Chibi: *sleeping*
Takeru: What's wrong with her? She's usually really awake whenever she posts a new chapter.
Yusei: She left a note explaining everything. It says, "Dear Yusei, Takeru and readers: If I fell asleep, I apologize. I wanted to take my hunters education test and class yesterday morning through evening. I had to shoot many, many guns, learn self-defense from my dad's work buddy Brian, listen to lectures for about six hours, sit through a three hour video about how dangerous it was to go out in the woods alone and on how to make sure a gun won't go off if you drop it—,"
Takeru: Dude, that sounds really boring!
Yusei: Anyway… "The class started at seven in the morning, the written test was at five in the evening, performance exam was at six, and then we all had a party to celebrate our passing grades on the written part of the final exam and the shooting part… I got a 100% on the written part and a 97 out of 100 points on the shoot-off. But the party lasted until midnight since the fathers there all got drunk and their wives and our mothers had to come pick them up. Then today I had to go to school to add insult to injury. Hope you enjoy the chapter and have a wonderful day. Love, Chibi."
Takeru: Damn, when did she have the time to write that?
Yusei: *shrug* got me… anyway, um… here you go, I guess. New chapter for you guys.

After four long days of nothing but touring around the large city that was London, Takeru and Yusei returned to their hotel with nothing but sore feet and a couple of souvenirs. With an exhausted groan, the black haired teen tossed his draw-string bag onto the floor and flopped into the bed. Yusei on the other hand, took out their empty luggage bags from the closet and commenced to take all of their unworn clothes out of the dresser drawers as well as their dirty clothes.

"I take everything back I said about how being a human is great, it sucks!" he complained as Yusei began packing up their stuff again. Takeru looked up with purple bags under his eyes and a confused expression on his face. "What are you doing, Fudo?"

"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm packing our stuff," Yusei answered, annoyance very clear in his tone. Takeru groaned yet again and picked up one of his pillows, throwing it over his face. "Now start getting your stuff together, too, Takeru."

"Why? We're not leaving for another day or so," he shot back, the pillow muffling his voice slightly.

"No, actually, our flight leaves in about three hours," Yusei countered, folding up one of his jackets and putting it into his suitcase. Takeru shot up from his bed and chucked the pillow at Yusei's face, hitting the scientist in the back of the head.

"You lie! We just got here!"

"Takeru… it's been four days since we landed here in London. Now we have to go talk to Crow and Riku to see what their take on the whole Aki situation is." With that, Yusei finished packing up both of their things, personal items included. He looked over at Takeru… who had crawled into his temporary emo corner for this stay. "Not this emo corner nonsense again, Taka. Come on, we gotta go! We have to check out, get a cab, drive to the airport, get through security, and only then can we get on the plane… and who knows if we'll even make our flight at this rate!"

"But I don't want to go! I like it here in London!" the former spirit complained.

Yusei crossed his arms in front of his chest and tapped his foot. "If you come on now… I'll let you and Riku play pranks on me while I'm sleeping."

The next thing he knew, Takeru was right in front of Yusei's face with a sly and sinister smirk playing on his lips. "You are SO going to regret that, Fudo," Takeru pointed out. Yusei smiled and picked up his luggage, walking toward the door.

"I know I will, now let's get going!" Takeru was already out the door with his things, running down the hallway toward the elevator. Yusei groaned and grabbed his bags as well, chasing after him. "Wait for me!"

The two of them called a cab and drove to the airport. They went through the same process they had at the Neo Domino Airport. Getting there, getting the tickets, going through about an hour of security and finally waiting to board the plane. Yusei had his ear buds in his ears, just like last time while Takeru glanced around the large facility with fascination. After getting bored with his odd activities, though, he began to annoy Yusei, his favorite pass time! He would poke him, take his ear buds out and put them in his ears, swat imaginary flies off his face with a rolled up magazine and whatnot. It took all of the scientist's will power not to murder the nineteen year old.

"What is it that you want?" Yusei shouted, everyone waiting in the terminal staring at him. Heat rushed into his cheeks as he slumped down into his seat again and glared at Takeru, who was trying to contain his laugh, but was failing miserably. "Well?"

"I just wanted to annoy you, but now that you mention it… what are you going to do when we get to France? Show up on the wedding day and yell, 'I object!' in the middle of the ceremony? Dude, they don't even ask if anyone objects no a days, you know that right?" Taka asked, sitting back in his own seat.

