Chibi: I'm sorry for the delay guys! D: I have a reason this time, too, and it's not laziness! I fractured my nose, so I've had to deal with that for a while, my exams are coming up soon, it's hard trying to come up with a way to get Yusei out of Divine's cell room of hell, and I've been trying to revive a long lost story of mine.
Takeru: *trying not to laugh* you ran into a bookshelf at an anime convention.
Yusei: You two are helpless, you know that? *still chained up*
Chibi: Oh… uh… yeah, Yusei, I have a bad feeling that you wanna kill me, don't you?
Yusei: What makes you say that? *trying to reach a gun from the corner of the room* just a little more… then she's dead!
Chibi: o.O … I also have a bad feeling that I'm gonna die, too. Well, while I'm dealing with this mess, you guys can read this chapter!

~*four days after Divine captured Yusei*~

The Fudo sat on the cement ground, free of his chains. Divine had some kind of heart deep down, he had figured out when the man had released Yusei from his restraints, but he had yet to get anything to eat or drink besides a couple glasses of water here and there. The scientists once blue eyes full of life had grown dull and empty. He had already pulled out his cell phone to try to call Taka, but Divine had taken the battery and SIM card out of it when he had been knocked out. Yusei hasn't seen any form of light in over forty-eight hours, and it was starting to drive him insane. He lifts his head up slightly, gazing up at the black ceiling as if to ask, "Why did this have to happen to me?"

Back on the surface, Jack, Crow, Katsumi, and Riku were all getting out of a cab near Yusei and Takeru's hotel. Crow stretched and yawned, the plane ride over to France had really worn out the carrot top. Jack smacked his friend in the back of the head, thinking to himself that this was probably going to be the longest three days of his life. First, he would have to put up with Crow and Riku for the first time in over three years in the hotel, then they'd have to hang out at the wedding the second day, and then it was the plane ride home that would most likely be his murderer.

"Have you tried to call Yusei again?" Katsumi asked, his arms folded and an annoyed look crossed on his face.

Crow rubbed the back of his sore head and nodded. "He just won't pick up! I've been trying to call him for over two days and I've got nothing. It's starting to freak me out a little bit, personally," the Blackwing duelist said shyly.

Jack then proceeded to hit Crow yet again. "Don't be ridiculous, nothing bad has happened to Yusei, you understand me? Maybe France doesn't have good phone service!"

"My phone's fine!"

"Yeah, mine's working fine, too!"

"You two are not helping!" Jack scolded Riku and Katsumi. The two former Yamis jumped at the sudden chance in the Atlas's voice and put their cell phones back in their pockets. Jack grabbed his bags and walked into the hotel. Crow grabbed his as well, rolling his eyes and following close behind. The ginger glanced around at his surroundings, and when he looked down an alleyway, he caught something moving out of the corner of his eye. As they say, curiosity killed the cat; well… in this case, it killed the Crow. Dropping his bags, he ran over to see just what it was. Something was moving under some kind of jacket, so he picked it up, revealing a small cat. It was a tabby cat from what Crow could tell and it had big gray eyes, just like his.

With a huge smile on his face, Crow picked up the small animal. "Hey, guys, come over here! It's a kitty!" he said with a humorous tone in his voice. The cat merely tilted its head in confusion. Riku was the first to respond, running over to where Crow was. "Isn't he cute? Wait… is it a he?" Crow examined the cat. "Yup… he's a guy."

Riku chuckled. "Yeah, he is kind of cute," he cooed.

Jack ran down the alleyway, bags still in hand. "What are you two doing? Come on, we've gotta check in now! Hey… where'd you find the cat?" he asked, a puzzled look plastered on his face.

"I found him under this jacket!" Crow announced, picking up said jacket. He took another look at the piece of clothing and raised a concerned eyebrow. "Hey, this looks like the jacket Yusei was wearing when he came to visit me! That's weird… it even has a Japanese tag on the back of it."

Jack dropped his bags, ran over to his ginger friend and snatched the jacket out of his hands. "Let me see that!" he shouted, reading the Japanese tag on the back. "This is Yusei's, no doubt… but why would it be in the alleyway by his hotel?" Everyone was silent, confused and growing a bit concerned, even Jack was. "Come on, we better get checked in and see if Yusei and Takeru are in their rooms. Bring the jacket with you, Crow… just not the cat."

Crow pouted. "Why can't I bring the cat, too? It's all alone and junk!" he defended the feline. The tabby cat's eyes seemed to grow larger in size, as if to beg the blond to let the ginger keep him.

The former king wanted to punch someone in the face, but he sighed and gave in. "Fine, on one condition! You leave it here until we find Yusei. If he runs off by then, you can't keep it, and if he's still here, take him back to Japan with you, okay?"

