Author Note: Woah approaching chapter 10 already! I must say I have no idea how long this story will be I always just keep writing until I have an ending so I really can't give you all a definite chapter count. Hope you all continue to enjoy reading and what I have planned isn't too surprising. Wanted to get another chapter out for you guys so this one is a little bit shorter, however I have a plan! XD.

Underground Pulse Chapter 10 - A Yu-Gi-Oh 5DGX Story

Though Yusei thought Judai had recovered from his amnesia this was not the full case. He did remember most things however some things were still a bit fuzzy. Names were not an issue now as he remembered everyone's names but sometimes some things he would ask he previously knew so we would have to remind him.

"Hey Yusei where are you going?" Crow asked as the mechanic headed for the stairs.

"I'm going to pick up Judai. Thought I could refresh his memory a bit more with riding duels and get him ready this time..." the duelist's voice lowered to a whisper as he finished his statement. He gripped onto the stair's railing as he looked down to the left side of himself.

"Yusei..." Crow said concerned for his friend as he looked down at the ground as well.

"I'll be going now." Yusei said as he walked up the stairs.

"No I don't believe you! You can't be telling the truth! That's not possible!" Yusei heard screaming from inside of Judai's and Johan's apartment. Soon a door flung open and Judai ran out running into Yusei. He quickly looked up at the mechanic with a distraught face and then shoved himself off of him as he continued to run past Yusei. Johan came to the doorway and Yusei looked at him with a questioning expression.

"He still didn't remember..." Johan said as he looked towards the ground. His face twitched in pain as his right hand made a fist by the side of his body. "There was no other way... I couldn't sugar coat it anymore. I had to tell him... he asked again if we could see him. I'm sorry Judai... but it is true..."

Yusei looked towards the teal haired male unsure of whether to speak or not. It seemed as though the man was talking more so to himself than anyone in general he even seemed as though he was in a daze... or unbreakable trance. Though he did hear what the man had said and wondered what could have upset Judai so much. Looking in the direction where Judai would have gone Yusei started to walk in that general direction hoping to find the boy.

Judai sat against a wall of a building in a back alley. He hugged his knees as he stared at the ground. "It can't be true... it just can't be. But would Johan lie to me?" Judai shook his head from left to right; "No! I refuse to believe this! There is no way! It can't be true!"

Yusei continued to walk as he searched for Judai. Thinking he would be at the underground arena he went there first but to his dismay no Judai. In all honesty the duelist was shocked that Judai wasn't there as that is where he always seemed to go now the search was going to get difficult. Yusei didn't really know the town anymore than the underground arena and Judai and Johan's apartment he didn't ever need to travel anywhere else in the town. He continued to walk hoping that by some freak accident or miracle he could spot the boy somewhere. Time went on and the sky darkened a little as a little bit of a misty rain began to fall. Yusei walked past a side back alley way when he heard a faint voice.

"It can't be true. It can't be true. It can't be true." the voice repeated over and over again.

The black haired man turned his head to see a shadowy figure against a wall. He walked down the alley until reaching the figure.

"It can't be true. It can't be true. It can't be true." the person continued to say.

Yusei looked at the person. Their head was lowered onto their knees as their arms were wrapped around their legs. He could only see the person's hair color and clothing. Judging by what he saw he took a guess;

"Judai?"

"It can't be true. It can't be true."

"Judai?" Yusei tried again, kneeling down beside the male.

The figure slowly lifted his head looking towards Yusei. His eyes lacked any sort of emotion and he looked absolutely exhausted. "Huh? Oh Yusei... what are you doing here?"

"I think the better question is what are you doing here? Are you okay? You seemed pretty upset when you ran out of your apartment like that."

"Oh right... you saw that. I just needed to get away... I needed some time to think I guess."

"Oh I see..." Yusei replied as he looked away from Judai's face.

"It just... I can't believe what he said. What Johan said it can't be true..." Judai said to himself.

"What did he say if you don't mind me asking... if you're uncomfortable with telling me I understand."

"He said. He said... that Shane is dead."

Yusei flipped his head back to Judai's face upon hearing this. "So that's what he still hadn't remembered..." the mechanic thought. "Judai... what Johan said... it's..."

"It's what? Do you know something about this Yusei?"

