Hello all! So so sorry this chapter is late(?) Do I usually update pretty regularly? Hmm well anyway! I would of course like to thank all my lovely amazing reviewers; FiringShootingStar, Magdalene Thorne, Deseya, and Tachi Tsuki un! All your reviews made me extremely happy! Now on with the story!

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"Yusei come on! I can't just leave her in there!" the dark haired boy shook his head,

"Crow it's late, we can deal with this tomorrow. Jack is just showing his big brother tendencies and needs to make sure she's okay for himself. He did the same thing with us when we were younger, don't you remember?" Crow furrowed his brow,

"No, when did this happen?" Yusei put a finger to his mouth and lead the red head down the stairs; Akiza and the others long since gone home for the night. Yusei leaned against the desk as Crow sat on the couch,

"Back when we were with Kalin as the Enforcers, whenever we would come back from a raid if one of us had been hurt Jack would always check on that person while they were sleeping." Crow made a shocked face,

"Isn't that creepy?" Yusei shook his head,

"He would just make sure we were still breathing before he moved on. He's done it ever since we've know each other, the only reason I know this is because I caught him doing it the day I almost fell off that roof." Crow remembered that, he was thankful Kalin was stubborn and didn't let go of Yusei's hand.

"Jack just got freaked out when you called and said she'd been attacked, so right now he needs to reassure himself that she's not gonna die. Crow thought about it for a second and nodded,

"Ok, ok. I get it, but we seriously need to talk about this. That guy who attacked us, the Crimson Dragon, this Portal, and Pandora. It's all centered on her, what if…she is this doorway for the Crimson Dragon? Back when Goodwin was explaining this too you did he say anything about something like this?" Yusei shook his head,

"Maybe Mina knows something about it," he looked at the clock, "But it's late, so I will call her tomorrow and see if she can help." The red head nodded as he ran a hand through his hair,

"Yeah, alright. I'll leave it too you for now. Where is Bruno?"

"He's doing a test run on Raven's runner, he should be back soon." And speaking of the devil, said bluenette appeared through the garage door pushing a large purple and black duel runner, with the head of a dragon over the front wheel and large wings covering both sides and extending a few inches past the back engines in matching colors.

"Hey guys!" Crow stood amazed at how it turned out, he had left everyone else too finish the painting and last adjustments.

"Whoa! That turned out amazing! How did it ride Bruno?" The bluenette smiled and gave him a thumbs up,

"Beautifully!" Crow smiled, 'This will definitely make her happy tomorrow!' Bruno yawned as he used the tarp to cover the runner again,

"We should head to bed now. It's late." Yusei said walking up the stairs.

Crow nodded, walking up the stairs after him but stopping at Jacks door. 'Just a look.' He said as he tried the door and was happy to see it was unlocked, he quietly opened the door a crack and smiled.

Jack lay slightly on his side with Raven curled up into his chest her hands lightly griping his black muscle shirt, the blondes arm draped over her shoulder as they both slowly breathed in and out deep in sleep already.

'Alright Jack. I get it.' He took one last look at Raven's sleeping face before closing the door again and heading into his own room for the night.

Raven came back into consciousness but didn't open her eyes, she groaned. 'I just wanna sleep more…' she thought as the cold temperature around her finally set into her body, she snuggled closer to the source of heat in front of her. She ran her hands along the broad chest and smiled slightly as she thought it was Crow.

'So warm…' she thought as she slid her hands up to his neck, just wanting to get a good feel of the man in front of her. Raven felt his neck and angular face…'wait…where is his face?' she thought as she realized there was only neck above her fingertips.

She frowned as she moved her hands up more and finally reached the males face, just barely out of her reach. The male groaned and she felt him turn on his back dragging her with him as she was still wrapped tightly in his arms.

As Raven landed on his chest she opened her eyes, rubbing the sleep from them she finally saw the person beneath her, her eyes widened and her heart beat increased. 'J-Jack?!" she remembered too late the events from the night before as she jumped up and kneeled on the bed as pain shot through her body once again.

She bit her lip to contain whatever sound may have emerged from her lips; she saw stars as her eyes opened again, her breathing labored.

Once the pain passed and the stars vanished she took in the blonde before her, breathing slowly her movements not stirring him from his sleep. She blushed and looked away at how much of a creeper she must be watching him sleep like this.

She sighed, 'Now how am I supposed to get out?' looking around she saw the end of the bed wasn't that far from her and it had a small space she could use to slide between the bed and the desk.

