Big thanks to everyone for being so patient, I really appreciate it. I see that there might have been a little confusion about last chapter's title so please allow me to explain! This is a gift to Jade546, so I hope you enjoy it! Apologies for the long delay and shortness of this chapter! I don't own rights to YuGiOh! 5Ds but I do own this FanFiction. Hope you enjoy!

FAIR WARNING: THIS CHAPTER SHOULD NOT BE READ IF YOU ARE UNDER 18! POSSIBLE TRIGGER WARNING!

At the Crossroads:

Suicide Door (slang for a rear hinged door)

"Yusei, have you seen my dark green phone charger?" Akiza stuck her head out from her room, eyes glancing towards every nearby outlet. "I thought it was on my bedside table but I'm not seeing it." Surprise filled her when she didn't receive an answer. He had been upstairs with her last she knew. She took a step out into the hallway, craning her neck to see into his room. The door was open but there were no signs of him. "Yusei?" A sound came from downstairs. When had he gone down there? Shrugging, she slipped down the stairs and entered the kitchen but came to a screeching halt when her eyes fell upon the figure standing in the kitchen.

With the Bluetooth earbuds, he hadn't heard her come into the kitchen but the bobbing of his head portrayed his liking to whatever music he was hearing. His attention was fixated on various fruits that he was cutting up and shifted slightly to the right so he could place a few of them in the blender. The navy tank clung his body, the gold running shorts he wore loosely fitted around his hips, and there was a pair of black sneakers that sat near the back door were testimony to the workout he had just finished and it was almost time for him to do a cooldown walk. His sapphires briefly glanced at his phone's screen as his motions paused, one of his hands depositing a few slices of the banana he had been working on while the other opened a cabinet and pulled out a container labeled "chai seeds" and placed a spoonful into the blender.

She wasn't sure what recipe he was following nor did she really care. Her eyes practically feasted themselves on the man before her. The light sheen of sweat that covered his body radiated masculinity and accentuated every muscle plane he had. His hair, which usually was upturned in a few places, rested slack for the most part and nearly reached his shoulders. She had never noticed how very manga-ish his hair was until his head shifted and the gold streaks in his hair peeking from his black tresses. Her hand rose to stroke her chin as he stretched to reach something on the top shelf and the shorts fell low enough for her to spot a defined "V" near his pelvic region. "Mercy," she whispered as she caught a glimpse of his clenched backside. She bit her bottom lip as he turned on the blender for a few seconds, turned it off, and poured the contents into a glass, which he took a long drink from and took a swipe across his mouth with his thumb before cleaning it with his tongue. "I'm going to hell."

A loud ring from the phone in her hand caused her to jump a foot into the air and to quickly slip through the back door to stand on the patio to better hide her flushed face. A quick glance at the screen and her lips lifted into a strained smile. "Darling, it's so good to hear from you! I was just thinking about you while your father and I were on our way to one of his big meetings, and we were just wondering about how you were doing."

"Nothing much has changed," Akiza shrugged, crossing her arm. "still have two psychos chasing me."

"No, not about that, sweetheart, I mean between you and Yusei! How are you two doing? I'm sure you two get pretty rowdy sometimes, what with you two being alone in his house during all hours of the day." Embarrassment flooded Akiza as she covered her face with her free hand. "He's been amazing through this whole thing but men won't wait forever. They have needs too! All I'm saying is if you plan on keeping Yusei to yourself you might want to look into spicing things a little here and there. Have you even made your relationship official on-"

"Mother, stop! I get it, okay? I of all people know just how amazing Yusei is and believe me when I say I love him, it's just that I can't a few things to take care of before I can even think of stuff like that." She held the phone out a few inches as her mother's voice suddenly gained volume.

"Nonsense! This is the perfect time! He has been behind you during this whole fiasco, any other man would have taken off by now and you know I'm right. Yusei genuinely cares for you, Akiza, but how is he supposed to know that you want to spend the rest of your life with him if you don't exhibit any of those hints or signs? He's not a mind reader!"

