A/N: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF YU GI OH 5DS OR THE VANISHING OF ETHAN CARTER! ALL RIGHTS GO TO KONAMI AND THE ASTRONAUTS!

Chapter 7: The Witch Forest

"You seem to know a lot about Yusei for being just a detective," Jack commented.

"As I said before, I had to put together a lot of information to figure out what to do in this case. It's why it took me a year to even come to you and start finding him," Paul explained. "I studied a lot about him when it came to his life in Red Creek Valley. His adoptive father was named Dale; His adoptive mother was Missy; The uncle was Chad; The grandfather was Edwin, or Ed for short; And the brother was Travis. They all had quite the time together, though they rarely, if ever left Red Valley. Other than the hideout in these forests that I read about, his mother had keys to an abandoned mine that he would go into and search around."

"For now, let's find this hideout," Akiza stated. They all nodded in agreement.

They walked around for a bit there was a white flash of light before a woman's voice spoke out with other voices behind it, "People come here for many reasons. They want to ask me questions about the future. But I can see the future. So it is the past that interests me. If you want to find my house, you must answer the questions I ask of you." Another flash happened and they found themselves in another place. They slowly walked forward when the woman asked, "Do you feel victory when your words cause pain?"

"No," Paul answered. The others followed with the same answer.

There was a flash and they were in another place. They stepped forward some more when she asked another question, "Do you feel there is vanity in charity?"

"Depends in a way," Leo answered the others agreed with him.

They went to another location and the woman continued, "Do you admire thieves for their bravery or their greed?"

"Neither," Crow answered.

"No kidding," Jack agreed with Crow, the others followed.

They were changed locations again. "Is cheating truly unfair to others?"

"I would say it depends on the circumstance," Paul answered. The others were a bit surprised by his answer but knew he was right. They nodded.

They changed locations again. The woman asked, "Does sin come from the heart or the mind?"

"Both, I would say," Akiza answered. The others nodded.

They changed locations again and the woman went on, "Does death bring peace or suffering?"

"I would hope peace," Luna answered.

They were changed locations again, only this time in front of a camp like site with torches in several places around the came. At the makeshift tent was a scarecrow like stick with two stick made arms and a ram head on the top. There were ram heads and other animal heads on trees in the area next to torches.

They walked up to the tent and saw a paper on the ground. It was another story by appearance. This one also had no title.

A beautiful woman sat by a river. A witch approached and told the woman she was to have a child. The woman began to cry with joy. But the joy turned to fear and she could not stop crying. Fear turned to sadness, the woman continued to cry. She cried for months, hardly sleeping until the child was born. But the crying had aged the woman and she was no longer beautiful. When he was old enough, her son climbed the mountain to find the home of the witch. He asked her if she could make his mother beautiful again.

The witch asked the boy many questions. After hearing the answers, the witch told the boy she had lied to the mother about her child. The boy disappeared and the mother was beautiful again.

Paul flipped the paper over to reveal a crossed out, incomplete version of the story. Since it was crossed out and incomplete, it was obvious Yusei at the time had felt it was bad and started over on the other side.

Suddenly, the mother's, Missy, voice said, "Yusei, the point of life is not to rock the boat. Just try to get along. Stop living in your head. Do something real. That's what people respond to: Reality."

There was another flash and the scene returned to a normal place with the tent all being left of the other reality. They noticed another clipping on the ground. It was a note this time from Missy:

Yusei, honey - I'm sorry I yelled at you. I want you to keep this note and read it every time I lose my temper. I don't mean it, and I know I got a snake's tongue. You're my little guy, my precious bean. You just gotta pull your head out of them clouds, okay?

Love,

Mom

There was nothing on the back.

"It seems as if Yusei and his family had their troubles, but it wasn't too bad," Akiza commented.

"It would seem so," Paul agreed.

"Then why did he come to Satellite?" Crow asked. "I mean, he had a life and a good amount of freedom here. Why would he leave it all behind, even when his adoptive mom seems to lose her temper a lot. His adoptive father, Dale, didn't seem that bad."

"Maybe it has to do with the sleeper that the family kept mentioning," Paul reasoned. He looked around and noticed something up a hill in the distance. "Let's head over there for now." They nodded and walked up the hill.