A/N: WE DO NOT OWN ANY OF YU GI OH 5DS! ALL RIGHTS GO TO ITS CREATORS! THE ONLY THINGS WE OWN ARE OUR OCS!
Chapter 6: Leads
2 Days Later…
"Yusei, no! It's too risky," Adrian refused.
"If I do this, I could get a lead on how to find a reverse on our change," Yusei argued. "We haven't been able to find anything in the past two days. I'll be back before you know I'm gone."
"And what happens if you get caught as being a Vampire, huh?" she retorted. "Who knows what they'll do to you before they kill you!"
"I'll be fine, Adrian," he reassured. "I can take care of myself. I'll just go into town, talk to a couple people to see for any leads, and come back. I won't be longer than a couple hours. I promise. You just need to stay here and out of harm's way."
"But, Yusei…" she began but couldn't continue.
"Don't worry, Adrian," he assured. "I'll be back soon." He took off his cloak and set in on the ground before placing a hat on his head that he had gotten to protect him from the sun. It looked more like a traveler's hat, so it wouldn't be easy to tell he was a Vampire.
Adrian walked into Yusei's chest and he gave her a small hug. "Just… be careful and come back," she whispered.
"I will," he agreed. "Promise." He then walked away with that.
The next town was only a thiry minute walk away. As he walked through, he noticed a couple confused stares from some townsfolk.
"Hey, stranger," one, a woman, greeted coming up. Yusei looked at him. "What's a young man like you doing all alone?"
"I've been travelling," he half-lied.
"Let me buy you a drink," she told him. "Surely you could use one. I want to hear what kind of travels you've been to." Yusei shrugged and followed her into a restaurant. She ordered a couple drinks for the two of them. "So what made someone as young as you start travelling around alone?"
"My hometown Elder didn't like all the killing anymore that came from when Vampires entered the town. So she asked me to find a way to try to revert Vampires back to human so we didn't have to kill them," Yusei lied.
"So you've been travelling all alone to find some cure for Vampires," she questioned. "Have you found any ideas yet?"
"I've only been out for a few days. But no, not yet. I was hoping to find someone here who could give me a clue," Yusei replied.
"Well, I've heard from other people who said they heard Vampires talking when they're out of town," the woman responded. "I'm Emma, by the way."
"Yusei," he introduced. "What have they heard?"
"Something about two Vampires that have been wanting to revert back to being human," she answered. "Saying things that only the Great Mother has the cure or something. But there are some ingredients that they mentions when one said they could make one."
"What kind of ingredients?" Yusei asked.
"Drop of blood from a Vampire, drop of blood from a human, some Holywood flowers, and a couple more I can't remember. Of course, that could be just something made up to tease the other Vampires," Emma replied. "Think that'll start you down the right path?"
"Hopefully, yes," Yusei answered as they eat finished their drinks. "But isn't Holywood flowers endangered nowadays?"
"Yeah," she answered. "Most of it is long gone. Can't find much more in this part of the world." She scoffed. "You'll be lucky to get even a petal."
"At least it's a start, though," Yusei responded. They noticed the sun starting to make its descent.
"Want to hang out at my place for the night?" Emma asked.
"No, thanks," Yusei respectably denied. He then added with a half-lie, "I actually have three friends outside of town that are waiting for me."
"Why make them wait out of town?" Emma asked curious.
"We didn't know what to expect with this town and I wanted to be sure they were safe in case this town had any thugs that would try to hurt us," Yusei explained. "They wanted to come, but I wanted to keep them safe."
"Protective of your friends, hm?" she questioned.
"When you're travelling, it's good to have at least one person to be with," he replied. "And I want to be sure I don't lose my friends whom I travel with and are close to."
"Sounds like you're a true friend," Emma responded kindly. "Well, it's good to know there are travelers out there with a lot of respect. Most travelers that come by here aren't so kind and respectable as you. As such, I should probably let you get to your friends."
"Thanks, I appreciate it. And thanks for helping me get some leads as to what to figure out for the cure," Yusei told her.
"No problem, Yusei," Emma responded. "Next time you're in town, let me know. I'd like to meet these friends of yours."
"Alright," he agreed and they went their separate ways with that.
Yusei was quick to arrive back where Adrian was waiting, seeming tense. When he entered, Adrian immediately looked at him.
"Are you alright?" she asked.
"Fine," he answered.
"Find anything?" she asked.
"Someone had heard something a while back. They had overheard some Vampires talking about some ingredients to make a cure, but they don't know if the Vampire listing it off was lying to seem cool," Yusei answered as he sat next to her.
"What were the ingredients?" Adrian questioned.
"Drop of blood from a human, drop of blood from a Vampire, Holywood flowers, and then a few others that they said they couldn't remember," Yusei answered.
"At leasts it's a start," she responded.
"The Vampires had also mentioned that the Great Mother had the cure already," Yusei added.
"Let's just try to figure out the cure ourselves before going to the Great Mother," Adrian responded. "I don't think she would give us the cure too easily."
"True," he agreed. He put his hat away and his cloak back on. "It's getting dark. So we should get going."
"Right," she agreed as they grabbed their things and left the cave to find a way to get what they needed and find out the last of the ingredients.
