It's another episode. Yay! Anyways, I'll just cut right to the chase and let you guys R&R. So, remember to have a nice day.

It was now after midnight, and the clouds had cleared for a while to reveal the moon hanging its face over the Satellite. Laura tapped Sidney on the shoulder.

"You should get some sleep."

Sidney nodded drearily and she tugged on her shawl. She went back inside. Martha came out of the room where the doctor had done surgery on Yusei.

Before sending Sidney and Midori off to bed, she gave everyone the good news as they got inside.

"The surgery was successful. The glass was removed and the wound was stitched up. Yusei should wake up sometime tomorrow. I'm so glad…"

Everyone gave a sigh of relief. Sidney and Midori went to an empty bedroom where each of them got adjusted and slept on twin beds across from each other. The room was plain like the rest of the building.

Crow was going to sleep on the couch downstairs. However, before he could get the blanket and pillow ready for himself, Laura walked up behind him and caught his attention.

"So, you're still up? Aren't you going to go to sleep like everyone else?"

Laura had her hands in the pockets of her denim skirt, her red shirt looking slightly darker in the unlit living room.

"Yeah…but…Crow, is it… can I just say something really quick?" She asked. He nodded. She rubbed her eye and yawned.

"Before, just FYI, I'm Laura, Sidney's friend. Anyways…" She began, "Not to sound harsh, but I don't think you should talk to anymore people about what happened to Midori…"

Crow gave her a slightly puzzled but tired expression.

"You see…if I was her, I wouldn't want ANYBODY to know about it. It'd be too painful having to recount those memories over and over. I'd just want it to go away."

"You have a point."

"And…what if people were judgmental? I mean…this is the twenty-first century, but people may be inclined to believe it was somehow her fault to make themselves feel better. And the worst part is…even Midori herself will most likely believe it's her fault." Crow was a little irritated, but accepted it. After all, when he first found Midori on the beach, she had said that she thought it was her fault, even though there was no way for it to be true.

"Anyways, just saying. I wouldn't want someone broadcasting it to God and everybody. No offense." She huffed. Crow nodded, laughing a little at Laura's last statement.

"Thanks. I'll remember it for next time…."

"You're welcome. I know I can be the bold, blunt, and chatty type, which is annoying even to me sometimes, but…"

Crow raised his hand. "It's ok. Look, I'm really tired, and it's late."

Laura squinted at the clock on the wall, which was nearing one in the morning. She apologized and wished him good night before heading upstairs, undressing and taking a bed two down from Sidney.

…

Sidney dreamt she was back in the stone room, and as with her previous dream, she swam into the opening, and out into a bigger body of water much like a lake. However, this time there was nothing to prevent her from breaking the surface of the water, and the monster from before was nowhere in sense or sight.

She was drifting in the middle of a vast lake, surrounded by tall grass and looming jungle trees. Off in the distance was a large mountain and bigger, sparser trees dotting the landscape.

Right in front of her was a small island, bare except for grass and a few stray flowers. In the center is what looked like a giant square stone with a crack at the top, and decorated in ancient writing. She assumed it was where she was before; that was the stone room.

It felt peaceful to her. But, as she could feel herself drifting away, she saw a figure appear on top of the stone room. Sidney swam over and realized it was Midori.

"Star Princess…I mean…Sidney, I think? Where are we?" She looked down at Sidney and asked. It almost felt like it wasn't a dream, but something that bordered between dream and reality.

"I don't know, Midori. But, I've been here before." Sidney crawled up onto the island and sat underneath Midori. She was wearing the white, shoulderless slip from under her dress, and Midori was still had her black and green trimmed tunic on. Suddenly, the water became still.

Visions started flashing all over. From what either of them could tell, it looked like things from the past. Sidney could tell because one vision showed her Father staring at a picture of her Mother. Midori saw a glimpse of her own past, of her grandfather giving her a piggy-back ride when she was five.

But there were also memories of others, some they knew, like Yusei and Crow, and others seemed to come from nowhere, from ages long last. Midori looked down at Sidney with an expression of revelation.

"This…is my power, the Oracle of Twilight. I can see into the hearts of people and look at their past and see their present nature. But, I can also see the past of things and people that have past this world."

Something occurred to Sidney. "Hey Midori, how did you know I was the Star Princess? I mean, you saw my marks, and somebody told you…never mind."

Midori giggled. "It's ok. But, the other part of my power is that I can detect Signers and Dark Signers. But, because I am neither I do not activate their marks. I'm closer to what the people in the Arcadia Movement are…a psychic."

"Wow…you know all that?" Sidney was amazed.

"Well…no, I didn't until just now. Seeing these visions, and just being here…it's like I'm learning so much all at once, like someone's pouring it all into my brain or something! It's kind of cool, actually."

The visions started shaking and began to fade into the clarity of the lake. Everything became quiet and still, as if time had stopped. That was until they felts tremors behind them, like a pair of giant footsteps coming towards them.

"Oh, no! He found me! He's coming back for me!" Midori jumped down and huddled next to Sidney and hid behind the stone. Sidney could sense a dark presence approaching. It really was a dream, for the most part, because she recognized it immediately.

