, the man sighed and pushed up his glasses.

"You may call me Professor Wulf, or Doctor. Whichever you prefer." He deadpanned.

"Are you with those Pandora people who've been after her?" Wulf chuckled,

"With them? I own them! Just like this little gem right here." He said tapping Raven's cheek with his shoe.

It took all of Crow's will power not to knock him into next week as he looked into Raven's eyes, so he held his ground.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I must be taking my leave now. " He continued passed the red head and stopped just before the door.

"Let me warn you boy," his voice dropped menacingly, "she is mine, and I don't like people messing with what's mine." And with that he walked out, leaving the unconscious man with the two teens.

Crow glared at the doorway before running over too the barely conscious girl, he carefully untied her arms and removed the gag around her neck before checking her over. She winced as he ran his hand over her side,

"Damn that bastard…" he hissed, tears rolled down her cheeks and he carefully wiped them away.

"Just bare with it a little longer, I called Jack and Yusei, and I'm sure they will be here soon." He said trying to be reassuring, but she just shook her head.

"I-I'm sorry, I know this was supposed to be special but now it's ruined." The red head's eyes widened and he smiled.

"Are you kidding? What's a first date without a little trouble?" She smiled slightly,

"I hardly think this…counts as a little." She said taking in a painful breath, she was still trembling but he was happy to see the frightened look leave her eyes.

"Raven, What did that guy, Wulf or whatever, say too you?" She looked away and didn't say anything.

"Raven I promise I will protect you, but I can't help you if I don't know what's going on." She frowned, and slowly pushed herself off the ground. Crow rushed to help her as she winced, he grabbed her shoulders and leaned her against a nearby wall.

Raven sighed,

"I just don't want you too hate me…" Crow smiled and kissed her forehead,

"That would never happen." She stared at him, and the red head felt she was analyzing his words. After what felt like an eternity of just staring at one another she sighed and began from the beginning.

As Raven fished she unclenched her fists, leaving crescent shaped indents in her palms. But she wasn't concerned about that, more so about the look Crow was giving. She couldn't see his eyes but she could tell by the set of his jaw that he was thinking, hard.

A thought occurred to her then, what if telling him all of that proved how much of a nut job she was? After all, who in their right mind would want to be around someone like her; she couldn't walk in large crowds without having a mini panic attack and she most certainly couldn't love anyone.

Because, how do you love someone when the only bit you've received was probably faked? 'If my real father is Wulf then…were those two just using me also?' her heart throbbed painfully at that thought, she stood up with the help of the wall. The red head didn't even seem to register the movement.

She wrapped her around herself to hold the broken pieces together, she walked a couple steps before she had to stop, the movement was difficult and she could feel the broken ribs now, though she hoped for her own sake that they were just cracked. Her breathing got heavy as she kept moving forward,

"Sorry…I shouldn't bring you into this…it's really not…"Raven huffed as she said this, her vision going fuzzy, eventually the world seemed to tilt and her legs came out from under her.

She squeezed her eyes shut expecting to feel the ground, instead warmth embraced her, there was a chuckling above her,

"Idiot, I said I'd help you and I will." Raven opened her eyes as Crow moved his hands under her knees, picking her up bridal style. "I'm sure Jack and Yusei will feel the same way."

She stared up at his face, that smile that made her heart do funny things plastered on his face. Like clock work fast footsteps were heard coming down the hall, the next second a tall dark skinned man with an scar on the left side of his face, this however wasn't what scared her most.

"Nobody move! This is Sector Security!" His booming voice was what sent Raven clinging tightly and hiding her face into the red head's chest.

"Yo Trudge! Bout time you got here!" Crow said light heartedly, "You get caught up with another kitty in a tree or helping an old lady cross the street?" The taller man stuttered,

"Hey! That's my public duty, and I don't see you getting cookies from those ladies!"

Crow's grip tightened around her, but before he could reply there was an "Oof." She turned to look and standing before them was Jack, she looked down she realized the blonde was quite literally standing on the scarred man.

"Jack!" she said happy to see the blonde, though he didn't even nod in her direction, he walked straight up to the red head glaring daggers the whole time.

