Hey everyone. Well, first off I would like to say that I am sorry, even though I know there is no way that I could really make it up to you all, for taking so long to update this story. I was planning on updating it before I started school, but that never happened, and then I got caught up in volleyball, work and homework, I kind of went into a writer's block. Well, that and I was lazy. Anyways, sorry, and I would like to thank the following people for their reviews:

Mirror's Mirage: I would really like some help with the whole romance thing, but I am now thinking about making it a Yusei/Aki story, but this will be done from Alyssa's P.O.V.

Anonymous: Yeah, I am going to try and make the chapters longer. Key word here is try though. I am not sure how it will actually work out.

Yoruichi 09: Thanks. I am glad you like it.

Flamaij: Well, I'm glad some people liked it. :)

Elouise Victoria: Actually, that OC isn't supposed to represent me. If it seems like it, then I'm sorry for the confusion. Anyways, I know Yusei likes Aki. That's why I am starting to change my mind about the pairing. I'm not trying to sound rude here, so if I am, sorry.

Agent of the Divine One: Thanks. Yeah, I thought the pool scene was funny.

Falling-Angel24: Oh, well, here's the next chapter.

Blue Hurricane: Sorry about not a lot of action. This chapter was more of a filler chapter.

Atemfan1: Thanks for the review. Writer's block is a pain in the butt.

Nigsea: Oh, oops. I didn't even notice that. It made sense to me when I wrote it down, but then again I get told I'm messed up in the head, so thanks for the tip. Aw, I'm glad I could help with getting your story going, even though I update about as frequently as a blue moon happens. :)

5Five5: This one is going to be longer. Promise.

The Duelist of Dawn: Thanks. Well, wait no longer! Yes, I am weird.

Okay, so just a heads up here, all the duels that are going to be going on in the next couple chapters are going to be exactly like they were in Yugioh 5D's. This means that I probably won't write all of the duels down. I will probably do bits and pieces of them, but not the whole thing. Sorry if this is of any inconveniences\ to anyone.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh 5D's. If I did.....well, I don't so I'll just leave it like that.

'One, two, three, four. Tell me that you love me. Why the heck do I have this song in my head?' I thought to myself, as I slowly opened my eyes, so that the sunlight that was streaming in through the windows wouldn't hurt them. 'God, I'm weird, but then again I guess I already knew that.'

Once I was able to fully open my eyes, I sat up and stretched. Once I heard my back crack into place, I put my arms down and stood up as best I could. I was now able to put almost all of my weight on my still casted ankle, so that was a good sign.

"It's going to be great to get this stupid cast off my foot," I said to myself as I walked into the bathroom that was on the first floor.

When I got into the bathroom, I didn't really pay too much attention to my reflection in the mirror before I started to wash my face. After I felt refreshed and fully woken, I grabbed the towel laying on the counter and dried my face. I started to brush my hair before I actually looked in the mirror. What I saw made me drop both the brush and my jaw.

My once light brown hair was now colored a strawberry blond color, and my eyebrows matched. At first, all I could do was stare at my reflection, then I found my voice. When I did, I let out an ear piercing yell.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY HAIR!!!!!!"

After I finished yelling, I heard something very heavy hit the floor upstairs, along with people stomping down the stairs a couple seconds later. In the mean time, I had stormed out of the bathroom, and into the living room.

"Alyssa, why were you.......oh my god! What happened to your hair?" Ruka asked, once she got a look at me.

"I don't know. I think this is someone's bad idea of a joke," I said, before rounding on Tanner, "You wouldn't happen to know anything about this would you?"

"Alyssa, I'm sure Tanner wouldn't dye your hair," Yusei said before looking at Tanner, "Right?"

"I would never go that low. Besides, I'm sure you would have woken up if I even tried to do that," Tanner said.

"So, then, why the heck did my hair go blond?" I asked, getting a little upset. Yes, you can call be fickle or what ever you want, but my hair was my pride and joy. I loved the color of it. The only answer I got was five sets of shrugged shoulders. "Why," I said, sighing, "do I have a feeling that this is just the start of a really bad day?"

"Aw, come on, Alyssa. You don't know if its going to be a bad day," Rua said, trying to cheer me up, "At least, I hope it's not a bad day since the Fortune Cup starts today."

I'm pretty sure if I was able too, I would have did an anime fall at that comment, though it did get me to laugh. "Rua, you're funny," I said, ruffling his hair.