"Little mouse? …Where are you, little mouse?" Kiryu's maniacal voice rang in their ears and caused Midori to start shaking with fear.

"We need to get out of here." Sidney decided. She pulled Midori down to the shore, and the two of them started swimming across the lake to the other side.

Then, the water starting crashing and banging, and Midori could sense it was to late to try and escape. The two of them looked back, and saw Kiryu standing on top of his Earthbound Immortal.

The giant reached out and grabbed Midori. Sidney tried to grab her hand and pull her away, but wound up being dragged along with her. Kiryu sneered at the two of them.

"Well, I have my little mouse. But what's this? A guppy? Or just an annoying little princess…" The giant pulled Sidney away from Midori.

"Throw her back." The giant tossed Sidney back into the lack. She fell in head first and shot down like an arrow, until she was able to turn around see the shadow of the giant looming over her. Strangely enough, she could still here Kiryu laughing, and Midori crying out for help.

She swam back up to the surface. Sidney was horrified to see the giant opening its mouth and throwing her in. She screamed Midori's name, but froze in fear as Kiryu jumped in after her.

Next, the giant groaned and began to dissolve into a mound of black goop with glowing blue lines. Sidney's marks weren't glowing…this was a dream for sure.

She swam up to the mound and tried to find an opening to go after Midori and Kiryu. But it was no use. It was sealed shut.

However, she could hear Midori screaming for Crow and for her, for anybody to come save her. Sidney reemerged on the surface of the water and saw the sky turning red. Suddenly, she saw a vision on the water.

Midori was in her dark prison again, lying on her back, trying to move. But, she was frozen as Kiryu removed his hooded robe and tossed it aside.

"No…No…No!!!"

Just then, Sidney felt something breathing down her neck. She could sense something big behind her.

The demonic looking red and black dragon from her previous dream had come back, and it was right above her, watching her she helplessly looked down at the vision of Midori.

"I have to get in there…I have to save her. Somebody has to save her…but how can I when I am myself in danger?" She tried diving into the vision, but all it did was temporarily distort the picture. Kiryu pulled out a knife from his pants pocket. Midori started crying.

However, the vision began to break and dissolves into the water. Sidney slammed and swam around, frustrated, trying to find someway to get to Midori.

"No!"

The demonic dragon took a hold of her and dragged Sidney back to the other side of the shore, where there was an open area. Sidney was soaking wet. Water dripped down her skin like it had rained.

The dragon slammed her down on her back, similar to the position Midori had been in. She realized the creature's intentions and tried to stand up, but couldn't move a muscle. The dragon started shrinking until it was human sized. Sidney closed her eyes and just prayed it would all be over soon.

However, a familiar voice broke through the silence.

"Stop! Red Dragon Archfiend! Let her go!"

Stardust Dragon appeared above in the air, with white light surrounding it. His voice sounded a lot like Yusei's. But she figured it was his monster, so it made sense. But, he called the other dragon Red Dragon Archfiend…she wondered where she had seen it before…but then, something occurred to her.

"Jack…Red Dragon Archfiend is Jack's monster. I heard about it when I saw a repeat of their duel right after I moved into Goodwin's house…."

Just then, everything faded to black, and Sidney woke up, with the sound of Midori's crying still clear in her mind.

However, when she awoke, she realized it wasn't just in her head.

…

Laura had been woken up by Midori, who woke up screaming, whimpering and crying. She had gotten out of bed and was sitting at the edge of Midori's bed, comforting her. Midori was leaning against Laura's shoulder, sobbing.

Sidney rubbed her eyes and lit a nearby candle to shed some light.

Midori looked up at her. "Sidney! I'm so glad he didn't hurt you, too."

Laura looked at the two of them, confused. Sidney began to wonder to herself as Midori grabbed Sidney's hand.

"You remember the dream, don't you? We were at the lake, and we were learning so much…but then he came and took me back to the dark place…And I saw some other monster come up behind you and grab you…"

"So…are you telling me we had the same dream?" Sidney asked.

Midori nodded. Laura's eyes widened. "How's that possible?"

"My powers. I must have… there's no other way. Anyways, I'm sorry if I woke anybody up. We should go back to sleep."

"It's ok if you don't want to talk about it. Just promise that you'll be at peace until morning, ok?" Laura got back into her own bed. Sidney blew out the candle and curled back up under her blankets, and fell back asleep.

Midori closed her eyes, and nothing else disturbed any of them for the rest of the night. And before they knew, morning came.

…

It was cloudy the next morning. Yusei opened his eyes slowly after being in blackness for what seemed like a long time. He could feel the stitches where the piece of glass had been and saw he was in an isolated room, resting on a small bed with the covers pulled up to his shoulders.

He remembered what happened the night before, and guessed he was taken to Martha and Dr. Schmidt, judging by his surroundings.

Just then, he saw the door creek open. Martha came in, with a worried look. When she saw he was awake, she sighed with relief.

"Yusei, I'm glad you're ok. We were all worried sick about you."

