A/N: I OWN NOTHING! EVERY BIT OF YU GI OH 5DS GO TO THEIR CREATORS! THE ONLY THING I OWN IS MY OCS!

Yay! It's finally out! So, yeah, like I promised, this is the sequel to Guardian. You all begged and asked for this and I answered. I wasn't planning on doing a sequel, but after all of you seeming to want a sequel so bad, I gave in and said "Fuck it! Let's make them happy!" So now you have your wish! I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 1

Darkness in the Most Trustworthy

Third Person POV

It had been a total of six months since the defeat of the Dark Signers and the death of Jayla. Yusei was still torn up about it and never took off the necklace of Jayla's dragon scale. He never let his inner torment show to the others and kept a normal face. He knew the others would worry too much if they knew he was still hurting about Jayla's death. And it didn't help him to know that the others' Dragon Protectors were able to live on; but he wasn't able to save his. The others didn't even know of the scale necklace.

At the moment, Yusei was alone working on a duel runner engine he was designing for him, Jack, and Crow to use in the upcoming World Racing Grand Prix tournament. Yes, he may have promised to build a better engine for the tournament; but Yusei didn't tell them it was mainly to get his mind off of Jayla.

Yusei sighed and looked at the scale hung around his neck. He gently pulled it in front of his face. He closed his eyes and thought, 'I'm sorry, Jayla. I wish I could be stronger, but I want you here with me. More than anything…'

He turned back to the engine when his mark lit up. He looked at it for a moment before a light lit up behind him. He turned behind him and looked to see some sort of light taking form of what seemed a person. He slowly stood up and approached it. There was a flash of light blinding him for a moment and forcing him to put up his arms.

When it dimmed and Yusei brought out his arms, he saw a person he never thought he would see again. 'Jayla…' he thought near tears. She was asleep and was gently set on the couch by the force that brought her here.

Yusei slowly and cautiously walked towards her. He touched her face gently and when he felt warm skin, he sighed in relief that she wasn't a figment of his imagination. He kissed her forehead gently and caringly. He couldn't ignore the mass of happiness and relief that he felt to have her here. It felt like his unsaid prayers were answered.

"Jayla… Thank god…" he whispered. "Just wake up soon."

Yusei reluctantly decided to let her stay on the couch for the time being. He turned back to the engine and worked on it for a bit, hiding his scale necklace under his shirt once again. After a bit, he heard a soft groan as the door opened. He turned as Jack, Crow, and their Dragon Protectors hurried in.

"Yusei, did your mark-?" Jack began but stopped as he put up his hand. He pointed to the couch where they saw a familiar girl sitting up with a hand over her eyes.

"Jayla?" Arch called.

She gave a slight gasp and lowered her hand. She kept her face down and Crow's Dragon Protector, Wing, looked at Arch. "Sense something wrong with her?" he asked.

"Yeah," Arch answered. "Something dark is in her."

"Think that the Earthbound Immortals' poison is controlling her a bit?" Wing asked.

"Maybe," he answered, not wanting to believe it. But that darkness inside Jayla felt too much like an Earthbound Immortal's. His fear is that when the Crimson Dragon brought her back, the Earthbound Immortals used their power to take control of her. Yusei stood up and Arch called, "Yusei, be careful." All the Signers in the room looked at him. "There's something off about her."

Yusei gave a small nod of acceptance and slowly approached her. He kneeled beside her watching her. "Jayla," he called softly. She went wide eyed seeming a bit hopeful when suddenly, she gripped her head and whimpering in pain. "Jayla!"

"Arch, what's going on?" Jack asked him.

"The Earthbound Immortals seemed to have left a piece of themselves in Jayla," he answered and they went wide eyed. "They're trying to control her."

"Arch is right. She has their dark power inside her. Not a lot, but enough for them to control her," Wing added.

"There has to be something one of you can do to get her back to normal!" Crow responded.