Carefully she crawled over to the end of the bed and over the bed frame attempting not too irritate her already sore stomach muscles. She leaned against the desk for a minute, resting before she moved toward the pile of clothes she left and into the hall intending to shower before finding Crow and making sure he was ok, leaving the blonde sleeping soundly.

As she stood against Jack's door and looked at her clothes. Making a face after seeing the dirty state they were in, she decided to head home as soon as possible to treat her broken ribs and get into some cleaner clothes. 'Oh well, this will have to do for now.' As she stepped out of the room she ran into none other than the blue haired man Bruno,

"Oh Raven! You're up! How do you feel?" she knew he didn't intend to scare her, but her heart sped up never the less. She shrugged in response,

"A few broken ribs, nothing life threatening. Sorry for causing trouble." She would have bowed as she said this but the pain in her gut kept her from doing that. Bruno smiled,

"Well that doesn't sound too bad, but you should still go see a doctor to make sure it doesn't get worse." She nodded,

"Are you heading toward the shower?" she nodded again,

"Here, Crow already left for work but I'm sure he won't mind lending you some clothes." Raven made to deny his offer but he was already walking toward the red head's room.

She waited by the door as he went in and after a few minutes returned with a pair of faded black cargo pants similar to those Crow usually wore and a orange sweater.

"Here, Crow doesn't wear these much and the sweater seems to be the smallest thing he owns. I hope this works." He smiled again and walked away.

She smiled at his retreating back and after placing her dirty clothes in Crow's room went to shower.

~0~0~0~0~

After Raven stepped out she felt much better, her side was still bothering her, although not as much as before which gave her hope for just a cracked rib or two, there was a sweet smell coming from downstairs. Going down the stairs took a bit more effort than she thought it would but when she made it down Yusei was sitting at the table with a cup of coffee reading the newspaper while Bruno stood at the stove cooking something. Yusei noticed her and put down the paper,

"Hey! How are you feeling?" she smiled slightly,

"N-No worse for wear. I think I'll survive, may I sit next too you?" he nodded and pulled out the chair for her, she sat down and breathed deeply as the action hurt more than she thought it would.

Yusei stared at her concern in his eyes but she smiled trying to mend his concerns, the bluenette appeared at her side with a plate stacked high with pancakes and placed it in front of her. As she stared at the plate her stomach decided to announce its presence making her blush and the two boys laugh.

"Go ahead and eat up. Jack should be up soon, I think…" Bruno said getting the plates, when he asked her for a drink she tried to stand to get it herself but a pair of large hands pushed her back down again. Craning her head back she saw Jack standing behind her,

"Let the fool do it, you sit and eat." Yusei nodded,

"Believe it or not, Jack's right. Crow left you in our care while he's a work so that means we can't let you do anything that could injure you more." Raven sighed,

"I-I'm ok really, I've had worse." She said smiling but it did little good as Jack sat next too her and started piling the pancakes on her plate before smothering them in the syrup.

"Stuff your face and no more talking." And with that the blonde turned to his own plate and began the process again. Yusei smiled at her,

"You're part of the family now so listening to your brothers comes first." Her eyes widened and she looked toward her lap blinking back tears, she was truly happy. Yusei went back to his newspaper pointing out jobs Jack could try for today and Jack went on too explain how such "Menial jobs were below a man of his stature."

Bruno sat across from her and dug into the pancakes too, and slowly she ate her food enjoying the atmosphere around her.

As she finished and Jack and Yusei left, one to go job hunting (aka drink Blue eyes mountain coffee) and the other to do some repairs and talk to someone named, Mina. Leaving Bruno and Raven alone, though the bluenette was currently on the computer doing some equations for something, it was beyond her area of understanding so she sat on the couch with her legs up too her chest, bored.

It was cloudy outside like it was going too rain, but Raven could feel the chill in the air. 'Maybe that 'snow' that Crow was talking about will make an appearance. I wonder what that looks like.' She couldn't even fathom that so she moved on too something more interesting. Which happened to be at the moment; the tarp covered thing in the garage. She walked over too it and just looked it over, the coolness of the ground making her shiver.

"Are you guys working on something?" Bruno seemed too wrapped up in his own world to hear her, she reached out to take a peek.

The garage door opening behind her made her squeak, pulling her hand just inches from the tarp, she turned just as Crow hopped off his runner tossing his white helmet aside and smiled toward her as his steel colored eyes looked her up and down, making her blush.

Raven tugged on the hem of the orange sweater and looked away from his gaze; the pants were baggy and had to be held up by her belt while the sweater engulfed her shoulders nearly falling off.

