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Copper: Yeah, we know.
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Copper: You always repeat things.
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Akiza: Is that a good or bad thing?
AnimeKiwi369: Well, it all depends on your point of view.
Copper and Akiza: Oh, no.
AnimeKiwi369: Oh, do you always have to be like that?
Copper and Akiza: Yes, we do.
AnimeKiwi369: I give you happy endings, don't I?
Copper: Key word: "Endings". By the way, who does this focus on?
AnimeKiwi369: It focuses on you and Yusei on the beginning and then you and Akiza for most of it. So without further ado, the disclaimer! I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's or it's charaters. I only own my own characters and the storyline.
Chapter 12
Psychic Secrets
It was a week and a half later.
The day was finally there.
Nan was going to move in with them. Copper had been anxiously anticipating that day for a couple weeks. The hospital had run several tests on Yusei's mother over the past couple weeks. They had let her out a couple times to get her used to walking and Akiza had taken her to get some new clothes and had set up the guest room downstairs as her room. And Yusei did help her back to driving and helped her update some things. Most of the time was used to inform the brunette what had happened in the past thirty-seven years. Copper went a couple of times, but still didn't know Nan very well.
On the morning the dark-haired Signer's mother was supposed to move in, the redheaded psychic woke up feeling horrible. She was shaky and had to run into her and Yusei's bathroom, being sick for several minutes. When that was finally over, she crawled back under the covers, where the blue-indigo-eyed man wasn't, since he had held her hair away from her face as she was sick. He touched her forehead. She was warm. Not too warm, but still warm.
"Akiza, if you're not up to it, we don't have to move my mother in today." He offered, "I'm sure she wouldn't mind waiting until you're well. Or me staying home to take care of you."
"No, Yusei." She replied, "I'll be fine. I'll just get some more sleep and take it easy. Go to your mother, honey. I'm sure Copper wouldn't mind taking care of me."
"Are you sure?" he asked, "'In sickness and in health'." He repeated the wedding vow he had made to her over fifteen years ago.
"I'm sure. Just get your mother here, Stardust." She commanded a bit weakly. The female Signer closed her eyes and began to fall asleep.
"All right, Black Rose." He replied, kissing her forehead, which her bangs were sticking to slightly.
Yusei went downstairs feeling a bit guilty that he was going to go to work and move his mother in when Akiza wasn't feeling well. Copper was already downstairs in the kitchen, making breakfast. She was still in her pajamas and her hair didn't look brushed as she cooked some omelets. She put a plate with one on it and a cup of coffee in her father's normal place at the table.
"Thank you, baby." He said, sitting down.
"You're welcome dad." She responded, turning her attention towards a teakettle. She turned it on simmer, "So mom isn't feeling well?"
"Yeah." He answered, cutting into his breakfast "I don't know what she could have, though. I feel bad I'm going to leave her to get your grandmother. But she told me it was all right."
"I'll stay and take care of her." Copper told him, sitting down in her normal spot near her father, "Don't worry. Mom understands that your mother's important and that you're impatient to move her in. If it's fine with her, then it is with me. Just don't be too late."
Yusei sighed, "All right. But I'm a bit worried how my mother's going to react. She'll probably be against it."
"Just tell her that mom said it was all right." The dark-haired girl reassured, taking a bite of breakfast. Her father nodded, taking a sip of coffee.
"But if you need anything for your mother, just give me a call. Okay?"
"Okay." The psychic replied. Her father ruffled her hair, tangling it more, "By the way, dad, I spun up your e-mail and there's one from Mina that I read."
"What does it say?" Yusei inquired taking a bite of the omelet.
"It said that the opponent that was scheduled for next Thursday had a family emergency and has to postpone until further notice."
"All right. You're really good at cooking, you know that?" he commented randomly.
"Thanks." She replied, smiling at her father, "Dad?"
"Yes, Copper?" the dark-haired man.
"Are you really excited that your mom's gonna be living with us?" she inquired. He hadn't said much about it.
"I am, baby." Yusei replied, "I still want to know her. I don't remember when I last saw her before Zero Reverse. It's just so amazing she's back."
The young girl moved close to her father and hugged him lightly, "I'm glad she's back and that you can actually get to know you." She kissed his cheek, "As long as you don't forget mom and me." she told him with a wink.
The Dragon Head Signer pulled his daughter into his lap, "Like I could forget my Black Rose and star-rose." He told her, stroking her cheek slowly. Some of Copper's hair fell in front of her face and he gently and slowly pushed the lock behind her ear. They stayed like that for several minutes, both missing the old days when the young psychic was a little girl.
