A home for three

[Carlos1234]

[spoiler=secret date]A secret Date
Chapter 11 Secret Date
Akiza was out with the twins at the ice cream shop, since Leo had a craving for ice cream. They promised Martha and Yusei they'd bring something back for them. Yusei was stayed home, to finish his chores. Once he was done, he sat and watched TV. Martha came in from the laundry room.

"Yusei, have Akiza and you done it yet?"

"What do you mean?" Yusei asked.

"I mean, have you two gone on a date yet? Alone?"

"Well, no, because we haven't had time," Yusei said, "With school, helping the twins, and other things, we haven't really done anything. Sure, we studied together and stuff, but not, "go out to a restaurant" type date."

"Well, then why don't ask her to that burger place that you always go to?"

"Martha, you don't take someone there for your first date. You usually take the other person someplace nice. I can't afford that," Yusei replied, "Besides, how do I know she even wants to go on a date?"

"If she can kiss you than she probably does," Martha said.

She walked away.

Yusei sweated nervously.

"What do I do," he thought.

As Akiza, Leo, and Luna walked home, Akiza thought to herself.

"I wonder why Yusei hasn't asked me out yet."

She looked at the twins talking and laughing at each other.

"Maybe he's just too busy. I mean, the twins and school are on his mind," Akiza thought, "But still, he doesn't need to take me some place nice. Even this ice cream shop we went to would be enough. Maybe I should talk to him about it."

When they got home, Akiza gave Martha her ice cream. Martha said that Yusei was in his room, so she went there, to give him his ice cream.

In his room, Yusei thought on how and what he should do for a date for them.

"Let's see, I could go here," he thought as he wrote down a restaurant on a notepad.

"No, that's not cheap enough."

He erased the name.

"Yusei, I got your ice cream for you," Akiza said.

Yusei, quickly, stuffed the notepad in his jeans pocket.

Akiza walked in and gave it to him.

"This is what you wanted," Akiza asked.

"Oh, yeah," he said as he started to dig in.

Akiza watched as Yusei happily ate his ice cream. He didn't seem to realize that Akiza was still there.

"So, Yusei what are you doing in here?" she asked.

Yusei nearly chocked on his ice cream. He wasn't sure on what to say.

"I well, I was uh, just, uh, making a list," he said.

"A list? Of what?"

"Of places to go," Yusei said nervously.

"Places," Akiza whispered quietly to herself.

"Go where? For what?"

"Uh, just places I haven't been to...in...a...while."

Akiza got up to leave.

"Well, have fun with your list," Akiza said.

She left the room.

Once Yusei was done with his ice cream, he got the notepad out, and looked at it. All the names of restaurants were erased. He was out of ideas. He walked out of his room and overheard Akiza and Martha talking. He couldn't see them, but he could defiantly hear them.

"So, why don't you ask him," Martha asked.

"I want to ask him, but I don't know. Is it weird for a girl to ask a guy out on a date?"

"Not at all," Martha said, "Besides, boys don't always like to do planning and that type of stuff."

"Yeah, I think I'll ask him tonight," Akiza said, "After dinner."

Yusei tiptoed back to his room.

"Wow! Akiza's going to ask me out on a date," he thought.

Yusei smiled, but then realized something.

"Wait, does this make me lazy?" he thought, "All the big movies usually have a guy asking a girl to dance, what they want, or if they want to go out."

Yusei slumped back on his bed.

"I'm worried Akiza will be disappointed in me."

As he ate dinner, he kept looking at Akiza. He kept thinking that Akiza will be upset that he never asked her. The problem was that Yusei wanted to make their first date special. However, he didn't have the resources to do it. He couldn't afford to go to a fancy restaurant. It made him feel worthless.

After dinner, Yusei tried to work on his homework, but his mind kept thinking about what Akiza was going to say.

After about an hour or so...

"Yusei? Are you in there?" Akiza asked.

"Uh sure," he said as he tidied up a few things, "Come on in."

Akiza walked in and sat on his bed. He got up from his desk and sat next to her.

"So, what is it that you need," Yusei asked.

"Well, um, you see," Akiza said nervously.

"Go on," Yusei encouraged her.

"Well, would you, um, like to, um."

She closed her eyes and said it.

"Go on a date?" she asked.

Yusei smiled at her as she opened her eyes.

"Of course we can go," Yusei said.

"Oh! Thank you Yusei," Akiza said as she wrapped him in a hug.

Yusei laughed a little, but when Akiza stopped hugging him, he had to ask.

"So, are you disappointing that I didn't ask you before?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I wanted to ask you for a while now, but, the problem is, I don't have the money to take you somewhere nice," he said.

"Oh Yusei," Akiza said as she wrapped him a hug.

Yusei's eyes started to water.

"Your the first girlfriend I ever had. I don't want you to be mad that I didn't take you somewhere nice. It would be our first time going out, alone, together."

Yusei leaned back and Akiza smiled at him

"Yusei, you don't need to take me some place that costs money. Just the time we spend together here is more than enough. You've done so much to help me, so maybe I should return the favor. Tell you what, next Friday night, I'll take you somewhere. It won't cost you anything."

"We're not going someplace nice that you have to pay for the bill are you?" he asked.

"No, in fact, we'll eat before we leave," Akiza said.

Now, Yusei was really confused on what was going on.

A little over a week later, Yusei and Akiza ate with Martha as they were about to go on their first real date, alone, together.

"Akiza, do we have to wear anything formal," Yusei asked.

"Oh no," Akiza said, "Just come as you are."

They got ready and before they left, Martha had a few words of encouragement.

"Now, don't get too wild and end up with a new baby on the way," Martha said.

"Don't worry, Martha," Akiza said, "We're not that wild. At least, not that I'm aware of."

She gives Yusei a look.

"Right, we're definitely not like that," he said.

Martha waved as Yusei and Akiza headed off.

"Okay, so how do we get there," Yusei asked.

Akiza kept telling him to turn right and left until, they reached a parking lot.

"There's no one here," Yusei said.

"Don't worry Yusei," she said as they got out of the car.

There was a huge lit up house. As they approached it, Yusei started to know what it was. It was a greenhouse.

As they walked inside, they looked around at all the different plants that were in it.

"So, why did you pick this place," Yusei asked.

"Well, it smells nice. Plus, I really like flowers. It's a secret that I've never really told anyone."

Yusei smiled at her.

"Well, I'm glad you told me your secret," Yusei said.

As they walked around Akiza noticed the red roses growing in the greenhouse. She stopped and looked at them.

"You like those, don't you," Yusei said.

Akiza nodded.

They noticed that one of the buds of the roses had fallen off. Yusei picked it up.

"Here you go Akiza, I know it's not the whole thing, but I hope you like it."

Akiza smells the rose.

"Thank you Yusei."

Akiza gives him a peck on the cheek. Yusei blushed.

"Your such a sweet guy."

As they walk out, they look around at the city lights and the stars.

They sit on a bench.

As they watch, Akiza and Yusei slowly turn to each other.

They smile, lean in, and make a very long, loving kiss.

When they finally stop for air, Akiza asks Yusei a question.

"You weren't to bored tonight were you?"

"No, because I got to learn something new about you and we got to spend time together."

"Well, since I showed you something new about me, will you show me a side of you I don't know? It doesn't have to be right away."

"Don't worry Akiza. I promise I'll take you somewhere you've never been to before."

Akiza smiled as the took another, deep, loving kiss.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=A home away from home]A home away from home]Chapter Home away from home"Get out! Get your things and leave," a male voice shouted.

"You're scaring us, so leave us alone," a female voice added.

Akiza quickly grabbed as many things as she could.

"Get out of here you witch," he father yelled.

Akiza slammed the door behind her and ran, as far as she could. She had to get away from that house, where her family yelled at her. They made her feel like an outsider. They called her names like "witch" and "monster." She couldn't take it and neither could they.

Akiza had been at school and was wearing her school uniform. It was a red vest with a short blue mini-skirt. She had managed to quickly pack some food, blankets, clothes, and a pillow.

She reached the park, but knew that she couldn't stay there. She walked around, trying to find shelter for the night.

Meanwhile, on the other side of town.

"What do you mean we have to leave," Leo shouted.

"I'm sorry kids, but you can't pay the rent, so you can't live here," the landlord said.

"Can we take anything," Luna asked.

"Whatever you can carry or pack. The rest will be sold at auction."

The twins quickly ran upstairs.

"I'm going to take this trophy and this poster," Leo said.

"Leo, be sure to pack as much of your clothes and important things as you can. We have to survive and a poster or trophy's almost useless," Luna said.

Once they were done, they had mostly packed their clothes and necessary things.

"What about all of this stuff," Leo asked, pointing to his room.

"They'll have to stay behind," Luna said.

The twins walked out of the building, with frowns on their faces.

"Stupid parents, why couldn't they wire us any money," Leo shouted.

"I guess they just care about themselves," Luna replied.

"That might be why I can't remember the last time we saw them," Leo said.

"Neither can I. I can't believe how bad some parents, including ours, treat their kids," Luna replied sadly.

They walked around and they started to get tired.

"Where are we gonna sleep Luna," Leo asked.

Luna looks down an alley. "I guess we'll have to stay there." She points to a dumpster.

"In that? You want us to sleep in garbage," Leo asked.

"It's the only place with a cover over it, so we can't be seen," she replied, "Besides, we have to hide our bags. Someone might try to steal them. Plus, it's Friday. They emptied the garbage yesterday."

They walk over and put their bags in first. Then, they help each other get in.

"It's actually pretty warm in here," Leo said. The night had started to turn a little chilly.

"Ewe! I think I stepped into some gum," Leo whined.

"Just rest you head on the bag and go to sleep Leo," Luna responded.

Akiza knew she needs somewhere to sleep. She passed a dumpster in a different alley.

"I guess, I'll have to sleep in here," she said.

She got in and shut the lid.

"Even though it smells bad, at least I know I'm safe," she thought.

She closed her eyes and went to sleep.

The next morning…

"Leo, wake up," Luna shouted. She opened the lid and could see the sunlight beaming down the street.

"C'mon, we got to get out of here, before someone finds us," Luna said.

As they get out, Leo notices stains on his shirt.

"Aw man. This was my favorite shirt and now it looks like someone spit all over it! Not to mention it smells like a dirty dog!"

"Leo, get a hold of yourself. We have to find food."

"Did you get any money," he asked.

"I have $'ll go to a fast food joint and get something."

They start looking for one.

Meanwhile, Akiza got out of the dumpster and was sitting on a park bench.

"I have some food. I guess I'll have to make sure I ration it out."

She divides some of the food up for 3 meals for the day and eats the first 1/3rd.

"It's not much, but at least it's something. I guess I'll have to see if someone in Satellite can help me," she thought and started heading over to it.

"Where are we going to go Luna," Leo asked as they walked outside.

"We'll have to visit the Satellite and see if someone there can help us," Luna said.

They start walking.

Akiza was nervous as she walked around Satellite. Guys gave her looks and she was uncomfortable being by herself.

"Why did the school uniforms have to make the skirt so short," she though as she tried to pull her skirt down.

She then spotted a food shelter entitled, "Home for a Meal." She saw that they would serve dinner at 7, for homeless people, so she made sure that she set her watch for it.

The twins walked through Satellite without much staring or funny looks. They too noticed the shelter and made sure they could remember it.

When suppertime rolled around Akiza and the twins had made sure they were there extra early for the meal. They ate in different areas of the dining hall. Once the twins were done eating, they looked for a place to stay.

"It looks like we'll have to stay in a dumpster again," Luna said. There was one that was next to a small house.

"All right," Leo said, "Some guy said he was staying in a garbage pile, so this seems way more comfortable."

They got in.

Akiza walked by a few minutes later and saw the same dumpster. She opened the top and saw the two twins inside.

"Can I come in," she asked.

"Taken," Leo shouted.

"Leo, let's hear what she has to say. What's your story," Luna asked.

"I was kicked out of my house yesterday and was forced to sleep in a dumpster, like this, last night. My parents didn't want me living with them anymore."

"That sounds almost exactly like us," Luna cried, "Our parents wouldn't give us the money for rent. We haven't seen them in many, many years and so we lived by ourselves. So, the landlord kicked us out and we also slept in a dumpster last night."

"It smelt like an old dog, it ruined my favorite shirt, and all we have is some clothes that we quickly packed," Leo added.

"Same here," Akiza added and showed her bag.

"C'mon it," Luna said. Akiza, carefully, stepped in.

Luna turns on the flashlight that Leo had packed.

"Just don't snore really loud, because it echoes in here. Luna was doing that all night," Leo said.

"Leo, you snore too," Luna said.

"Don't worry. I probably snore too. I think almost everyone does," Akiza said.

"Oh great," Leo said.

"My name's Akiza, what are yours?"

"My name's Luna and this is my brother Leo."

Leo waves.

"Well, now that we got all that taken care of, let's get some sleep," Akiza said.

The dumpster was about a wide as Akiza was tall. So, she slept that direction and Leo slept on her right and Luna her left. She wrapped her arms around both of them.

"Good night Leo and Luna," Akiza said softly.

"Good night Akiza," they replied.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=home and love]Home and love]Chapter 2!

The next morning, Martha was putting the garbage away.

"That Yusei is such a sweet boy, but why can't that man take out his own trash," she asked to herself.

She opens up the top and just before she was going to put the trash in, she notices something.

"Oh my," she said.

"Ahh! The light," Leo said drowsily.

"What's going on," Luna asked.

Akiza, slowly, sat up.

"What are you three doing? Get out of there," Martha said.

Akiza got out first and Martha and she helped get the twins out.

"What were you three doing in there," Martha asked.

"Well, we all became homeless yesterday and needed a place to sleep," Akiza said quietly.

"Well, you could've stayed at my house," Martha said, "My name's Martha and I run an orphanage for some of the people of Satellite."

