Gahhh I'm so sorry! I really meant to update on time this week, but work got stressful and I caught a cold to boot! So whenever i was home i was downing cold medicine and being miserable or sleeping. I do hope you'll forgive the lateness! Please blame it on my poor immune system! :P

Anyway! I can't really explain how much a I love all my reviewers from the last chapter; FiringShootingStar, Scarlett Wolf, and Magdalene Thorne. You all are super duper ever so awesomely amazing! I hope you'll continue to read my story!

Disclaimer: If I owned Yugioh 5Ds I wouldn't have to work and be miserable all the time, however I do own the plot of this story and all my OC's.

Not long after as Raven sat downstairs she heard Crow's bedroom door open, they had both realized he hadn't taken any change of clothes in the bathroom with him. After said realization and the sound of the water turning off the girl had make a quick B line down the stairs and pretended she didn't hear the red head's bare feet slap against the stone hallway and the sound of his door shutting.

Busying herself with swallowing one of the blue and red pills Doctor Schmidt had given her for her ribs, with a glass of water before sitting quietly down on the sofa, the plush bird she had yet to name against her chest her knees locking it in place as she pulled them toward her.

It was silent except for the muted sound of Crow in his room and the wind outside, not particularly enjoying the silence Raven got up again and spotting her messenger bag by the stairs dug out her sketch pad and a pencil and began touching up her latest pictures; adding shadow, redrawing faded lines and even starting outlines for new drawings of things she saw at the festival.

Finally she turned back to her picture of Crow, which she had avoided purposely. Other than a few touch ups here and there it was still in good condition and held all the beauty from the moment she drew it, she smiled at the memory and then blushed at how much things had changed since that moment.

"Wow that turned out great! Almost makes me look handsome!" the pencil flew out of her hand as she jumped, turning she noticed Crow standing behind her leaning over the back of the couch and rubbing a towel over his wet hair. She could smell the spicy scent of his body wash as he stared at the picture in her lap, she could even feel the warm steam that rose off his body. Not realizing how close she was getting she jumped when he spoke again,

"Do you really think I look like this?" his voice sounded truly disbelieving and she could see the slight blush on his face as he stared at her, she nodding blushing down at the picture as a small smile touched her lips.

"Of course, when I first saw you in the park playing with all the children the first thing that came to mind was…" here she blushed a bright red but forced herself to continue,

"H-How beautiful you were, e-especially with those marks on your f-face…T-Those are m-my favorite parts of your face…a-among other things as well…" she probably looked like a tomato by the time she finished.

Slowly moving her head upwards to look at the red head, pale blue eyes widened as she realized he wasn't standing there anymore. Confused she twisted in around until a voice spoke up from directly to her right,

"Raven!" The dark haired girl jumped and turning her head quickly in that direction she was tackled onto her back, the sketchpad landing on the floor in front of them and Crow smiling happily as he straddled her waist. Here she finally got a look at him; wearing a white sleeveless hooded shirt and a pair of loose green sweat pants.

His hair was still damp in places and hung down randomly over his face without his headband, though even without it his hair seemed to still stand on its own against gravity. She wondered idly as she stared up at him if it did it naturally, but that thought was quickly swept away as he leaned down pressing both of his gloveless hands on her cheeks and capturing her lips with his own.

Raven responded slowly, loving the feel of his tongue sweeping across her bottom lip. She ran her hands up his arms, feeling the ridged muscle beneath her finger tips expand and contract as he leaned over. Tentively parting her lips she gasped, balling the fabric of his shirt over his shoulders, his wet muscle diving into her and tangling with her own.

A warm hand slowly slid down from her cheek to her neck, rubbing small circles as it continued downward, though she paid little mind to it as the feeling of his mouth on her own sent shivers down her spine, so when that very same hand slid directly over her chest did she inhale sharply, he chuckled against her mouth as he gave it a gentle squeeze before continuing its trek.

Pecking her lips one more time he moved downward placing small kisses on her cheek and chin before coming to rest on her neck, blushing furiously as even the feel of his hair tickling her face sent pleasant waves down her body, though not as much as what his hands seemed to be doing as she felt them reach the hem of her sweater, her eyes widened.

