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Disclaimer: I really really wish I did own Yugioh 5Ds but sadly I don't! Only my own OCs and the plot of this story.

Crow huffed out a smoky breath as he walked down a random street of the Satellite; he couldn't even bear to go back to Martha's, a place that usually brought him happiness. All because of her, the girl he was in love with that was also being unreasonable.

'It's like she doesn't even trust us at all...despite all we've been through. But what she said during that duel…' he groaned loudly, thankfully it wasn't snowing but the downcast skies made the red head really miss the sun. Though as he took in more of his surroundings he realized something very important;

He was currently standing in front of Robert Pearson's grave.

His stormy eyes widened for a second before he smirked, 'You always were there when I needed you Pearson.' He sat down in front of the grave and sighed for the umpteenth time that day.

"You never told me girls were so complicated to have around dude. But this one…" he smiled, "she's definitely different, I think you'd like her. She's the complete opposite of me, the girl doesn't even curse! Her name's Raven, you'd probably make fun of me for that too. But birds of a feather really do flock together in this case." The memories of her made his heart beat fast,

"You'd be proud…she duels like nothing else and the children adore her. Even Jack seems to have taken a real liking to her, so much so that he's claimed her as his pseudo sister. Raven's amazing Pearson, she makes me feel like nothing else like I'm more than the way people view me, especially in the female department. Sure, I can probably get a few dates here and there but none of them really last." He touched the marks on his face.

"But can you believe it? She thinks these things are beautiful!" he chuckled, "there are times though, that I don't understand her. She got hurt recently…by some bastard from her past…but she didn't tell me about him. There's so much trouble going on around her and I no clue! She didn't say anything, I could have helped I could have…"

Stormy eyes widened again, 'It's not her I was angry at…it was me.' He smiled up at the grey stone, "You always did know how to reason with me Pearson." Standing up again he tugged at the jacket around him, the very one she had given him.

"Alright! Time to go make up! She owes me some serious smooching for this!" he was only partly joking with that statement. Suddenly stars burst in his eyes as something hard came in contact with his head, knocking him to the ground.

Before he could turn what felt like a long metal wire wrapped tightly around his neck, yanking his head back as the unknown assailant pulled hard. Crow wrapped his fingers around the cord and tried to pull it away to give him to leverage to move around, but too no avail as the mystery person was stronger and pulled back harder making him lose his grip.

Air became hard to come by as his vision started narrowing and blurring, it was like an old T.V. he had come by back in the Satellite, the picture getting smaller and smaller as it turned off. Desperately he tried to hang onto that quickly fading picture, the person behind him began to laugh, a laugh that sounded sickeningly familiar to the red head.

"This is what you get for taking in my little stray boy, and once you're out of the way she'll have no choice but to come crawling back to me." Crow tried to force out a smart remark at Isaac's smug tone but found that impossible. The sadistic male continued on, seemingly ignoring anything Crow might have said if he were able.

"I don't appreciate my toys being taken from me, especially her. I've trained her for a long time and I don't like all my hard work to go to some disgusting city dweller like you. She's mine and I intend to have her completely." All throughout his disgusting speech Crow felt both his hearing go in and out, even as anger coiled inside him at what the man was implying.

His anger alone was what kept him conscious even now, he was so focused on the man behind him that he didn't hear someone shout his name and just as his vision completely black out a duel card whizzed behind him, cutting the cord and sending both men to the ground.

The sight before Raven as Jack pulled up to a memorial site was exactly what she had feared the most, Isaac stood firmly behind Crow a wire in both hands that was securely wrapped around the red head's neck as he kneeled on the ground glaring at the man behind him.

She screamed his name even as Jack drew a card and threw it toward the two, cutting the wire and sending both parties crashing to the ground.(Yay Yugioh logic!) Quickly jumping off Jack's runner and running down the hill toward the fallen red head that was now coughing and gasping for breath.

Falling to her knees in front of his form she placed her hands on his shoulders, ignoring the tears streaming down her face as she glared at her tormentor who was standing again, dusting himself off calmly, a sickening smile on his face.

