Me: Short, I know. But I've been busy with my other fanfics lately. I promise I'll work on this one more.

Friend: You better . . . .

Me: Anyway . . . this will come to a conclusion in about uuuuh lets say five to seven chapters, but don't worry there will be a sequel, or uuh prequel! Whatever you want to call it!

Friend: Whatever, just hurry up and write . . .

Me: I am you goddamn Sprick!

Friend: What's that?

Me: I dunno. I got it from Yugioh GX Abridged by DarkSideIncorporated, I love that series, although Little Kuriboh still pwns all!

Friend: True, true


*Star*

When we arrived at Martha's I could see Luna and Leo waving to us. I smiled at them and waved back. They ran up to us as fast as their little legs could handle. I had to prepare myself because they slammed right into me for a hug. I wrapped my arms around their heads that only reached up to my stomach. "You just saw me a few days ago, you know." Luna looked up at me while Leo rubbed his face into my dress.

Yusei went to go talk to Crow while Akiza went to stand by Jack. I raised an eyebrow at how friendly they were being. Before it was like they were indifferent with each other but now . . .

I couldn't help but giggle a bit as Jack turned to me only to blush and turn back to finish his conversation with Akiza. I grabbed Luna and Leo's hands and started to walk back to the house. They protested, but I ignored them. They were too young to notice it.

It was a good thing that we went inside too. The air was getting colder and colder as the sun went down. I let go of the twins as we entered the warm building. I sniffed in the air and shivered in anticipation as I realized that Martha was baking something. "Apple pie," Luna said to me as she saw my expression. I couldn't remember if I had ever had any apple pie but it sounded really good at the moment. Leo dragged me into the kitchen as he went on about how he beat someone in a duel the other day. Luna rolled her eyes as I congratulated him. I had never dueled before, but it sounded like fun. I sat down at the table and watched as Leo and Luna both pulled out their cards and organized them on the table.

There was a sound of a door opening as the others joined us inside. "Oh! Martha, whatcha bakin?" asked Crow as he ran into the kitchen to see what it was. The smell of apples was filling the kitchen as he opened the oven just a bit to peek inside.

"Crow! You get out of that over or so help me, I'll get you out of there myself!" came Martha's voice as she stomped into the kitchen. She swatted Crow away into the living room before checking to see if the pie was done herself. "Hmm, needs a few more minutes. It can cool while we have dinner." She closed the oven only to lift a spoon and start stirring the giant pot that was on the stove.

"Star!" I heard someone call my name from the living room. It was Crow's voice. I tilted my head in curiosity before getting up and heading into the next room. Jack and Akiza were sitting on the same couch, much to my amusement, while Yusei was seated on the armchair. Crow was standing up with a proud grin on his face. "We've got something for you~!" I tilted my head to the side, wondering just what they could have gotten me. I was happy enough as it is.

I looked over at Yusei who smiled at me and gestured for me to come sit with him. I went over, only to be pulled into his lap with his arms hugging my waist. I leaned into his chest and waited for something to happen. Jack was the one who supplied first. "Here," he said simply as he gently tossed a small box onto my lap. I stared at it for a good minute before I opened it. There was a lot of wrapping but once I got down to it, there was a little device with numbers on it. "It's a cell phone." Jack said simply and I nodded in understanding. I had heard of cell phones. They were supposed to be portable phones. I had never really seen one before, though.

"Thank you!" I knew that this gift was probably expensive, and probably necessary for what I had been getting myself into lately. I gently put the box on the coffee table but kept the cell phone in my lap. It was a light blue, but I loved the color. I traced the numbers and held it up for Yusei to see.

"Mine next~!" Crow practically sang as he handed me another box. Only this one was lighter and smaller then the last. I looked at it before carefully opening it. Inside were a lot of Duel Monsters cards. I looked up at Crow, then to Jack then to Akiza and finally to Yusei.

"These are mine?" I asked tracing the smooth cards with my finger. I looked through them to see many different types of monsters, but the ones I saw mostly were spellcaster types. There were also plenty of spells and traps to go with them. "Thank you!" I said holding both the deck and the cell phone.

"I suppose it's time for mine," said Akiza as she got up and held out something for me to see. It was clothing. It wasn't like the dresses that Akiza kept giving me; it had brown pants that went up to my knees and a sleeveless black shirt with a blue dragon design on the front and dragon wings on the back. Although the design might have looked boyish, the cut of the clothing was very feminine. "I finally found cloths that I thought you would like and look good on you." She said as she got up to lay the clothing on my lap.

