Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Reverse of Arcadia ❯ Chapter 2: Blast From the Past -- Old Memories, A Team's Bond Part 3 ( Chapter 4 )

Reverse of Arcadia

Game novelization by Sakura (aka L-sama no Miko)

I'm baaaaaaack!! I must apologize to you all for being away for so long. It's been one hell of a summer for me (sorry Sebas-chan, couldn't resist). First a few health issues, then finally selling my house and moving all of the junk out of it. But I'm officially settled now so updates should be more regular. Well, on with the show!

Chapter 2: Blast from the Past - Old Memories, A Team's Bond

Part 3

A few days later…

I was heading over to the D-Wheel shop in the slums when I ran into my beloved Kiryu. “Hi Io,” he says smiling before giving me a kiss. “Yusei told me you beat Dirty Works' leader the other day. I had wanted to deal with him personally, but you beat me to it.” He let out a wry chuckle.

“Kyosuke,” I say using his first name. I never use it unless I wanted him to know I was dead serious. “You know I'd NEVER do something like that to you on purpose. You're the leader here and that's how it's gonna stay!”

“I know,” he says smiling, “but if this keeps up not only am I going to get rusty, but all the other gangs are going to think you're the one in charge here.” He let out a chuckle.

“You want me to stop helping then,” I say, heartbroken he'd even consider telling me such a thing.

“Of course not!” he replies, “I'd rather jump off the Daedalus Bridge with my D-Wheel before I gave such an order! I just ask that you save some for me next time.”

“Ki…” He placed his fingers on my lips.

“I mean what I said. Every word. How about another duel. This time I won't take no for an answer. Don't worry, it's just a friendly duel. Think of it as training for our next battle.”

“Ok.”

“Great! Give me all you've got, Io!”

Just like before, he let me have the first turn. I can barely hide my excitement as I look at my hand. “First I'll activate a spell,” I announce, “Soul Absorption!”

“Nice one!” Kiryu calls back. I smile, always grateful whatever praise my teachers would give me.

“Next I'm gonna summon Banisher of the Radiance in attack mode and place two cards face down. Your turn.”

“Sorry you won't get to use that spell, Io,” he says as he places a green spell card on the field. “I'm gonna pay 500 life points and activate my Twister spell!”

Suddenly an enormous cyclone appeared on the field. I inwardly groaned. I hated to resort to such a drastic measure so early into the duel, but I had no choice. “Nice try, koi,” I say defiantly, “but I can't let you do that! Solemn Judgment!” I shout as I flip over one of my face down traps. I groan in pain as half my life points are drained away and his spell was negated.

“Io!” Kiryu cries, shocked I would do such a thing to myself, however thanks to my quick thinking, the Soul Absorption kicked in since both our cards were removed from play due to my monster's ability and I gain 1000 life points. “Good one, but not good enough,” he says, activating another spell. “Soul Exchange!” he calls.

Despite the fact that I just gained another 500 points, I moan as I watch my monster vanished only to see a zombie type monster appear on his side of the field. My head started to hurt again as the feeling of familiarity washed over me as I stared at the monster. “Sorry Io,” my silver haired boyfriend says to me before ending his turn.

I place a monster in defense and another trap on the field before signaling for him to continue.

“I summon Pitch-Black Warwolf in attack mode!” he says. The black furred werewolf appears next to his zombie monster. “Earl of Demise, attack Io's face down card!”

“That all you've got?” I say, trying to sound as confident as him, “I'm activating my trap! Macro Cosmos!”

Kiryu gives an appreciative whistle. “Awesome combo you've got there Io! I just hope you know what you're doing.” I smile as my D.D. Scout Plane was removed from play, adding to my life points. I give a slight grunt as my boyfriend's werewolf attacks, but that'll be fixed soon enough.

I can barely contain myself as my monster returns to the field just as Kiryu ends his turn. “I summon Granmarg, the Rock Monarch in attack mode!” I crow triumphantly. The giant stone monster's ability kicked in and I chose one of the face-down traps my koi had been hiding.

