Alright, chapter 4!
This chapter, is a head trip, let me tell you. Whew. :"D

The perspective is all over the place. X"D
I just hope it's still understandable. c':

Well, either way, I hope you enjoy! c:

~{Chapter 4: Beware the Warning}~

Friday, 3am: Yuzu's House.

Flashes of blue and red were seen and sirens were heard, having started since two hours ago...what was going on?

A restless and curious Yuzu stumbled out of bed, reaching for a jacket on her way out to help shield herself from the night's cold embrace. She carefully walked by Yuya's room as not to disturb his possible slumber...although, he seemed like the type of person who would sleep through something like this.

Once Yuzu had made it down the stairs and out the front door, she spotted a police car drive by in haste. She looked towards the direction it was heading in...strange, wasn't that where the school was? Yuzu pulled the collar of the jacket closer to herself before heading off.

When Yuzu finally caught up with the police car, she was slightly surprised to see other people there as well, and she was right, they were going to the school.

She wiggled her way through a small crowd to get a better look at what happened.

X

Friday, 12:30pm: School Grounds

"I'm a really nice dude and my dad is pretty rich. I could buy you anything you ever wanted."

"That's nice, really, but I'm just not interested in dating right now..."

"Oh, come on, Yuzu, no need to play hard to get."

"I'm not. It's the truth."

Shingo got a little closer to Yuzu, making her feel more uncomfortable than before. She was somewhat hoping that Yuya would show up...

"Okay, if you don't wanna be my girl, at least, for now, then how about a little kiss?"

"A k-kiss?! No! Look, Sawatari-!"

"Shingo."

"...Shingo. You're a nice dude, okay? You're pretty cute, yeah. But like I said, I'm not really looking for a boyfriend right now. I wanna focus on my studies first."

"And that means I can't get a little kiss? You don't even have to be girlfriend, just a little kiss will do."

"Ah...no...Shingo...sorry." Yuzu turned to walk away when Sawatari grabbed her arm.

"Please, Yuzu, just a short kiss!"

"Sawatari, let go!"

"Please Yuzu!?"

"Sawatari, if you don't let go right now, I'll-!"

X

The sounds of camera flashes going off were heard, while the humming sound of ambulances resounded in the background.

"So," the officer took a sip of his still warm drink, "what do you think happened here?"

The forensic analyst stooped down and took a closer look at everything. He stole a quick glance from behind as he tried to overhear the paramedics.

"This boy is still alive, despite the giant slash mark on his chest, though...his breathing is ragged."

"And what about the others?"

"They have some minor bruising and cuts, but nothing fatal."

The analyst looked back to the police officer. "Well...judging by the look of everything, it seems this happened just about two hours ago."

"Two hours ago? Dang, that's not that long...I wonder who called in 911."

Another officer creeped in. "Well, from what I had heard, it was an anonymous call."

"What? If that's not suspicious, I don't know what is!"

"It was weird...when the guys tracked the location down, they said the call was made from a phone from within the school."

"From within? That makes no sense! All schools close up at eight!"

Before anything else could be said, another officer, one of a shorter height, came about. "Sir, I need you to see this."

X

Friday, 12:35pm: School Grounds

The faint sound of footsteps stopped near them. "Huh?"

"Y-Yuya!?"

Shingo glared. "Yuya?!" He let go of Yuzu's arm and stomped towards him. "Listen here, Yuya," he pointed at him as he came closer, "I don't know what you think you're doing here, but-!"

Yuya grabbed Sawatari's wrist and pulled him closer before delivering a punch to the face.

"Oh my gosh! Yuya, what are you-?!"

"I thought I said not to touch her!" The blonde hair boy let out a pained grunt.

"O-OW!" As he lifted his head, some blood leaked out from his nose. "Ugh...you...you broke my nose! You're gonna pay for that-!"

Yuya threw another punch, this one almost causing Shingo to fall over.

"H-hey, wait a minute-!"

"What part of 'don't' do you not understand?!"

Yuya threw another punch...and another...and another. He fists were bloody from socking Shingo over and over, even kneeing him a few times in the gut.

