Chapter 3 : A New Day Begins

Nurse 1: Quickly! Take him to room 7, and make sure that he gets enough oxygen!

(Lights flashed passed Yuko's eyes as he was pushed down a corridor on a hospital bed)

Nurse 2: Oh God, he's lost a lot of blood! Get a Doctor here quick!

Crow: Yuko! Hey, Yuko! Keep breathing, Ok! You'll be all fixed up in not time! Just keep breathing! Don't..." (Yuko blacks out as sudden flash backs of his dream reappear and begin to cloud over his eyes as he falls into a deep sleep)

It was morning and Yuko woke up to find himself in a big, bright, white room. The sun was shining brightly through the window, almost blinding him and Yuko turned to the night stand on the left of him to find that it was only 7:00am!

He groaned and turned his head to find a girl in a white uniform placing a tray of food on the other night stand on the right. Yuko put one hand over his aching head and sat up, causing a sudden jolt of pain strike deeply in his chest.

"Ow God, that stings!" he groaned, and press against his chest to soften the pain with his left hand. He looked down to find that his chest had been bandaged up, which lead him to remember Itzuki. Was he safe? Had he also been injured? Who was that girl who stepped out to save him and how?

"Whoa, calm down, sir", said the girl in white, placing another pillow under Yuko's head. "You've had a tough night, and you still need to recover so try not to move around to much".

It was the first time that Yuko was every referred to as "sir" and it caught him by surprise. He rubbed his eyes, "I'm fine...I guess, but what's with all these bandages that I've got on?"

The lady looked at him puzzled. "You've broken two ribs, sir. Didn't u know?"

Yuko looked at her in bewilderment, but immediately remembered himself getting stabbed in the chest by Dark Blade. Had it really been able to break two of his ribs? Were psychic powered people really capable of inflicting real damage such as this?

The lady who Yuko assumed to be a nurse (which lead Yuko to assume that he was in a hospital), looked at Yuko oddly, noticing his bewildered expression."You were a mess when we found you yesterday. Luckily there was no vital organs damaged, but we did also find that your right arm was a little scorched. What did you do to yourself I wonder?" she asked, rolling her eyes.

Yuko blinked innocently and went on to answering a few questions about how he felt. Afterwards, the nurse reached over for the tray of food and placed it in front of Yuko, the smell of freshly cook bacon and sausage filling his nostrils.

"T-thank you", he said stutteringly, as his eyes beamed at the sight of what was apparently his breakfast.

He began to eat it happily and the nurse left him to enjoy the delicious meal after having recorded all the results on his health. Just as Yuko was about to start on his bacon, the door to his room opened and in came Crow along with Jack and Yusei (Yuko took the time to study them and recognized them from Tv).

Yuko was stunned and stopped eating. To be in the presence of the two top duelists was too amazing for him to believe. He immediately pinched his wrist. It wasn't a dream, this was real, he finally had the opportunity to talk to them in private!

A fourth person then walked in, a teenaged girl which Yuko also recognized instantly from her red hair and stile of clothing.

She didn't seem as scary as Yuko had remembered from when she saved him. In fact, she almost looked nervous. Yusei moved in closer to the girl and closed the door behind her as she entered. Yuko observed Yusei's actions, then looked back at the girl.

"Could they be in a relationship?" he wondered, and then saw Yusei kiss the girl gently against her pale forehead.

Yuko shrugged. "Oh well, never mind" he thought, but knew that he was nothing compared to Yusei and so he thought best not to interfere or even try to win the girl over.

"Hey Yuko, your finally awake!" Crow boomed. "What happened?"

Yuko smiled at the sight of Crow's excited reaction and explained to the four duelists the whole situation about the criminal, relieved to hear that Itzuki was ok. It took him quite a while to explain as he was eating his breakfast at the same time, causing him to choke a few times, but he eventually managed to finish the story successfully and the others took some time in getting their thoughts together after having listened attentively.

"Just another crazy criminal I supposed", bellowed Jack with his proud english accent.

"Total nut case", stated Crow." Good thing Yuko over here managed to knock some sense in to the guy, ain't that right Yuko?"

Yuko smirked, "No, I didn't really. I think that he was the one that knocked some sense into me. All I did was win the duel, and still I was about to get my ass kicked", he moaned, and rubbed his chest.

Crow laughed at the reply and Jack huffed. "If you had let me taken over, I would have blown that criminal to smithereens without even breaking a sweat. Even with Itzuki's deck!" boasted Jack proudly.

"That's enough guys. We should leave Yuko so that he can get some rest. After what he's been through, I'm sure that resting is the only thing that he can think about, even as we speak", said Yusei with a calm, but commanding tone.

"Yeah, yeah, well I'll see you later Yuko, for a duel if your up for it", joked Crow as he stormed out, pursued closely by Jack who was still boasting about how he could have won. Yusei kissed the girl on the cheek and whisper into her ear, "Akiza, I'll meet up with you outside in a second". The girl nodded and strolled out to where Jack and Crow were waiting.