Once I had Macro Cosmos activated, this duel was already decided. Kiryu and I fought neck and neck for several turns neither of us wanting to back down nor were we able to truly get the other's LP down to zero. However, my silver haired love had run out of options and was now completely defenseless.

“Go ahead, Io,” he says smiling, his voice and face devoid of any indication that he was upset with me. “You've proven to be the better duelist once again.”

I didn't want to do it. No matter how much I wanted to place my hand on my deck and give up, Kiryu would hate even more if I showed him any mercy. I steel myself again and give the order for my favorite monster to attack. “D.D. Survivor,” I croak, “Finish him off!” The fact that I've chosen that particular monster wasn't lost on either of us. He knew how much I treasured that card.

“You're just as good as ever, Io,” he says smiling.

“Y-You're not too mad at me?” I stammer, still feeling guilty for beating him yet again.

“Io!” he scolds, “How many times do I have to tell you? I could never hate you for beating me in a duel. I only wanted to see for myself if the last time wasn't a fluke. You've really improved. I'm impressed.”

“Kyo…”

He places his hand on my cheek. “I know what you're thinking,” he says, “I know you have no intention of ever taking my place as leader, so for the last time, Io, stop worrying about it. I'll definitely beat you next time; all I need to do is to train a bit harder.” He flashes me that smile that always makes me melt and gives me another quick kiss. “I still have to check out the last area, so I'll see you later, ok?”

“Be careful,” I say, still blushing from all the praise.

“Always am,” he calls back as he walks away.

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I returned home after I was finished with my shopping for the day. “Great timing Io-chan!” Crow says as I enter our living room, “How about you and I duel so I can check my deck out. I just finished tweaking it.”

“Sure. Just let me put this stuff away,” I say. I run to my room and drop off the D-Wheel chip I'd finally been able to afford.

“Alright, let's duel!” my redheaded housemate says when I return with my deck and duel disk.

Crow was every bit as good as Kiryu and I were. It was quite some time before I was able to get the upper hand and defeat him. “Man I totally blew it,” he said as the last of his life points vanished. “Looks like I need to do some more tweaking.”

“Hey you're both here,” my boyfriend says from the doorway.

“What's up Kiryu?” I ask, though I already had some idea.

“I just wanted to tell Crow and you that our last rumble's tomorrow,” he replies.

“Alright! I can't wait!” my red haired friend shouts, getting pumped.

“The gang in charge is Team Non-Securities. I been hearing that they have a lot of members so we're gonna need all of us for this.”

“A big gang huh? Well, I guess I'll go work on my deck now,” Crow says taking his deck out of the duel disk.

“Right. You should always be prepared for the worst,” Kiryu adds.

“No worries, here. I'll have an invincible deck by tomorrow!”

“I'm going to tell Jack and Yusei now. Io, make sure you're good and ready for tomorrow. Get plenty of rest, ok?”

“I will,” I reply.

“Good. I'll see you guys tomorrow.” Our silver haired leader then left us to prepare.

“Well looks like we've got a lot of prepping to do,” Crow says.

“Iolanthe-nee!” Itsuki calls as he comes running in with Annie. “Let's duel!”

“Aww, I wanna duel her!” the girl whines.

“I called it first!”

“I wanna go first!”

“No fighting you two!” scolded Crow, “Io-chan can't duel now. She's got to get ready for tomorrow.”

“But she promised!” whined Itsuki, pouting. That much was true I did promise the kids a duel or two. The kids started arguing again on which one of them I had promised first.

Crow and I sigh. “I hate to ask, but did you really promise them?”

“Well…” I start.

“Jeez… kids. Look how about I duel you instead,” he says to the two imps.

“No way!” they say together, “Dueling you is never any fun!”

“Now they agree on something,” my housemate mutters, “How about this then, you two team up and then Io-chan and I duel you as a team? You happy now?”

