Author's note: Edited.
Chapter 15
By the time Scarlett woke up it was about five in the afternoon and she got up, before looking around the bedroom to see that Dracul wasn't there.
Scarlett moved to the side of the bed and let her legs dangle over the side, before sliding off the bed onto her feet and started to walk, while she clinged to the side of the bed and she slowly moved on her wobbly feet.
Scarlett was able to move around on her own slightly, making her sigh in relief as she walked over to the walk in closet to choose something to wear.
Scarlett picked out a pink and black dress with red trimming.
Scarlett walked out of her room to see two of her handmaidens waiting outside.
"Good evening, Queen Scarlett!" Both girls said with a bow.
"Can you tell me where my husband is?" Scarlett asked them.
"Of course. He's in the throne room." One of the maiden said.
"If you like Queen Scarlett, we can lead you to him?" The other maiden offered.
"That would be much appreciated." Scarlett said to her maidens.
"Then please follow us, Queen Scarlett!" Both maidens said, as they led Scarlett to the throne room.
Once at the throne room doors, the maidens open the doors, so Scarlett could see that Dracul was sitting on the throne.
Dracul was smirking as Scarlett entered the room, she also noticed he had a long sleeveless coat on that had gaps in the back for his new wings; that she couldn't see because of the lightning, but also showed off his chest and abs which Scarlett certainly took a liking to.
"Finally awake are you?" Dracul asked in a teasing tone.
"Yeah. Did you then get any sleep at all?" Scarlett asked her husband.
"I had a little power nap, but aside from that no." Dracul said getting up from his throne and fanning out his wings a little, as he walked towards Scarlett.
"When did you get those?" Scarlett asked in shock.
"This morning when I refueled my powers the fast way." Dracul said wrapping his tail around Scarlett's waist.
"And you have a tail as well?" Scarlett asked a little surprised.
"Don't forget the horns." Dracul stated pointing to the two large horns that pointed upwards in a curl protruding from his head.
"It's almost like you're turning into a dragon or a demon of some kind." Scarlett joked.
"Dragon, demon. I don't care, all I know is that this feels right." Dracul stated with a satisfied and sadistic smile.
"Either way, you look sexier than before with the new features." Scarlett said.
"You're just saying that because you love the idea of being fucked by a demon." Dracul teased, with a smirk.
"Well, who wouldn't. Since I've got the sexiest demon in front of me." Scarlett smirke.
"I fucking love when you say shit like that." Dracul stated licking his lips and moving his tail so it was rubbing her womanhood through her panties.
Scarlett gasped softly, before moaning at the contact of his tail rubbing against her womanhood.
"Not even using my hands and I've got you moaning." Dracul smirked.
"Shut up... It's not my fault that you're really good at this..." Scarlett moaned.
"Well, at least you can admit it." Dracul stated with a smirk, before moving his tail away.
"So, what are we going to do when our counterparts are in that tournament?" Scarlett asked her husband.
"We will watch and wait until the battle royal then I'll grab Raven and quickly bring her here, before getting your Standard counterpart. That is unless you want to help me." Dracul explained, but said the last part with a smirk.
"It would be quicker if I help, in other words hit two birds with one stone." Scarlett said with a smirk of her own.
"How do you want help me capture them then?" Dracul asked in a sadistic tone.
"We can stay to the original plan, but I'll go after my Standard counterpart." Scarlett said.
"Sounds good to me." Dracul smirked kissing Scarlett on the lips.
Days went by and eventually the first day of the Maimi Championship league had come around and all of the You Show students were competing.
Rose, Kori, Yuya, Yuzu and Sora were in the Junior league, while Futoshi, Ayu and Tatsuya were in the Youth league.
Shuzo was saying a few words on how proud he was to see all of them in the tournament, before they climbed into the van and drove to the LSD stadium.
Once there they meet up with Gong, while also meeting up with a person they didn't want to see, which was Gen Ankokuji.
"Well, Isn't it Yuya. I'm surprised you bet Strong Ishijima." Gen said, with cocky grin.
