I DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TAKE CREDIT OR OWN 5D'S OR THE CHARACTERS…

~ Chapter 10# ~

Rex Goodwin tried to walk calmly as he exited the room. Those blue eyes haunted him; they were a constant mirror of his best friend, Dr. Fudo. Goodwin entered his limousine and looked out of the window. How could this child survive under such adversity? How could he still walk and hold onto that same hope and boldness his father had possessed? Goodwin tried to stop his mind from resurrecting old memories, old memories he despised and hated with an unnatural strong intensity.

About 10 Years Earlier

Goodwin looked down at the squirming three-year-old raven-haired tike and smiled. His thoughts turned toward the day his best friend, Dr. Fudo, had informed him that his wife, Alana, and he would never be able to have children. Five years later after a lot of prayer, little Yusei had been born. Numerous Doctors had informed the couple that their hopes for children would never be realized, yet here was this little child. A blessing in his midst or so it would have seemed.

Present

Rex Goodwin step out of the open limousine and onto the red carpet. He entered into his mansion and went to his study where he sat at his desk filling out paper work. Yes he had been happy when Dr. Fudo had joyously announced the coming of his first child. How could he not have been happy for his best friend?

Then the momentum had spun out of control, and Rex's brother had been enticed by the dark-side. Goodwin clenched his jaw. It had been all of Dr. Fudo's fault for the malfunction of the momentum and Goodwin's brother had been an victim to the greed of power. Goodwin had watch as Dr. Fudo placed the three year-old tike in a capsule as the momentum reach it's point of explosion.

After the catastrophic event, his sorrow had turned toward anger and because of that anger; he blamed it all on Dr. Fudo. It had only seemed logical to Rex Goodwin at the time. After all Dr. Fudo had built the momentum in the first place. Goodwin spent a short time searching for Dr. Fudo's son, later when he had found him, he place the young child under Security's Child Program in hopes of erasing the power Dr. Fudo wanted his son to have… the power to connect people with hope. Goodwin frowned, but his plan for revenge had failed. Yusei would continue to connect with his friends and form unbreakable bonds just as Dr. Fudo had hoped. Hope. Hope would not bring his brother back from the evilness that had perverted him.

Back At The Summer Facility

Yusei pushed open the door and was met by a concerned Jack and Kallen. His eyes narrowed as he searched the room for Crow. Burning with a fever of concern Yusei turned to his friends, "Where is Crow?"

Jack shrugged and turned away but Kallen answered Yusei's question, "We were able to pull him out in time Yusei… then we were pushed out of the way and one security officer took him to the hospital. We couldn't stop then from taking him."

Yusei covered his head in frustration and gave out a pained cry that caused even Jack to shiver. Yusei rammed his fist into the wooden door splintering the wood and drawing blood from his skinned knuckles. Yusei leaned against the door, quiet tears burned his cheeks. He had failed to keep Crow safe, he had failed everyone.

Kallen looked toward Jack who gave a helpless shrug. They too felt helpless, they hadn't been able to protect Crow nor were they able to comfort their grieving friend whose heart was being torn in two.

Two Days Later

"Yusei… you have to eat something," begged Kallen touching Yusei's feverish forehead. Kallen let his had drop to his side, Yusei's eyes were a listless, a fact that scared Kallen. He was deeply concerned for his friend. Kallen looked up as Jack pushed open the door. Kallen shook his head, when Jack's eyes looked questioningly at him. "He's not getting any better. I'm worried Jack, I really am."

Jack kneeled next to Yusei, "Yusei if you eat something… I'll try and take you to see Crow."

Yusei's eyes flickered, "Do you know where he is?"

Jack bit his lower lip. Of course he didn't know where Crow was! What kind of dumb question was that? Heck, he didn't even know where he was! Jack chose to take a gamble even if it meant lying to Yusei. "Of course I know where he is!" he stated as arrogantly as he could. Yusei let out a strained laughed. "What? What's so funny?" Jack questioned hoping Yusei hadn't completely lost it.

"You're a terrible liar Jack…" Yusei smiled honestly at his blond friend, "Just be honest with me okay? Do you really know what you're doing or where you even are?"

"No!" snapped Jack hotly.

Kallen grinned, "I thought as much."

Yusei turned to Jack, "It's okay Jack, I know what you were thinking…"

"What? What was I thinking?" Jack questioned unsure whether to be upset or not.

"You were thinking I shouldn't be sulking around right?" Yusei watch his friend redden and smiled, "Its fine… I was thinking about how to find Crow… Guess that's all I have thought about for the last few days."

"Yeah, you have. So… uh, have you come up with a plan?" Kallen asked hopefully.

"Yes. But I'm going in alone-"

"Oh no your not Yusei! You are not leaving Kallen and I behind. And I mean it. We are coming with you."

Yusei knew it was no use to argue with his two friends so he nodded. "Okay we'll leave tonight."

