Hello and thank you to those who were kind enough to review. As I said here is the chapter of this week. Actually because at work they changed me the schedule suddenly I couldn't write anything during the week as I usually do so I just finish it just now. So if you see grammar mistakes or anything, it's because of that. I'm too lazy to change them so everyone is gonna have to bare with it unless they're way too many.

I'd like to make an announcement. I'm going to start writing another Yugioh 5Ds fic with Midenigufutsu koyote. It's actually her idea, her characters, her plot, I'm just writing what she tells me. For what she have been telling me it's gonna be awesome. I just hope I can handle it and make it as awesome as she told me. I will try my very best thus I'm not going to be updating every week anymore, sorry. I will continue with story, don't worry. It will take me longer though. I would also like to invite everyone to read the soon-to-be-realese fic, sorry no name yet. Just check my profile for updates or add me to your author alert.

BTW, on my profile I have made a profile of my OCs so far so check it out. I also made a poll there for this fic. Anyway enough of me talking, hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh 5Ds or Sailor Moon. I only own my OCs and this plot.

Chapter 8: The Otaku, message and mystery

Aki and Yori were running through a street which was full of different kinds of shops. Actually, Aki was dragging Yori who was barely able to keep up and trying her best to not fall or trip over anything.

"Wait!" Yori yelled as she suddenly came to abrupt halt.

"What is it?" asked Aki as she stopped and turned around only to see Yori's eyes shimmering with pure happiness.

"I have to go in." Yori said pointing to the manga shop. "Please?"

"You like that kinda stuff?" Aki asked unsurely.

Yori became defensive. "What about it? There's nothing wrong with liking manga or anime. Actually I feel proud to be an Otaku." She said proudly.

"I never said anything about that." Aki said patiently. "I just never expected you to like it." She said unsurely.

"Why?" Yori asked naively.

Aki gave her a look. "Um, let's see." She said almost sarcastically. "You're the top duelist at the Academy, ranked within the top 50 with the courses that had nothing to do with dueling; people think of you as a mature and sophisticated girl. In school you're always so….cool." Aki said as she was thinking of a perfect word to describe her.

Yori bursted out laughing, everyone in the street looked in their direction and she stopped laughing so hard, nevertheless continued laughing. "Cool?" she asked between laughs. "Me? Oh, Aki. That's the best joke I've heard."

Aki rolled her eyes. "That's what everyone thinks; I used to think that way too. Now, that I know you better I have a different opinion."

That perked Yori's interest. "I hope it's a bad one." She giggled nervously.

"You think I'd consider you my friend if it was?" Aki asked rhetorically.

"Good point." She smiled. 'To think I used to hate you Aki.' Yori turned around as she made her way to the store. "Anyway, let's get in."

Aki sighed.

"Aw, c'mon," Yori said as she pulled her in.

It was a complete different world for Aki. There were bookshelves as far as the eye could see and all of them full of manga. On the wall there were posters and she also noticed that the glass case had small figurines: some were monsters, others were girls in sailor outfits, women with strange clothes, a man with a mask and a tux, cats, warriors, there were so many an all different from one another.

"Okay, I'm done." Yori said happily from behind her which startled Aki. "Wow, that's an amazing collection."

"It sure is," said a male voice from behind them. It was a man between his late twenties or early thirties. "It took me some time but I've gathered almost all the character figures from Sailor Moon."

"Almost all? Which one is missing?" Yori asked.

Aki couldn't follow. She didn't know who these characters were; what she did understand was that one was missing. "I'm going, okay, Yori? I'll wait outside."

"Eh?" Yori was surprised so after listening to which character was missing she went after Aki, who was waiting outside.

The sky was already beginning to set. "Sorry, it seems it took longer than I expected." Yori said as she brought with her a small bag with manga.

"It's okay, though I don't think it's a good idea to go the place I wanted to show you now." Aki said.

Yori looked down. "I guess, sorry. I just couldn't contain myself." She apologized. "Guess what?" she beamed. "I got myself a job."

"Eh?" Aki exclaimed surprised.

Yori giggled. "I made him a deal. You see, the figure he's missing is the one I got at home. So I'm gonna lent it to him while I'm working." She looked up the sky and then back at Aki.

"Why would you need a job?" Aki couldn't help but ask.

"I'm short on money." Yori replied. "I told you I need to buy a motherboard and pay a technician. What I have it's not enough and I don't want to ask my parents if I can get it myself."

