Aki's Birthday (The sequel)

As I pull away from Yusei I think of how much he loves me. Then I hear a knock at the door. I go to answer it. When I open the door I see Sayur standing before me.

"Good evening Akiza."

Yusei tries to walk over to protect me but Sayur pushes him back with his powers.

"You'll just never quit."

I turn to walk back into my house when Sayur's powers stop me.

"And you'll just never change, come to me!"

I am instantly standing next to Sayur and he strokes my face gently. Yusei runs forward and is just about to punch Sayur when I fall the ground coughing badly. Yusei stops and backs up to see what Sayur is doing to me.

"You're gonna… pay for this…" I manage to choke out

An evil grin creases Sayur's face then he turns to Yusei.

"If you try and hurt me I'll make Akiza pay the price. Now Akiza let's go."

"Never!" I shout before I get consumed by another round of coughing.

He forces me to stand up and follow him into his car. Yusei… please save me. The lyrics of The Last Night on Earth drift into my head.

"Sayur do mind if I sing a little bit? It helps me calm down."

"Not at all, in fact I've always wanted to hear your voice, but what will you sing?

"The Last Night on Earth… that song always makes me feel stronger."

"Very well, any way where did you get that beautiful dress?"

"My father."

I look out the window.

"This is the last night on earth, before the great divide, my hands are shaking I see the sun outside, there's no such thing as a beautiful goodbye, as an ordinary day I pray for you a thousand times, its never enough no matter how many times I try to tell you this is love, if tomorrow never comes, I want you to know that I'm gonna love you till the day I die…"

"You have a magnificent voice Akiza…"

"Thank you…"

"Are you reminded of Yusei?"

"So much I'll never forget him."

"Good because I want you to bring him to me."

"What?! I thought you hated him."

"I do, but I will duel him for you. If I win I get to keep you, if he wins your free from me forever."

"May I be with Yusei when he duels you?"

"Anything that makes you happy."

I nod my head and pull out my cell phone. Yusei answers his phone.

"Hello?"

"Yusei its me…Akiza"

"Akiza are you okay?"

"Fine, but Sayur wants to duel you for me…"

"Tell him I'll be there."

"Okay, love you…"

"Love you too… bye"

"Bye."

I hang up my phone and turn to Sayur.

"He says he'll come."

"Good. We're here"

We walk inside and I immediately run to the window to see if Yusei is here yet. Sayur walks up behind me.

"You really love him don't you?"

"Of course I do. He's the one who taught me to be strong."

I turn away from the window.

"He's here."

"You can open the door, but don't run up to him, control yourself."

"Of course." I say with a smile.

I walk over to the door, open it and lean against the hinges waiting for him to walk up the walkway with everybody following him. He finally gets to me in the doorway.

"Finally…" I say as I fall into his arms.

"It was only 10 minutes…"

"It seemed like hours to me."

"Come inside it's very cold out there Sayur."

"Save it for when your screaming when you lose."

Leo and Luna exchange a humored glance and I hear Yusei chuckle a little bit.

A predetermined frown crosses his face then is replaced quickly by a sarcastic smile and he drops his head like he's obviously gonna win.

"Can we just start this duel already? I've got soldiers to train and I need all of them." He says with a glance at me.

"Fine let's go. As long as I can have Akiza by my side."

"Fine by me. And I'll be going first I summon Kerbions in attack mode and I'll activate it's special ability if Kerbions is in attack mode and there are no monsters on my opponents field I can summon one psychic monster in my hand, I summon Psychic Commander now for some tuning! Come forth! Thought Ruler Archfiend! I end my turn.

"Wow way to go all out Sayur…" I mutter under my breath.

I hear Yusei chuckle again. I giggle a bit at my own joke.

"I summon Junk Synchron! And if I have a face up tuner monster on my field I can summon Quill- Bolt Hedgehog from my hand! Now lets do a little tuning!" I synchro summon Junk Warrior! Next I activate the spell card one for one! I can special summon one tuner monster from my graveyard. So I'm bringing back Junk Synchron! Now for some more tuning! Take slight Stardust Dragon! I end my turn with a face down.

"Finally I'm not bored anymore!" I shout desperate to say something.

Everybody starts laughing.

"Thought Ruler Archfiend! Attack Stardust Dragon! Mindless fog!"

"I activate my trap! Reflect nature! It reflects all destruction towards me!"

"What?!"

Sayur's dragon gets destroyed and so do his life points, but not fully. (dang!)

"Through this cards other effect Stardust Dragon can double its attack points and attack directly!"

Sayur loses and falls to the ground. We all walk out of the building and back to all the vehicles. Yusei puts on his helmet and pats on the seat. I hop on and I immediately wrap my arms around him and start rubbing the wound on his lower rib cage, I feel his body heat rise indicating that he's blushing and that smile that I love creases his face.

"Let's go" I whisper into his ear.

"Home." He says back

We fly out into the street going towards my house, and once again the chorus of that last night on earth comes into my head so I decide to sing.

"When tomorrow never comes I want you to know that I'm gonna love you till the day I die…"

We arrive at my house and I hop off his runner and place my helmet on the seat. He stands up and pulls me close by my hips again and my hands land on his chest. We look into each other's eyes knowing what the other is thinking.

"I love you…" I manage to say.

"I love you too…"

He closes the space between our faces, I close my eyes and listen to the feelings and memories he's sharing with me of all the good times and how much he loves me. I tried doing the same and I think it worked because he pulled away with that smile that makes me wanna die. I smile back and hug him. I pulled away feeling all the emotion from us drain away now only love ruled.

"I'll miss you…" I said as my voice cracked.

"I'll miss you too…"

He turns and walks to his runner and calls back.

"I have something to show you tomorrow!"

"Can't wait!" I call back

Then he's gone.

The next day I wake and immediately get dressed. Yusei was coming over to show me something and I wanted to look my best. I went downstairs and answered the door and sure enough there he was brown boots, black hair, blue eyes, it was him. We hugged and I led him inside, he sat down on the couch.

"Where are those roses I gave you?"

"In my room. Why?"

"Can you go get them?"

"Sure."

I run upstairs and grab the bouquet of roses from last night and ran back downstairs.

"Here." I said as I sat down on the couch.

"Stand up, turn around and close your eyes."

I did as he said and I felt him clip something around my neck. He led me over to the mirror in the hallway.

"Open your eyes."

I opened my eyes and my hands flew to my neck to see the necklace the Yusei had bought me was from the open hearts collection at Kay's Jewelers. I turned around and kissed him. I pulled away.

"I've gotten all I wanted for my birthday…"

"I'm glad."

And we kissed again.