A/N: An interesting idea that came to me. Please don't hurt me for starting another story!

A Sweet Escape

Fudo Yusei, the Signer with the dragon head mark on his right arm, was currently working diligently on improving his D-Wheel. However he was doing this alone since everyone else was busy or had other plans. Bruno, the newest member of Team 5Ds, would be the first one Yusei would ask for help when it came to working on the D-Wheels. Though today when Yusei asked for his help, Bruno had regrettably turned him down saying he had something important that he needed to take care of. And Yusei hadn't bothered questioning him on it since it wasn't his business anyway. Crow was out on his job, making deliveries left and right to keep him busy throughout the whole day. Jack just didn't feel like staying inside all day and instead went out to do whatever it is he does when he had his alone time. Aki and the twins, Rua and Ruca, were still at school and it would be awhile before they were let out. Thus Yusei had the whole apartment to himself for the whole day. However that was about to change very soon, which Yusei was just about to find out.

Yusei had let out an exhausted sigh from his lips from having working on his D-Wheel non-stop for the past three hours now.

"Don't you think you should take a break now Yusei-kun?" a lighthearted voice suddenly asked from out of no where, which surprised Yusei and made him immediately stop what he was doing.

His eyes narrowed slightly as he quickly took a look around the garage in hopes to find the source of the voice. However it appeared that no one was there but something told Yusei that whoever had spoken did not leave.

"Who's there?" demanded Yusei as his eyes still tried to find where the person was hiding.

"You don't recognize my voice?" the voice asked curiously though there was a twinge of disappointment creeping in their tone.

Now that Yusei thought about it, the voice was starting to sound very familiar to him, but he still couldn't seem to place where he had heard it before. The person must have realized Yusei's struggle in trying to remember them which made the disappointment more evident in their voice.

"You really don't remember me do you Yusei-kun?"

Yusei didn't know why but for some reason hearing how forlorn the person was getting, made him feel disappointed in himself for not being able to place a face to the voice. With another sigh Yusei figured it was just best to admit he could figure out who the person was so the person could just tell him already.

"I'm sure if you come out I'll know who you are," Yusei said seriously but gently at the same time, not wanting to hurt the person's feelings anymore than he already had.

There was no verbal response as Yusei thought there would be. Instead he was caught off guard when a pair of hands suddenly covered his eyes from behind him.

"I want to give you one more chance to figure out who I am. Just think really hard Yusei-kun," replied the person with clear amusement in their voice.

Yusei was indeed beginning o figure out who the person was by now. Yusei could only think of one person who would actually do something like this. On top of that there was also only two people he know who actually used honorifics on his name and knew that this person had to be one of them. The problem for Yusei was that the possibility of the said person being in his time period was very unlikely and he was afraid of getting his hopes up only for them to be crushed if he turned out to be wrong. Nevertheless with a bit of hesitation he risked saying the name that he guessed belonged to the person that was behind him.

"J-Judai?" spoke Yusei secretly hoping that he was right.

The hands instantly removed from Yusei's eyes and Yusei in response quickly turned around to see a grinning Judai standing in front of him.

"It's good to see you again Yusei-kun," Judai replied joyfully causing Yusei's lips to curve slightly upwards in a smile of his own.

"It's good to see you too Judai-san," greeted back Yusei glad that the person indeed turned out to Judai yet he was a little curious to the reason of Judai's unexpected visit.

"So what brings you here Judai?" questioned Yusei which actually made the grin on Judai's face grow bigger.

"A duel of course!" Judai answered with load of anticipation.

"A duel?" said Yusei in mild puzzlement not having expected that answer.

"Yeah, since the whole Paradox thing I've been itching to see more of those Synchro Summons! So can we duel?" pleaded Judai who looked like he was ready to burst with excitement at the very idea of dueling against Yusei.

Yusei wasn't sure about dueling Judai, not because he didn't want to, but because he still had plenty of things he would like to continue his work on improving the Yusei Go a bit more. Yet the moment his eyes connected to those eager and hopeful brown eyes his resolved dissipated instantly.

