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Lane: Who does the chapter focus on?

AnimeKiwi369: It focuses on you a little, Lane. But it's mostly on Copper and Nan.

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AnimeKiwi369: Thanks. Now onto the story.

Chapter 8

Nan

"Who…Who are you?"

Copper was in complete disbelief. How in world had she done that? Wh-What h-have I d-done? She thought, her head still reeling. She gripped her head slightly, trying to steady herself. She looked at her now-out-of-coma grandmother. She didn't know what to say…or do for that matter. The dark-haired girl felt there wasn't enough oxygen in the room.

"I…umm…you see…uh, the thing is…" she tried, but couldn't come up with anything. She looked into her grandmother's eyes. They were confused and sad. The dark-haired girl felt her heart wrench in her chest a little.

"Yes?" her grandmother's voice was no more than a whisper, "Who are you?" she repeated.

The psychic sighed. Was there any way to put this easy? How could she say it simply without awkwardness? She didn't think there was. Confronting that psychopath Sayer was easier than this! She thought and then thought, Although the duel wasn't so easy; just challenging him. I might as well get this over with.

She gestured to her friend, "This Lane...Lane Kessler. And my name is," the psychic started, "is Cyli-Elizabeth. Cyli-Elizabeth...Fudo."

Her grandmother's eyes widened in disbelief and shook her head, "No, it's not possible. I'm dreaming. My son and husband didn't survive." She denied to herself.

"You're not dreaming." Copper said softly, "Your son survived the Reactor's meltdown. But your husband…he…h-he didn't. I-I'm sorry."

"How do you know about the reactor? And my family? How is your last name Fudo?" Nan asked, surprised and upset.

"I, uh, I—this is really hard to explain—I've heard about it all my life. Both of us have." She replied quietly, gesturing to Lane a little.

"What about my family? And your last name?" the brunette asked again.

Copper took another deep breath, "I know this and my last name is Fudo because…because my father…my father is Y-Yusei Fudo. Your son. I'm your granddaughter."

"And my grandparents were Will and Ava Kessler." Lane added. The dark-haired girl glared at him as if to say 'Not helping!' or 'Shut it!'. The blue-indigo-eyed girl could definitely have a temper.

"Y-Yusei i-is s-still a-alive?" Nan asked in disbelief, "How can he be your father? He…He was just…just a b-baby!"

The dark-haired psychic sighed; this wasn't going too well. As she had suspected. And it wasn't going to get any easier. How was she supposed to explain everything that had happened? She almost wished her parents were there. But that might make things even more awkward. And emotional; she was already emotional anyways.

"I'm sorry, but it's been…been thirty-seven years since the Reactor had its meltdown. You've been in a coma for thirty-seven years." She told her grandmother quietly.

"Then h-how am I awake?" she asked. She looked at the duel disk strapped on the dark-haired girl's arm. The brunette saw a single card in a spell/trap zone slot.

"I-I'm not exactly sure how." The young girl told her, looking at her duel disk, "But I do know that my abilities caused it."

"'Abilities'?" her grandmother questioned.

"Copper's a psychic duelist. Just like her mother." Lane responded, "She materialized one of her spells and…and saw parts of your life."

The said girl looked at him with her sarcastic 'thank-a-lot' look. She faced her grandmother, who had quizzical eyes at the sound of her preferred name after the twenty-ninth element in the periodic table. The dark-haired girl sighed again.

"I wanted to understand you better after I saw you the other day." She added onto what her friend had just said, "Seeing you put me into shock and my dad as well."

"You don't go by your actual name, do you?" Nan asked and the dark-haired girl nodded.

"I've always been known by 'Copper'." She said, "Mostly."

"Do your parents even know you're both here?" she asked.

"No." both responded simultaneously.

"I…I want to see him…your father." The brunette told the dark-haired girl slowly, fighting tears.

Copper didn't know what to say or do. Her father and mother were at work. How would they react? She wasn't sure if she should call them now. She looked at Lane for help. He gave her a sympathetic look. He stood and grabbed her hand.

"Please excuse us for a moment." He told the woman in the hospital bed. He pulled the dark-haired girl out of the room and into the hall.

"And why are we out here?" she asked in a somewhat demanding tone.

"You need to call your parents." He told her in flat tone.

"And say what exactly?" she shot back, taking out her phone and put it to her ear, "'Oh, hey, mom and dad. Guess what? I wanted to understand Nan better and materialized Second Sight and somehow woke her up.'" She said in a high pitch, sarcastic tone, "Yeah, I don't think so. Not like that or so rushed."

Lane had a grin on his face as she said her sarcasm, "I think you're going to tell them basically what you did just say. Or I will."

She narrowed her eyes at him, "You wouldn't dare do that."

"Oh, wouldn't I?" he teased, reaching for her cell phone in her hand. She smacked his hand away before he could get it. She knew if he had got it, he would run from her to somewhere she couldn't find. Or he would just hold her phone up above her, where she couldn't reach. He had done it a few times and it annoyed her so much; she didn't care how much she liked him. She hated when he did.

