Dark storm clouds rolled across the sky, broiling towards the edge of New Domino City. They brought with them a torrential rain that drenched anything and anyone below them regardless of status or wealth. As it hit the first of the buildings a raven haired man far below started to run. Yusei Fudo sighed in irritation. When he had set out the forecast was for hot sunny skies and no chance of rain. As a result he had not thought to bring an umbrella. He charged along the pavement, barely keeping ahead of the pouring rain behind him. As he reached a corner his toolkit hit the wall and sprang open. Yuesi sighed once more and glanced behind him at the approaching front. He had been doing odd jobs around the city in order to provide an income and had been working on the other side of the city on a rich business man who swore his top of the line Duel Runner was broken. Yusei had spent a good hour teaching the man to put in some fuel. As he took note of his surroundings he realised that the he was only a dozen blocks from the dwelling he shared with Jack and Crow. He turned around and hunched his shoulder as he started picking up his tools. He was crouched over for good five minutes as he made sure that each tool was present. He had just finished putting them away when he realised that he was missing one of his spanners. He started looking around the area and even checked the gutters. He was just searching the gutters when he felt a slight tug and a slim hand entered his view holding the missing spanner. "Is this what you were looking for?" Yusei turned around to see Akiza holding out his missing tool, a slight smile playing around her lips holding an umbrella above her head.

"Yeah, thanks." He muttered dropping it back in his toolbox. "How did you know?" Akiza let loose a small giggle at his question.

"It's the only tool in sight and you never put anything in your pockets." Yusei blushed slightly as he realised it must have lodged in his jacket when it flew out of the box. He fastened his toolbox again and started walking back to Poppo Time. Akiza hurried after him and shielded him from the rain. Yusei looked around as the rain suddenly stopped.

"Thank you." Yusei murmured. Akiza sighed. Ever since the Ark Cradle had gone and he had lost Bruno he had been... different. It was as if that spark that made him him had been smothered. It saddened her so much to see him suffer like this. She hoped that he would find his way back to them.