Heartaches

Chapter 59

By Kellyq

After Yusei had Mina and Carly laid Jack on a gurney and pushed him to the ambulance, Yusei made his way to Bruno. The blue-haired teen sighed, knowing that Jack was going to punch him afterwards.

"Bruno, don't worry about Jack. He's going to be fine, okay?" Yusei reassured.

"That's not it," Bruno said, shaking his head.

"Next from team 5Ds is Bruno against Team Unicorn Andore! Competitors, get ready!" M.C.'s voice boomed. "And start your engines!"

"We'll continue this later, and don't feel that you're responsible for what happened to Jack," Yusei convinced, rubbing Bruno's back gently. "He knows better than to rush headlong like he did."

Yusei turned and walked back to the Pit stop as M.C told the two competitors to start. Andore was the first to go. Bruno was right behind, keeping his motorcycle steady as they went around ditches and weaved around each other. M.C watched closely as they both went up a ramp. Andore decided to let go of the handlebars and wave at the crowed as the motorcycle glided through the air. The cheering rose as both competitors landed on the ground gracefully.

"It looks like we may have a tie! Who's going to be the actual winner?"

Andore smirked. He firmly pushed on the shift lever upwards with his left foot, eased off on the clutch with his left hand and twisted the throttle with his right hand, giving his motorcycle speed. Bruno did the same, but Andore's motorcycle tire touched the finish line two seconds before Bruno's.

"It looks like another victor for Team Unicorn!" M.C announced. By this point, Yusei had his helmet on, and he was sitting on his motorcycle as Bruno pulled into the pit stop. "Next from Team 5Ds is our Shooting Star who won the Fortune Cup – Yusei Fudo!" M.C announced, emphasizing Yusei's title with respect, and interest. Andore pulled into his pit stop to see Breo getting ready. "He's going up against the last two competitors from Team Unicorn: Breo and Jean! Yusei's first competitor is Breo, then Jean! Can Team 5Ds last hope gain a victory? Let's wait and find out!"

"You might have a challenge on your hands," Jean warned his teammate. "Yusei's no pushover. So, just be careful."

"No worries, babe. Leave it me!" Breo said, giving his teammate a wink and the thumbs up. Breo started the engine and veered his motorcycle to the starting line.

Jean and Andore watched him before Jean glanced at his red-haired teammate. "So? What do you make of the whole thing?" Jean asked.

Andore glanced at Yusei and Breo when M.C told them to start. "I think that there's potential for Team 5Ds, especially for Mr. Fudo," Andore answered. Jean nodded his head and made his way to his chair, followed by Andore.

"On your mark, get set, Go!"

Both competitors pulled on their clutches with their left hands and eased back on the throttles with their right hands, shifting gears with their left feet. They both eased off on the clutch as they used their left hands and twisted the throttles as they continued their accelerations.

Mina and Carly glanced down at Jack's unconscious face as Akiza checked him over. By this point, she didn't think it was important to send Jack to the hospital when all he had were some bruised ribs.

Carly bit her lip. "Is Jack going to be okay?" she thought out loud.

"We'll know when he wakes up," Akiza answered, pulling out her laptop from her bag that was next to the gurney. Mina watched for a moment before she decided to help clear the table next to the bed as Akiza placed her laptop on it.

"You guys want to watch the rest of the race?" Carly asked, watching Akiza boot her computer and she started to type some things on the keyboard. It wasn't long before cheering could be heard through the speakers. Carly walked to the other side of the gurney and glanced at the computer screen to see that Yusei was on his fourth lap and holding his own against Breo. Carly was impressed.

"The suspense is killing me! Just four more laps to go!" M.C announced, rocking from side to side.

Mina's face lit up and she clapped her hands together as Akiza leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms. She had a confident look on her face. Akiza wasn't the only one watching Yusei's race: Martha, Dorthy, Team Catastrophe, Primo, Lester, Brave, Harald, Dragan, and Team Taiyo watched closely.