"Don't be surprised he's a better duelist than he ever was." Kori interrupted giving Gen a glare.
"You don't scare me, Kori. Besides, Yuya only beat Strong Ishijima out of luck." Gen said.
"Then how is it that he's almost on level with me now?" Kori asked rhetorically, while crossing his arms over his chest.
"I hardly doubt that, Yuya's always been a weak duelist like his father." Gen said.
"That's enough Gen! Yusho was a great duelist, better than Strong Ishijima ever was! So, I suggest that you leave!" Rose said with a glare.
"Fine, but I will crush Yuya in the tournament." Gen said before leaving.
"Trust me it'll be the other way round if you two duel." Kori stated.
Rose looked at the screens in the waiting room and her eyes widened at who she saw.
"Um… Kori, I think you might want to look at this." Rose said pointing to one the screens.
"What is it, babe?" Kori asked walking up beside her, before looking at the screen then freezing.
Rose could already feel the anger and pressure coming off Kori which didn't help the fact he was still in his blue flame static form.
"I'm surprised that Denki decided to enter the tournament, but that isn't all." Rose said, as she pointed to their XYZ counterparts.
"See them I'm not worried about. But him…" Kori gritted out while his aura flaring up.
"You better calm down before you do something stupid." Rose said, as she grabbed Kori's hand and gave it a gentle squeeze.
"Sorry…" Kori apologised taking a deep breath.
"It's fine, but I'm surprised that our XYZ counterparts are in the tournament." Rose said.
"They probably got bored of doing nothing." Kori thought outloud.
"But how did they get in? They don't come from this dimension, so they don't have records on how many time they dueled." Rose said.
"They're registered under LDS, so it must be Reiji Akaba's doing." Kori stated.
"Kori! Rose! We're going up in a few minutes. So, come on!" Yuzu yelled at them.
"Okay, Yuzu. We're coming," Rose said before dragging Kori behind her while following Yuzu.
As their school's name was called out all of them walked out onto the large clearing feeling proud, but Kori on the other hand groaned in annoyance when he heard the one thing he couldn't escape from.
"KORI-SAMA!"
"Oh god dammit…" Kori groaned out, as he facepalmed noticing the large crowd of fangirls he recognized from previous tournaments.
"Kori, is there something I should know?" Rose asked, as she glared that the fangirls.
"Yeah, I forgot to mention that I may possibly have a few fangirls from the amount of tournaments I've been in..." Kori said nervously, while Rose was just flabbergasted at the fact he said a few when there was easily over a hundred girls that she could see.
"It's more than a few, Kori!" Rose said in annoyance.
"I can't stop people liking me, so please don't get angry at me." Kori begged, as he didn't want Rose to stress.
"Just as long as they don't go near you then I'm fine." Rose said with a sigh.
"Okay, I promise I'll avoid them as much as I can." Kori smiled.
Nico got Yuya to to do the duel anthem when everyone was lined up, but he froze near the end.
'Oh shit' Kori thought in a panic, as he ran up next to Yuya and stole the microphone.
"What my brother is trying to say is that while our father brought forth the beginning of Entertainment dueling, we as the next generation of the Sakaki line bring forth pendulum summoning and powers to action dueling!" Kori said in the microphone, before activating his blue aura while Yuya stood next to him and activated his purple one.
The entire crowd was silent for roughly four seconds before bursting out into cheering and screams.
"YOU'RE SO COOL KORI-SAMA!"
Rose only glared at the fan girls as they praised her boyfriend.
Nico explained that their duels would be picked a random.
Everyone put they duel chips in their duel disks and they popped up with who they were dueling and what time they would be.
"Hey Kori, who are you dueling first?" Rose asked her boyfriend.
"Some kid who looks like a wanna be Aladdin." Kori stated showing the picture on his duel disk.
"Mine's a girl named Olga." Rose said showing Kori her opponent.
"You'll win easily against her." Kori smiled.
"And you'll beat yours just as easy as me." Rose smiled back.