She clutched protectively at Crow's shoulders as Isaac took a step toward them, though he took no more than that as, thankfully, Yusei and Jack appeared in front of them. Isaac's crimson eyes bore into them with pure hatred,

"You bastard! How dare you hurt our friend!" Jack yelled raising his fists. Isaac smirked,

"Bring it pretty boy, a weakling like her couldn't have friends stronger then me." Raven could see Jack's poster relax then tense again,

"Yusei, you check on Crow, I got this weirdo." Said mechanic gave him a sidelong look before nodding and turning on his heel toward the duo on the ground. He kneeled behind Crow, effectively blocking any and all view she had of what was going on behind him, and gently rubbed the still ragged breathed red head. Yusei smiled at her and looked back at Crow, silently saying;

"Jack's got it, we need to focus on him." She nodded and turned her attention toward the red head now collapsed in her lap, tuning out the grunts and shuffling footsteps in front of her she gently ran her fingers through his bright orange locks.

"Oh Crow…I'm so sorry. For everything, you were right to get mad at me, I should have told you what was going on." She carefully folded her torso over his head, her own resting against his back.

His breath was beginning to slow, and she could hear his heart beating through his back. He groaned and thinking she was hurting him more she instantly backed off, slowly sitting up he coughed a few times as he massaged his throat, a bruise beginning to form.

Watery steel grey eyes looked at her, he smirked and gave her shaky thumbs up, Raven couldn't stop the wave of emotion as she jumped toward him wrapping her arms around his neck sending them both crashing to the ground. A string of apologies running out of her lips even as she nuzzled against his chest.

Three things brought her attention back to reality; one, Yusei's gasp followed in turn by a chuckle, two Crow's groan followed by a "You're gonna kill me with your hugs." And third and most importantly, Jack's grunt followed by a laugh of triumph.

The three standing off to the side turned toward the blonde who, with a few scrapes and bruises, stood with one leg on top of a struggling and hog-tied Isaac who now was sporting a black eye and a bleeding lip.

"That ladies and gentleman is how a king fights!" Raven had to hold back a chuckle as she saw the blonde had tied the man up with the very cord he had tried to strangle Crow with. But she didn't focus on this as she stood up and walked toward the struggling and screaming man. Upon seeing her standing in front of him a string of curses left his mouth,

"Vous pute! Je vais te tuer! Ce n'est pas fini!"( You bitch! I'll kill you! It is not finished) she narrowed her eyes as she leaned down to his level.

"Jack you can stop stepping on him, he's finished and he knows it." It took the blonde a few moments of contemplation before he nodded and removed his foot, he still stayed close by though. The minute he did Isaac tried to squirm toward her, using her anger charged mind she used her powers to stop him, his body rising so that It was floating in mid air, she stood so that they were eye level.

The look of pure disgust and hatred permeated his facial features, she stared at him, seeing behind both of those feelings was actually fear and…love? She shivered, the very idea of him loving her in anyway made her sick to her stomach.

"Why are you really here Isaac? Alturasian's don't venture beyond the forest for a reason. So what brought you here?" the question had plagued her mind for a while, as it was almost unheard of that any of their people would leave the town. He spit in her face as a reply,

"Now why would I tell you that you abomination?" scrunching her nose she quickly wiped the disgusting fluid from her face, and tossed him like a rag doll against a nearby tree.

"It was Wulf wasn't it?" his wide eyes was confirmation enough, she smirked.

"See Isaac, I'm not as stupid as you pegged me to be. Especially now, if you look at our positions." His shocked look turned to that of panic, 'At least he understands what could happen and I'm sure I wouldn't have hesitated before…but.' She looked behind her, at the faces of her friends, the people she loved with every fiber of her being and her anger melted away.

Turning back to her hostage she spoke again, "Now I have one more question and I do hope you will answer it honestly, because you and I both know I can tell when you lie. Did you set the fire that killed my parents?"

It was now that he became tight lipped, and she sighed and sent a psychic wave at him pushing his body harder against the tree making him gasp and squirm as it cracked under his weight.