He lifted his arm to punch all over again...when Yuzu came over and grabbed his arm. "Stop, Yuya!"

He slightly glanced over his shoulder, seeing her worried gaze. "Please stop! You're gonna kill him!"

"But I...I'm just...protecting...you..."

"Thank you...but I can take care of myself..."

Yuya's expression turned somber, letting go of Shingo. "I'm...sorry..."

The blonde didn't care, just happy to had been set free. He ran away as fast as he could without passing out.

Yuzu, on the other hand, was rather unnerved by how...aggressive Yuya was acting. It wasn't like him...everything that just happened wasn't like him at all!

"Yuya...are you okay...?"

"Y-yes...I just...wanna make sure you're safe, Zuzu..."

"He's using my nickname again," she thought.

Yuya just rubbed his arm. "I'll...leave now..."

"No, wait!" Yuzu grabbed onto Yuya's arm, looking at him with a slight smile. "I don't know what to say to cheer you up, but...h-here...have a hug..."

She got ready to hug him, but Yuya made the first move instead. "Don't worry, Zuzu, I'll protect you..."

X

Just around the corner of the building, the police managed to find a shattered window on the first floor, appearing to had been the window to the first floor's office room.

Or in short, a room with a phone.

Strangely, the glass shards from the window had blood marks on them. The analyst approached one of the pieces and picked it up with gloved hands.

"Huh, it's almost like little to no care was taken when committing this crime."

"Do you think this was committed by someone mentally unstable?"

The white coated man stood up with a sigh as he slipped the glass shard into a plastic bag. "I'm not sure yet, but it does seem so. First, we figure out who did this, then we'll go from there."

Over the next two days, the police completed a lot of work, tracking down the families of the victims, finding out that the incident first started in a abandoned warehouse not far from the school...but most importantly, they found the culprit.

Now...all they had to do was wait.

X

Monday, 8:28am: School Grounds

There were about two minutes left to spare before they would be written off as "late for school", and as such, kids were rushing into their respected classes.

All except Yuya and Yuzu, that is.

"You...okay...?"

"Hm? Oh, yeah, I'm just a little stiff...I guess?"

Yuzu leaned backwards, eyeing Yuya as he rubbed his lower back. "Uh-huh..."

And just when she thought things couldn't get any stranger, they just barely walked through the door when...

"There he is. Apprehend him, boys."

Yuya was caught off guard as both of his arms were suddenly forced behind his back. He didn't know what was going on, but all he knew was he couldn't move his arms...thanks to something cold and metallic wrapped around them.

"What th-?! What's going on here?" Yuzu demanded.

"We're arresting the culprit of the crime that was committed recently!"

"Crime? What are you-?" Her eyes went wide; she remembered seeing Shingo and his gang being sent to the hospital.

She took a quick glance at the classroom. Besides seeing everyone's horrified and confused faces, she couldn't see Shingo anywhere.

"Crime? What crime? I was in bed sleeping!" Yuya cried out.

"Yeah, yeah, we've all heard that one before."

"But really! I didn't do anything!"

"Look, kid, we found your DNA on the glass shards at the school's office room. Our forensic analysts have deducted that you tried to kill some of your classmates, dumped them in front of the school, then proceeded to call 911."

Yuzu turned to Yuya, petrified.

"Y...Yuya...you did all of this...?" The heartbroken look on Yuzu's face...it practically ripped away at Yuya's soul.

His breathing picked up. "Wha... N-no! Don't believe this stranger!"

One of the officers was offended. "Stranger? Boy, do you not know what the police is? We help defend the citizens from criminals...criminals such as you."

"Yuya...how could you...?" Tears were welling up in her eyes, and the sight of it made Yuya turn pale.

"Zuzu, please! I-I can explain-!" Yuya winced as he tried to extend his arm out, completely forgetting the handcuffs. The awareness of it just made the situation worse.

The boy's breathing grew more audible and faster, reaching to a point where one of the officers looked at him with concern.

"Are you oka-?"

"STAY BACK!" Everyone visibly jumped at Yuya's sudden outburst, not to mention his quick turn to face the person behind him.

