Heartaches

Chapter 88

By Kellyq

The announcement of Team New World picking a third rider was broadcast on TV and the radio, unfortunately, the depiction and the name of the rider wasn't going to be revealed until the day of the race.

On top of that, Bruno refused to enlighten Yusei about his whereabouts when Bruno came home late at night. That went on until one night Bruno didn't come at all. Yusei spent a couple days looking for Bruno. Yusei looked everywhere at the racetrack, but Bruno wasn't there. Yusei looked where Bruno hung out when he needed space, but Bruno was nowhere to be found. Yusei sighed, wondering why Bruno decided to go back to Primo and Lester.

I can't think about that right now, Yusei thought, I have to fix the house and find out more of Team New World. At least I don't have to worry about Martha and the kids, Yusei thought. However, when he went back to fix some things, memories came back when he lived at the house. Yusei's earliest memory was he tried to fix something was when he was six-years-old. The heater broke shortly after Martha left. I can't believe that I have almost forgotten that, Yusei thought. A sad smile made its way to his face. I remember getting the tools and using the wrong ones to fix it ... if Martha didn't get back in time, the house would've been blackened with smoke, and some of the orphans could've been hurt ...

"I'm so sorry, Martha!" six-year-old Yusei chocked out, tears sliding down his flushed cheeks. "I didn't mean any harm!"

Martha sighed and placed her hand on Yusei's shoulder. "I'm not mad at you ... but Yusei, you should know better than touch my tool box ... I've told you that countless times ..."

"I know ..." Yusei sniffled, "but I can't help it! When I see something broken, I want to fix it!"

A sad smile made its way to Martha's lips. "I know," she said, ruffling Yusei's hair affectionately. Martha pulled out a business card out showed it to Yusei. "How about this. When you notice that something is broken you let me know ... and when I'm not here, you call this number. Deal?"

Yusei rubbed his eyes and smiled broadly ...

It wasn't until I got way older when Martha started to let me help with fixing anything, Yusei thought coming out of his memory, looking the house over and fixing little things.

"Yusei ..?" Came Jack's voice, snapping Yusei out of his thoughts. Yusei turned to see Jack and Crow standing there, watching him. "I have a lot of good memories of this place."

"We all do," Crow pointed out.

That was three days ago, and now it was the race between Team New World and Team 5Ds. The stadium was packed, and it seemed that most of the spectators supported 5Ds and not Team New World. In the crowd were Team Unicorn, Team Toiya, and the orphan kids.

Primo couldn't help but smirk as he watched (from the pit stop) Jack veer his motorcycle to the starting line. Primo wore tight spandex, and he wasn't wearing his usual shawl that concealed half of his face because he didn't care what people thought when they saw meddle that covered the right side of his face.

"Hello ... and welcome back fans ... and all you million viewers on TV! The race between Team New World and Team 5ds is about to start! And Jack's opponent is ..." M.C started, snapping Primo from his thought. M.C looked down from where he was standing and frowned when Jack's opponent drove onto the racetrack. The motorcycle was custom built for a child. A kid? Jack thought, taking in what his opponent's frail appearance. Jack judged that his opponent to be 10-years-old. The child had long red hair that flapped in the wind when he drove his custom motorcycle onto the racetrack. It wasn't long before the crowd guffawed at the thought of a child racing Jack. "Lester? Okay …" M.C said slowly.

Lester parked his custom built motorcycle to the starting line. "Don't forget to go easy on me," Lester teased, "I am a kid after all."

"Yeah, kid," some random spectator called out to Lester, "Don't you know that Jack is going to kick your butt in this race?"

Again, the crowd guffawed.

Lester laughed too. "I didn't know Jack was a child molester!" his laughter was the only thing that could be heard after everyone fell silent.

"Lester," Primo cut in sharply, "that's enough!"

M.C. was the first to snap out of his shock. "Agreed! Now!" M.c cleared his throat, "On your mark-"

"When this is over," Jack growled, "I'll make sure your mouth is washed out!"

Lester laughed, "Do you like to stalk little kids too?"

"Get-set-Go!"

Jack was the first step on the gas and he steadied his motorcycle down the track. Lester laughed and speed after Jack.

"Man," Crow remarked, shaking off what happened, "I thought that Jack and I had potty mouth's when we were little."

It even took the orphan kids a moment to come over their shock. Luna looked down at the race to see that Jack was having a hard time concentrating.

Yusei glanced at Primo, wondering why Primo chose Lester to go up against Jack. Something's not right, Yusei thought, watching how Lester was weaving in and out of the track, forcing Jack to be attentive then normal.

Damn it, Jack thought. He wanted to ram his motorcycle into Lester's motorcycle so badly, but he didn't want to have a guilty conscious. Maybe if I just scare him a bit, I can get passed him! Jack revved the engine and leaned to the side so that his motorcycle did the same. Jack increased the speed and was almost shoulder to shoulder with Lester. Lester veered his custom motorcycle out of the way, but he failed to take into account that there was a rut a few feet away. Luster's front tier made contact with the rut and the custom motorcycle bucked him off. Jack wanted to keep going, but he veered his motorcycle and caught Lester in his outstretched arm, shook Lester off and continued without a second thought. Lester just stood there feeling humiliated.

"And the winner is Jack Atles from Team 5ds!" M.C declared, snapping Lester of his thoughts.

To Be Continued …