The Blackwing duelist pouted a little and set the cat down and grabbed his bags. "You stay here, Crow Jr., if you want to come home with me, you understand?" he ordered the animal. The cat blinked and bounced its head around as if it were following a light. Crow smiled and ran out of the alleyway, into the hotel. Katsumi and Riku shrugged, following the other man. Jack stared at the cat with an expression on his face that said, "Did you seriously just understand what that nimrod was saying?" The feline sat on the ground, looking right back at the blonde with a gaze just as intense as his.

"It's just a cat, Jack… the King doesn't get his mind screwed by a freaking feline," he muttered to himself. The World King picked his luggage up and chased after his friends. Crow had already checked in with the front desk and was getting a couple of room keys for them. They had booked two rooms; both of them having two beds in them, and the two rooms were located just down the hall from Yusei and Takeru's room. A bellhop ran over with a smile, said something that seemed like a polite greeting in French, and took their bags onto a cart. Riku began begging Crow to let him ride on one before they left, but Crow only face-palmed before taking the stairs to get to their suites. Katsumi mumbled something under his breath that involved something along the lines of why he was best friends with the idiot before running after the ginger and the other former Yami. Jack looked around, taking in the beauty of the hotel that they would be staying in for the next three days. He could've sworn that he could've fallen up the stairs if he stared too intently at his surroundings.

The four companions found their bellhop waiting for them at their room. He tipped his hat, opened the door with his master key and let them in. Katsumi, the only one of them who was smart enough to take up basic French on the flight in, thanked the man in French, handing him a tip. The worker smiled again before walking back to the lobby, leaving the four Japanese men to take care of their belongings.

"Hey, can you guys unpack my things for me? I'm gonna go check Takeru and Yusei's room for Mr. Heartbroken," Crow said, a hand on his hip. The other three nodded and the ginger ran down the hall, looking at room numbers until he came across the right one. He knocked once, and the door was thrown open by whoever was inside, pulling Crow into the room.

"Yusei, where have you been?" a voice shouted. Crow was just about to have a heart attack and yell for help when he saw that it was only Takeru. "Dammit, you're not Yusei! Wait… holy crap, Crow! Have you heard anything from Yusei?"

"Uh… no, when was the last time you heard from him?" Crow asked in return, growing slightly more worried than before. "We found his jacket in the alleyway next to the hotel and thought you guys dropped it out of your luggage or something. We just got here and we've got the jacket in the room if you wanna see it, sport."

Takeru ran his hands through his hair and groaned in frustration. "I haven't heard from Mr. Lovebird in over four days! The last time I saw him: he was heading over to Aki's and he never came back or called! He's too smart not to call back, right? Am I panicking for a good reason? Please tell him I'm not going crazy!" the teenager screamed. Crow then proceeded to slap Takeru to calm him down. "Ow… what was that for?"

"You said that it's been four days since you've heard or seen him? Why haven't you gone to Aki's to check to see if he's there?" Crow questioned, trying to hide how much he was worried and scared.

"I have no idea where she lives," was the blackette's simple answer.

"That's it, you're officially an idiot! It's right here on the invitation!" the ginger pointed out, taking the piece of paper out of his pocket and shoving it in Takeru's face.

"Well, I'm sorry; Yusei took it with him when he left so he could find her place!" shouted the other man, shoving the invite out of his face and kicking Crow in the shin. The pro duelist yelped and jumped up and down on one foot, holding his now throbbing leg in his hands. Glaring, Crow punched Takeru in the face, sending him falling to the floor with a large red mark forming on his face.

Jack, who was unpacking, heard the commotion outside and raised a curious eyebrow. "What the hell is going on over there?" he muffled, strutting out of the hotel room to see what was going on. He peeked inside the room to find Takeru on top of Crow, pulling his hair, and Crow was pulling the former Yamis ear. "Stop it, both of you! You're acting like children!"

"I am a child, thank you very much!" Taka defended, punching Crow in the face.

"Ow, dammit, you're older than all of us put together, you moron! Get the hell off me so we can go look for Yusei!" Crow demanded, becoming very pissed, very quickly. Jack sighed and intervened with the small brawl before him, pulling the two of them apart. "Jack, Yusei's been missing for four days! We've gotta look for him, like, now!"

"Four days?" Jack said, stunned. How could Yusei be missing for that long? This was Yusei they were talking about, right? The same kid they grew up with that could navigate his way through the whole island of Satellite and not get lost when they were only five? Jack set his two friends down and crossed his arms over his chest, thinking about where his rival could've gone. Maybe he went back home to Neo Domino because he couldn't handle the thought of Aki marrying someone else, Divine no less.