"Dad?" she asked. He looked at her quizzically to let her continue, "I want you to know that I love you. So much. No matter what."
"I know you do, Copper." He replied, "And I do, too. Both you and your mother." He looked at the clock, "I think I should get going or else I'm going to be late." He chuckled, lightening the mood, "And we don't want that, do we?"
"Nope." The dark-haired girl replied, getting off her father's lap. She followed him into the garage where her father got into his car, not taking his runner since he had to pick his mother after work. He was pretty sure his mother didn't want to ride on his turbo dueling vehicle.
Yusei looked at his daughter and smiled a little, seeing her still in her dark-colored sleepwear and her long dark, threaded with red hair around her. She was so cute. The dark-haired man placed two fingers on his lips and then showed it to his daughter through the window, who did the same. It was just something they did as a form of good-bye kiss. He took one last glance and took off.
Copper went back inside the kitchen and made her mother a cup of tea and some food that would be easy on her palate. She placed the plate and teacup on a tray and went up to her parents' bedroom. The door was closed. The dark-haired girl focused her powers on the handle and eventually was able to get the door open.
Akiza was sitting up in bed, reading a book with her sketchpad aside her. She looked a little pale, but other than that looked normal. She heard the door open and looked up. The female Signer saw her daughter holding a tray with what looked like tea, some broth, and toast.
"Hey, mom." She greeted, "Morning."
"Morning, honey." The burgundy-red-haired woman replied.
"I heard you weren't feeling well." The young girl commented, "So I made you a few things that would be easy on your stomach."
"Thank you, Copper." Her mother said as the dark-haired psychic put the tray across her lap. Akiza took the teacup and drank some of the hot liquid slowly.
The dark-haired girl picked up her mother's sketchpad and looked at the one it was on. It was of her. It was a great sketch of her on her runner with Star-Rose Dragon out. Copper could make out all the details her mother put in. It was so detailed she could tell everything from the glittering stardust on her dragon's wings to the flecks of dark amber-gold in her blue-indigo eyes.
"This is a good sketch, mom." She told her a bit absently.
"Thank you." Akiza replied, "I've been doing a lot of you lately."
"Why?" the double-Marked Signer asked, lying on her stomach as she looked at the woman that gave her life.
"Ever since you told your father and me what happened with the past, I can't help but worry about you. He almost killed you and that just makes me worry and want you every second." The redhead explained, "It's just a maternal thing, I guess." She smiled gently at her daughter, "I've felt that way since I first held you."
"Oh." The girl said quietly. Akiza had told Copper several times of how she had felt when she was born and how she loved her since the first instant she saw her. She loved hearing how much her mother had loved her since her very first day. It warmed her heart. The dark-haired psychic smiled brightly at the redheaded one. Her thoughts drifted to the odd visions she'd been seeing in her sleep. The strange thing was that it only happened during the day; not at night. At the moment anyway, "Mom, can I tell you something that's kinda strange?" she asked, thinking of her mother's Black Rose state.
"Yes, honey." Her mother replied, "You can tell me anything."
"How come…I mean, why do you think he, what am I even doing asking this?" she asked more to herself than anyone.
"What is it, Cyli?" the female Signer inquired, though she felt a little tense at the mention of Sayer.
"Why do you think Sayer deceived you so much, when he seemed to care so much?" she finally asked after a couple minutes.
"I don't know. People are strange and unkind. And he only cared about my powers. But I actually believed he did care. I don't know why he did it, but I think he deceived me to gain my trust and he did it by seeming to care."
"I'm sorry for asking." Copper apologized, looking at the bedding, "I know you're not comfortable speaking about him."
Akiza reached out her hand and brushed her daughter's hair and bangs from her forehead. She leaned forward and tenderly kissed the dark-haired girl's forehead, before resting her own against her daughter's to look her in the eyes. "You don't have to apologize, sweetheart. If you have a question I will always answer it." She told her gently, yet firmly, "You're my daughter and I'll always listen to you. All right?"
"Okay, mom." The dark-haired girl replied, looking at her mother and smiled again, "I'm glad you can always make me feel better."
"Anytime." The female Signer told her. She turned a bit paler and quickly placed the tray aside. She rushed back into the bathroom, getting sick again for several minutes. The redheaded psychic rinsed her mouth before shakily going back to her bed.
Copper put a hand on her mother's forehead, "You're a bit warm. Can I get you anything?" she asked.
