A.N. - Dear 'BAD', …this is FANFICTION….it is called thus for a reason. If I want Yusei to become a cotton candy pink sea monster that sings phantom of the opera, I can MAKE. THAT. HAPPEN. So don't get all pissy if I make him a soldier instead of a scientist.

Chapter 13- Team Ammon (Hidden)

The team didn't know what to say at first as their friend and leader looked at them with such cautious emotions in his eyes.

"Yus'…he…he stayed to-to buy us the time we needed to get away." Ghost answered quietly and cringed internally as the man lying on the bed seemed to wilt and his eyes shattered; the expression of shock didn't last long before it was replaced with one of great sadness and loss. He had gotten paler, which we thought was impossible,

"No…no…no, no, NO!" He sat up now before we could hold him down, "HE WAS TOO YOUNG TO DIE!"

"Oi Laddie, he didn't want us to stay behind with him," Twitch gripped his shoulders and tried to push him down,

"He…he can't be dead! HE CAN'T BE! He wasn't meant to fight! He wasn't made for war!" his eyes held so much anger we all flinched, but Twitch shoved him down into the pillows,

"CALM YOURSELF CAPTAIN!" Yusei cringed at the booming voice and the older man lowered it once Yusei's body betrayed him and went limp, "'E…he knew yah would 'ave died if we did. He gave his life for yah…for all'o'us." They saw his throat jump and constrict as he opened his mouth to speak, no sound came the first time but as tears began to flow at an increasing rate he gave up and silently wept for another loss in his life. The others remained motionless, they had not known what had happened between their captain and Czechoslovakian man but knew better than to ask now; minutes passed before Yusei tried once more to speak to them whilst the tears did not stop creating icy trails.

"Twice." The others didn't speak, "He…saved my life twice now…" the raven haired sniper shuddered and coughed before groaning at the pain the slight movements had caused, "I will…repay him…honor his sacrifice somehow…" he coughed a few more times before he lay still again on the mattress.

No one spoke immediately. A young man had saved their Captain, one of the supposed enemy forces, from the clutches of death. Not just once but twice in the period of three months…

"The…the first time that the boy-o saved Yusei was from a bleedin' lung." Twitch spoke with an unbelievably soft whisper, " 'E…'e told me that Yus' almost died then and there…in that wasteland."

"Bozidar…we must give him a memorial of some sort."

"How?" Brains spoke up for the first time, "There is no way we could get the…his body to bury it."

"How 'bout a service?" Bulldog's deep tone stopped the others, "We could have a moment of silence too."

"That could work! We could spread his story among the others when we get back too! Y'know like an official memorial for one of our own." Ghost whispered back feverishly,

"Would we be allowed?" Churchill muttered,

"I don't see why not? He was dragged into that place and forced to serve the enemy! If anything he was one of us that we let slip through our fingers! We. Will. Have. A. Service."

We'll need to find a description if we-"

XOXOXO Back to the Present XOXOXO

"STOP!" Churchill had taken over the story since Yusei had fallen back into unconsciousness and had no idea that they had planned all this. Everyone stared at him, "Please stop. I-I can't deal with those memories right now; the only thing I want to do is let it fade a bit.

A soft hand came to rest on his shoulder and he looked to his left before becoming entranced in the honey-gold eyes of Aki, he could see her reading all the pain he was feeling, both physical and mental. Her right hand on his shoulder didn't move and neither did her gaze, but her left hand he tracked as it slowly came up to his cheek and rested there; her thumb gently brushed the trail of a tear that had fallen earlier and had gone unnoticed until now.

"Why do you always have to suffer?" her tone matched how he felt inside, broken…hurting, she wrapped her arms about him and buried her face into his shoulder as the first sobs began to shake her petite frame, "Why is always you who has to lose people you care about?" her cry was muffled by his shoulder and his jacket; he enveloped her in a tight hug,

"It happens to everyone Aki," he pulled away and began to head to the roof once more, "Thank you…for what you all did for Bo- ," he choked, "for what you did for him."

XOXOXO Yusei POV XOXOXO

The setting sun over the city, reflected off the streets and buildings in a blinding scene of oranges, reds, and pinks; the wind caused my bangs to brush my forehead as I lifted my shirt and touched the scar over my ribs, feeling the sudden depression there where the bone had yet to repair itself.

I took in a deep breath and slowly let it out, throwing my senses into how it felt to breathe easily like this, I repeated the action even more slowly: filling my lungs to the max and letting the air out,

"I'm so sorry Bozidar, that I still breathe while you lay abandoned and alone… Je mi to moc líto, můj přítel.(I'm so sorry my friend.)" he put his whole hand over the scar before looking up with new determination,

"Adrik ... вы будете платить за это ... Я клянусь, что это. (Adrik…you will pay for this…I swear it.)" the sun glinted off his deep blue eyes and in them the pain and remorse at the loss of one innocent and young boy morphed into a vow for revenge…one to be fulfilled in blood.

A.N.- the end of the memories now…should I continue?

A.N.2- Okay…that HURT. Found this story that was pretty weird called Yuugiou Duel Monsters MCGT:basically the author just RIPS into peoples' stories with "commentary" now sometimes this is pretty funny but this was just kinda insulting to the stories they listed (sorry if anyone who reads this likes this story) but what really hurt was that, in the reviews, someone offered up THIS story and said "Also, here's a fic that would be amusing to tear apart: Aftermath Chapter 1 by kyuubecky. xP" OUCH! Normally I can deal with this kind of stuff, but…this just really struck me down…