“Hmph, fine,” Itsuki says pouting.

“Well, at least it's better than dueling Crow by himself,” Annie adds.

“Hey! Show some respect! Who's raising you kids anyway?!”

“You are Crow,” the children say in unison.

Crow sighed. Can't say I blame him much. Those two can be quite the handful when they got like this. It wasn't too long before we won the duel since both kids were still learning. “I knew you `n' I would make a great team, Io-chan!” my housemate crows.

“T-Thanks,” I say blushing. Arrgh! I've got to get a grip on myself! I already have a boyfriend!

“You kids happy now? We can't just play with you guys all day. We've got a lot to do to get ready for tomorrow. So why don't you go on and play outside, ok?”

“You guys gonna fight another gang tomorrow?” Itsuki asks. Smart kid that Itsuki, nothing got past him.

“Yep. And it's gonna be a big one too. If we win this, we'll have conquered all of Satellite.”

“That's awesome, Crow! Good luck Iolanthe-nee!”

“You too, Crow!” added Annie.

“For once, I'd like for those two to be less of a handful,” Crow mutters, sighing once the kids have left. “So you gonna get ready for tomorrow?”

“Yeah, I need to make sure my deck's in good shape,” I reply. “See you tomorrow Crow. Remember to get some sleep this time.” Crow always did have the habit of pulling all-nighters tweaking his deck, before big battles and this time probably won't be any different.

“Yeah, yeah I hear ya, mom,” he says. I chuckle as I wave goodnight and head for my room.

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The next day…

Crow and I meet the others at an abandoned factory in the slums. “This is it, guys,” Kiryu says as he opens the factory gates. “I don't know about you, but I'm gonna enjoy this! Everyone, set?”

“What's with all the waitin'?!” Crow pipes up, “I'm itching to get goin' so hurry up!”

“Just because this is our last battle doesn't mean you should be hasty, Crow,” Yusei says, ever the voice of reason in our little group.

“I say we hit them head-on,” Jack says.

“Alright! Team Satisfaction, move out!” my boyfriend and leader says, giving us the order to start.

“'Bout time!” Crow shouts and runs toward the building.

We go in after him and I suddenly find myself surrounded by four rival gang members. “Well, well, lookie what we've got here,” one of them says leering at me. “Ya lost babe? Don't worry we'll take real good care of ya.”

“Yeah,” another starts, “we'll show you a great time, heh heh.”

“You can have your fun after we finish the rest off,” the third thug snaps. I'm guessing he's the one in charge of this group, “We're still in the middle of a turf battle here in case you morons have forgotten!”

“It won't take long,” the last of them says, “It'll be a piece of cake if we take `em down one by one.”

“Iolanthe!” Jack says charging to my rescue.

“Get loss buddy, this ain't your business!”

“Baka! He's with her! He's one of those punks!” the leader snarls, “You two take care of him, the rest of you can handle the chickie.”

“Iolanthe, let me handle them all you go on ahead.”

“No way Jack!” I protest, “There's no way I'm gonna leave you like this!”

“Iolanthe!”

I refused to budge. Jack was one of the best duelists I knew, but the odds were stacked way against him. He may have been able to take on two, but not four. Besides having all these jerks gang up on my `big brother' like this grated against my sense of honor.

“Hmph. Fine do what you want,” the spiky blond quips. Though I knew he was really glad for the help deep down.

“Don't think we're gonna go easy on ya `cause you're a chick,” one of my targets shoots.

I don't bother to waste my breath on him. Instead, I activate my duel disk and start the duel. Boy these guys were tough! Their decks meshed together well and it seemed as though they've done two on one duels like this before. The filthy scum! It took everything I had just to survive. But just when I thought I was a goner, I managed to pull off a miracle and synchro summon Gaia Knight, the Force of Earth. I smiled, glancing over at Jack. Once again he was covering my back for it was him who gave me that card. I was right to have brought more than one deck with me this time.