"Hi, my name's Akiza. My parent's kicked me out of my house."

Martha leaned into her.

"Are these your children," she asked in a serious tone.

"No way! I'm not a…" she stopped and looked at the twins. They looked up at her and gave her a confused look.

"I mean, I'm not that type of woman," she corrected herself.

"Good, well then who are you two," Martha asked.

Luna stepped forward. "My name's Luna and this is my brother Leo." Leo steps forward.

"We're twins," he said, "Our parents couldn't pay us the rent. We haven't seen them in years and we've lived by ourselves as long as we can remember. Our parents normally sent us money, but then suddenly stopped. Probably to keep for themselves."

"Well, it's a good thing I found you. You couldn't survive without water, food, and shelter," Martha said.

Martha noticed their bags.

"I see you haven't come empty handed, unlike many others that I've had. C'mon inside."

She leads them in and they look around. The house has a dining room, living room, and a hallway, that leads to many other rooms.

"I'll give you some clean clothes. I'l wash the ones you have on and the ones you brought with. Who knows what kind of things it was rolling around in."

When Akiza gives her bag, Martha noticed the food inside.

"Is it all right if I use some of this food for dinner tonight," she asked.

"Sure thing. It might go bad any day now," she responded.

"I'll lead you to your rooms and I'll get you some clothes," Martha said.

She leads the twins to a room with a bunk bed.

"I call top bunk," Leo shouts and climbs on up.

She then leads Akiza to her room. It has a desk, bed, and a small TV.

Akiza walks into her room and admires how nice everything was.

Martha gives her some clothes and then Akiza gives her the school uniform.

"So, you go to New Domino High? Well, there's a bus that'll take you there. It comes at 7 sharp."

"Thanks so much Martha," Akiza responds.

Martha then checks on the twins and hands them their clothes.

"Good thing I finally get to take this off. It smells awful," Leo shouted.

"I'm sure it does. When you're finished, I'll put the clothes in the wash and give you a tour of the house. Meet in the dining room," Martha replies.

"Thanks Martha," the twins respond.

They meet Akiza in the dining room. As they wait, a person comes through the door.

"Hey Martha, you home," a tall, black and blonde haired young man calls.

The twins hide behind Akiza. Akiza then realized what they were afraid of. A small yellow line went down the side of his cheek. Akiza stood strong.

"What do you want," she said in a firm, strong voice.

"I'm just here to find Martha."

"Are you here to find her or cause trouble?"

Martha walked into the dining room.

"Oh Yusei, I'm so glad you're here. These are some new orphans of mine. Meet Akiza and the twins, Leo and Luna. Akiza, Leo, and Luna, this is Yusei. One of the nicest orphans I've ever had."

"Stop it Martha, your embarrassing me," Yusei says as he starts to blush.

"Yusei," Akiza wondered. "He's kind of cute and very good looking," she thought.

"How'd you get that mark," Leo quickly asked, "Did you hurt somebody?"

"I wish," Yusei said laughing.

"See, there's a friend of mine named Crow. He has some orphans that he takes care of too."

Yusei takes a seat at the dinner table and so does everyone else.

"When he first started, he needed help taking care of them, because he has a couple of jobs to afford food for them. He also buys them gifts sometimes too. So, many times, I had to stay late to take care of them. Let's just say that I would not make a very good father. Many of them wouldn't listen to me."

"It's just because you're so sweet," Martha said, nudging him.

"Martha," Yusei groaned as his face turned red again.

"He does look cute when his face turns red," Akiza thought.

"So, anyways, many times I had to stay late. Sector Security kept saying that I was breaking curfew. I told them the reason, but they didn't believe me. Pretty soon, the kids could take care of themselves and I wasn't needed. Let alone, I couldn't do much to help. So, the last night I went over, Security said I had broken curfew too many times. So they took me in. That's when I got this mark. This way, Security can tell if I'm out too late."

"What happens when you turn 18," Akiza asked, "Curfew isn't in effect anymore."

"They won't be able to track me like that. So, it basically becomes a like a scar. Speaking of which, my birthday's coming up," Yusei said.

"All right, Birthday Cake," Leo shouted.

They all laughed.

"That Akiza girl sure looks pretty when she smiles," Yusei thought to himself. His face turned red again.

"So, you're a good criminal," Luna said.

"I guess so," Yusei said.

"Well, let me give you that tour," Martha said.

"Allow me," Yusei said, "That way, you can start making breakfast."

"Oh Yusei, always worried about me. Okay then," Martha said.

Yusei lead them around the house.

"This is the play room," Yusei said as he opened one door.

"All right! Toys," Leo shouted.

"Leo, they aren't just for you," Luna said chasing after him.

"So, do you work or something," Akiza asked.

"Nope. I'm currently going to school," Yusei said.

"Where are you going," Akiza asked.

"New Domino High," Yusei said.

"Why haven't I seen you before? I've gone there too," Akiza asked.

"Well, I've taken mostly classes for Satellite and criminal kids. The teachers don't think we're safe enough to be with the other kids."

"Well, I think you seem pretty safe," Akiza said smiling at him.

Yusei smiled back as the twins played with some of the toys.

"Okay you guys, time to eat," Martha shouted.

"You guys can wash up in the bathroom," Yusei told them, "I'll go help Martha."

The twins stopped playing and the three of them went to the bathroom to wash up.

Yusei headed to the kitchen and washed his hands.

"Don't worry Yusei, I've got it," Martha said.

Yusei took a seat and Martha set the food down on the table.

"So, Yusei, I saw your face turn red when you saw that Akiza girl smiling," Martha said happily.

"What," Yusei said, starting to feel embarrassed.

"I'm just saying. You seem to like that Akiza girl. Plus, you two go to the same school now. Maybe you two could go out on a date or something."

"A date," Yusei turned around to make sure they weren't coming into the room.

"Martha," Yusei said quietly, "I don't think I could ask that girl out. Besides…there…might…be someone else out there too. You never know."

Yusei's face turned even redder.

"Oh Yusei, I can tell you like that girl. Don't worry," she winks at him, "I can find out how she feels about you, if you want."

"Thanks Martha. I'm kind of embarrassed since I just met her."

Martha giggles as Akiza and the twins walk into the room.

"All right! Food," Leo shouted.

"Just don't eat too much Leo," Luna reminded him, "Leo's a very big eater."

"Well there's plenty more where that came from," Martha said.

They said grace and started to eat.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=A secret Friend]A secret friendChapter 3 A secret friend

Martha was in the laundry room and was emptying out the dryer. She then started putting the clothes back in the bags that Leo, Luna, and Akiza gave to her. She then noticed something different in one of them.

She picked up and something fell out of the bag. She picks it up and realizes it what it was. It was a teddy bear.

Martha wondered whose bag it was. She thought it might have been Leo's or Luna, but their bags were the same and seemed well made. Akiza's was different and didn't seem as nice as the twins. Like someone who left, with almost no time to lose.

She didn't want to confront Akiza about it. "It might be something that she doesn't want someone finding out about," she thought.

She put the bags on their beds and left the bear next to Akiza's bag.

When Akiza came home, Leo and Luna came up to her.

"Martha got done with out clothes, so you could go get yours," Leo said.

Akiza went into her room and saw the bag. She picked it up and then saw the bear.

Akiza's face turned red. She was embarrassed.

"Martha saw it. I should have taken it out. What will Martha think? What does she think? Does she think I'm weird or stupid?"

"Kids, dinner," Martha called.

Akiza hid the bear under her bed, washed up, and went to the kitchen.

At dinner, Akiza kept an eye on Martha. She wanted to see if she gave her a long look or acted funny. Martha didn't say anything or act any different than before.

"Akiza, is something wrong," Leo asked.

"Oh, no Leo, why do you ask?"

"Well, you seem kind of nervous," Luna added.

"Well, I have a test in a couple of days," she said.

"If you want, I could help you study," Yusei offered.

"Did I just ask Akiza to be a "study buddy," Yusei thought.

Akiza and Martha saw his face turn red.

"Sure, Yusei, that'd be great," Akiza said smiling.

"Okay," Yusei said. Akiza and Martha giggled.

"Yusei's face is red," Luna pointed.

"It might be this food," Leo said, "It is pretty spicy."

"Maybe it is," Luna said.

Akiza, Martha, and Yusei knew the real reason.

Later, Akiza was sitting in her room, looking at the teddy bear. She felt nervous about the whole thing.

"What would happen if Yusei found out? He'd probably laugh at me and make fun of me. He might tell Leo and Luna and they'd never stop bugging me about it. He could even tell kids at school. What would they say? I'd be the laughing stock of the school. It's bad enough I got kicked out of my own house."

Akiza's eyes started to water.

Yusei knocked and entered slowly. "May I come in," he asked. Akiza quickly tried to hide the bear behind her back.

"What was that," Yusei asked.

"Oh, nothing," Akiza asked.

"Well, it must have been something," Yusei said.

Akiza thought about trying to change the subject, but thought it'd be better to just tell him.

"Promise you won't laugh," Akiza said.

"Promise," he replied firmly.

She shows him the bear and Yusei remembered the bag of clothes. Akiza looks down and prepared for the worst.

"Did you bring that with you," Yusei asked

"Yes," Akiza said. She was so embarrassed, but also surprised by what he said. "I got this when I was a baby by my mom's friend. She gave it to me and I slept with it tons of times. Many times if I was scared or afraid, I would sleep with it. It gave me comfort and helped me overcome my fears. It also helped me calm down and helped me get to sleep. When I had to leave home, I grabbed it. I was reminded of all those times with it. I was scared."

Yusei wrapped his arm around her.

"It's okay. I can't blame you for that. I'd be scared too, if I got kicked out of my house."

Akiza looks up at Yusei.

"So, you aren't going to make fun of me? I know my parents did and thought I was dumb for still having it. I felt really bad."

"No, you're not stupid. You seem like a very nice girl, who was miss-treated by her family."

Akiza starts to cry.

Yusei wraps her in a hug. She buries her face into his shirt.

"I'm sorry Yusei, I shouldn't have told you all this."

"It's fine Akiza." He paused. "Since you've showed me something, I think I should show you something about me."

"Is it a secret," Akiza asked. She looked up at him. She was in wonder about what Yusei was going to show her.

"Well, it's not a secret, but it is something personal."

Akiza smiled.

"Well, let's study first," he reminded her.

Akiza went and got her books.

When they were done, Akiza followed Yusei to his room and shut the door. She sat on his bed as he opened up a dresser drawer. He pulled something out and tried to hide it.

"Here," he said and put a dueling deck in her hand.

"It's a deck," she said, "What's so great about that?"

"Take the top card."

She flipped it over and a Stardust Dragon card appeared.

"Yusei, this card's beautiful. It shines in the light." She looks at it some more. "It seems like such a wonderful card to have."

"Well, it's my favorite. It's special to me. I know what you mean about having something that can make you feel comfortable. Having this card in my deck makes me feel great. If I can summon it, it gives me the confidence to know that I can win."

"Well, I actually can relate in another way," Akiza said.

"What do you mean? I don't get it," Yusei said.

"Let me go get it," she said. She got up from the bed and went to her school bag. She opened a special pocket and pulled out her own deck. She walked back to Yusei's room and closed the door.

Yusei saw her deck and smiled.

"Do you have a Stardust Dragon card too," he asked.

"No, but I have a card that's similar to that one."

She gives him the deck and he pulls off the top card. A Black Rose Dragon card shines in the light.

"So, this is your dragon," Yusei says.

"Yeah, I feel like you do when I play this card. My confidence goes up and I feel like I can win in any situation. It's sort of like the teddy bear, only in a different way."

Yusei wraps his arm around her.

"Your card looks beautiful, just like mine," he said.

They look at each other's cards.

"Hey, Akiza, doesn't it look like our cards are meant to be together? Like a couple?"

Akiza thinks about the idea.

"I don't know what you're talking about Yusei. They don't seem like it to me," she lied.

Akiza blushes.

"I know your lying," he said. "You know, they seem sort of similar," Yusei said with a smile.

He gives her a wink.

Akiza knew what he meant. He meant like the two of them.

"Well, we haven't known each other for that long," Akiza reminded him.

"Well, we could at least be friends," Yusei offered.

"Do you really want to be friends with me," Akiza said sadly, "I've never really had a best friend before."

Yusei smiled. "Well then, I want to be the first."

Akiza smiled at him and he smiled back.

"Well, I got to get to sleep," Akiza said.

"All right," Yusei replied.

"Oh and Yusei…" she added.

He looks back at her.

"Can you keep, everything we talked about tonight, a secret?"

"It's okay Akiza. My lips are sealed."

Akiza smiled happily. She had a new, secret, best friend.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Jack's water bottle]Jack's water bottle
Chapter 4 Jacks water bottle

Yusei had decided to throw a small party at the house to welcome Leo, Luna, and Akiza. He had wanted some of his closest friends to meet them. Martha had given them the house for the night while she visited a friend's house. We pick it up about a half hour before the start of the party.

Jack was riding his runner to the party, but wasn't in the happiest of moods. Jack was suffering from a cold and stuffed up nose. He couldn't smell or taste anything and was dying of thirst.

"Man, I should have brought some water along," he thought.

Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a big water bottle full of a clear liquid.

"Maybe it's the miracle I've been hoping for," he thought.

He pulled up to it and picked it up.

"It looks like water," he said.

He tried to smell it, but he couldn't smell anything.

"It looks in good condition," he said. The bottle didn't have any dents or holes in it.

He took a sip, but it didn't taste like anything.

"Well, it tastes fine," he thought.

He put the bottle in a holder, on his runner, and drove to the party.

When Jack got there, Trudge and Mina were there also.

"So, is it true you're a real officer," Leo asked excitedly.

"Yep, this badge proves it," Trudge said.

He flashes his badge.