Akiza's eyes narrowed. "He's also not a spoiled rich brat that only wants me for my boobs nor is he one of the maniacs chasing me!"

"He's a respectable man, darling, you aren't going to find much better. The best thing you could do at this point is propose-"

"MOTHER!"

"-a couple's trip. Maybe go and see Rome, better yet go visit France!"

"You are impossible!" Akiza shook her head, an sigh slipping between her lips that were raised in a small smile. "I know what you're trying to do, mom, that you and daddy only want me to be happy. Yusei has been phenomenal during this whole thing and I really don't want to lose the friendship we have but making a mistake."

"Darling, let me be honest with you, Yusei will think no less of you if you do decide to perform any physical acts. He loves and wants you just as much as you do, if not more! He is a man after all and they aren't known for their patience."

"You are right, a typical man would have up and gone the second Darwin showed or the second I turned them down physically. Yusei is nothing like them though. He has so much compassion and strength that it's almost unbearable for me to comprehend." Her vision swam as tears began to form. "There are so many times where I ask myself why I deserve such a man in my life, why he would chose to be with me, I've even asked myself what could I possibly offer him that another woman could not! He could easily leave me and find some other girl who is far prettier and stable than I am who doesn't have two psychotic maniacs chasing after her!" A choked sob rose in her throat as she pressed a hand against her lips. "I love Yusei so much, mom, and I feel like I would honestly shatter into tiny pieces if he left."

"Sweetheart, he's not going to. Believe me when I say that you are all that he cares about. He took an extended leave from work so he could focus on you. Yusei wants to protect and love you!"

"Mom, I've gotta go. Have fun at dad's meeting." And with a swipe of her finger, ended the call. It wasn't more than two seconds later that the ringtone sounded again but she swiped left as she plopped down onto patio stair. She would text her later. Akzia folded her legs and wrapped her arms around her knees while resting her chin atop of them. A sigh slipped from between her lips as she gazed out at the backyard. The pool bottom had been repaired long ago and will be filled to the brim soon but what drew her attention was the tree off to her right. There were tiny little buds that had yet to bloom despite the plants and other trees around it. Just seeing the tree so desolate of leaves or flowers caused her chest to clench. "We're a pretty sorry bunch, aren't we?" she whispered, standing and walking over to it.

Now that she was closer, she could see there were actually small leaves attempting grow form the near bone-like branches but there was a strange coloring to the bark that wasn't natural. Pity filled her when she brushed a hand across its trunk and a handful of dust fell to the ground. The tree was dying, most likely from the Dutch Elm Disease that she had heard about. "It is sad when a life ends." Akzia's eyes combed the surrounding space, the hairs on her body standing up. She knew that voice anywhere. There was no one else in the backyard that she could see so where was his voice coming from? "But there must be a balance maintained; when a new life is born, another shall die."

"I can't believe you survived being swallowed by an Earthbound Immortal," she called out, never ceasing in her slow rotations so that she could scan her surroundings. "I thought they declared you a missing person after that."

"My dear Akiza, you should know better than to doubt your master's abilities." A gasp slipped from between her lips as a pressure enclosed around her, squeezing until her breaths became shallow. Her jaw clenched as the sensation of hands brushing her shoulders then dipping to rest on her waist. Akiza couldn't suppress a shiver as one of the invisible hands drifted lower to brushed the waistband of her low-rise gray capris while the other snuck beneath her emerald long sleeve shirt to rest its palm against her flat stomach. "How I have missed you."

Taking a deep breath, she gathered her energy and attempted to fight the hold he had but cried softly as the pressure intensified around her to the point where her head was craned backward. "Wish I could say the same." To her horror, the hand that had been under her shirt rose high enough to brush the underwire of her bra and the skin that it had touched began to burn. She mentally cursed and screamed at her own body for betraying the resolve that she had built and grimaced as heat began to pool in her lower abdomen.