Once I had Gaia out on the field, it was all over. Two more turns and I came out the victor. I turn to check on Jack's duel and see my blond teammate standing not too far from a staircase at the end of the yard. Good, he won. I let out a sigh of relief.

“I-I… forgot…” one of my opponents stammers, “I've got an errand to do so, um.. yeah!” he runs away like a dog with a tail between its legs, quickly followed by his partner.

“You alright?” Jack asks as I walk over to him, “They didn't try anything did they?”

“I'm perfectly fine, Jack,” I say giving him a quick peck on the cheek and a hug.

“W-What was that for?!” he stutters, blushing profusely.

“You really helped me back there. Who knew you were such a nice Gaia,” I say, grinning at my painfully bad pun.

He blinked a few seconds before he realized what I meant. “So that card was a help after all. I'm glad,” he says, regaining his ice cold façade. “You go on ahead, I'll stay back and make sure this area's all cleared out.”

I nod and dash up the stairs. As I lift the rusty metal door, I see Crow dueling one of these punks amongst the many crates. “Keep going Io-chan!” he calls, I've got this guy!” I gave a quick nod and smile before continuing up to the next level.

Two more rival gang members approached me as I made my way along the catwalks.

“Finally found you punks!” one of them says.

“Hey there's only one of `em!” his partner notes, “And it's a girl! This is gonna be real quick!”

Arrgh!!! Why did almost every male I came across think just because I was a girl that I was a pushover?! I shot my best death glare and got straight to business. There was no way I was gonna let them underestimate me one little bit!!!

Another grueling battle later, and I was once again victorious. It worried me to no end however that my opponents were getting increasingly difficult and there was still no sign of Kiryu or Yusei. I could only pray and hope they were alright. I hurried past the now bickering goons and rushed up the stairs leading to the roof.

As I reach the roof I hear Yusei yell. Fearing the worst, I rush right over. “Yusei!” I scream as I spy the gold and black haired boy fall over the side of the roof. Kiryu dashes over and just in the nick of time manages to grab onto my friend's hand.

“Hang on Yusei!” he says, “I'll get you up here in no time!”

“Kiryu!”

My boyfriend grunts as he desperately tries to pull our fellow teammate back onto the roof.

“Let go, Kiryu!” Yusei shouts, “It's not working! You'll fall too if you keep this up!”

“Are you crazy!” my silver haired koi yells back, “There's no way I'm going to leave you behind!” He continues to pull and grunt. Damn it! Why can't my feet move?! I was sure with my help, we wouldn't have any trouble rescuing Yusei. “I'm… DEFINITELY… not letting go!!”

“Kiryu…”

“We're… friends!”

“Aww isn't that just precious!” I hear. I whirl around and see an enemy thug approaching my friends. “It kinda gets ya right here. Looks like that trap worked after all. So I wonder, just how long you think that friendship's gonna last. A little pain and you'll let go in no time.”

“You stay away from them!” I scream stepping between him and my boyfriend.

“Trying to play hero, girlie? Scram before someone really gets hurt!”

“Iolanthe! Don't worry about us!”

“I'm not leaving either of you, Kiryu! You all mean too much to me!”

“Iolanthe, please!” I hear Yusei say.

“Heh, either way you look at it,” the thug says, “you're all gonna go down!”

“You're dead scum!” I bellow and start drawing cards.

“Have it your way, babe.”

“Just be careful, Io!” Kiryu calls from behind me, “Get him real good for me since I've kinda got my hands full right now!”

This was the hardest duel in my life and it was all because of one card! Just as our duel had started, my opponent activated a spell called Burden of the Mighty which weakened my monsters severely as long as it remained on the field. Fifteen turns later, I stood panting as I watched my D.D. Survivor wipe out the last of his life points.

“I-I didn't think you'd be that good!” the thug grunts in pain.

“You having fun, Io?” Kiryu asks wrapping his arms around me.