"C-Crow…" her voice trembled terribly as it came out no louder than a whisper; the red head nipped her neck in response sending a sharp feeling down her body where it pooled at her core. Moaning loudly she arched her back and felt the warmth of his hands on her stomach without the cover of her sweater.

'W-What is he doing?' Her eyes widened as she felt something hard press against her thigh, 'H-He can't want too…' her thoughts proved right as the sweater moved upward while his hand came to rest down there.

Heart beat shooting through the roof she struggled to find her voice, to find someway to tell him, pale blue eyes welled up with tears her voice coming out as a small whisper;

"Stop."

Crow, carried away on the high of passion and happiness moved almost on instinct. His hands sliding under her shirt as if they had a mind of their own, a vague part of him warned him this might be asking for too much too soon, but was drowned out by the wondrous sound of her voice and the way her body responded to him.

His body moved on its own, prepared to give this sweet girl ecstasy beyond her wildest dreams, that he barely noticed her body suddenly tense or even how her voice seemed to tremble, not with passion but with fear as she struggled to speak.

When she did speak however it completely shattered the haze he was in and he realized the reality of the situation; quickly jumping off the couch the red head backed up until he hit the coffee table which he slowly lowered himself down on as he saw the tears in her eyes and how her body shook, but he could still see worry in her eyes.

The damned worry not for herself, but for him, as her pale blue eyes locked on his.

"R-Raven…damn it!" he buried his head in his hands, hating himself for getting so carried away. He heard the shuffling of fabric but couldn't bear to look at her,

"I'm so sorry…I should have known…I'm sorry…" once again he had gotten too carried away with his own feelings that he hurt her, he was so stupid! 'I should have stopped sooner or at least looked up! Or-' but the thought was cut off as arms wrapped around his head.

"Shhh Crow…It's alright." Her voice was thick with emotion as she spoke, resting her head against his own she continued. "Please understand…I-It's not as if I don't want you like that its just that…" she sighed, "We were always taught that when we were to give ourselves to another that way it was only for the purpose of bearing children."

His eyes widened, 'She was scared because she doesn't want to get pregnant? Not because I pushed her?' her voice pulled him from his thoughts, "B-But I w-would like too…you know…but only when we know each other better a-and I'm not such a coward."

Crow couldn't stop the wave of relief that washed over him as he wrapped his arms around her waist and burying his face in her stomach placing light kisses everywhere, he chuckled at her squeak.

"I don't mind if we take our time, because I'm all yours if you're all mine." It was a cheesy line even for him, but as he looked up into that beautiful face and saw her smile before a giggle erupted from it, she almost seemed to glow with happiness. He smiled as his hands rubbed lightly over her sides as he stood up, he didn't actually notice till now; but it was weird being taller than someone.

The kids he took care of and the twins aside, he was usually the shortest of the trio and while most of the time it didn't really bother him there were times we wished he would get just a bit taller. But right at this moment, being able to look down into her face and watch her admire his own, she had some fascination with his markers which was cute since most people hated him because he had so many; it made him glad he was the size he was.

But now that he looked at her face closely he noticed the corners of her eyes were red, like she had been crying for a long time. Frowning slightly he wondered if she had been, 'Hmm maybe it was just the cold, she's probably not used to it yet.' Smiling widely he squished both her cheeks,

"I promised you a movie and hot chocolate didn't I?" She blushed, making his heart jump a beat, and nodded. Chuckling he pointed her toward the T.V. with the little cupboard underneath, "That's where we keep the flicks, we don't have much and I'm pretty sure a lot of it is Jacks duels from a while ago but you go pick one and I will work on the drinks."

With that he stepped around her and walked toward the kitchen, her voice making him stop and turn;

"Y-You also promised to tell me what that…s-sticking was." He smirked, 'By the look on your face I'm sure you've already figured it out…but…' He smiled devilishly,

"Exactly what we were doing before." Crow held back a chuckle as her face turned a bright shade of red, he could almost see the steam coming out of her ears from her embarrassment.

In the end, after sorting through many movies, all of which Raven had never even heard of she decided on a movie called, 'Happy Feet.' The story being about some strange black and white, flightless birds who apparently could speak and sing and even dance, though Crow assured her they didn't actually do that, it made her wonder why they would make such an absurd movie.

