A/N: Here's the next chapter! Enjoy! We don't own Yugioh GX or Yugioh 5D's.

"Our target should be just ahead of us," the pilot said, stopping the thrusters. "But this is as far as we can go." He looked back at Judai and added, "Better get ready, boy."

Judai nodded and got up to head to the pod he would be using to follow Yubel's capsule.

"Judai, be careful," Asuka said, and he stopped and looked back at her. "This isn't going to be an easy ride."

"I know," he said. "Don't worry. I'll be fine."

"Just promise me you will not fail this time," Jack said. "'Cause I'm tired of this mess."

"He'll do fine, Jack," Yusei assured him. "Don't worry." He looked at Judai and added, "Good luck, pal. We'll meet you down there later."

Judai nodded and said, "Yeah."

"Aniki..." Sho hugged him. "Good luck. I hope you succeed."

"Thanks," Judai said, hugging him back. Silently, he added, I do, too.

"Hate to ruin this touching moment, but you're running out of time, you idiot," Manjoume pointed out.

"He's right, pal!" Crow said. "Get going! We're all behind ya, right, guys!?"

The others all nodded. Crow gave Judai a thumbs up and a wink.

"Thanks, guys."

He climbed into the escape pod and flipped through his deck, looking for the card he would need. He didn't want to waste a moment once he was out there, so he had to have that card ready before the pod was released.

"I hope he knows what he's doing," Sho said.

"I'm sure he does!" Asuka said. "He's got plenty of experience with being the hero, after all."

"Yeah. He'll be okay!" Aki added with certainty.

"Oh, he'll be okay, alright," the spirit said to himself. Looking at his friend, he said, "'Cause we're going with him, pal. Get in that deck before he sees us!"

His friend nodded, and they both turned into lights and dove into Judai's deck, intent on giving him a secret power boost.

"Alright, boy!" the pilot called. "You ready!?"

"Yeah! I'm ready!" Judai called back.

"Alright! I'm launching you towards the coordinates. Ready, set, and fire!"

He pressed a button, releasing the pod from the shuttle. The pod shot out of the ship, heading full-speed for the planet.

All was calm for a bit before Judai heard a familiar voice crying out in pain.

"It hurts!" the voice of Yubel—the past Yubel—said. "Save me, Judai!"

He wasn't too late. He'd caught up with her, so he still had a chance to save them both some pain.

"Cocoon Veil!" he cried, activating the card.

"HUH!?" Yubel said, unable to believe her ears.

"Spirit of the rainbow!" the green-eyed spirit cried before the card activated. "Hear my call and lend me the power needed to protect that cocoon!"

Just to be sure this would work, the spirit wanted to give Judai's powers a boost, using his own powers acquired after death. There was no way he was letting them fail, especially not now. They were just too close.

A rainbow aura appeared as the card activated, unnoticed by Judai. A pink chrysalis appeared around Yubel's capsule, with the rainbow glow merging with it. The two tag-along spirits joined with the chrysalis as well, adding their own power to the shield protecting the spirit within. Brought to life by Judai's powers, the card meant to shield against damage did its job perfectly, protecting Yubel as her capsule entered Earth's atmosphere.

"W-what is this!?" Yubel demanded. "What's going on!?"

"Yubel!" Judai called.

"J-Judai!? W-where are you!?"

The two made it through the worst of the atmosphere with barely a scratch. The chrysalis vanished when the capsule was inside the planet's atmosphere, and the two spirits separated from it, exhausted.

"We...did it...pal...," the spirit told his friend. "She's...safe now..."

Happy that his plan had worked, the spirit decided to leave the rest up to Judai. His tired friend was in agreement, and the two went back into Judai's deck to rest.

"I don't understand!" Yubel exclaimed from inside of the capsule as they continued to fall. "What was that!?"

"Bit of a long story, really," Judai said. "To make it short, I used my powers to make that card real."

"There's that voice again! Judai, is that you!?"

He smiled to himself—ah, the sky was probably the last place Yubel thought she'd find him...especially since he was coming down from space with her. "Yeah, it's me."

"Judai..."

They crash landed in a canyon in the middle of a forest. Yubel appeared in spirit form, emerging from her capsule and looking around for Judai

Judai's pod had hit so hard that it was half buried. Judai had to summon Neos to help him get out of the stupid thing. As the white hero appeared, with red lines on his body and a blue stone on his chest, Yubel looked at him, stunned.

"W-what?" she asked. "Who are—"

She didn't have time to finish that. The monster tore open the pod, and a two-tone brunette climbed out.

"Well, that was fun...," he muttered.

Yubel gaped at him, then rubbed her eyes, sure that they were playing tricks on her. When she looked again, however, he was still there.

"J-Judai...? Is that really—"

"Yeah," he cut her off, walking over. "It's me. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, Yubel. I never meant..."

He trailed off, not sure what he could say that would make things any better.

"Say, something's different about you," she observed, still stunned. "You feel...like me! Why is that?"

"Like I said on the way down, long story."

"Judai... You came back for me...," she said, sounding happy. Her mood changed dramatically with her next words, turning to sadness. "But why'd you send me away in the first place? I thought we were friends."

"Yubel, you were hurting my other friends," he said, deciding to try this again. "I was hoping that, by sending you into space, you'd absorb some of the power of darkness that the Neo-Spacians were infused with."

Yubel just stared. Well, already that was an improvement over how she had reacted last time he'd told her this.

"Do you understand?" he asked, hoping she would.

"I—I'm sorry... I was only trying to—"

"I know," he cut her off. "But you overreacted. You went after the people who made me cry, but they never meant to. I wouldn't even have been crying that much if I hadn't been a little kid. Besides, because of that, all of my friends got scared and wouldn't duel me anymore."

"And why was that so bad? You still had—"

He really didn't wanna hear that spiel again. "I know. I still had you. But would it really have been so bad for me to have other friends?"

"But—"

"Having other friends doesn't mean that I care for you any less, Yubel. You'll always be my friend, and I'll always love you."

"Judai..." Yubel smiled at him, glad to hear that.

The other Yubel, the one in Judai's head, spoke in his mind, saying, "Judai, let's get out of here already. That guy Cobra should be arriving soon to investigate, and I'd hate to be you if that happened."

Thinking about it, Judai had to agree with Yubel. If he was found after having crashed down from space, it could be problematic. Especially given the fact that he was part duel spirit and had strange powers.

Right, he told that Yubel. To the past one, he said, "I've gotta go, Yubel. But I'll see you again soon, okay?"

"Judai! Wait! Please take me with you!" the past Yubel protested.

Judai stopped, thinking. If he didn't take that card, she might get angry over being abandoned again. Then she'd use Cobra to find her way back to his past self and mess up his life for a different reason.

Seeing no other choice, Judai headed over to get Yubel, intent on finding some way to get that card to his past self.

"Good idea," his Yubel said in his mind. "Can't be sure what will happen now, after all. I mean, we're still here. So..."

Yeah... Though I'm not sure, he confessed. If I'm here when time gets changed, am I just gonna end up existing outside of the time stream?

"I don't know!" the voice in his head said, exasperated. "Just make sure our new selves are happy, okay!?"

Yeah, okay.