"H-Hi Crow…." She didn't notice him coming toward her till he had her wrapped in his arms, one arm around her waist and another in her hair tipping her head back as he connected their lips.

She gasped parting her lips and giving the male entrance into her mouth, his tongue exploring and rubbing against her own. Raven closed her eyes as she tentively rubbed her own against his, a low moan erupted from her throat as this went on making her blush more.

In a flash of boldness she wrapped her arms around his neck as his tongue explored her a bit more before breaking off and pressing his forehead to her own. She blushed an even brighter shade of red as she stared into his eyes.

"That was probably the best hello I've ever gotten." He said burying his face in her neck.

Raven stood there wrapped in the embrace of this man and was happy, for this one moment she allowed herself to smile and hug him back earnestly. And for this moment she completely forgot where she was.

Until a wolf whistle burst their bubble.

Yusei stood at the doorway with Akiza who was blushing; Crow stuck his tongue out at the dark haired man.

"You're just jealous Akiza isn't wearing your clothes." This comment sent Raven into Crow's chest hiding her extreme embarrassment, Crow just laughed.

"Come on! That was supposed to be a compliment!" she smiled even though he couldn't see it.

Crow snapped his fingers and broke their embrace, Raven stood there awkwardly as he walked back too his runner, pulling a large black duffel out of the trunk and something wrapped in colorful paper.

"I stopped by your place and got a bunch of clothes. I wasn't sure what you might need so I just brought some of everything." He said as he placed the bag by the stairs for later storage,

"I-I'm staying here?" she said confused and shivering from the cold traveling up her feet. Yusei spoke up,

"Of course, just until we find out what's going on with this Wulf guy and Pandora." A shiver went up her spine at the mention of those; she wrapped her arm around herself as she looked away. Akiza put a hand on her shoulder, silently comforting. Crow huffed,

"Hey! No making her sad today! Today is a happy day." He said as he handed her the paper thing, her eyes widened as she looked inside; a single purple amaryllis sat inside. Crow winked as he handed it too her,

"It reminded me of you." She blushed but smiled regardless,

"Thank you…you really didn't have too. But I appreciate the gift." She cradled the flower carefully as Crow smiled and scratched the back of his neck; she took a step toward him and leaned her head against his strong chest.

"You're so kind too me." He put an arm around her waist and squeezed her against him, it hurt her for him to do this but right now she didn't care. Sadly Crow didn't see it this way as he immediately held her at arms length pouring out a string of apologies. She smiled and waved him off,

"Raven I'm taking you too see Doc Schmidt. He's a good friend and has agreed to help you out." She furrowed her brows not really liking the idea of being on someone's table again.

"I'm fine really. I don't need to see him; it would just be a waste of time for him."Crow got a strange look in his eyes, like he was sad a look her par-caretakers, she corrected herself still unsure of where they stood, usually wore.

"Then just for my peace of mind? Please?" the look only seemed to intensify after that and Raven had to look away as she nodded.

"F-For you…" The red head smiled and kissed her forehead,

"Don't worry I will be there the whole time so you can hold my hand if you get scared." She held the flower close as he entangled their hands together.

Bruno appeared with her boots and jacket and after some adjustments she managed to get both on without incident. And soon after they were off, Raven clinging to Crow's back, heart beating hard in her chest.

~0~0~0~0~

Doctor Schmidt met them at the door and ushered them inside, Raven felt as if she might pass out as he led them down the hall and into a private room across from the one she stood in with the children before. After her and Crow had filed in he gestured toward the examination table in the middle of the room, and Raven thought her heart might beat out of her chest.

Crow seeing her nervousness grasped her hand and tugged her toward the table, helping her up.

"Alright Raven, I need you to lie down and pull up your shirt. Crow you can turn around if you want." She blushed and as the red head turned, his hand still clasped in her own she carefully pulled up the sweater revealing yellowing bruises and various scars along with bright red and dark purple bruises along the left side of her stomach.

Raven was blushing so hard she had to put her arm over her eyes as Doctor Schmidt did his examination, she bit her lip to keep the sounds of pain from her voice as he poked and prodded her with various instruments.

Finally he nodded and began wrapping a thick brown bandage around her stomach and clasping it down. The gray haired man pulled her sweater back down and patted her arm,

"Just as I thought, some bruising on your ribs. It will just heal on its own, but no strenuous activity okay?" he finished with a smile. Crow and Raven both sighed as the red head turned back around smiling,

"That's great!" Doctor Schmidt nodded as he filled a syringe,

"Now I'm just going to give you some light pain medication and some pills to take with you if the pain gets worse." Her eyes widened at the sight of the needle, but Crow's hand on her hip kept her from moving away from it.