"S-Stop! Y-Yes! It was me!" Instantly the power holding him against the tree vanished and he crashed to the ground breathing hard, Raven just stood there staring her bangs hiding her eyes from the three on lookers.

"Why?" she whispered, Isaac didn't reply. "Why would you do that?! They didn't do anything wrong! They were good people! I didn't care what you did to me so long as they were okay, so why?" she was shouting now, her sadness and grief of losing the only parents she had known showing through as her legs finally gave out and she shank to the ground her tears dropping onto her lap.

"B-By our laws…it was the only way to cleanse your evil from them." Raven couldn't even bring herself to reply.

The rumble of approaching cars and D-Wheels reached her ears as Jack walked over to Isaac and glared down at him.

"Well, by our laws that's murder and this is assault. Go rot in jail for what you've done you filth." Jack sent a crushing kick into his stomach effectively knocking the red haired man out cold before turning back toward them.

"Crow, get up and get her out of here." He emphasized Raven by pointing, she vaguely thought at the back of her mind that there really wasn't any other 'her' to be talking about. As an arm wrapped around her waist she looked up, her own eyes meeting those of Crows.

"Come on Raven, we need to get while the getting's good." She frowned not really understanding, as she stood her eyes purposely avoiding looking at the bruise around his neck.

"Why?" Yusei touched her shoulder, his cobalt blue eyes calming.

"We'll explain back at the house, for now you both need to go. Me and Jack will make sure Trudge takes care of him." He motioned to the passed out Isaac, she bit her lip and nodded.

"Thank you." Yusei nodded as the sound of boots hitting the ground reached their ears from behind Jack, and Crow pulled her in the opposite direction holding tightly onto her hand as they ran back toward Martha's.

~0~0~0~0~

As soon as Crow had deemed they were far enough away did he stop, both of them breathing hard. Once she was sure she could breathe normally did she look at the boy in front of her.

He was rubbing his no doubt sore neck sending another wave of guilt through her, acting purely on instinct her body moved toward his own pale blue eyes glued to the bruise ring marring his usually perfect skin.

As she lifted her hand to try and soothe the skin it was encompassed in the red heads own, raising it so that it instead rested on his cheek right above the markers she was so very fond of. She looked at him sheepishly, he just smiled down at her.

"I'm fine really! I admit he caught me by surprise but I'm alive thanks to you and the others. So don't worry," He smiled widely making her heart jump, "I'm a big boy, tie my own shoes and everything." She giggled as he mimicked her own words, still she leaned toward his neck and lightly ran her lips over the skin.

"I really am sorry for earlier, I got angry and didn't try to understand how you felt. I won't do it again." He chuckled as he wrapped an arm around her waist pressing his own lips against her forehead before continuing toward their destination.

"Good! The great Crow-sama has decided to forgive you!" she giggled, and ran a bit ahead of him giving a slight bow.

"Why thank you! You're compassion is as great as they say!" his laughter fueled her own as they continued this little banter until they reached Martha's house. And like a sixth sense the woman appeared out the door brandishing a wooden spoon in one hand and a very scary look upon her face, and looking at Crow's own she guessed she had a right to be scared.

'Hell hath no fury like that of a mother's scorn…' and boy was she right about that as Martha began reprimanding them for leaving so suddenly, especially with Raven just having woken up followed by a glare toward the male which of course made her notice the mark around his neck.

"Where you fighting again? What did I tell you about that?" he glanced down then back up at the woman.

"Fight with your deck not your fists." Martha smiled and blew out a sigh, it was then that Raven learned the truth of the woman's words as her stomach began to rumble before letting out a rather large and mortifying gurgle. She blushed and looked down, noticing how badly her legs were shaking both from the cold and that she probably hadn't had anything to eat for…three days? Crow and Martha laughed making her face turn even redder,

"Come inside both of you, dinner's almost ready and you, Raven," she pointed the wooden spoon at her, "Need to rest, you're still recovering after all."