"Hopefully they provide at least a challenge." Kori laughed.
"I guess, we will see when you duel. Now, come on it's Ayu's first Duel for You Show." Rose said grabbing Kori's hand, as they walked up to the rest of the group to go to Ayu's Duel.
They all watched Ayu's duel, but unfortunately the kid Ayu was dueling was surprisingly good.
Once the duel was over, Rose walked up to Ayu and kneeled down to her before saying.
"That was good first time dueling, Ayu." Rose said softly and gave Ayu a soft smile.
"But I lost..." Ayu said upset.
"You will do better next time. You just need to learn from your mistakes, that's what dueling is mostly about. Besides, you trusted your monsters and they trusted you." Rose said to Ayu.
"Yeah. Your right, Rose." Ayu said with a smile.
"Now come on it's Yuzu's turn to Duel." Rose said, as she stood up and walked to Kori.
"I'm getting dragged everywhere today." Kori joked, as Rose took his hand and dragged him to Yuzu's duel.
"Well, if you don't want me to drag you around, then just say so." Rose said, as she let go of his hand.
"I never said I didn't mind it." Kori smirked, as he quickly grabbed back Rose's hand.
Rose just rolled her eyes playfully and gave a small smile, as they found seats to down on, so they could watch Yuzu's Duel.
During Yuzu's duel she fusion summoned her new ace monster and won the duel.
Once her duel was over, she met up with everyone, as they congratulation her on her win against Masumi.
"Great job, I knew teaching you fusion was a good idea. It really made you stronger as a duelist." Rose said giving her sister a high five.
"Thanks, it shows that you're a great teacher, sis." Yuzu said.
"I'm not that good..." Rose said.
"That's debatable." Kori smirked quietly.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Rose asked Kori.
"You're way better than you let you sell yourself to be." Kori smiled making Rose blush.
"I guess you're right, but I sometimes think that I'm not that good of a teacher..." Rose said with a small smile.
"You're great and you'll be an even better mother." Kori smiled.
"Thanks Kori. That means a lot to me." Rose smiling back.
"It's the truth." Kori said kissing the top of Rose's head.
"And you will be a great father." Rose said to Kori.
"Here's hoping." Kori laughed making Rose giggle.
"Trust me, you will." Rose said hugging Kori.
"Glad you think so." Kori grinned hugging her back.
"Come on you two! It's getting late and we need to rest up for tomorrow's duels!" Yuzu yelled at them.
"You're just to embarrassed to be like this with Yuya in public." Kori teased making Yuzu gain a large blush on her face.
"No! It's not like that!" Yuzu yelled back.
"Well, it looks like it judging from your blush." Kori teased again making Rose giggle.
Yuzu got her paper fan out and tried to hit Kori on the head.
Kori smirked as he had stopped the fan with his hand in a split second.
"When is your duel anyways, Kori?" Rose asked him.
"Early morning tomorrow, you?" Kori asked, as both began walking out of the stadium.
"Mine's in the afternoon." Rose said.
"I'll make sure to beat my opponent quickly so we can get to your duel on time." Kori smiled.
"Okay." Rose said smiling, as she grabbed his hand and intertwined their fingers together.
As they began walking home they noticed Yuya coming up beside Yuzu and intertwining his hand with hers which made her smile, while she was still heavily blushing.
"So, what were you planning on making tonight for dinner?" Rose asked Kori.
"I'm not quite sure, what do you want?" Kori asked.
"I guess, we could have a barbecue." Rose suggested.
"I guess I could do that." Kori said thinking about what he could make with that.
"Well, we could cook sausages, lamb chops and I could do a green salad with it." Rose said.
"Sounds good, plus it might be a good idea to do the salad as your sister complains whenever she has too much of my food." Kori laughed making Rose sigh.
"If she keeps complaining, she can make her own food." Rose said.
"Please say that to her tonight then we don't have to listen to her complaining about her figure." Kori laughed.
"Oh, don't you worry I will." Rose said giggling.