"Alright Raven, just one little prick and then you'll be on your way." He said kindly, she looked at the red head who just smiled back. She just sighed and pulled her arm out of the sleeve making sure to keep the mark on her shoulder hidden.

As the Doctor pushed the needle into her arm she flinched accidentally moving the fabric up, she noticed too late as he gasped.

"Oh my…Raven, what is this?" she looked away,

"It's a going away present from the place she used to live in." Crow answered for her, squeezing her hand and wiping a tear that had formed in her eye. Doctor Schmidt put the needle on a tray beside him,

"May I take a closer look?" Raven still couldn't look at him as she shrugged and in an act of boldness she might be embarrassed about later cradled Crow's hand in both of hers.

Crow was amazed how brave she was being right now, not in just letting the doc see the burns she hid like her life depended on it. But also in how tightly she was holding on too him right now, one hand wrapped tightly around his own as the other moved up his arm.

He kept an eye on the doc's reactions as he leaned down and pressed his forehead to hers to soothe her, he wasn't sure how recent the burns were but he could just by looking at her that it was painful.

"Shhh you're doing great." Raven's face lit up a shade of red as she winced again.

Finally he finished and after rubbing some ointment on both her arms did he wrap them in white bandages and stepped back.

"The degrees of the burns are pretty severe, but not impossible to fix." The red head smiled,

"Really?" the doc nodded,

"With today's medical advancements we can reproduce the skin and place it over the burns and if everything goes well, will permanently hide the scars."

The red head was so happy he didn't notice the girl in front of him suddenly sit up or gaze intently at their joined hands. What he did notice however was when she began rubbing her face against the back of his hand, his eyes widened as he looked down.

She looked back up at him with bleary blue eyes and smiled brightly as she raised her hand and put it against his cheek,

"So beautiful…" she sighed and put her head against his chest giggling. He smiled awkwardly as Doc Schmidt laughed,

"Looks like the pain meds have finally kicked in." Crow sighed,

"She's all loopy now!" he laughed as she began tugging on his cheeks and poking the criminal mark on his forehead. Doc laughed again,

"Indeed, she's going to be like this for a while. But she might pass out before then, so I'd suggest getting her home as soon as you can." Crow nodded as he grabbed hold of both of her hands,

"Ya hear that, Raven? We get to go home now." She laughed then got a sad look on her face,

"But…I don't have a home…Do I?" Doc excused himself from the room at this point as Crow smiled,

"Well duh! Your home is with me, Jack, and Yusei!" her eyes widened like she was truly shocked before she smiled so beautifully bright that Crow thought his heart might stop right then and there.

He could feel his face heating up in a blush as she hopped off the table, she wobbled for a second before her legs completely gave out and Crow rushed to catch her, wrapping his arms around her waist to stop her. Raven laughed as he sighed in relief,

"Alright Raven, up you go!" he said as he turned her around so that she faced him and picked her up by the waist and over his shoulder. She let out an "Oof" as he stood up again, amazed at how light she was.

"You need to eat more." He said as they walked out of the room, only to be stopped by a very angry looking Nao.

"Watch it little man, I almost ran you over." He said trying to be funny, the kid didn't laugh.

"What did you do to Onii-chan?" realization hit as he smiled,

"We just ran into a little trouble yesterday. But Doc Schmidt just finished checking her out and she's gonna be all good in no time." Nao didn't seem to buy it as he stared at Raven's back, Crow sighed and walked around the kid so he could see her face.

He heard the girl gasp and he turned his head to see her grasp at his cheeks and smile,

"How cute! Cute Nao." She did this until Nao giggled,

"I will visit soonish…so be good and listen to Marthaaa." She held out the 'A' in the women's name and laughed at how it sounded. Nao giggled again and nodded,

"Then we can duel right?" Raven smiled and patted his head,

"With duel disks and everything." Even Crow had to snort out a laugh at that comment; she really was off her rocker right now.

"Ok Raven lets get you home so you can be crazy there." She laughed and it took all Crow's willpower not to blush as his heart skipped a beat.

~0~0~0~0~

Getting back to Poppo Time was harder than expected, especially since Raven kept trying to touch everything that they passed by. And he remembered it was his turn to do the shopping, which normally would have taken 30 minutes tops, took all day too complete as people kept staring at them and Raven kept falling off his shoulder. It was frustrating, more because she was so cute while she did it.

