Chapter 74!

A/N: Thanks for all your support.

The only thing really to say about this Chapter is that it's a bit awkward.

Of course, you're probably use to that by now.

Yusei gave Akiza a look.

"You want to learn how to ride a duel runner?" he asked.

"Yes."

Yusei was baffled.

"Why?"

Akiza got up and went to within breathing distance to him.

"This is one of the only things that I can't experience with you. I want to feel the rush of the open road. I want to be able to be with you as you drive by the sunset."

Akiza tilted her head down and blushed slightly.

"I want to feel your arms around my waist instead of me always having to hug yours."

Yusei blushed too.

They then paused for a moment.

"Give me a week," Yusei said.

"What?"

"Give me a week."

"For what?"

"Just trust me."

"Okay," Akiza said as she turned around.

Yusei grabbed her arm and turned her around.

"Promise me you won't come in here for at least one week."

Akiza smiled slightly.

"Of course Yusei. I trust you."

Akiza left and Yusei got right to work.

As the week went by, both Akiza and the twins didn't go into the garage.

Akiza didn't ask him about it when they went to and from work.

Jack and Crow came to help as well.

On Saturday morning, Yusei came into the kitchen from the garage.

He noticed everyone eating.

"It's breakfast time already? I thought it was only 5 AM," he said.

"Yusei, how long were you up?" Akiza asked.

"All night."

"All night?" they all said as he sat down.

"Yeah, and..."

He yawned.

"And I'm not the least bit..."

His head hit the table and he started snoring.

Everyone smiled as Akiza went and put a blanket around him.

A few days later, it had been a week.

"Okay Akiza. You can come in now," Yusei called.

Akiza came in and looked at what was in the garage.

It was a ruby red duel runner, with all the accessories.

Akiza smiled.

"You made this for me?" Akiza asked.

"Well, we all did," Yusei said.

"I don't know what to say," she said, "Although, this is probably the first nice thing Crow's ever done for me."

"Hey, what about those times with Jack?" Crow countered.

"What times?" Jack asked.

"Oh nothing," the three other people said.

Leo and Luna came in.

"Wow! This is for Akiza?" Leo asked.

"Lucky," Luna said.

"Well, I'm going to go take her out and help her out," Yusei said, "But first, we need to get her a riding suit."

"Riding suit?" Leo asked.

"It's a suit mostly for beginners," Jack said, "It usually limits the scrapes and bruises. Most experience people don't wear one."

"Well, lets go," Akiza said as she takes Yusei's hand.

Yusei and her walk out.

Jack looks at the table in the garage.

"Where's my coffee?" he asked.

Crow raises the garage door.

The stars were out and he runs into the darkness.

"You took it didn't you Crow! Yusei doesn't like coffee!"

He chases after him and the twins laugh.

When Akiza and Yusei get to a shop for duel runners, they head for the area with the riding suits.

"Wow! Look at all the colors," Akiza said as she moves them down the rack.

"Just find one you like," Yusei said.

Akiza finds a red and black one.

A/N: The one she uses in the show.

Yusei waited and heard her struggling with something.

Akiza sighed and then comes out.

The suit fit her body perfectly.

Well, almost perfect.

A potion of the suit was revealing a small part of her...assets.

"It feels great, but it won't zip up over my chest," she said.

As Akiza continued to struggle with the zipper, Yusei felt a very small bulge in his pants.

"Um...lets try on a bigger one," he suggested in a hesitant voice.

"Okay," Akiza said.

She went to the rack and found the same one in a bigger size.

She went back inside the dressing room.

Yusei sighed and leaned against the wall.

"Man. Akiza did look good in that suit," he thought, "Too bad the zipper doesn't work."

A few minutes later, Akiza came out in the bigger suit.

It didn't fit her as tightly as before and it was obvious it wasn't her real size.

However, she was now able to zip it up to cover her cleavage.

"This one doesn't feel as good as before," Akiza noted.