"No, what you brought me is good enough." Her mother replied, "But some more tea would be nice."
"All right." The young girl said, taking the cup. She went downstairs to refill it. As she reheated the kettle, her vision left her again as another vision with the past again. Only it didn't as scary as the other ones. It was her parents at a little café-like room. Her father was speaking to her mother. She saw her mother smiled a little at him and then looked at her Mark. She gasped as reality came back, "I need to tell someone." She said aloud as she noticed her Marks glowing as they faded, "I really have to tell someone."
Copper refilled the teacup and returned back downstairs. Akiza looked all right again as she was sketching with a couple of bites missing from the toast. Her mother looked at her with quizzical eyes.
"What took you so long?" her mother asked, "I was beginning to wonder if you forgot."
"How…How long was I downstairs?" she asked, giving her mother the new cup of very hot tea.
"About twenty minutes, honey." The redhead replied, softening the toast in the broth before taking a small bite.
"About that, mom…" the dark-haired girl started, "I've been seeing things lately."
"What kinds of things?" the female Signer inquired.
"The past…The Signer-Dark Signer war." she replied quietly.
"That's a bit odd. Maybe it's because of your new Signer abilities." Her mother commented.
"I was thinking that or that it may be from Second Sight." She added.
"Maybe." Akiza agreed, "Let's not think about it now. Can you get dressed and run a couple errands for me?" she asked.
"Sure, mom." The dark-haired girl responded, "I'll go get dressed. Be right back."
"All right."
Copper left the room and went down the hall to her bedroom. She changed out of her navy blue tank top and shorts into her normal outfit of a red tank top, black shirt with shoulder sleeves, and jean shorts. The dark-haired girl brushed her tangled tresses thoroughly. She grabbed her gloves, stockings, hair tie, and boots before taking them down to her mother and father's bedroom.
The redheaded Signer was lying back with her eyes closed. The blue-indigo-eyed girl sat the end of the bed, pulling on the rest of her clothing on. She began to separate her hair into three sections for her normal braid.
"What do you need me to do, mom?" she asked, tugging one piece of her hair over the other.
"It's just a couple of things." the psychic Signer told her daughter as she finished braiding her hair, "I need you to pick up a book from Dove. She told me the other day she finished and that she'd return it today. But as you see," she motioned to herself in bed, "I can't get it. So could you maybe get that for me and then go pick up a couple more boxes of tea along with a small grocery list I have. My checkbook's on the counter and I'll fill out my signature or if you want to use cash, my wallet is next to the phone. I have about eighty dollars. If you could mail out the letters and bills on the counter, that'd be great. And pick up the mail. You think you can do that?"
"Sure, I can do that, mom. But it's more than a couple." The girl replied, laughing a little, getting up from the bed, "I'll be back in a little bit. Hopefully it won't take me long. I hope you feel better when I get back."
"I do, too."
With Yusei
Yusei was anxious to get to the hospital to pick up his mother. He planned to get her after he finished work. The dark-haired Signer planned to leave a little early. The others noticed. They knew that their friend was excited for his mother to live with him and his family.
The dark-haired Signer did feel bad though for leaving his wife by herself with their daughter when she wasn't feeling good. But she had insisted he go to work and that his mother move. Although she had said that, he still couldn't help but feel a bit guilty.
"What's eatin' ya, Yuse?" Crow asked when there was a slow in customers.
"Akiza wasn't feeling well. I offered to stay with her and wait to move my mother in, but she insisted I come and we move her in. I just feel a little bad." He explained.
Crow chuckled a little, "Last time Dove said that, was a few weeks ago. Then we found out she was pregnant again after I came home."
"What are you trying to say, Crow?" he asked.
"Nothing, just commenting. But there's always that possibility." The ginger grinned.
Yusei rolled his eyes, "Crow."
With Copper
The dark-haired girl went back into the house with what her mother had asked her to get. She balanced the bag she had with the groceries, mail, and her mother's book with one arm as she opened the door. It felt good to get out for a little bit, but she was glad to be back to help the redheaded Signer.
"Mom!" she called, "I'm back!" she walked into the kitchen, not expecting to see her mother at the kitchen table, still dressed in her nightgown, "Oh, you're out of bed."
"Yeah." Akiza replied, looking at something in her hands.
"What are you looking at mom?" Copper asked, placing the bag on the table. She went over and sat across from her mother.
"I'm late." The psychic said, showing her what was in her hands, but hiding the most important part. The blue-indigo-eyed girl's widened.
