Disclaimer: I do not own any of the YGO: 5D's characters. Only the ones I come up with belong to me. Rated M for language at the moment.
How did this happen? I stood on the sidelines with Jack, Crow, the twins, Akiza, Mina and Trudge as we all watched the final duel between Yusei and Kalin begin. How did the man I love fall into a cloud of shadows and darkness? I still tried to deny it. To me, Kalin was still my savior, my best friend. He had always been there, no matter how frustrated I got when only a few of my memories managed to return to me. He even accepted my powers.
An arm wrapped around my shoulders and Jack pulled me into an embrace. "This…will be hard to watch."
I nodded, holding back tears as best I could.
Crow looked over at me. "We're all here for you."
"Thanks Crow, Jack," I said quietly. We would all need each other at the end of this duel. No matter who lost, we would all be losing someone we care about. I closed my eyes and thought back to the night that I first met Kalin Kessler and how this all began…