"Why? What did I do?" Rua asked in confusion. I just shook my head in response.

"Well, since we are all up, why don't we get ready to head to the Kaiba Dome?" Yanagi asked, "I can't wait for the tournament."

"Me neither. It's going to be so cool," Rua said, practically jumping up and down in excitement, "I can't wait to have my first duel."

"Technically, you mean my first duel, right?" Ruka asked.

"Well, yeah, but since I'm dueling as you, it's my duel," Rua said.

After about fifteen minutes, everyone was ready to go. As we were walking to the Kaiba Dome, we met up with Solum. Well, everyone was walking except Yusei. He was riding his Duel Runner. When we caught up with Solum, he had a good laugh at my hair.

"Hey, Lyss, I love the hair do. Who did it?" Solum said before he finally burst out laughing.

"Solum, shut the heck up before I decide to shut you up myself," I said crossly.

"Holy, someone got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning," he said. He did shut up about my hair, but he still wore an annoying grin on his face.

While we were stopped at a cross walk, I noticed a sign that said the hospital was to my right. That's when I remembered about my ankle. Yes, I am a very forgetful person. "Hey, guys, I'll meet you at the stadium. I have to go see the doctor about my foot."

Before anyone could reply, I took off across the street. After ten more minutes of walking, I had finally reached the hospital. As I walked into the hospital I couldn't help but feel that someone was watching me. Before I entered the double doors, I looked behind me, but saw no one. Shrugging, I went inside.

"Hello, how may I help you?" asked the woman as the front desk kindly.

"Hi, I'm here to see someone about my ankle," I said. The nurse picked up a clipboard and flipped through so papers.

"Oh, yes, here you are. Alyssa Brown. Ten O'clock. If you will just have a seat over there," she said, pointing to some not so comfy looking chairs, "the doctor will be with you in a moment."

Now, I' m not going to bore you with the description of my hospital visit, since this isn't really all that important to my story. Basically, he told me that my ankle was healing nicely, and that I could wear a brace instead of a cast.

"Ah, it feels so much better to be able to walk on two feet instead of just one," I said to no one in particular as I left the hospital. I had just turned onto the street that lead to the Kaiba Dome, when the phone that Ruka had given me started to ring.

"Hello?" I asked warily, since I didn't know who was calling.

"Alyssa? Are you on your way yet?" Rua asked, and from the way he asked it, I could tell something was bugging him.

"Yeah, I am. I can see the Kaiba Dome right now," I said, trying to figure out what Rua could be troubled about, "Rua, what's wrong?"

"What? Oh, nothing's wrong. I was just wondering if you were going to be here in time to help me get ready," Rua said. I could have slapped myself for my stupidity. I had promised Rua that I would help make him look more feminine, and I was almost late.

"Don't worry, Rua, I will be there in two minutes," I said before hanging up the phone and taking off at a dead sprint.

After four minutes of running, I had made it into the dueling dome. Now, all I had to do was find everyone.

"Oh, yeah. This will be so much fun," I said in my sarcastic voice while rolling my eyes. After about five more minutes of searching, I had finally found them.

"Hey, guys. Sorry about that," I said, walking up to them.

"Hey, look who's not a gimp anymore," Solum said.

"A gimp? What's a gimp?" Ruka asked.

"A gimp is what Solum is going to be if he doesn't shut up and give me the makeup," I said to Ruka while I gave Solum an icy glare.

"Okay, okay. Sheesh, you really are in a bad mood today," Solum replied, handing me the makeup.

"Okay, Rua. Time to make you look more feminine," I said before going to work. All the while Rua looked like I was telling him his death sentence.

"Well, how do I look?" Rua asked, after I had finished.

"I'd say that this has to be some of your finest work yet, Lyss," Solum said.

"You really look like a girl, Rua," Ruka said giggling.

"No one will be able to tell that you aren't Ruka," Yusei said.

Just then an announcement came over the speakers. Attention, would all duelists please report to the stadium. Thank you.

"Well, this is it," Rua said.

"Good luck," Ruka said, giving Rua a hug.

"We'll be in the stands," Tanner said before Yusei and Rua went one way, and the rest of us went the other.

"Wow, these events are a big deal aren't they?" I asked as I looked around the stadium. Not one seat was left empty, and everyone was either talking or cheering.

"Yeah, they are. Dueling is the biggest thing here," Solum said. Before I could say anything further, a goofy looking guy that was badly dressed, walked onto the stage.

