AnimeKiwi369: I got bored and decided to start posting a new story.

Copper: Am I in this one?

AnimeKiwi369: Well a little bit, but when you're younger. But I think I'll have you as my co-host again.

Copper: Did you miss me?

AnimeKiwi369: A little, but I'm just bored. The story starts at the same time as chapter 15 of TWENTY YEARS AGO.

Copper: Disclaimer!

AnimeKiwi369: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's or its characters, I just own my own characters, which aren't in this chapter, and the storyline.

Reminiscences

Chapter 1: Something's Wrong

Mom, dad, I wish you were here.

Both Yusei and Akiza's eyes shot open and sat up on the bed, feeling something. Something…wrong. They had been sleeping peacefully in each other's arms when they had felt…whatever it was that wasn't right.

"Did you…feel that?" Yusei asked, looking at his wife. He had felt something in his heart. He thought it had to do with Copper, but he wasn't positive.

"I did." She responded quietly, looking a bit shaken and placed her hands over her heart. She absently looked at the ceiling of their temporary room; she felt whatever it was, but it was stronger than what her husband had felt. She was positive it had to do with their daughter, "Something's wrong with Copper." She placed her hands in her lap.

"Probably."

"'Probably'?" she repeated with her voice rising slightly, "How can you say 'probably'?"

"Akiza, honey, calm down." Yusei told her softly.

"'Calm down'?" Akiza was nearly yelling, "How can you tell me to 'calm down' when there's something wrong with our daughter?"

Yusei brought his hands up to Akiza's face and looked straight into her eyes. They stared into each other's eyes; the psychic Signer glared slightly into her husband's eyes. After a while, Akiza's eyes softened and looked away from her husband's penetrating gaze.

"Akiza, look at me." She did a he commanded; her eyes were worried. He lightly ran his thumbs over her cheekbones, "I feel there's most likely something wrong with Copper, too." He said after a while. "But you need to calm down."

"I'm sorry, Yusei." She responded, "I'm just worried."

"I know you are." He told her, moving his hands from Akiza's face to her waist, "I am too."

"Yusei, for me it's different." Akiza said.

"I know." He repeated. "We both have a special bond with Copper, but they're different."

"And mine has to do with being her mother." She commented quietly.

"And mine has to do with being her father." He added. "But we're both her parents, and we're both worried about her. We can't help it. Especially you."

Akiza narrowed her eyes at him slightly, "And what is that supposed to mean?"

"I mean that you've technically been with Copper longer than I have."

"Before she came, you mean?" She guessed. He nodded, "I guess you are right, Yusei. But I can't stop worrying about her. I just know something's wrong." Her husband nodded again and placed a hand over hers, lightly squeezing it.

"We'll always have a relationship with Copper that can't be broken." Yusei reassured, "I know something's not right, too."

"I know you know that." She responded a bit hard. "But you're not the one that carried her for nine months. I think my bond is stronger." Yusei chuckled a little bit. "What?"

"You always use that excuse."

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Do not."

"We sound like the twins when they were younger." Yusei pointed out with another one of his deep chuckles.

Akiza laughed quietly, bringing her genuine smile to her lips, "We sound childish." She agreed.

"But maybe that's what we needed."

"What do you mean by that Stardust?" Akiza inquired with a quizzical look in her eyes.

"I mean when I pointed out that we sounded like the twins, we both ended up with a smile on our faces." He responded, with a soft, breathtaking smile. Akiza couldn't resist his charm and kissed her husband on the lips. "What was that for, Black Rose?" he asked when she had taken her lips away from his.

"Because you're irresistible." She told him in a sweet tone. He kissed her cheek.

"That's the Akiza I know."

"I've only been that way since you changed me. You're the only one that was able to do that." She replied, almost solemnly. "The only one that ever tried to."

Yusei rubbed her hand gently. "I'll always be here for you."

Akiza sighed a little, "I've known you for over twenty years and been married to you for fifteen years, three weeks, and five days. I think I know that by now, Yusei." She told him, a little annoyed and regretted her tone, "Sorry." She repeated, "It's just I can't help but worry about her."

"It's all right. I'm worried too, remember?" she nodded slightly and leaned into her husband's arms and, placing her forehead against his shoulder.

"What could be wrong, though?" she asked quietly, shaking slightly. He wrapped his arms around her, resting his head against hers.

"I don't know, love. I really don't."

"I really want to check on her. But if she's asleep, I'll feel silly."

"I know." He repeated.

They stayed silent for several seconds until they felt another strange feeling in their hearts. Only it felt more intense. Both felt the same intensity that time.

"Did you feel it that time, Yusei?" Akiza asked quietly.

"I did." He replied, "You're right. It does have to do with Copper."

"Told you." She said with a smirk her husband couldn't see. It faded quickly. "What's wrong with her?" she repeated. "What's wrong with our little star-rose?" she asked using the little pet name they had given Copper a few days after she was born. She had been the best thing in their lives since they had admitted their love for each other.

"I don't know, honey." Yusei told her gently as he spoke into her hair and rubbed her back. "I wish I did, but I don't."

"So do I." she whispered, pressing herself a little closer. They stayed silent for a several more minutes, feeling the same, strange feeling in their hearts every couple minutes.

After a while, the strange feeling they felt that had to do Copper stopped. Neither Yusei nor Akiza could explain it; the strange feeling just…stopped.

"That's strange." Yusei commented, pulling back from his wife.

"Yeah," Akiza agreed, "the feeling just stopped. What's going on?" she wondered. "I don't feel anything wrong with Copper, anymore. Is that a good thing or bad thing?"

"I don't know." He repeated.

"It feels like it's a good thing." She said after a while. He nodded in agreement. Akiza leaned against the headboard of the bed and Yusei did the same. "I don't think I'll be able to sleep for a while. After worrying like that, I mean. I'm wide awake."

"Same here." He added, "That strange feeling has me too awake to sleep, too."

"We could just talk and think about what we've been through."

"That sounds like a nice idea."

AnimeKiwi369: I had trouble starting it.

Copper: Yeah, it was a little obvious.

AnimeKiwi369: The flashbacks don't begin until next chapter.

Copper: What's going to be the first one?

AnimeKiwi369: Well...I think I'll give you a sneak peak by giving you the title. It's...

Copper: I thought you'd torture your readers.

AnimeKiwi369: Thanks for the idea. How about this proposal, take a guess in your reviews as to what goes on in the first flashback.

Copper: In other words...

AnimeKiwi369: Please review and please review kindly. By the way I'm going to start taking anonyms reviews.