DISCLAIMER! I DO NOT OWN THE SERIES!

There are headcanons and rewriting for some canon characters so you have been warned!

Her small fist lightly tapped against the chest of a man that was once the little baby Yusei, a baby that laughed and giggled at the ringing of her cables as they hit each other and threw tantrums if he didn't get a story before bedtime. The baby that fell asleep in her arms when his parents were late and grumbled when she had to leave. His perfect blue eyes haven't changed at all and if not for them he would look like his father's clone. But she couldn't bring herself to look up at their familiar warmth. The warmth that was reminiscent of his mother.

The mark on his face made it painful.

But he was still here, unlike his parents.

Shinchoku thought of the house, waking up without the warm "Good morning" of both Dr. Fudos trying to build a machine that made pancakes without supervision and telling their baby off about table manners before he could talk.

"I'm sorry..."

The dome was underwater, apparently, and something similar to a pod was docked at the beach. Akiza watched as Yusei and Shinchoku- as she called herself- stepped on board with their duel runners. When they drove into the garage it was mayhem and they only added to it. It made her uneasy thinking he might not come back.

A house in a dome, underwater. It was hard to believe. Thus far- the story added up.

The pod sealed shut and began submerging. They didn't know how long it will take to fix whatever the problem was. This whole thing remained unknown to anyone for years- why?

They didn't know how long it will take to fix whatever the problem was. This whole thing remained unknown to anyone for years- why?

"Akiza?" She snapped out of it as Leo tugged on her sleeve, "I don't think you need to worry about Yusei."

"Huh? What makes you say that?"

"Dunno, maybe it's just a feeling but she seems to care about him." For some reason Leo's words made sense- it felt like she looked for the excuse to worry when she didn't need to. Yusei was confused completely, but Shinchoku? She was the one who was worried.

"She did what?" Crow exclaimed loudly, laughing his head off as Yusei's voice came from his runner's communication screen. "She kicked Trudge where?"

"YUSEI!" Luna exclaimed as she walked over to the Runner- are you there yet?"

"Yeah, just finished docking." They watched the fish swim above his head. But when the runner was pushed down the corridor the scene became weirder as it passed through a gate and revealed a garden full of lush trees.

"Well now we know she's not crazy," Klein added, stopping himself from gaping at it all.