Crow swung off the Blackbird as laughed as Raven slumped forward onto the seat, she giggled again.

"Raven you silly bird." Bruno chuckled behind him, having come to see hoped up on drugs Raven. Raven pushed herself up again, swaying a bit before noticing Bruno.

"Brunochii!" the bluenette looked toward the red head,

"Is that supposed to be a nickname or something?" Crow sweat dropped and shrugged,

"c'mere, c'mere! I've got something to tell you!" Bruno blinked and walked toward her, Crow smirked as she giggled out a

"Closer." The bluenette came closer as Raven reached out to turn his head so that she could talk into his ear,

"See that guy?" she said pointing to Crow, Bruno nodded. Raven had another fit of giggles as she said,

"I think I'm in love that in that guy." Both boys turned bright red at this,

"Alright I think that's more than enough of that." Crow said stepping toward her and picking her up bridal style, he blushed again as she wrapped her arms around his neck and snuggled.

"Are you tired Raven?" she shook her head,

"I wanna stay down here until Jack and Yusei get back." Crow blinked confused,

"Why?" She shrugged,

"I need to tell them about the wolf and the dragon…and the sticking! Nobody told me what that is! I should know!" she said getting off topic,

"I already told Yusei, he's looking into it. And maybe now's not the best time to explain that." He said blushing.

Raven blinked, "Oooh…then we should look under that tarp!" she said pointing to it, Crow smiled.

"Not just yet, I want Jack and Yusei to be here when you see what's under there." She sighed,

"But it's for me?" she said getting excited. Crow laughed,

"Maybe it is, and maybe it isn't. You'll just have to wait." She pouted and stuck out her tongue; he chuckled and turned toward Bruno.

"So where are Yusei and Jack?"

"Jack said he was going to stay with Carly tonight since he kind of ditched her yesterday and Yusei and Akiza are still at Sector Security headquarters." Crow nodded as he watched Raven's eyes begin to droop, he smirked as he started upstairs.

"Let me know when he gets back, I want to see what he found out." The bluenette nodded as he returned to the computer, probably doing something Crow wouldn't understand even if he asked the boy to draw him a picture. Raven twisted a bit as he walked up the steps and waved big,

"Bye, bye Brunochii!" Crow chuckled at the nickname as Bruno stuttered out a weak goodbye.

Crow set her on the bed and blushed as she lay on her back and arched it upwards to stretch and let out a groan that sent shivers down the red heads spine. He focused on getting her boots off which resulted in her running her fingers through his hair which also didn't help.

He found the shirt she was wearing the night before, but tossed it aside as Jack's cologne permeated from it. He opted for a black shirt with a torn collar he never repaired but kept around for some reason, walking back over to Raven he put the shirt next too her.

"Ok so…You're going to have to do this next part cuz I-"he trailed off as his steel eyes widened, Raven stripped off the sweater leaving her clad in only in a black bra with purple swirling details, he blushed but couldn't tear his eyes away from the sight.

Raven must have noticed the chill in the air as she crossed her arms together squeezing her breasts together in the process. Only after she noticed him staring and began blushing herself did his body finally have the sense to turn around.

Crow swallowed hard as heat pooled inside of him making it very hard right now, he decided to ignore it as he kicked off his boots and vest. He took a peek over his shoulder and Raven was now laying down where he usually slept her face buried in his pillow, she was mumbling something but it was muffled by the pillow.

Crow climbed in next too her and shut off the light, wrapping them both tightly in the blankets. He felt the girl shift and could feel her eyes on him, he swallowed hard and shifted a bit himself as he felt her hand move up his arm, graze over his neck and come to rest on his cheek.

His eyes widened again as her warm lips came into contact with his own before pulling away again, over just as soon as it began. Raven rested her head on his chest as he sat there trying to control his raging thoughts, raging and very sexual thoughts with which his very hard predicament wasn't helping.

'Come on Crow! Think about sad puppies, or Jack clipping his toe nails in the morning! Anything but that." He squeezed his eyes shut but still the thoughts kept coming through; he blushed and fidgeted around a bit. Raven curled her legs toward her moving Crow's hand from her waist downward and he blushed as he felt not the pants she had been wearing but bare skin which could only lead the red head to delve deeper into his less than appropriate thoughts.

'Crap.' He untangled himself from the sleeping girl and walked quickly from the room, his face bright red as he slipped into the bathroom, shutting the door with a soft click.

Soooo what did you think of my subtly? I thought it was okay-ish. Please review with any questions, comments or helpful comments!

Till next time! :3