That Night

Jack pulled up his smaller friend atop the wall and groaned, "Yusei you sooo need to lose some weight!"

Yusei panted, "Only a little bit further… I got some information from an officer telling me where Crow was."

"You did what?" Kallen hissed his brow creased with anger, "You are not even supposed to talk to them!"

Yusei ducked his head meekly, "How else could I have found Crow's location Kallen? I had no choice."

"You always have a choice Yusei," rebuked Kallen frowning, "I suppose the officer didn't hand over the information without you giving him something?"

Yusei turned away, his voice slightly quivered, "I gave him three of my cards."

Kallen felt like he had been slapped. Yusei loved his cards! He cared and found importance in each one. Kallen at once wished he had not been so hard on his younger friend. "I'm sorry Yusei… you can have some of my cards."

Yusei shook his head, "Thanks Kallen, but those are your cards… you'll need them one day." Yusei leaped down from the wall and into some bushes near an open window. It was easy to wedge his small body through the half open window. Yusei rolled onto the floor before springing up and opening the window more to let Jack and Kallen in. The three ran down bare corridors, only their shadows gave way their presence. Finally, Yusei stopped at a metal door and opened it quietly. He could see Crow crying into his pillow, his small shoulders shaking with quiet sobs. At once Yusei reach Crow's bedside and touched Crow's shoulder.

Crow turned around quickly, tears still streaming down his face. "Yusei!" Crow hugged his "older" brother Yusei.

"Are you okay?" Yusei asked holding Crow at arms length.

"I'm fine… they said I could go back tomorrow… I was scared for awhile but a pretty nurse came and told me that she would make sure that I was taken care of." Crow spoke hurriedly, hoping to tell Yusei everything before he melted away in the shadows like a dream.

Yusei seemed to sense Crow's feelings, "You don't have to rush time."

Hearing a small sound Crow looked around Yusei, "Oh… you brought Jack along… did you have too?"

Yusei tousled Crow's orange hair and smiled, "No, he wanted to see that you were all right."

"Yeah right! He probably wanted to see if I was dead or not so he could steal my cards," Crow knew what he said probably wasn't true but he might as well give Jack a reason to keep on scowling at him.

Jack however, seemed to take Crow's lighthearted words serious, "I can't believe I came to see the little rat."

"I'm not a rat!" Crow protested indignantly, "The nurse told me I was a good little boy."

Yusei smiled, "And she's right." Crow gave Yusei another hug, he knew he was not always good, not like Yusei anyway, so it was quite debatable that he was a good little boy.

"We need to be back at the base before dusk Yusei," Kallen whispered from the door, "We should get going."

Crow grabbed Yusei's wrist as he started to leave, "Don't leave me Yusei!" he begged.

Yusei lifted Crow's chin, "I won't leave you-"

"Yusei!" Kallen warned.

Yusei motioned Kallen to wait, "We are friends Crow and friends have bonds. We'll be together no matter what. As long as you hold to our bond of friendship I will never leave you."

Crow watched his friends fade away like shadows from the morning sun. He looked down at his hands and noticed a piece of paper sticking out from under his blanket. It was a card… Yusei must have left it for him. Crow picked up the card and studied it. On it was a small bird flying, Crow let a tear slid down his face, maybe it was Yusei's way of saying that he would fly one day.

Going Home

Yusei never looked back at the center as he and his friends entered the bus. He chose an empty back seat next to Crow and dumped the army bag onto the ground. He was glad to be going back, he could sense they all were.

"When we get home I bet Martha will have a cake for us," Crow stated hopefully.

"When I get home, I'm not going to do any work for a week," stated Jack turning around his seat. "And no one is going to make me either."

Kallen joined the conversation, "When I get home I'm going to sleep all day for three days straight."

"What about you Yusei?" Crow questioned, "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to work towards making a dream come true."

Jack rolled his eyes and plopped back into his set. Kallen gave a careless shrug and looked out the window and the disappearing trees. Only Crow took Yusei's words seriously, "I believe you Yusei. You can do anything!" Crow stated confidently.

Yusei returned Crow's smile, "No Crow… I can't do everything."

"Sure you can Yusei!" smiled Crow.

Yusei gazed out the window. He knew he couldn't do everything, He couldn't bring back Crow parents or Jacks or Kallen's. He couldn't even bring back his own. He couldn't change the way things were run by the Director… not yet anyway. But one day he would.

Sorry I haven't uploaded for so long… school is really taking up my time. Thank you for the reviews and subscriptions… they make me feel happy and important and of course they make me want to write more. Hope you enjoy and continue to review. So what do you think of the story so far? Please review and tell me if this appears too see through! Or tell me what you think will happen next. I love reading each one of your comments! Hope to update Soon. Stay updated in the next story when Yusei catches a bug and Crow tries to make his sick friend feel better.