"It's good to see you Martha, is everyone else ok?"

"Just fine. Nobody else has gotten up except a couple of kids who are helping me with some early morning chores."

Yusei lifted his arms out from under the sheets. "Martha, can I ask you a favor?"

"Of course, just as long as you tell me …what's happened to you? It's been years since I've seen you, you know."

"Ok." He smiled.

"So, what do you need?" Martha asked.

"Was there a girl in a lavender dress?" He assumed Jack had taken Sidney home, but apart of him was hopeful that she had stayed behind.

"Oh yes, I think I remember her friend calling her Sidney. Crow and a friend of his are also here as well, they wanted to make sure you were alright."

"That's her. When she wakes up…I would like to talk to her."

"Oooh, I see. I'll be sure to do so. So, why don't you start by telling me about how life has been? I know there's a lot to catch up on…but just tell me anyway. Then maybe later you can tell me a little about this Sidney." Martha recommended.

…

Sidney woke up early that morning, and decided to get back into her dress since she had nothing else to wear. But, as she wrapped the shawl around her, she decided to leave the necklace behind for now. She could come and get it later when Laura and Midori got up.

She just walked out the door when she saw Martha coming up the stairs.

"So, are you the early bird sort of person, then?" She asked.

"I guess." Sidney shrugged. A couple of kids were downstairs running around and working in the kitchen. A few more ran past the two of them and went downstairs to join them. Crow poked his head out from the living room.

"Could you guys try to keep it quiet, some of us are still tired from last night." He spoke gently and quietly, trying not to wake anybody else up. He waved at Martha and Sidney and he withdrew back inside.

"Since you're up, why don't you go see Yusei?" Martha smiled.

"How's he doing, Martha? Is he ok? …Are you sure I can't help out with anything? Anything at all?"

Martha chuckled. "He just woke up. Anyways, don't worry about it. I won't need you until later. Besides, Yusei sounded like he really wanted to see you."

Sidney's eyes sparkled. "Really?"

Martha nodded. Sidney, without thinking, ran down the stairs. Martha shook her head, and pointed to Sidney's right, which was a hallway.

"He's on the first door to your right." As Sidney darted down into the hallway, Martha couldn't help but chuckle to herself. That girl has a lot of energy, she thought.

…

Sidney saw the room and slowed down, approaching it with caution. She knocked on the door, and was greeted by Yusei's gentle voice.

"Come in."

She slowly opened the door. "Yusei? It's me."

Cautiously entering the room, she saw Yusei leaning on the wall behind his bed, sitting up with the white blankets up to his waist. She blushed a little when she was he wasn't wearing a shirt, but sighed when she saw the bandages wrapped around where the stitches were. She hoped he wasn't in a lot of pain.

His eyes followed her as she took a seat in a chair that was set at his bedside. Maybe Martha was sitting with him all night, it would explain how she seemed a little tired in the face this morning, she thought.

This feels a lot like when Yusei and I first met, except I'm the one sitting in the chair…and he's in the bed. Like a flip-flopped version of Deja-vu, I guess.

"Yusei…how are you feeling?"

He closed his eyes, "It still hurts a little. But, I feel a lot better than I did."

"I'm so…I…" Sidney tried to reach for something to say to him. She wanted to tell him how glad she was that he was going to be ok, that he was going to heal. Sidney wanted to tell him how she didn't want anything like that to happen to anyone else, but she felt so helpless because she knew it couldn't be avoided. But, she also felt helpless because of what happened with Jack and Goodwin, how she felt like she was in a cage with no way out. And, that she dueled a Shadow Drone, and how she was scared, that she would just hold everybody back because she couldn't take him down so easily. And if he had trouble with Kiryu, she wondered how much harder for her to take on one of the real Dark Signers.

All but the first one felt very selfish to her. She wasn't only person in the world, and not the only one who had to face the Dark Signers. Yusei was the one who was hurt. Her problems paled in comparison to the danger he had faced, and would face again.

Just then, she felt herself speak.

"I was just so worried. If something worse had happened, I don't know what I would do…" She started to feel herself raise a mental red flag that she should stop talking before she could give herself an opportunity to mess up.

"We haven't known each other long…that's true. But, you already mean so much to me, Yusei. I can't imagine how much stronger that will be when this is all over." She didn't say the exact word, but she felt it was so obvious what she was trying to say, but she felt absolutely pathetic.

Yusei could see the tension that was forming in her head, as it began writing itself into her facial expression. He rested his hand over hers on the edge of the bed, and cupped her cheek in the other.

"Don't worry, Sidney…please?"

Sidney looked down, expecting him to tell her that everything was going to be ok, or give her some other reassuring bouquet of words. She didn't want any of it.

"Yusei…" Before she could tell him not to tell her it would be ok, he told her to close her eyes. She was confused by his request but did it anyway.

Then, Yusei squeezed her hand gently as he lightly grazed her cheek and kissed her on the lips.

Ok, was that too much again? Seriously. Anyways, you know the drill, so I hope to see you back here for the next episode. Have a super day!