"Poor Yuya though, he's the one who has to hear it the most." Kori said calming his laugh.
"Yeah, I feel bad for him." Rose said.
"He doesn't seem to care though." Kori said pointing to Yuya in front, who was in fact smiling and talking to Yuzu.
"I'm just glad that I don't complain like my sister." Rose said.
"I think that's because you don't care as much as her about what you eat, well unless it's for the baby." Kori smiled putting his free hand on her stomach.
"Well, I need to making sure that I'm eating the right foods, so the baby will be healthy when it's born." Rose said, as she used her free hand and placed it on top of Kori's hand that was on top of her stomach.
"Do you think we should get married before the baby is born?" Kori asked in curiosity.
"I don't mind, but what's with the question all of a sudden?" Rose asked Kori.
"I don't know honestly, it just popped up in my head." Kori said kinda confused with his own thoughts.
"Well, to have a wedding it's going to cost a lot of money and we don't have that kind of money." Rose said.
"I can do some work here and there and we can have one when I get enough; besides I already have about $500,000 in the bank from previous tournaments." Kori stated simply making Rose go wide eyed and jaw dropped.
"Is that why you disappear in your free time?" Rose asked Kori.
"Yeah, it's better than having no job." Kori smiled.
"That's true." Rose said with a small smile.
"Just don't tell Yuya I have that kind of money or he'll drain my account dry." Kori sighed.
"Don't worry, I won't." Rose said.
"Thanks babe." Kori smiled.
"Your welcome, hon." Rose smiled back.
"That's a first." Kori teased with a smile at the new pet name.
"Well, I let you call me babe, so I thought of giving you a pet name as well." Rose said with a small blush.
"Well, I like it either way." Kori smiled giving Rose a quick kiss on the lips.
"I'm happy you like the name." Rose smiled back.
"You can experiment with pet names as much as you like." Kori stated making Rose smile even more.
"Once I think of some names, I'll use them. Do you think we will be married before our other counterparts?" Rose asked Kori.
"I don't know, our XYZ counterparts don't seem interested in marriage at all and we don't know anything about our Synchro counterparts so… And I have no clue about our fusion counterparts, they're unpredictable." Kori said thinking out loud.
"I not know why but I have a bad feeling that they will try something during the Miami league championship..." Rose said.
"Me too, but we can handle them." Kori said flaring his powers.
"With you by my side, I will feel safe." Rose said leaning a little on Kori with a smile.
"I'll do whatever you ask me to do and I'll do anything to protect you." Kori smiled back.
"I know you will, that's why I trust you with life and soul." Rose said to Kori.
"And I you." Kori said squeezing Rose's hand.
Rose squeezed his hand back and look up at him, giving him a smile.
"Now that I think about it, our fusion counterparts have a lot of power considering they have psychic abilities." Kori thought out loud again.
"Yeah, they do and that's what will make them hard to beat." Rose said.
Kori was about to say something else, but was interrupted by a passerby.
"I mean they could be anywhere…" The random guy said making the two of them freeze.
"What the…" Kori questioned before hearing another voice.
"Or anyone…" This time a random woman spoke.
Rose grabbed Kori's arm looking at the figures with fear.
"Mother fuckers… I can't sense them… they're using them as puppets..." Kori gritted out in anger.
"I wouldn't say puppets, more like… remote control slaves." Another civilian spoke.
"What?" Rose said confused, as her hold on Kori's arm tightened and she was shaking slightly.
"Come on… Come on… They've gotta be here somewhere..." Kori gritted trying to look for their fusion counterparts.
"Who said we were here. We could be somewhere else." Another random women said.
"Dammit… Where are you fuckers?!" Kori yelled in anger.
"Somewhere you can't find us." The random woman said laughing sadistically.
"Why are you doing this anyway?!" Kori yelled
"Because It's fun terrorizing you two." Another random man spoke brushing past Kori.
"And it's for our entertainment." The random woman said smirking.
"We don't give a shit! Leave us alone!" Kori shouted making his powers flaring up.