And with that she turned on her heel and began walking back toward the door where of course, many of the children inhabiting the place where standing there listening to their reprimanding. Crow sighed and smiled at her,

"Well that could have been worse! I remembered back in the old days how she knock us over the head with that spoon." She giggled and sweat dropped, now that would have been something to see. Crow's own stomach soon joined in on the noise as the smell from inside the house wafted out making him drool slightly and walk toward the still open door, Raven laughed and followed after.

~0~0~0~0~

Dinner at Martha's had once again been pleasant; Jack and Yusei had shown up and told them about Isaac. The man had immediately been arrested and was due for a very long stay in something called the Facility, though Raven wasn't sure what exactly that place was she was happy she wouldn't have to come in contact with him again.

'Too bad I can't say the same about my father…' she thought forlornly, but her attention was brought back as Yusei mentioned something about said very evil man.

"I had a friend in Sector Security look up any information pertaining to you or Wulf, she managed to get a few things on you though nothing I'm sure you don't already know. But he is another story…" the mechanic pulled a small tube-like thing*, and holding it out for her. She wasn't really sure what he expected her to do with it though. Thankfully Yusei sensed her confusion and elaborated,

"Sorry, It's a device that stores and shows information when you aren't near a computer. You just press this button here, " he pointed to a small button on the side, "and a screen appears and shows all the information stored on here. I figured since Bruno and me hog the computers so much it would be easier for you to read on this." She smiled and carefully accepted the object.

"Thank you Yusei! That's very kind of you, I will make sure to put it to good use." She looked at the thing in her hand remembering what the man from her dream, "Look to the past…hmm."

Crow and Jack's yelling voices brought her from her thoughts, Martha had made a small cake to celebrate Raven's good health and they were fighting over who's piece was bigger, Jack of course insisting his should be as he was a king and needed a 'kingly sized piece.' She smirked and offered her own piece to the two boys in hopes of settling them, sadly this had the opposite effect as they began arguing about her having to be generous with her own share to appease Jack's greediness.

Of course her claim that she wasn't feeling that well and couldn't possibly eat the pastry fell on deaf ears, well not completely, as Yusei looked at her his brows knitted together in concern.

She smiled at him and waved off the comment, but she couldn't deny the crawling sensation throughout her skin or the faint whooshing sound like the wind was blowing in the back of her mind. As the world began to blur and fuzz she groaned internally, 'Oh…I'm going too..'

She couldn't finish the thought as her body fell sideways, landing against Yusei's shoulder, scaring the poor mechanic as he caught her before she could hit the ground, Raven on the other hand didn't even feel a thing.

~0~0~0~0~

Pale blue eyes slowly fluttered open, staring straight at a wooden ceiling her body felt like it was made of lead still she somehow managed to sit up, and after blinking a few times realized she was back in the room she had woken up in before.

She groaned as the memories from before came flooding back, 'Oh yeah, I must have passed out. I guess I pushed myself too much.' The room around her was dark, even the window provided no light thus telling her it was night time. 'I wonder if Crow, Jack and Yusei went home.'

The sound of someone snoring in the chair next to her bed answered her question as she looked over to see the red head stretched out in the chair a blanket over his legs, his mouth hanging open slightly and a calm look on his face. She would never tell him this, but times like these were definitely her favorite.

Seeing the peaceful look upon his face as he slept, the little noises he made, how he would twitch slightly, even the drool that was currently making its way down his chin. All of it was only one of many little quirks she loved about him, her heart fluttered making a blush rise on her cheeks as she realized her thoughts.

'Despite everything that's happened, all the pain and tears I really do love him.' She smiled as he twitched again, making him reach up and scratch his ear. She couldn't stop the giggle as it resembled an action more fitting of a mouse.

Her musings were interrupted though as a loud shout rang from down the hall, making her jump and Crow jolt awake. There was the sound of running footsteps,

"What the hell?" Crow's voice was thick with sleep and he jumped up as the door slammed open, Nao stood there his form shadowed by the light outside of the door but she could tell it was him by the sound of his sniffling.

