Hey. I'm in a writing class in the morning and this is what I've been working on for the past… two days. Yeah, that's not long, I know. It's based off of a dream I had the other day. My teacher wanted to read it and I told her that she would have no idea what she was reading, but she read it anyway! When she was done, her exact words were, "I have no idea who those people are, what they look like, but what's wrong with-" SPOILERS! Lol. This takes place right after episode 80... Because I want to have Bruno in this story, because Bruno's cool!

The whole gang stood on the track in the pits, waiting for Yusei to get done testing the new engine design. Jack glared at the dark haired Signer whenever he sped by. Crow gave him a weird look. Everyone else shot him a concerned glance.

The thing is, Yusei's been acting… different lately. Something's been up. It's been going on for the past week or so. Four days ago, Jack asked Yusei if he would duel him since he was really bored and didn't want to go get a cup of coffee again. Yusei shook his head in response and went back in his room, leaving Jack really confused. Yusei's never been one to turn a duel down when it comes his way. The blonde knew something was wrong after that.

Then, two days later, Crow was going over to Martha's to go say hi to the orphans. He offered to Yusei if he wanted to go with him. Yusei only narrowed his eyes at him and said, "Why would I ever want to go back to that garbage dump I used to call home?" Then, he just walked away. The orange haired teen raised an eyebrow and just shrugged it off, thinking that he was just in a bad mood. But, it never got any better.

Aki couldn't focus. Every Friday, Yusei would come to pick her up after school and take her to the garage after he got off from work. Today though, he never came. She walked over to the garage instead and found everyone already there. Jack asked Yusei why he hadn't picked Aki up, but he only answered with a shrug. She had her own D-wheel and everything, but she always thought it was… special whenever she rode on the back of Yusei's. She liked being able to wrap her arms around him and feel his warmth. After that, everyone went to the track to test the D-wheel program.

"Do you guys think Yusei's been acting… weird lately?" Crow asked, his arms folded.

Bruno nodded. "When I asked him if the program was virus free this morning, he just snapped at me! I've never seen him snap at anyone before," He said.

"I haven't been able to talk to him at all," Aki replied, her voice sounding sad almost. "He's seemed distant. By the way… did he say if the program was virus free or not?"

Everyone looked at the blue haired teen. He chewed on his bottom lip and shook his head. "This isn't going to end well," Jack and Ruka said at the same time. Rua nodded in agreement. They all looked toward Yusei as he sped by once again. He seemed like he was on course… that is until they saw that his D-wheel started to swerve and loose control. They all looked away when they heard the crash and jumped over the walls of the pit to get to their friend.

Smoke swirled out of the engine and a small fire was coming out of it. Yusei laid there, but no one knew if he was hurt or not. He shook his head, getting it back on right after the crash and looked over to see them. He growled and stood up.

"Oh my God, Yusei are you okay?" Aki asked, really worried. He pushed past her and didn't say a word. "Yusei?"

Jack grabbed his shoulder and turned him back around. "Answer her question Yusei! Are you okay?" He repeated. He brought his hand back and saw that it was covered in his friends blood. Yusei's right arm was covered in blood and torn. "Yusei, we have to get you to a hospital!"

"It's none of you damn business, so back the hell off!" He yelled. Rua and Ruka jumped from his sudden outburst. He stormed off, clutching his right arm. The rest of them didn't follow, knowing he needed some time to cool off or something. He leaned up against the wall and looked at the wound. He growled and bit his bottom lip. "Well, this just sucks. This going to take some work." Slowly, but surely, his wound started to glow purple. Soon enough, it was completely gone with no evidence besides the blood on his jacket. He smirked and went back to the garage in a hurry.

"What the hell? What's wrong with him? First he ignores Aki, which he never does. Then he just about explodes and walks off! Something's definitely up," Crow said, trying to sound smart. Everyone nodded in agreement. "We just gotta figure out what."

"Easy for you to say. Yusei's been a tough one to read since we've met him. He has no emotions to read on his face at all. How are we supposed to figure that out without directly asking him?" Jack corrected.

"You just ruined my moment, man. Thanks a lot. I sounded all smart and stuff and you had to go and talk!" Crow blamed. Jack rolled his eyes.

"Since when do you ever sound smart?" Jack countered.

"Oh, that's it, I'm gonna kill you!" Crow yelled. He tackled the blonde and they continued to fight like they normally do whenever they do stuff like this.

"At least a few things haven't changed," Aki thought. "Whatever is getting at you, Yusei… I'll figure out what it is… and help you like you helped me."

(Looks at the clock.) Whoa… that took me forty-five minutes to type up! A blame my brother for making me go so slow. He distracted me with the TV, and whenever a TV is on… I look at it. It's so shiny, how could you not look at it? Anyway, thanks for reading! If you want to figure out what happens to Yusei and why he's acting so weird and why his arm heals by itself, then read on!… When I post the next chapter! Yay!

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