"Fine." She gave in. They both looked back into the hospital room at her grandmother, "But do you know how hard this is going to be for my parents?"

Lane simply looked at her with a small smile, "It'll be fine."

"I hope you're right." She replied, dialing her mother's cell phone. She listened to it ring a few times before her mother's sweet voice came on.

"Copper?" she asked. The dark-haired girl could just tell her mother was smiling on the other end, "What is it, honey?"

"Mom, I kinda, um…" she trailed off, unsure of how to tell her mother that she had wakened her father's mother, "You need to get down here to the hospital."

"You're not hurt are you?" her mother asked worried.

"No, no. I'm fine mom." She reassured and heard her mother sigh with relief, "It's dad's mom."

"What about her?"

"I kinda, well…sorta, woke her up." She told her mother, making the last three words in a rushed, low tone. Her mother was silent on the other end. After a couple minutes of silence, the young psychic thought that her mother might have hung up on her, "Uh, mom?"

"How?" was all that came out of her mother's mouth on the other end.

"I, um…materialized a spell card." She answered, feeling awkward.

"Which one?"

"Second Sight."

"What happened?" Copper began feeling like she was being interrogated slightly with all of these short questions.

"I saw some of her life. Mainly just big events that involved her and dad's dad. And then I saw her as she looked at what Zero Reverse had caused. I-It was so upsetting. Then I heard her say something in her mind. I came out of my trancelike state and a few minutes later, she woke up."

"Have you told your father?" Akiza asked.

"No." she replied bluntly, "His mom wants to see him though. I don't think she completely believed me when I told her he was still alive. I think he should see her too, but I…I'm not sure how he's going to react."

"I think you should call him…now." The female Signer told her.

She sighed, "All right, mom. I'll see you later."

"All right. Bye."

"Bye."

Copper sighed and leaned against the wall. She looked at Lane again. He simply motioned to her phone for her to call her father. She nodded, looking down. She slowly found her father's speed dial and held her breath as she listened to it ringing. Her hand trembled slightly. She closed her eyes as she heard the phone stop ringing.

"Copper?" Yusei's voice asked on the unseen other line.

She took a deep breath, "Dad, you need to come to the hospital; it has to do with your mom. I was able to wake her up." Again, silence, "Dad?"

"I'll be there in a few minutes." He said.

"All right…And dad?"

"Yes?" he inquired.

"I love you." She told him, unfeigned as always.

"I love you, too, baby. I'll see you in a few." He told her before hanging up.

She looked at one of her best friends, "My dad will be here in a few."

"Okay." He responded, "Maybe we should…go back in there?"

The dark-haired girl nodded and they went back inside where her grandmother was. The awkward atmosphere that was there before was even more now. The silence was almost deafening. The blue-indigo-eyed girl looked down at her lap as she sat in a chair next to Lane and by her grandmother. It was still so strange that she had only known Nan to be alive for a couple of days and now she was awake because of her doing.

The brunette-haired woman stared at the ceiling. Was it possible that her son was still alive? That she hadn't completely lost her family after all? But…how had she been alive for so long? Thirty-seven years? It was…insane almost. She had been alone for so long. She had relived parts of her life. All of the parts with Hakase. All of it. And then after those, it had been darkness.

But there had been several times she had seen things. She only thought she dreamed them because she wished she had been there for. She had seen a man that looked nearly identical to her husband with a lighter tone of skin, golden highlights through his spiked black hair, soul-reading blue-indigo eyes, and a criminal marker on his left cheek. She had known in an instant that it was Yusei. Her son.

Nan had seen one of the happiest days of his life. His own wedding day. He looked absolutely dashing in the tux he wore; like his father had on their wedding day. He had looked lovingly at the woman next to him as they said their vows. The woman he had chosen to marry was absolutely gorgeous. She had, had beautiful burgundy red hair that was just a little longer that chin-length, with long bangs, framing her pretty, slightly heart-shaped face. Her eyes had been cat-shaped and a very attractive dark amber-gold color.

Her son's groomsmen were all different. The one closest to her son had ginger-colored hair and gray eyes, bearing a strong, identical resemblance to Thomas Hogan. He was just a bit shorter and less muscular. And his face was covered in markers, but he looked kind enough, if not reckless with that grin plastered on his face. She figured he was the best man. The one next to him was identical to Leslie Atlas except for the eyes. His face was a bit stern, but there was a small smile on his face. The second to last had on a small, kind, gentle smile and had golden eyes with long ice-blue hair. He had a strong resemblance to Ava Kessler. Both he and the blonde were tall. The last was the youngest, looking only about seventeen with green-colored hair and green-gold eyes. He was grinning like mad at her son and then to the audience at a cute brunette with brown eyes.

She had looked at the woman her son was taking as wife's bridesmaids. The one she figured that was the maid of honor had bleach blonde with emerald colored eyes. She had a reckless grin of her own. She was looking over at the ginger by her son. She wondered if they were together. The one next to her had medium-length dark hair and was looking at the blonde by her son through odd-looking glasses. The one after her was tall with long dark hair with a gentle smile at the redhead and then at the ice-blue-haired man near Yusei. The final one was the youngest with green hair and green-gold eyes like the last groomsman by her son. Twins maybe? She smiled at her son before looking at a boy with slightly curly blonde hair and blue eyes.