"Is that a…?" the girl asked, trailing off.
"Yes." Her mother replied, moving her hand away from the results. The dark-haired girl gasped slightly: Positive.
"Y-Y-You're p-p-pr-pregnant?" she stuttered, leaning back too far in her chair, falling on her back again.
"Copper!" her mother exclaimed getting out of her chair and rushing over to her.
"Ow." She said, dazed slightly. Her mother crouched besides her.
"Are you all right, honey?" the female Signer asked, the worry reaching her eyes.
"I think so." The dark-haired girl replied, sitting up, "Thanks for caring so much, mom." She told her mother, hugging her around the waist, resting her head on her chest.
"I'm your mother; of course I care about you." The redhead told her, kissing her forehead again, wrapping her arms around her daughter.
"When did it happen?" the dark-haired girl asked, "Was it the day Lane and I had our practice?"
"No." her mother told her, "I don't think so. I think it was the night after he saw his mother for the first time. But I don't know. Your father and I seem to be doing it a lot lately."
"Too much information, mom." The blue-indigo-eyed girl told her mother, "Way too much for a fourteen year-old."
"Sorry." The female Signer apologized and switched the subject, "Are you sure you're all right?"
"Yeah." Copper responded, rubbing the back of her head. She winced a little; she must have hit her head pretty hard, since a bump, "What about you? Do you feel all right?"
"I feel fine." Akiza told her daughter, "It was just morning sickness."
"Didn't you say that when you were carrying me that your morning sickness didn't last that long?" the dark-haired girl asked curiously.
"Yeah, I think this time it lasted so long because I'm a lot older than when your father and I found out about you." The redhead responded, putting a hand on her at-the-moment flat stomach, "Dove told me that her morning sickness this time was a lot worse than her previous pregnancies. She thought it was because her age or because she's having twins this time around. I think with me, it's because of my age and I haven't been expectant in a long time."
"Probably." The blue-indigo-eyed girl agreed, "Are we going to tell dad?"
"I'm not sure if we should. It might stress him out and he already is with his mother."
"What about me having these visions of the past?" she asked again.
"That might also stress him, but if they continue, we should." Her mother told her, "Am I the only one you've told?"
Copper looked down, "Yeah."
"For now let's keep these two things a secret between us." Her mother suggested. Akiza grinned a little, "Just a couple psychic secrets between us."
The dark-haired girl grinned, "Psychic secrets."
Next Time in Lost and Found:
"Are you ready to go?"
"Yes, son. I'm as ready as I'll ever be."
"We're here."
"Is your mother feeling any better?"
"Yeah, she's feeling a little better. But she's resting right now. My mom gives you her apologies for not seeing you tonight. But since she's not feeling too great, she'd rather just rest up and see you in the morning."
"Oh, it's all right."
"What if dad gets suspicious of you being you know?"
"You mean because of the morning sickness? My body will adjust in a couple days and I'll be fine. I'll be able to hide this for at least a couple weeks. Until he's adjusted and back to his normal self."
"I'm going to be right back. Akiza wanted to see me. I'll get Copper to keep you company."
"If you want, I can show you something I found when I went to the past."
"What would that be?"
"I found Grandfather Hakase's logbook of when you worked on the Enerdy Reactor."
"His logbook…? I'd like to see it."
"I'll be right back."
"I just wanted to tell you that I hope she's happy here. And that it's probably going to take a while for all of us to get adjusted. And it might be hard for all of us. Especially Copper."
"Yes, I know. But we all agreed to move her in."
"I know that, Yusei. I just wanted to say that because I know you've been spending a lot of time with your mother and that you're going to spend even more time with her. And I don't want you to forget your family."
"I haven't seen his handwriting in so long."
"What happened?"
"I offered to let her seen your dad's logbook."
"I don't think you should be in her right now, Cyli."
NEXT TIME—CHAPTER 13: STARTING ADJUSTMENTS
AnimeKiwi369: And that's that.
Copper: You have trouble with after-chapter conversations, don't you?
AnimeKiwi369: I do. Sadly.
Akiza: I cannot believe you. I'm pregnant? In both of your current stories!
AnimeKiwi369: Well, yeah. It adds to the plot!
Copper: Unfortunately, she has a point.
Akiza: Unfortunately, I know too.
AnimeKiwi369: I love the relationship between you two, which I am show casing more in upcoming stories and chapters.
Copper and Akiza: We do, too.
AnimeKiwi369: But some things are going to begin taking not-so-good turns.
Copper: Uh-oh!
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