A/N: This is literally a very weird short idea I got from just sitting around and contemplating...so, how about we have two different storylines 'meet' in a sense? What better way to handle a year anniversary, right? XD

I will come out and say this: Ren is NOT my first OC for this series. Aurora takes the mantle of that. However, it's been more fun to write Ren and the other characters I created with him than it was Aurora's storyline...so that explains why I've focused more on Ren in recent times. Well, without further adieu, let's check out this slight crossover short (not a crossover of two different series...more like storylines XD).

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. That goes to the respective owner. I only claim my OC(s).

Strange Encounters:

(Ren's POV)

"Huh..." I said aloud, staring at the strange text. It was from Yusei...but yet it didn't seem like it came from him. "Hey, Yusei?"

"Yeah?" he replied.

"Did you send me a text in the last few hours?"

He poked his head up from what he was doing. "No...why?"

"Because I literally have a text from you from, like, three hours ago."

"I was out testing the engine then, so I couldn't have sent a text."

"Well that's weird. Also, do you know anyone named Aurora?"

"Doesn't ring any bells."

"Huh...oh, hey! I think I got into some sort of group chat. There's a reply from whoever this Aurora is. Wait a minute...they're talking about a new engine design, too."

"Okay, let me see." He walked over, wiping off his hands with a rag. He leaned over my shoulder, and I moved my phone enough for him to see. "You sure it's not a different person that sent a text to a wrong number?"

"Oh yeah, sure. I know at least ten people named Yusei."

"All right, Mr. Sarcasm. Have you tried getting into the conversation?"

"Well, no. I was honestly too confused to think of doing that. Hope whoever these two are they still have their phones off of silent." I typed in a quick response to one of the texts, sending it.

It took several minutes, but I finally got a response. "'Who is this?'" I read aloud. "That was from this Aurora person."

"I guess tell them who you are, just be careful," Yusei replied.

"Got it." I typed a response. 'I could ask you the same thing. How do you know Yusei? He said he doesn't know anyone named Aurora.'

A reply came a bit quicker this time. 'What? How do YOU know him?'

'Uh, duh, he's literally right beside me.'

'Okay, that's it. Video chat. NOW.'

"Quick word of warning, we're about to see these guys' faces."

"Well, we're already this far in. Might as well sate our curiosity."

"Just hope that 'curiosity killed the cat' doesn't bite us on the ass."

As soon as a call came in, I answered it...and almost dropped my phone. And apparently, the person on the other end almost did the same. Holding the phone was a dark blue haired girl around our age with bright blue eyes. And standing behind her was pretty much an exact copy of Yusei. All of us were freaked out by this.

"What the what?! How...there are two Yuseis?!" I exclaimed.

"I guess that answers that question," Yusei (the one next to me) replied.

"This is...very strange," the girl—I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that she's this 'Aurora'—said.

"I don't recall having an identical twin," the Yusei behind her commented. "Or a clone."

"Okay okay, I'm being calm. This is my calm voice," I breathed.

"Ren, I think anyone who knows you can tell you're freaking out," Yusei sighed.

"Not helping!"

"All right, let's try to take this a few steps at a time. Where are you two at?" Aurora asked.

"Uh...we're at Yusei's garage. Why?"

"That can't be because we're at the same place." She moved her phone around, showing the evidence. "See?"

"Holy shit...did we just contact an alternate reality?!"

"It would seem so," the other Yusei answered.

"Wow...this is cool! I mean, I'm still quite freaked out about it, but not that much anymore," I said. "So, uh, are you guys going through the same shit we've been?"

"Depends on what it is," Aurora replied.

"Uhh...let's see...there was the Fortune Cup all those months ago, the Dark Signers, working on the engine for the WRGP, oh and the Ghost!"

"Yeah, definitely alternate reality as we went through the same things."

"Wow. Then-" I stopped when the screen started fizzling on and off. "What the hell? What's going on?"

"Looks like the connection can't stay through."

"Aw man, but I wanted to keep up our talk!"

"We'll figure out some way to get in touch. Though, we might want to be careful with the space-time continuum." The chat cut off then.

I put my phone away. "Wow, a different universe, huh? I wonder if we could get in contact with others."

"I kind of don't think that that's going to happen again," Yusei replied.

"Well, if we say it often enough, it might. The universe likes to bite us in the ass a lot."

"True."

A/N: Pfff, I know I said I didn't want to make short ones a lot, but I didn't want to drag it out for too long. XD I'll say that this is probably one of the few times that Aurora and Ren would be in the same story (with the exception of some upcoming ones in the future that are crossovers of some of my favorite crime series). So what do you guys think? Should I have more conversations with these two, or should this be the only one of its 'series'? I think if people like this enough, I'll keep it up. And if you want to know more about Aurora, feel free to ask. I only have her in two stories on here (with one I might delete 'cause Voltron: Legendary Defender keeps changing EVERY SEASON DX), so there's not much about her on here. ^^; Well, anyway, bye for now!

PS- I will say that this is strictly AU material. I might continue this over on dA 'cause now I have ideas for Ren meeting other characters I've made that aren't Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's related.