A/N: I OWN NOTHING OF YU GI OH 5DS OR SWORD ART ONLINE! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THEIR CREATORS! ALL I OWN ARE MY OCS!
Chapter 2: Friends
The three Signers and girl soon arrived at the garage. Yusei picked up Yua.
"Isn't she heavy?" Jack asked, noticing how effortlessly Yusei was holding her.
"No," Yusei answered. "She's surprisingly light." Crow and Jack shrugged it off as nothing and they entered.
When they did, Bruno looked up and raised an eyebrow as he saw Yua. "Who's she?"
"This is Yua," Yusei introduced as he set the child back on the ground. "One of Martha's orphans found her unconscious in the forest by their house. We agreed to take her in for a bit."
"What about her family?" Bruno asked.
"She doesn't know where they are," Crow answered.
"Actually all she knows is her name," Jack corrected.
"Really?" Bruno questioned, seeming shocked.
Yusei sighed. "Yeah. We'll be doing what we can for now, but she'll be with us for a bit," he explained. Bruno nodded.
Yua ran down the steps into the garage and looked at what Bruno had been working on. "That's an extra program for our duel runners," Bruno explained. Yua typed a few things in before the man at the table could stop her.
"Whoa, whoa, easy, Yua," Yusei called.
"Yusei, check this out," Bruno called. He walked down and looked at the program.
"What did she do?" Jack called.
"Did she mess it up?" Crow added.
"Actually, she made it so the power and speed increased even more than our original program that we have right now," Yusei asked. "And it'll still work for our runners."
"Really?" Crow responded shocked.
"Yeah," Bruno answered. "She made it so we wouldn't kill the engine but at the same time, nearly maxing out the performance of speed and power." He looked at the girl. "Nice work, Yua." Yusei nodded at her with a small smile. She laughed.
"Also, Bruno, don't be too surprised if Yua calls Yusei 'Daddy'," Crow told him. Bruno raised an eyebrow confused.
"She couldn't say my name, so I told her to call me whatever was easiest. She called me her father and I decided to take the role until her memories return, we get her back to her family, or both," Yusei explained.
"I understand," Bruno agreed. "You definitely seemed like a worthy father figure to the kids around here."
"Thanks, I think," Yusei responded awkwardly. He looked at Yua. "Now, you're probably hungry. How about we get you something to eat?"
"Uh, okay, Daddy," she agreed and followed him into the kitchen.
Once they were out of earshot, Bruno asked, "Think Yusei is really okay taking that role?"
"It may be a bit awkward for him for the first few days, but he'll get used to it quick," Crow assured. "He probably is already getting used to it, to be honest."
"Crow's right. Yusei's always been a quick adapter," Jack agreed. "In all honesty, I think he's already truly accepted it."
"I just don't know what it would be like to suddenly take the father role of an amnesiac child," Bruno responded. "I wouldn't think it would be easy for anyone." They turned as Akiza and the twins came in.
Akiza had fair skin, brown eyes, and dark burgundy hair. Her hair was mostly chin-length with the addition of long, elbow-length bangs that frame both sides of her face. She rolled her front bangs with a device similar to a hair curler on top of her head while a bit hangs down on each side. Akiza wore a low-cut red corset with short, light green puffy sleeves and a high collar. She also sported a sleeveless magenta trench coat that flared behind her which was shorter and pleated in the front. She wore a red choker and an emerald crested, golden cross-shaped medallion, as well as a pair of dark, elbow-length gloves with a pair of gold bracelets above them. Her stockings are the same color as her gloves, and are connected to her skirt and she wore red high-heeled pumps/sandals with them.
The male of the twins was named Leo. His outfit consisted of a short-sleeved white jacket over a sleeveless dark blue shirt with golden markings that differ from his twin sister's shirt. He also wore white shorts with a dark blue belt and blue sneakers of the same color. Leo also had a bracelet on each wrist, and his blue-green hair was pulled into a single, high ponytail with two shoulder-length bangs on both sides of his face.