"Alright, just let me clean up a bit," Yusei stated in slight defeat making Judai ecstatic.

"Awesome, you're the best Yusei!" exclaimed Judai while giving Yusei a grateful hug in response.

Yusei had been a little thrown off by the unexpected hug, yet soon a warm smile came to his lips at the gesture.

"No problem Judai."

Both Yusei and Judai were panting in exhaustion after the duel that had just taken place. The duel had been tremendous with both duelists giving all that they had into it. Even though Yusei had lost, it had been extremely close, yet more importantly for Yusei was that he had fun.

"Gotcha! That was a fun duel Yusei!" proclaimed Judai giving his signature poise to Yusei with a joyful expression on his face.

"It was," agreed Yusei as an enjoyable look came over his features realizing he truly had enjoyed dueling with Judai.

"Then we defiantly have to duel again sometime, right Yusei-kun?" Judai asked happily

A pleasant smile was quickly forming on Yusei's lips at the thought of dueling Judai again. Yusei honestly couldn't remember the last time he dueled where he didn't need to worry about saving the world or some high stakes being placed on the duel. Dueling with Judai had been a new experience for Yusei. He had been completely relaxed during the whole duel, not having to worry about anything but trying to win. All his worries and troubles had been completely forgotten as the duel became his only focus. It was like taking a breather from reality, a sweet escape.

"Yes Judai-san, I definitely look forward to a rematch."

Yusei let out a barely audible groan when he felt two pairs of hands start shaking him by his shoulders.

"Yusei."

Hearing his name being called only made a more audible annoyed sound come out of his mouth. However this only made the hands start shaking him even harder.

"Yusei!"

"Judai please let me rest a little longer. That duel really wore me out," tiredly mumbled Yusei, opening his eyes slightly so he could take a peek at Judai before he would go back to sleep.

However the face that was in front of Yusei was not Judai and that made Yusei's eyes snap open all the way.

"Bruno?" Yusei replied while sitting straight up in surprise, not expecting to see the said bluenette being the one to greet him from his slumber.

This had made a relieved sigh come from Bruno before a small smile came to his face.

"Good you're awake. You had me worried there for a minute," he answered since it took a lot longer for Yusei to be woken up than usual.

After a moment, the sleep was clearing from Yusei's mind and his awareness was coming back now.

"What time is it?" he asked, wanting to know how long he had been out for.

"A little past one," stated Bruno, which made Yusei's eyes widen in shock

"What?" he exclaimed, realizing that that meant that only an hour had passed when Judai first showed up.

That's when he realized that he was sitting right beside his D-Wheel in the garage where he had been before Judai showed up. He then looked around the place to find that nothing was out of the ordinary and that the mess he had cleaned up before the duel was still there as well. Everything, even the exact point he stopped working before Judai had interrupted him, remained the same.

"Was it just a dream?" Yusei thought in disappointment, desperately hoping that that wasn't the case.

Though that was the emotional part of Yusei talking. The rational part realized that it made sense that it was a dream. Judai coming out nowhere just to duel him out of the blue like that seemed pretty farfetched. The more he thought about it the more he realized it had to have been a dream. Even if Judai was still alive he would have defiantly been older and not the eighteen-year old version of the boy. This made Yusei place his hands over his face in defeat.

"I should've known that seeing Judai again would be too good to be true," Yusei thought bitterly, with a strained smile on his face.

Bruno having caught the hurt that briefly flashed in Yusei's eyes asked Yusei if he was ok, which had brought Yusei out of his solemn thoughts.

"I'm fine. I think I'll turn in early for today," Yusei answered as he began standing up.

"Alright, I'll finish up then if you want me to," he offered, causing a small smile to reach Yusei's lips.

"Thanks Bruno, that would be good," Yusei stated gratefully.

"Sure, no problem," Bruno assured him before Yusei said a quick see you later and existed the garage.

As soon as Yusei left, a frown instantly displayed on Bruno's face.

"Yusei…" he muttered softly with worry over his friend's sudden sour mood.