AHHH! I was so determined this week to update on time! Gah, I do hope you all will forgive me! ;A; Anywho! I'd like to thank all my lovely reviewers; Scarlett Wolf, Magdalene Thorne, FiringShootingStar and my newest reviwers; YugiohObsessed, and JuneGilbertVivianRaeven! You're reviews are amazing as ever!
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Raven yawned for the billionth time that morning as she stepped out of the bathroom, she wore a dark purple hooded knit sweater with a black turtle neck underneath with some matching skinny jeans and some knee high flat black boots with orange bows on the sides. The dark haired girl absolutely adored these as they were fluffy inside and made her feet very toasty.
As she came back down the stairs she noticed Jack wasn't there, assuming he was in his room she turned her attention to the snoring red head. Coming around to the front of the couch she saw he had cocooned himself into the blankets except his entire torso hung out of the as he curled unsuccessfully toward the warmth.
Smirking she walked over and carefully laid the blanket she was using previously over him tucking it under him, suppressing a giggle as he buried his face in it and sighed in content.
Hearing Jack walk down the steps she softly ran her fingers through Crow's red locks, she was always amazed how soft they felt despite how he wore his hair. The blonde strode past her; she could almost feel his hunger and decided to part with the man in front of her. Leaning upward she spoke softly in his ear,
"Crow…" he grumbled something and scratched at his ear, the action resembling more of a cat then a bird. "I'm going out with Jack for a while. Do you have to work?" grumbling a reply that vaguely resembled a "Yes." She smiled.
"Alright, I'll bring you back something good to eat okay?" he nodded and grumbled something she couldn't begin to make out before turning over and instantly falling back into slumber. She stood and after slipping on her orange scarf and some gloves headed over to her runner, a thought coming to mind making her stop and turn toward the desk.
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A short time later, so short in fact she wondered why they had bothered taking their runners at all until she remembered who she was with, they arrived at a small place called Café Le Green. Raven remembered seeing this place in a magazine when she arrived; she also remembered a particular drink they sell here and a certain blonde's affinity for it.
Sighing she pulled off her helmet and shook out her hair as she climbed off her runner following the white clad man inside the shop as it was both too cold to eat outside and many of the tables were covered with tarps to keep the snow off.
So when they took a seat at a nearby table by a window Raven wasn't at all surprised to hear Jack yell at a girl in a black and white dress with short brown hair, to bring him some Blue eyes mountain coffee before looking at her expectantly arms crossed over his chest as he leaned against the back of the chair.
Raven floundered and quickly glanced at the menu, a lot of it had strange themed names but she was happy to see one thing she could get without too much confusion.
"I-I'll have the hot chocolate please…" the brown haired girl eyed her up and down a frown on her face as she stalked off behind the counter. Raven, confused, choose to ignore it and looked back at the blonde who stared out the window, 'Maybe I should start a conversation? But about what; as far as I know he likes Ramen, Dueling, and extremely expensive coffee.' She sighed internally.
Thankfully the brown haired girl came over and none too gently placed her beverage on the table before doing the same with Jack's cup, though, as Raven noticed, she did it much more gently. Turning a glare on her as she stalked off, 'Okay?'
Jack picked up his cup and saucer and took a drink; the elegance in which he did reminded her of the way a king would drink. Smiling she picked up her own drink and did the same, nearly choking on the liquid as his voice startled her;
"Explain why you were watching my duels and taking notes." She swallowed hard and blushed,
"Y-You saw that?" his piercing amethyst gaze and stony silence was more than a loud enough "Yes." Feeling both his own gaze and the girl behind the counters on her was more than enough to make her bow her head.
"I'm sorry…I just…wanted to learn." She whispered the last part. Raven could almost hear the gears turning inside Jack's head as he processed this before standing and slamming his hands down on the table.
"You ride a duel runner but you don't know how to turbo duel?! Are you an idiot?" She chooses not to answer as something told her he wasn't done, and how right she was;
"How is that even possible? Surely you've seen them where your from." She shook her head,
"Y-You're duel was my first…" The blonde sat back down and immediately the tension in the air evaporated as he took another drink of his coffee. Releasing a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding she did the same and carefully looked up at him,
"S-Sorry if you didn't want me to watch them… I won't do it again…" he scoffed,
"Nonsense! What better way than to learn from the king himself!" She blinked unsure,
"Jack, what-"she stopped talking as he pulled his deck from his coat and placing a card on the table,
"Dark resonator? That's a tuner monster right?" she looked up at him as he drank more of his coffee before placing the empty cup on the table and motioning for the brown haired girl to get it and bring more.
"Exactly! I, Jack Atlas, have decided to bestow my ultimate wisdom upon you." She could see the smirk on his lips and giggled saluting him,
"Yes! I will work hard my king!" his smirk turned into a full on smile as he nodded his head and they began, Raven memorizing everything he said.