"Nao! Don't go in there, they're sleeping!" Martha's voice came from behind him making the boy run straight into the room and crash onto the bed burying his face in Raven's lap. Said woman appeared in the door way,

"Nao your being rude come here." The boy replied with a muffled "No!" and clung tighter to her waist. Crow's gloved hand appeared on his back gently rubbing it,

"Come on little man, at least tell us what all the ruckus is about." His only reply was the sound of the child's sobbing, Martha walked in now pulling up her sleeves intent on dragging the sobbing child out if need be. Raven waved her hand, shaking her head as she turned back toward the child.

"Nao." Her voice was soft and the response was subtle, as his sobs died down a bit. She looked at Martha,

"What happened?" the woman sighed, "Nao's aunt has come forward to adopt him, but he believes his mother will come to get him so he refuses to go with her. She's flying over here as we speak to get him, and when I told him he got spooked." Raven felt the boys grip tighten.

"What happened to his-" she was cut off by Martha shaking her head, she looked down at the boy.

"Nao look at me." The boy didn't respond at first but slowly he sat up on his knees and looked at her, his green eyes red from crying she smiled, "Come now, dry your tears." She said as she pulled a tissue from the box by the bed and handed it too him, watching as he did as instructed.

Raven really was in unfamiliar territory here and wasn't sure what to say, she then remembered something her own mother had told her; "Why don't you want to go with this woman? Do you not think she will love you?"

He shook his head, "M-Mommy is gonna come back and get me someday! What is she gonna do if I go and I'm not here? I have to stay." She sighed, her heart went out to him here.

"Listen, I don't know your mom personally but I do know mom's. See my own mother would always tell me this; 'If you love some one unconditionally and with your whole heart, than you will do what is best for them not you.' Your mother loved you so much she decided that in order for you to have a wonderful life that you couldn't be with her anymore." Raven saw his eyes widen as she continued.

"So shouldn't you honor that wish she made? Because that's exactly what she wished for with all her heart and soul. And if this Aunt of yours wants to take you in and help make that wish come true don't you think it would be wonderful?" Nao sniffed again as he thought about it, she could see the defiance gone from his eyes.

"B-But what about Onii-chan? If I go with her then I won't be able to see you anymore, I'll have to go live across the sea!" she laughed softly and patted his head.

"Silly bean, I'm not going anywhere. So you should go with her and live as wonderfully as possible then come back here someday and tell me all about your adventures! Gosh I'm excited just thinking about it!" she smiled, though it made her sad to have to lose him she kept it hidden though as Crow's hand gently patted her back she realized she hadn't fooled everyone.

Nao looked down and nodded, his fists bunching the sheets around her legs together as more tears fell. "O-Okay…I'll go! B-But I'll come back! And then we'll have a duel!" she wrapped her arms around him and nodded.

"I look forward to it."

Not long after Nao had settled back down and listened seriously to Martha's description of the woman; she was a lawyer, had no kids, was married to her high school sweetheart, had two dogs, and owned a large two story house and even a beach house!

Raven thought the woman lived in extravagance but she was happy to see Nao's excitement though of course he tried to hide it.

After which Nao begged to stay and sleep in Raven's bed, but Martha and Crow put a stop to that. Which made sense, since it was taking everything she had just to stay conscious, Nao pouted but then demanded that she see him off tomorrow afternoon which she happily agreed before he walked out with Martha bidding them good night with the woman sending a silent "Thank you" look toward her before she shut the door.

As soon as she did Raven let her body fall backwards onto the bed, everything seemed to take a lot more energy then it should have. 'Though thinking about it I did use a lot during my duel with Isaac…' she shuttered as she remembered how he had forced her to summon the Crimson Dragon, the card her own father had entrusted to her.

Crow sighed as he sat down again, pulling off his headband and patting her forehead. "Good job Raven." She smiled before looking at him worried.

"Are you going to be okay sleeping there? I'm sure it can't be that comfortable." The red head smirked,

"Raven, are you asking me to climb into your hospital bed with you?" she blushed at the way he said it, like there was some double meaning.

"N-No! W-Well actually, I was b-but it's only because I don't want you to be sore tomorrow or get cold…" she covered her face with her hands as he chuckled standing up again.

