A/N: I OWN NOTHING! EVERY BIT OF YU GI OH 5DS GO TO THEIR CREATORS! THE ONLY THING I OWN IS MY OCS!

Chapter 38

Doctor's Opinion

At the hospital, the others met Yusei in the hall as he came out with Jayla who had bandages on her neck. "She okay, Yusei?" Trudge asked.

"Rose gave her a good strain on her neck; but as long as she doesn't strain her neck too much until it's healed enough, she should be fine," he explained.

"How long until it's healed?" Akiza asked.

"A couple weeks," Yusei answered. They gave a small sigh in relief. "Speaking of Rose, where is she? And where is Ancient?"

As soon as he noticed Luna's tearful expression as soon as he said the final name, he knew what happened. "I'm sorry, Luna," he told her gently. She gave a small, sad nod.

'This is my fault,' Jayla thought.

"Where's Rose?" Yusei asked again.

"I told her to leave us for a bit," Akiza told him, shocking him a bit. "Just until she figures out what's going on with her. But not to return until then."

"Akiza…" Yusei muttered.

"I'm sorry, Akiza," Jayla told her in a small whisper.

"It's not your fault, Jayla," the said Signer told her. "After what she did with Ancient and killing her because she was defending you, I didn't trust her not to do the same with any of us since we're trying to protect you, too. She needs a breather to figure herself out, and straightened herself out, too."

They turned as the doctor and Crow walked out, Crow wearing a shoulder cast. "He should be fine, but he shouldn't use that arm until it's fully healed," the doctor informed.

"How long will that be?" Leo asked.

"It should be fully healed within a month," the doctor answered.

"But the prelims are in three days!" Akiza exclaimed in shock and worry.

Crow began to beg the doctor to let him participate in the tournament, but the doctor refuses. The angered Crow and he moved to take his cast off, only to cry out from the pain.

"Crow!" Yusei called followed by Jack.

"Crow, stop," Jayla told him worriedly. "You'll just make it worse."

"Why? Why now? What am I going to tell the nerds?" Crow muttered as tears began to fall down his cheeks.

. . .

Jayla was listening as Jack and Yusei were discussing what they were going to do now that Crow was out of action.

Bruno came downstairs, "You'll lose life points if you continue with only two players," he stated.

"We can't afford that," Yusei responded.

"Then I'll participate," Akiza chimed in and they looked at her. "I'm a part of Team 5D's too. And I have my own duel runner." Crow began to walk out and Akiza called, "Crow, wait."

"Shut up!" Crow yelled. "You don't know how I am feeling right now!" He then walked out with that.

"Akiza, don't take anything he just said to heart. Remember, Crow loves dueling with everything he has. He had been looking forward to participating in this tournament for a while. Plus, he's a little emotional since Wing just died," Yusei told her. "He just needs time right now."

"Right," she agreed. She looked down. 'I think the main reason I offered to join the tournament so easily was to get my mind off of Rose.'

. . .

The next day, Jack, Bruno, Jayla, and Yusei were on their duel runners searching for Crow and Akiza.

"Where are they?" Jayla wondered.

"I'm not sure," Yusei answered. "Are you sure you're okay to be looking with us at the moment?"

"I'm pretty sure, Yusei," she answered. She began to focus when she exclaimed, "Head to the practice tracks!"

Yusei nodded. "Right," he agreed. He let Bruno and Jack know what they found in terms of where the two Signers were. They were quick to arrive together and they came in to see Crow drilling Akiza, just as Akiza and Yusei were after the duel against Andre.

As Akiza passed by, she flashed Crow a thumbs up. They all turned to each other as the approaching group stopped in front of the two.

"You can really worry a person, Crow," Jayla stated with a small smile. Crow nodded with a slight smirk.