"Yes I do Judai... what Johan said is true I'm afraid... Shane is dead... I'm sorry Judai."

Judai's eyes began to water as he blinked. "No it can't be true! It can't be! It can't be!" Judai shouted as he shook his head from left to right once again in denial.

"Judai... as hard as this may be for you to believe... you are the one who told me about Shane's death."

"What? I did? But no.. I couldn't have!"

"Yes you did... Judai I know this is a bit much to take in but I have to tell you. The doctor told you... but at that time you didn't know. Perhaps you still don't know. You and I were in a riding duel together. You crashed and lost your memory but now your recovering. I mean... you are much better than you were... but... I... this is so difficult to explain I'm sorry."

"I was... in an accident?"

"Yes."

"And Shane... he really is dead then."

"Yes... I'm sorry Judai."

"How..."

"How?"

"Yes... how. How did he die? I don't remember I want to know."

"Judai..."

"Please... if you know please tell me I want to know."

"Judai... I don't know if that idea is so wise..." "I don't want you to loose it again..." Yusei thought.

"Please Yusei!" Judai begged.

"Judai... I... I can't."

Judai began to throw a sudden fit as he began to sob hitting Yusei's chest. "Why? Why not? Why can't you tell me?"

"Judai... I'm sorry I just can't." "You're already beginning to loose it I don't even want to imagine what it would be like if you heard what happened to your friend." Yusei thought as Judai continued to pound on him out of frustration.

Judai slowly stopped pounding as he began to blink slower and his speech began to tire. "Please... please... why won't you tell me..." the boy drifted as he shut his eyes, his body falling forward succumbing to his fatigue.

Yusei caught the boy as he leaned against the wall he stroked his hair letting the distressed male slumber. "I'm sorry Judai... it just... wasn't the right time..." the raven haired male thought as he looked down upon the slumbering male.

Judai woke up, looking up he saw Yusei's face; the mechanic peacefully asleep. He slowly blinked trying to figure out where he was as he gently sat up trying not to disturb the male's slumber. "What... what happened last night? And where am I?" Judai thought as he looked from left to right. "Ah right... now I remember... Shane." Judai thought collecting the events which had taken place last night as he bit a lip, eyes watering once more.

Yusei grumbled and tiredly spoke; "I'm sorry Judai..."

Judai looked towards the man at the slight grumble listening to him. "Is he talking in his sleep again?" Judai thought as the man continued to breath slowly, eyelids still shut. This time however, Judai tried pressing a bit at Yusei; "What is it Yusei... why are you sorry?"

Yusei grumbled once more; "That I... I didn't tell you... about your friend's death... I know but I can't..."

"But... but why can't you..." Judai said more to himself than the mechanic however he replied once again in his slumber;

"Please... stop arguing with me Judai... I just can't. Please I don't want you to..."

"You don't want me to what Yusei?" Judai pressed on trying to get as much out of the man as he could.

"I don't want... I don't want you... to loose it again."

"Loose it again...? What does he mean by tha-" Judai thought getting cut off by his thoughts as sudden images started to flood through his brain. An image of himself on a bench crying. Then all of a sudden hugging Yusei. Then completely full out sobbing as he held onto him? It seemed to hit him like a tone of bricks all at once. His eyes were open as he looked up towards the sky, water streamed down his cheeks; "SHANE!" Judai yelled as he sobbed.

Yusei jumped, his eyelids flipping open at the sudden shout. Seeing Judai's sudden condition he immediately placed his hands on the boy's shoulders as he shook him. "Judai! Judai! Settle down it's okay!"

"Shane! Shane no! Please! Why you? I don't understand! And why in such a horrible way! I don't understand! WHY?" Judai continued to sob as he shouted towards the sky.

"Judai! Judai look at me!" Yusei yelled trying to get the boy's attention.

Judai continued to sob as he looked down at Yusei; "What? What is it that you want?" he snapped.

"Judai settle down I'm just trying to help you!"

"Now you're trying to help me? You wouldn't help me last night when I wanted to know how Shane died why are you helping me now?" Judai shouted at Yusei as he continued to sob.

"Judai I didn't want to tell you that last night because I was afraid of how you would react... I only thought of what would be best for you."

"How do you know what's best for me?" Judai argued his eyes starting to tinge to amber.