I placed my deck and cell phone on top of it. "Thank you very much!" I said bowing my head slightly. These had made me so happy. I traced my new gifts as Yusei chuckled in my ear. I grinned and started looking through my cards again.

There was a pair of voices that came into the room, "Wait!" both Leo and Luna said at the same time. I blinked as they ran in with Leo carrying something close to his chest. "This is for you!" He said holding it out. I took it with one hand only to realize that it was a Duel Disk. This must have been so expensive!

I traced the rim of the white duel disk that was a light blue. I really like it. It was slightly different from Yusei's from what I could tell, but that suited me just fine. I felt like the duel disk was for me and only for me. I know it sounded selfish, but I had been borrowing everyone's things and never really had anything of my own. Although they were gifts, I felt like they were especially for me.

I leaned down and hugged both Leo and Luna at the same time. I felt their little arms wrap around me and felt a familiar twitch deep down in my heart. This feeling was recognizable somehow; I just couldn't determine what it was. When I let them go, they both ran to talk with everyone else; leaving me to my own thoughts.

I traced the duel disk and stared into space. I thought about everything that had happened to me in such a short time. A cold strip on my neck woke me from whatever daydream I was having. I looked down to a small metal chain that was being wrapped around my neck. There was a little trinket hanging from it that was in the shape of a lily-like flower. I stared in awe at the beautiful necklace and then looked back at Yusei who had placed it around my neck.

"What-?" I was about to ask, before he lightly pressed his lips on mine. It was a sweet, gentle kiss. Although the kiss was short-lived I could feel Yusei hold me closer to him and I simply melted into his chest. I closed my eyes, only realizing now just how tired I was. I listened to Yusei's heartbeat. It was strong and steady; a perfect lullaby.

"You're tired," There was no surprise in his tone, only light teasing, "Go to sleep, Star. It's been a long day and you're still recovering." I smiled into his chest at his concern. He wasn't treating me like a weak child, or some sort of pitiful patient. He was stating a fact and telling me the best way to get better. I liked this about Yusei. He had a sense of what was right and wasn't right and yet still giving me a choice on my own. I knew that I could stay up as late as I wanted and that he wouldn't yell at me for it. He would still be concerned though.

I relaxed my muscles and let him wrap his arms around me in a warm blanket. I shifted so that my head was leaning on his shoulder. I breathed in his scent, and let myself drift off. I wasn't really asleep, just resting. To show that I was still awake I used my thumb to trace circles on Yusei's arm. He leaned his chin on my head and let his grip go slack, but still held onto me. I closed my eyes and continued to trace soft circles on his arm. The chatter of everyone in the room was a simple white noise in the background as I continued to hear Yusei's heartbeat.

Eventually I stopped my circles but was still awake. Tiredness held my body but it strangely didn't make its way into my mind. "Yusei," I heard Jack say in a quiet whisper, "How are the nightmares?" I was surprised but I didn't show it. Instead I pretended to be asleep.

"She hasn't had any since that first night, but I have a suspicion that they are about me," Was he talking about me?

"About you? Why would they be about you? Did you say she acted like she was being attacked?" This time it was Akiza. Her voice was also in a whisper.

"Before 'Kiryu' kidnapped her, he said something strange. He said that he was surprised that 'he' wasn't born as a Dark Signer. I couldn't help to think that he was talking about me, but why would I be born as a Dark Signer?" There was a pause before anyone could come up with anything.

"Maybe . . . you're like the Original Dark Signers, only you're an Original Signer!" This time it was Leo.

"No, Leo! Star's an Original Signer! And there are only five Signers, remember?" Luna corrected him.

"Oh yeah . . . sorry Yusei . . ." I felt him shake his head at Leo as if to say not to worry about it.

"It's alright Leo. But you all know what this means, right?" There was an eerie silence that almost made me want to say something. Yusei sighed, "It means I'm like Rudger. I have both good and evil within me." I understood what he meant. It was the answer that no one wanted to hear or believe. Even me, who was having the nightmares didn't want to believe it. Yusei was the final Original Dark Signer.


Me: Dun DUN DUUUUUUUUN!

Friend: Was that really nessessary?

Me: No, not really . . . .