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 42

Revelation

The next morning, Era wakes up first. She untangled herself from Yusei and went to the mirror to check on her back while they were asleep. She had to muffle a yelp of shock. The bumps were replaced with two large, feathery wings. 'How did Yusei not feel this in his sleep?' she wondered. The wings were freshly fallen snow white with red tips. Era heard movement from the other room and remembered Bruno.

She covered her wings and with her jacket and walked out to see Bruno sitting up working on something.

"What're you doing there?" she asked curious. He jumped and stared at her. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"It's okay," Bruno passed.

"Hey, can I ask you something?" Era began.

"Sure, I can try to answer it," Bruno said.

"You seem pretty good with programming and mechanics. I learned a lot from my family over the years but I never learned all of it. Could you teach me a bit more?" she asked.

"I guess. What do you know so far?" Bruno asked.

She explained all she knew about the world of programming and mechanics. Bruno then began to use the computer he had to demonstrate some of the remaining information.

"For a duel disk, this code can trigger the set of duel disk. How fast the automatic shuffle is, how powerful it can be," Bruno explained.

Yusei was watching from the doorway. He couldn't hear most of the conversation. 'Why is Era so into what Bruno is talking about? What's he telling her?' he thought. He was afraid where their relationship could end up.

"That actually sound similar to what I know," he heard Era say.

He walked over and asked, "What's going on over here?"

"Bruno was telling me more about programming and mechanics," Era explained. "Teaching me some things I hadn't learned yet."

"I see," Yusei said.

"Do you want to check out your engine, Yusei?" Bruno suggested.

"Sure. Maybe make it better," Yusei agreed.

Era watched as Bruno and Yusei discussed his runner and began to learn more form observation. As time goes on, Yusei thanked Bruno, "Your suggestions are extremely helpful."

"Your basics for it were solid. As I would expect from Dr. Fudo's son," Bruno said.

Era had brought some food and drinks for the three of them with Yusei's sitting next to him. As he grabbed the food and drink, he asked, "Did you know my father?"

Bruno didn't answer but he said, "Dr. Fudo's Ener-D is in all the duel runner engines. Any Duel Runner mechanic would know. Did your name came from the Yusei gear?"

"I think so," Yusei answered.

"Is that true. It's an interesting name. The Yusei gear is an interesting name. One gear won't do anything; the central gear uses the surrounded gears to rotate. If they were just using parts of the duel runner, what's the central gear that moves them?

Yusei answered, "It's the duel monsters that are with us in turbo duels. Above that, I have bonds with Jack and Crow."

Bruno commented, "It sounds wonderful."

"Mina told me that you lost your memories," Yusei said.

"When I realized I did, I was washed up on the beach," Bruno responded.

Yusei asked, "Were you in some sort of accident?"

"I don't remember it at all. When I work on duel runners and duels, it feels like he can remember something," Bruno replied.

"I get it. You will be staying for a while, right?" Yusei asked.

Bruno asked, "Is that still okay?"

"Of course. After all, for the WRGP we need a new machine," Yusei said.

"I'll become part of the gear that reaches towards Yusei's dreams," Bruno asked.

"Thank, Bruno," Yusei said and held out his hand. Just as Bruno is about to shake his hand, he switches to his other one. This showed to Era that his left hand is dominant.

After a bit more talking Yusei and Era sit down on the couch and continue to talk to Bruno. Era was surprised she could even sit on the couch with her new wings. She sat forward so she didn't smash her wings between her body and the couch.

"You can lean back, you know?" Yusei said. 'She usually leans against the couch or against me. Why not now?' he thought.

"I-I'm okay," Era replied.

He reached out and pulled her into him. But when her back touched his arm, he looked at her. "Era, what's on your back?" he asked.

"Nothing," she answered nervously.

"Era," he said with a warning tone.

"Just…" she trailed off obviously confused and frightened by it.

Sensing Era's distress, Bruno said, "I'll go to the kitchen and get some water."

She looked at Yusei who gave her a look of concerned. "Era, what's going on?" he asked gently.

"I-I'm not entirely sure," she answered.

"Show me so I can help you at least," he suggested. Era stood up and rolled up the back of her shirt until her wings were completely revealed. Yusei's eyes widened with shock. "Era…" he trailed off unsure of what to say.

"I-I don't know what's happening to me," Era said. Despite giving a tough expression a lot, Yusei heard her voice straining to hold back fearful sobs.

He walked up and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm here, Era," Yusei said. "I'll help you." Yusei felt a few tears drop onto his shirt and he stroked Era's hair to relax her. "We'll figure this out Era. Together."

'I don't know what's happening to the girl I love, but I do know that I'll help her through this with all my ability,' he thought. He gently pulled down her shirt and jacket that she had left up.

She looked at him fear written all over her face with her eyes struggling to hold back tears. Bruno came back in and asked, "She okay?"

"Eventually," Era answered.

Bruno nodded in acceptance. They continued to talk on another subject until Jack and Crow would get up. Era didn't want to explain her wings again. She was afraid. 'What's happening to me?' she thought.