A/N: Chapter 73!

Thanks for all your support and I think I will be able to get it done in episode 75.

vicky: Thanks for the idea!

However, I currently have two ideas waiting in the wing that I want to get out. I hope no one's disappointed.

I'm not ruling out anything more connected with this story.

However, I'm afraid to post anything M-rated (I don't know what people would think about it). Plus, a sequel might get complicated, with all the couples and kids.

Fan idea used in this chapter: Lone Sparrow - Ishida Uryu. Thank you!

Akiza and her father stared at one another.

It was as if time had stopped.

Luckily, it hadn't, and Yusei was in the lane next to them.

He was about to get off of work, the same as Akiza.

He quickly turned off his light, rang up his last customer, and walked over.

He broke the silence.

"Mr. Izinski?"

He broke out of his stare with Akiza.

"Oh. Mr. Fudo. So nice to see you again," he said as they shook hands.

"Same here."

They turn to Akiza.

She was quickly ringing up her father's items.

"Akiza. Please. Say something to me."

She didn't look up, but he could see part of her eyes look towards him.

"What's there to say? You and Mom still not sorry for throwing me out."

"Yes I am," he pleaded.

She rang up his last items and bagged them.

"You're not. You're just saying that to make me feel better."

"Akiza. The holidays are close. Why don't you come to our house and have Thanksgiving and Christmas with us?"

Her father swiped his card and signed.

"No thanks."

Akiza laid the receipt in front of him and walked away.

"Akiza," Yusei said.

He turned to Akiza's father.

"Sorry. Mr. Fudo."

"It's okay. Go chase your girlfriend."

Yusei ran after her.

Akiza was already to the car, when Yusei got up to her.

"Just open the door," Akiza said.

They got in and Yusei started driving.

It was a silent car ride home.

When Akiza got home, she ran inside.

"Hey Akiza," the twins said.

"Akiza. How was your..." Martha said.

She ran past her and the twins.

"Day?"

Akiza grabbed the photo album and shut her bedroom door.

She looked at the photos.

She smiled.

"This is my family. This is my home."

A person knocked on the door.

"Akiza?" Yusei asked as he came in.

He shut the door and Akiza continued to look at the photos.

Yusei sat down next to her.

"Yusei...this is my home. My family. My friends."

She looked up at him.

"My boyfriend."

Yusei smiled and wrapped her in a hug.

"Akiza...your father's worried about you."

"No...not until he shows me that my Mom and him are sorry for what they did. Actions speak louder than words."

Yusei sighed and let go of her.

Akiza turned the page in the photo album.

Akiza saw a picture that she had never seen before.

It was a picture of a light blue haired person.

"Yusei. Who's this?"

"That's...Kalin."

"Who's that?"

"He...was my friend."

"What do you mean he "was" your friend?"

"Well...we met when we were 12. Crow, Jack, and I saw him walking alone in the Satellite."

"Martha took him in. Crow, Jack, and I all became good friends of him."

"We decided, a few years later, that we would try to start making the Satellite better. We did and everything was great."

"However, Kalin slowly went nuts. You see, we would normally duel to get gangs out of the area."

"Kalin, instead, starting hurting people. People were getting broken bones and bruises."

"We warned Kalin that if he didn't stop, we'd kick him out of the group."

"He didn't stop."

"When we finally let him go, he got mad. He then attacked a sector security officer and they threw him into the facility for life."

"Jack and Crow didn't want to see him, but I thought I'd give him one last chance."

"I went to facility to check in on him. The Kalin that I use to know wasn't anywhere to be found."

_Flashback_

Yusei goes up to a jailed visiting area.

Kalin sits in front of him.

They each have a phone in their ear.

"Kalin...listen...what you did was wrong," Yusei said.

"Yeah, but so what? I taught that officer a lesson. That was to show what they're doing to the Satellite."

"But Kalin...the Satellite's as safe as it ever was. In fact, crime is down significantly."

"Yeah, but that was due to the work you, me, Crow, and Jack did. Not those "protector of the people."

"But Kalin, one of Martha's orphans wants to become a Sector Security officer. They helped save his life!"

"So what! What I did benefited the Satellite more!"

Yusei sighed.

"Beating up people! That's effective? Look at where you are! You're in the facility for life!"

Kalin smiled.

"And I'd do it again if I could. I'd hurt every officer if I could."

Yusei slammed the phone down.

He got up and gave Kalin one last glare.

He walked out and Kalin shrugged.

_End Flashback_

"People like that don't deserve second chances. They do something bad and don't learn their lesson," Yusei said.

Akiza looked down at the floor.

"You're father and mother did something bad. However, they learned their lesson. They want to do better. They want to change."

Akiza took a deep breath.

"But deep down inside, they're still not sorry," she said, "Until they do something to prove it to me, words won't do the trick."

Yusei didn't know what to think.

They hadn't tried to physically help her, so she did have a point.

"Well, it's your life. I'll let you do what you want," Yusei said.

The days turned into weeks and the weeks into months.

Akiza still wasn't happy with her father.

Every time the senator and/or his wife went the store, they'd get into Akiza's lane if she was working.

No matter if Jake or another employee offered an open lane, they'd refuse.

Each time, Akiza gave them a cold stare, and didn't say anything to their pleas.

Yusei still was kind to them and offered a "hello" when they passed by his lane.

Another problem that was arising, was that Akiza couldn't drive.

She had been so focused on school and work, that she never had gotten the chance to learn how.

Plus, Yusei was not always being able to get her there, when they had different shifts on the same day.

By the time the snow started melting, Yusei told her firmly on a ride home...

"You're going to learn how to drive."

The next day, Akiza and him went out into a big parking lot.

However, it was less than pleasant.

"Go over there," Yusei said.

Akiza did as she was told.

"Now where should I go?"

"Over there," Yusei said in a upset tone.

The slow, but steady argument, continued.

Finally, Akiza stopped the car and said, "I want a real instructor."

Yusei smiled.

"That's not a bad idea."

They looked at one another and smiled.

When Akiza and Yusei's college classes ended, Akiza was able to change her schedule.

She made it so that Saturdays were off limits to work.

Akiza was then taught how to drive, by a professional.

When it was time to take her test, she didn't pass it on the first try.

She didn't pass it on the second try.

Third time wasn't the charm.

Finally, the fourth time was the answer for Akiza.

"You passed," the judge said.

"Yes!" Akiza screamed and raised her arms to the ceiling.

Yusei was standing nearby and watched her.

She started blaring the car horn multiple times.

"Um..Ms. Izinski?" the instructor said.

Akiza stopped and turned to face him.

"Yes?" she asked with a smile.

"Remember that a car horn's for emergency's only."

"Oh. Right," Akiza said with a blush.

Akiza got her license and proudly drove Yusei home.

When they got home, Akiza watched Yusei go into the garage.

She followed him.

She watched as Yusei continued to work on his duel runner.

"You sure like that runner, don't you?" Akiza asked.

"Yep. I love the feel of the open road and getting to ride next to the sunset."

Akiza smiled.

"That sounds like so much fun," she thought.

She then got an idea.

"Yusei..."

He looked up from his work.

"I want to learn how to ride a duel runner."

Thanks again to Lone Sparrow - Ishida Uryu!

I hope that the next couple of Chapters will be great!

Thanks for all of your support!