Hello everyone, I'm back with a new story and it's about Yuri and Flynn (It may contains yaoi later on but not now.)
Please enjoy the story and pardon my mistakes.
I don't own Tales of Vesperia ( if I owned it, Estelle's hair will be brown or yellow-not pink)
"You know what Yuri?"
"Huh? What?"
Rita put her finger on her chin then looked…no stared at Yuri for about several minutes, until Yuri yelled at her until she had to stop.
"What are you doing? Suddenly staring at me like that. Is there something on my face?"
"No…not at all. I just want..."
"You are making me mad." Yuri turned around and started walking off.
"You definitely made him mad, Rita. This was the tenth times in a day that you stared at him." Karol said with the other members of the group approved the mage. Their concerned eyes didn't off the raven haired- swordsman.
"But I want to check if he…"
"It's a secret, remember." Judith blinked an eye and reminded her that.
Yuri walked down to the lower quarter and head to the square where everyone gathered up for an important also big event ever: A party to thanks Yuri and Brave Vesperia for their hardest work saving the world. Yuri is now the hero not only of the lower quarter but the whole Terca Lumireis. Also the guild members: Estelle-an active princess, Rita-a genius mage, Karol-a fearless captain, Raven-an old man revived from the death, a warrior dog-Repede and the beautiful maiden-Judith. Besides that reason, today, this party was set up in order to congratulate Yuri become a member of Imperial Knight, not just a normal knight, but a Captain, a fine and sound Captain with his own team-Yuri's Brigade. Those things was Flynn's idea, he didn't want to tell him directly because he was sure that Yuri will refuse the honor. So he thought up of this plan and got everyone in the lower quarter involved to make sure that Yuri can't decline. You know what kind of person is Yuri, and I know too. He isn't the type that turns the other's hope upside down, and he will do everything to protect and make other happy. A fine person he is.
"Yuri, congratulation." The green-haired boy ran towards him, a smile formed on his face.
"What is it Ted? Why are you congratulating me?" Yuri asked curiously. He noticed Rita's weird attitude earlier and couldn't help but wondering himself.
Ted opened his mouth, intended to say something but out of nowhere, Rita appeared and shut his mouth up by dragging him over the corner, out of Yuri's view. Yuri could still hear a terrible cry from that direction. Poor Ted.
The party soon began later that. Estelle and Flynn prepared a lot of delicious food from the castle and the women of the lower quarter brought their best cook to join in. Everyone ate, drank and danced. However the main character didn't seem happy himself, instead of singing and dancing around like the old man Raven and Karol, instead of playing with the children like Estelle and Judith or choking fast the food down his throat like Rita, Yuri chose to sit at the farthest corner of the square with a wooden cup of beer on his hand while watching the other happily enjoyed the party. It didn't feel right to have a party to thanks him; he doesn't want to be thankful by anyone. He just does what he thinks is right, to bring up justice and well (sometimes causes messes, too.) But who cares.
"You don't seem happy Yuri?" A sudden voice stopped his flow of thought. He turned his head a side and found the blond Commandant walked towards him. Flynn turned the empty wooden box that used to store the wine upside down and sat on it, next to Yuri. His sapphire eyes looked up at his best friend in concern: "What's wrong Yuri?"
"No, it's nothing, really. It's just… I don't want to be appreciated by other people. It felt kinda weird." He sighed, brought the cup to his mouth, and drank from it.
The blond commandant remained silent.
"Hey, Yuri, come here a second." The old man Hanks yelled at him with the drunken voice. As Yuri stood up and walked towards the center, each step he walked, the people's eyes followed him. He felt something that didn't right. Hanks patted a strong hit on his back caused him to yell in pain: "Hey, what was that for?"
"For congratulating of course. Yuri, from now on we will expect your care."
"What?"
"Don't 'what' with me." Hanks laughed out loud. His husky voice mixed up with the very strong smell of the wine he was drinking.
"With that attitude of his, it would be better if we don't rely on him." The other residents began laughing at the same time. Even Raven, Karol, Judith and Rita.
"Hey, would it kill you if you guys tell me what is going on here?" Yuri started to feel the heat rising up his face. He hates it when he does not know something that the others know, and hates to be left out. It makes him seem that he is very stupid and nothing compare to them.
"Alright, alright." Hanks gave up and smiled softly before informed Yuri the greatest news he had just found out earlier. "Yuri, you have been promoted to become part of the Imperial Knights, not a normal knight, but a Captain…a Captain, you hear? Congratulation."
"Yay, congratulation Yuri." Everyone cried out all of a sudden and at the same time that made the noise could be heard just fine from the noble quarter.
…,
"Hey, that voice, do you think their aqua blastia is going out of control again?" A knight said to his friend.
"I don't know. I heard they are having a party down there. May be someone gets crazy and smashed the core with a bottle?" Another knights answered.
"But hey, the blastias are all gone right?" And they both sighed in unison.
Back to lower quarter,
"Huh? What did you just say? I don't quite get it." Yuri shook away the stupid look on his face and wide opened eyes in surprise.
"Are you acting stupid, do I have to spell it all for you?"
"No thanks." Yuri started walking away with an unpleasant expression hung on his face.
No one seemed noticed that and they quickly returned to the party.