"I also help him solve cases too," Mina said.

Luna noticed Jack walking up. She runs inside to Yusei, who's setting out the snacks.

"Yusei, someone in a white jacket's here," she said.

"Oh, that's my friend Jack. Why don't you, Leo, and Akiza come say, "Hi."

Luna finally gets Leo to stop asking Trudge and Mina so many questions, while Yusei gets Akiza.

"So, do you have anything to tell me about him," Akiza asked as they walked outside.

"Not that I'm aware of," he responded.

The four of them approach Jack.

"Hey Jack, it's good to see you," Yusei said as they shake hands.

"Yeah, but I'm not feeling so well," he replied.

He sniffles.

"I've got this cold and I can smell or taste a thing."

"Hey, what's that you got in your hand," Leo asked.

"It's a water bottle I found as I was driving. I'm also very thirsty."

"You could have one of the bottles that we have here," Akiza suggested.

"No. I got this one and this one is good for me," Jack said roughly. He walks away.

"He seems very self-centered," Akiza notes.

"Well, that's Jack for you," Yusei said.

Everyone heads inside.

"Okay, we can all dig in," Akiza said.

As everyone ate, Yusei noticed Jack not eating much.

"Jack, are you okay," he asked, "You normally eat way more than this."

"I'm fine. I just have my cold. I'll be okay."

He takes a sip of his bottle.

Once everyone's done eating they all sit down in the living room.

"So Trudge and Mina," Yusei starts, "Had any big cases lately?"

"Well, I did get this one guy trying to run from a drug charge. I chased after him, tackled him, and cuffed him."

"You were so brave to chase after him," Mina said.

"Well, just doing my job," Trudge replied

Trudge and Mina smiled at each other.

Jack, meanwhile, to a big sip of his water bottle.

"Hey Jack, you must be really thirsty," Luna said.

"I'll be fine," Jack said.

"Well," Leo shouted, "This one time."

"Ahh! Are you always this loud," Jack whined, "It hurts my ears."

"Sorry," Leo said.

Jack took another sip and wrapped his arm around Leo.

"You know Leo," Jack said, "You remind me of me growing up."

"I do," Leo asked.

"Yeah, be...because I...I was saying I'm going to be the bbeesstt duelist out there. Do you know what hap..happened?"

"You became the best duelist ever," Leo said.

"That's totally."

He paused.

"Wrong! I went and I became the best duelist that I said that I was going to be. I'm the best, because I am I!"

Everyone started to giggle.

"Hey Jack, you sure say "I" a lot," Mina said,"How about every time you say "I" you take a sip from the water bottle. Starting now."

"Okay... I know that I say "I" a lot, but I don't think that I say "I" that much," Jack replied.

"That's six sips," Yusei said.

Jack finally finished his bottle...

about 30 seconds later.

"You know Officer Fudge," Jack slurred.

"Fudge," Trudge repeated.

"Did you say "fudge", because I love fudge, because of it's "fudgey goodness," Jack replied.

"And that brings up another thing, why don't you ever take me, Crow, Yusei, me, Jack, Yusei, Crow, me, and me out for milkshakes anymore?"

"Milkshakes," Mina asked.

"Yeah. We use to get to ride along with him. Then, we'd drive out to the ice cream shop and get free milkshakes, on the house."

"Well, see I've been busy lately," Trudge said.

"See...see that's it right over there. You became one of the top officers and suddenly it's all, "Well, I'm a big officer now. I'm too busy and I don't like milkshakes anymore."

"I still like milkshakes," Trudge shouted.

"Do you want to make you one and see if you're lying," Jack asked.

"I want one," Leo cried, "I love milkshakes!"

"Okay, someone get me a glass of milk."

Akiza brings him one.

Jack puts his hand over the top and shakes it.

"Here you go Leo, a nice, big milkshake."

"That's not a milkshake," Leo said.

"Sure it it. I took milk and I shaked it. Milk. Shake."

Leo and Luna just stare at him.

Yusei walks up him.

"Jack are you okay," he asked.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine," Jack replied.

Yusei turned around.

"Hey, hey everyone. Look at Yusei's hair, huh, it looks like he has little mountains on top of his head."

"Mountains," Yusei asked.

"Yeah, yeah, we should give them names."

He stands up and points badly at the spikes in Yusei's hair.

"This one's the biggest, so it must be Mt. Jack Atlas. The rest should be things I like."

"This one's Mt. ... whatever that thing I ride a lot is."

"Your runner," Leo corrected him.

"Yeah, that thing, because it's fun."

"This one's going to Mt. Duel, because dueling's great and if anyone insults Red Dragon Archfiend, then you're all fired."

"This one's Mt. Ramen, because Ramen noodles taste like they are suppose to."

"What do they taste like," Luna asked.

"They...they taste like noodles."

"This...this one's called Mt. Win, because I love to win and if I don't, then it's not my fault. I'm the best. So, if I don't win, then.. then it's this guy's fault."

He points to Yusei.

"Who's fault," Yusei asks.

"No one," Akiza said, trying not to laugh.

"This last one... this one's called Mt. Happy, because I'm so happy right now and I'm always happy. Right? Aren't I always happy you guys?"

Everyone just stares.

"Well, I'm going to try to be more happy and if I'm not, then you can punch, me in the face. Thanks Yusei, you were a great model."

Yusei sits down and everyone just roared with laughter.

"Does Jack always act like this," Akiza asked Yusei.

"No, Jack's usually very serious," he replied.

"Okay, who wants to hear secrets," Jack yelled.

"I do. I do," Leo shouts.

"Okay, well, lets start with Crow."

"That pervert," Akiza said quietly.

"Well, see, he is a pervert. In fact, he makes sure that he reads a dirty magazine before he goes to bed. Everyday."

They all gasp.

"I didn't know that," Yusei said.

"Yeah, it's how he gets his "daily thrill," Jack replied.

"What's a dirty magazine," Leo asks.

"Well see..."

Yusei quickly runs over to cover his mouth.

"That's for when you guys are older," he said.

Yusei uncovers Jack's mouth.

"Who wants to hear one about Yusei," Jack asked.

"Oh! I do," Akiza said.

"Well, Yusei, this one night, called me for two hours and complained on how he couldn't get a single girlfriend."

Everyone looked at Yusei.

"You couldn't get a girlfriend," Akiza asked.

"Well, see, I," Yusei stumbled.

"So, your next girlfriend's your first," Akiza said excitedly.

"Well, yeah," Yusei said embarrassingly.

"Aww, so what, I find that cute," Akiza said giving him a hug.

"Well, the thing is, everyone at school thinks he's a total loser and a teacher's pet," Jack hurried in.

"A teacher's pet? Loser? He is not," Akiza defended him.

"Well, he does get awfully better grades than other Satellite kids. Kind of makes you wonder," Jack said.

Akiza hugged Yusei tightly.

"Now, who wants to hear one about Trudge," Jack said.

"Okay, Jack, I think that's enough," Trudge said as he stood up, "I'll take you home."

"What happened to you man? You used to be cool," Jack said.

"I'm still cool Jack. C'mon let's go."

"Nope, your a changed man, man," Jack said.

Trudge led him out and Mina followed.

"I'm still cool right Mina?"

She keeps walking and stays silent.

"Right?"

"Oh yeah, Trudge's secret is that he's not suppose to have a "serious" relationship with other police workers. He really does!"

Akiza, Leo, Luna, and Yusei laugh.

"Lets see that bottle," Trudged asked after he put Jack in Mina's car.

He sniffs it.

"Wow, this definitely not water," he said.

He threw the bottle away and Mina got in her car. Trudge had Jack's keys and drove his runner.

In Mina's car:

"I like milkshakes, I like milkshakes. How 'bout you? How 'bout you," Jack sang.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Tutoring lessons]Tutoring Lessons Chapter 5 Tutoring lessons

Even though Leo and Luna were still going to the same school as before, it didn't feel the same. Like Akiza, they knew that they had to try keep living in the Satellite a secret. The story starts just as Leo, Luna, and Dexter are arriving at school.

"So, how come when I called you last night, it said that the number's not in service," Dexter asked.

"Oh, well, we had to disconnect our phone," Leo said

"Do you want me to come over and try to fix it," he asked.

"No, no, that's okay," Luna interrupted him, "We're busy, um, doing, um, cooking!"

"I didn't know you guys started cooking," Dexter noted.

"Well, see, you know, with Leo's appetite, I always have to keep him full. That way, he can concentrate on school," Luna said, trying to sound convincing.

"Okay," Dexter said a little suspiciously. He walked away.

When he was a good distance away, Luna pushed Leo behind a bush.

"Leo, please stop talking. You're going to give away our secret."

"What? I don't see why we have to keep lying about living in the Satellite," he replied.

"Leo, please, if kids find out, they won't want to be our friend anymore. They might even start to pick on us."

"So, I can take them on," Leo shouted, "I'm a Grade A fighting machine!"

He tries to imitate a movie ninja, but slips and falls into the bush.

"Grade A huh," Luna asked, "Maybe you should try getting an A in math instead."

"Hey, it's not my fault that Algebra's so hard," Leo replied.

They walked into school.

During class, the teacher, Ms. Popnfresh, reminded the students about parent/teacher conferences.

"Now, class, remember to sign up for a time for me to meet with your parents."

The bell rang and the kids walked up to sign their name. Leo and Luna tried to slip out.

"Leo, Luna, can I see you both after class?" she asked.

"Oooh," some of the kids said.

When all the kids filed out, Ms. Popnfresh put the sign up slips in a folder.

"Now, when I tried to call you about the conferences, it said that your number was not in use. I also noticed that your grades have slipped slightly for the past couple of weeks. Is something going on?" she asked.

"No Ms. Popnfresh," Luna tries to say.

She gives them a look and asks, "Okay, then can you explain the phone and the grades?"

"Well, our parents haven't given us money, like they had in the past, so we can't afford them," Luna replied, "If you want our new phone number, here you go."

She writes down the number to Martha's house.

"Okay, but I'll call later tonight to make sure this is the correct number," she warns.

She gets up to leave and gets to the door. Leo and Luna look happily at each other.

"Oh and by the way, I'd suggest finding new tutors. I don't want your grades to start to slip even worse."

She walks out.

Leo and Luna walk home with worried looks on their faces.

"What are we going to do," Leo asked, "If we don't find new tutors, we're screwed."

"Well, we can talk to Martha. She'll know what to do."

They get home and see Yusei and Akiza sitting at the dinner table doing their homework. Martha's doing the dishes.

Leo and Luna explain their dilemma to Martha and about the phone call that night.

"Well, I'll let you two answer the phone calls tonight," Martha said, "As for your tutors, I don't know what to do."

"Maybe you could see if any of your friends could do it," Yusei suggested.

"Yeah right, Dexter would probably spend all his time getting into conversations about technology," Leo said.

Akiza looks up.

"I have an idea. Why don't you let Yusei and me be your tutors?"

Leo and Luna look at each other.

"But Akiza," Yusei whispers quietly to her, "I don't know how to tutor people. I can't even tutor myself."

"Oh, it'll be fine Yusei. Besides, it'll be worth it."

"Great," Luna said, "How much do we pay you?"

"$5 a session," Yusei said quietly.

"No, that's okay Luna, you don't have to pay us anything." Akiza said.

"Thanks," Leo and Luna said.

"We'll start after dinner," Luna said.

They ran to their room.

Yusei looks over at Akiza.

"Akiza, we need money. We'll probably spend hours, if not days, in total, for nothing," Yusei begged.

"Don't worry," Martha said, "I'll give you both a reward at the end of each week. You deserve it."

"Thanks Martha," they replied.

After dinner, Yusei was helping Leo on the dinner table and Akiza helped Luna in the twins room.

We start, with Yusei and Leo.

"Okay Leo, so what do you need help with," Yusei asks.

"Algebra," Leo shouts.

"All right let's look at what you have."

They open the book and look at the first problem.

"Okay, what is the square root of 64," Yusei read, "Use your calculator to figure it out."

"That doesn't sound hard," he thought.

"Here's my calculator," Leo said.

Yusei studied it.

"Well, this is different than the one I have," he said, "But the square root sign should be around here somewhere."

They look for it and can't find it.

"Why don't we use your calculator," Leo asked.

"The only problem is that you won't know how to do it on a test," Yusei replied.

"Good point. Hey, Yusei, you're old enough. What's the square root of 64?"

"Uh...uh..." Yusei said. Leo just stared at him.

"Aw nuts," Yusei thought, "I always used a calculator for them."

After a few more minutes of Leo staring and Yusei going, "Uh...uh..."

"Let's try and find the button," Yusei replied, "Where are the instructions?"

"I threw it out. It was like 20 pages long and in some languages that I don't know."

Yusei slammed his head on the table.

In the twins room, Akiza and Luna were working on her Geography homework.

"Luna, you don't have to get so specific with the answers," Akiza said.

"Yes I do! If I don't, I might miss something! Then, I'll get points off and then, bam! I fail," Luna replied.

"Luna, your taking this way to seriously."

"No way! I can't fail! If I don't get an A or A-, I freak out! I need a good GPA, then I can get to a good college, and get a good job and..."

"Luna, calm down," Akiza said. She wrapped an arm around her.

Luna took a few deep breaths and Akiza spoke up.

"You know, you remind me of myself when I was your age."

"I do," Luna asked.

Akiza nods. "Yes. I use to spend much more time on homework than I needed. I stressed out over test and couldn't sleep at nights."

"How did you get over your fears," Luna asked.

"Well, I still stress over school, but the thing I learned most was that once I got done, with homework or studying, I don't need to worry about it anymore. Sure, I like to double check if I had covered everything and such, but I learned to find something fun to do after. Something to reward myself of my hard work."

Luna looked down at the desk.