Crow groaned as he heard the garage door open again, letting in not only what sounded like Bruno and Yusei, but the frigid air as well. Sitting up the red head rubbed at his tired eyes and yawned loudly, the two mechanics were talking about something when they turned toward him.
"Morning Crow, why are you sleeping down here?" Bruno asked, shaking the frost from his hair. The red head looked around confused, 'I remember watching Happy Feet then….oh I must have fallen asleep. I hope Raven was comfortable.' He yawned again before replying.
"Fell asleep watching a movie, Raven must have gone up stairs." He stood up and stretched and glanced at the time, still over 2 hours till he had to start work.
"Then I guess someone else took her runner if she's up there." Yusei said closing the garage door. Crow's steel colored eyes widened, he vaguely remembered hearing her say something to him but couldn't remember what it was.
"What's this?" Bruno's voice called from the computer; there on the screen a white piece of paper was stuck. The blue haired male removed it and unfolded it.
"'Dear whomever reads this; Just in case Crow didn't hear me, I'm going to breakfast with Jack I fear we're going to get that expensive coffee he seems so fond of. How about I make you all a nice dinner as thanks for yesterday?' It's signed by Raven." Yusei sighed as he sifted a bouquet of flowers in his arms,
"Her poor wallet, but I guess she's saving us money at the same time." Crow nodded and stared at the odd thing in his friends hands,
"Yo Yus, you gonna go all big bro on my girl now too or are you trying to make a statement?" The male stared at the bouquet,
"I just found these outside, maybe someone dropped them?" Crow shrugged, the flowers were all red except for a single black flower directly in the middle. He smirked,
"Maybe you could give them Akiza as thanks for last night?" Yusei rolled his eyes at the red heads suggestive tone. Bruno blushed,
"Crow that's so lewd." He chuckled,
"Kidding, kidding!" Yusei placed the flowers on the table and smirked;
"Besides you probably did more than any of us." He groaned as he remembered last night and what he attempted, that being the relative word. The dark haired male raised a brow,
"You two didn't fight again did you?" shaking his head he sat back on the couch, Yusei's deep blue eyes stared down at him as they flickered, something they did when he found a solution to a problem.
"You didn't do it did you?" Crow figured silence was the best answer in this case; Yusei smirked and patted him on the shoulder.
"Good job, you must really like her if your willing to go that far." Crow rolled his eyes, but he knew he was right, under normal circumstances he wouldn't have hesitated but with Raven it was…definitely different. Something about her gave him the strength to wait.
He sighed, deciding not to think too hard on it he got up and wandered up stairs.
Raven's head hurt.
No, not from all the chocolate she consumed or the constant glares sent by the girl behind the counter. But from all the information.
Jack was a strategist and apparently when he said 'bestow his wisdom' he meant everything. She leaned her head against the table as Jack finished off his last cup of coffee, she'd lost track of how many he had and eventually just accepted a lot as a good number. Putting the plastic card that apparently held money on the table she sighed again,
"Don't be such a baby, we haven't even gotten to the actual dueling portion yet." Folding her arms under her head she nodded as she looked up at him as his words hit her,
"Wait! D-duel y-you?!" He nodded still not looking at her, instead choosing to stare outside; it was mostly gray cast and thankfully the snow hadn't made an appearance again.
"Under normal circumstances I wouldn't bother with a newbie such as yourself; however no sibling of Jack Atlas will be taught by anyone less than myself." Raven heard a gasp as the brown haired girl came to collect the check,
"Y-You're his sister?" she asked incredulously relief written all over her face, blushing she tried to figure out a way to explain this.
"Of course she is! Now don't you have a job to do?" Jack answered for her and pointed to the card sitting on the table.
The girl nodded and quickly picked up the card before running behind the counter again, Raven giggled,
"Big brother Jack is so cool." The blonde scoffed,
"Of course I am, and don't you ever forget it!" she nodded,
"Yes sir!" The blonde stood up suddenly, grabbing her arm and pulling her up with him,
"Come on! We're wasting time here! Time to start Jack Atlas's school for turbo dueling!" Her eyes were wide at the sudden action, but she could feel his excitement and let herself be dragged out of the café.
"W-Wait Jack! My card!" He didn't seem to even hear her at this point, "Jacccckkk!"
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Raven slid her runner to stop and took her helmet off, shaking her bangs that were currently matted to her forehead due to all the sweat. She breathed hard and felt like her side was literally making it hard for her to breathe. They had gone to a local track that the Duel Academy used but with Jack's insistence, aka yelling until the poor man couldn't take it anymore, they allowed them to use it.
Jack's runner pulled up beside her, his smug smile still in place.
"That's 5 to 0 Raven, come on you've gotta try harder if you wanna beat me!" she sighed, 'I think with a track record like that I'd have better luck going against a snail.' Wiping the sweat that was coming down her forehead, she could feel the back of her shirt was soaked with the stuff and it took everything she had not to wrap an arm around her bruised side.
