AnimeKiwi369: I'm exhausted!

Copper: Why?

AnimeKiwi369: Those stupid ballet shoes are horrible!

Copper: You're talking about the play, huh? How'd it go last night?

AnimeKiwi369: Good, but I messed up a couple times; no one noticed though.

Copper: That's good. So what's this chapter about?

AnimeKiwi369: It's kinda just another filler. I didn't want to get to the action so soon!

Copper: All right. But what is it about?

AnimeKiwi369: Title. Read it. Oh, and there's more CopperxLane in this chapter. Not much though.

Copper: Just do the disclaimer.

AnimeKiwi369: All right, all right. I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's or its characters; I only one my own characters and the storyline. And sorry if any characters seem out of character.

Chapter 2

A Morning of Sweet Memories

Lane left a few hours later. He and Copper looked at each other briefly as Lane's father began to pull away. Copper was glad he was gone, but she also felt something missing. She sighed and lied down on one of the couches as Akiza began to prepare dinner. She stared up at the ceiling and felt a familiar furry creature crawl onto her shoulder; her ferret, Fairwin. Why are feelings so weird at this age? She wondered. She sighed, this time in frustration and closed her eyes. She felt a presence hover over her. The dark-haired girl cracked one of her eyes open and looked at her father leaning over the back of the couch.

"Yeah, dad?" she asked.

"Is something on your mind?" Yusei asked and she nodded, "You want to talk about it, sweetie?"

"Not really, dad." Copper responded, "But thanks for the offer."

"Anytime." He replied, leaning over and kissing her forehead for a third time that day, "I'll always be here for you, Copper."

She stared straight into her father's blue-indigo eyes and smiled a little, "I know. Is there anything you should tell me?" she asked.

"Well, I am having a little trouble with your runner." He commented.

"What did I do to it this time?" she asked, groaning as she covered her eyes with her forearm.

"Nothing too serious, baby. I can get it fixed at the shop; don't worry. There are times when I definitely know you're my daughter." Yusei chuckled a little and twirled a little bit of her hair in his fingers. He played with her hair for a few minutes absently. Almost like he was in a trance, missing when Copper was much younger. The dark-haired girl liked how close she was to her parents. Some families weren't very close, unlike her family. But most of her friends had pretty close families. Both heard a car pull in the driveway and Copper sat up, wincing a little.

"I hate feeling pain every time I sit up." She grumbled as her dad put his arm around her shoulders.

"I hate seeing you pain." He commented.

She smiled at her father and leaned up to kiss his cheek. She detached from him and went to the door as Raven knocked. She opened it and saw one of her other best friends carrot-orange hair, emerald eyes and all with an overnight bag. Raven's father, Crow, was with her, as well as the eldest Hogan child's youngest brother, Eagle.

"Hey, Ray." Copper greeted as Yusei came to her side.

"Hey ya, C." Raven replied, "Hi, Yusei. Thanks for letting me stay."

"Yeah, thanks for lettin' her stay, Yuse." Crow added, holding onto his currently youngest son.

"It's no problem, Crow." He responded, "We're like family."

"Yep!" the other man grinned, "In some ways, things have never changed."

"Yeah." The dark-haired Signer agreed. Copper silently motioned for Raven to come in. The ginger-haired girl turned towards her father and hastily kissed both his and her brother's cheeks.

"Bye." She told them and followed Copper as she went upstairs.

"Kids." Crow sighed, shaking his head, "They always take so much after us parents. Wouldn't you agree, Yuse?"

"Definitely."

Up with Copper and Raven

The two girls sat on the dark-haired girl's bed, talking over the plans for the next day.

"So, we're goin' to go meet up with the guys after we visit East after volleyball practice, right?" Raven asked.

"Yeah, we're gonna meet up with John and Lane after we see East." The blue-indigo-eyed girl agreed quietly.

"Is something wrong, Copper?" the ginger-haired girl asked but the other girl just shook her head as she fought blushing...Again, "Copper, you're blushin'. Who ya thinkin' 'bout?" she asked curiously.

"No one."

"Lying isn't your strong suit." Raven told her.

"I'm not thinking of anyone. Not a blonde boy or a handsome, light-blue-haired boy." She mumbled in an extremely quiet voice, averting her eyes. Raven's eyes widened as she realized who her friend was talking about.

"Oh. My. Gosh!" she exclaimed, "You seriously do not like Lane Kessler!"

Copper nodded a bit numbly, "I kinda do. He's kind, sweet, attract—" she stopped herself midsentence as she almost finished 'attractive'. Raven began laughing, making her blush deepen, "Don't make fun!"

"You have got it so bad." She commented.

"So?" the dark-haired shot back, "C'mon, stop laughing, please!"

"Sorry, Copper, I don't mean to make fun. It's just that we've know Lane since we were babies. And now you two like each other. It's just kinda funny. Were our parents the same way?"

"No." Copper told her bluntly, "Our parents weren't like that."

"Oh, all right." The ginger replied, her voice quieting, "Sorry. It's just that you two are just so close. Like both of our parents are to each other."

