The bracelet that leads to the future

Chapter 5: The stranger in a strange land

Chapter 5: The stranger in a strange land 

 The bullet train was rushing along the tracks at an incredible speed. Almost like it was trying to catch up to the rising sun, as it was heading to its destination. The compartments were mostly empty, but the screens all over the wall where still displaying advertisement for the newest duel monster tournament or card set.

Inside Serena didn't notice much of the flashy advertisement or the trains great speed, except for the blur of landscape dashing past the window. She had other things to worry about.

Keeping her eyes open was becoming increasingly difficult, because she was still tired from the night before. But she knew she could not fall asleep now, because today would be important, today she would start to set things right, she had to.

She fought off her urge to fall asleep and tried to formulate a plan.

She thought hard, trying to picture meeting Yusaku again. She pictured what she would say to him.

It was vague in her mind. Something about how much she loved him and about how sorry she felt. It would be the right thing and they would... she would ...

Serena let out a frustrated sigh.

No matter how much she turned the words in her head, she could never get them the way she wanted them to be.

She was never good at this, finding the right words. She knew a lot of people who were and when they did it, it seemed to come so easily to them, but both Serena and Yuri were never good at putting emotions into word.

She slumped down in her seat and sighted again. It had all been such a rush, she had watched a few more minutes of the documentary and then she left the apartment heading straight for the train station.

She was on the first train that morning just as the first rays of sun were coming out.

Serena's instinct was telling her that she needed to do something fast, that she had waited for far too long and that she could wait no longer, but now, sitting in that train heading to Den city, she realized for the first time that she didn't have a clue what she actually needed to do.

What was even different now? What could she do now when she had failed to do all these years?

The questions were spinning in her head and she couldn't help smile just a little through all the frustration. If Yuri were here he would say something sarcastic about her heading in head first without a plan like always.

Serena would try to sting right back, but this time it was true. She didn't have the slightest clue about where to even start thinking about a plan and after an hour of sitting in the train spend thinking, she hasn't gotten any further.

She supposed that a good start would be finding out why she had failed before.

It would be painful, but this was for her family so she did not hesitate.

The thing she remembers most about the years was the silence.

She would try to start a conversation or an activity or get Yuri to start one and it always ended in failure. Yusaku would sit in silence or give only a short quite answer while staring into nothingness. There were days when he did not speak a single.

In Yuri she felt the helplessness turn into frustration. Serena had watched Yuri pull himself out of the deepest pit one can imagine and now it felt like she was losing him again.

The same dark path she saw him go down could have been hers too.

Except she made a different choice. One night when the silence and pain had ground her down completely, when her son had been trying to hide in a corner and cry all day, she had wanted nothing more than to seeking revenge.