"Aww, is someone getting angry." the random woman teased still smirking.
"Shut up and show yourselves!" Kori yelled even louder.
"I would keep your power under controls unless you want your girlfriend to die." The random women said, as she took out a gun and pointed it at Rose making her go wide eyed.
Kori complied instantly and just looked at her with fear.
"Okay, okay… just please don't hurt her." Kori begged out of fear.
"Good boy. You definitely are easy to control when I threaten to kill your girlfriend." The woman said smirking again.
"Your boyfriend would be the same." Kori retorted.
"He would, but I can take care of myself unlike your girlfriend." The woman said.
"Also you're wrong, her boyfriend wouldn't be like that but her husband would." Another man said smirking making both Kori and Rose go wide eyed.
"What?... No way..." Rose said surprised from hearing that.
"You heard him correcting, we're husband and wife now." The woman said.
"What? But you're… what?!" Kori said in shock.
"We decided to go up a step in our relationship." The woman said.
"And I didn't even have to get her pregnant to get her to say yes." The man stated laughing.
"I decided to have kids and I would've said yes either way!" Rose yelled at them.
"But he didn't have the guts to propose." The man stated making Kori clench his fist.
"He does! He doesn't have to do it now!" Rose yelled back.
"I mean, why would he have the guts. He was at death's door by your hand and he tries to act like everything's fine… How are the nightmares treating you little snowflake?" The man asked in a joking tone, before he and the woman began laughing.
Rose didn't say anything, as she hid her eyes behind her hair.
Kori only looked away in anger, while Rose looked up at him in shock.
'So, he has nightmares about what I did to him' Rose thought feeling more guilty and a little depressed, as she looked away from Kori again.
"Now we've driven a wedge between you." The man smirked.
"Afterall it was her fault." The woman said laughing sadistically.
"No, it was your fault…" Kori growled out in anger.
"Are you sure, we weren't the ones who hit you back and have the steel pipe going through your chest." The women said smirking.
Kori tried to think of something to say back, but came up blank and could only place a hand over his scar.
"See proves my point." The women said still smirking.
"Let's have a little more fun with these two." The man smirked taking the gun out of the controlled woman's hand and put it in Rose's.
Both Kori and Rose began to feel a psychic pressure on them and turned to face each other, before forcing Rose to point the gun point blank at Kori's heart.
Rose's eyes widened in fear, as she tried dropping the gun by her hand didn't listen to her, as the gun stayed in her hand.
"This should be fun." The woman said with a sadistic smirk.
"Now Rose I want you to choose… Your lover… or your child." The man smirked forcing her to go from Kori to her still flat stomach.
Rose's eyes widened even more at what she heard, as she stayed silent as she looked at the gun in her hand.
'I can't choose, I just can't. I love them both so much and If I kill the baby it would probably kill me as well' Rose thought, as tears started to stream down her face.
"Rose, look at me..." Kori said in a calm voice.
"Just pick me to die, let our child live on." Kori stated closing his eyes in defeat.
"No… I can't… I just can't… I love you both… I just can't choose one over the other…" Rose said between sobs
"Choose one or they both die." The man smirked getting a little impatient.
"I rather have all of us die, than me choosing!" Rose said.
"Fine, here's a little encouragement." The man smirked forcing Rose to point the gun at Kori's scar and pull the trigger making the bullet go straight through him making him go wide eyed in shock, as he breathed heavily trying to fight the urge to scream in pain.
Rose widened her eyes with fear and worry, as the women started to laugh.
"That was awesome!" The woman said.
"And I'll keep going until she makes a choice." The man smirked forcing Rose to move the gun a little closer to his heart and firing another bullet and kept repeating the process.
Then out of nowhere Crimson and Raven appeared, as they heard the gunshots and rushed to where it was being heard from.
"What the fuck is going on here?!" Raven yelled.
"Took you two long enough to show up." The women said to Crimson and Raven.
"You're too late anyway, he's already taken 5 bullets through his organs." The man laughed.
Raven and Crimson looked over to where their standard counterparts were and their eyes widened in shock and horror.