And when she had looked next to her, Hakase had been right there. She had started to cry as she saw him and as he had put his arm around her. She had just ignored her tears as she watched her son. She could tell that he loved the woman that was now his wife by the way he held her delicately as he kissed her. And the way that she trusted him by wrapping her arms around his neck showed she loved him very much. When they had broken apart from each other, they had looked lovingly into the other's eyes, smiling as they whispered something to each other. They had both looked out into the audience as the minister had introduced them as a married couple. She caught a glimpse of his eyes. He stared at her and Hakase, smiling.

He had seen them.

Copper looked at her grandmother. She looked like she was remembering something. She was shaking slightly. It must have been upsetting and shocking for her. Déjà vu. She thought, First me, slightly mom, and majorly dad, and now her. I've gotta a strange family sometimes. She almost chuckled at the thought. Of course she did. She, Lane, Raven, John, and the others' all had strange families. They were children of those involved in the Signer-Dark Signer war.

The dark-haired girl and her friends sometimes joked about what they were based on who their parents were. They joked that she was a Signer purebred. Lane and his siblings were the Dark Signer purebreds. John and Cadie were the Signer mutts—half Signer and Dark Signer. Raven, her siblings, and Zoey were the plain mutts—half Signer and half non-Signer. And then Zach was the purebred nothing—neither of his parents was a Signer or had been a Dark Signer, even if Leo had helped in the war.

It was always fun to refer to them as that. Especially when John was getting too arrogant. She would always bring him down by saying that. But he usually retorted by saying his dad was the Jack Atlas and he was an Atlas. But then the dark-haired girl would just remind him that she was a psychic that could beat the living daylights outta him if he got anymore out of line. It was just a playful threat of course, something that they did with each other. Though it was normally Raven that got into fights with the blonde. Like their fathers.

Copper turned her head to Lane. He was looking at his cell phone. He sighed. She saw him stand up and look at her. He gave her an apologetic smile. He showed her the screen of his phone. It was text message from his mother saying that she needed him to watch over Gabe for a little while. She looked at him and motioned for him to go.

After the ice-blue-haired boy left, the silence in the room was making the dark-haired girl's heart begin to pound. She wasn't sure if it was that she missed him or that it was that she was in the hospital room alone with her father's mother. She stood up and went to the window. She saw a brief flash of red.

Her father was there.

The psychic held her breath as she went out into the hall and waited for her father. As she saw him walking towards her, her heart began pounding faster. She gave him a slight smile, trying to be reassuring. He didn't smile back. Copper couldn't read the expression in his eyes. She wished more than anything that she could do something for him. She simply met him a few feet from the door and hugged him.

Yusei held her as she hugged him. He wasn't sure how he should feel. Excited? Nervous? He had a million and one thoughts in his head. He wondered how his mother was going to take this. He hoped it would be well. He took a deep breath as he pulled away from his daughter. He looked at the room and then to his child. She put her hand in his and pulled him into his mother's hospital room.

As he entered, Yusei looked at his mother. Their eyes made direct contact. It was like time was frozen as blue-indigo eyes stared into identical blue-indigo eyes and as young, cat-shaped ones looked from one to the other. The silence didn't help the seemingly-stilled time.

"Yusei…" Nan finally spoke.

"Mom..."

Next Time in Lost and Found

"It's you…It's really you… Mom…"

"Yusei... You're grown up…"

"I can't believe how wonderful this is. You're awake!"

"W-What happened? I-In your life, I mean."

"I don't see any reason for you to stay in this hospital now that you're awake, mom."

"Where would I go, Yusei? I doubt that the apartment your father and I had when he was…still alive is still ours."

"Maybe…maybe you could…live with us…"

NEXT TIME—CHAPTER 9: RELATIONSHIPS

AnimeKiwi369: You just love when I leave you on cliffhangers, don't you?

All: No!

AnimeKiwi369: Ah well. I hoped everyone liked the chapter. Slightly filler, though.

Copper: Yeah. I hope you post again soon.

AnimeKiwi369: I don't think I'll update again until at least Thursday. Or until I reach 100 reviews. Which I am very close to by the way. I am also going to be posting another poll soon. By that I mean within the next month or so.

Copper: So this story is the most popular? One of the stories I'm in is the most popular?

AnimeKiwi369: At the moment. Also I was wondering if those of you that have read A ROSE'S NIGHTMARE would like me to start posting the sequel to it because I am almost done, I just need one of my fanfiction pals to finish a duel for me.

Akiza: I think I'd like to see what you're going to torture me with in that story.

Copper: If you did that, you have two stories going.

AnimeKiwi369: Yeah, so?

Copper: Oh, nothing.

AnimeKiwi369: I'd get more reviews. Speaking of which, I'd like at least between 12 and 15 reviews for this chapter. So please be kind and please review. I appreciate those who do/did, so please reveiw. ;D