A breath wafted past her ear, causing her to shiver again. "Akiza, you find that your master is alive yet you do nothing to pursue or find him. That saddens me greatly," his voice caused the hairs on the back of her neck to rise as what felt like lips played with her lobe. "the Underworld was so cold and lonely, but I never stopped thinking about the time we shared. Do you remember?" Tears gathered in the corners of her eyes as the hand that was toying with her waistband slipped past the cloth and inched its way downward. "The way my name sounded on your lips with the look of pure ecstasy on your face…I will never forget." Her breath hitched as the tips of fingers reached where her underwear started and the other hand slipped into her bra to cup her left breast.

"I wish I could," she whispered, tears spilling down her cheeks. "I wish with everything in my being that I could forget you and everything you have done."

"But you can't." The hands returned to her waist but the pressure still prevented her from moving. "Nothing satisfies me better than the thought of you, Akiza, and I will have something that no one else can take from you."

Her tears intensified as he began to whisper descriptions of how she felt when he was inside her, the pain in her heart growing with each word he spoke. A familiar tingling in her spine made itself known as she attempted to break the hold that he had on her. The smallest spark of hope lit in her as the pressure loosened ever so slightly. "There are lots of things that we did that I wish I could take back, but nothing will change the fact that I will forever be thankful for you saving me from myself." she whispered, closing her eyes and leveling her voice to the best she could. "That being said, I am sick of people like you who think of me as nothing but a possession or pawn. I will never allow someone like you to take advantage of me!" With a shout, she called forth everything that she had pooled together and it was as if a firecracker had gone off. The pressure still had a hold on her but if fumbled enough for her to stagger sideways…just enough for her to fall into the pool.

The water was incredibly cold, causing her body to involuntarily tense, but the satisfactory feeling that filled her was short lived when the pressure remained. She made contact with the bottom of the pool with a soft impact and she wiggled until she was able to look up at the water. It was in the rays of the sunlight coming in through the water that she noticed the invisible figure of Sayer and she felt herself grow colder. He must have mastered astral projection enough for him to manifest his energy enough to physically affect things! "I'll never let you go," his voice echoed around Akiza as her lungs began to protest, his lips lifted into a smile. "you can run but you can't hide from me. You will always be mine."

His words ignited a fire in her chest and her being was soon trembling in anger. A thin outline of red soon cloaked her and the water around her began to bubble as he continued to talk. It was as he called her "Rose" that her control snapped and the water around her gathered around her in a whirlpool but left the pool bottom around her bare enough for her to stand and replenish the oxygen she had lost. "I'm going to say this once," she growled, fixing his projection with a glare would turn any lesser person to stone as she managed to break the pressure that was holding her. "I don't want you, nor do I need you. We are done. Over. I want you out of my life!" The water collected around the projection, spiraling until it was confined within a tight sphere. "Don't ever think that I would take you back. I have no reason to! I've already found everything that I've wanted and I will NOT let anyone take that away from me! By the way, I have a message for you and Darwin: watch yourselves. I will be coming for you and you better hope that I don't get my hands on you." And with a swipe of her hand, the water exploded and rained down upon her.

She hardly felt the water when it came crashing around her and shifted onto her back as the water finally settled, focusing on leveling her breathing. The weight that had been on her seemed lighter and it was then that she realized that her lips were lifted in the smallest of smiles. It was as she drifted towards one of the stepping platforms that she heard the patio door open and looked up to find curious sapphires above her. "Well hi."

"You're supposed to put a swimsuit on before you go swimming." Yusei helped her out of the pool, glancing out across the property. "I heard you talking on the phone, is everything okay?"

Akiza nodded, taking his hands into her own while taking a deep breath. "Better than I have been in a long time." She lead him to the step she had previously occupied and took a seat. "This is going to hurt, but I need you to hear me out. There's something I need to tell you."

And done! See you next time!