"Also, I still have trouble with this, but I'm not perfect. No one is. I'm not going to get 100% on every test or every assignment. As long as you put the effort in, study, and turn things in on time, you'll pass. That's most important thing," Akiza said.

"But what about GPA? Good college," Luna started.

"GPA doesn't mean everything. Some of the best students I knew were excellent students, but didn't get the best test scores. Plus, there are many two year colleges that you can go to that will accept almost anyone. At that point, it just really matters if you pass a class."

Luna looked up at Akiza. She gave her a hug.

"Okay Akiza, let's do our best on this assignment, so we can go do something fun," Luna said.

"All right," Akiza replied.

Once they were done, they went to the kitchen to see how Yusei and Leo were doing.

"What about this one," Leo asked.

"That's the parenthesis sign," Yusei replied.

"What are you looking for," Luna asked.

"The square root sign," Yusei and Leo said.

"Oh, that's easy. You hit the second button," Luna said.

"And then hit this button," Akiza replied.

Leo typed in the problem.

"8," he said.

"We spent 15 minutes on that one problem," Yusei noted.

They all stared at the calculator.

"At this rate, Martha's going to have to reward me with a new car, with all the tutoring time I'm going to be giving," Yusei said.

They all laughed.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Lolly's and Love]Lolly's and Love Lollys and love

WARNING: Sexual Reference for Akiza

As Akiza played with the twins in the toy room, Yusei and Martha were drinking hot chocolate at the kitchen table.

"So Martha, have you found out anything for me about Akiza," Yusei asked?

"Oh that's right! I made that promise to you."

She smiles at him.

"Don't worry Yusei. I'll be sure to find out something about her that could help you win her heart."

She winks at him.

"Yeah...win her, wait what? Win her heart? I'm just trying to find out more about her. Not date!"

"Oh come on Yusei. You don't think I've noticed you two spending time together? Doing your homework together, tutoring the twins, and just talking to her. You two really seem so adorable."

Yusei's face turned red.

"Martha, please, we're just friends," he assured her.

"Okay, just friends," she said.

Yusei took the last sip of chocolate and said, "I'll check on Akiza."

He got up and left.

"When will that boy ever admit his true feelings for her," Martha wondered?

The next day, Martha asked Yusei to go to the grocery store.

"I'll go too," Akiza offered, "You know how Yusei is when he goes to the store."

"What are you talking about," Yusei asked.

"Well, we start with a list of 5 items and we walk out with 15," she said smiling.

Leo and Luna giggled.

Martha walked up to them, looks toward Yusei, and gives him a wink.

"Actually, Akiza I was hoping you could stay and help me fold the laundry," Martha said.

Akiza looks up to Yusei.

"Maybe she's right. After all, the twins will be there with me," Yusei said.

"All right," Leo shouted, "Now we could get extra food."

"Leo, if we get too much, then what will we do with the extra," Luna asked.

"Don't worry, I'll eat whatever you guys won't eat," he responded.

They laugh.

Once Leo, Luna, and Yusei left, Martha brought out the laundry basket.

"Martha, this doesn't seem like a lot of laundry," Akiza said.

"Don't worry, we can talk afterward," Martha said.

Akiza started to get nervous.

"What does she want? Am I in trouble," she thought.

They started folding.

At the grocery store, Yusei couldn't get Leo to keep asking him for stuff.

"Can I get this," Leo asked showing a bag of chips.

"No, they're not on the list," Yusei said.

"What about this?"

Leo stands next to a giant container of honey.

"No, only a little jar," Luna said.

She grabbed a jar and handed it to Yusei.

"Thank you Luna," Yusei said.

"You're welcome," Luna said with a smile.

"Errr...you're such a butt kisser Luna," Leo shouted!

"I am not," Luna fired back.

"Yes, then why do all the teachers seem to "love you?"

"Maybe it's because I actually pay attention and don't pick my nose during lectures."

"I told you a million times, my nose gets itchy sometimes," Leo said.

"Sure, itchy," she said sarcastically.

She looks at Yusei and they both laugh.

"That's not funny!" Leo shouted.

Meanwhile, back at the orphanage...

Once they got done folding the laundry, Akiza and Martha sat at the table.

"So, am I in trouble or something?" Akiza asked.

"Oh, no, of course not. I'm just wondering something," Martha said.

"What is it?" Akiza asked.

"What do you think about Yusei?"

"Yusei," Akiza whispered.

Her face turned red just hearing that name.

"Well, he's very nice," she said.

"And what else?" Martha asked.

"Well, when he talks to someone, usually younger than him, he uses this soft, gentle voice. It makes it sound as if he really wants to find out the information that he needs. The thing is, he doesn't need to use violence or his fists, at least to start, he uses his words."

"Is there any other time he talks like that," she asked.

"No, he has never used that voice when talking to me. I've seen him do it a couple of times with the twins. It just makes me feel so comfortable when he talks like that. It also makes me really attracted to him."

"So, if he used that voice when talking to you, it sounds like you'd be turned on to him. Is that right?"

"Oh, yes. Definitely."

"Is there any other things that make you feel that way with him?"

"Well," Akiza's face turned redder.

"Is it how he looks? His body," Martha asked.

"His body," she whispered.

She remembered one hot, weekend afternoon, Yusei mowed the grass with his shirt off. Every night since then, Akiza, well, got hot in a different way, alone.

Martha could see that Akiza was really attracted to Yusei, but she had one last question for her.

"Why haven't you told him this," she asked.

Akiza woke up from her fantasy.

"Wait, what?" she asked.

"Why don't you tell him how you feel?" she asked again.

Akiza quickly looked down and frowned.

"He could have any other girl he wanted. Besides, he's got his whole life to find someone. Someone more pretty, hard working, and someone without a family that doesn't love her. I've just faced the facts that there are plenty more girls out there for Yusei to love. He deserves better than me."

She starts to cry. Martha gets up and gets her a tissue.

"Well, if you want, I can find out some things about him for you," Martha said.

"Really, that'd be great," Akiza said, "But wait, I thought you'd know everything about him."

Martha shakes her head.

"That boy's never had a girlfriend of any kind. I'm just as anxious about what he thinks about you as you are."

Akiza smiled.

"Thanks Martha."

They give each other a hug.

Back at the grocery store, Leo, Luna, and Yusei are back at the checkout line.

"Can I get a lolly-pop? Please Yusei," Leo begged, "It's only 75 cents!"

Yusei's about to say, for about the 50,000th time, "no", when Luna taps him on the shoulder.

"Just let him Yusei. It'll get him to quit asking."

Yusei looks at Leo and says, "Okay, Leo. You can have a lolly-pop."

"All right," Leo shouts.

He slams the lolly-pop on the conveyor belt, but it splits in half.

"Whoops, got to get another," he said.

"Do you want something Luna? You've been much better than he has," Yusei offered.

"No, it's fine Yusei. I don't need a reward for everything I do."

She looks at Leo.

"Unlike some people who need a treat, for everything. Just like a dog."

"Hey, I'm not a dog," Leo noted.

"But dogs also use their tongues to pick their noses," Luna said.

Luna and Yusei laughed.

"Yeah, well, I still got my lolly," Leo said happily.

He takes a lick and the lolly falls off the stick and onto the floor.

"Hey Leo, it's another job a dog can do," Yusei said.

Luna and Yusei laugh, while Leo stares in anger.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Wear or not to wear]Wear or not to wear]Chapter 7 to wear or not to wear

Akiza woke up the next morning and wondered which one of her new clothes to wear.

"No, this one. No, that one," she argued with herself.

She couldn't decide which one to show everyone.

Suddenly a knock came at the door. It was Yusei.

"Hey Akiza, do you mind if I show you my new outfits? I have one new thing on right now."

"Sure Yusei, I'll put something on as well," she replied.

She quickly spotted her new pajamas and quickly put them on.

"Okay, you can come in now."

Yusei had on his new dress shirt and pants.

"Yusei, you look like a businessman," Akiza replied!

"Well, I do feel confident and comfortable when I wear this," he said.

"Speaking of comfortable, you look comfy in your new, uh, um?"

"Pajamas," Akiza finished.

"Yeah. Pajamas," he replied, "I like how they match your hair color."

"Thanks. So, you want to show my something else you got?"

"Sure, I'll go back to my room and you can come to my room when you're ready," he said.

"Okay," Akiza said.

She went and put on a yellow midriff top and a short blue skirt.

Yusei decided to put two clothes on one. He put on a thin white short under a red and black sleeveless shirt.

Akiza went over to his bedroom door.

"Yusei? You ready?"

"All set," he replied!

Akiza walked in.

"Wow Akiza! You look great! I've never seen you wear something like that!"

"Thanks. You look good in that shirt, because you get to really show off your arms."

"That's not all," he said.

He took it off and showed his white shirt.

"Yusei, that's a even better shirt"!

She walks up and puts her hand on his chest.

"You can see all your muscles sticking out," she noted, "It's like a bunch of hills and valleys."

"Well, if have hills and valleys in my chest, than yours would be flatland. Your midriff 's flatter than flat."

He rubs her flat stomach and Akiza giggles.

"Yusei, that tickles," she screamed!

They laugh.

"Akiza! Yusei! Breakfast," Martha calls!

They stop laughing and look at each other.

"What should we do? Should the twins see us wearing this?" Akiza asked.

"It's fine," Yusei responded calmly, "Besides, we'll have to wear this stuff some day."

Akiza smiles back and they head to the kitchen.

"Akiza, Yusei, your new clothes are beautiful," Luna replied.

"Yeah Yusei, why don't you put a shirt on," Leo states acting sarcastically.

They laugh.

"Okay, lets say grace and then we can continue the conversation," Martha said.

They say grace and everyone starts to eat.

"Now, like I was saying Yusei. put a shirt on," Leo says again.

"Don't worry Leo. We might just wear this stuff around the house," Yusei replies.

"Or, at least, when we're around each other," Akiza whispers in his ear.

Yusei gives her a smile.

"So, Yusei, could you put, like, 5 of those shirts on to make one regular shirt. It seriously makes it look like there's no reason to even wear it. I mean, it looks like you're wearing a shirt, but you're really not."

"Well, lets just say that it covers what needs to be covered," he said, "Besides, my muscles won't stick out this much everyday or for forever. "

"So, could I try it, where it looks like I'm wearing something, but I'm really not," Leo asks.

"I don't get where this is going, but okay?" Luna said.

"Great," Leo said. He runs back to his room.

Akiza, Yusei, and Martha finished eating.

After a few minutes, Luna finished eating too and walks up next to Akiza. Akiza invites her to sit on her lap. She agrees and wraps her arms around her.

"It's going to take some getting use to hugging you when you're wearing this," Luna said, "But I think you look great in it."

"Thanks," Akiza said, "I really like getting to express myself a little more."

Yusei smiles at the both of them.

"So, what do you think of the changes," Martha asks Yusei.

Yusei looks surprised, but Akiza gives him a comforting smile.

"Well, I really like seeing her like this. I never got to see her really show that she's not afraid to try something new. She seems happier now. She wants to try a new style and if she enjoys expressing herself like this, then I'm all for it."

Akiza and Yusei blush a little.

"So, Akiza what do you think of a different Yusei?" Martha asked.

"Well," she starts. Yusei looks a little nervous.

"I really enjoy the fact that he's more confident. I mean, he was already confident, but he now seems both confident and happy. If he's happy, then it makes me happy. He wants to go for some changes in his style and I really enjoy seeing him go for it. Even if it doesn't work out, at least he got to try something that's different."

Yusei blushed with embarrassment and Luna giggled.

Yusei moved and sat next to Akiza and Luna. He wrapped a arm around her and the three of them smiled at one another.

"Oh, don't you all look adorable," Martha said, "If only I knew where my camera was?"

"I think Crow took it," Yusei replied, "I think he wanted it in case it was a "windy day."

"That pervert," Akiza replied, "Make sure you tell me when that guy comes over, so I don't wear something like this around him."

"Yusei, were you ever like him," Luna asked?

Yusei was a little nervous to admit this, but he felt like Luna should know.

He got out of his chair and bended down to Luna's eye level.

"Luna, I've never been as bad as Crow. However, you remember that magazine that one night when he was over?"

"Yeah, what about them," she asked.

"Well, I'll admit that I used to look at them, before I met Akiza. So, you could say that I use to be a little like him, but not now. Now I have Akiza to look at."

Akiza smiled with embarrassment.

"Yusei, I really think you're nice to look at too," Akiza said.

Everyone smiled.

Suddenly, Leo came running back in.

"I'm back," he yelled.

"Leo you didn't do anything," Luna noted, "Your wearing all the same clothes as before."

"No I'm not," he laughed, "I guessed it must have worked."

"Well, what did you change," Yusei asked.

"My underwear. It looks like I'm wearing underwear, but I'm not. You want me to prove it?"

He tries to unbutton his pants.

"No," they all screamed.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=A dreamy kiss]A dreamy kiss]As the moon shone on Akiza's bed, Akiza feel fast asleep.

_Akiza's Dream_

Akiza found herself sitting on a bench in a park.

"Where am I," she thought, "Am I alone?"

She turned to her left and noticed Yusei sitting next to her.

"Oh, hello Yusei," she said.

Yusei smiled at her. He looked up at the sky.

"Akiza, it sure is a nice night tonight," he said.

Akiza looked around. The moon was shining and you could see so many stars. It was perfect.

Akiza thought that it was the perfect time to give Yusei something special.

She moved in closer to him and wrapped her arms around him. He started looking nervous. She closed her eyes, leaned forward, and puckered up. Yusei pulled her arms off of him.

"Akiza, what are you doing," he asked.

"Well, I thought that it's such a good night, why not make it memorable. It would be the first time I've kissed anyone."

"Well, it would be my first time too. But I don't think I can do it with you."

Akiza gasped.

"Why not," she asked.

"Simple, you're a monster."

