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Copper: What's with you?

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Copper: Are you okay?

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Copper: I guess I'll be the informant today. This chapter focuses-*Quickly skims through chapter*-on me and both my parents. Oh, and this flashback is a repeat of the flashbacks in chapters 2 and 3 of TWENTY YEARS AGO, but she added in a little bit more.

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Copper: AnimeKiwi369 doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's or its characters, she only owns the storyline and her own characters, like me.


Reminiscences

Chapter 12: Psychic Powers

The female Signer touched the old energy stabilizer she still kept in her hair, "I was so afraid when she got her powers."

"You shouldn't have been." Her husband told her.

"I know, but after what I had been through, I was afraid she would go through that to." Akiza looked over at Yusei with a gentle smile, "But you helped me see I had no reason to be afraid."

-Flashback-

Copper had just discovered her powers. She was in the kitchen with Akiza, when her mother asked her to hand her the spoon on the counter. Copper was four and very small, and the spoon was at the back of the counter. She stood up on her tiptoes and reached as far as she could, but couldn't reach. Come here. She silently commanded, not expecting the stirring spoon to be in her hand the next second.

Akiza realized that her small daughter couldn't reach what she had asked for, and went to get it, when she saw the stirring spoon slowly make its way toward her small hand.

No, Akiza thought wanting to burst into tears, Copper has my powers. She walked over to her daughter, who was surprised an object had slid across the counter into her hand. Copper turned toward her mother, shaking a little.

"I-I…..How did I-I…" Copper stammered.

Akiza crouched down so she was Copper's height.

"Cyli, honey, you have psychic powers." She told the young girl simply.

"What does that mean?"

"Let's just say it means you're very special." She reached out and tipped her daughter's head up to look directly into her eyes. "I need you to promise a few things."

"What?"

"One: I need you to promise me that you'll never think of yourself as a monster or witch."

"Okay."

"And two: promise me you'll never hurt anyone with your powers, like I did to so many, including my father and yours."

She nodded, "I promise." She told her, "How could I hurt somebody? And how would I feel like a monster or witch?"

Akiza sighed, "When you start dueling, you'll see for yourself, but when you summon a monster or play a card, you can make the damage real with these powers. I did that for so many years. I hurt so many people. I hurt my father and yours and almost hurt my father again. I'll never forget those days. I hated my powers for so long. I always was called a witch or a monster and I believed I was after a while. My own father called me a monster. I'll never forget any of those days." She answered, looking away from her young daughter, "Never."

"Mommy?" Copper asked timidly.

The Signer sighed again and looked back at her daughter as she moved her hand to push a stray lock of her dark hair behind her ear.

"Go upstairs and play until daddy gets home."

"Okay." The young girl replied quietly, looking down and left the kitchen. Akiza waited until she heard her daughter's small footsteps had gone up the stairs getting quieter and quieter before she let a few tears fall.

"I'm sorry, baby. I'm so, so sorry." She whispered and grabbed the phone, dialing her husband's cell phone.

He was at work when he got the news. Yusei and Crow were working on trying to fix a client's duel runner. He heard his cell phone ring and saw 'Home' on the caller ID. Probably Copper wanting to know when I'm getting home. He had thought, smiling.

"Hello?" he said, expecting a little voice to reply.

"Yusei," Akiza replied with her voice trembling, "Copper she's… she's developed… my psychic powers."

"Really?" He had not been expecting that. Both of them knew that their daughter might inherit Akiza's powers. That was one thing she had been afraid of initially when they had found out she was pregnant and that they were going to be parents. Yusei thought she had gotten over that.

"Yes."

"All right. Listen, I'll be home as soon as I can. I love you." He tried reassuring her.

"I love you too."

"Who was that Yuse?" Crow asked as soon as he had hung up.

"Akiza," having the feeling his friend would press on for more info he added, "She told me Copper has inherited her powers." Crow gave a little nod, letting the subject drop. It was a few more hours later when he had arrived home. He already started thinking about making an energy stabilizer bracelet for their daughter. Akiza came out of the kitchen to see him as he came in. She looked worried.

"Yusei…" she started but couldn't finish. She had tears in her eyes. He pulled her close. "I know I can't avoid it, but I don't want her to go what I went through." she sobbed into his shoulder.

"Akiza, she isn't going to go through what you went through."

"You don't know that. I don't want to end up doing what my parents did. I don't want you to leave." she said, telling him her biggest fear.

"Copper won't go through what you did," he repeated wrapping his arms around her waist, "and we're not going to do what your parents did. Besides we both know how to help her; we know what we are getting into. With both of our help, she can learn how to control her powers so she won't have to go through what you did. We're not going to ignore her. And as for that last bit, I love you and I will never leave you. I promise; it'll be okay." he said firmly but gently, placing a kiss on her forehead. "We both love her and that's one thing that'll always help her."

