(A/N): Seventh request from the ABC meme on LiveJournal.

1. Pick a letter.
2. Pick a prompt that starts with that letter (ex. K is for Keyhole)
3. Pick a fandom / comic / webcomic and a character/pairing.

Leave them in a comment and I'll write a drabble of it. No repeats in letters.

See my profile for what fandoms I'll write.

M- Martyr // Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's // Yuusei x Aki x Kiryuu

Hope you enjoy!

M is for Martyr

Izayoi Aki wondered about what Yuusei had told her.

"I don't have power to save anyone."

She wondered why he would say something like that. He had saved her-twice. He had saved his brother, Kiryuu. He had saved the world, along with Jack and Crow. So why would he say something like that?

The first chance she had, she confronted him about it. His answer, as always, surprised her with it's brevity and obscure clarity.

"I'm not a strong person."

"But, all that you've done, everything-"

"-was done with the help of bonds. Because of my nakama. On my own, I can't save anyone. I learned that the hard way..."

"...the hard way?"

Yuusei looked almost broken, subdued at this point. Apparently, she had hit a soft spot when it came to him-and it startled her. He had seemed so impenetrable, always taking every single blow lashed out at him.

"I lost my closest brother, Kiryuu, because I failed to help him. All that time ago..."

"But he's alright now."

"He is now, but he had to go through a lot of suffering, something I could have prevented if I had just kept Crow and Jack with him, if I could have told him that we were all there for him. He thought we had abandoned him. I stayed with him to try and show that we hadn't. When he went mad, I went alone to stop him, not telling Jack or Crow. How they found out I didn't know..." He paused, musing for a brief second.

"Even when we were all together, we separated under pressure. We left Kiryuu to his own devices again. Then I tried to stop him alone. I tried to take everything on my shoulders. It didn't work. I still lost him. Even now, when I should know better, I can't stop blaming myself for being weak, for being an idiot..."

"No, Yuusei. It's not your fault. It isn't."

"How many times do you think I've heard that, Aki?" Yuusei replied, a touch of sadness in his voice. "It doesn't stop me from blaming myself, insisting that I get punishment for daring to be weak, to make myself stronger. I've...always been like that."

Aki didn't know how to respond to that. How could...how could Yuusei be so all-seeing of other's emotions, and yet so blind when it came to himself? It didn't make sense.

The sound of flesh on flesh resonated toward the room as Aki smacked Yuusei on the face, hard. It had came out of her instincts that had been embedded in her from years of cruelty, years of hurting others to vent her emotions.

"You're...you're so stupid sometimes, Yuusei."

Yuusei had done nothing to stop the blow, and had, in fact, taken it with a small smile.

"I suppose, Aki."

(A/N): Review pretty please?