"Monster," she thought. It echoed through her head.

"How am I a monster Yusei," she asked.

"Simple, first you show up out of nowhere. Then, you say that your in love with me. Next, you buy new "revealing" outfits. After all that, you finally get the courage to tell me you have physic powers?"

"Yusei, I didn't want to tell you, because I worried that you'd leave me." Her eyes started to tear up.

_Back in Real Life_

Yusei laid back down in his bed, looking through the blinds of his bedroom window.

"Of all the nights I can't sleep, I had to pick tonight," he thought.

Suddenly, he could hear groaning.

"That can't be good," he thought.

He tiptoed quickly, but quietly. to Martha's door.

"Nope. Not here," he thought.

He then checked the twins room.

"I hear something, but not groaning. That means it's got to be Akiza," he thought.

Inside the twins bedroom, Luna snored softly. Leo, not so much.

"Knnnow."

"Chicken," Leo snored.

"Knnnow."

"Chicken."

"Knnow."

"Green Bean?"

_Back in Akiza's Dream_

Yusei got up.

"Yeah, well you couldn't be more wrong," he said.

"But Yusei. I though you were different. You could see the way no one else has. My parents certainly didn't."

"Pfft, you're parents had the right idea," he responded.

Akiza was now in tears. "What do you mean?"

"They were right. You're a witch!"

"Witch," echoed in her head.

Yusei started to walk away.

"No, Yusei! Come back," she screamed

_Real Life_

Yusei approached the door, which was left opened a crack.

He could hear groans coming from Akiza.

"No! No," she murmured.

Yusei, quietly, opened the door and came in.

"Come back," she groaned. Akiza opened her eyes.

A/N: Hate to interrupt, but from now on the characters whisper when talking for the rest of the Chapter. It's more of a technical thing.

"Akiza," Yusei whispered.

Akiza could just barely make out Yusei's face.

"Ahh," she screamed. She leaned away from him as he approached her bed.

She then remembered the dream.

"Yusei, please. I'm sorry," she said.

"Sorry? For what?"

She wrapped her arms around him.

"Please don't leave me," she cried.

She buried her face into his chest.

Yusei wrapped his arms around her and let her cry on his night shirt. When the tears stopped, Akiza leaned back.

"Akiza, I'll never leave you. No matter what. I don't care if they threw you in the facility."

Akiza smiled at him.

"Now, can you tell me what happened?"

"Well, I was sitting on a park bench, next to you."

Yusei smiled.

"Then, I don't know. I guess my urges came in and I wanted to give you a kiss. My first kiss, but you said you couldn't do it with me."

Yusei frowned.

"Why not," he asked.

"You said I was a monster. You said my parents were right and that I really am a witch."

Akiza started to cry again and Yusei pulled her in close for another hug.

"Do you want to tell me why your parents called you that?"

Akiza leaned back and shook her head.

"Well, again, if you ever want to talk about it. I'm always available and I will always listen. No matter what happened Akiza, I will still love you."

Akiza smiled happily at him and squeezed him tightly.

"I'll always love you too," she said.

They smiled at one another.

"Well, it sure is a nice night," Yusei said.

"This time, it's going to be different," Akiza thought.

She wrapped her arms around Yusei. He started to look nervous.

"Akiza, what are you doing," he asked.

"Well, I thought since my dream didn't go as planned, maybe it would work in real life."

Yusei smiled.

He wrapped his arms around her.

Suddenly, Akiza's face got scared.

"Is something wrong," Yusei asked.

"Well, I've never kissed anyone before. I'm scared," she said, "What if I do it wrong? What if it doesn't just come naturally? What if you don't like it? What if..."

Yusei put his finger on her lips.

"It's okay. I've never kissed a girl before. So, let's just make it as fun as we can."

They lean in for a soft first kiss. It was wonderful and everything that they wanted it to be.

Akiza smelled Yusei's oily, sweaty, but yet somehow, wonderful scent.

Yusei smelled Akiza's perfume and makeup, but enjoyed it.

They finally let go and they smiled at each other.

"Yusei, that was wonderful. It was everything that I hoped it to be. Are you sure you really wanted me to be your first kiss?"

"Of course. Your beautiful, smart, caring, and sweet. What's not to love?"

Akiza blushed.


Akiza wrapped her arms one last time around him.

"Thank you Yusei. For everything."

"Your welcome Akiza."

He got up.

"Have a good night," he said.

"Thanks. You too."

Akiza fell back on her bed and fell fast asleep. This time, though, she had good dreams about the two of them, being together.

Yusei got to his room and laid on his bed.

"Aww man, I still can't sleep. All I can think about is Akiza."

As he thought about all the things that make her great, he, slowly, started to dream about the two of them.

They were both happy.

They slept soundly, for the rest of the night.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=A turned on zoo]A turned on zoo A turned on Zoo
Chapter 9 A turned on zoo

Spoiler: Yusei's Ooc in this chapter.

Akiza, Yusei, Leo, and Luna were all waiting to go to the zoo. However, Martha needed to make a phone call before hand.

"What's taking Martha so long?" Leo asked.

"I don't know, but it must be pretty serious if she doesn't want us to hear about it," Akiza said.

Martha rushed out.

"Okay you guys," she said, "Lets go!"

She starts the car and they head off to the New Domino Zoo. It was free to enter and Leo and Luna had never experienced the zoo before. They got inside and they decided to split up.

"Okay," Martha said, "Lets split off into two groups. That way, everyone gets to see what they want."

"Akiza and I will be in one group," Yusei said.

He wrapped an arm around her and Akiza smiled at him.

"Ugh, more love," Leo said.

"Then I'll take care of the twins," Martha said, "Besides, they need a parent around and you two can take care of yourselves."

Akiza and Yusei nodded and they headed in their different directions.

Akiza and Yusei first went to the elephant area, where a new baby elephant was born a few weeks earlier. They watched as the little one ran around and trumped around.

"Aw, isn't he cute Yusei," Akiza said.

"Yeah, but he's not as cute as you," he said as he wrapped his arms around her.

Yusei leaned in to kiss.

"Yusei, we're in public.''

Yusei leaned back.

"All right, all right," he said.

They watched some more of the elephants and then headed off to another area.

Meanwhile, Leo, Luna, and Martha went to see the sea lion show in middle of the park. Leo wanted to make sure they had front row seats.

"I can't wait to see this," Leo shouted.

He was very jumpy.

"Leo, watch out! You almost spilled my water bottle," Luna yelled.

"Okay, sorry," Leo said.

"I'm excited too, since we never have seen this before," Luna said.

"Oh, you two are in for a treat. I took Yusei and his friends here all the time when they were growing up," Martha said.

The show started and Leo and Luna were amazed by all the things the sea lion did.

He balanced two balls on his nose and tail. He did flips and leaped through hoops.

About halfway through the show, the trainer asked for a volunteer.

Leo wanted to be that person more than anything. He stood up out of cement bleachers and leaned forward. He almost hit the trainer in the head, when she turned to look in their direction.

"Okay, little man, since your just about ready to jump on stage, why don't you come on up."

Leo happily ran up on stage.

"So what's your name, little man?"

"Well, I'm not little, but my name's Leo."

"Okay Leo, just stand in front of the sea lion and he'll give you a treat."

"A treat! All right."

He hops right in front of it and waits a few seconds.

"Hey! Where's my treat?" he asked.

The trainer made a hand jester and the sea lion sneezed all over him.

The audience laughed.

"Hey! That wasn't very nice," he yelled.

"Okay, well, here's a towel to dry off," she said.

Once he was dried off, Leo was told to stand in front of the sea lion again, but this time, he was to have his back towards him.

"He's not going to sneeze on my back, is he?"

"No, just stand and watch."

Suddenly, the sea lion jumped over Leo's head and front of him.

"Wow! That was amazing," he cried.

"Okay, I have one last surprise for our friend Leo here."

She looks towards the sea lion.

"Why don't you give him a hand?"

The sea lion sticks out his flipper.

Leo shakes it happily.

"Thanks," he said.

"Why don't we have a big round of applause for our friend Leo here," the trainer shouted.

Everyone clapped.

Back with Yusei and Aki

While the show was going on Akiza and Yusei were visiting the aquarium area, where lots of fish and other creatures lived.

"Yusei! That one looks like he has you," Akiza said.

She pointed to a black fish with fins.

"Well, that one looks like you," he said.

He pointed to a dark red fish.

"Well, nothing's as cute as the real you," Akiza said.

They smiled.

Yusei wrapped his arm around Akiza.

A few moments later, Yusei wrapped both arms around Akiza and tried to give her a kiss.

"Yusei," she cried as she put her hands on his mouth.

A group of kids were walking by and stared at them. Akiza and Yusei quickly got out their hug and laughed awkwardly. The students left with confused looks.

Akiza, meanwhile, gives Yusei a look. She pulls his ear and drags him to a corner.

"Look Yusei, I know our second kiss was passionate, but we're in public now. I can give you a kiss later, but be patient."

"Okay," Yusei said, "I can't help it. Besides, your just so cute."

They start walking again.

"Jeesh, it's like dealing with a 4-year old when they want candy at the checkout lane," Akiza thought.

Back with Leo, Luna, and Martha...

They were walking around and saw the baby elephant too. They watch him play.

"Aww, isn't that the cutest thing ever Leo," Luna asks.

"No way! The cutest thing around here is me," Leo said.

"Your not cute Leo," Luna shouted.

"I am too," Leo said.

"Don't worry," Martha said, "Leo is cute."

"See," he said.

"But so is Luna," she added.

Luna smiled proudly.

"C'mon, lets head to the fish aquarium," Martha said.

They head to the aquarium.

They fist notice the same two fish that Akiza and Yusei noticed.

"Doesn't that black one remind you guys of Yusei," Leo asked.

"Yeah and that red one reminds me of Akiza," Luna said.

They watched as the two fish chased after one another.

"Well, their chasing reminds me of them too," Martha said.

They laughed.

Martha checked her watch.

"Okay you two, it's time for us to go and meet Akiza and Yusei at the car," she said.

The twins groaned.

"But we want to see more?" Luna said.

"Yeah, we didn't get to see everything," Leo added.

"Well, then, you can come again," Martha said, "Don't worry. You'll have lots of school days off for me to take you for a visit."

"All right," they said in unison.

Akiza and Yusei were waiting at the car. Akiza looks around.

"Okay Yusei, we can kiss here. Just be sure to see if anyone's watching."

"Uh, sure, watch," he lied.

They leaned in and kiss lightly. They leaned in farther to see who was the more dominate kisser, since their last was a tie.

Unfortunately, they didn't find out.

"Aw, Yusei, why don't you two get a room," Leo said.

They stopped and noticed the twins and Martha watching.

"Leo! You ruined a great moment for those two," Luna said loudly.

"No way! I saved myself from having to watch all that lovey dovey stuff," he responded, "Let's go home. I'm hungry."

Everyone, except Yusei and Akiza went in.

"Well, that ruined the mood," Yusei said.

"Don't worry," Akiza said, "In about 5 minutes, you'll be all over me again."

Yusei blushed.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Anger nad bullies]Anger and buliies As Akiza and the twins played a board game together, Martha and Yusei were doing the dishes. Martha finally asked something that she wanted to know for a long time.

"Hey Leo and Luna, have you guys called your parents since you moved in here?" she asked.

"No, but we don't think they'll even pick up the phone," Luna said.

"Yeah, they haven't said a word to us for years," Leo said.

"Well, could you at least try to call them," Martha asked.

"We don't want to run up your long distance," Akiza added.

"It's fine," she said.

The twins got up and called the number. It rang many times, and then, a voice came.

"We're sorry. The phone number you dialed is no longer in service."

"It said it's not in service," Luna said as she hung up.

"I guess they really don't care about us," Leo said.

Martha put her arms around the two of them.

"Well, we care about you. Right?"

She looked at Yusei and Akiza.

"Of course," Yusei said, "Things wouldn't be the same without you guys around. When I help you guys with your homework, it make me feel good inside."

"Thanks Yusei," Leo said.

The twins smile at one another. Leo gives Luna a nod.

"Well, Leo and I just want to say that we really up to you and Akiza," Luna said.

"Yeah, your like our role models or something," Leo said.

He scratched the back of his head.

"Well, I guess we'll try to be the best role models we can be," Akiza said.

"Akiza, have you tried to call your parents either?" Martha asked.

"No," Akiza said, "I really don't want to."

"Don't worry Akiza," Yusei said with his arm on her shoulder, "If they say anything mean, we're right here."

Akiza picks up the phone and dials her home phone number. It rings twice and her father answers.

"Who is this? Are you calling again?"

"What? No? It's me Dad," Akiza said.

"You? I never want to hear from you ever again. Your a witch!"

Akiza gasped.

"Well, just so you know! I have a new family and I'm much happier with them. I even have a boyfriend!"

"Boyfriend," Yusei thought. His face turned red.

"Boyfriend," her dad said, "Have you told him about your powers?"

"Well, no," Akiza started.

"Ha! As soon has he hears word about that, he'll leave you in less than a second."

"That's not true," Akiza shouted.

"Yes it is. Now goodbye," her father screamed through the phone, "And don't talk to me ever again!"

Akiza hung up the phone and ran to her room.

"Akiza," Yusei said. He wanted to chase after her, but knew he was doing the dishes. He looked at Martha.

"It's okay Yusei. Go chase after your girlfriend."

Yusei ran after her.

Akiza laid on her bed and cried into her pillow.

Yusei slowly opened the door.

"Akiza, do you want to talk about it?" he asked.

He sat on the edge of her bed. He rubed her back.

"He said you'd leave me. I wouldn't able to hold onto my first boyfriend!"

Yusei blushed again of thought of being her boyfriend.

"Akiza," he started, "Your Dad's wrong. I'm not going to leave you, because of what he said."

Akiza sat up.

