I waited outside the bathroom waiting for Leo to get changed back into his normal clothes. As I waited one of the other duelists passed by me and dumped their drink over my head and kept walking. Right after that happened, the girl named Aki turned the corner. Seeing the aftermath she walked over to me, "Why didn't you fight back?"

I shrugged, "I just have to put up with this kind of thing until the tournament is over. Then I can return to Satellite where I probably will get the same treatment from the duel gangs. Difference is, I can tell which people in Satellite would do it, but in the city everyone does it-except the one that spoke up."

Aki protested, "That doesn't mean that you should just put up with it."

I looked her in the eyes, "If I fight back, I go straight back to the Facility. And plus I don't have telekinesis like a certain other person."

She jumped, "How did you..."

"You have the same build, same hair color, and you touch your arm every time you see me."

She looked me in the eye, "By the way, I can't believe that people believe you are a guy."

A smiled slipped onto my face, "Most girls don't dress like me, yourself included. And then there's the fact that I'm the only one with my name, making it so no one knows what gender it belongs to. So they just assume that I am a man."

Just then I heard footsteps approaching. I looked over and saw Dexter and Luna trying to console Leo, "Come on Leo, every time you lose you have a chance to learn so much."

He looked at me, "Just don't lose your duel Yusei. We want to see you win."

I sighed, "I promise that I will do my best. I can't promise more than that. The one who is going to win is the one who understands their deck best."

Aki nodded, "True. You win more often when you have an alliance with your deck."

She looked at a nearby clock, "Thank you for talking with me Yusei. But I must get to the arena now."

"Be careful, okay? I have a feeling they want us riled up."

She nodded and she walked away. I turned to the kids, "I need to clean up really quick, but you better get to the stands."

All three of them hurried off as I went to my garage as quickly got rid of the soda in my hair. As my hair dried I sat down to watch her duel alone. Despite the fact that she looked older than me, something told me that I had more years in life.

She managed to beat him without using the dragon that she undoubtedly had, which was impressive considering how much he was trying to break her.

I was working on my runner when the door opened and she came in, "Why do I feel like I can confide anything in you?"

I looked up, "I have no idea, but people have done it for my whole life. Even the people who raised me did it on multiple occasions."

Aki looked at me, "Can you feel what other people feel?"

I nodded, "Always have."

She leaned against the wall, "Then it makes sense. You're an empath."

My eyes looked at hers, "What on earth is an empath?"

"Someone who can feel the emotions of others. They also are completely genuine, so everyone feels like they are safe talking to them."

"So it's a power like your telekinesis?"

She nodded, "How do you know about telekinesis but not empathy?"

I gave her a pointed look, "There are actually quite a few people with telekinesis in Satellite. We all learned that they are humans that are just like the rest of us...as long as they aren't yelling."

Next came a question I wasn't expecting, "How do you control your powers?"

Thinking about it, "I just accept that I have them and move on with my life. At first, when I worried about it, I could feel way too many emotions. But once I learned to accept that it was my life, my powers calmed down."

Aki sat on the ground next to me, "I never wanted these powers."

I shot her a look, "No one does. But you did well at controlling them today."

"Thanks."

An alert went off, telling me that the last duel was over, "Sorry Aki. I need to get ready for my duel now."

She nodded, "Yusei?"

I looked at her, "Yeah, what is it?"

"How can you tell if someone is your friend?"

I smiled at her, "If they put your needs before their own or always support you, even if you mess up big time."

She left, and I could feel her worry was growing as she went away. I wonder what is making her so upset that she came here to talk with me..