A/N: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF YU GI OH 5Ds! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS! THE ONLY THING I OWN ARE MY OCS!

Alright, guys! A few of you asked me through PMs, reviews, and in person (if you know me in person) for a continuation of Not the Same. I had already had ideas on how to continue it after I ended the last story.

I'm making this continuation a separate file, since it isn't completely related to the main story arc of the original Not the Same. So this will be the continuation of Not the Same story. This is also starting right after the ending of the original story. In other words, since Not the Same ended in the "Putting It All Together" episode in the series, this'll be starting right before/in the episode where Yusei and the Signers meets Bruno and it'll go on from there.

I hope that makes since. I write fiction better than I explain.

I hope you like it and to those who asked, I hope this meets up to your wishes! Now onto the story!

Chapter 1: Worry

It was about three weeks since Yusei got out of the hospital. Annoying Yusei a bit, the slash to his chest from the three men's onslaught was still healing. He didn't understand why it was taking so long to heal as all his other injuries were pretty much gone, save a few here and there.

But what made this one worse than the others is that it still hurt when he moved. Yusei knew that shouldn't be right. It didn't look infected, but it felt like it and yet it didn't. However, he also knew that if his friends knew about it, they would get overly concerned. He didn't want that, so he kept silent.

He just figured that since it was the worst and deepest injury, it was just taking a bit longer to heal. After all, it did go pretty deep and went from his right shoulder down to his left hip. Either way, he felt like it just needed time.

At the moment, Yusei was on his duel runner again, testing out the speed of his runner. He turned a bit, making him wince the slightest bit from his chest, but ignored it as best as possible. It probably wasn't a good idea to be doing this with his chest, but he need to get this done.

He slowly thought, 'This kind of speed is no good! I need a new engine that can surpass the limits no matter what.'

After a bit, Yusei returned to the garage and began to make some more edits as usual. It wasn't long before Jack and Crow came in from either the cafe or his job. Yusei just focused on the program, though.

"Hey, Yusei," Crow greeted.

"Hey, guys," he responded as they came to the side.

"Making some more edits to the engine?" Jack asked.

"Yeah," Yusei answered. He leaned against his hands, elbows propped up on the tabletop. He forced himself not to wince. "I'm trying to figure out what exactly I'm missing."

"Yusei, we know you're still healing. You need to let yourself rest more," Crow told him. "You work on this thing day in and day out. When are you going to let yourself just rest up for once?"

"I'm just finishing up healing a few last scars," Yusei responded, lying a bit. "Nothing major where I need to actually rest like that."

"Yusei…" Crow groaned quietly.

"Every time I see you, you're either working on the engine or heading out for a job," Jack told him. "You never relax. And if you actually relaxed before, I'm sure those cuts would be completely healed by now."

"Maybe, but the tournament is getting closer and I need to figure this out so our duel runners can be up to par for it. Besides, you're the ones who made me promise to get this done before the tournament in the first place," Yusei responded.

Jack groaned and Crow said, "Yeah, but that before-" the bird named man stopped and groaned again. "Honestly, Yusei?"

"Yep," Yusei replied getting back to work, hiding the pain it made when he moved his chest again.

"How well has your chest healed, at least?" Jack asked. "That was one of the worst spots they hit you."

"It's fine," Yusei lied. "Getting close to scarring over."

"I really wish you didn't have all those scars on you," Crow commented. "It's just a permanent reminded of that place."

"Scars heal, Crow," Yusei responded. "I'm fine. You don't need to worry."

"After what those men did, can you blame us for worrying?" Jack asked.

"No, I don't blame you. It's just getting annoying when you check in on me everyday almost every time you see me again after we part ways for a bit. I'm nineteen, guys. I'm well able to take care of myself," Yusei replied calm. They rolled their eyes a bit.

"Yusei, you may be able to take care of yourself most of the time, but were you able to take care of yourself when those men took you?" Jack argued.

