Disclaimer: NyaNico does not own any YuGiOh 5D's characters, or the original story line. This fan fiction is a spin off fan fiction of the fan fiction"Mentor" by 9E-tan. All OC's are indeed mine but they are just there for plot.

3 years? Has it really been that long? The moisture in the air caused the air to feel heavy and thick with humidity. Rain-filled clouds blanketing the sky and rolling over the city. It was mid spring and it seemed like the on and off rain would never end. The dark clouds loomed over a girl and her two friends that were walking under the trees next to a park. The girl laughed at one of her friend's jokes and smiled when the other had a comment.

She's grown

The girl's hair was tied up into two half pigtails and her bangs were being whipped about by the wind. "So, what are you doing for your birthday Luca?" asked her friend Mia, who was the tallest out of the three. She was always laid back, lazy, and sarcastic but she had a kind heart.

Luca looked up at her friend and then looked at the sidewalk. "Oh, we're kind of having a family thing, so no friends over…but, we can make up for it on Sunday!" Luca said with a soft smile. She hadn't lied; her dueling family and true family were basically the same thing to her, despite having re-connected with her parents. She and Leo had worked so hard to get everyone from team 5Ds to come to their 17th birthday party for that reason. As she and her friends turned right down the block, Luca regretted not having a home close to theirs. Her friends all lived only two houses apart from one another at most while she and her brother now lived in a small house near the Domino City branch of their parent's company. Their home was by a forest, the trees having been planted to help clean some carbon dioxide made by the factory out of the air, as well as near enough to Domino City's duel academy that both twins could easily walk or ride there.

Luca should have called for a taxi home but the warm misty air brought with it a wave of nostalgia. She could have walked home with Leo, but he'd had to stay after school to complete a card game he'd been challenged to, (the boy being much to proud and determined to decline a challenge), and she'd wanted to get home quickly in order to do some party preparations.

"Oh man! We're already at the house…Well, see ya Luca! Don't forget to finish up today's calculus homework, okay?" Mia reminded the other girls, brows furrowing a bit with worry. Luca nodded, flashing her friend a thumbs up, and her other friend, Margo stepped in

"Already done, hon~" The shorter girl replied with a wink. Margo was playful, but very serious about her education, and keeping good grades. She was a hard worker who still loved to crack jokes and play around. She also cared for her two friends…albeit in a rather obnoxious way.

Mia rolled her eyes, "Goody, goody." she stated with a huff, pouting playfully back before slinging her book bag over her shoulder and walking towards her home, stopping only to grin and wave at her friends over her shoulder before heading inside. Margo followed her with a skip, blowing kisses to her green-haired friend as she went two houses down to her own home, and Luca was left to walk across the street and head towards an alley way without any friends left by her side.

She's alone

Luca never liked walking home alone, especially down the dark city alleyways. The last time she'd been isolated in such a place, she'd been jumped by a certain signer. However, that had been mostly her own fault, she had chased after him. Worry taking over her and moving her feet for her despite her brain screaming about the risks she was taking. She'd felt his darkness, and it had taken her breath away. The sickening feeling nearly paralyzing her with fear, yet still, she had gone on. Running on until she reached him, and watching him rise…watching the man she knew so well disappearing completely, and being replaced with a new, frightening being. Before she knew it, she'd been swung around, dragged to the back of the alley, and pressed up against a wall. Those cold red eyes boring through her…

…The thought of that happening again made her shiver.

Luca had no intentions of meeting him again. She'd been glad to leave Domino City with Leo, to live with their parents and escape this place and the painful memories it held. Yet…she'd missed her school, her friends…the GOOD memories that had been formed in this very same city as well…and had wound up coming back, dragging Leo with her once more.

After she and her twin moved in to the home her parents had purchased for them, she'd spent the first few WEEKS hoping to never see him again, avoiding alleys, avoiding being alone...ignoring those memories of the last time she'd seen him. Even now that she had calmed, and now that she felt safe, she still had the unshakable feeling that he was there.

The wind blew stronger and Luca heard a twig snap. The sudden noise broke her out of her thoughts. Quickly, the green-haired girl looked over her shoulder, hazel eyes catching sight of what looked like a cape for a split second before it was whipped around a corner, and hidden from view.

"It's just your imagination, Luca", She thought to herself, urging herself to turn back around and continue walking, "Don't be so paranoid."

Biting her lip, she continued walking onward eyes glancing around nervously despite herself.

It had been three years. Why would he come to her now? Why not a year ago? Or sooner? Luca tried not to think about it, pressing these thoughts to the back of her mind, as she carried on to her house.

Once she got there, she quickly locked the door behind her, and went to her room. Sitting at her computer desk and chatting with Aki while the nurse-in-training was on her lunch break. As Luca tried to regain her calm. Akiza was almost done with her studies and was an assistant to a Pediatrician now. The red-haired woman was happy to finally talk to someone other than her co-workers, and talked about all the things she couldn't wait to tell everyone at the party later. The former Rose-Witch's excitement was contagious, and Luca soon found herself put at ease. Even smiling when Aki talked about how there was a prankster in the midst of the doctors that drove her nuts. However, the comfort was soon brought to an end when Aki said something that forced Luca to gulp. It was the worst question that anyone could have asked; the one Luca dreaded answering the most;

"How is Yusei? Is he coming?"

