A/N: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF YU GI OH 5DS OR HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON! ALL RIGHTS OF BOTH FRANCHISES GO TO THE OWNERS! THE ONLY THING I OWN ARE THE OCS!

Hey, guys! Yes, it's finally up! My sequel for A Blinding Hope!

I know you probably saw another author had written their own sequel to A Blinding Hope. But they did that without my permission and did not give me any credit whatsoever. So I'm not really to happy with that. So if you're reading this whoever wrote the other sequel, shame on you for stealing A Blinding Hope without even giving me credit.

Anyway, this is the official and my own sequel to A Blinding Hope. Sorry it took so long to get it out here. I've been ridiculously busy with school, extracurricular activities such as theater, and other personal issues. But at least it's here now. I know it's a bit short which I'm ashamed of, but I hope you can look passed that and still like it.

To the story then!

Chapter 1: A Feeling of Worry

Yusei flew through the air around the village of New Domino. It had been three years since the death of the queen. A couple weeks after that day, New Domino had begun a massive change. Yusei was marked Village Leader, and though he was quite reluctant, he knew there was no way around it. But even with his job as leader of the village, he always made time to spend with Star, Gem, and his friends. They flew around together quite a bit.

Akiza had begun dating Crow around a year after the queen's death and Akiza had grown into a close friend of Yusei's. Although, Akiza had a crush on Yusei for a while, she knew Yusei didn't like her in that way and never admitted her feelings. And once she had found her way to Crow, those feelings just settled as close friends.

Gem had grown quick, but she was still small compared to Star. She had begun to flame around the age of six weeks. Gem had also grown close to a young villager named Keeo and Yusei knew they were going to end up being rider and dragon.

At the moment, Yusei was flying around the island on Star with Gem staying close.

"Do you want to head out to see if we can find new islands, Daddy?" Gem asked.

"What do you think, Star?" he asked her.

"Alright. But we need to be careful that we don't stay out as long as we did last time," she agreed.

Yusei nodded as Star increased her speed to maximum and Gem, who was getting as fast as Star, was keeping up. "They worry about me way too much, though," he told them mentally.

"You're the Village Leader and the hope who made peace, Yusei. They don't want to lose you," Star responded.

"But what's so bad about him leaving for that long? They know he'll come back; so why can't he leave for a while?" Gem asked.

"I don't know, Gem. I guess they just want to keep me safe because I don't even have a successor yet," Yusei answered.

Star gave a grin. "Are you sure that's the only reason for one of the villagers?" she asked.

Yusei rolled his eyes. "Akiza knows I wouldn't leave her," he told her.

"Ever since you two had gotten so close after you woke up three years ago, you've just been getting closer and closer," Star commented as she slowed down. She landed on a small island, Gem next to her. Yusei got off of Star and looked out of the horizon. A forest below them and water just beyond that made the scenery amazing to look at.

"What're you going to do with Akiza, Daddy?" Gem asked.

"And considering today is… that day…" Gem trailed off.

"Figuring that out still, guys," he answered.

"Still figuring out what, Yusei?" came Akiza voice. They turned to see her landing on Bluerose.

"Nothing you need to worry about, Akiza," he replied. "Why are you here?"

"You flew off and missed the race… again," Akiza answered, hopping off Bluerose and walking next to Yusei. "You've been doing that a lot lately. Is something wrong?"

Yusei looked at her for a moment before answering, "I've just got a bad feeling about something coming."

"Any idea as to what?" Akiza asked.

"No," he answered. "And I don't like it."

"Is something bad about this date?" Akiza asked. He looked at her confused. "You act strange every year on this day when comes around. And you don't explain why. And even Trudge refuses to talk about what happened today."

"It's… personal," he responded. "Only Star and Gem know it because they stick around me all the time. Star knows it better than Gem." He sighed. "Jack knows vaguely what happened. He wasn't there, though. You wouldn't remember it being two years younger than me."

"What happened, Yusei? And when exactly?" Akiza asked.

Yusei sighed again, this time in defeat. He sat on the edge of the cliff. "Star wasn't my first friend. She was the first one in years, but she wasn't the first I'd ever had," he began shocking her a bit. "I was five years old at the time. Since I was a baby, I had known a girl named Jayla. We were close friends and even when I began telling people to try to make peace with dragons she didn't desert me or leave me like everyone else did. She actually believed me when I said peace was possible. She stood by my side in the matter and it ended up where her friends abandoned her. I met a Terrible Terror with her in the woods a few days before this day. It was hurt and afraid of us. We tried to help it, but Roman found Jayla holding the dragon, with us trying to help it. He was furious and grabbed the dragon from us. He told us that they were dangerous creatures before killing it right it front of us, saying we needed to kill them. Jayla and I refused to believe him and continued to believe that dragons weren't evil creatures that everyone thought they were. The next day, I discovered my ability to read dragons' thoughts. Jayla found out after I decided I could trust her with it. But one raid, one this day, a dragon we had never seen before came and found Jayla and I running through the streets. The dragon had no intention of hurting us. We both knew that. Some villagers tried at it and it asked me for the two of us to come with him. We were going to that day, but my father stepped in. The dragon was able to grab Jayla, but my father stopped it from grabbing me." He sighed in sadness. "I asked for him to search for Jayla, but he said she was as good as dead. I knew otherwise, but I couldn't tell him that as then I would have to tell him that the dragon asked me and Jayla to go. I never saw Jayla again."

"Yusei… I'm sorry. I… I never knew," Akiza told him.

"You wouldn't have been able to. You were three at the time. You couldn't have remembered that day even if you had seen it," Yusei responded. "My parents ordered the entire village who had seen it to never speak a word of that day again, not wanting to see me hurt by it being repeatedly say for years. He didn't realize how long I would feel the pain of losing my first friend would last." Star nudged Yusei to comfort him. "That's why no one said anything about it. And after my parents were killed, I felt even more alone. At least they had still cared for me and loved me like a parent should. But with them and Jayla gone… I didn't have anyone left for years. And then I found Star and I wasn't alone anymore. It really changed me. It's not your fault you didn't know. But I didn't want to have anyone else see that I'm weak because I couldn't let Jayla go."

"Yusei, did you love her?" Akiza asked kneeling next to him.

"Back then I didn't even know what love was. So I have no idea," he answered. "At the time, we were practically siblings and were inseparable." He gave a small grin. "I can't remember the last time we were apart." He then looked out into the distance and noticed something. He squinted his eyes a bit, uncertain.

Akiza followed his line of sight and noticed it as well. "Is that smoke?" she asked.

"Let's check it out," Yusei suggested. They got on their dragons and took off.