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Chapter Ten – The Album

"Alright, Crow," Yusei stated plopping the album down on the kitchen table. "So what are we looking for exactly?"

"I was hoping you'd know."

"Well," he sighed. "I guess we'll just have to see what we see..." The raven-haired duelist flipped open the cover.

"Uhm... Maybe these photos with a bunch of people would be a good place to start," Crow suggested. "Maybe we'll recognize some one..."

"Hm," Yusei nodded. "Only problem is how is that gonna help us? The only people we'll recognize are those we already know... It won't help us much."

Crow sighed. "It'd sure help if we knew what we were looking for..."

"All my dad said was 'they hold more than they appear' ... That's all I know about it."

"Hey! Maybe there's something written on the back of one them! Ya know... an inscription or something..."

Yusei gave a short laugh. "If that's the case, it could take quite a long time to find."

"So we should get started in other words!"

Yusei smiled slightly, nodded, and began to remove photos from their slots.

One Hour Later

"OK," Crow mused, rubbing his eyes with his thumb and forefinger. "What do we have so far?"

"Not much, I'm afraid," Yusei responded with a sigh. "Just a list of names for the most part; a few names of places, too, but that's about it."

"Man, I'm starting to think I was wrong about something being on the back... You'd think we'd have more to show for an hour's worth of work otherwise."

"We still have over half the album left, Crow; there could still be something we haven't seen. So let's keep going."

"Right." Crow reached to slide the next photo from its place. "Whoa! What that - ?" The photo slipped free, but it felt thicker than the others had. The orange-haired duelist flipped the photo over; on the opposite side, taped face down, was a duel monsters card. In the bottom right-hand corner was printed the initials HF. "Ya don't think... ?"

Yusei nodded. "It's possible. And I think this is what my father wanted me to find."

Peeling the tape off carefully, the monster card Dark Magician was revealed on the front side of the card.

"Ah man!" Crow practically jumped out of his chair. "Talk about a rare card! ... But I don't get it; what's the point?"

"My father seems to like talking in riddles; maybe this is just one of them. We had better keep the card and photo separate from the album; there might be a reason they were taped together."

Crow looked over at his friend raising and eyebrow and cocking his head to one side. "You s'pose there's more of them?"

The raven-haired youth only nodded and proceeded to feel the backs of the photos for more cards.

Thirty minutes later, the two boys had collected four cards and four photos to go with them. There were two monster cards - Dark Magician and Celtic Guardian - and two traps - Chain Reaction and Swords of Revealing Light. The photos were as different as the cards. Many of the people in the photos neither Yusei nor Crow recognized, and the captions had been smeared beyond interpretation.

"I'm still confused, Yus'. What do they mean?"

Yusei shook his head. "I have no idea, Crow, but I sure wish I did."

Eighteen Years Ago

"What are you doing, Love?" Kara Fudo asked looking over her husband's shoulder.

"Someday our son may wish to know about this whole ordeal. I'm making sure he'll have some clues to the past should anything happen to us," Hiero answered without looking up from the photos he had compiled.

"What do you mean 'should anything happen to us'? Hiero, is there something you're not telling me?"

He didn't speak for a moment as he finished securing Celtic Guardian to the back of a photo. "I didn't want to have to tell you this," he said after a moment. "But work on this Ener-D Reactor has become dangerous. So much so that I have decided to shut it down. Roman Goodwin wasn't a fan of the idea when I first posed it, and I'm sure he will try to resist it when I make the announcement tomorrow. Should something go wrong, I want you to take this album, leave it with Mr. Wacha, and flee from the city; I don't know what could happen if it spins in reverse. I don't even know if it would be possible for you to escape. And that is why I will take Yusei with me to work until I know how this will play out. I have created an escape capsule that will fit just him inside, and I know it can withstand most any force. Even if we do not live past next week, he will have a chance."

"You said the cards were clues," Kara mentioned to change the subject; her voice betrayed her as it shook with fear when she spoke.

"Hm." He nodded. "Not only do they tell the story, but I want my son to have some piece of his father, however small it may be."

Present Day

"Excuse me." The receptionist looked up. "I'm trying to find someone who lives in this area. I don't suppose there's someone here who could help me find the address, is there?" Kara Fudo knew perfectly well there was someone that could tell her of her son's whereabouts, but since this was the capital building, there was no guarantee they would actually help her.

"Well, you supposed right," the receptionist answered in an icy tone. Without another word, she returned to her work on the computer.

Kara turned and left the building. She had expected such an answer; everything had changed so much in the last eighteen years. 'Now what?' she wondered as she walked into the wind. With her head down she didn't see the man she walked into until impact.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going!"

"No, no! It's as much my fault as yours! Are you alright, ma'am?"

"In terms of running into you, yes... In terms of learning the location of someone, not so much..."

"Yeah those goons in there are really something else, aren't they? Who is it you're looking for?"

"Oh, I doubt you would know him..."

"Hey, you never know! I get around a lot and happen to know quite a number of people in this city."

"I suppose it couldn't hurt any to ask. I'm looking to contact Yusei Fudo."

"Well, ma'am, it's your lucky day! The name's Blister, and I happen to be a friend of his!"

"Really? That's wonderful!" Kara exclaimed. "Could you give me the address?"

Blister nodded. "You may want to write this down; it's a little confusing to get there the first time."

Kara lurked in the shadows of a nearby building to where her son lived, hoping to catch a glimpse of him. She was in luck. A moment after she arrived he appeared, coming down the street with a young lady. It had to be him, she was sure; after eighteen years he was the spitting image of his father. The girl she did not know, though with dark burgundy hair and slight features, she was quite attractive. The two were chatting happily and laughing, and she had to wonder if the two weren't dating.

It was all she could do to keep from bolting out of her hiding place and embracing her son. 'I can't endanger his life...' Kara thought as tears formed in her eyes. 'As much as I wish to embrace him and see the man he's become, I cannot... So I will give him what he needs and be gone.'

After night had fallen, she quietly crept up to the door, left a parcel wrapped in brown paper, and fled away again into the night.

Author's Notes: Blister's a little too trusting, but I had to have some way for Kara to find her son... Ah well... Next chapter up soon^_^