Hi guys! I'm back with another story for my 'Jewels of Love' collection/challenge.

Requested!Fic by TrueDragon117: RevengeShipping: Kiryu x Misty

Post-canon story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. But I own the title, the OC, the 'Jewels of Love' idea and the plot of this story. Also I don't own the cover image; Marlene101writes does so the credit goes to her as the original artist! This is non-profit story and I'm not making any money from it.

Chapter 1 – Nothing

Kiryu's POV

Flashes blinded my vision and black spots appeared blocking my sight. By reflex I closed my eyes and covered them with one hand. I was not used to something like this. I heard noise, people cheering, and chatting; I heard them calling out her name but the only sound which caught my attention was her chuckle.

Misty posed and smiled. Even though her smile was a bit cold and didn't reach her eyes, she was willing to give her fans what they wanted. I saw her signing some papers and pictures of her and my heart tightened. She is so pretty and famous; she can't go out for a simple walk without being noticed. People loved her and cheered for her for her own good.

A couple of little kids approached and handed her some pictures sheepishly. This time Misty smiled more, spreading warmness, and crouched down to their level. The kids hugged her. She returned the embrace before patting their heads and standing to her feet again.

I smiled too, seeing how adorable she was with those kids. I think they reminded her of Toby, her little brother she lost years ago. But the smile froze on my lips when I saw a couple of men the same age as me or older taking the kids' place.

My heart kicked in my chest, alarming me, but I couldn't do anything about it. I couldn't stop her fans and tell them to go away. Even though my heart was pushing me more and more to do it, I couldn't let the ridiculous feeling rule over my logic. I chewed my lip. I felt a slight pinch of pain go straight to my heart when Misty smiled to them and signed some more autographs.

I sighed heavily. This was her life and the last thing she needed was a jealous me making a scene in front of this crowd for nothing. After all what was I to her? I was not her husband or boyfriend. I'm just an old friend, and that's a stretch. But maybe I'm not even that to her. Maybe I'm just someone she knew quite well to go out for a walk.

I stayed behind at the shadows, watching every move, clenching my fists, until my nails hurt my flesh. I wasn't paying attention. I didn't actually care for the physical pain, because there are many things worse than that. Like the emotional pain. My heart was beating like crazy and every attempt to calm down my heartbeats was a waste of time.

Misty continued sharing smiles and signatures while I remained in the dark, unable to do anything else. My mind was trapped. My feelings didn't let me get away. Then again, a simple question was recycling inside my head, burning me like a punishment for not being able to answer.

Again I didn't care. I deserved it after all. I deserved suffering, again and again. Maybe one day I would be able to pay for everything I had done in my life. Yusei said I was forgiven, and both Crow and Jack rushed to agree with him, without a second thought. And I can tell that all the three of them, all of my old teammates, really meant it when finally team Satisfaction was reunited once again after the Crash Town incidents. But still…

They might have forgiven me, but I haven't forgiven myself, not yet. There are times when I sit in the dark, just like now, wondering why I was forgiven so easily. How could my old teammates forget everything I had done? And I'm not talking just about the hate I was feeling for them -especially for Yusei- but also for what I did when I died and was reborn again as a Dark Signer; a soulless monster. I was thirsty for revenge and ready to kill, murder, and sacrifice thousands of innocents out there to satisfy my undead anger.

But they found the strength in their hearts to forgive, and accepted me back as their friend. I was lost. I wanted to die only to erase the awful memories and delete the images of myself, hurting and blaming my best and only friends. Believing they betrayed me.

What irony. I was the traitor. I was the only one betraying our bonds and our friendship. I deserved all the pain and suffering in the world, but still… when I was with her, I felt lighter inside. It was like a huge burden was lifted from my shoulders, lighting the living hell I was in. She made my life sweeter by taking away my personal prison bars, marching closer to my heart, and healing every wound.

She was so kind, with the gentlest soul, I ever found in my short and messy life. And she was pretty too.

Her skin, so smooth and flawless.

Her hair, so rich and soft, waving under the breeze.

Her face, breathtaking, beautiful.

And her eyes; especially her eyes! Her eyes were living mirrors to her gentle soul. I couldn't see anything other than her beauty within. Sure she was pretty but what she truly was lay inside of her, making her a thousand times more beautiful. .

Maybe I wasn't strong enough. Maybe I was weak. But seeing Misty, seeing all those men around her, I couldn't help but feeling so worthless, so low, so… nothing. This is what I was: a nothing.

Then my eyes met hers and my breath escaped my lips. She had the same hard, blazing look that I had seen the same day she hugged me after meeting her again for the first time following the whole Dark Signers' incident.

Her gaze reached farther, beyond the lines, beyond my expressionless face. I felt that she was reading deep into my soul, every untold word.

It was the same feeling I had during that reunion. For a moment, my mind went blank, as my memories gushed fiercely. They took over my thoughts. How did I end up here, with her, feeling like this? I didn't remember.

I closed my eyes, sinking deep into my recent past. It was only a few weeks… yet I felt that within one month, I spent a whole lifetime.

His recent past... Yea, let's see how things ended up here...

My special thanks to my lovely betas azure blue espeon and BlackRoseDragonCK!

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