From the corner, Flynn watched everything silently and somehow he felt guilty. Put down his half-drink cup, the Commandant followed the shadow of his childhood best friend up to the stairs lead to the public quarter.
It was not difficult for him to find the raven-haired swordsman sat alone, looking depressed on one of the benches. His face faced downwards and the bangs covered his eyes. Staring at that scene, at that figure made Flynn skipped a heartbeat. The same question flew over and over inside his head: "Did I upset him? What did you do, Flynn Scifo?" as he came closer, sat down silently besides his friend.
"How long do you intend to sit here?" the raven-haired asked.
"Until you stand up." the blond answered.
Silence soon took over the conversation. No one knew how long they sat there, they probably continued sitting like that if the whole guild got worried and started looking for them. Karol was the first one who found the two friends and ran off to inform others. That was when Yuri opened up his mouth to speak for a-so long time… (not really so long):
"Do you really want me to become a part of Imperial Knights, Flynn?"
"Yes, Yuri. I want you to help me build this country into a better place to live. Why don't you join me rather than running wildly Yuri?" He looked at him into the eyes, with all of his feelings, he wanted his best friend to be with him, and together they will protect justice and punish the unjust.
"Is that really what you want?"
"Yes it is Yuri." He let out the answer with the most confident and determined tone he had.
"So then… I don't think that I can refuse." With that, he turned his back and walked away. Flynn could feel his heart raced with joy and happiness. After for so long, Yuri finally agreed to come back to the Knight, and nothing than that could made Flynn happier. He ran back to the others and announced about the good news. But is it really good news?
….,
Yuri had finally accepted the honor and one week later, the residents saw him walked around the city with his Captain uniform. It was similar to Flynn's when he was a Captain. But instead of white-blue colors, this one was covered by white-black and some red to match his hair.
Also on that first day they saw Yuri, they saw a different person, not Yuri, but a knight and anything more than that. He hid his usual smile behind the cold look; a hole of sadness swam in his blacked eyes. He didn't talk to them like he always does. He turned into a completely different person. Everyone asked him for help, he helped and nothing else. They rarely saw him smiled and played around with the children. A duty of a knight might took off his free time, but at least…he should has well…like Flynn. Even though he had thousands works to do, he still had time to talk with the lower quarter residents, and made kites for kids. (well yeah, sometimes)
"Yuri, can you play with us today?" The children yelled happily when they saw Yuri walked by.
Without looking back, Yuri said in a cold tone: "I'm busy with my work. I don't have time to play with you kids."
The children tugged on his sleeve, begging him like children beg their father for candies: "Please, just for a moment. Please Yuri."
"I said that I don't have time, don't bother me." He startled the kids with his harsh voice and with that he pushed the children off and walked away.
The kids scared and started crying because of his sudden action.
'He is not our Yuri anymore, the Yuri that we all know and love.' The old man Hanks said in a low, disappointed tone and turned his head sideways. Everyone stared at the footsteps of the new Captain, they shook their heads…
'Yes, he is no longer the Yuri that we used to love.'
The blond commandant was signing his paper before Sodia-his still second in command knocked on the door to ask for permission to go in.
"Commandant! We had captured the man that behind all of the stealing activities lately in Capua Torim harbor. Captain Yuri is interrogating the criminal."
"Alright, I will come there at once."
The first scene he saw when he opened the iron door leads to the jail was…
The helpless voice yelling for sparing life, and a cold, stained with blood blade was against the poor man's neck, it was ready to strike his head out of him anytime. That sword was one of his favorite: the Second Star, which had given to him by Estelle once he saved her from Alexei's evil hands.
"Yuri, stop right there. What are you think…" Flynn made his way towards the cell to prevent Yuri from anything reckless he could do. However, it was too late. Yuri-with a smirk appeared on his face-stroked his sword through the criminal and the blood gushed out from the cut of his neck. The man collapsed onto the ground, soon there was no slight movement from the body as one the soldier came up and announced that the criminal was dead.
Opposite with Flynn and the other's reaction, Yuri-now have blood all over his uniform-smiling, smiling as if he was enjoyed what the hell he just did. He took out from his pocket a handkerchief and used it to wipe the blood that stained on his sword before put it back into the sheath.
"Why did you have to do that Yuri? Even he is a criminal, but his crime is not big enough to punish him death." The commandant let out of all the emotion he kept down from earlier. "Why, Yuri?"
"That low life deserved death. I don't care which crime he committed. All criminals deserved death. Commandant, I have an advice: if you want to change this country into a better place to live, you better be harsh on those who committed crimes or else…you will just end up being a tool for the world to make fun of."
"How could you dare to say something like that to the Commandant? Don't forget that you were a criminal yourself." Sodia shouted in protest but soon was cut off by Flynn.
"Yes, I was a criminal, but not now. That all thanks to our Commandant."
Then with that, the raven-haired captain walked away, left his respective Commandant, his best childhood friend behind.
"Yuri…what have I done wrong?"
I think this will be a multi-chap story. However, I have no idea what to write next. So it would be a little slow for me to update. Please be patient.
Author's note: Any idea is welcoming. I need suggestions (as much as possible) in order to continue this story. So, reviews and tell me what do you guys think and give me ideas. I need you guys' help a lot. Thanks