The wind blew sharply against Luca's window, hissing through the cracks of the old house, and making the air feel somewhat colder. A shiver went down her spine, and her hands shook. "It's only the cold, Luca…it's just the cold…pull yourself together…"

Still, she tried her best to give the most honest answer she could to this women she'd known for so long, reluctantly she typed; "I don't know. I haven't seen him in almost three years, and I haven't been able to get a hold of him." she wouldn't want to get a hold of him anyways…

…those cold red eyes…

Luca sighed in relief once Aki replied, glad that the women wasn't questioning her further;

"Same on this end,"

Good…that meant that she had never seen him either. It was better if the other signers never knew what had happened to their former leader. It was for the best that she didn't tell them, she knew that, but it was also scary. Frightening, even, knowing that she alone knew about him being a dark signer, and that no one knew where he was, or what he would do next.

After the conversation with Aki came to a close, Luca drowned herself in work in order to clear her mind. Accidentally losing track of time and spending hours working and cleaning the house. Finally, Leo arrived, bringing home some takeout food for the both of them with him. "Luca I got the stuff! Sorry it took so long…I didn't think she'd be that good…but hey, I won!" Luca could hear her brother's playful voice anywhere, and its familiar sound immediately made her feel more safe. She ran to the kitchen, smiling widely at her brother.

"Guess what?" he said, cheekily smiling right back at her.

"What?" Luca asked, playing along as she jumped on the counter top, sitting there happily with her feet dangling over the edge.

"I won 2,000 yen, and used it to get us this food." He said while rubbing his thumb and pointer figure together to indicate cash, "SO no money from our allowance had to be spent! Pretty good, huh?"

Luca smiled at him and nodded as she watched him open up the bag and start taking out food. She kept the budget for the both of them, and was grateful that her brother tried to save money where he could in order to keep her from stressing out over it.

"Mom and dad won't be back till Monday," Leo said while eating a fry," I know they said that they felt bad for missing our birthday, but I bet they could have re-scheduled…they just…didn't…again."

Luca smiled empathetically at her brother, but shook her head at him. He was just being grumpy because he missed mom and dad's company, but they both knew that the business trip was extremely necessary to their parent's company.

Once the twins ate dinner, Leo decided to leave and get his homework done. Luca didn't hesitate to help when he asked for it, but he was so stubborn and determined to do it himself he rarely asked for help. Not that Luca complained, she liked the fact that her brother loved to learn, and worked so hard to improve. He may struggle with paying attention at times, but he really was a hard worker. He was so much stronger then she was, and she admired that, but she also knew that no matter what, they were always strongest when together.

As night fell, Luca went to bed just as rain began to fall. The droplets lightly tapped on her window as she lay in bed, but soon growing louder as it started to pour. The sound of the heavy rain resembling the sharp drumming of fingers. Of course, when a chilled wind swept over her room, the young girl dismissed it as merely being brought in by the rain, and allowed herself to fall asleep. The storm grew, and Luca was startled awake by the sound of thunder. Having shot up to a sitting position at the sudden sound, Luca rubbed her eyes before glancing around. Her room was completely black, and she was about to go back to sleep until lighting flashed once more, and the sight the flash of light brought caused her heartbeat to quicken. The organ threatening to burst from her chest;

Crimson eyes had met with hazel.

She'd seen him. She had seen him clearly in that flash of light and the color drained from her face at that realization. Her fingers clutched a pillow next to her so tightly that her knuckles turned white, and she was tempted to throw it in the direction she'd seen that familiar figure in the dark. A few long minutes of silence followed, and no movement came from the corner she'd thought she'd seen him so clearly. Tired, and exhausted, Luca reasoned that her paranoia was getting to her again, and was soon lulled back into sleep by the sound of the rain.

She's still so beautiful

Writer's Notes:

This needs a lot of explaining, but I will make it... sort of short...

My older sister came over for spring brake with an new obsession "YuGiOh". To be fair me and her had a childhood of watching the original series during Saturday mornings. My sister even formed her own deck and used to beat the boys at the card game during recess. Of course I was really young so I thought the plot was weird (I also was in love with Yugi while my sister gushed about Yami). When GX came out, we could care less, but 5D's made us excited (We even voted for the theme song and are top pick Won, talk about childhood memories). But, when she started getting into it AGAIN she AGAIN dragged me under and we watched the whole darn YuGiOh a bridged... Oh my gosh... then of course I asked her about her favorite ships and Yusei X Luca/Luna/ Ruka came up. So I looked into it and found the fic called Mentor. The writing was really good, and I felt like if really deserved a bit of a boost up. So I wrote this, the original story was really amazing I give so much credit to the author.

So that's it see you lovelies some other time.