I Love You

Yuri stared at the glass chamber Alice was in She was coming back. His Alice. His Alice was coming back. Roger was chanting something. Yuri wasn't really listening to him. He was thinking about what would happen to him and Alice. Would she remember him? Would she still love him? Would she forgive him…? Yuri suddenly snapped from his thoughts when he saw the chamber glow. Bubbles fizzed around as Alice's body was coming back.

Yuri stared in amazement. His eyes widen as more and more of her body was being brought back into this world. When this is all over him and Alice can settle down together. They can start over, and live a happy life. Yuri suddenly heard a loud crash.

"The Crystal!" Roger exclaimed. He ran around the lab. He was saying things but Yuri paid no attention. The glass chamber cracked suddenly and water ran down the open cracks. Yuri stared at Alice as she slowly began to fade away. Her body dissolving right before his eyes. "Her soul isn't returning…" Roger said sadly. Her soul isn't returning? His Alice isn't coming back to him? No. This can't be… Yuri felt anger and sadness build up inside him. The water on the ground suddenly turned black and began to creep up the cracked glass. Yuri let his anger go by destroying the black water with his power. The water disappeared instantly. Now, all he felt was sadness. Alice wasn't coming back. She was never coming back. The experiment was a failure…

"Yuri…"

Yuri heard a soft familiar voice. He looked up with wide eyes and saw his lover staring back at him.

"A-Alice?"

Alice nodded and gave a weak smile.

"I, love you."

Yuri felt tears coming to his eyes.

It was actually Alice.

"I love you too."

He tried to hold back his tears by biting his lip, but they came rushing down his cheeks. Alice smiled before she quickly faded away. Yuri kept staring at the cracked empty glass.

"That's amazing…" Roger said quietly. All Yuri could think about was Alice. Seeing her just made him more upset. Why couldn't he save her? If it weren't for him she would be alive.

Yuri!

Yuri heard a voice in the back of his head.

We need you Yuri!

That's right. Everyone is waiting for him. Everyone needs him. All he can do is go forward. He can't keep beating himself up because of the past. He has to worry about his future.

The labs' large doors opened with a loud click.

"You made it out okay huh?" Geppetto said sounding happy.

"Welcome back!" Anastasia said rocking back and forth on her heels. Karin walked up to Yuri. They stared at each other, waiting for the other to say something.

"Did you meet…Alice?" Karin finally said.

"…Yeah."

Roger was babbling on and on about how he was sorry about a sin. Yuri wasn't litening though. He was thinking about Alice, and those three little words he will always remember.

"I love you."