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Yukei

Chapter 12 - Arcadia

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She wasn’t about to just let this situation set in the hands of the boys. Looking at the past, the young psychic had seen how well they “handled” things and she wasn’t going to just let this ‘mad-man’ run wild and have his fun – even more so with Yusei’s body. There was no way. He had done too much for her in the past to overlook him now, when he so obviously needed her most.

He’d called Kiryu out, so that would give her enough time to figure something out…wouldn’t it? She wasn’t too sure seeing as she didn’t know anything about this ‘Kiryu’ other than the fact he used to be one of Yusei’s friends and he was once a Dark Signer. She didn’t know how she was supposed to feel about someone who was once after the ‘end of the world’. Regardless of that fact she was just going to have to trust him…trust Yusei and find a way to help him.

Hopefully things wouldn't become too complicated in her leave of absence from the situation. Even with the Arcadia building destroyed the remnants of it's knowledge still remained. Thus the duelist of Black Roses deemed herself with a large amount of work to be done.

"Aki-san?" A voice chimed from behind her, as she was on her way to gather up her needed information. The sound of her heel clicked against the pavement as she paused in her step and turned to face the owner of the voice behind her.

A woman of black hair and odd glasses smiled at her. Wasn't she....Jack's friend?

"Is Yusei....is he...feeling any better?" She asked shyly, folding her hands together in a hopeful embrace.

Carly. That was her name, she remembered it now. She smiled at the other girl and gave her a shake of her head. "Unfortunately..." She started, seeing the other's expression drop.

"Oh. I see. Well I know Jack told me to leave it alone but..." Her voice trailed off remembering the look in the eyes of the normally gentle duelist. That red glow was still enough to give her nightmares. "..I want to help anyway I can!"

Amber optics lit up at the girl's declaration, and before the psychic duelist knew it, her lips has taken the form of the smallest of smiles. If she remembered correctly this girl was a reporter so that would make accessing the old files of Arcadia a simpler task for her - well at least Aki could hold on to that small glimmer of hope.

"I was actually..." She started, shifting her weight to the side as she applied pressure on the back of her heel and lifting her hand to hold the side of her arm. "... looking for some information that could prove to do just that. I need to do some research, and I think I might be able to help Yusei get back to normal." She explained, watching the ash toned optics light up with enthusiasm behind the prescribed glass.

Carly's hands balled into fists as he raised her arms excitedly, give the other girl an exuberant smile. "If it's information you want, I'm sure I can get it for you! I'm a reporter after all, it's my job to have a list of sources. What are you looking for?"

"I need information from Arcadia's back-logs. I need to know more about the restriction of psychic powers." The words fell bluntly from her painted lips. There was no time to beat around the bush and paint the situation with pretty words. The rose wielding duelist had long since been told of Ms. Nagisa's encounter with the spirit that was corrupting Yusei's good nature, and thus Aki deemed her important enough to know exactly what was going on.

'Keep it Hush-Hush' was what the boys had begged her in a not so kind fashion, but damn their well placed intentions, now was the time for action and she had long since grown tired of their lacking will to take action. The Kiryu seemed to the only one willing to face the spirit head on. Perhaps that was why this 'Yukei' had called out to him. The thought was nothing but the musing of the information she was provided, but then again at this point what else did the psychic duelist have to go on?

The raven haired reporter looked to the rose like woman with widened concern more than obvious on her pale features, and Aki only sighed. It was plain as day to the signer that her current company had at least a tornado's worth of questions swirling within her mind, but now was not the time to answer them. That man was surely face to face with the devil by now, and she needed to find out something before the demon did something that couldn't be taken back.

"I need this information as fast as possible." The magenta haired woman urged, snapping the girl out of her daze.

"Oh. Of course. Follow me. I can see what I can dig up on my computer."

Arcadia.