"Oh my god…" Crimson gasped before charging forward and taking the gun out of Rose's hand.
Rose collapsed to her hands and knees and started to sob uncontrollably into her hands.
"Aww, you're ruining our fun." The women said pouting.
"No point anyway, he's already at death's door." The man stated, as Kori fell backwards onto his back and a pool of blood began forming underneath him and blood leaked out of his nose and the corner of his mouth while his skin began to pale.
"Not if I can help it!" Raven said, as she summoned Light Rose XYZ Magician.
Her magician quickly went to Kori's side and started to use a spell that healed all of Kori's wounds and used a few other spells to try and keep Kori alive.
Though his wounds were healed Kori's chest now had four other large scars and he was completely still making everyone except the two sadists panic.
"Told you, he's already gone. Let's go." The man signalled before he passed out who was followed by the woman.
"...This is all my fault…" Rose said, as she continued to cry.
"Come on, Snow head! Open your eyes!" Crimson shouted in frustration, as he slapped Kori's face trying to wake him up.
"Crimson, that is not going to help!" Raven yelled at him.
"He… he can't just die like this…" Crimson said tears now down his face.
Raven walked over to Crimson and pulled him into a hug with having a few tears of her own go down her face.
"It feels like I'm watching myself die…" Crimson said wiping away a few of his tears.
"Kori… please don't leave me here by myself… So, please wake up…" Rose pleaded sobbing.
Rose was met with no reply making her grab his collar and cry into his chest.
As Rose cried into his chest, she heard a loud gasp and lots of coughing and her eyes lit up in pure happiness.
"Kori!" Rose yelled in happiness, as she hugged him the tightest she had in her life.
"Rose?...you okay?..." Kori asked with a sad smile that was obviously forced through his pain.
"I'm just glad you're okay..." Rose said.
"I've been better... " Kori laughed before coughing up blood in pain.
"Are you sure? You've taken five bullets to the chest." Raven asked Kori in concern.
"I just need to rest… for a long while…" Kori said in a tired voice.
"That's a good idea..." Rose chuckled lightly.
"But before you rest you need to take a shower, so you can wash that blood off of you and change into new clothes." Raven said to him.
"I've gone through two shirts in less than a month… I should start buying red shirts." Kori joked.
"Maybe, but I think red wouldn't suit you." Rose said with a small smile.
"Yeah... that's more his thing…" Kori laughed out a little turning to Crimson.
"Yeah, well with red hair you're kinda stuck wearing it forever." Crimson laughed trying to hide any trace that he cried.
"Out of curiousity, what happened? Because we just heard the gunshots." Raven asked.
"My mind is completely blank from the whole thing… sorry..." Kori apologised.
"I don't want to talk about it…" Rose said quietly, as she looked down as she had a few flashes from what happened a few minutes ago specifically the pale lifeless expression Kori had.
"Sorry, guess you're not getting a full story then..." Kori laughed lightly.
"Looks like she will have nightmares for awhile." Raven joked trying to lighten the mood.
Kori remained silent at the mention of nightmares and even Rose noticed.
"I guess that made things worse..." Raven said sighing.
"Yeah…" Kori mumbled.
"Kori, can we please go home?..." Rose asked quietly.
"Of course, let's go..." Kori said before groaning in pain, as he stood up gripping his upper abdomen.
Rose helped Kori by putting a arm under his arm, so he could lean on her as they walked home.
On the way home, Rose's thoughts started to drifted to what had happened earlier, making her become more upset the more she thought about it, but tried not to show it.
"Stop thinking about it…" Kori said in a tired voice.
"How can I… afterall it's my fault you're in this state..." Rose said quietly.
"You had no control… It wasn't you..." Kori said, trying to smile.
"I know but… I almost killed you... again…" Rose said.
"It's fine… trust me..." Kori said quietly looking down at Rose.
"How can you be calm about this?" Rose asked Kori looking up at him.
"I'm looking past it… I know this pain will pass..." Kori smiled.