"But Yusei. You can have any girl you want. Why me?"

Yusei smiled.

"You have everything any guy would want. Your smart, kind, and pretty. You know that and I've told you that."

Akiza smiled at him.

"Your right. I should go home and get revenge on him."

Akiza got up, but Yusei quickly pulled her back down on the bed.

"No you don't," Yusei said.

"Why not?" Akiza asked, "If you can see those good qualities in me, why can't he?"

"Akiza, he might do something really bad to you. He might even get you arrested or attack you."

Akiza sighed.

"Your right," she said.

Martha came and listened through a crack in the door.

"The thing is, I'm not "officially" part of your family," Akiza said, "I'm still part if their's and if I was in your family, would that make you love me any less?"

"Absolutely not," he said, "Your still my..."

He struggled to say it.

"Girlfriend," he mustered.

"Oh Yusei," she cried.

They hugged.

Martha slowly walked away.

"C'mon, lets go back to the kitchen," he said.

When they got back, Leo, Luna, and Martha gave them a look.

"So, boyfriend and girlfriend?" Martha asked.

"Well," Yusei said.

They looked at each other and blushed.

"C'mon Yusei, why don't Akiza and you kiss to make it official?" Luna asked.

"Ugh," Leo shouted. He turned around.

"I'm looking away, so you two can go do your thing," he said.

They kissed on the lips.

Luna and Martha smiled.

Leo just gave a disgusted look, as he looked away.

The next day, Leo and Luna were walking to school.

"So, do you think the Satellite's so bad?" Luna asked.

"No, I thought it would be all sad and creepy," Leo said.

"I know. Martha and Yusei are so friendly."

As they walked, someone heard their conversation.

"Satellite? This is interesting," the voice said.

At lunch, Leo asked Luna a question.

"Isn't Yusei going to meet us on our way home from school?" he asked.

"Yeah, he said that Akiza was staying late, so he thought he had nothing better to do," she responded, "He said he'll meet us a couple of blocks from school. He sure is a nice guy."

"Yeah, but he's also very lovestruck by Akiza," Leo said.

They laughed.

As they walked home from school, Leo and Luna were a block from where Yusei was suppose to meet them. Suddenly, four kids, bigger than them, stepped out from an alley.

"So, you're from the Satellite?" one boy asked. He was the leader of the group.

"Not originally," Luna corrected him, "We had to move there, because we got kicked out of our house."

"Oh, is that so?" the leader asked. He grabbed Luna's backpack.

Yusei got to where he was going to meet the twins. He then saw the bullies picking on Leo and Luna. He walked over to them.

"So, if your from the Satellite, then you picked up what all Satellites are known for: being wimps."

"Give that back," Luna shouted.

"Hey, no one does that to my sister," Leo shouted.

He tried to jump up and get it.

"Ha! Ha! Shorty," the leader said. He held the backpack over his head.

The bullies laughed.

"Hey, you," Yusei said.

They turned around and looked up.

Yusei walked over to them. The bullies didn't even reach his neck.

Yusei was very upset, but he held his anger in. It was something he did a lot.

"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" Yusei said firmly.

"Why do you care? It's not like your from the Satellite," the leader said.

"Actually, I am," Yusei said.

The bullies gasped.

"So what," the leader said.

Yusei quickly grabbed the backpack from his hand.

"Now, if you know what's good for you you'll get lost," Yusei said, "I have reinforcements on the way and if you thought I was big, you should see my friends.

The bullies started to shake.

"If you tell anyone, my friends and I will tell your parents."

"No, no, my Mom will take away my deck for a month, " one bully shouted.

"Mine too, then we better go," the leader shouted.

They all ran away.

Leo and Luna ran up to him.

"Yusei, you were awesome," Luna shouted.

"Yeah, you showed those bullies," Leo shouted.

"Your welcome you guys," Yusei said.

"Did you really have enforcements," Leo shouted.

"Nah," Yusei said, "It was a good way to avoid a fight."

"That's our Yusei," Akiza said.

"Akiza, where did you come from," Yusei said.

"Well, I got done early. I had heard your conversation, so I went to where you said you were going to meet the twins. I saw the whole argument," Akiza said.

She walked up and traced her finger on his chest.

"And you were wonderful," she said.

Yusei smiled.

"Oh no, not again," Leo shouted.

He turned away.

Akiza and Yusei shared a kiss.

Even though Yusei was happy, the anger in him was just starting to build.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Leo's sick of Love]Leo's sick of Love]
Chapter 17!

A few days later...

As everyone ate breakfast, before school, Akiza couldn't keep her eyes off of Yusei. His eyes shone in the sunlight, his hair stuck out in it's perfect positions, and he looked as handsome as ever.

"So Yusei, do you want to go out Saturday night?" Akiza asked.

"Uh sure," he said, "I know a good place we could can go."

"Can we go," Leo asked.

"Leo, I think it's only a two person date," Luna said.

"But we haven't gotten to go out to eat with them yet," Leo noted.

Akiza and Yusei looked at each other. Yusei leans into Akiza's ear.

"Do you think you can wait?" Yusei asked.

"Oh Yusei. I think I can wait for you," Akiza said with a wink.

They smiled and laughed.

"Okay, Leo, we can go out to eat with you," Yusei said.

"All right," Leo said.

He scarfed down his food and went to get ready.

"I hope we're not being too much trouble," Luna said.

"Don't worry," Martha said, "I'll be sure to give them the money back."

Akiza and Yusei smiled.

"Thanks Martha," they said.

When Saturday rolled around, Leo was trying to find his best shirt.

"Ugh, I need to find a nice shirt to wear. Otherwise, Akiza and Yusei are going to be mad at me!"

"Leo, calm down. Yusei and Akiza have told you a million times that we're not going someplace expensive. You don't need to worry about looking nice."

"Yeah, but I could tell they're faking," Leo said, "They're just trying to be nice."

Luna shook her head.

Yusei and Akiza got dressed and met outside the twin's room.

"Are you sure that Leo was still going to dress nice?" Akiza asked, "Didn't we tell him that it wasn't fancy?"

"Yeah, but I think that he wants to look nice," Yusei said, "To make up for asking if Luna and him could come along."

"Well, it sure is different to see Leo care about someone besides himself," Akiza said.

"It sure is," Yusei said.

They laugh.

"Okay, Leo's finally, ready to go," Luna said.

Leo steps out with a clean black polo and dark blue jeans.

"Wow, Leo," Yusei said, "You sure are taking this seriously."

"Well, for a few reasons," Leo said, "Luna and I haven't ate out in forever and I feel a little guilty for asking."

"Well, let's get going," Akiza said.

They get into the car and Yusei drives them to a family restaurant.

As wait to be seated, the hostess noticed Leo's nice outfit. They start walking to their table.

"Wow, you're looking sharp," she said.

"Thanks," Leo said.

"Is it your Birthday?" she asked.

"No," Leo said.

"Is it a Holiday?"

"No."

"Is it anything special?"

"No."

"Well then why are you dressed nice?"

"Well, I just want to look nice. Is something wrong with that?"

"No," she said, "Here's your table."

They sat down and looked at the menu.

"I'm getting the cheapest thing," Leo said.

"No, Leo," Yusei said, "Order what you want."

They order and then start talking about school.

"So, have those bullies been bothering you?" Yusei asked.

"No, they've avoided us," Luna said.

"Yeah, you sure scared them," Leo said happily.

Akiza put her arm around Yusei.

"Well, that's my Yusei," Akiza said.

She gave him a peck on the cheek.

Everyone looked at Leo for a reaction. He was, tightly, gripping the table, and held his emotions in.

"Leo, you didn't say anything," Yusei noted.

"Yeah...it's fine..." Leo said tensely.

"Sooo," Luna said, "How's school been going?"

"Well, we're taking some tough classes, but it'll hopefully help us in the future," Yusei said.

Akiza leans on him.

"Does you future contain me?" she asked.

Leo starts to breathe heavily.

"Can we move on to the next subject?" he asked.

"What's wrong Leo?" Luna asked, "Can't handle them acting like a couple?"

Leo breathed harder than ever.

"I've never wanted to see food so badly," Leo thought.

He tried to look at the food that came out of the kitchen.

"Is that it," he thought, "No."

"Is that ours? No."

Luna looks over at Akiza. She leans into her ear.

"Maybe you two should kiss to make Leo more annoyed," she said.

Akiza told Yusei and he smiled at her.

"Hey Leo," Luna called.

Leo turns and sees Akiza and Yusei kissing on the lips.

"Ugh, where's our food?" he said.

After a few more minutes, their food finally came.

"Ugh, I'm starving," Leo said.

As they ate, Akiza and Yusei couldn't help themselves. They kept acting as if Leo wasn't there.

"Yusei, you forgot to wipe that little bit of food off your mouth. Here let me do it."

She wipes his mouth.

"Thanks Akiza. Now that my mouth's cleaned, let me repay you."

He kisses her cheek. Akiza laughed.

"Okay, you guys, you can stop," Luna said.

"Sorry," they said.

"It's just that I can't help myself," Akiza said.

"Oh, don't worry about it," Leo lied.

Once they were done eating, they paid, and got in the car. Yusei started to drive them home.

"Ugh, I for one am stuffed," Leo said.

"Me too," Luna said.

"Well, what should we do when we get back," Akiza asked.

"Sleep," Leo said.

"How about we play a board game?" Yusei suggested.

"No way," Luna said.

"We could talk about our feelings," Akiza said.

"Let's play a game," Yusei said.

"Okay, I got a joke," Leo said, "Knock knock."

"Who's there," Akiza asked.

"Shut up," Leo said.

"Shut up who," Yusei asked. Everyone, but Leo was confused.

"Shut up, I'm trying to sleep," Leo answered.

Everyone rolled their eyes and giggled.

When they got home, everyone just ended up plopping themselves in front of the TV.

"Okay, so let's play that game," Yusei said.

Everyone mumbled.

"Okay, then, we're going to talk," Akiza said, "About our feelings."

"Leo, why did you dress so nice," Yusei started.

"Well, I felt bad for asking if Luna and I could come," Leo said, "Plus I thought you guys would be mad."

"We wouldn't be mad," Yusei said.

"Yeah, you guys make things more fun," Akiza said, "Like tonight, it was funny to watch Leo have to hold in Yusei and I acting like a couple."

"Well, I just hope that I don't have to see you guys act like that for a long long time," Leo said.

Akiza and Yusei smile. They leaned towards each other.

"Nooooo," Leo shouts as he runs towards his room.

"I'm going to bed," he shouts.

Akiza, Yusei, and Luna laugh.

"Well, since Leo got scared, I guess I'll go to bed," Luna said.

Luna heads towards her bedroom.

Yusei and Akiza say goodnight.

Akiza gets up and looks outside the window at the sun setting in the sky.

Yusei gets up and puts his arm around her.

"So, you still all right with waiting a little while to see my secret spot?" Yusei asked.

"Oh, I can only wait. Only if it's my special someone," Akiza said.

Yusei looks at her.

"And that special someone's you Yusei," Akiza said.

They smile as they wrap their arms around each other.

They lean in and Kiss.

As they do, the sun slowly sets behind them.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=A surprise field trip]A surprise field trip]As Leo and Luna walked to school, they were very excited. Today, they were going on a "surprise" field trip.

"I'm so excited," Leo said, "It's so weird that our teacher came up with this idea last minute."

"I know," Luna said, "It's so unusual. She said that it had to do with some things we've been learning about. All we've been learning about is poor people."

"Maybe we'll visit the dump," Leo said.

He laughed as Luna groaned.

Akiza went to her first class, but found a note on her desk. She picked it up and opened it.

"Since you have shown to be a "good student", you've been invited to chaperon the elementary school field trip. Your homework for your classes is shown below. Please tell your homeroom teacher if you would not like to go. This is optional."

Akiza looked down and the homework for her wasn't too bad. So, she headed to her homeroom teacher.

When she got there, the teacher told her the bus was waiting outside for them to go to the elementary school.

As Leo and Luna walked into their class, they noticed many of the students were already in their seats. They didn't look too happy.

Leo and Luna looked at the board and it said,

"We're going to the Satellite. Some students from the High School will be chaperoning the trip. Be sure to be on your best behavior."

Leo and Luna looked at each other stunned. They sat down.

Soon, Ms. Popnfresh came in.

"Why the long faces," she asked.

"The Satellite's dumb," one boy said.

"The people there are stupid," another girl said.

Leo and Luna bit their lip at the remarks.

"It smells there!"

"They're homeless rejects!"

"They need a life!"

"They should all get a job!"

"That's enough," the teacher shouted.

Everyone became quiet.

"You may think that all Satellite's are like that, but you shouldn't make snap judgments. Just because one person, from there's like that, doesn't mean they all are. Besides, we're going to talk to some people that have lived there for a long time. They can tell you some things that you probably thought couldn't come from a place like that."

Everyone, but Leo and Luna hung their heads.

"Now, some High School kids are chaperoning, so be nice to them too," Ms. Popnfresh said, "Now, lets go."

The kids got up and left for the buses. The kids boarded the bus with a few kids from the High School already inside, Akiza included.

When Leo and Luna saw her, they quickly sat next to her seat.

"Akiza, we're so happy that you were one of the few High School kids picked," Luna said.

"I am too. I was told everything. So, I wonder where in the Satellite we'll be heading too."

The bus keeps driving, until it stops in front of a small building.

The students get out and enter, what seems to be a small auditorium.

At a long table, a few people from the Satellite sit, including Martha.

Akiza and the twins sit in the middle of the auditorium. Martha winks at them. Some of the kids look around and wonder if she was doing it to them. Akiza, Leo, and Luna giggle.

As the "panel" starts, they introduce themselves, and explain what their story is.