"I see." Aki replied understanding what she meant. After all, she was independent herself.

"That figurine it's the only I have since winning a give away contest is really hard. I wonder how he got all of those." She mused as they both started making their way back.

"Give away contest?" Aki looked surprised.

"Yeah, this magazine I'm subscribed to gives away something every month. You have to send a post card to enter the contest but since so many people enter the chances of winning are small. Especially because you never know how many post cards others are sending." She explained.

Aki was confused. "Eh? But don't you just send one post card to that sort of thing?"

"Have you ever entered a lottery contest before Aki?" Yori asked her seriously.

Aki looked away; Yori was being so serious about something so trivial. "Sure, I have." Aki replied. "When I was a kid." She added under her breath.

"Did you ever win anything?"

"No," Aki replied after thinking back.

"I bet you send a normal-looking post card." Yori said almost accusingly. "If you do that, of course you'll never win anything. If you want to win a contest like that you have to have love."

'She's definitely an Otaku, all right.' Aki couldn't help smile. 'If the guys at school knew this I wonder what their reaction would be.' She chuckled slightly as she continued listening to her.

"What do you mean, Yori?" Asked Aki curiously.

"I've designed it so it'd get picked." She said proudly. "First step is neat penmanship. Then, you have to make your post card stand out from the rest. For example: drawing a picture or highlighting the border. Of course, sending a bunch of them is a must too but you can't use a computer or make copies. You have to every single one of them by hand; if you really want to win."

"If it's like that then how come you didn't win any of the other figures?" Aki asked not fully believing what Yori was saying.

"That's 'cause I only entered to win the one I have at home." She smiled happily.

"I see," Aki replied. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow." She said when they arrived at the intersection which led them to different ways.

"Yeah, bye."

When Yori arrived home it was strangely quiet, even more than usual.

"I'm home," she announced but was greeted by silence. "I-is anyone here?" She called out slightly scared. She had always been alone at home in the real world but it was different when she was in such a large house; it was creepy. Not to mention, she hated being alone.

She ran towards her bedroom and turned on her laptop. She hoped with all her might that Ren was online. As she was waiting the program to load she turned on the windows media player and played music, really loud.

She started dancing and singing along when she saw Ren wasn't online. She imagined herself back home. After finishing dancing and singing two songs she turned the volume lower. She heard noises downstairs. For a moment she thought it was burglars but then decided it was probably Ms Higgins.

After a few minutes there was a knock on the door. "Miss?"

"Yes, Ms Higgins?" She replied relieved to know she was in the house.

"Dinner is served."

"I'll be right there." Yori replied and went to the dinner room. She had been expecting Akio and Mizuki to be there too but only on place had been set. Before she could say anything Ms Higgins explained.

"I'm afraid you parents had to leave earlier than expected." She said. "I went to with them to the airport and returned a little while ago. They wanted to wait for you but since you did not come right after school. I'm afraid you missed them."

"Aw, too bad, I wish I could have said goodbye to them and wish them a good trip." Yori said.

"I'd like to inform you that the most of the maids are on vacation starting Monday thus it would only be the cook, one of the maids and myself." Ms Higgins notified. "Of course, the Martha and the girl will only be here for a few hours."

"I see," Yori replied. "What about Richard?" She said referring to the chauffer of the family.

"He went abroad with your parents."

Yori made a mental note to get herself a GPS to not get lost when she went out shopping.

"Is there anything else I should know?" Yori asked politely.

Ms Higgins thought if she had forgotten anything but couldn't think of anything. "No, that is everything."

Even later that night when everyone was supposedly asleep Yori got out of bed and made her way to the kitchen. For some reason she couldn't sleep. Maybe it was the excited from starting to work or because she couldn't think of any excuse to meet with Yusei. Actually she could, but she still felt embarrassed.

"What happened?" Yori heard Ms Higgins voice from the kitchen. The light was out but she could still see her silhouette. It seems she was talking with someone on the phone. "I know but I can't just leave Miss Yori; not when her parents are away." She argued. "Her parents and Miss Yori had always treated me like family!"

Yori was so curious to know with whom she was talking to and why she seemed so anxious but it really touched her that Ms Higgins was so nice and loved her so much. Though the person she loved was the real Yori.

"Ms Higgins?" She interrupted uncertain.

Ms Higgins gasped surprised. "One moment," she said on the phone. "Miss Yori is there anything you need?"