She looked at Yusei.

"What should I do?"

Yusei froze.

"Um...well..."

Suddenly, a voice came over the speakers.

"The store will close in 5 minutes," a voice said.

Yusei breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lets come back tomorrow," he said.

Akiza nodded and went back to change into her regular clothes.

When they went into the car, Yusei drove them home.

"So what do you think I should do Yusei?" Akiza asked.

Again, he froze.

"Um...well...the one did feel better," he said, "But the other one did zip up all the way. That'd be good for colder weather."

"Hmm. You're right. I guess I'll sleep on it," she said.

Yusei took another sigh of relief.

That night, Yusei laid in his bed.

He was torn on what to tell Akiza.

On one hand, he wanted her to be comfortable.

He also admitted that she did look attractive when she wore the tight fitting one.

However, he worried that the cleavage might attract the wrong crowd.

He feel asleep.

_Yusei's Dream_

Akiza and him are walking down a city street.

Akiza has her cleavage showing.

Suddenly, three men come up, and surround them.

"Hey. You're kind of cute in that suit," one said.

"Lay off," Yusei said as he sticks an arm in front of Akiza.

Suddenly, Yusei is pushed from behind.

He falls to the pavement and he hears some struggling.

Yusei tries to get up, but he holds onto his left knee.

Akiza is then heard screaming.

"Yusei! Help me," she calls as the three men drag her down the street.

"Akiza!" he calls.

He winces in pain as he tries to get up.

Akiza gets smaller as they pull her away.

_End Dream_

Yusei wakes up and can feel himself with a slight sweat on his neck.

"That's it," he said, "I have protect Akiza."

Yusei didn't want to see Akiza in pain.

He wanted to see her smile and be happy.

However, she looked so good in that tight fitting suit.

He falls asleep again.

_Yusei's Dream_

"Akiza. You want to go out on our runners?" Yusei asks with a smile.

"No," Akiza responds.

She folds her arms.

"Why not?"

"Because that suit's uncomfortable. It's not as nice as the other one. The other one fit me perfectly and hugged my skin. I felt safe in it. This other one feels like it'll fall off."

Yusei looks as Akiza gives him a crossed face.

_End Dream_

Yusei heard his alarm clock go off.

He got up and saw Akiza eating in the kitchen.

"So..." Yusei said, "What's your decision?"

He sat down.

"Well, do they make a custom order? Kind of like a tailored suit," she responded.

Yusei thought about it.

"I don't know," he said.

Yusei felt his protective instincts come in.

He grabbed both of her hands.

"Akiza. If they do have a custom made one and we buy it, will you promise me one thing?"

Akiza nodded.

"Promise me that, if we're in public, like with a lot of people, you'll zip it all the way up. Okay? I don't want you to get hurt."

Akiza smiled at his words.

Yusei sighed.

"And if they don't, get the bigger one. The tighter one might give you the wrong attention."

Akiza nodded.

"Of course Yusei. That's really sweet that you're so protective of me."

Yusei smiled back.

Later that morning, Yusei and Akiza headed for the same shop as the night before.

Akiza asked a lady at the front desk if they did custom orders.

"It'll cost more to get one, but yes we can do it."

"Yes," Yusei screeched as he tried to hold back his emotions.

"Wow Yusei. I didn't think you'd be so happy," Akiza said.

"Oh...well...I just want you to be happy," he said.

"And look good too," he thought.

Akiza and a worker got the measurements they needed.

It arrived in a few days and it zipped all the way up.

Luckily for Yusei, it also fit skin-tight and showed off Akiza's beautiful curves.

However, it was time for the hard part.

Learning how to ride the runner.

Yusei helped Akiza learn the basics and even tweaked her bike to help her ride it better.

Even so, Akiza's main trouble was going backwards.

So, Yusei took her to the skating rink.

Leo and Luna came too.

They watched the two college kids walk to the rink, with their skates on.