Yuko raised his eyebrows. "So the girl's name was Akiza. Nice name, I suppose", he thought to himself happily.

Yusei turned to face Yuko as the girl left the room and smiled comfortingly. "You did good yesterday, but now get some rest. I'll tell Crow to come pick you up outside the hospital at 9:30am tomorrow, if you can still walk?"

Yuko grinned and nodded. He didn't know where Crow would be taking him, but it didn't matter. Yuko was just glad to have finally met Yusei in person.

"Thank you, and don't worry about me. There's no way that two broken ribs are gonna stop me from getting outta bed", replied Yuko excitedly.

Yusei chuckled. "Alright then, I'll see ya tomorrow", he said, and left Yuko to rest. Yuko lay there, his thoughts swirling around in his mind. "Yes! I'm gonna be seeing them again tomorrow! What a great way to start the day off!" he whispered cheerfully, then sat back up and finished his breakfast before going back to sleep, exhausted as ever.

The next day was a dull, windy day, not really the morning had expected. It had been raining a lot during last night, which prevented Yuko from obtaining a good nights sleep, but he was still eager to get down stairs and find Crow who apparently would be waiting for him.

Yuko tested his legs, arms and his body in general. His chest would still strike a few strokes of pain, but Yuko had no intention in staying in bed the whole day again and managed to get permission from his doctor to leave if he chose to go.

He got up and slowly dressed himself into his casual clothes, keeping his black jacket over his shoulder (since it was now ruined). He met up with Crow who was as he had hoped, downstairs waiting impatiently.

"So Yuko you ready for the ride", he blurted out and chuckled as he noticed Yuko stumbling down the hospital stairs.

Yuko nodded, still holding the side of his chest with his hand, knowing that by ride, Crow meant on his duel runner. "I guess, but it's been a while since I've been on a duel runner", he murmured.

Crow scratched the back of his bright orange hair that was held back by a black band. "Oh yeah, how long has it been since that duel runner of yours broke down".

Yuko shrugged. "6 months now", said Yuko grumpily.

"Well, maybe we could bring it over to Yusei's at some point. Him and Jack are still working on a new engine, but I'm sure they could find some time to repair yours", replied Crow gleefully.

Yuko smiled and nodded. Crow patted him on the shoulder and they both walked out of the hospital doors to where an onyx colored duel runner with a few orange parts was waiting for them.

Yuko was impressed, Crow really had worked hard since the last time Yuko had seen his duel runner.

"It really matches Crows style", thought Yuko cheerfully.

Crow jogged forwards it and turned to face Yuko while standing next his duel runner. "This here is my baby! I tell you now, the speed that this baby can make is eye-watering...if your not wearing a helmet", he added.

Yuko laughed."Well I'd like to experience that first hand", he claimed, observing Crow putting on his helmet. He then took a seat behind Crow, feeling a little nervous and heard the roaring sound of the duel runner engine being switched on.

"Whoa", gasped Yuko, causing Crow to smirked at the reaction.

"I know, she's impressive, right?" boasted Crow.

Crow pressed hard on the throttle after having warned Yuko to "hold on tightly" and off they went, taking the new highway road leading towards the outskirts of New Domino City.

Crow wasn't joking about when he said "eye-watering", Yuko had to wipe a few tears from his eyes that were forming every few seconds as the wind pressed hard against his face. The speed that Crow was driving at was almost frightening. It seemed insane!

"Woohoooo!" Crow howled."Enjoying the ride Yuko!"

"I don't have a helmet! I can't see! You could at least have remembered to bring a spare", Yuko complained.

"You said that you wanted to experience this sensation first hand!" Crow shouted back mockingly and continued to drive faster.

However, even without a helmet, Yuko did enjoy the ride considerably. He could feel the breeze brushing against his long, pale, white hair and the force of the wind nearly pushing him off the duel runner, causing his heart rate to speed up and his blood to boil with excitement.

He closed his eyes. This was the sensation he had been waiting for months now. It was breath taking, exactly how Yuko imagined the ride to be. Yuko tried to remember the good times he had had on his old duel runner before it got broken, recalling the same sensation he was experiencing now.

"I hope it will be fixed soon", Yuko thought to himself and after 15 minutes, the two friends sped round a corner that lead to a small street where Yuko was about to meet up with Yusei Fudo and the group again. He was so happy that he could barely contain his excitment within him any longer.

"This is amazing! Go faster!" shouted Yuko, and the two friends laughed together as they both drove through the New Domino City streets.

Yuko: Don't forget to Review, Follow or add to Favoirites! :D

Jack: Yuko? What's this your writing?

Yuko: It's called fan fiction, Jack. I decided to write down our adventure!

Jack: (Smirks) Well then, you better not miss out on the good parts, like the time where I beat you 17 times in a row!

Yuko: (shrugs) You counted? T_T

Jack: Yup! :)