AnimeKiwi369: Well, after having my good pal RobotFish preview the prologue, I have decided to start publishing another story!

Yusei: But you already have two in progress.

AnimeKiwi369: Well "Lost and Found" is nearly over and so is "Nightmare's Return".

Yusei: I see.

AnimeKiwi369: And this is the farthest story I have so far of my other fanfictions. So I am going to start publishing it.

Anny: What about "Big Sister"?

AnimeKiwi369: I'm kinda stuck on that one. But I'm trying.

Anny: So what goes on in this chapter?

AnimeKiwi369: You'll see. And you'll hate me. So I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's or its characters. I only own my own characters and the storyline. And this will seem a little bit like EchoGirl319's "A Rose in the Stars", though. Oh, and sorry if Yusei or Akiza or any other characters are out of character.

Psychic Connections

Prologue

Three-year old Anny Fudo opened the door to her father's room, walked in, and closed the door. He was sound asleep on his back. She crawled onto his bed and lightly poked his cheek. His eyes twitched a little, but didn't open. Anny poked his cheek again, a little harder. Her father's eyes opened sleepily after feeling something against his cheek.

"Anny?" Yusei asked groggily; he noticed the tear stains on his daughter's face and became wide awake. "What's wrong?"

"I had a nightmare."

Her father sat up and pulled Anny into his chest. "Do you want to sleep with me tonight, sweetheart?" he asked. She nodded slightly against his chest and he pulled the covers back a little to let Anny crawl underneath next to her father. She curled into a little ball as Yusei lied back down and pulled her into his chest. "Do you want to tell me what happened in that dream?"

"It was scary, daddy." Was her muffled response, "There was this really pretty lady dueling, and she won."

"What did this lady look like? Did you see?"

"She had sorta pale skin, but not like sickly pale; the pretty shade of pale skin and pretty brown eyes and short reddish-purple hair. She was really, really pretty. And she had this really pretty dragon out; it was black and red and had wings made of rose petals."

Yusei felt the strings on his heart pull, knowing what dragon and lady his daughter was talking about: Black Rose Dragon. Akiza's dragon. Anny had been dreaming about her mother.

"What else happened?" he asked. "It doesn't sound so bad so far."

"But when she won, there was this strange feeling wind that blew and didn't stop. And then you came over to her and hugged her and the strange wind stopped. But it was scary because of what the wind did. It blew things over and broke things and it was just really, really scared me, papa."

Yusei rubbed his daughter's back, "It's all right, Anny, dear. It's all right."

"Was it just a dream, daddy?"

He sighed a little, "No. Not exactly. You saw something that happened in the past."

"What happened on that day?"

Yusei sighed again. He knew he'd have to tell Anny what happened that day eventually. But he didn't think he'd have to tell her when she was so young. "It was the day that caused your mother leave us."

-Flashback-

Although it had been over two years since that day, it still felt like just the other day for Yusei. Akiza had been dueling a tough opponent. He wasn't tough because of his skills, but because of what he knew about Akiza's past. Nearly everyone had forgotten about that; all that they really knew was that Akiza Izinski was now Akiza Fudo. Yusei's wife. Akiza had her dragon out, while Yusei stood on the sidelines holding his and Akiza's one year-old daughter, Anny. The other Signers, Leo, Carly, and Crow's girlfriend, who was also Akiza's best friend, Dove, were there, too.

"Black Rose Dragon, attack him directly!" Akiza ordered her dragon and it did as she told it. But the attack was different; it was a real attack. The psychic watched in horror as her monster dealt real damage to her opponent. His life points dropped to zero as he hit the ground, breathing hard. Her opponent slowly got up and glared at Akiza.

"You're still a witch; you're still a menace!"

"I didn't mean to. I'm sorry." She tried apologizing, "It was an accident."

"Yeah, right, Black Rose." Her opponent snarled, "You don't care who your power hurts."

Akiza stumbled back, remembering when Misty had said those exact words when they were younger.

"I didn't mean to hurt you!" she insisted.

"Stop lying!" he yelled at her.

"I'm not lying!" she yelled back, but her powers were growing stronger. The psychic induced wind whipped everything around. Things were breaking and falling all around, and she couldn't stop them; why were her powers acting up now? "Please, I'm not doing this on purpose." She insisted, using her hands, but she ended up hurting her opponent again by accident.

"You did that on purpose!"

"I'm sorry…I didn't mean to…" she trailed off; Akiza felt tears fall from her eyes.

"Carly," Yusei said on the sideline, "hold Anny for me for a minute, please."

"All right, Yusei." The reporter responded, taking the infant. The little baby looked absolutely terrified, but surprisingly wasn't crying, unlike her and Jack's son and Kalin and Misty's son, who both were being held by their fathers.

Yusei made his way over to his wife, carefully. He wrapped his arms around her, trying to calm her.

"Akiza, calm down. I know you aren't doing this on purpose." He told her gently.

"Yusei, I c-can't s-stop it." She faltered; tears kept falling from her eyes. He pressed her closer and she rested her head on his shoulder, "I'm sorry, but I can't stop it."