Having drank an entire cup of hot chocolate, which to her surprise was amazing, they were now comfortably snuggled together; Crow stretched out beside her his legs resting on top of the coffee table with one arm hanging off the arm rest and the other slung over her shoulders, while she leaned up against his shoulder legs draped over his lap and feet buried in the cushions to ward off the cold.

Raven was fascinated with the movie at the moment and absolutely adored the songs; she couldn't even imagine Jack or Yusei watching this with a straight face, the thought alone made her laugh.

The screen turned black and a bunch of words showed up on the screen, assuming it was over pale blue eyes slid upwards toward the red head, his head leaned all the way back with soft snores coming from his open mouth. Smiling she shifted off of the couch and stretched her arms and grabbing the small rectangle from the table she pushed the square button and the screen turned a blue color.

'Hmm…now what to do with him...' she leaned up close and lightly poked his cheek, earning nothing more than a grumble from him. Sighing she remembered something and pointed her index finger toward him; his body was pulled into the air and turned so that when she set him down a second later he laid vertically across the couch.

She blew out a breath, 'Whew…haven't done that in a while.' Her eyes widened as he spoke, "Jack you….idiot…get a job…" giggling softly she pulled the blanket from the back of the furniture and draping it over him; she sat on the floor and turned to the little T.V.

"How the heck do you turn this off?" she stared at the little rectangle in her hand hoping it would give her some answers, Sadly the words were faded and the ones that weren't were letters and numbers.

"Well might as well just push one and see what happens." She yawned, pushing the two button she jumped as a woman with long blonde hair and a red jacket. In the far right corner it said, "Satellite Flu epidemic?" feeling guilt rise inside her she continued watching;

"The latest number of infected has increased has more than doubled since the last count, all the victims are from different sectors of the city and seemingly have nothing in common with one another. Though city officials are looking into where the outbreak would have started but at the moment there are no leads, while doctors work tirelessly to find a combination of medicine that will counter act the crippling effects of the latest symptom.

This reporter went on scene to the hospital that received the short lived 'cure' and interviewed one of the doctors." Here the scene changed to one of the hospital that she had left her medicine at, the blonde woman spoke to a man with short black hair and rectangle glasses that sat far down on his nose.

"Doctor Smith can you please tell our viewers the newest development in the Satellite flu epidemic?" he cleared his throat and straightened his crooked tie, he looked tired as he spoke;

"This disease is very resilient to any medication prescribed to fight against it, the very nature of it seems to learn faster than we can. Many of the previous patients who've come in with this string of virus have been quarantined though as of now have developed a strange purple rash over their bodies. Everyone in both Satellite and Neo Domino city would be advised to stay away from anyone displaying sudden high temperatures and bodily weakness." The blonde woman nodded,

"And what about the mysterious girl that was seen carrying the supposed 'cure' into this very hospital?" Dr. Smith sighed,

"As of right now she has not been identified, though from the contents of the elixir she gave us it is safe to assume that we have a healer from Alturas here in the city."

Raven's blood ran cold, 'T-That's impossible…I turned the camera's so they didn't see me! I was sure…' he thoughts trailed off as the woman continued.

"I see! And do you believe that this mysterious girl may hold the key to curing this outbreak?" she seemed generally excited, like a starving dog being given a bone.

"At this point Ms. Angela we can only speculate, but from what is known of her people they are extremely knowledgeable in medicine and have been known to do what modern medicine hasn't, but as I said before this is only speculation." The blonde, Angela, nodded and turned back toward the camera.

"Well you heard it here ladies and gentleman, but fear not your faithful reporter will get the scoop on this mysterious girl and keep you all updated on any new updates for this terrible illness."

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After watching it move on to some scores from a sport event, Raven finally found the button to turn the annoying thing off, but as the room was thrown into pitch darkness her mind paid little attention to it. It was everywhere at once; thinking about the Satellite Flu, the reporter who had vowed to find her, her father, Pandora…

Determined not to cry about this she stood up and tried to think logically, 'I couldn't even begin to research this without that reporter catching on…that's it! Dr. Schmidt must have taken blood samples from the children when they were sick so I can ask him. But the problem would be the research behind it, without that having that sample would be useless, though I doubt Wulf would just hand it over since it's the reason…' She couldn't finish that thought; the very idea of her being a lab rat still hadn't really sunk in.

