All the Things I take Back

By Kellyq

Kiryu slowly opened his eyes and a beam of light tickled his face. His body felt numb and cold and his heart wept. He never felt so disgusted with himself in his life. Kiryu wanted so much to crawl into a hole and stay there. A light shake and a soft firm voice snapped him out of his dark thoughts.

"Kiryu! Snap out of it, man!" Yusei stared down at his wounded comrade in his arms. "Come on, open your eyes!"

Kiryu turned his head and realize that Yusei was holding him in his arms. More guilt washed over Kiryu's heart when he stared into Yusei's blue eyes that were filled with pain, sadness and regret.

"Are you alright?!" Yusei asked, concern and fear laced in his voice. He knew it was dumb question. When Kiryu opened his eyes, Yusei saw that his friend and leader was back to normal.

Kiryu's heart melted, and for the first time, he felt warmth in his shattered heart. A soft smile made its way to Kiryu's lips and Yusei saw love in his eyes for the first time.

"I do feel a lot better. Thank you, Yusei. I'm sorry for all the pain I caused you ..." Kiryu murmured, touching his stomach where Yusei was badly injured with their first duel. Kiryu stared into Yusei's eyes as he placed his hand on his heart. "And all the hurtful things I said to you. You're not a traitor ..."

Yusei blinked. "Yeah. But it was my fault you turned out this way!" A tear slid down his cheek. Another feeling came over Yusei when he noticed that the life in his friend's eyes were starting to fade. Kiryu was dying. "Come on! I'm getting you some help!"

Kiryu just smiled. He was tired, but also felt warmth and love in his heart. "You don't need to do that. You've helped me enough, Yusei. I see that now. You tried to save me then ... but I was so filled with hate - I didn't see the real reason why you stopped me - but I do now. It's because you're a good person, Yusei ..."

The dark-haired teen shook his head, tears streaming down his flushed cheeks. His heart pounding painfully in his chest. "Stop this, Kiryu! I'll find away to heal you!"

Kiryu chuckled softly. "You typical moron," he tried to joke. "You did." He took a gentle hold of Yusei's hand and place it over his heart. "Right here."

Yusei could feel Kiryu's heart. It did little good on how Yusei felt. He closed his eyes. This was not how he wanted things to end between him and Kiryu.

"You just can't leave us like this! Not when there's so much work to be done! We need - I need you!"

Kiryu's expression softened. He took Yusei's hand and kissed it. "That's really sweet of you, but you don't need me ..." his eyes started to grow heavy, and his voice started to become softer. "You're a signer now ... and I'm proud say that I love you ..." Kiryu closed his eyes and his head rolled to the side.

Fresh tears slid down Yusei's cheeks and a mournful scream came from the back of his thoat. He held Kiryu's lifeless body, rocking back and forth. "Why, Kiryu!? Why tell me that now when you could've told me that a long time ago?" He stared down, and new bound hate started to grow with in Yusei's heart. He leaned in and kissed Kiryu on the lips. "I'm going to get revenge on Rudger," he murmured. "I won't let your death go in vain."

The End