Raven thought the blonde was going to tackle Crow with her in his arms, but he stopped close enough to where she felt his stomach touching her elbow. Being sandwiched between them was nerve wracking, made even worse by the tension currently running between the two men.

"Jack I get you're pissed, but we're both fine, just some bumps and bruises." Crow said attempting to calm the taller male; Jack narrowed his eyes and in a flash swung his arm hard beneath her back, hitting Crow square in the stomach. The red head hunched over, his grip slackening to nothing as Jack replaced the red head's arms with his own allowing her to roll into his embrace.

Raven yelped and bit back a cry of pain the sudden shift, as Crow hit the ground clutching his stomach the blonde turned and began walking out. She looked past his shoulder and saw Crow was glaring toward his retreating back; she then looked toward the blonde who was staring resolutely forward.

"Jack…" but he silenced any other words with a stern look, the door closed behind them blocking her view of Crow. Next thing she knew she was placed onto Jack's runner with him sitting in front of her, pinning her into place. She sighed and held onto his waist, not long after that did they arrive back at the garage, she attempted to get off on her own but slipped.

Jack was quick however and scooped her up into his arms again carrying her against his chest, though he was gentle in his actions Raven still had to bite back another yelp as her injury was jostled again, Yusei walked toward them with a confused look,

"Jack, what are you doing? Crow just called and said you stole his date. Care to explain?" Jack seemed to ignore him as he carried her up the stairs and through the door to his room. Only then did he release her.

Right on his bed, this time however she couldn't hide her pain as she screamed and clutched her side. Raven had her eyes closed but she could tell that just enraged him more. Yusei ran into the room,

"Jack! What the hell man? What are you doing?" The blonde just walked out of the room with Yusei following.

Raven decided it would be better if she didn't try to move right now, but she heard shouting from outside the room; well, Jack was doing most of the yelling while Yusei was talking calmly. Raven sighed and slowly sat up, wincing in the process, Jack returned to the room and tossed the shirt and shorts she was wearing the last time she was here,

"Get changed, you're not going anywhere tonight." He said before walking out the door again.

'I suppose he has a point, the way I am right now I won't be able to get home even if I wanted too.' Slowly and carefully she managed to change her clothes before lowering herself back onto the bed. By this time however she heard another more familiar voice join in the yelling game outside the door.

The door knob jiggling made her gasp as she sat listening to the sounds outside,

"Jack seriously! This isn't funny man, let her out! Raven? Are you okay?" after a couple of breaths she managed a weak,

"As good as can be expected..." Before Jack spoke up again.

"She is staying with me for now since you can't seem to keep her from getting hurt." She heard Crow scoff and Yusei sigh,

"Jack why are you acting this way? She isn't a toy; you can't just take her away when you feel like I don't deserve her!" Crow replied banging his fist against the door.

"How I treat her is none of your concern and if I am correct I think I've done just that." And with that he opened the door again and walked inside closing it again just before Crow could squeeze inside. She heard him banging on the door a few more times, but Raven was more concerned with the tall blonde standing before her.

"Scoot back, we're going to sleep now." Her heart pounded in her chest and she swallowed hard,

"H-Here?" Jack scoffed and started unzipping his long white jacket and pulling off his boots.

"Of course! Where else would you sleep?" she looked around awkwardly as his earrings hit the desk next.

'I was kind of thinking in my bed…' she thought as he turned and strode toward the bed in nothing but a black muscle shirt and his white pants, she backed up toward the wall as he reached over and shut off the light before laying down next too her.

Raven could feel her heart beating hard and wondered if he could hear it, Jack moved the large comforter over them, forcing her to lie down in front of him. She could hear Crow talking with Yusei outside the door and wondered what to do now, even as the blonde moved one arm under his head and the other around her shoulder.

As the warmth from the blanket and the blonde in front of her eclipsed her, her eyes grew heavy. She heard Jack whisper something;

"Don't worry, I'll protect you." And she fell into the darkness of her mind.

*Sigh* So believe it or not I've actually never been to an aquarium so i just had a bunch of pictures to go off of, so I hope I described it pretty well. But over all i'm pretty proud of this chapter, seeing as most of it was written on my phone during lunches and breaks. Anywho! Please Review with any thoughts, opinions, or helpful comments!

Till next time! :3