Riku and Katsumi popped their heads into the door frame, curiosity getting the better of them, just like it had done Jack. "Is one of them dead?" Riku asked a blank look on his face.

"No… no, they're not dead, you idiot."

Riku rolled his eyes and pulled out his phone, texting as fast as he could. "I've gotta tell Ruka and Rua so they can get here faster. They were planning on coming in tomorrow just in time for the wedding since they both have college exams this week. I say screw the final, Yusei's missing!"

Jack smashed his fist into the palm of his other hand. "That's it; we're going over to Aki's to see just where the hell he is! Maybe he stayed over at her place and lost his phone! Come on, we're leaving NOW!" Jack then proceeded to stomp out of the room and down the stairs back to the main lobby. Scared that they would be mercilessly maimed if they didn't follow him, the four other men chased after the world king.

The five visitors followed the directions to the church and the same man that gave Yusei directions to Aki's place gave them the same route. They traveled to the apartment complex and walked up to Aki's room, knocking on her door.

Not long after they had, the red head girl opened the door. "Guys, you're here! I'm so glad you could make it!" the girl threw her arms around Jack and Crow, but Takeru gently tore her off of them. A confused look crossed the former Signer's face. "What's the matter?"

"Have you seen Yusei? No one has heard or seen from him in four days," Jack said bluntly. Aki raised an eyebrow in confusion and quickly let them in. "Did he come by recently?"

She nodded. "He came by four days ago, and I haven't heard from him since then. He came by to say hi and wish me luck with everything and—," she began. Aki was cut off by the sound of the door opening and closing again. They all looked back and saw a brown haired man in a gray suit and hat with a red tie. "Oh, Jeremy, you're back! These are my friends, Jack and Crow. Katsumi, Riku and Takeru are Aiko's friends."

Takeru's ears and eyes perked up. "Where's Aiko, by the way?"

"She's in her room getting ready to go out to dinner—," she was cut off again by Takeru running into the bedroom with the door closed. It seemed like Aki was getting cut off a lot lately. "Well then… anyway, these are my friends from Japan. You haven't met Yusei yet, though. Jack and Crow just told me that… h-he hasn't been seen in over four days."

Jack and Crow wanted to punch "Jeremy" in the face so bad, but they couldn't. They didn't have good enough evidence to show Aki that her fiancé was actually the former leader of Arcadia in disguise. The room went tense was Divine smirked as he took something off the kitchen table and glanced at the new arrivals. Jack had to remind himself not to beat the living shit out of the person in front of him, as did Crow and the former Yamis behind them.

Divine/Jeremy faked surprise and put on a concerned face. "Four days? That's a while… do you think he… went missing? Or do you think he just went home after he said hello? It's possible he did, I mean, you ARE his ex, after all. Maybe he just didn't want you getting married to me," he said with a shrug. Jack's right eye twitched in irritation.

Aki's face went red from guilt and embarrassment. "M-maybe…" she muttered, nervously rubbing her forearm. "A-anyway, what are you doing home, baby? Weren't you going to meet Aiko and me at the restaurant after you got off from work?"

The man nodded. "I am I just left my portfolio here on accident and I needed to come get if before the meeting started," he explained. He walked over and kissed Aki on the cheek, then glanced at the former Team 5D's members. "I'll get to know you four later, if that's okay."

"That sounds grand," Crow said with a fake smile. With that, Divine left with a tip of his hat, shutting the door behind him.

Aki let out a sigh. "It's hard to believe that I'm getting married tomorrow, ya know?" she mumbled like a school girl falling in love with the most popular guy in class.

A light bulb suddenly appeared over Jack's head. "Oh, I um… forgot my wallet at the hotel and we were uh… gonna go shopping for some souvenirs after we came to visit you, Aki! I'm gonna go ahead and go back and get it if that's okay."

"What are you talking about? we…" Riku began before Jack sent him a cold glare. He suddenly got the message. "Oh yeah, I remember now! Y-yeah, we were gonna go shopping! Right…"

Aki's eyes lit up. "Oh, well, okay! Please, if you find Yusei, tell him that I was worried sick about him! I'll keep a close eye out for him while I'm out as well," she said with a smile. Jack nodded, gave her a hug and left, Katsumi and Riku following suit. Crow on the other hand, stood in the door frame with a regretful expression on his face. "Crow…?"