"And you and John are just like your dads. You two are always fighting. Just like your dads when they were younger."

"Well you're just like your mom and dad." The ginger-haired, new Signer shot back.

"That was established when we were nine. Remember?" the dark-haired girl inquired, tapping her index finger at her temple. Yet another thing she had gotten from Yusei, "Trust me, I'm way more like my parents than I think any of us realize. Especially me and my stubbornness." She laughed

"You're a Fudo." The bird-named girl commented and Copper fell back onto her bed, letting out an exasperated sigh, "What?"

"You and my parents." She responded with a wink, "You're always saying I'm a Fudo because of my stubbornness."

The Following Day

Copper dismally opened her eyes as the alarm clock went off shrilly. She sat up and turned off the clock. She looked over at her ginger-haired friend. Still asleep. The dark-haired girl sighed and lifted her pillow. She threw it at her friend, who instantly woke up on impact of the soft object. Raven took out her earplugs and looked at her friend.

"What was that for?" she demanded.

"You didn't hear my alarm clock. And if you didn't wake up, my dad or my mom would've done it and they've got strange methods." She answered, "Those earplugs really do work, huh?"

"Yeah, especially when you've got siblings; I was going to leave them at home, but I forgot. So I just decided to use them." Raven informed as Copper struggled slightly to sit up. She grimaced a little as her ribs protested her.

"I wished the ribs would heal all ready." She commented, "I hate how they feel each time I sit up!"

"Hey, you'll be healed soon enough." Raven told her.

"I guess." Copper responded and got up and began to pick out what she'd need for practice, "We better get dressed. Practice is in an hour."

Her bird-named friend nodded in agreement, "Yeah."

The two girls dressed in silence and went downstairs with Raven's overnight bag and with Copper having a small backpack. She had a hair clip in her hair that her father made for her to restrain her powers with she played sports. Neither of the dark-haired girl's parents was in the kitchen. Copper looked out of the window above the sink outside in the garden. Her mother was there, looking lovely as ever as she picked out some of the still-blooming flowers. She heard the sound of an engine revving. Yusei must've been looking over one of the cars.

The psychic made them a simple breakfast and they ate quietly. Akiza came in as the two girls finished eating carrying a small bouquet of lilies and roses. She smiled at the two of them gently.

"Hey, girls." She greeted as she put the flower bouquet in a vase and began filling it with tap water from the sink.

"Hi, Akiza." Raven greeted back.

"Hey, mom." Copper said as the female Signer wrapped her arms around her daughter after turning off the spigot of water. She'd been doing it a lot more lately since the dark-haired girl came back from the past.

"I'm going to go make a call to my parents, C." Raven told her, "Be right back."

"Okay." The dark-haired girl responded as her friend left the kitchen and went into the living room. Something nudged at the back of Copper's mind, remembering how her parents had been up when she got back. She looked up at her mother, "Hey, mom?"

"Yeah, honey?" Akiza inquired, "Something wrong?"

"Why were you and dad up when I came to see you after my—how should I say?—trip?"

"Your father and I both woke up and became worried about you, baby." She answered, looking down at her, "So we both just stayed up and thought about our lives together. And then you came in."

"What were you guys thinking about exactly?" she asked.

"Well, first was just when your father proposed, our wedding, when I got him the piano."

"You got dad the piano?" Copper inquired.

"Well, all of us got chipped in for it, but I paid for half." She responded.

"That's so sweet, mom." The girl commented, smiling up at the Signer, "I wish I could be like that."

"But you are like that, Copper, dear." Akiza told her daughter, nuzzling her head a little bit, "You're my sweet, wonderful baby girl."

"Mom, I'm not so much of a baby anymore." Copper commented.

"To me, you'll always be my baby girl." The psychic told her, kissing her forehead.

Her parents had been kissing her a lot more, too. But she didn't mind. She liked it. It kept their bonds as close as they were. Copper loved it when she was kissed by or she kissed her parents. The new Signer loved her parents so much. She'd always have an unbreakable bond that would last for eternity.

"So, um, what else did you think about, mom?" the dark-haired girl asked, wanting to know more.

"Well, we both thought about when we found out about you. And those months I carried you, the day you were born, when you met everyone, your first words and steps, your psychic powers, and just really anything that had to do with you." The Claw Signer answered, loving the intimacy between her and her daughter, "I sometimes still can't believe how much you've changed me." She added wistfully.

"I know," a familiar, masculine voice added. The two psychics turned to see Yusei with some of his clothes covered in motor oil.

"Hey, dad." Copper greeted with a grin.

"We didn't hear you come in from the garage, honey." Akiza commented and looked him over. She shook her head as she detached from her daughter, "I swear, I've had to get more oil out of your clothing than you've ever put in either the cars or runners, Yusei."

Her husband merely shrugged, "What can I say? I'm good with machinery that often needs motor oil. You can't change me."

"No, I can't, and I wouldn't want to." The redhead responded. Copper's father began to move away from them and towards the stairs.

"I'm gonna go change quickly, then I'll take you and Raven to practice, okay, Copper? Oh, and I managed to get your runner fixed."

