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Summary: Tsubasa has kicked Yu out of their apartment for the day to clean Yu's mess when suddenly, Yu runs into a certain Dragon Emperor...

(A/N) This is my first story, so constructive criticism is welcomed but please don't flame me. And, thank you for all your wonderful reviews! They make my day!^^

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After the exhausting night, Ryuga finally settled himself in near the campfire next to Yu's unconscious form. As Ryuga lay by the campfire, he knew that now all he could do...was wait.

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When Yu awoke, he found that his arm and ankle were feeling much better, and he was surprised to see Ryuga sleeping right next to him.

Yu managed to untangle himself from the two sleeping bags around him. And, yet again, was taken aback when he discovered that Ryuga had not only forfeited his sleeping bag for him, but he had also taken care of his wounds, which were now bandaged and had stopped bleeding.

Yu made a move to get up, but an irritated voice commanded, "Don't move, I didn't fix you up just for you to ruin it the minute you woke up."

Yu instantly froze and slowly sat back down, looking up at the yellow eyes that were narrowed in annoyance.

When the silence became too intense, Yu blurted out the first things that were on his mind, "What happened last night? How did you find me? Is there going to be any permanent damage to my ankle? Why are there scratches all over your body? Are-"

"Enough," Ryuga said flatly, effectively silencing Yu's onslaught of questions.

Yu closed his jaw with an audible snap, but there was still curiosity burning in his emerald eyes.

The exhausted, older blader rubbed his eyes tiredly, for the sun was only just coming up. Ryuga gave a long sigh before snarling out, "First of all, I want to know what you were doing last night; what were you thinking?! You just went out in the middle of the night where no one knew where you were! You're lucky I was there to save your hide THIS time!"

Yu seemed to shrink in on himself for a minute before sitting up straighter with his chin up, and he said defensively, "I was freezing, and I was trying to find some dry firewood!"

"So, you wandered out into a forest full of wolves because you were cold," Ryuga mocked.

"I wasn't going to go far!" Yu protested.

"And, we see how well that turned out," Ryuga said sarcastically, "And how, were going to light the firewood that you never found?!"

Yu was silent, and Ryuga took this as a sign to carry on his enraged rant.

"Why didn't you just wake me up if you were cold?! I could've at least lit the campfire with my fire-breathing bey!"

"I didn't wanna be a bother to you," the younger boy muttered guiltily, suddenly finding his bey that was near his sleeping bag very fascinating. "Besides, you didn't answer my other questions," Yu said, trying to change the topic.

"Which were...?" Ryuga questioned, calmed down slightly from his rant.

"Is my ankle going to be okay? Because, it seems fine except for the soreness," Yu said, unconsciously rubbing his left ankle.

"Yeah kid, it'll be fine; I had to relocate it after you dislocated it, though," the Dragon Emperor explained.

Yu winced as he remembered the searing agony of the last night because, although he was unconscious, Yu could still feel the pain, for there were no anesthetics.

"It shouldn't cause you anymore pain, but it will be tender," Ryuga continued. "But, don't walk on it too hard or strain yourself. I didn't do all that work for nothing," Ryuga grumbled.

Yu nods, remembering Ryuga's command from earlier that morning, and even though he was sitting down, his ankle was still sore.

Yu's other question came to mind, so he asked, "Why are there scratches all over your body?"

"I ran into a wall of thorns when I was trying to find you, so I launched L'Drago and destroyed most of it. I didn't have time to create a clear path, though, so my skin caught on some of the thorns," Ryuga replied in a casual manner, acting as if he was talking about the weather.

Yu's face paled, and he looked down at his clasped hands guiltily. Ryuga saw this and scoffed.

"Please, I can handle myself against a thorny bush," the Dragon Emperor replied coolly.

Yu nodded, but he couldn't help but feel bad about it.

Suddenly, Yu's stomach gave a loud growl, breaking the silence and causing Yu's face to flush brighter than a tomato.

"Well, I guess you're hungry then," Ryuga said, smirking. "I can just catch some fish by the stream," he said, standing up and walking towards the sound of running water.

"Why don't you just go to a restaurant?" Yu asked.

"I don't want the public to know where I am right now," Ryuga replied, not turning around or stopping his walk towards the stream.

Yu's eyes widened as he realized that Ryuga was putting his trust in him not to tell anybody where he was, and as Yu stared at Ryuga's retreating form, he wondered what he had done to earn that trust.

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It had probably only been fifteen minutes or so since Ryuga left, but to Yu it felt like forever. All he could do was sit here and wait. Yu had tried to stand properly, but his stupid ankle had given out under him like he hadn't stood for weeks.

"Stupid ankle," Yu complained, kicking a pebble with his good foot. "This is so boring; I can't do anything fun! Besides, what's taking Ryuga so long? It's just a couple of fish," the orange-haired boy pouted. Yu thought about crawling after Ryuga, but then he remembered what got him in this situation in the first place and decided against it.

"Hmm..." Yu said with a mischievous smile, "I wonder..."

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Ryuga walked through the line of trees and into the clearing with his fish in hand, and what he saw had him raising his eyebrows. Yu was sitting on a log that was tied up and suspended in the air by two sets of thick vines, made by a lot of skinny vines woven together, and the makeshift vine ends were thrown over and tied to a thick branch using a pulley system that hoisted Yu up.

As the genius blader swung higher and higher, the vines slipped causing Yu to crash onto the top of a high tree...

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(A/N) Reviews are much appreciated! Thank you!