I had a better response to this than I originally thought. Many thanks to my reviewers, Blue Hurricane and Pharaohyamifan, you guys rock. Hiromaru413 is Betaing for me, so kudos for getting this back to me as quick as he did.

Celestian: Silvera doesn't own 5D's, she's just playing with them. She does own me and my companions however.

Is that your way of telling me to get started? Cuz it ain't real subtle….

'thoughts'

"speaking"

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Chapter 1: After the Fortune Cup- Yusei and Celestian

"That certainly was eventful," murmured a dark haired young man. "Four of the five signers revealed over the space of two days. Couple that with an appearance by the Crimson Dragon and well…," his voice trailed off and he shrugged.

His companion nodded. He knew that things were going to become dangerous now that Godwin was aware of that many signers.

"In a way, it is a good thing that they have been revealed," he sighed. "Now all we have to do is find the fifth signer. So, Yusei, think you know who's who?"

"Celestian, looking at their dragons should be evidence of that." Yusei glanced back down at where Jack was being taken away by the paramedics, "Jack and Zeraphros...they certainly have the matching egos."

Celestian laughed, "Yes, and the others?"

Yusei thought back to the other duels that had occurred, "Aki and Radira, and Luna and Mirale. That only leaves Deneiran, who will bond to our missing fifth signer."

"Come, we need to get away before Security thinks to look up here," Celestian said. "They're already looking around for people after the duel between Aki and your doppelganger."

"Alright, but how much do we need to worry about Godwin right now?" Yusei asked as he turned to where Celestian was opening a portal back home.

A dark look crossed Celestian's face. "Let us worry about that. If it comes down to it, we can always sneak your fellow signers out from under his nose."

"It's that bad? Besides, don't all the signers have to be present for the Crimson Dragon to appear?" Yusei found himself hoping that it didn't mean what he thought it did.

"That's true, and we know the fifth signer is here somewhere because of that," Celestian told him. "We just don't know who they are or in what capacity they're here."

"So he could have easily been here of his own free will or have been forced to be here?" Yusei voiced his concern, "But if he were in danger, why didn't his birthmark call Deneiran to him, like mine called you?"

"We may never know, and he may not have been in mortal danger, which would explain why it never called out to him." Celestian answered. "What makes you think the fifth signer is male?"

Yusei pondered that for a moment, "I'm not sure, it's just the impression I get."

"A premonition, perhaps?" Celestian questioned, "Like your nightmares may be?"

"Maybe, and I certainly hope the visions of disaster I see in my nightmares don't come to pass." He snorted, "They're scary enough when I'm asleep. I don't want to see them when I'm awake."

"On a less stressful topic, what are going to do now that you're the King? Or are you going to leave that to your doppelganger?" Celestian teased lightly

Yusei frowned, "I have no interest in being King. Jack's welcome to it. I don't have near enough ego anyways." Celestian laughed.

"I missed the joke, what's so funny?" asked Mirale as she approached the pair. "How'd the tournament go?"

"Well, we know who three of the other signers are. Godwin is aware of all four revealed in the tournament," Celestian replied. "But from the appearance of the Crimson Dragon, the fifth had to be present as well."

"Oh, well that's not good. Godwin's sneakier than we gave him credit for if he's managed this much." Mirale said, frowning

"We knew he was a sneaky b******. He managed to be elsewhere when the old Momentum generator exploded. So how's this different?" Radira asked as she entered with Zeraphros.

"He knows for certain about four signers," Yusei told them, "but we aren't sure about the fifth. The tournament was a cover to discover their identities."

"Dragon take him! This means he's that much closer to binding the Crimson Dragon to him. All he has to do now is gain the trust of the signers he knows about! We may have to sweep them out away from him," Zeraphros said angrily.

"Well, one we don't need to worry about is Aki. She's part of the Arcadia Movement, and they don't like Godwin much. Jack may be more difficult, he's in the hospital. His Duel Runner malfunctioned after he lost to my doppelganger," Yusei said, partially to himself.

"And what of the third one revealed today?" asked Deneiran, who had slipped in when no one was looking

"Luna and her twin, Leo, trust my doppelganger. He can bring them to a meeting point and we can go from there if it comes to that," Yusei finished.

"I'll go and keep an eye on them. With Godwin's scheming, it can't hurt to be careful." Mirale said. She then opened a portal back to the stadium. Yusei turned to head deeper into the compound that was his home, needing time alone to think about what was coming. The others began to disperse as well, when Celestian stopped Deneiran.

"Looking at who's been revealed, I think that it's your bonded that is still missing right now," Celestian told him.

"Alright, I'll probably head out in the next day or so to actively scan for him," Deneiran answered. "Hopefully he's not in any danger and was simply a spectator."

"That would be a best case scenario. At worst, he's a prisoner of Godwin," Celestian reminded him.

"I know," Deneiran sighed. "I know."

****With Yusei****

'Well, the day is coming that I'll either take my doppelganger's place quietly or have him revealed for what he is. When that comes, will the signers realize what's happened? Will they even trust me after that? Me? They won't even trust they're bondeds if that happens! It's best if they never know they knew a doppelganger for 17 years.' Yusei turned his attention back to the spire he was climbing, 'Hmm, I wonder if I can get to the top before Celestian notices I'm up here. He's never been comfortable with me climbing tall trees, let alone these spires. I know it's just his instinct to protect me, but I know what I'm doing up here. Besides, you'll never know when you'll need to know how to climb.'

"Yusei!"

'Oops, game's up!'

"Get down here!"

Yusei laughed as he heard Celestian call up to him. "I'm closer to the top than I am the bottom," Yusei called back down. "I'll finish climbing, and then I'll come down."

"You know I don't like you up there, so why do it?" Celestian asked.

"It's relaxing!" Yusei answered, grinning.

Celestian shook his head, although he knew Yusei couldn't see it where he was. "You know there are moments when I think you're insane."

"If I'm insane, what does that make you? You're the one bonded to me after all," Yusei replied, still laughing. He reached the top of the spire and began looking for hand and foot holds to get down. Celestian simply grumbled as he watched his bonded descend with a careful eye.

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Well here we go, we meet the present day Yusei, although baby Yusei is adorable, present day Yusei is better for the plot. :)

And yes, I realize Yusei's a little OOC. Don't tell me about.

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