Only that officer noticed Yuya's expression...only he saw the look of something wicked...

The man tried to take a few steps back and almost fell over backwards, his action making everyone else even more on edge. The only sound heard in the room was Yuya's ragged breathing.

Nothing was said, nothing was done. He just stood in that same spot, shaking.
He began to tug on the cuffs.

"Zuzu...I'm sorry..."

Yuzu, at this point...didn't know what to do or say.

"Zuzu..." His voice bared a low undertone. "Zuzu, I'm sorry...!"

"There's...nothing to be sorry about."

"Zuzu...it...it hurts..."

She titled her head slightly. "What...?"

"It hurts, Zuzu, it hurts...!"

"Yuya, what are you-?"

"I can't take it any more! This is too scary!"

"Yeah! Just take him already!" The police shifted their heads to the row of desks. All of the kids looked horrified and began to plead for the police to take Yuya away.

"He was always the weird one in class!"

"N-no..."

"Please take him away, he's scaring me!"

"B-but I..."

"What a weirdo! I figured he was a criminal!"

"I-I didn't do it..."

"Why would the school let someone like him be here!?"

"I didn't want to do it...I promise...!"

"He would always...and he would..."

"Yuyu..."

"...and he even..."

"Yuyu..."

"...killed..."

"Yuya..."

A horrible feeling welled up inside of him with each passing second;it was too much for him to handle...
Yuya grew paler and paler...he couldn't see well, his hearing was off, and saliva leaked from the sides of his mouth.

"Yuya."

He was still tugging at the cuffs.

"Yuya."

He himself wasn't even really sure what he was doing...

"Yuya...!"

Everything felt numb...

"Yu...ya..."

It was too noisy...maybe if he sliced off everyone's tongues, it would be quieter...

Everyone then stopped in their tracks as they all turned to the sound of a chair scratching against the tiled floor.

"Sorry to have caused you trouble officers, but I asked Yuya to break through the window." Now everyone's eyes rested on the owner of the voice.

"Reiji Akaba!?"

One of the police officers looked around the class before back to the boy. "Reiji...Akaba?" He repeated, his eyes very wide.

"WAIT, THE Reiji Akaba?! As in the son of the genius mastermind Leo Akaba!?"

"B-but, sir, you could've have possibl-!" The female officer was cut off.

Reiji adjusted his glasses. "Yes, that's right, I told Yuya to break into the office."

"But why!?"

"Because my dad wanted me to test the security, but instead of doing it myself, I asked Yuya to do it for me. So at 1am, Yuya broke through the window to test everything, but he found some classmates already suffering injuries, so he called you guys, but he ran off afterwards, because he can't handle crimes like that very well."

The two police officers looked at each other before looking back to Reiji. "Ah, sorry about that."

The female uncuffed Yuya carefully, seeing that he was still shaking and huffing. "But, um...will he be okay...?"

"Yes, yes, he'll be fine." The duo bowed as a way to apologize before leaving.

Everyone was silent and didn't know what to say. Reiji, on the other hand, made his way over to Yuzu and Yuya, lightly tapping Yuzu's shoulder, who jumped from the sudden new feeling.

Yuya, on the other hand, glared at the boy, something that only he noticed.

"Y-Yes...?"

"Yuya looks really beaten up and shaken, so perhaps you should provide him with some comfort? He needs some at the moment..."

His suggestion caused her to blush. "U-uh...yeah...s-sure..."

Yuzu inched her way closer to Yuya. She was hesitating...something that he noticed. She was actually scared to go near him, but she worked up the nerve to get closer, awkwardly wrapping her arms around him.

"I-it's...okay, Yuya..."

Reiji looked on, specifically looking at Yuya's expression, sighing as his face relaxed and color rushed back to him.

Even though Yuzu was the one who prompted the hug, it felt as if the "power had shifted"...it felt as if it was Yuya hugging...and protecting her.

"Thank you...Zuzu..."

x

Later, after school Reiji walked home all by himself, the event that happened earlier still replaying in his head...

When he finally made it home, as he walked through the door he was greeted by a man in a black suit.