"Is this another date?" Leo asked.

"No," Luna responded, "He's showing her how to ride a duel runner."

Akiza and Yusei made their way to the smooth, flat, wooden rink.

Akiza took a step on it and nearly fell, face-first, into the ground.

Luckily, Yusei was holding her hand and stopped her fall.

"Haven't you skated before?" Yusei asked as he pulled her up.

"Um...I've seen other people doing it," Akiza asked with a blush.

Yusei chuckled.

"Well how do you know how to skate?" she asked.

"Martha took us here as kids. It was cheap and it kept us out of trouble. We didn't go very often, but we went enough to not forget how to skate."

He took her with both hands and lead her out onto the rink.

"See. This is clearly another date," Leo said.

"Fine. It's another date," Luna admitted.

Yusei slowly taught her how to go forward and stop until she could skate without his help.

He then got her to learn how to go backwards, without hesitating.

Once they were done, Yusei and Akiza went back to the parking lot.

Akiza tried going backwards on her runner, just like Yusei had taught her.

She was surprised at how well she was able to do it.

When she was done, she got off her runner, and gave Yusei a hug.

"Now, you just got to qualify and pass your license exam," he said.

With Yusei's training, Akiza was easily able to qualify for a license.

However, she had to duel Trudge to get her license.

Like her driver's license, it wasn't until her first try that she got her license.

However, on the second try, Trudge wasn't expecting a new card that Akiza had bought a the day before.

It lead her to victory and she got her license card.

.A few days later, Yusei asked her to come along with him.

"Where too?" she asked.

"You'll see."

Akiza got into her suit and zipped it shut.

They then hopped onto their runners and headed into town.

Akiza followed Yusei as they went to the top of a parking garage.

It was a beautiful sunny day and it had a gentle breeze.

Akiza got off unzipped her jacket a little.

"That breeze feels so good," she said.

They looked around and could see all the buildings and homes for miles around.

"Yusei. Why are we here?" Akiza asked.

"Well, before I tell you, I need to introduce you to a couple of people."

"What do you mean?"

Yusei turned her around and there are both of her parents, Martha, and the twins.

"Akiza. You have two people you can call your family. However..."

Akiza's father comes up and hands him a small black box.

He steps back and Yusei gets on one knee.

Akiza gasped.

"However," Yusei continued, "There's only one that you think is your family. Before I open it, there's something I want to know. Akiza Izinski, will you forgive your parents for what they did? Will you recognize the family that you have denied for so long?"

She gasped.

"But..."

She turned to her parents.

"They didn't show me that they, physically, love me," she noted.

"Yes we did," her mother replied.

"Yusei decided on the ring and we payed for it," her father finished.

Akiza's eyes widen.

She turned to Yusei, who was still on his knee.

He nods.

Akiza turned back to them and had tears flowing out of her eyes.

"Yes. Yes I do forgive you."

She goes up to them and hugs her father.

Akiza's mother wrapped her arms around them.

"Akiza, you're so grown up now. You can control your powers, wear your choice of clothes, make your own decisions, and live the way you want to," her father said.

"I promise that your mother and I will never throw you out again. You're always welcome in our home."

"Thank you Dad," Akiza said.

They break the hug and Akiza went back to Yusei.

"Yes Yusei Fudo. I do forgive them."

"Well, then..."

He opened the box.

Akiza gasped at the ring.

"I want your now two families to become one. I want you and me to become one as well."

"Akiza Izinski, will you marry me?"

Akiza nods.

"Yes. Yes I do Yusei Fudo."

Yusei gets up and takes the ring out.

He puts it on her finger and they hug.

Everyone else claps as they then share a brief kiss.

A/N: I know the top of a parking garage isn't the most romantic place to propose. I apologize if you were expecting more.

I also apologize for the suit part. I just think that Yusei's hormones would respond some how with Akiza's suit.

Anyways, please review and thank you for your support!