"Well... I suppose I don't... I just... I don't like seeing you like this..." Yusei said as he looked towards the ground.

"Like what?" Judai spat getting frustrated as his eyes started to glow amber.

"I don't like it... when you're upset. It bothers me... I don't like to see you cry. So please... please settle down."

"Yusei...?" Judai questioned as his eyes stopped glowing but remained amber.

"I don't like it... when my friends are upset..." Yusei continued as he shut his eyes, grimacing.

"Yusei..." Judai said as his eyes reverted to brown once more. He then latched onto the black haired man, wrapping his arms around him.

"J-Judai?"

"You... you don't be upset either." Judai said as he continued to hang onto the man.

"What?"

"I... I don't like it when my friends are upset either."

"But... I'm fine." Yusei said.

"Yusei... don't you ever... let down your walls?"

"Huh?" "There it is again... those "walls" that he talked about before." Yusei thought.

"Oh! It's nothing!" Judai exclaimed as he released from the man sitting up straight once more, now smiling at him.

Yusei looked at him slightly confused; he blinked coming back to reality. "Right. Well we better get back to your apartment I'm sure Johan is worried about you. I wouldn't be surprised if he was searching for you as well."

"Ah you're right! I feel bad now for just running off like that... I'm sorry... I've caused trouble for you Yusei."

"No it's okay... I wanted to know why you were so upset."

"Well... thank you. If you ever need to talk to me about anything... you know I'm here for you."

"I appreciate the thought. Now come on." Yusei thanked as he stood, Judai stood up beside him as they made their way out of the alley way only to be greeted by a frantic Johan.

"Judai! Thank goodness! Are you alright? You're not hurt are you? Are you okay? I'm sorry I just... I had to tell you... I didn't want to hide it any longer..."

"Woah! Johan I'm fine. It's okay. Thank you for telling me I appreciate it."

"Never the less come on back to apartment we can have some breakfast." Johan said he then looked to see Yusei; "Yusei you hungry? You're welcome to join!"

"Thank you but I'll have to decline I'm sure my friends are wondering about me I should head back to my town."

"Alright. Ride safe." Johan said.

"Thank you Yusei." Judai said.

"Thank you?" Johan asked.

"Yusei took care of me last night... made sure I wasn't eaten by wolves!" Judai joked.

"Judai." Johan smiled at the carefree comment. "Well my thanks to you as well Yusei for taking care of Judai."

Yusei nodded. "Not a problem. I'll walk back with you since my duel runner is by your apartment and then I'll be on my way."

"Sounds good." Johan said.

The three walked to Judai and Johan's apartment. Once there Judai and Johan waved Yusei one more final farewell as he embarked his duel runner and started it. He revved the runner as he accelerated out of the town thinking only one thing while doing so;

"Let my walls down... perhaps... I should tell him... everyone else knows.. but I still I don't know..."

"Yusei! Where have you been are you alright?" Aki asked frantic as Yusei entered the building where Crow, Yusei, Jack and Bruno resided.

"Sorry Aki... certain unforeseen circumstances came up when I went to pick up Judai yesterday. I ended up staying in his town for the night. I should have called my apologies. I didn't mean to worry you all." Yusei said to Aki along with Crow, Jack and Bruno who were standing behind her.

"Oh I see... well as long as you're alright... that's the most important part." Aki replied.

"Aki... everyone..." Yusei said looking at his friends. "Thank you for your concern."

They all nodded. "Of course Yuse we're your friends did you think we wouldn't be wondering about you?" Crow said.

"That's right. We're all connected even if we didn't want to be remember?" Aki said as she rolled up her sleeve showing her signer birthmark.

Yusei nodded. "Yes I know. However I doubt I would ever want us to not be connected. I can't even imagine what life would be like if our bonds broke."

The others nodded in agreement. "I think our bonds will always stay strong even if we were to ever separate." Crow said.

The group smiled to each other. "Yes. These bonds will always remain strong... even those who do not have a birthmark residing within them I believe we will all still be connected somehow." Yusei said.

Everyone nodded once more agreeing. "Oh! I better get going school will be starting soon! I'll see you all later alright?" Aki called as she ran to the stairs, proceeding up them.

"See you later Aki have a good day at school!" Crow yelled.