Shaking her head again she stood up and walked into the kitchen, and sitting at the little table. 'I can't be a coward anymore, I can't run anymore…' she stared at the back of the couch where Crow's snoring could still be heard, 'But do I have the strength to protect him? Or any of them for that matter? I don't exactly have a good track record for that.'

Memories of the flames that engulfed her house and her parents flashed before her eyes but she shook them away, 'But If I tell them about what he said to me at the place with the fish.' She could already feel the bump on her head for when Jack wacked her for keeping this a secret.

'It wasn't really a secret though…just something I conveniently forgot about…' She groaned as she laid her head against the table top.

"Who am I kidding? Jack would never go for that, I might as well just let him hit me before hand." Feeling a throb in her head she decided to put the matter to rest for now as she looked at the clock, 2 A.M. on the dot. 'I've never stayed up this late before….yet I couldn't even begin to sleep now.' Looking at the TV again she remembered the discs with Jacks previous duels on them and began to get curious.

The blonde duelist drove slowly through the garage door a yawn escaping his mouth,

"That girl, kicking a king out this early is treasonous." He grumbled not for the first time, a more logical part of him argued that it couldn't have been helped. Carly had to go to a meeting with some doll collecting dork that apparently had a scoop on some person the entire media community was looking for.

'Nonsense! They should be looking at me, what could be more important than that?' as the door closed behind him he slid off his runner and stopped, 'Why the duce do I hear myself talking?'

Turning he saw Crow spread out on the couch his mouth hanging open and a line of drool coming down the side of his face; his snoring was loud but not loud enough to drown out his own disembodied voice.

As he walked past the sleeping dolt he noticed the TV was moved and pulled over in front of the wall, there he found Raven. Passed out on the ground, blankets wrapped tightly around head and body her hand still clutching tightly to a pencil and an open notebook next to her.

Playing on the screen in front of her was a copy of one of his previous duels, while he was still king. The blonde didn't really recall this particular duel but knowing he had won anyway made him reach over and turn off the screen. Raven's voice startled him;

"Big brother Jack…so cool…" he smirked, 'Is she just realizing this?' he leaned down and stared at her wondering if he should wake her up, his stomach growled and he had to hold back a chuckle as her own stomach growled in return making her scrunch her face.

Lightly taking hold of her shoulder he shook it,

"Ra-v-e-n…you're king is hungry!" She groaned and slid the hand holding the pencil to her face, Jack's reflexes were faster however as he yanked the pencil out of her hand before she could stab her eye with it. Bleary blue eyes opened a slit,

"J-ahhh-ck" letting out a small yawn she sat up, continuing to rub her tired looking eyes. She smiled slightly,

"Welcome back, how was your night?" she held that strange stuffed bird Crow had won for her and had lines across her cheek from sleeping on the floor, and he glared at them and proceeded to rub her cheek to get rid of them.

"Uwahh! Jack!" she giggled a sound that brought a small smile to his lips. When he had successfully ridden her face of those marks he stood up,

"Go get ready, I'm hungry and we don't have anything good to eat." She blinked unsure, crossing his arms he continued, "So thus I have decided you will buy me breakfast and maybe you will get the privilege of spending the day with the Great Jack Atlas as he attempts to look for a job, which of course you will be looking also!" Raven blinked,

"Why do i need one of those?" Jack crossed his arms over his chest,

"To be productive if nothing else!" Jack decided he might as well get two birds with one stone, plus the smile that lit up her face was well worth it as she nodded and quickly made her way up the stairs. As the bathroom door closed he glanced at the still sleeping Crow, noticing the notebook Raven had left in her place he picked it up staring at the random notes taken there, most of them about Turbo Dueling with random questions written on the side; "How do you control the bike? Auto pilot….can it be turned off? Are there restricted cards? What are speed counters? Like money but for cards?" a little confused face was by this question, the blonde however not too concerned about this passed it off as he tossed it on the coffee table and walked up stairs.

Ahhh and this is where I've left off! I've watched Happy feet so many times that I might as well have it memorized word for word, plus i thought it would be funny if they owned the movie! XD Anywho! Please Review with any questions, comments, or just any thoughts you might be having!

Till next time! :3