Yori smiled slightly and sympathetically. She shook her head. "Is there something wrong? You sounded a little… anxious on the phone."

Ms Higgins tried to make an excuse but she knew it was useless thus told her the truth. "My daughter is in the hospital." Ms Higgins said. "She had an accident."

"That's terrible." Yori said imagining how worried Ms Higgins must be for her daughter. "Is she going to be okay?"

Ms Higgins was smiled slightly. "Yes, she has a few broken bones but she is going to fine. However my grandkids are still in school and without any supervising. My old friend and neighbor is taking care of them for now but I'm afraid she can't take care of them since she is going to visit her own daughter." Ms Higgins explained.

"I see." Yori said. "I'm going to miss you, Ms Higgins."

"Miss?" Ms Higgins asked unsurely.

"Your grandchildren need you, you have to go."

"But Miss-"

"No buts," Yori said almost as a command. "They need you more than I do. Don't worry about me, I will be fine. Now, you should start packing."

Ms Higgins was very touched. "Thank you, Miss Yori." She cried.

The next morning when she woke up she found her breakfast served on the table of her bed room with a small note next to it.

'Thank you very much, Miss Yori. I don't know how long I will be away but please take good care of yourself. Don't let your guard down, not now when your parents are gone.

Sincerely

Ms Higgins'

"Don't let my guard down?" Yori asked to no one in particular. "What is that suppose to mean?"

Then something clicked in her head. Those words were similar to the ones Ralph had said before.

'Aki and Yori had been on their way to the cafeteria for lunch when suddenly….

"YOOOORI!" They heard a male voice yelled.

As the girls turned around they saw a brown-haired boy charging towards them. As he got closer they noticed it was Ralph. Unexpectedly he jumped into the air a few meters away from them, ready to kick Yori. It happened so fast that Aki didn't see what happened. She blinked and Ralph was in the floor.

Ralph groaned in pain as he rubbed his head. "So, maybe that wasn't a good idea." He murmured.

"Are you okay?" Asked Aki.

"He should be. I just pulled him down and he hit himself against the floor." Yori replied offhandedly. "Why did you try to kick me, though?"

"Well, I thought that just maybe even if your mind doesn't remember your body might." He replied.

Yori was confused.

"Jeez, don't do dangerous stuff like that. What if she hadn't done anything? You could've hurt her!" Aki scolded.

"Didn't think about that" Ralph admitted.

Aki glared at him.

"Aw, let it go Aki. He didn't do it with an ill intention and I'm fine." Yori reassured her.

"Like she said," Ralph stood up. "I wasn't going to hurt her I just wanted to know if she still had her reflexes. It seems I was right though."

"My reflexes?" Yori asked rhetorically before shaking her head. "I don't want to know. I really don't. Anyway, don't do that again okay because next time I'll get mad."

Ralph grinned. "I won't; since I know you can defend yourself now."

"Let's go, Yori." Aki said as they walked away.

She shook her head as she came back to reality. 'That day Ralph attacked me to see if I could defend myself and now Ms Higgins is telling me not to let my guard down but…from what?' She thought as she started eating. 'Could it be…? That the accident I/Yori was in was not an accident at all?' She suddenly felt scared. 'Maybe I'm thinking too much, yeah.' She tried to dismiss her first thought but it still lingered. 'I'll ask Ralph, he has to know something.' She resolved. 'Not that I think about it,' She finished eating and watched her teeth before making her way to school.

She walked slowly to school still thinking. 'When I first arrived at the school it seemed like most people didn't know I have been on an accident. They thought I had been dueling pro. This is weird, something is definitely up. I should have asked Akio and Mizuki but it didn't cross my mind till now to ask about the accident.' She thought as she arrived to school. 'For me not knowing it was the best but now if I'm in danger then I must know.'

I thought a little mystery would spice thing up a bit. Anyway, just in case you're wondering why Yusei hasn't appeared in 2 chapter in a row after his first appearace you'll have to wait patiently for the next chapter. He'll be there ^_~ and since I'm not sure when I'll be updating I'll leave you guys with some spoilers:

Chapter 9: SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!

"Oh no," Yori exclaimed. 'what do I do now?'

"what happened?" Aki asked.

"Can I stay at your place for today?"Yori asked timidly.

"Don't tell me you actually...?"

"don't say it!" Yori exclaimed embarrassed.