Yusei looked around, making sure that no one was still looking at him like he was crazy. No one was, much to his delight. Sighing, he answered, "I was hoping to get sometime alone with Aki when I got there before the wedding. If I can talk to her long enough, she may just come back to me, forgetting about this stupid Jeremy guy."

Takeru shrugged and took his carryon bag off his shoulders, scrimmaging around through it to find something to eat. He smiled when he found a granola bar. Tearing it open, he tore off a piece and tossed it in his mouth. "What if you meet this Jeremy guy and figure out that he's a nice dude and that he's way better than you'll ever be," he pointed out. He looked up and got a face full of travel pillow. The teenager yelped and was flung out of his chair from the impact, falling on the floor and hitting his head. Groaning, he sat up and saw a furious Yusei standing up from his seat. The duelist's eyes were coated with fire and his face matched their new color. Takeru stumbled to his feet, now panicking and worrying that he was going to be killed. "I-I didn't mean that! H-he's a jerk! No matter what, he's a jerk! I'm sorry, don't murder me!"

Yusei was still flustered. "You know full well that Aki is the only person that I've ever loved, and the only one that I'm ever going to! Even if this Jeremy Hawthorn guy is the greatest person on earth, I'm going to strive to do him one better!" Yusei declared proudly. Takeru, in fear, glanced around the room. Anything to not make direct eye contact with Yusei! He noticed that their plane was now boarding. Scrambling to his feet and still not looking his friend in the eye, he pushed him toward the loading dock. "What in blazes are you doing?"

"Plane, board, now!" the other shouted before pushing Yusei threw the door, ignoring the confused and slightly horrified flight attendant waiting by the door. Takeru ran back to their spot, grabbed both of their carryon bags and ran back in the same direction. He handed the lady their tickets and muttered, "Is there any chance in the world that I could get a seat NOT by him anymore? That man scares me when he's pissed."

~after another 12 hour flight~

It was dark when the two males got into Japan again and Yusei, still slightly mad at his roommate, stepped off the plane and glanced around at the new airport. It seemed smaller than the two that he had already been to. Takeru stepped down behind him and walked into the cool terminal. He took off his jacket, still burning up from behind cramped up around with a bunch of people in a small place and from the lack of cold air on the plane. Yusei did the same, but when he did, he looked up at a poster hanging on the wall. The scientist's eyes widen at what it was of as he pulled on his partner's shirt sleeve to get his attention. They gazed at the poster with mouths hung open like trout.

On the large piece of cardboard was Crow Hogan, holding his helmet under his arm and leaning up against the Blackbird, his signature devilish smirk on his face. On the top, it read, "Crow Hogan vs. Matsuda Mako! Be there at the Prince Dome on July 6th at ten PM to witness this heated match up!"

"Well, we know where we're going to find Crow," Takeru muttered, adjusting the bag on his shoulder. "What time is it right now here?"

Yusei looked for a clock on a wall or someone with a watch. He found a clock on a nearby wall and it read 8:26. "We gotta go now! The duel starts in almost an hour half an hour ago!" With that, he grabbed Taka's wrist and ran to get their luggage. When they got it after waiting in a long line that felt like it went on forever, Yusei looked at the clock again to see it had only been a five minute wait. He face palmed and grabbed a cab, heading for a local motel. He would get a better hotel the next morning, the only thing that mattered right then was getting to Crow before the duel started. He wanted to talk to the carrot top as soon as he could. The two of them checked into a rundown hotel, which made Taka cringe since he was so used to nice places. Yusei didn't mind though since he grew up in much, much worse than where they are now. The city hadn't made him soft just yet. They literally tossed their bags into their room and ran toward the Prince Dome about five blocks away from where they were staying.

Once there, the line to get in was huge, extending all the way around one block of buildings. Yusei groaned and looked at his watch, which he had set for this city's time. It was nearing nine o'clock. Then, like a bolt of lightning, it hit him. He was a professional duelist for God's sake! He could probably get in before anyone else, and the fact that he was a friend of one of the competitors helped things. He tapped Taka on the shoulder, pointing toward the entrance. They both nodded once to each other and snuck to the very front, finding a tall security guard standing at the gate. Yusei straightened his jacket and smiled like he actually knew what he was doing and that he belonged in the Prince Dome.

Yusei walked up to the very intimidating looking guard, who was staring right at him. "Who do you think you are? You can't just ignore all of these here people waiting in line," the guard shot at the pro duelist.

