A/N: I OWN NO PART YU GI OH 5DS! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS! THE ONLY THING I OWN ARE MY OCS!

Chapter 10: Acceleration of the Heart

The next day, Yusei helped Jayla, Jack, and Crow finish up the engine of a duel runner. The three Signers were a bit shocked at how well Yusei worked with mechanics. And they weren't sure whether it was because he was billions year old god or because he just know mechanics from the last timeline.

A knock came at the door just as they finished and Akiza walked in wearing a leather, riding outfit.

"Hey, Akiza," Yusei greeted. "Ready for your test?"

"I'm a bit nervous that I won't make it," she admitted.

"You'll do great, Akiza," Jayla told her. "We made this duel runner for you. It's assembled from parts obtained from a junkyard but it should be enough for your test."

"Thanks," Akiza responded. "I definitely have to get my license now."

They talked a bit more before Crow and Jack had to go out, Crow for a delivery and Jack for coffee, and Akiza needed to head back to Duel Academy for class.

Later on, Akiza came asking for help with balancing and riding backwards and Jayla took her to a skating ring for it. The twins and Yusei followed.

"Is this a date?" Leo questioned.

Yusei smirked as Jayla was trying to help Akiza learn how to skate and Luna replied, "Yep, it's a date."

(A/N: Yes, I just did that; and yes, I am a supporter to gay rights and all that stuff. And I swear to god, if I get any comments saying how wrong it is, I will not be afraid to report it. All people should have the ability to be themselves, so accept that I feel that way and don't try to argue it with me. It's how I feel, you have how you feel, leave it at that. No arguing in the reviews about whether gays should be killed because religious things like the Bible says that it's wrong. Don't. Test. Me. Now back to story!)

Yusei knew Akiza didn't know how to roller skate from what he had seen after returning to being a god and didn't bother to warn Jayla. He wanted to see how she handled it.

When they were finished and Akiza needed to head back, Jayla came to Yusei and asked, "Did you know she couldn't roller skate?"

"Yes," he answered with a small grin. "I knew after I returned to being a god."

"Why didn't you tell him?" Luna asked.

"I wanted to see how he would handle the situation," Yusei answered and Jayla gave me an annoyed look. Leo and Luna laughed a bit at it making her sigh in defeat. "Let's get going."

. . .

The next day, Yusei and Jayla worked on Akiza's duel runner for a bit. Jack and Crow had helped but not being too skilled in mechanics couldn't do much. Crow was a bit more of a help, considering he made his own duel runner.

Akiza stopped by just as they finished and was shocked and happy that they had remodeled it for her. "Thanks, guys," she told the other Signer and the god of wind.

"Jack and Crow helped too. But they had to go somewhere," Jayla informed her psychic friend.

"I'll definitely get my license. After all the effort you guys have put into it, I can't let you down," she said.

"You're our friend, Akiza," Yusei told her. "You don't need to thank us." Jayla nodded in agreement with a small grin.

"Speaking of your license, you're getting the final exam to get it today, right?" Jayla asked.

"Yeah," Akiza answered.

"We'll be there watching and cheering you on," Jayla told her. She nodded with a small smile.

"Why don't you take the new duel runner for a spin?" Yusei suggested

Akiza gave a confident grin and pulled it out. Jayla drove on her runner and Yusei took flight behind the psychic who rode her duel runner smoothly.

"Feel good?" Yusei asked Akiza.

"Yeah," she answered. "Feels a lot smoother and stable."

Jayla drove up closer to her. "Good," she told her. "It should be easier to ride."

Akiza's watch went off. "Oh! I need to get to the exam," she stated.

"Perfect timing then," Jayla said making her laugh and Yusei grin.

They drove off with Yusei following by flight to the Duel Academy's riding field. When they arrived, they were met by Jack, Leo, Luna, and Crow. Yusei also noticed three previous students that he remember Akiza telling him they didn't like her because she succeeded over them.

They turned as another guy crashed before the duel even commenced. Yusei was tempted to go help them but knew it wasn't his place and the guy was already getting up fine.

Yusei attention was taken back to the others when Jack asked Akiza, "So who's in charge of the exam?"

"That would be me," Trudge stated walking up.

"You're in charge of the exam?" Crow asked.

"Didn't really expect that to be something you would do," Yusei told him.

Trudge smirked. "Learn something new every day. Figured that must be true ever since I found out there were actual gods that weren't just myth," he stated glancing around Yusei who shrugged with a grin. "Anyway," he turned back to Akiza, "because of the World Racing Grand Prix, the amount of people requesting a license has increased way up. So, in order you to pass the exam and obtain one, you have to defeat me in a turbo duel."

Yusei noticed Jayla was a bit worried as was everyone else but he stay relatively calm. He knew Akiza could do this. Just like a new envoy, starting out is difficult and it's hard to get people to believe you; but you get the hang of it eventually and people will back you up.

"Now I won't go easy on you, Akiza," Trudge said.

"I don't want you to," she responded and they soon left for the duel.

The others sat in their seats in the stands with Yusei sitting a couple rows behind them, Jack sitting behind us and the twins and Crow sitting to the left of Jayla. Up further to the right and behind them were the three guys who had a devious smirk. Yusei didn't like it very much, he knew they were planning something bad. He turned back as the duel started.