"If you're so worried about him and you still care about him, then why'd you leave him?" he quizzed with a glare that would make even Jack shiver in fear. Aki's expression changed from normal to shocked and hurt in an instant. Crow didn't look back at her and shut the door behind him, dashing down the hallway to catch up with Jack and the others. Before he made it down to the second floor, the ginger's arm was grabbed and pulled behind a wall. He almost screamed, but a hand was over his mouth, the hand belonging to a certain blond. Jack put his finger to his lips and pointed to their number one suspect in their friend's disappearance.

Divine/Jeremy was glancing around at his surroundings to make sure he was completely alone. Though, he was completely oblivious to Jack, Crow, Riku, and Katsumi right beyond the corner. The man put his hand on the wall, running his hands along the drywall. Soon, he stopped and found a small slit in the wall, like where an elevator used to be. Divine snapped his fingers, making the worn and old elevator open up. The former members of Team 5D's gazed in awe at how much better of a psychic he is now compared to what he was in the past. With another snap of his fingers, the doors closed and it was as if nothing had even happened.

"… What the hell was that?" Riku spoke up in disbelief.

"That… is probably where our friend is being held captive. We'll have to stake out here until he comes back up," Jack answered.

"He used his magic, psychic power things that we don't have to reopen the ancient elevator of doom, though! How are we supposed to get it open when he comes back, genius?" Riku shot back, anger rising in his tone.

The blond king narrowed his eyes. "We'll figure something out, trust me," he said calmly.

For the next twenty minutes, the four friends waited, and waited for Divine to reemerge from the pits of where ever the hell he had gone to. Katsumi and Riku had fallen asleep leaning up against the hallway wall while Jack and Crow kept a keen eye locked on where the elevator door was. Right when Crow was about to nod off, the door reopened, revealing Divine as he stepped out of the room. He fixed his tie and took off his white glove, which was stained red with blood, and shoved it in his pocket with a satisfied smirk playing on his lips. Whose blood it was, Jack and the others really hoped that they were incorrect when they thought of whom it could belong to. Divine quickly made his way down the hallway and down the stairs to the bottom level.

As quick as he could, before the doors closed, Crow ran over and stuck his foot between the sealing gates. "Hey, Katsumi, Riku, wake up! We're in!" he whispered. Jack shoved Katsumi in the shoulder to wake him up as the blond himself ran into the elevator. The two former Yamis sprung awake and sprinted into the elevator with Jack and Crow. They got to the bottom floor and found a whole floor of cells and no light other than candles flickering down the hall lit the whole area. What kind of apartment complex was this back in the day? Cells and whatnot; it could've been a torture house or a prison for all they knew.

Jack ran down the halls of cells and looked in each and every one of them. "Yusei, Yusei, it's me Jack! You down here, man?" he called at the top of his lungs. All they got was silence… at first.

"J-Jack," someone said in a wispy voice, drawing everyone's attention to one of the last cells on the floor. Katsumi was the first one to find who the voice belonged to and the silver haired teen nearly had a heart attack. Yusei was shirtless, lying on the stone floor, bloody and he looked as if he was starving, which he probably was... he looked as though he was on the verge of death. Crow, Jack, and Riku all ran up to the same cell, having the same reaction as well. Jack quickly grabbed the keys that were dangling from the wall, unlocking the lock on the chamber and running inside to see if his rival was alright. "I can't… what day…"

Crow put Yusei's numb arm around his shoulder and Jack did the same with the other. "Just don't talk right now, bud, we've gotcha. You don't have to worry about a thing. You've probably gone through Hell the past four days, so you just take it easy," the Blackwing duelist commanded.

"It's been four… days?" the prisoner spat in horror. "That means… the wedding is t-tomorrow. I've gotta stop him!" Jack took this opportunity to smack Yusei in the back of the head to shut him up, which in turn, knocked him out from how weak the Junk duelist was in his condition. Crow gave him the, "What the hell did you just do? Did you seriously just do what I think you just did?" look as they dragged their friend out of the prison ward.

"Well, he would've just kept freaking out if I hadn't of done it, so you should be thanking me, Hogan," the Atlas pointed out. Crow rolled his eyes in response. "Come on, we've gotta get Yusei to a hospital, now."

Chibi: *dead from typing the whole second half of this chapter in less than an hour*
Takeru: Well, at least we found you, eh, Yusei?
Yusei: *still knocked out from Jack's Atlas Punch of Doom*
Takeru: … well damn, I'm all alone in this studio. Well, I'm pretty sure Chibi was gonna say that she was sorry for the delay. She's been working on her original story a lot lately and she hasn't been paying much attention to this story. Her, 'Twin Gravestones,' novel is really taking a lot out of her so… I think I'll join them in the land of the sleeping. G'night, readers, and also, one more thing: reviewing + being nice + Rock Band marathons at birthday parties until three in the morning = a happy and very tired Chibi Duelist.