The crab haired man shrugged and snickered. "I'm a friend of Crow Hogan, sir. And I'm Yusei Fudo, champion of the Fortune Cup and one of the members of the old Team 5D's that won the World Riding Duel Grand Prix in Neo Domino city… I'm the current King in that city," he answered sharply. The whole crowd went dead silent. You could hear the person breathing next to you; it was that quite as they all gazed at the famous professor and duelist. Takeru was the only one not staring in amazement, no, he was staring in disbelief that his roommate was so well known that he could make a roughly one-thousand plus crowd of excited fans go speechless.

"I k-knew you looked familiar! I'm sorry, Mr. Fudo, please… you and your friend behind you… g-go right on in. And if anyone else inside stops you from seeing Mr. Hogan, just tell them who you are; they'll let you see him! After all, he's your old teammate!" the security man declared, letting the two men inside without a fuss. Yusei bowed his head slightly in thanks and smiled, walking inside. Takeru, who was still in his, "What-the-hell-just-freaking-happened," mode, followed his friend into the Prince Dome.

"How the hell did you do that, man? Are you that famous? And I thought you hated throwing around your title like that!" Takeru yelled, very confused.

The other shrugged and shoved his hands in his pockets. "Fame does have its perks at some points. And yes, I do hate throwing my title of Neo Domino's King around just to get what I want, but this was just one of those very rare times that it was needed. I sort of feel bad now that it's over with. I slowed the line down and those people have probably been waiting for hours to get in," he answered, looking around the dull gray hallways. He glanced down at his watch and saw that it was 9:16. He had about forty-five minutes to find and talk to Crow.

They found another guard not long after the two duelists entered the facility. They asked him how to get to Crow Hogan's pit, but the officer declined on answering them since no one was allowed to bother Mr. Hogan while he was preparing for that nights match. Yusei, with a heavy heart, said that he was a friend of Crow and stated his name. Right when the words, "I'm Yusei Fudo," came out of his mouth, the man pointed to the stairs that led to an underground hallway that led to Crow's pit. The two of them thanked the man, and then followed his directions to the underground walkway.

Yusei was the first to come up out of the tunnel, seeing Crow sleeping with his feet kicked up on one of the computer monitors in the pits and snoring. Yusei chuckled; the Blackfeather duelist hadn't changed much over the years. His orange hair was as spiky as ever and his four yellow markers were still tattooed proudly all over his face. He was wearing a brown riding jacket with one of the company's that sponsored him logo on it and black riding pants with black riding boots to wrap the outfit up. His earrings were different, too. Instead of bolts, they were replaced with gold bullet casings. His nickname growing up had been Crow 'the Bullet' Hogan, so it fit in with his name.

Yusei laughed at his sleeping ally and walked up to him, shaking his shoulder. "No, boss, five more hours," the asleep man mumbled, swatting Yusei's hand away from his shoulder. Takeru ran up and smacked Crow in the head, making him fall off his chair. Instantly, he woke up. "Alright, I'm up! Is the duel starting, am I on camera?" The orange haired duelist looked around the room in a blind panic and turned around to see just who had woken him up.

"Good evening, Crow, did you have a nice sleep before your match started?" Yusei teased with a smirk.

Crow's eyes went wide when he saw just who was in front of him. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and blinked a few times. "Am I still dreaming or are you two actually here?"

"You're not dreaming, you brain dead idiot," Takeru answered, folding his arms over his chest. Crow smiled his big moronic grin and wrapped his two friends whom he hadn't seen in a year or so in a hug. They all laughed and hugged the other person back, happy to see the each other after the longest time of not even speaking to one another. Crow patted Yusei and Takeru on the back one last time before letting go and looking them both in the eye.

"Man… it seems like it was just yesterday that we were all find out that we had Yamis… and that was almost five years ago! Sheesh, how time flies when you're not really paying attention, don't it? You two have grown up a lot… well, Takeru, you have, but Yusei on the other hand is still tall and stone faced," Crow stated, pushing Yusei in the shoulder. Takeru laughed while the other duelist merely glared playfully at his former teammate.

"Man, that was five years ago… and hey… your birthday is coming up in September, isn't it?" Yusei questioned with a smile.

Crow nodded, holding up a thumb's up. "Yup, I'll be turning twenty-four, just like you, ya little genius!" he shot back.

"Hey, I'm not little… I'm taller than you."