When it was Martha's turn, she explained how she had been taking care of orphans and strays for many years. She had clothed, fed, and given them a warm bed to sleep on. She said that some of her "best orphans" were now in High School and looking for a better life for themselves.

Akiza blushed, because she knew that one of them, was herself. Leo and Luna gave her a nudge.

Then, some of the kids started asking questions, through a microphone. They asked questions such as how they've made it for so long, what are some challenges, etc. Then, one boy stepped up to the the microphone.

"So, how does it feel, to know that you're not as good as us?"

Everyone gasped.

At first, Ms. Popnfresh walked over to him.

"Now, what kind of question is that," she asked.

"Well, it is a valid question," the boy responded, "They aren't living as nice as us."

The people on the panel looked down. Finally, someone spoke up.

"That's not true," Akiza shouted. She stood up.

"Just because someone's from the Satellite doesn't mean that they're not as "good" as someone else. It doesn't make them a bad person. It doesn't mean that they are dirty. It doesn't mean that, with a little hard work, they can't be successful. They're still human beings. They love a good meal, just as much as you do. They want to be happy, just like you. They want to be loved by friends and family. Just because they grow up here doesn't mean they don't love themselves."

She suddenly spoke softer.

"Or other people."

She blushed.

"And how would you know this?" a voice asked.

"Because...because..." Akiza stumbled.

Leo and Luna stood up too. Luna and Leo tugged on her short skirt. Akiza looked down. The three of them smiled and nodded.

"Because I had to move to the Satellite," she said.

Everyone, but the twins and Martha gasped.

"So did we," the twins said.

The crowd gasped again.

Martha, meanwhile, smiled at them.

"We had to move to the Satellite, because our parents didn't love us anymore," Luna said.

"Well, technically, they didn't love any of us for a long, long time," Leo said.

Luna gave him a look.

"But anyways, we moved here and have lived here for a while," he continued.

"And I've never been happier," Akiza said, "I have a warm bed to sleep on. Food to eat. A new family to be with. Well, technically, even though I'm not "officially" part of their family, in any way, I have friends that love me."

She blushed.

"And a very, very, special friend," she thought.

"So, we've lived here for a while," Luna said, "And you guys haven't treated us any differently and didn't even know."

"Well, except for the teacher," Leo said.

Luna gave him another look.

"So, to wrap this up," Leo said, "Say what you want, but we're living proof that Satellite people aren't like many of you think. We're human beings and deserve to be treated like ones."

The crowd stayed silent, stunned, for a while.

Then, Martha started applauding and soon, the whole room was full of applause.

Akiza, Leo, and Luna sat down and smiled. The rest of the discussion went without a hiccup.

As the kids gathered on the bus to go, Martha had a word with the three of them.

"I'm proud of what you guys did today. That was very brave of you," Martha said.

"Well, it's the truth," Akiza said.

"Yeah, I just hope no one bullies us now that our secret's out," Luna said.

Ms. Popnfresh motioned for them to get on the bus. They all said goodbye and got on.

To their surprise, the kids actually started asking them questions.

"What's different about living here," one girl asked.

"What do you do for fun," another asked.

"What do you guys eat?"

For the whole bus ride home, the three of them, happily, answered all of the questions. When they got to the elementary school, Akiza said goodbye to the twins.

The twins went inside and had a relaxing rest of the school day.

Akiza rode back and finished her school day with ease.

However, she didn't realize that a problem, that she thought was over, was about to come up, yet again.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=a painful trip]A painful trip] As Akiza walked through school the next day, kids kept giving her looks and stares. They also giggled at her.


"I thought this was over," she thought, "I thought that kids were over the fact that I live in the Satellite."

She held onto her books tightly.

"Hey you," a boy called.

Akiza turned around and the boy slapped the books out of her hands.

"Whoops. You drop your books? Just like you dropped the chance to live a "normal" life," the boy said. He was taller than Akiza, but Akiza knew she had to stand up for herself. She quickly picked up her books as his two friends came over and laughed at her.

"What are you talking about?" she asked.

"Simple, you now live in the Satellite and think your so cool."

"I don't think that," she snapped back.

A group started to form around them.

"Yeah you do. On that field trip, you said you were "happier than ever." How can you enjoy living in a dump like that? There's rats and violence at every turn. It smells, the people there are dumber than a pile of bricks..."

"First of all," she interrupted him, "You've never been kicked out of your house before. If you did, where would you go?"

"Simple, I'd go to my friend's house."

"Yeah, like his mother's going to want one more mouth to feed. A very big one I might add."

"Ooohhhh," the crowd said.

"Second of all, you weren't there. How do you know this?"

"He was there." He points over his left shoulder to one of his friends .

"So what? If your friend would've been paying attention, he would've heard some pretty incredible stories about how people from the Satellite have made their lives better."

"I don't care. They can all get a job working at a fast food store or some other low paying job. It's not that hard."

"Lastly, learn to get your facts straight. Those people fight tooth and nail to just see tomorrow. The little things, that you take for granted, are a gift to them. A TV, nice bed, good food, those are things that my friends have had to fight their whole lives for. So get some facts and when you realize how hard it is for them, then you'll stop picking people like me. But until then, I got one thing to say to you.

"What's that?"

She leans in close to his face.

"Knock it off," she yelled as loud as she could.

The crowd gasped.

Akiza stormed off.

The crowd went their separate ways.

The bully and his friends just stood still. Almost like they were human popsicles.

Although Akiza stood up to her first challenger, she wasn't as lucky with some of the others. Kids gave her mean looks as she passed through the halls.

She got notes in every class, telling her things like, "Go back home! You're not wanted!"

As she was heading towards her last class, someone stuck their foot out and tripped her on purpose. Akiza crashed to the ground and dropped her book. A few kids kicked the book down the hall. As a teacher walked up, Akiza gave her side of the story. She said that she was in pain. The kid who tripped her said it "was an accident." They also told the teacher where she was from. The kid walked away and the teacher gave her a dirty look. The teacher didn't help her up or say anything more.

Akiza, hurtfully, limped to her next class.

Once she got the her seat, Akiza examined the damage.

She looked at her super long, but boney legs. She had bruises on both knee caps.

She limped to the bus. Yusei looked out the window and saw her. He got off and ran to her. He helped her get on the bus.

"Akiza, what happened?" Yusei asked as he got to their seat.

"I tripped and fell," Akiza said.

"Well, when we get home, I'll make sure Martha looks at it. Luckily, it's Friday, so you'll have the weekend to heal."

When they go to their stop, Akiza leaned on Yusei, as they walked home.

"Yusei, are you sure you aren't hurting from carrying me?"

"No way," Yusei said, "You're as light as a feather. I could carry you for miles."

Akiza smiled.

"That's my strong Yusei."

She kissed his forehead.

Yusei blushed and they nearly fell over.

"Yusei, be careful," Akiza said.

"Sorry," Yusei said, with a blush still on his face.

When they got home, Martha wasn't home. She left a note saying she'll be back by 5. Akiza sat on one of the dining room chairs. Yusei got another chair and Akiza put both her legs up.

"Now Yusei, don't look up my skirt," Akiza noted.

"Don't worry Akiza, I'm not that perverted."

"Humph. This is coming from a guy who "use" to look at dirty magazines."

Yusei then put two ice packs on each leg.

Akiza gasped.

"Feel any better?" he asked.

"Yeah, sure," she replied.

"Akiza, tell me what happened today."

Akiza tells him about the first bully. Yusei sat next to her and wrapped an arm around her.

"Wow, I didn't think you were so tough," Yusei said.

"Oh, well, I got that from you," she replied.

They smiled at each other.

Akiza then told him about the notes and the tripping incident.

"What did he look like," Yusei demanded.

"No, Yusei, don't get into any more trouble. It's bad enough that you're already treated bad, since you're from the Satellite."

Yusei calmed down.

"Yeah, but it's just not right that they're treating you so badly."

"Well, I'm a woman and I'm different. That's probably a bully's easiest target," Akiza said quietly.

Akiza looked up at Yusei. He looked upset.

"Well, if I was with you, none of this would've happened," he said.

"But Yusei, what can you do?"

They thought for a moment.

"I'm going to tell the principal," he said.

"What good will that do?"

"First of all, you shouldn't be treated like that. Second, you were discriminated by the teacher."

"Yusei, please don't turn this into a lawsuit or something," Akiza begged.

"I'm not going that far," he said, "But you have to tell someone. You could've broken your knee or worse. The teacher should have at least helped you up or asked what's wrong."

He looked away from her.

"Someone has to protect you."

"Yusei, you can't protect me! They won't let you."

Yusei put a hand on his chin.

"Maybe I can," he thought.

"But even if I can't, someone has to," he said.

When Martha got home, Akiza and Yusei told her the whole story.

"Well, from what I can tell, it looks like you bruised your knees. Let's try to stay off it for a while. I'll see if one of my friends, who's a doctor, has some crutches for you."

"If not, I'll be your crutch," Yusei said.

Akiza looked up and they smile at each other.

"Martha, what do you think we should do about the bullying?" Akiza asked.

"Well, first, you should tell the principal," Martha said, "As far as protection goes, I don't know. It would be nice if Yusei was there to protect you."

"But what if he was sick or something, then, I'm a wide open target," she replied.

"But still, you shouldn't have to deal with this. Schools are suppose to be safe. If you don't feel safe, the school has to do something about it. I'm not someone who usually says this, but whoever picks on you should be punished. Especially since you're a woman."

Akiza and Yusei looked surprised at her.

"If you guys can't get through, then I will. Parents need to be in their kids' lives when they're going through school. I'll make sure something gets done."

She walks over to the two of them.

"Now, why don't you two get to your homework," she said.

"Okay," they replied.

When Leo and Luna got home, they were upset over what happened.

Well, almost...

"Wow! Two bruises? Are they going to start swelling," Leo asked.

"Leo, let's feel sorry for her, not excited."

"What? How many times do we see someone with bruises?"

"Your going to have a lot, if you don't feel sorry for her and apologize to Akiza," she respond.

"Okay. Sorry Akiza."

"It's okay Leo," she replied.

"Well, I guess we'll have to wait until Monday to do anything. But the first thing you two do, is make sure you visit the principal right away. I don't want her with even more injuries," Martha said.

They both nodded in agreement.

Later, Yusei helped Akiza get to bed.

"It doesn't hurt as much, but it still hurts," she said.

"Don't worry," Yusei replied as she climbed into bed, "I'll make sure no one tries to hurt you again."

"Thanks Yusei," she said.

Yusei kissed her on the cheek. Akiza blushed.

"Sorry we can't go anywhere or spend some time alone this weekend," Akiza said.

"Don't worry," he said, "We'll find something to do."

Yusei walked to the door.

"Goodnight Akiza. Feel better in the morning."

"Thanks Yusei."

Yusei went back to his room. He fell asleep and started to dream.

He was at school and a big group of students were in a circle. He went through the crowd to see what was happening. Soon he got to the front.

To his horror, Akiza was lying on the floor. She wasn't moving.

"Akiza, Akiza," Yusei said. He feel to his knees. He cupped her head.

Akiza slowly opened her eyes.

"Yusei? Yusei! Please! Please protect me! Everything hurts," she said softly.

They put their arms around one another.

"Don't worry Akiza, I will never leave your side. I will protect you and I will help you. I never want to let you go."

Akiza smiled at him and they kissed deeply.

Yusei woke up. He sat up.

"No matter what," he said to himself, "I will find a way to protect Akiza. No matter what!"[/spoiler]

[spoiler=principal student conference]principal student conference]Sorry for this being short, but it was hard to drag it on. I tried to fill in as many plot details as I can. I'm sorry if it still has some.


Yusei and Akiza were going just as they were told and go to the principal's office as soon as they went to school. Although Akiza's knees were looking better and she could walk okay, they were still hurting.

Akiza still was limping as they approached the bus to school.

"I sure hope that the school finds a way to protect me," Akiza said.

"They have to. Student safety should be #1 on their agenda."

"I don't know what to do," she said, "I can't defend myself and I feel terrible. I'm just a weak little girl."

Yusei hugged Akiza.

"You're not weak. You're you. A special, bright, beautiful girl that I love and care about."

Akiza smiled back and hugged him tightly.

"Thanks Yusei," she said.

They went to the school's secretary and she said it would be a few minutes.

When the principal was ready, she instructed them to go inside. They did as they were told.

The principal had a small, but decent sized office. He had two chairs for them to sit on. There was a window that showed the outside of the school. There were bookshelves, with, of course, books in it.

As Akiza and Yusei went to sit down, the principal asked, "So, what brings you two here today."

Akiza and Yusei told him about the incidents.

"And we want to be sure that Akiza gets to, somehow, be protected. I don't want this type of incident to happen again," Yusei said.

He was thinking of Martha as well.

The principal sat and thought for a moment.

"Well, we could have some sort of "body guard" for her," the principal suggested.

"Wouldn't that make me stick out more?" Akiza said.

"You'd be protected," the principal said.

"Would I have to pay for them? Plus, what would happen if they were sick?"

"Hmm," he said, "What if we put you in the Satellite classes?"

Akiza cringed at the thought.

She then remembered Yusei was there.

"Sorry Yusei," she said.

"It's alright," he said.

"I don't think so. They might try to do other things rather than hurt me," she said.

"Well, then what do you suppose," the principal asked.

"Well, I though that I could take the "normal" classes and then Akiza has company," Yusei said.

"This sounds like we're going back to the first plan," the principal said.

"Yeah, but, this way, I can look out for her."

"Yusei, that's no different. It seems to me that you just want to spend more time with her."

Yusei looked over at Akiza. He had an embarrassed look on his face and he was turning a little red. She gave him a smile.

"Well, for sure, you should have the teachers do more," Akiza said, "The teacher didn't even lead me to the nurse's office or ask if I was alright. That's discrimination."