Why did the name sound of familiar to her? There was a ringing in the back of Carly's mind that told her it was something important; something that was tied to her life quite strongly but at the same time she was having a hard time placing her finger on it. It was something to do with Jack and the others, she was sure. All she knew was that the sound of the name gave her a sudden unexplained fear of falling.

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Several hours passed, and the two female duelists were camped in the center of the reporter's small apartment living room. Papers and books were scattered about the floor, while the fingers of the raven haired girl clicked rapidly; dancing across the keyboard of her laptop with ease.

Clicking in and out of articles, one after another, windows falling closed or getting tabbed on her computer screen - ashed toned eyes scrolled through information quickly. There was information about a school, and a controversy surrounding it...

and something about a man named... Divine.

Curiosity killed the cat they say, as nimble fingers scrolled the mouse pointer over the name and clicked.

A picture was brought up, the smug arrogance plastered across the face of Aki's once mentor and a loud sound of fear bubbled up from the back of Carly's throat. Her whole body shook, as her hands lifted away from the keyboard and she pushed the monitor away letting out a scream.

Aki jerked upwards at the sound, turning her attention the girl as her sense were ripped away from what she had been reading at the sudden tremors of panic.

"Carly!" She sounded, gripping her hands down tightly on the other woman's shoulders giving her a firm shake as if to snap her back to reality. "What's wrong? Are you okay?!" She sounded again, amber glancing to the flickering screen only to be met with the face of a man she would have much rather have forgotten. A weight felt like it dropped in the pit of her stomach as she looked at him, but quickly she refocused her attention to the trembling girl before her.

"He - He -" She spoke, pushing each word out in a tiny squeak. "He - killed me." The words fell from her lips as tears spilled over and she felt her mind fall blank. It was as if the spiking line of her heart monitor had jumped to it's highest point before simply falling flat.

The girl's form went limp without warning, collapsing forward into the other's chest. She skin was coated with gentle chill as she became nothing more than a lifeless doll in the witch's hands.

All Aki could do for now was wait for her to wake up.

To Be Continued.....

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Yukei

Chapter 12 - Arcadia

____

She wasn’t about to just let this situation set in the hands of the boys. Looking at the past, the young psychic had seen how well they “handled” things and she wasn’t going to just let this ‘mad-man’ run wild and have his fun – even more so with Yusei’s body. There was no way. He had done too much for her in the past to overlook him now, when he so obviously needed her most.

He’d called Kiryu out, so that would give her enough time to figure something out…wouldn’t it? She wasn’t too sure seeing as she didn’t know anything about this ‘Kiryu’ other than the fact he used to be one of Yusei’s friends and he was once a Dark Signer. She didn’t know how she was supposed to feel about someone who was once after the ‘end of the world’. Regardless of that fact she was just going to have to trust him…trust Yusei and find a way to help him.

Hopefully things wouldn't become too complicated in her leave of absence from the situation. Even with the Arcadia building destroyed the remnants of it's knowledge still remained. Thus the duelist of Black Roses deemed herself with a large amount of work to be done.

"Aki-san?" A voice chimed from behind her, as she was on her way to gather up her needed information. The sound of her heel clicked against the pavement as she paused in her step and turned to face the owner of the voice behind her.

A woman of black hair and odd glasses smiled at her. Wasn't she....Jack's friend?

"Is Yusei....is he...feeling any better?" She asked shyly, folding her hands together in a hopeful embrace.

Carly. That was her name, she remembered it now. She smiled at the other girl and gave her a shake of her head. "Unfortunately..." She started, seeing the other's expression drop.

"Oh. I see. Well I know Jack told me to leave it alone but..." Her voice trailed off remembering the look in the eyes of the normally gentle duelist. That red glow was still enough to give her nightmares. "..I want to help anyway I can!"

Amber optics lit up at the girl's declaration, and before the psychic duelist knew it, her lips has taken the form of the smallest of smiles. If she remembered correctly this girl was a reporter so that would make accessing the old files of Arcadia a simpler task for her - well at least Aki could hold on to that small glimmer of hope.