"Hello, Master Reiji, how was school?" He stood in front of the man for a few seconds before a wicked grin wiggled its way across his face.

"It was...perfect."

X
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Friday, 1am: Abyss Monarch Gang Hideout

"And by activating my monster's effect, I can destroy yours!"

"Whaaaaat!? Dang it! No fair!"

"Yes fair, the rules don't state that I can't do that."

The boy got up from his seat and threw his cards to the table. "Egh...fine, I'm done playing."

His opponent smirked. "Hey, now, no need to get salty," he laughed.

But he received no response, so he collected the cards off the table and began fixing up both decks. He stopped midway to rub his nose, flinching from the last pain he felt.

"Sawatari...Sir!"

He turned his head around to the lacky that called his name. "Yes?"

"Sir! Sir! There's someonebreaking intothe baseand-"

"Whoa, whoa! You're speaking too fast! Calm down."

"Someone is breaking into the base!"

"What!?"

A loud metallic snap was heard as two rather large metal doors were ripped from their hinges, the lights shattering before it all went dark. One of the two doors hit the lackeys, knocking them towards a wall and rendering them unconscious.

"What the hec-?!"

Through the darkness two blood-colored eyes glowed. "YOU. You touched HER."

The shadowed figure before Sawatari grabbed him by his neck, holding him up in the air with...something. Its arms weren't raised...or, at least, that's how it looked.

"H-her...? Wh-what are you...t-talking ab-about...?!"

Shingo was chucked towards a wall, and before he even had a chance to process what happened, he was grabbed once again and was banged against the metal behind him.

"You made her cry!" It was with those words...when Shingo realized who it was...

"Y-Yu..." His words were but a whisper. "L-look, Yuya, I-I'm sorry! I was just-!"

He was once again harshly slammed against the wall. "You made her cry... YOU MADE HER CRY!"

Yuya's last few words were almost in a slur...it sounded more inhuman to Shingo's ears than anything else...

"Yuya, please stop! You already busted my nose before, so please...just let me go-!"

"NO!" He growled. "ALL WHO DISREGARD MY WARNING MUST DIE!"

Die...that word... Sawatari's heart was thumping so fast, it felt like it was gonna burst through his chest at any moment...

"You disregarded the warning...AND NOW YOU WILL SUFFER!"

Something else then moved from within the shadows, moving swiftly and gracefully.

~Yuyu, hurting others is a no-no, remember?~

SLAAAAASH! RIIIIP!
Splash!

Friday, 1:15am: School Grounds

"I-I'm sorry, Zuzu...I won't ever do it again...I promise..."

Yuya slowly made his way to the front of the school, dragging the bodies of everyone he attacked. "P-please don't yell at me...I promise I won't do it again..."

After dumping everyone in one spot, he looked around for a phone. "Uwh...please d-don't yell at me...I didn't mean to do it!"

By looking around the side of the school building, he managed to find a window into a room that had the object that he was searching for.

"Please don't hurt me...I-I didn't kill them...I promise..."

He looked around the room a bit before spotting a phone from the wall, continuing at his slow pace.

"Maybe...maybe I should kill them...I could cut their heads off and give them to Zuzu..."

Click.

"Hello? This is 911, what do you need?"

His eyes slowly widened. "H-help! There is a pile of bodies outside the school...and I don't know if they're alive or not!"

"Sir, please calm down-"

"I think they go to the school here, too! Please hurry, there's blood and I just-"

The phone slipped from Yuya's grip as his hand and eye twitch.

"Hello? Sir?"

Yuya began his slow gait out of the office, stumbling towards the windows he came through.

"Sir!? Hello!?"

Whew! That was that.
Crazy chapter I tell you! :"D

By the way, NO, Shingo didn't do anything wrong.
What Yuya means by "touch" he just means what happened earlier when Shingo grabbed Yuzu's arm.
Yuzu cried really just from shock, which was ironically mostly due to what Yuya did.

Also, this chapter went from like...0 to 100 real quick.
This is just like the real YGO, not even 4 episodes in and it already throws the dark and gritty stuff at you. XD

If you liked it please leave a review, I really wanna hear your thoughts about this chapter. o3o