"That is true and I will definitely have a meeting with all the teachers about that problem. Could this problem then be solved?" the principal asked.

"No, the kids are still liable to hurt me," Akiza said.

"Then, should we do a presentation with all the students," he asked.

"No. They won't listen," she replied.

"Well, could you take self-defense classes?"

"No, I don't think that it could work long-term. I could have multiple people on me and they could hurt me more Plus, I don't have much money."

Yusei jumped in.

"I didn't get to finish what I said. If I was her "body guard," then, she wouldn't have to pay for me."

"What if you're sick?"

"Then fine, get someone else," he said.

"What about costs?"

"Forget costs. The school should pay them. How much could it cost? Is someone's, potentially, life worth how ever much it costs for a body guard?"

"Yes, but Yusei, if I let you in, wouldn't all the other Satellite's want to be in too?"

"I say you let me in, due to behavior and grades. Sure, I don't get straight A's. I just got a C+ on my last test. However, I haven't been in fights or other violence, haven't done any drugs, my GPA's at about a 3.0. Seriously, I've worked hard. I think I deserve a chance."

"The other kids," he reminded them.

"Tell them that if they want to, they have to earn it like I did. Besides, over half have been in a fight, others have done drugs, and almost all don't care about school. Besides, wouldn't the school get more money for better test scores?"

The principal nodded.

Akiza smiled at him.

"Are you sure you want him as a "body guard?" the teacher asked Akiza.

"Yes," she said confidently, "He's strong. He cares about me. He likes me. He enjoys being with me. That makes me feel like he's deserving enough."

"Well, just to be sure, I'd like to have a test for you Yusei."

"Why? Is it a written test?"

"No, a dueling test. I want to be sure that you've learned enough about dueling, that you're ready for some of the "tougher classes" that the normal kids are offered. If you want to get to be her "body guard" and get to be in the "normal classes," you have to beat me."

"What if I lose?"

"Akiza will still be given a body guard, but it wouldn't be you. Plus, you'd have to stay in the Satellite classes for the rest of your high school career. I'll talk with the administrator to be sure this is okay."

He pushes a red button on his desk. A few minutes later, a voice calls.

"Principal Cynder! How many times have I told you not to call me while I'm taking a dump!"

Akiza and Yusei giggle.

"Sorry sir, I didn't know."

"Look at the information bar below the button."

It read, "Bathroom Break."

"Anyways, this better be good," the administrator said.

They explained the situation.

"I like it," he said, "It's fair to both parties."

"So, do we have a deal," the principal asked.

"We sure do," Akiza and Yusei said together.

They shake hands.

The principal, however, didn't realize that the administrator was still on the line. Apparently, the administrator didn't realize it either.

"I like big butts and I can not lie. You other brothers can't deny," he sang.

The three of them all tried to giggle quietly, as the administrator kept singing.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Yusei vs principal]Yusei vs principal]Wind crawled through the banal and insipid, empty hallways leading to the gymnasium. Classes were over for the day. However, near the gym was the figure and shadow of Yusei Fudo.

Yusei was casually shuffling his deck with a mind full of thoughts. He was thinking of how he can ameliorate Akiza's condition and status at this school through this duel. Things hadn't been easy for Akiza [and Leo and Luna]. She was the most invaluable thing he ever known. He wanted to be near her forever, so he must therefore protect her. He always felt that curse of pain whenever she was hurt. That was how close their bond is. However, Yusei was also conscious of Akiza's new problems, besides her blessing of being with him, with those people who value someone on their living rather than their personality. Yusei hates those people—it's one of the reasons he snapped against Crow when he talked about his dirty magazines. Yusei was also prescient in knowing that his fight for Akiza's safety against the principal will be tough. Yusei could only speculate what would happen.

Yusei sighed and slightly hesitated, before he attached his duel disk to his left arm, and walked to the doubled doors.

Akiza, Leo, and Luna were all there waiting for Yusei. Being there was murder for Akiza and she looked worry. Leo and Luna were silent. They wondered how to help their friends. Martha was there too, whom volunteered in helping to keep the three calm and giving them hope in this one duel. Martha known Yusei for a long time and knows that Yusei is a strong duelist. He has grown into the best at their home, and he was about to test that skill against the head of the school.

The three were met by two apathy administrations of the school. One was a male that have jet black hair. The other was a female with long golden hair that ran around the middle of her back. Both wore blue school staff uniforms with the male with black jeans and the female wearing a red mini-skirt.

Then the door opened on the right side. Everyone looked and saw it was the Satellite native, Yusei Fudo. His spiked crab hair with golden lines gleamed and glittered in the sunlight that poured from the dirty, large windows.

Akiza blushed; it was one of the reasons that she loved him: He looked so handsome with crisp, strong, blue eyes concentrating on something important for her.

Yusei turned his head toward Akiza and smiled; Akiza smiled back as her blush subsided. Yusei walked silently toward his seat between Akiza and Luna, whom was watching him with an intent eye. After he sat down and relaxed, Yusei turned to Akiza whom was staring at him. Both were introspective toward each other's feelings and concerns; and both of them felt worries and love for one another.

"Yusei, how good you are at dueling?" Luna asked, questionably at Yusei's skills.

"I'm competent," Yusei assured while Luna and Akiza smiled.

"What does that mean?" Leo asked with a dumb look on his face.

While Luna explained the meaning to Leo, Akiza and Yusei continued to stare at each other. Martha smiled, sensing the love between the two.

"Yusei!" Leo screamed.

"Huh?" Yusei turned toward the twins.

"Go get'em, Yusei!" Leo cheered.

"You can do it!" Luna continued.

"Just do your best!" Martha said slapping Yusei's back. "Good luck! And remember, for your girlfriend!"

Yusei stumbled a bit forward from Martha's slap but quickly recovered.

Yusei saw Leo, Luna, and Martha's smiling faces, but noticed Akiza didn't say anything and appeared to be in a deep thought.

'Yusei already done so much for me…He helped me get started here, took me out on dates, comforted me when I was down, and we even shared our first kisses together. Now, he's going to duel, so that he can protect me. I feel like I'm almost a burden. Sure, I've done some things for him, but not as much as he's done for me,' Akiza thought.

She then felt something touch her face. She looked up and saw it was Yusei touching her cheek, and their faces were very close to each other.

"Oh boy…" Leo sighed.

"Akiza, are you okay?" Yusei asked, his voice full of care and caution; to Akiza it's so hypnotizing. But Akiza, held a straight frown on her face.

"I'm fine," she said.

"Look, I want you to know that I'm thinking about you every moment that I duel today. So, I just want to know I have your support."

"Yusei, you always have my support. It's just that, what if you don't win?"

"We agreed that there will still be someone that will protect you, it's just that it won't be me," he said. "But you seem depressed. Tell me what's wrong."

"Well, it's just that…I don't know. Yusei, am I a burden to you?"

Yusei smiled at her.

"No, you're not a burden and you never will be. Seeing you smile is why I do all these things for you. I want you to be happy. You deserve happiness."

Akiza smiled at him pleasantly at this new revolution, and he smiled back; they blushed red at each other.

Leo clenched his teeth in more annoyance as he tried not to look at them; Martha and Luna giggled.

Bam! The door opened and there stood a tall black haired man, with a black suit and red tie.

Everyone looked at him.

The principal put out his right hand in front of him and with his two top fingers signaled the school administers. Both nodded as they walked towards him.

Yusei turned toward Akiza.

"Well, I guess I better get going," he said.

"Wait," Akiza stopped as she tugged his arm.

"What?" Yusei asked, looking back toward her.

Akiza kissed Yusei's cheek; luckily nobody was watching.

"That's for good luck," Akiza said, smiling her beautiful smile Yusei love.

"Yeah, for good luck," he said in embarrassment.


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Yusei and the principal took their places on opposite sides on the dueling field. Akiza, Leo, Luna, and the administers were watching from the side, therefore giving them a clear view of Yusei and the principal.

"Okay, so if you win, I don't get to take regular classes," Yusei said.

"That's right," the principal confirmed. "But if you win, you get to take the regular classes that Akiza does. No matter what, though, Akiza will be protected."

They nodded at one another.

"Duel," they shouted.

Principal (4000 LP) VS Yusei (4000 LP)

"I'll start things off!" the principal declared. "I set one monster and place three cards face down. "I end it with that!" the principal said.

"Huh?" Yusei was surprised by the lack of action on the first move.

"What is it, Yusei?" Leo asked.

"Leo, look at the principal's field. He is virtually leaving himself defenseless with one face-down monster," Luna explained.

"What about his face-downs?" Leo noticed.

'What is he planning to do?' Akiza thought.

"It's my turn! I draw!" Yusei declared. "I played the spell card Reincarnation of Hope! I discard two monster cards to the graveyard, so I can then add one monster card from my deck to my hand the next standby phrase. I will send Quillbot Hedgehog and Necro Linker to the graveyard. I then summon Junk Synchron (3/1300/500) in attack mode!" A small mechanic looking robot with shiny-looking plates appeared in front of Yusei with innocence in his eyes.

"My Junk Synchron's special ability then activates! I can then special summon a level 2 or lower monster from my graveyard like say…Necro Linker (2/600/0)! But that's not all! My Quillbot Hedgehog's (2/800/800) special ability allows me to special summon him back from the graveyard when a face-up tuner monster is on the field!" Yusei said as two new small monsters stand next him. "I'm then tuning my level 3 Junk Synchron to my level 2 Quillbot Hedgehog and level 2 Necro Linker!" Yusei declared.

"What?" the principal cried surprise.

Junk Synchron with the flick of his hand soon pulled his plug—making the monster trembled and gaining power before splitting up into three green scanning rings. The other two monsters jumped into the portal before being scanned into three bright stars, then vanishing in a thin veil of light. (2 + 2 + 3 = 7) Junk Archer (7/2300/2200), a tall robot with a bow and a pointing arrow soon emerged from the widening light which soon vanished; it jumped off and stand in front of Yusei.

"Yusei is so awesome!" Leo shouted.

"Synchro Summon?" the principal said, surprised.

Yusei smiled. "Junk Archer! Attack his monster! Scrap Arrow!" The robot then fires a laser-beam shot with his arrow and bow at the holographic card; the arrow catching heat and fire as it speeds toward the card obliterating it.

"My face-down monster was Gravekeeper's Spy (4/1200/2000)! Its flip effect allows me to special summon Gravekeeper's Descendant (4/1500/1200) in defense mode," the principal said.

"I place two cards face down and end my turn!" Yusei finished with an empty hand.

"My turn! Draw!" the principal said. He turn his attention toward Yusei. "Yusei Fudo, I'm impressed that a Satellite native like you can synchro summon a monster."

"Thanks, I guess."

"Hmph. That's why I'm activating this spell card from my hand, Final Countdown!" the principal lifted the card's front face into view.

"What?"

"First, I pay 2000 life-points and after 20 turns passed starting on this one, you automatically lose the duel!"

Yusei was speechless.

Principal: 2000 LP/ Yusei: 4000 LP

"I activate my set-down trap card Call of the Haunted. I can special summon one monster from the graveyard as long as the two cards are both present on the field. I special summon back Gravekeeper's Spy (4/1200/2000)! I then activate Descendant's special ability! I can sacrifice my Gravekeeper's Sky to destroy one card you control!"

"But that's not fair!"

"It's totally fair! I will now sacrifice my Gravekeeper's Sky to destroy your Junk Archer! Go!" the principal pointed at the robot which was hooked underground beneath the sand; the female on the other side soon followed.

"I attack you directly!"

"Ahhh!"

Principal: 2000 LP/ Yusei: 2500 LP

"Yusei!" Leo and Luna screamed worriedly.

Akiza and Martha both stared sadly at Yusei's trembling figure.

'Yusei…' Akiza thought.

The school administers looked on.

"I end my turn, but remember the clock is ticking," the principal taunted.

Turns Left: 19

Yusei hesitated for a moment before looking up. "My turn! I draw, and thanks to the effect of my Reincarnation of Hope spell card I can choose a monster from my deck and place it into my hand!" Yusei gathered the two cards from his deck and stared at them.

"Hmmm…" the principal observed.

"I summon Shield Wing (2/0/900) in defense mode and end my turn." A small blue-green dragon flown appeared out of the summon circle.

Turns Left: 18

"That's all? Well, it's my turn! Draw!" the principal drew his card. "I sacrifice my Gravekeeper's Descendant to summon Jinzo (6/2400/1500)!"

"Jinzo?" Yusei repeated the monster's name.

"Oh, no," Akiza said, realizing the monster's name from her classes.

"What's up, Akiza?" Luna asked.

"Jinzo has a very strong special ability. It can negate the activation of trap cards."

"What? But how can Yusei counterattack?"

"I'm sure Yusei will find a way," Martha suddenly said.

"What do you mean?" Akiza asked.

"Yusei has always had a love for dueling, and always did he find a way to get out of any situation. I'm sure he will find a way."

Akiza and Luna turned their heads back toward the duel.

'Come on…Yusei!' Akiza cheered mentally.

"I attack Shield Wing with Jinzo! Cyber Energy Shock!" Jinzo shot a laser at the blue dragon that was crying in pain. Smoke of pixels exploded all over Yusei's field, and the principal smiled knowing that he scored. However, in the midst of its courage, the dragon remained.

"But…" the principal was surprised at the small dragon, "…how? You can't activate trap cards!"

Yusei snickered. "I didn't because of Shield Wing's special ability. For it to be destroyed, you have to attack it twice!"

"Oh, come on!"

"Too bad, sir! And after each turn, Shield Wing's special ability sort of…recycles. Because you have to attack exactly three times or more in one turn or else, Shield Wing wouldn't get destroyed even if you attack it as many times as you like."

"Grr…"

"Phew! Yusei was saved," Leo blew a sigh of relief.

"But how long can he hold on like this?" Luna questioned.[/spoiler]