"'Kay, dad." She responded with a smile as he left them. Akiza sighed and moved towards the row of hooks that held a different assortment of keys for the cars, house, rooms to the house, and for the two adults, keys to the liquor cabinet, which just held a few wine and brandy bottles and sometimes scotch. Neither of the two Signers drank very often; mainly just on special occasions, like their anniversary. She grabbed the set of keys to her car and her set to the house.

"I've gotta get going." She told her daughter, "The work week has to start sometime. I'll see you later." The burgundy red-haired woman pressed the button on the intercom for her and her husband's bedroom, "Yusei, I'm leaving now and I'm taking my car."

"All right. I'll see you later, Akiza." he responded, "Love you."

"Love you, too." She took her finger off the button and turned towards her daughter, "I love you."

"I love you, too, mom." Copper replied.

"And try not to get hurt again." Her mother told her as she made her way to the garage.

"I will."

"All right. I'll see you later, honey."

"'Kay mom." The dark-haired girl responded as her mother went through the door.

She sat down at the table and put her chin in her hands. Her parents were always so sweet to each other. They had always comforted each other, especially when Yusei became depressed once in a while about his parents. But that hadn't happened since she was seven. She could still see all of the sweet memories that she had shared with her parents. I love what's gone on in my life even if it hasn't been perfect. Copper thought, I've got my friends, my parents love me, I love them. I think things have been perfect in its non-perfection.

Raven came back into kitchen and sat down next to her. The two girls were silent as they waited for the leader of the Signers to catch up. The ginger-haired girl looked at her forearm, where Crow's Mark was imprinted.

"I still can't believe we got these when you brought out your parent's dragons. It's amazing. You, me, John, and Zoey all have our parents Marks. Heck! You've got both of your parents!"

"Yeah, I know. I can't believe it either." She agreed.

"'Can't believe what' girls?" Yusei asked, startling the two girls as he came into the kitchen.

"Just our Marks, dad." Copper responded, "It's just amazing how we got them."

"Yeah, it is. Especially how they showed up." He agreed, "Ready to go?"

"Yep!" the two girls responded as Yusei grabbed the keys to his car, but not to the house. Akiza would be home before him.

"You going to take your house keys, baby?" the dark-haired professional duelist asked, showing them to her.

"Yeah, I was, just in case." She told him and took them from him.

"I feel kinda sorry for John and Lane." Raven commented as she and the dark-haired girl got into the backseat of the dark-haired man's car, "Lane doesn't have a Mark and John's the only boy with a Mark."

"Well, Jack is the only one of us Signers that had a son first." Yusei pointed out, "Your parents had Jay third, Akiza and I just have Copper, and Luna and Daniel had Zoey first."

"Yeah, poor John." Copper laughed lightly and slightly sarcastically at her friend's position.

"And since both Akiza and I are Signers, there'd probably only be four new Signers." He went on as he backed out of the garage. "Now there are only four new Signers since Copper has both my and her mother's Marks. And I couldn't be more proud of you, Cyli."

"Thanks dad." Copper smiled at him from the back seat.

"And I know that your dad's proud of you, Raven." Yusei informed, "He was actually going on and on about it about a week ago."

The rest of the ride to the girls' new high school was pretty quiet. But it was nice. The leader of the Signers made a comment or asked a question once in a while, which the two girls would respond to enthusiastically. The two girls conversed silently about anything until Yusei stopped in front of the school. With plenty of time before the girls' practice.

"Thanks again for letting me stay overnight and takin' me to practice, Yusei." Raven thanked as she began to get out.

"It's no problem." He answered and then turned towards his daughter, "You sure about going, Copper?"

"Yeah, dad." She responded, "I'll be fine."

"All right, just don't strain yourself, okay?"

"'Kay, dad." She leaned through the spot in the backseat that led to the front and kissed her father's cheek as he kissed hers, "Love you."

"Love you, too." He responded as she slid across the back seat.

"Bye, dad." Copper said as she finished getting out of the car and shut the door as her father rolled down the passenger window.

"Bye Yusei." Raven put in.

"See you girls later." The dark-haired man told them with a smile. He rolled the window up and took off.

The two girls looked at each other.

"Ready to go see what high school sports hold for us?" Raven asked. Copper nodded.

"Let's go!"

AnimeKiwi369: Yeah, slow chapter.

Copper: Neh, whatever.

AnimeKiwi369: Next will be a lot better. Promise.

Copper: Okay.

AnimeKiwi369: I don't know when the next chapter will be up, but hopefully next week, since it's minimum days.

Copper: Why?

AnimeKiwi369: Finals week.

Copper: You better get studying then.

AnimeKiwi369: Yeah. I'll get to it after this.

Copper: Okay.

AnimeKiwi369: You're being the repetitive one today.

Copper: Yeah. What about the review request?

AnimeKiwi369: Thanks for the reminder. Please be kind and please review kindly. And I really appreciate the reviews I've gotten so far. This is my most popular story at the moment. So please keep up the reviews. Thanks! ^^