"I was actually..." She started, shifting her weight to the side as she applied pressure on the back of her heel and lifting her hand to hold the side of her arm. "... looking for some information that could prove to do just that. I need to do some research, and I think I might be able to help Yusei get back to normal." She explained, watching the ash toned optics light up with enthusiasm behind the prescribed glass.

Carly's hands balled into fists as he raised her arms excitedly, give the other girl an exuberant smile. "If it's information you want, I'm sure I can get it for you! I'm a reporter after all, it's my job to have a list of sources. What are you looking for?"

"I need information from Arcadia's back-logs. I need to know more about the restriction of psychic powers." The words fell bluntly from her painted lips. There was no time to beat around the bush and paint the situation with pretty words. The rose wielding duelist had long since been told of Ms. Nagisa's encounter with the spirit that was corrupting Yusei's good nature, and thus Aki deemed her important enough to know exactly what was going on.

'Keep it Hush-Hush' was what the boys had begged her in a not so kind fashion, but damn their well placed intentions, now was the time for action and she had long since grown tired of their lacking will to take action. The Kiryu seemed to the only one willing to face the spirit head on. Perhaps that was why this 'Yukei' had called out to him. The thought was nothing but the musing of the information she was provided, but then again at this point what else did the psychic duelist have to go on?

The raven haired reporter looked to the rose like woman with widened concern more than obvious on her pale features, and Aki only sighed. It was plain as day to the signer that her current company had at least a tornado's worth of questions swirling within her mind, but now was not the time to answer them. That man was surely face to face with the devil by now, and she needed to find out something before the demon did something that couldn't be taken back.

"I need this information as fast as possible." The magenta haired woman urged, snapping the girl out of her daze.

"Oh. Of course. Follow me. I can see what I can dig up on my computer."

Arcadia.

Why did the name sound of familiar to her? There was a ringing in the back of Carly's mind that told her it was something important; something that was tied to her life quite strongly but at the same time she was having a hard time placing her finger on it. It was something to do with Jack and the others, she was sure. All she knew was that the sound of the name gave her a sudden unexplained fear of falling.

__

Several hours passed, and the two female duelists were camped in the center of the reporter's small apartment living room. Papers and books were scattered about the floor, while the fingers of the raven haired girl clicked rapidly; dancing across the keyboard of her laptop with ease.

Clicking in and out of articles, one after another, windows falling closed or getting tabbed on her computer screen - ashed toned eyes scrolled through information quickly. There was information about a school, and a controversy surrounding it...

and something about a man named... Divine.

Curiosity killed the cat they say, as nimble fingers scrolled the mouse pointer over the name and clicked.

A picture was brought up, the smug arrogance plastered across the face of Aki's once mentor and a loud sound of fear bubbled up from the back of Carly's throat. Her whole body shook, as her hands lifted away from the keyboard and she pushed the monitor away letting out a scream.

Aki jerked upwards at the sound, turning her attention the girl as her sense were ripped away from what she had been reading at the sudden tremors of panic.

"Carly!" She sounded, gripping her hands down tightly on the other woman's shoulders giving her a firm shake as if to snap her back to reality. "What's wrong? Are you okay?!" She sounded again, amber glancing to the flickering screen only to be met with the face of a man she would have much rather have forgotten. A weight felt like it dropped in the pit of her stomach as she looked at him, but quickly she refocused her attention to the trembling girl before her.

"He - He -" She spoke, pushing each word out in a tiny squeak. "He - killed me." The words fell from her lips as tears spilled over and she felt her mind fall blank. It was as if the spiking line of her heart monitor had jumped to it's highest point before simply falling flat.

The girl's form went limp without warning, collapsing forward into the other's chest. She skin was coated with gentle chill as she became nothing more than a lifeless doll in the witch's hands.

All Aki could do for now was wait for her to wake up.

To Be Continued.....