Luckily Jack was more concerned with her techniques than her physical well being, though it was hard for even her to ignore how much her hands shook from just the cold alone.
"I won't give up! Not until I get it!" it was unusual for her to yell like that but her frustration was starting to show. Jack smiled,
"Good! Now once m-"the sound of a D-Wheel passing quickly between them cut him off, the rider stopped a few feet in front of them. Raven couldn't believe what she was seeing; sitting in front of her was a simple black D-Wheel with some dark blue detailing, the design itself was simplistic but this wasn't what made her eyes widen and her breath catch in her throat.
Sitting on it was a man in an all black riding suit with a matching helmet, through his visor she could see piercing red eyes smiling knowingly at her as equally red hair sticking out of the back of his helmet.
"What the hell is your problem?! How dare you interrupt Jack Atlas! Who the duce are you?" The blonde sounded angry, but the man, Isaac just continued to smile at her. Her heart was pounding against her ribcage,
"Answer me damn you!"
"Heh, has the little lady not told you about me? Tsk tsk Raven, that's not very nice, especially after all we've been through." Hearing his voice alone made her entire body shake in fear,
"Raven, what the hell? Who is this nobody?" Jack's voice broke her from her haze of fear and she looked away from him, choosing to stare instead at her runner, but she couldn't say his name.
"Hmm…I see you didn't get my present I left you." She could feel him smile again and closed her eyes,
"Well no matter, you're Jack Atlas right? My name is Isaac Reynolds, and I'm here to challenge her to a duel." Raven gasped,
"W-What for?!" the fear showed in her voice,
"Easy, I want my play thing back. Of course, if you refuse I can always take a shot at your friend here." The way he said the word reminded her of the way he would talk about her, it sparked a strange feeling inside of her, like a small fire had been ignited.
"Jack Atlas never turns down a challenge! Let's do th-"He was cut off by Raven yelling his name.
"He issued the challenge to me, I'll take him on." Her voice was hard and she was relieved that she didn't stutter like usual, she stared into the blonde's amethyst eyes. After a time Jack nodded,
"Very well! But don't you dare lose!" She smiled but choose not to respond, as she placed her helmet back on her head. 'Sorry Jack, I can't promise that. Not against him.'
As they sat side by side on their runners Raven's heart beat heavily against her chest, she was scarred yes, but she was also terrified at the idea of him facing any of her friends. 'No, I've gotta be brave here. I can allow them to come in contact with Isaac, not after he did this…' she lightly touched one of the marks on her arm.
Isaac smiled as he watched her; she narrowed her eyes in turn.
"Let's do this Isaac." She said as she revved her runner, Isaac did the same.
"So eager today, don't tell me you actually think you can win against me?"
The count down began on the screen above them, as the clock reached 0 they took off down the track, Jack following behind them.
"Ladies first." Isaac said mockingly, she nodded but took her turn as speed world 2 activated along with autopilot.
"You're loss Isaac!" she drew her first card and looking at her hand she nodded,
"First I'll use the effect of my Armed Dragon Lvl 3 that allows me to send it directly from my hand to the grave so I can summon in its place; Armed Dragon Lvl 5!" A red dragon with black spiked armor appeared in front of her,
"Then I place two cards face down and end my turn! Show me what you've got Isaac." The red haired male smirked,
"I'll start off by summoning my Aurkus, the Lightsworn Druid in Attack mode." A man in all white robes with slicked back white hair appeared on the field with 1200 attack points and 1800 defense points. The monster sent shivers down her spine,
"Then I'll play the spell Solar Recharge! Now if I discard a monster from my hand with 'Lightsworn" in its name, I can draw two cards from the top of my deck. The only downside is I also have to send two more cards to the grave from it as well. But it's a price well worth paying for you."
Raven glared at him, 'He's going to summon that at some point, and in order to do it he needs certain cards in the grave. I've gotta take him out before he gets that chance.' She glanced at the blonde following behind her, watching their duel with interest.
"Then I'll end my turn by placing one card face down, you're up little sinner girl." Raven choose to ignore that comment,
"Fine, I'll start off by activating my spell card Acceleration Limiter's effect! Now in case you haven't been paying attention to our speed counters we each have 3, but thanks to this card you won't be playing any speed spells for the next two turns." Isaac's blood red eyes glared at her,
"Don't think that will stop me for long." 'Actually its only to give me more time to summon my own monster. He's the one of the only cards who can actually beat him. I just need to draw him.' She thought as she looked at her hand again, so far it was pretty good, apparently her monsters wanted at him as much as she did right now.
Voices cheering her name as they came up on the stands shook her from her thoughts, her eyes widened, she wanted to call out to find some way to tell them not to be there, but even she knew it was too late, Isaac had seen. And as he smiled widely she could see, he knew.
Dun dun duunnnn! Show down between Isaac and Raven! Who will win? Uhh I'm really not sure what to say today sooo...Please Review with any thoughts or opinions!
Till next time! :3