“You did it, Iolanthe!”

“Kiryu!” I cry in relief and joy. “Yusei!”

“When did you?! Waaahh!!!” The slimy bastard runs away and runs down the stairs before either of the boys could really let him have it.

“Tch! Pathetic,” growled my boyfriend.

“I'm sorry for putting you in a situation like that, Kiryu, Iolanthe.”

“What the heck are you talking about Yus?!” Kiryu chides, “We're family! Family always helps each other out!”

“He's right Yusei,” I add, “I'd be really heart broken if anything happened to you. So no more dramatics okay?”

“Iolanthe…”

“In spite of that little… set back, the battle was a success! We've got this area under control! We did it team. We've conquered all of Satellite!” Kiryu crows.

“At last. We've united the whole town.”

“All thanks to you Io. That slime ball was their leader. That's my girl for ya!” I blush profusely at the praise, not to mention from the kiss our silver haired leader was giving me at the moment.

“Don't forget we all helped. This was a team effort.” I could almost hear Yusei roll his eyes, “Am I right, Iolanthe?”

“Hey! I didn't forget!” Kiryu retorts, blushing slightly as he realized what we were doing a few seconds ago. “You guys are the best friends I could ever have. We never could have done it if we all didn't help each other.”

“Hear, hear!” I say.

“Ok, let's go get Jack and Crow so we can celebrate!” I laugh as my boyfriend lets out an exuberant whoop. Little did I know that was the last time we'd ever be happy like this, let alone be together.

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A few days later…

Crow came to me and told me that my beloved Kiryu seemed to be acting a bit out of it. In fact everyone except for Crow seemed to be a bit down. We've been fighting to take over the entire town for so long, none of us seemed to know what to do now that we've achieved our dream.

I headed over to our hideout a bit later and got the shock of my life.

“What's the matter?” I hear Kiryu jeer, “That all you've got? You're no duelist if you can't even beat me!”

I gasp as I watch my boyfriend continued to berate a little boy, making him cry. Never in all this time have I ever seen him like that! He'd always stand up for those who were bullied not the other way around.

“Crying's not gonna help you win! Either make a move or get out of here! Either way, your pathetic cards won't do you any good!”

“Kyosuke!” I shout, “Just what is going on?!”

“Stay out of this!” he snaps back shoving me out of the way and almost knocking me off my feet!

“You better start explaining. Right now!” I try again.

“I said beat it!” he punches my cheek and I cry out more from shock than pain.

“K-Kyosuke…” I murmur, fighting against the tears in my eyes. Seeing that he wasn't going to listen to me alone, I rush into the hideout.

“Guys!” I shout, upon spying the rest of my team.

“What's the matter, Io-chan? What's got you in such a rush?” Crow asks.

Jack's violet eyes narrow noticing my obviously bruised cheek.

“I-It's Kiryu,” I say, “He's dueling this little kid outside, but he's not acting right. He's acting more like a bully than a duelist. H-He…” I dread telling them the rest, especially since I know how protective Jack can get.

“Don't say another word!” the blond yells, getting the idea.

“He hit you?!” Crow gasps in disbelief, “Kiryu?! No way!”

“Just look at her!” Jack yells, “The proof is right there on her face!”

“I'm goin' over there to knock some sense into the idiot!” our redheaded teammate says, running out of the hideout.

“Wait Crow, calm down!” Yusei shouts as he runs after him. Jack and I hurry head out ourselves.

“You tell all your loser friends to stop hanging around our hideout!” Kiryu snarls.

“Just what do you think you're doing, Kiryu!” bellows Crow and promptly punches him squarely in the jaw, knocking him back and away from the kid. “Get out while you still can kid,” he says to the still crying boy. The poor little guy lets out a wail then quickly runs away.

“What was that for, Crow?!”

“You damn well know what that was for! How dare you hit Io-chan! What was all that about anyway? What were you thinking, picking on that kid? What'd you think you'd get out of it?!”