"Jack's right. You literally died for a second before they got your heartbeat back up again after that," Crow followed. "Honestly, Yusei, do you really expect us not to worry when you leave all the time? You left for a job one day and when you actually came back, it was from us getting you from that godforsaken place and you being in a four week coma. We're all worried those men are going to come after you again. And who knows what they would do then?"

Yusei sighed and turned to them. "Guys, I'm fine. You really don't need to be that worried about it," he told them sternly. "You know I've been more careful when I'm driving around to and from jobs and other things. I am well capable of taking care of myself. To be honest, I really don't like all this worry you guys keep throwing it me. Things happen that we can't change. But when things like this happen, all we can do is work to avoid them as much as possible on our own. So there's no point worrying about me like this. I appreciate that you care so much, but it isn't really needed."

"And there you go again…" Crow muttered. Yusei raised an eyebrow a bit.

"Yusei, you always shove away your problems to help with ours," Jack told him. "And you're doing it again. Why can't we push aside our problems to help you for once?"

"Because I'm practically healed and there isn't a reason to push aside your problems for me," he answered, blunt. The two men both groaned in annoyance and aggravation again. Crow was about to say something when Yusei cut in, "Can we be done talking about this already? I still have a lot of changes to make to the engine."

"Stubborn as ever," Jack commented seeming to getting angry. "Any of us could work on the duel runner while you rest, Yusei."

"What's the first thing you know about making a duel runner engine, Jack?" he retorted and Jack paused. "I thought so. And Crow is the only other one here who has actually made a duel runner from scratch."

"Yeah, and to be honest, even I wouldn't be able to change an engine up like you," Crow commented, looking up while rubbing the back of his head.

"Are you actually siding with him and saying he can keep working like this?" Jack asked his orange haired friend.

"No, but I am saying he's the only one at the moment who can make an engine like we want him to," Crow replied sternly.

"Then you're saying-"

"Enough," Yusei intervened sternly, making the argument stop. "And this is why I don't like people worrying over me like this."

Crow was beginning to see why Yusei was getting so annoyed with their constant worrying. They had been pestering him day in and day out and sometimes argued their views between each other like now. It had become a near regular thing. And it was all because they were ridiculously worried about him. They knew he didn't blame them for worrying, he said it himself, but he had justified reasons to not like it.

"Fine," Crow agreed shocking Jack. "You want us to stop worrying about you like this, fine. But if you disappear again at all, don't expect anything good from us."

"I did not agree to this," Jack retorted.

Crow immediately pulled Jack away from Yusei so they could talk alone while Yusei turned back to work in pure relief. The bird named man told his friend, "Jack, honestly, do you understand why he doesn't like us being so worried? I just realized it myself."

Jack scoffed. "And what is that?" he asked.

"We pester him day in and day out, and about every argument we have lately is about Yusei and his condition. It's becoming a regular thing. Wouldn't you be annoyed to no end if that happened to you?" Crow replied.

"Yeah, I would," Jack admitted.

"Yusei doesn't like people worrying about him, because he doesn't like things like this happening," Crow added. "And he pushes aside his problems to help with that."

"I guess that makes sense," Jack agreed. "Fine, but if he disappears again, we're using that marker to find him."

"Agreed," Crow responded.

"My main worry at that moment is that every time he moves his chest the slightest bit, he seemed to be holding down something," Jack commented. "Probably a spike of pain."

"You think his chest is in worse condition than he's saying?" Crow asked.

"With him and how he shoves things down, I would assume so," Jack answered. They looked at him for a second.

"Let's keep this between us for now," Crow suggested.

"Why?" Jack asked shocked. "If he's in worse condition-"

"If we push right now, he might just start shutting us out to focus on the engine," Crow reasoned. Jack went into a frustrated silence, knowing how true it was. "We can check on it tomorrow or something. After everything's cooled down."

"Yusei's really going to love that," Jack commented, but knew it was the only option they had at the moment.

With that in mind, they turned back to waiting to test the runner again or doing something else.