His twin sister was named Luna and was just behind him. Her usual outfit is similar to her brother's, consisting of a light pink short-sleeved jacket over a long-sleeved red shirt with golden markings. She also wore light purple shorts with a red belt and sneakers with black and pink markings and high socks. She had gray-gold eyes just like her brother.
"Where's Yusei?" the elder of the three asked.
"Right here," he called walking in. "Something up?"
"I just needed some help on my physics again," Akiza stated.
"And Leo found another combo he wanted to try out with you," Luna added.
"First I'll help Akiza with her physics, then I'll help you, Leo," Yusei responded with a grin. They smiled. "Let me just check on-" He was cut off as Yua ran to his side.
"Who's she?" Luna asked.
"Her name's Yua," Yusei explained. "Martha's orphans found her passed out in the forest by Martha's refuge. She has no room, so we're taking her in for a bit. We don't know where her family is and all she knows is her name."
"She has no memory?" Leo asked. Yusei shook his head.
"Daddy, who are they?" Yua asked Yusei.
"Daddy?" Akiza repeated confused.
"She can't say my name. I told her whatever's easiest for her and she called me her father. I'm accepting the role until we can get her memories back and to her real parents," Yusei explained. Akiza walked down to her with the twins.
Leo greeted, "Hi, Yua. I'm Leo."
"And I'm Luna," his twin followed.
"Leo and Luna?" Yua checked. They nodded.
Akiza kneeled to the girl's eye level. "I'm Akiza."
"Akia," she repeated.
"A-ki-za," she slowly pronounced for her.
"Akia?" Yua repeated again.
Akiza sighed. "It's kind of like when she lost her memories, she regressed into a baby."
"We know," Yusei responded with a small sigh.
Akiza turned back to Yua. "Let's try saying it slowly: A-ki-za," she tried again.
"A-ki…" she paused as if in thought. "A-ki-za. Akiza?"
Akiza smiled and nodded. "Yep, that's it!" Yua smiled as well.
"Leo, Luna, have you seen her at Duel Academy at all?" Yusei asked.
"No," Leo answered. "I haven't even heard of a 'Yua' in Duel Academy, at all."
"Neither have I," Akiza added.
"Anyway, you needed help with your physics, Akiza?" Yusei returned to the initial topic.
"Yep," she answered. Yusei nodded and quickly helped her, Yua paying close attention. When they the eldest female stated, "Thanks, Yusei. I'm still surprised you know physics so well when you didn't go to a school like Duel Academy."
"You can learn a lot when living in Satellite," Yusei responded. Akiza smiled and nodded. He turned to Leo. "And Leo, you said you had a new combo you wanted to show me?"
"Yep!" he agreed and ran down.
"Everyone just loves you helping them, huh, Yusei?" Jack asked, seeming annoyed.
"Not really on purpose, Jack," he responded. Yua stepped next to Akiza and looked as Leo explained his combo.
"It's a nice combo, Leo," Yua stated once he finished. Everyone looked at her shocked.
"Do you remember something, Yua?" Yusei asked.
"I… I remember watching people duel from time to time. But it's… really faded," she answered.
"It's something," Crow commented.
Yusei nodded. He looked back at Leo. "It definitely is a good combo. But where you use it in a duel will prove how effective it'll be in a duel."
"Can we duel now, Yusei?" Leo asked.
"We still need to finish the secondary program. But that should only take a couple hours at most," Yusei responded. "And I'm sure Jack or Crow can duel you, too."
"Yeah, that wouldn't be a problem," Crow agreed. "We have nothing better to do, anyway."
Leo nodded and he and Crow hurried out to duel, Jack and Luna following to watch while Akiza stayed and hung out with Yua. Meanwhile, Yusei and Bruno finished making the final touches to the program. They had to make sure it matched up with the changes Yua made, but it wasn't too hard.