“I was just doing what's best for this town!” he spits back, “We've got to get rid of all the weaklings! Besides, anyone who's not with us is our enemy! How else can we keep control of Satellite?”

“That doesn't give you the right to bully the kids and hit your girlfriend!”

“It's her fault she wouldn't listen and stay out of my business! Besides, wasn't it Jack who said that a duelist's age didn't matter?!”

Jack gasped, shocked to hear his own words spoken in such a way. Crow was visibly shaking with rage, his fists opening and closing as he fought the urge to lay into my boyfriend. I knew he didn't want fight him for my sake.

“You once told me that dueling was about having fun, no matter who you were!” Crow yelled, “Who do you think you are?!”

“What did you say, Crow?!”

“That's it! I've had it with Team Satisfaction!”

“Crow, let it go!” Yusei says stepping between the two.

“Tch!” the spiky redhead glares then spins on his heel and walks away.

“Where do you think you're going Crow!” demands Kiryu, “We're supposed to be a team! How dare you turn your back on your friends!”

Jack glares at my boyfriend for a few more seconds, then walked away as well. Apparently, he must have decided to be the bigger man here and forget about getting back at him for punching me.

“You too, Jack?! Come on guys! Jack! Crow! You're still on our team, right Yusei? We're still friends, right?” Yusei just stares solemnly at him, keeping silent, “Say something!”

I bite my trembling lip in a pathetic attempt to stop from sobbing. Where had my kind, loving, passionate Kiryu gone?! I could no longer bear to look at this stranger with my love's face. I stifle another sob as I turn and walk away.

“Iolanthe…” I hear Yusei say, making me pause.

“I'm sorry, Yus,” I say then leave.

“Io!” Kiryu calls after me, “I'm sorry I didn't mean it! Come back! Please!” It was the toughest thing I ever did, walking away from him like that. I could swear a piece of me died that day.

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The next day…

“Iolanthe-nee!” Itsuki calls as I step outside the house I shared with Crow.

“Hey there, kiddo,” I say in greeting.

“You `n' Crow have a lover's spat or something? `Cause he's been down in the dumps all day.”

“Itsuki!” I sputter, “You know we're not together! He's just my best friend ok?”

“Uh-huh, whatever. Anyway, he's over by the bridge if you're looking for him.”

“Thanks, squirt.”

I headed over to the bridge. I needed to talk to Crow about what happened at the hideout yesterday. Desperately. It was killing me inside that our tight knit team was suddenly falling apart. Sure enough my housemate was hanging around the Daedalus Bridge.

“Crow…” I start.

“Io-chan… I don't think I ever told you the story about this bridge. Well a long time ago some guy came riding into Satellite on this really weird D-Wheel. Every day, he'd come to this very spot and do nothin' but stare at Neo Domino City. Without fail. One day, he stopped coming. He found a purpose… he knew he had to somehow connect Satellite to the city somehow. So he decided to build a bridge… the Daedalus Bridge. They all said it was impossible, that the guy was nutzo for even thinking it. But he refused to give up… those who ridiculed him started to believe him… that he actually might pull it off.

“This bridge became the symbol of hope for all of us forced to scrounge and scavenge out a life here in Satellite. But there were those who weren't too happy about that. Sector Security. He was forced to stop building the bridge and became their number one public enemy. Once again everybody gave up and said that the Daedalus Bridge was doomed from the start. Sector Security eventually caught up to the guy, forcing him to choose between giving himself up and spending the rest of his life in the facility or turn himself into a legend. He chose the second option and drove his D-Wheel off the unfinished bridge. No one knows what happened to him or even if he's still alive… but he made me have so much respect for what he did and for him…”

“Crow, I…”

“That's basically why I began dueling to begin with. But after what happened yesterday…”

What could I say to something like that? I never knew that about Crow. I never realized how much that half finished bridge meant so much to him. No wonder he liked to hang around here so much.

