A/N: First off Happy New Year to everyone!

Ok, so this idea kind of popped into my head when I watched the hilarious 10th Anniversary Abridged Trailer on YouTube. So I hope you guys enjoy it!

Disclaimer for whole story: I don't own Yugioh, GX, and/or 5D.

"Talking"

"Thinking"

"Talking with spirits"

"Talking mentally with spirits"

Starting Off the New Year…with Yusei

The crowd was roaring with excitement as they were watching the final match of the special New Year Eve dueling tournament that took place every year in Neo Domino. The last match was a Riding Duel between the final challenger Sherry Leblance and the city champion Yusei Fudo.

Currently Sherry had sixteen hundred life points, six speed counters, four cards in her hand, and Centaurumina out on the field. She had just declared an attack on Yusei with Centaurumina making a huge dent in his life points before ending her turn. Yusei now had six hundred life points; three speed counters, three cards in his hand and had Road Runner on the field.

"In her next turn she'll be able to attack again with Centaurumina and finish off my life points," thought Yusei as he took a look at the field before glancing down at his deck.

"However, I know you all won't let me down!" he mentally proclaimed before drawing a card from his deck.

A slight smirk briefly formed on his lips when he saw the card he drew, knowing that it was the exact card that he needed.

"I summon Turbo Synchron to the field!" Yusei stated as the monster appeared on the field.

"Next I play the speed spell Synchro Defuse allowing me to take control of Centaurumina for this turn!" proclaimed Yusei playing said card on the field causing his speed counters to go down to one and bringing Centaurumina from Sherry's side of the field to Yusei's.

"Centaurumina's effect works on traps…not spells." mentally confirmed Sherry as realization dawned on her face.

"Now I'll tune Centaurumina with Road Runner and Turbo Synchron! Clustering hopes will become a new shining star and become the path its light shines upon! Stardust Dragon!" announced Yusei as the three monsters disappeared and the enormous dragon made its appearance onto the field.

"So that's the legendary Stardust Dragon," Sherry thought in awe, gazing at the stunning creature before her until she heard Yusei.

"Go Stardust Dragon! Attack her directly with Shooting Sonic!" he instructed to his monster before it flew higher and launched its attack.

The powerful attack had hit Sherry head on causing her life points to go down to zero and Yusei the victor of the duel.

"He really is something. Not only did he manage to avoid my monster's effect but he used my own monster against me to win," contemplated Sherry, looking at Yusei with admiration.

"The winner and still champion, Fudo Yusei!" excitingly announced the MC, causing load applause and cheers to erupt from the audience.

With the match over both duelists had left the arena and headed backstage. Once backstage, Yusei took off his helmet and got off his D-Wheel. He immediately started inspecting the D-Wheel to make sure no major malfunctions had been done during any of the duels. After his third look over he was finally sure that there had been no internal damage done to his bike. Yusei was getting ready to get back on his bike and leave, but hearing a familiar voice had stopped him.

"Congratulations Yusei," replied Sherry coming over to him before bringing forth her hand for him to shake.

"Thanks," Yusei passively said as he shook her hand.

"You really are as good as they say," she complimented before they both let go of each other's hand.

"You were pretty good your…Ahh!" suddenly screamed Yusei as he felt a sharp pain in his head.

"It's happening again, that means Sherry…"

However Yusei couldn't finish that thought as the pain was too much for him to make any more coherent thoughts. Sherry instantly grew worried when she saw the painful expression on his face with his eyes shut tightly in an attempt to ease the pain. Seeing that he was losing his stamina, she quickly moved closer to him and put her arms around his waist to keep him from stumbling. She was just about to get him some help until she noticed that the hurt had directly disappeared from his face. The instant recovery had completely surprised her, making her stare at Yusei in wonder.

"Sherry, you can let go now," said an amused Yusei, bringing her out of her trace and a small blush to her cheeks.

