I was working on my duel runner when I heard a certain blonde rolling his own up the drive and into the garage, I looked up from the computer monitor and looked at my dear friend, Jack Atlas.

"I take it something went wrong with the new chip I installed?" I asked.

"Yeah, it completely blew up so I had to push it all the way back here…" Jack mumbled and removed his helmet revealing his gold hair.

"Alright I will see what I can do."

"Thanks Yus." He collapsed on the couch in the garage and I walked over to his runner with my laptop and tools to see about fixing anything that was damaged and removing the chip.

"So tell me all that happened, did you at least get a good blast of speed before it failed?" I asked trying to start up a conversation.

"I did, she was purring like a kitten and it was pretty fun, until I tried going max speed and it exploded." Jack migrated to the kitchen to make some coffee, how he can stand drinking so much I will never know.

"Well at least it wasn't a total fail. I will buy a new chip for her when the paycheck comes in, so sorry you won't be able to ride her for a while." I looked over at Jack as he took a drink of his black coffee.

"God you're killing me here Yusei…" Jack whined.

"Sorry pal, but until the money comes in I won't be able to buy the new chips until Monday which is another two days away." I managed to remove the melted chip before it damaged anything else around it, "Got at it just in time… it's melted…"

"You're joking..?" Jack walked over to see and I held it in front of him, "That would have caused a lot of damage I'm assuming."

"I would have to rebuild her if it stayed in there too long and hardened. The warmth from the motor must have kept it from hardening…" I threw the chip away and cleaned off any molten metal that may have decided to stick to the circuit.

"That would suck arse…" Jack mumbled.

"That would cause I don't have much time to waste rebuilding the runner I built and you stole." I still had a grudge against him for that.

"Oh for fuck's sake Yusei that was 3 years ago get over it!" Jack stormed off and I couldn't help but smirk, I secretly enjoyed seeing him become flustered and storm off like he was a child, to me it was amusing.

"Oh calm down Jack you know I'm teasing."

"Whatever…" He sat back down on the couch and resumed watching me work on his duel runner.

I could always feel Jack's eyes watching me, only his and no one elses. I figured it was just maybe the brotherly connection we have between each other…. But then why couldn't I feel that with Crow? I was around him just as long... It was weird…

I was snapped out of my thoughts when said person came back from his deliveries.

"Hey Yusei!" He greeted with a smile.

"Sup Crow, sorry pal but I will need to replace the chips in our runners. Jack's exploded and I was lucky to peel off the molten metal before it really did any damage."

"That sucks, luckily I got my paycheck so if you want tell me what you want and I can head to the store and try and grab at least one for ya pal."

I handed him a piece of paper with the new chip model I wanted to try.

"Thanks Crow I owe ya."

"No prob, I will leave my runner here so you can work on removing the chip. I don't have work until Tuesday."

"Good, my paycheck comes in on Monday so we should have the new chip in by then." With that Crow walked out to buy what I needed.

I relaxed on the couch beside Jack once I finished removing the chip in Crow's duel runner.

"So what now? We were supposed to turbo duel today." Jack asked.

"We can still duel if you want."

"Eh… sure it's better than sitting here…"

After I beat Jack at dueling Crow walked in with the chip I needed.

"Hey I managed to buy three, there was a buy two get one free sale." I took the bag and thanked Crow going back to work on Jack's duel runner.

I felt Jack's eyes on me again…. Why is he watching me so much, why doesn't he argue with Crow? I normally don't mind people watching me but something about Jack's eyes watching me made me feel uneasy. Like he is a hungry predator and I'm his prey…. Maybe that's just the paranoid part of me. I resumed working on the runner and managed to install the chip.

"Alright Jack, if you want to head out and try it before I install the others then hop on and take her for a spin."

Jack stood up and threw his helmet back on without a word and left.

"Hopefully it works better than the other one."

"What happened?" Crow asked.

I began explaining what happened and he laughed. Even though Jack was gone…. I still felt like, somehow, he was still watching me… Those haunting violet eyes, watching every single move I make...