"Welcome, duel fans and duelists alike! I am you host for this tournament, and it is my great pleasure to announce the creator of this tournament, Director Goodwin!" Well, everyone went crazy as a guy, with a pony tail, dressed in a grey suit, walked onto the stage. Just then, the sound of a motor was heard, and everyone started to cheer even louder.

"Uh oh, is that a duel runner I hear?" asked the guy with the microphone. The spotlights were then directed to an entrance on the left side of the arena. "Yes, it is, and that can only mean one thing. It's the dueling king himself, Jack Atlas!"

A guy wearing a white Nascar outfit, riding a round duel runner, flew through the air. A big red and black dragon then appeared along side him. When he landed in the middle of the stadium, everyone just went completely bonkers.

"New Domino City, what's say we kick this duel into overdrive?" he yelled while pointing to the sky.

"What is with all these people?" I yelled at Solum in hopes that he heard me.

"That's Jack Atlas. He is the "King" of New Domino City," Solum said, while covering his ears because some girls seated right behind us gave rather ear grinding screams.

"We love you, Jack Atlas!"

"Oh brother," I muttered to myself as I pulled my hands away from my ears once everything had quieted down.

"Now it's time that we meet the lucky duelist who will face off in order to get a chance to duel against Jack Atlas," the announcer said. He then pointed, and people started to appear from the ground.

"Hey, there's Ruka and Yusei," Ruka said pointing to where her brother and Yusei stood. I guess she just said her own name in case anyone over heard us.

"Now let's hear it for the always mysterious Shira. The great Greiger. Commander Koda. The Professor. Miss Akiza Izinski. Sir Randsborg. The lovely Miss Luna. And Yusei Fudo."

"Hey, that guy has a marker," I heard someone off to my left say.

"Who let the Satellite here?"

"Get off the stage you reject!" I heard one of the girls yell behind me.

"Solum, why is everyone so against Yusei?" I asked, as everyone in the audience started to insult him.

"I'll explain later. Now isn't the time," Solum said. Suddenly, everyone went quiet. I turned to see that the Greiger guy had gotten a hold of the microphone.

"My name is Greiger. I know things are different in this city, but where I come from, you judge a guy on his spirit. This kid right here may have been branded by your people as a no good, but when I look at him, all I see is a duelist. And being a duelist myself, that means that I have to respect him until he gives me a reason not too because a duelist doesn't judge another duelist based on where he comes from or who his family is or how much money he has. That isn't what really matters." He then handed the microphone back to the announcer. After a couple seconds of silence, clapping was heard. Everyone looked to see Goodwin clapping. Soon everyone else was too.

"You know, that guy is okay in my books," I said to Ruka as we applauded.

"Thank you for those chosen and heart felt words," Goodwin said, "In our world, personal status and wealth draw a line between us and our fellow man. However, I had a vision that a duel tournament, if only for a fleeting while, remove that line. A tournament separate from the competition of life. Where the have and the have nots could meet each other on level playing field, and prove themselves to each other and to the world. Fellow duelists, welcome to The Fortune Cup!"

'Wow, talk about some heart felt speeches,' I thought to myself as I clapped.

"Now, let's turn to the bracket shuffler, and find out who's going up against whom in the first match."

I looked to see that Rua had been pitted against that guy, Greiger, and Yusei was going up against the Shira guy.

"Well, Ruka doesn't look to upset at being places against Greiger," Yanagi said.

Confused, I looked to see that Rua was indeed, smiling.

'Wow,' I thought to myself, 'that kid's got a lot of guts. I wouldn't want to duel him off the start.'

"Come on," Solum said to me, "We are going to get a snack before Rua, I mean Ruka's, duel starts.

"Okay," I said, standing up to follow, "Are we going to see Rua before he duels?"

"We won't be able to see him until after the duel," Tanner said.

"Oh, okay."

"I hope Rua does well," Ruka said.

"Don't worry. Ruka. I'm sure he'll do just fine," Solum said, slinging an arm over her shoulder. Ruka still didn't look to convinced.

"Solum's right, Ruka, "I said giving her a reassuring smile, "He will do fine."

Well, here is the twelfth chapter, and it's a new record for pages for my chapters. It was seven pages long. Anyways, hopefully now that I am back into Yugioh 5D's, Hopefully, this helps in making it up to you all for the lacking of updating that I have done. Now, I hope I will be able to update this more. I have a problem with getting into something and completely forgetting about anything else I was working on. Thanks for reading, and until next time.