“Crow!” Annie yells as she comes running up to us. “Thank goodness I found you!”

“Easy there Annie, what's wrong?” he asks.

“I-It's terrible!” the girl says starting to sob, “Kiryu-nii's fighting a whole bunch of Security jerks!”

“What?!” Crow and I say in unison. Kiryu just what have you done?!

“Where is he?!” Crow asks.

“At Team Black `n' Blue's old hideout,” she replies between sobs.

“Just what is that idiot thinking?! Io-chan, you go get Yusei! I'm gonna look for Jack! We've got to get together and stop him! Meet up back at the hideout when you find Yus.”

I fight back the tears threatening to fall from my eyes and dash off to find our spiky haired voice of reason.

I find Yusei at the hideout and immediately run up to him. “Yusei!” I shout.

“Iolanthe! What's the matter?” he asked worriedly, noticing my fearful expression.

“It's Kiryu,” I start, sniffling and trying my hardest not to start sobbing, “He's got himself into some kind of trouble and he's now fighting Sector Security!”

“What?! Are you serious?! He's dueling Sector Security?! He told me he was going out for a walk, what is he thinking?!”

“Io-chan!” Crow yells rushing in. “Great! You found Yusei! So she tell you yet?”

“Yeah. Kiryu didn't tell me what he was up to when he walked out a little while ago,” the bi-color haired boy replied. “I just can't believe he'd even think of doing something like this…”

“There's no time for talk,” interrupted Jack, “Kiryu needs our help! So let's hurry!”

I give the blond a brief grateful smile. It seemed he still thought of my silver haired koi as a friend.

“Right!” Crow piped up, “Annie said she saw him at the old hideout of Team Black `n' Blue.”

“Let's get over there before it's too late!” Yusei said determinedly. We all nod and then rush to our D-Wheels.

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Within minutes, we reach the abandoned apartment complex and storm inside. “Ok, I'm checking the basement,” Crow says, taking charge of the situation. “The rest of you check the other parts!” The redhead then dashes off toward the basement.

“Right,” Yusei says, “If they haven't caught him yet, Kiryu might be on the top floor by now.”

“Just keep in mind not to let any Securities catch sight of you,” Jack adds, “or they'll just kick us out of here.”

I follow my teammates and friends up the stairs. So far so good no sign of my boyfriend. “I'll stay here and keep an eye out,” our blond friend says. Yusei and I nod and barely manage to sneak past a patrolling officer. It was the same for the top floor as well.

Suddenly, Yusei stops at a door at the far end of the hall. “I hear Kiryu's voice coming from here,” he whispers to me. We carefully open the door and see Kiryu standing over an unconscious officer, blood smeared all over him by the pouring rain as it rushed through the broken windows. There was a rapidly growing pool of the red liquid where the officer lay.

“Kiryu!” Yusei cries in utter disbelief.

“Hey Yus, Io,” my boyfriend says. I stare at him in shock. How can he be so nonchalant at a time like this?! Did he know who serious this was?! Better yet did he even care?! And just what the hell did my love do?! I silently began to pray that he hadn't done what I was beginning to think he did.

“Just what do you think you're doing?!” demands Yusei.

“I finally realized something…” Kiryu says solemnly, “we can't really say that we've conquered all of Satellite unless we've beaten Sector Security too! So how about it? Join me and take these guys on!”

“Kiryu! You're not thinking right! You can't possibly think the five of us can take them all on!”

Suddenly the air was filled with the shrieks of sirens. Yusei rushed to the window and peeked out. “Oh no! A huge bunch of Securities are heading this way!” he says, “Everyone, back to the hideout! Quick!”

“Tch!”

“Iolanthe, you take Kiryu and get back to the hideout ASAP! I'll be right behind you as soon as I get Crow and Jack.”

~TBC~

Sakura: I'm evil, I know. I deny you a new chapter for months only to leave you hanging. Sorry everyone, but this was the only good spot to stop at. Hope you enjoyed it tho'.