Crow's left eye twitched. "You don't have to remind me, ya jerk," he muttered, crossing his arms in irritation. He shook off Yusei comment and continued smiling. "Anyway, what brings you two to this part of Japan? You two are some of the last people I would expect to see tonight, so… what gives? Something happen in Neo Domino?"

Yusei shrugged. "I guess you could say that. It's about A—," he began, but a loud horn sound cut him off. Takeru jumped and covered his ears to block out the loud noise.

"Ladies and gentlemen, will everyone take their seats for the duel is about to begin momentarily," an announcer declared over the intercom.

With a heavy sigh, Crow put his hand on Yusei's right shoulder. "That's my cue man; I gotta get onto my D-wheel. We can talk once this duel's over and done with… with me as the victor," Crow announced, smirking and running off toward the Blackbird. Yusei and Takeru smiled, sitting in the pit in front of the monitors to watch their friend duel. The two duelists jumped onto their motorcycles and rode to the starting line. Crow glared sportingly at his opponent as he revved his engine, waiting for the MC to let them begin their duel.

"Riders ready… 3, 2, 1… Riding Duel, Acceleration!" the MC shouted into his microphone. Crow and the other racer dashed out from the starting line. A shiver was sent down Yusei's spine when he heard those words over the intercom. He wanted so badly to get back on the track, feeling the wind wiz by his head and the adrenaline pump through his veins as he placed a card on his duel disk. He missed the days of Team 5Ds and he wanted that feeling of competing in a tournament to not be such a stranger to the scientist's mind. He wanted to go back, but he couldn't. All of his time was being taken up by the Fortune Momentum. He didn't have time for silly and fun things like Riding Duels or dueling in general anymore, that fact feeling heavy on his heart.

Almost everyone in the large stadium was cheering for Crow since he was the town's star and favorite to win. "He has really made a name for himself in the past year or so here," Yusei thought, a smile creeping up on him. The former pro was happy that his friend was getting to do what he loved as his career. Yusei loved both dueling and physics… but he couldn't do both. The ginger duelist riding on the track made quick work of his challenger, beating him in less than five rounds with his ace monster, Blackfeather Dragon. The whole crowd was applauding, cheering for the victor of the match. The Blackfeather user got off his D-wheel and walked over proudly to his adversary, shaking his hand with a smile. The other competitor smiled back and shook his hand in return, congratulating him on a duel well won.

It was around midnight when everything was over, which included photos and interviews. It took longer than it usually did, according to Crow, since Yusei was there. The three of them went back to Crow's small apartment uptown. Right when the ginger opened the door, Takeru was the one to get tackled to the ground. A teenager with light brown hair was the one to knock Taka off his feet. He was a bit shorter than Yusei, but still taller than Crow and was wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans.

"Dah, I've missed you, Taka! I've had to pull pranks on Crow by myself!" the teen, Riku Gionavi, shouted, still clinging onto his friend.

"Why does this keep happening to me?" the other former Yami muttered under his breath before laughing. "Riku, how the hell are you? I've missed you, too! And don't worry… I've got a few plans up my sleeve for those pranks you were talking about." Riku snickered and stood up, helping Takeru up off the hallway floor. Crow smiled and ushered them all inside to the slightly messy apartment.

Crow got everyone something to drink and showed them around, telling many stories about everything that had happened over the past year. He asked how the orphans were back in Domino. Yusei was happy to inform him that he would visit them and Martha every month just to check up on them. Each visit, they would always ask if he had heard from the ginger and ask how he was doing being a big shot- riding duelist.

Crow's eyes got teary. "The little nerds still care about their big brother Crow! I miss the little nerds! I wanna see them! Let's go to Domino right now, I gotta see the nerds!" he pleaded, begging on his knees to Yusei.

The crab head laughed. "I'm not going back to Domino for another month or so, Crow. Speaking of which… there's something… you should know about. And I want your opinion on something."

Chibi: *waking up* did you guys like it? I think the ending kind of sucked, but whatever… anything to get it out on time this time around. I plan on updating once a week now.
Yusei: Little nerds?
Chibi: That's what Crow called the orphans in the English Dub and I kind of liked it… he sounded cute when he called them little nerds.
Takeru: You always think Crow sounds cute.
Chibi: You shut up, spirit boy. You don't wanna piss Chibi-chan off when she's this tired. *turns to you readers* Reviews + being nice + no Geometry homework = a happy and carefree Chibi Duelist. G'night guys. *falls back asleep*