"My friends and I have been through a lot... Judai and I have been though some things... but I don't know if I should tell him. He did say he would wait until he could hear it from me... but I just don't know. I feel like he should know some of my past... I know some of his... very little but it's something." Yusei continued to ponder.

"Hey Yuse... so uh what about Judai's D-Wheel?" Crow struggled to ask.

"Oh right... I forgot about that..." the mechanic replied looking towards the mangled duel runner.

"You know... if we work on it together I'm sure we could salvage it." Crow offered.

"It's not your problem... I don't want you to burden yourself." Yusei replied.

"Hey I don't want you to burden yourself either! I'm offering to help because your my friend and although I don't know Judai all that well yet I hope we can become real good friends as well!"

"Crow..." Yusei blinked taken aback by this. "Thank you. I appreciate the offer and if you would help me I would greatly appreciate it."

"Alright then Yuse! Let's get started on this then shall we?"

Yusei nodded. "Yes let's."

The two made their way over to the runner starting to work on it.

It had been about three days and Judai had decided to text Yusei to see what he was up to. He wanted to practice his dueling with synchro monsters again and was hoping the mechanic wasn't busy. He replied back claiming he could help and declared he would come over with his deck.

About fifteen minutes had passed and there was a knock on Judai and Johan's apartment door. Judai answered to see a very sleep deprived looking Yusei, dark circles residing under his eyes.

"Woah Yusei! Are you okay? You don't look like you're up to a duel." Judai asked noticing Yusei's appearance.

"Huh? I'm fine Judai. I'm actually glad you got a hold of me today." Yusei replied.

"Oh really? Why is that? Come on in will you?" Judai said stepping to the side so Yusei could enter into the apartment.

Yusei entered following Judai to sit on the floor where a table was. "Yeah Crow and I have been making some real progress on your duel runner. We should be able to have it fixed in a couple more days."

"My duel runner? Oh right... the accident. Oh wow really? That's really nice of you and Crow! Are you sure you're up for a duel Yusei? You really don't look too well."

"I'm fine." Yusei said as he reached for his deck. He began to shuffle and yawned unintentionally while doing so.

"Okay..." Judai said not quite believing the riding duelist as he got out his deck as well and began to shuffle.

The duel progressed and Yusei's mind continued to wander at the thought that was haunting him. "Maybe I should tell him now... but I... I just don't know. Perhaps I should." "Hey Judai?" Yusei asked.

Judai looked up to Yusei. "Huh? Yeah Yusei?"

"There's something that I..." Yusei started looking towards the boy.

"Something that you what?" Judai asked.

Yusei continued to look at the boy. "Oh it's nothing. Nevermind..." "Why can't I tell him... why is this so difficult?" the man thought.

"Oh okay." Judai said shrugging it off as the two continued to duel.

The day progressed and Yusei soon bidded Judai farewell as he left returning to his storage area/home. The duelist found himself going to bed being tired from his recent workings on Judai's duel runner. He laid on his bed with his hands behind his head as he looked up at the ceiling. His thoughts continued to wander. "Why is this so hard? All my other friends know about my parents. But it's not just that... I suppose just knowing that would be awkward... I feel like he has to know other aspects of my past. But why do I feel like he does?" Yusei thought as Judai's words rang through his head once more.

"Yusei don't you ever let your walls down?" "Just let your walls down okay?"

Yusei shook his head. "Let my walls down... why are such little words so troublesome to me? I feel as though I have to tell him but how... or is there a certain time? I couldn't today... but I will tell sometime... right?" Yusei thought as he looked towards the ceiling he thought of ways he could tell the boy about his past, but mostly his parents as he had said something about them before. Judai said he would wait, but with his amnesia who knew if he even remembered this conversation? His mind was still fuzzy. Different thoughts of how to come about telling this situation flew through Yusei's mind. "Maybe if I... no that wouldn't work. Perhaps if I... no I don't think that would either. But maybe if I tried to combine.. no that wouldn't be plausible." the mechanic struggled to fight fatigue as he thought. He closed his eyes as he thought when another plan of action flew into the man's brain. His eyelids shot open and he sat up on the bed at the thought. "Woah... why did I think that? And why... why did it seem like the best plan I've had? I couldn't possibly... no I couldn't do that." Yusei blinked as he then laid back down on his bed going to sleep.