Akiza took the first turn and drew his card. "I summon Revival Rose (Attack 1300/ Defense 1300) in defense mode," she declared. "Next I activate the Speed Spell…" she stopped as she didn't have enough speed counter to use her spell.

'Remember the speed counters, Akiza,' Yusei thought. Though he didn't turbo duel anymore, he still remembered the rules and everything in between like he hadn't ever stopped.

Akiza shook her head to clear her thoughts. "I end my turn," she finished.

Trudge drew his card. "I summon Stygian Street Patrol (Attack 1600/ Defense 1200) in attack mode. Stygian Street Patrol attack, Revival Rose!" he ordered and the attack hit destroying Akiza monsters. "And now its effect activates, inflicting damage to you equal to the level of your monster times 100." Akiza's life points fell to 3600 with the blow. "I end my turn with one face down."

Akiza drew her card. "I summon Twilight rose Knight (Attack 1000/ Defense 1000) in attack mode and activate its effect. This allows me to special summon my Lord Poison (Attack 1500/ Defense 1000) in attack mode. Now I tune Lord Poison with Twilight Rose Knight in order to synchro summon. Appear, Black Rose Dragon (Attack 2400/ Defense 1800)! Black Rose Dragon, attack Stygian Street Patrol!" she ordered. The attack succeeded in destroying Trudge's monster and bringing his life points down to 3200.

"I activate Final Penalty! This destroys your dragon and inflicts damage to you equal to half the attack of my Street Patrol," Trudge fought and Akiza's dragon was destroyed as said and her life points fell to 2800.

"I activate the effect of Revival Rose to bring itself back in defense mode," Akiza continued. "I then place two cards face down and end my turn."

Trudge drew to begin his turn. "I activate the effect of Stygian Patrol. By removing it from play from my graveyard, I can special summon another Stygian Street Patrol in attack mode. Next I normal summon Stygian Security (Attack 100/ Defense 600)," he declared. "Next I tune Stygian Street Patrol with Stygian Security in order to synchro summon, Stygian Sergeants (Attack 2200/ Defense 1800)! Now Stygian Sergeants, attack Revival Rose!" The attack destroyed Akiza monster. "And now since it destroyed your monster by battle, I can activate Stygian Sergeants' effect. This increases its attack by 800 (Stygian Sergeants: Attack 3000) in attack mode and allows it to attack again. So, Stygian Sergeants, attack Akiza directly!"

"I activate Offensive Guard! This halves the attack of Stygian Sergeants until the end phase (Stygian Sergeants: Attack 1500) and I can draw one card," Akiza defended. The attack continued and Akiza's life points dropped to 1300. "And now since we're entering the end of the battle phase, you monster's effect expires (Stygian Sergeants: Attack 700)."

"I activate the Speed Spell- Speed Demon! This inflicts 1000 points of damage at you," Trudge fought and Akiza's life points fell to 300. "And on my next standby phase, I can add Speed Spell- Speed Demon from my graveyard to my hand by removing three of my speed counters. I'll end my turn with one face down." And since it was the end phase, Offense Guard's effect expires returning Stygian Sergeants to a full 2200.

Akiza drew her card. "I summon Witch of the Black Rose (Attack 1700/ Defense 1200) in attack mode and activate its effect which allows me to draw one card," she declare and drew her card. "And since I drew a monster, Witch of the Black Rose is not destroyed."

"I activate Climatic Barricade! Since you normal summoned a monster, all monsters level four and below can't attack this turn. And you'll be taking 500 points of damage for everyone level four of below monster you control during your end phase," Trudge played.

"I activate the Speed Spell- Summon Speeder to summon Dark Verger (Attack 0/ Defense 1000) in attack mode. Now I tune Dark Verger with Witch of the black Rose to synchro summon. Bloom, Splendid Rose (Attack 2200/ Defense 2000) in attack mode. And now I activate the effect of Splendid Rose. By removing from play Dark Verger from my graveyard, I can halve the attack points of Stygian Sergeants until the end phase (Stygian Sergeants: Attack 1100). Now Splendid Rose, attack Stygian Sergeants!" she ordered. The attack succeeded in destroying the monster and dropping Trudge's life points to 2100. "And now I activate Blossom Bombardment! This inflicts damage equal to half the attack points of Stygian Sergeants straight at you." Trudge's life points dropped again to 1000. "And now I activate the second effect of Splendid Rose! By removing Lord Poison from play, I can halve Splendid Rose's attack points (Splendid Rose: Attack 1100) and it can attack again!"

Just as she was about to win, an explosion hit a frame holding large pipes. The pipes came crashing down after Trudge had passed them. Yusei could see everyone were all extremely concerned by what was happening except the three guys. After a few, tense moments, Akiza came riding out of the dust fine. Yusei released a relieving breath that he didn't know he was holding. He knew he could've helped a bit, but he knew the others wouldn't want him to since it would mean revealing himself to everyone here.

Yusei turned back to the duel as Akiza caught up, much to Trudge's surprise. "Splendid Rose, attack Trudge directly and end this!" she ordered. The attack hit making Akiza the winner.

The duel ended and they both stopped. "Nicely done, Akiza," Trudge praised.

Her friends all ran down to meet her as Trudge handed her the license. She turned to us. Jayla offered a hand which Akiza took with Jayla saying, "Welcome to the world of turbo dueling."

"Thanks," she responded. Yusei gave her a smile before they all left the Academy.