Before the two Dragon Protectors could respond, Jayla jumped on top of Yusei, pinning him down with ease with her eyes similar to a Dark Signer's. But his scale had fallen out of his shirt in the process. Her hand switched to that like a smaller version of Stardust Dragon's, claws sharp and she pressed them close to Yusei's neck. But Yusei saw fear and reluctance in her eyes. She was there!

"Jayla, I know you're in there! Fight the Earthbound Immortals! You've beaten them before and you can do it again," Yusei tried.

"Arch, Wing, why can't we go help him?" came Jack's questioning.

"The only one who can reach her is Yusei," Arch explained. "Even if it's only temporary, the only one who can bring her back and keep her back is Yusei. If there is any hope of bringing her back and keeping her normal, Yusei is it."

"Right," Wing asked.

Jack and Crow were tense and more than anything wanted to get Jayla off of Yusei. But they knew their Dragon Protectors were right. No matter if Jayla had become human or was controlled, she was still connected to Yusei in ways they couldn't conceive at the moment. He was their only hope of getting Jayla back.

"Jayla, listen to me. It's me," Yusei tried again. "I'm here for you. And I'll always be there for you." She went a bit wide eyed in recognition. "But I need you back to normal. This isn't the real you." He noticed her eyes were seeming to shift between her normal eyes that he had always known and the Dark Signer's. She glanced down and noticed the scale laying on top of his chest and gasped. "We're still connected through our bonds, Jayla. You know me, Jayla. I would never let you go." Her eyes finally returned to normal and her hand became its normal softness. She seemed shocked and confused and got off of him.

"Wh-What… What's going on? What happened?" she asked confused. "Why was I…?"

Yusei stood up slowly, watching her the entire time. "You back to normal, Jayla?" he asked her.

"I think. What happened exactly? Why was… Why did I…?" she couldn't finish.

"You kind of returned here a bit ago and when you woke up, you were being controlled by the Earthbound Immortals," Yusei explained and she looked at him again shock all over her face. "I'm fine, Jayla. At least, you're back to normal."

"But for how long?" Wing asked and they turned to him.

"She still has that darkness in there, Yusei. It isn't gone," Arch replied. "And from all signs, she isn't a complete Dragon Protector anymore." They all raised an eyebrow. "If she were, the Earthbound Immortals would never be able to take control of her like that. The Crimson Dragon may have taken most of her Dragon Protector side away from her. I sense she still has a lot of her abilities, but her dragon side…"

"Until we can find a way to destroy that dark energy inside her, she is at risk for being taken over again," Wing added.

"I'll make sure that doesn't happen again," Yusei responded.

"So, if Jayla's Dragon Protector side is pretty much gone, does that mean she still has that stubborn urge to protect Yusei with her life?" Crow asked.

"Probably not," Arch replied. "This has never happened, so we can't say for sure. But I doubt it'll be so stubborn at the very least."

Yusei inwardly sighed in relief. That would help a lot more with him keeping her safe and okay. And with the situation right now, he would need all the help he could get. But Yusei was going to make sure nothing happened to her. 'I failed to do so the first time; I'm not going to fail this time. That's a promise,' he vowed.

Hey, guys! Well, that's the first chapter to the Guardian sequel. So, I hope Jayla not really being a Dragon Protector anymore pleases all your wants from the last story. I couldn't make Jayla an ordinary human because then there wouldn't be too much of a point to her being there other than the poison. She would end up like, at best, Leo. So she will retain some powers she had as a Dragon Protector.

But as said in the chapter, the innate, stubborn urge to protect Yusei with her life is pretty much gone. As with all couples, they will want the others safe so there will still be a bit of protection going on, just not as stubborn as when she was a Dragon Protector. Hope you guys are satisfied with that. This was the best I could think of to do, so I'm sorry if it doesn't please you as well as I am trying.

I will try my best to make it better as the story goes on. Just for now, bear with me. I'm doing my best to make this. We're all lucky enough I came up with this at the very least. So please don't be too harsh. If you have any ideas to make this relationship between Jayla and Yusei work out better, I would love to hear them. So send me PM's with the ideas and all that stuff. And just review and PM me telling me what you think so far.

Until the next chapter, my wonderful readers!

-bricann