"All right." she whispered, wrapping her arms around his neck.

He looked around, "Where is Cyli anyway?"

"Upstairs in her room. I told her go up there and play until you got back. You should probably go see her while I make dinner." Akiza suggested, having been reassured by her husband's words. She smiled at him and buried her head in his shoulder, "And thank you, Stardust. I wish I had, had you instead of Sayer back then. I love you more than anything in the world; except maybe our baby girl."

Yusei smiled back at her and said, "You're welcome Black Rose and I feel the same way. I'll go see how our little star-rose is taking this gift of yours." But he stood there for a moment enjoying how close he and his wife were.

He kissed her again and reluctantly pulled away from her to go see his daughter. Yusei went upstairs to Copper's bedroom, only to find her staring at her ceiling from her position on the bed. Hearing her door being opened she sat up, her mostly blue-indigo eyes a bit watery.

"Hi daddy." she replied as he came in. He just couldn't help but notice how cute she looked at four. Her mostly dark hair was about shoulder length, hanging loose around her and the red was obvious now. He came and sat down on her bed.

"So I hear you've inherited your mother's psychic powers."

"Yes. Are you mad?" she asked timidly.

"Why would I be mad at you, just for having psychic powers?"

"Because mommy told me what happened with her and her parents when she discovered her powers. I don't want that to happen." She had tears in her eyes too.

"Oh, sweetie, it's okay." Yusei tried reassuring her as he had a few moments ago with Akiza. He wrapped his arms around her tiny body and pulled her into his chest. "That isn't going to happen. You mother was afraid of that too, but not anymore. It's not going to be like with your mother's parents and her. They were afraid of her powers. But neither of us are; we know how to handle this."

"I don't want to hurt you or mom like she almost did and did to her dad!" Copper cried harder.

"You're not going to hurt us. And that was because she didn't know how to control powers then. She didn't learn until her second duel against me. But she also had anger due to a lack of love, friendship, and understanding in her life in her heart until then; that contributed to her pain and anger. But you have all of that. Your mom and I love you more than anything other than each other. Both of us are going to help you learn to control your powers. By the time you're your mother's age when she learned to control her abilities, you're going to be just a powerful as she is." Yusei told her softly as he pulled her back to wipe her tears. Copper looked into his eyes.

"Really?"

"Really. Besides these powers are a gift. Not a curse, like you mom thought for so many years. Besides your powers make you more special than you already are." he grinned at her.

"You think I'm special, daddy?" Copper asked with a dazzling twinkle in her eyes.

"Of course I do. You're my little star-rose!" He said as he picked her up and swung her around playfully. "Promise me one thing?"

"Anything, daddy!" she told him, wrapping her arms around him in a way much like Akiza's

"Never think of your powers as a curse. Or of yourself as a monster or witch."

"I promise, but mommy already made me promise that. And daddy?"

"Yes?"

"That was more than one thing for me to promise." she smiled. Yusei just smiled back.

"I know." he kissed the palm of her hand and held it in his as she kissed him on his marker.

He carried her downstairs where Akiza waited. Yusei put his daughter down and she rushed over to her mother and pulled on her jacket. Akiza crouched down to see what her daughter wanted. Copper put her arms around her mother's neck and hugged her as hard as her little frame could.

"I love you, mommy." she smiled. Akiza's only reaction was to wrap her arms around her small daughter and pick her up. She looked over at her husband, who was smiling.

"I love you too, Cyli." she told the four-year old, hugging her back. Yusei walked over to both of them and put his arms around his two favorite girls.

"I'm glad you're both feeling better." He told them. Akiza pulled back from her daughter and the now two psychics looked at each other lovingly.

"So are we." They responded simultaneously.

The dark-haired Signer embraced them both tighter.

-End Flashback-

"I actually was thinking about this the other day." Yusei commented to his wife.

"Really?" he nodded, "When?"

"When she was crying a few nights ago; I really hope she's all right."

"Me, too, Yusei, me, too."


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Copper: What's wrong?

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Copper: Well, the chapter was sweet.

AnimeKiwi369: *Unenthusiastically*. Thanks.

Copper: That's it! I'm finding out what's wrong!

Rikki: I know!

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Copper: Why are you here?

Rikki: I wanna help. *Whispers to Copper*. Her dog was put down yesterday. I'll see you later.

Copper: *To Rikki*. Okay. Thanks. *To AnimeKiwi369*. I'm sorry.

AnimeKiwi369: I had him since I was two...

Copper: I'm really sorry. Please review and please review kindly. She'll try to update when she's feeling better.

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Copper: You're welcome.