"Right," she muttered, swiftly removing her arms from his waist.

Now released from her held Yusei walked over to his D-Wheel and put his helmet back on.

"Are you sure you're alright?" asked Sherry with concern, not liking the fact that he was planning on leaving so quickly after his little episode.

"I'm fine, it was just another one of my headaches that's all," he told her as though it was nothing at all.

Sherry was taken aback when she heard this. It was common knowledge that Yusei had been getting random and frequent headaches for at least a year now, yet she didn't realize that they were like that. No one, not even his manager Rex Goodwin, knew why he kept getting these headaches and Yusei had always turned down seeing a doctor about it. Sherry just shook her head at this and decided to let the subject go.

"Besides he seems to be alright now," she mused while seeing Yusei get on and start his motorcycle.

"You know I'll be looking forward for a rematch," Sherry warned him with a challenging tone in her voice.

"Believe me, I know Sherry," remarked Yusei, giving her a light smile before riding off and leaving the area.

"Is it me or was he acting a little more cordial towards me all of a sudden?" she wondered with a bemused expression on her face as she watched his departing form.

As soon as Yusei got on the street, he took a quick peek at the time that was displayed on the screen. His eyes widened slightly when he saw it read 3:45pm before he started immediately increasing his speed.

"Dam it, I didn't realize it was getting so late," frustratingly thought Yusei while continuing to drive faster to get to his destination on time.

Just then a beeping sound was coming from the screen, indicating that he was receiving an incoming call. Yusei was debating whether or not to answer it or just cut it off, especially when he noticed who was trying to reach him.

"It's best if you answer him. He's already getting suspicious and avoiding him would give him more reasons to pry," explained Stardust Dragon in a serious voice.

Yusei let out a sigh knowing that Stardust Dragon was right and immediately pulled over to the side of the road. Once he stopped he took off his helmet, took a short breath, and pressed the button to accept the call.

"Yusei, are you alright? I heard that you had another headache," responded Goodwin with a hint of worry on his face as soon as he was displayed on screen.

"I'm alright. You don't have to worry about me," he replied causally, leaning back leisurely in his seat with his eyes closed.

A frown appeared shortly on Goodwin's face, knowing that Yusei closed his eyes to avoid making any eye contact with him.

"Very well then, when should I expect you home?" he asked with an even tone.

"Tomorrow afternoon," answered Yusei, doing his best to remain neutral in front of him.

"I see. In that case I wish you a Happy New Year Yusei," responded Goodwin with an unreadable expression on his face.

However guilt immediately hit Yusei when he opened his eyes in time to catch the disappointed and upset look that had for a split second crossed Goodwin's face. He knew that avoiding Goodwin, especially during this time was somewhat harsh, but Yusei felt it was truly all for the best that he stayed away from him as best as he could. No matter how much it pained him to do so.

"Happy New Year to you to…dad," Yusei muttered back before rapidly ending the call.

Yusei once again leaned back and shut his eyes tightly, now trying to fight back the animosity he felt towards himself for the hitch that he made from saying that last word.

"This is getting harder to handle every day," he breathed out slowly, successfully suppressing the negative emotions that threatened to surface inside of him again.

"That is why you are not alone in this. So you all can help each other deal with this complex situation," Stardust Dragon confidently reminded him, causing Yusei's lips to curve upwards into a warm smile.

Yet that smile quickly vanished when this lead him to remember what he was going to do before Goodwin had called him. Yusei's eyes snapped open instantly and looked at the time to see that a good fifteen minutes had gone by. Realizing this he quickly put on his helmet and started up his D-Wheel before speeding off back on the road.

"Dam, now I'm really going to be late!" urgently thought Yusei as he began increasing the velocity on his D-Wheel so much that he looked like he was about to perform an Accel Synchro Summon.

A/N: So there was the first chapter!

Hope you guys enjoyed this!

Next Chapter: Starting Off the New Year…with Judai