Breo glanced at his teammates to see that Jean was giving him a confident look. Breo nodded his head and smiled.

The summer night was a perfect night hold a race outside of the city where the police wouldn't catch them. Breo was three feet away from the finish line. His competitor suddenly lost control of his motorcycle as Breo crossed the finish line. The crowd of girls squealed with delight. Breo glanced at them and smiled. The only thing that went through the girl's heads were 'he's smiling at me!'. They were about to make their way over, but they stopped at an abrupt halt when one woman stood between them and Breo. She had sandy-colored hair, and dark green eyes. The lipstick she had on made her lips very notable. Her red vest went well with her black tank top and pink mini skirt. The other girls watched the two embrace each other.

"Oh, Breo! You did it!" She cried with delight.

Breo's expression softened as he cupped her face and stared into her eyes. "I wouldn't have been able to have won if you weren't here to be my inspiration, and I want to dedicate this moment to you, toots."

I didn't know how blind I was about my girlfriend until I met Jean and Andore a week later, Breo thought coming out of his memory. Breo was glad that it happened.

Breo and his girlfriend came to a public place to practice. The two expected it to be empty, but they weren't alone. Two other teens by the names of Andore and Jean were there. Breo made his way overr to see Andore working on his motorcycle as Jean watched.

Breo and his girlfriend walked up. "Hey! This is my place! Find some other track to loiter at!" Breo demanded.

Andore paused at what he was doing, rose to his feet, and turned. Jean did too and Breo could see that Andore and Jean weren't going to move.

"I see. How about we race? Whoever wins gets to practice."

"That's fine," Jean responded, casually. "I'll be your opponent."

The race didn't last very long. Breo's girlfriend stopped watching Breo and focused on Jean, when he won. By this point Breo had dropped to his hands and knees, wondering what just happened. Breo glanced up to see his girlfriend walking over to Jean. She laced one arm around his biceps as she ran her other hand seductively down his chest.

"Hi there, do you want to go out?"

Jean glanced down at her with disgust. "Get lost, slut! I'm not interested in whores!" He growled.

Breo's girlfriend pulled back and huffed. "Fine!" She turned and started to walk away without giving Breo a second glance.

Andore watched her with disrespect, before he glanced at Breo who looked defeated and lost. Jean and Andore glanced at each other before they made their over to Breo. The blond-haired teen glanced up when Jean and Andore loomed over him.

Breo looked away. "Well, I lost. Go ahead do whatever you want."

A half smile made its way to Jean's lips. "I'm Jean," he introduced himself, as he pointed to his teammate. "And this is Andore." Breo glanced at the red haired teen to see that he had a respectful expression. "And your name is Breo, right?" Jean asked. By this point Breo wasn't really paying any attention, until Jean held a hand out. Breo stared at the hand and looked up to see they both wanted him. "You have the talent that we've been looking for."

Breo looked away with embarrassment. "Sure ... being humiliated all the time ..."

"Don't talk like that. When we had our race, I found potential," Jean complimented with interest laced in his voice. His hand was still outstretched. Breo's eyes widened and he looked up at them to see they were telling the truth.

"You may have lost this one, but it doesn't mean that you'll lose all the time," Andore explained. Breo nodded his head. "Have you ever felt the need to belong?" Again, Breo nodded his head. How did these guys know how he really felt.

"Will you join us? We could use someone with your talent on our team," Jean asked.

Breo glanced at Jean's outstretched hand. What do I have to lose? Breo thought taking Jean's hand. A sudden feeling came over Breo as Jean pulled him up, like he had a purpose and it was to be with Jean and Andore.

If it wasn't for my babes, Breo thought, coming out of his two year old memory, I wouldn't be here right now, and I'm not goin' to let them down! Just like Yusei said, we're both here to gain something, and I respect him for that, Breo thought.

"Just one more lap to go!" M.C announced. "Either competitor can prevail! Who will it be? Our Shooting Star -Yusei Fudo? Or Breo? The last lap will determine who will advance!"

To Be Continued ...