"Shhh…" he whispered softly in her ear. "You can stop it. I know you can." Akiza's quiet sobbing began ceasing as the wind died down slowly.

"Yusei…I'm…s-s-sorry." She mumbled.

"I know you are. It's okay."

He stayed with her like that for several more minutes. And after a slight interrogation by Sector Security, Carly gave Anny back to her father and they went home. Akiza was quiet for the rest of the night; she just sat in a chair in the living room. Anny, although only a year-old, kept looking at her mother with big fearful dark amber-gold eyes. She didn't make a sound either.

Akiza was still sitting in her chair by the time Yusei was ready for bed.

"Honey," he started, coming up behind her and placing his hands on her shoulders. "Aren't you coming to bed?"

She leaned her head back into Yusei's abdomen and looked up at him with sad, slightly scared, eyes. "I'll be along in a few minutes."

Yusei sat quietly in their large bed. He heard the soft cry coming from Anny's crib and got out to see what was wrong with his daughter. The little baby was crying, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, unless it was because she wanted to be fed. But when she wanted that, she normally cried louder. What was wrong now?

"Anny, baby, what's wrong?" he asked softly as he cradled her in his arms.

Yusei rocked her slightly as he stroked Anny's soft dark hair. Her soft crying stopped a few minutes later when Akiza came back in. Akiza changed quietly, looking very sad. Anny reached from her father's arms out to her mother. The dark-haired Signer smiled a little.

"I think she wants you, sweetheart." He told her, holding their daughter out to the psychic. Akiza took her daughter out of her husband's arms and cradled Anny against her chest.

Her eyes were still sad. "Hey, Anny." She said softly.

The psychic kissed Anny's head. The baby cried softly again, like she sensed something and grabbed a piece of her mother's hair, tugging it. Akiza's head came down near Anny's. Their daughter kissed her mother's cheek with her small, baby lips, before she cried again, clinging to her mother's nightgown. She didn't stop crying for several long minutes. Akiza let a few tears trickle down her face too.

Anny fell asleep eventually, still clinging to her mother. Akiza was able to get to baby to let go and gave her back to Yusei. He kissed his daughter's head as well, before he put her back in her crib. Yusei and Akiza climbed into their own bed and fell asleep. He woke up very early when he heard movement downstairs, followed by the sound of a car engine starting. He looked next to him only to see Akiza not there. A note was on the pillow.

Yusei quickly grabbed the note and turned on the light as he heard a car trunk slam shut. The handwriting was shaky, but still legible; the note had tear drops on it. The note read:

'Yusei, Anny,

I'm sorry, but I can't be with you anymore. I don't want to hurt you; I'm too dangerous. I'll always regret leaving you, but it's better if you forget about me. I don't want to leave, but it's for the best. For you two. I'm sorry; so, so, so sorry. I'm sorry I won't be able to see our little girl grow up. I'm sorry I won't be there when to spend the rest of my life with you. I'm sorry, sorry, sorry. I will always love you, Yusei, Anny. Always. Good-bye…Forever.

—Akiza/Mommy'

Yusei's eyes widened. He got out of bed, grabbing Anny, who was awake from the noise, too, before he rushed downstairs. Their pictures were scattered around. But one thing was missing from them; Akiza. She was cut out of every picture; he noticed papers in the fireplace. The pictures. Akiza was standing in the doorway, shaking, looking at their home one last time. She was wearing her old cloak.

"Akiza…" he trailed off quietly. She turned around with grief-filled eyes.

"I'm sorry." Was she said. She walked over to them. She took off the locket Yusei had given her on their first anniversary and pressed it into the hand that wasn't supporting their daughter. Akiza kissed Anny's cheek and brushed her lips against Yusei's one last time before she walked out of the door. Yusei followed her into the darkness of the early morning, only to see her pull out of the driveway and speed away.

"Akiza…" he trailed off again. "Why?"

Yusei knew he couldn't do anything and heard Anny cry again, as his own tears slid from his eyes.

Akiza was gone from his life.

-End Flashback-

Anny felt her father tremble as he finished telling her what had happened when she was only a baby. She herself was crying as she listened. She looked up at her father's face and saw tears coming from his eyes.

"Do you still love her?" Anny asked quietly.

"I'll always love her." Yusei told her, "I miss her. I'll always miss her."

Both cried silently until they fell asleep.

Yusei: Okay, now I'm beginning to hate you.

AnimeKiwi369: I had a feeling you would say that.

Anny: This was sad.

AnimeKiwi369: Yeah. I tend to have a thing for sad beginnings.

Yusei: We've noticed.

AnimeKiwi369: Ahehe. ^^'

Anny: When will you update this again?

AnimeKiwi369: Well I have all summer and two other stories that are nearly done, so I'd say about after a week of no reviews, a week after, or when I'm bored. So I don't know.

Yusei: Will the next chapter be nicer than this one?

AnimeKiwi369: Yeah, I think it is.

Anny: So review request?

AnimeKiwi369: Right. Please be kind and please review; I really appreciate them! ;3