"Alright, since you asked so nicely I will grant your request. Scoot over a bit." She did as instructed as he climbed onto the bed laying on his side, she blushed as she felt his breath on her neck but at the same time she was happy because she missed feeling his body next to her own.

Once he was sure they both were covered equally he sighed and draped an arm over her waist making her squeak in surprise. He chuckled again,

"So fidgety!" sticking her tongue out at him she covered his hand with her own, entwining their fingers. Using her free hand she slid it carefully across his neck, she couldn't see him in the darkness but the image from before still haunted her.

"Are you…" he nuzzled playfully against her hand his lips gliding across her palm,

"I'm fine, really! You won't even be able to see it in the morning. Now go to sleep you silly bird." She giggled at the name before yawning, her lids becoming heavy as she rested her hand against his chest feeling his heart beating against it a rhythmic beat that slowly lulled her into the depths of her mind again.

Just before falling asleep completely she heard Crow's voice; "Love you Raven." That alone carried her through the night with no nightmares.

A week.

That was how long she was ordered to stay in bed, seven straight days of being bored out of her skull and playing random board games and small duels with the children.

Seven days of being banned from reading the information Yusei had given her on her father, of Yusei or Bruno trying to run code by her only to be chased away by the mother-hen aka Crow. Of waiting for her body to recover from the stress of summoning an ancient dragon and worst of all; seven days of having to do nothing but listen while the number of people with the terrible disease increased, even Akiza and the Twins had stopped visiting, their own parent's insisting the danger was too great.

Though it wasn't always just sitting around she remembered as she pulled her boots on over her dark blue jeans that Crow had brought her as memories of Nao came back.

The woman had arrived exactly a noon in a long black car that Crow had called a 'Limo', Raven was still unable to walk properly but with a little help she managed to walk the little blonde boy out with the help of a wheel chair, though not before mother-hen had packed the chair with a pillow and blankets.

Though a little unnecessary in her mind she decided not to say anything as he wheeled her outside, the woman standing before them resembling Nao, with her long blonde hair tied in a high pony tail and her bangs sweeping across one of her golden colored eyes. She wore a pink sweater with a pair of light blue jeans and a pair of fuzzy boots covering her feet.

All and all Raven thought she looked very beautiful, she turned to Nao a small suitcase in his hand and smiled down at him. He was nervous, that much she could tell as he stood there his entire being shook like a leaf in the wind even more so when the woman stepped forward toward him, he clung to Raven's hand.

"Naoto?" her voice was soft as she spoke, everyone waiting for his reply.

"I-It's Nao…" Both her and the woman smiled, it was definitely a start.

"Nao it is then, do you know who I am?" he shook his head.

"I was your mom's big sister. My name is Naomi And I've been looking for you for a very long time." Nao sniffed as he took a tiny step toward her.

"Y-You were mommy's sister?" she nodded,

"I can tell you about her if you'd like, and you can tell me all about you." Nao smiled and that's how it began, and just like that it was done. Nao was saying his goodbye's to everyone until finally he came toward her, his eyes shone with tears and Raven couldn't help but giggle as she held out her arms for him, he wasted no time in throwing himself at her tiny sobs coming from his mouth.

"Hey, no tears! We made a promise right? So until we see each other again I want you to be strong okay?" he looked up and nodded wiping the tears from his green eyes, "Good, and remember if you ever feel lonely just think about Martha or the other children or even me, because we'll all be right here." She pointed toward his heart.

"A-Alright." Wrapping her arms tightly around the boy she let a single tear fall before he pulled away.

And just like that, he walked to the car with Naomi and drove off everyone waving until they were no longer in sight, only then did she let her tears fall freely. 'A goodbye when you hold back your tears is very lonely.'

Ahhh and there ends another chapter! Sorry to anyone who was a fan of little Nao, but i just couldn't seem to fit him into the rest of the story very well. But I made sure he was well taken care of!

*For this device I went off of what Lazar had when he first dueled Crow in Satellite I wasn't really sure what to call it but there ya go!

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Till next time! :3