"I hope you're right..." Rose said looking away from Kori.
"If anything we should prepare if they do anything during the tournament." Kori said in a serious tone.
"And how will we do that?" Rose asked him.
"We'll stick together no matter what, okay?" Kori smiled making his powers flare, but fell down in the process as it drained him of energy.
"But what if we get separated?..." Rose asked.
"I...I don't know… but you are strong enough to fend for yourself..." Kori said giving a smile.
"My duel monster won't do much to Dracul... so he will just capture me easily..." Rose said to Kori in a sad tone feeling hopeless.
"But think about it. Dracul wants to carry out plans as fast as possible, he's impatient, he'd most likely have Scarlett go after you." Kori explained gaining strength back in his legs.
"How do you know that?" Rose asked him.
"You could tell when he was controlling us, he wanted to be done with us no longer than he had to; he most likely wanted to fuck Scarlett as soon as possible." Kori explained with a smirk standing back up.
Then out of nowhere Light Rose Pendulum Magician appeared next to Rose in her spirit form.
"Mistress, Dracul and Scarlett have gotten considerably stronger over the last week, so you really need to keep your guard up." Light Rose said to them.
"Wait, how?" Rose asked shocked.
"Well, I'll give you a hint. It's what Master Kori said before." Light Rose said.
"You're kidding me…" Kori sighed out in disbelief.
"Unfortunately I'm not." Light Rose said with a sigh.
"Seriously though, that's how they're getting stronger?" Kori questioned.
"Yes, that is correct, Master Kori and they are only getting stronger by the day." Light Rose said.
"God fucking dammit!" Kori yelled in anger.
"So, what can we do now?" Rose asked her magician.
"Sorry, but I don't know. I will be taking my leave." Light Rose said before disappearing.
"Shit! I feel fucking insignificant compared to them now!" Kori yelled in frustration.
"I feel more useless and hopeless than before... I can't protect anyone or myself..." Rose said, as she wrapped her arms around herself and started to cry.
Kori only walked towards Rose and hugged her tightly.
"I can't help anyone… even if I tried… they would just… end up dying anyways…" Rose said in between sobs.
Kori only squeezed her tighter.
"Maybe… it would be best… if you stay away from me… I only give you bad luck…" Rose sobbed out.
"Don't you dare. Don't you god damn dare. We're staying together through thick and thin… till death do us part." Kori said looking her in the eye.
Rose didn't saything and hugged Kori, as she cried in his chest.
Kori only stroked the top of Rose's head and quietly sang to her.
"You and I we both know well, I couldn't do this by myself and everyday it's all the same you pick me up when down I fell. But I'm still standing through and through, I know exactly what to do I'll give it everything I've got although I'm not stronger than you. But I'll be your shield, I can be your lion, I'll dry your eyes when I see you crying. Believe in me and I won't let you down. But now we've come so far I know just who we are, and we shine brighter than any gem between us and the sun. Now it's just you and me like it was meant to be, and I'll protect, I'll defend you if you let me try. We'll stay together now and forever just let me try." Kori sang a little embarrassed, as he had only ever sang by himself.
Rose started to calm down, as she hugged Kori lightly and her tears stopped streaming down her face, as she rested her head on his chest.
"You okay now?" Kori asked hesitantly.
"Yeah… thank you..." Rose said with a small smile.
"Sorry, if my singing isn't that good." Kori chuckled.
"No, it's fine. I really enjoyed it." Rose said.
"Thanks." Kori smiled in appreciation.
"You're welcome." Rose said, as she gave Kori a quick kiss on the lips.
"Oh my god, Kori!" The two of them looked forward to see Yoko running out towards them in a panic.
"Oh shit… Hi mom." Kori fake smiled.
"I was starting to get worried when you didn't come home with Yuya and Yuzu." Yoko said to them.
"...Surprise..." Kori said weakly trying to cover the blood on his shirt.
"Kori, you feeling okay?" Yoko asked, as she noticed him hiding something.
"Yeah… I'm fine… I really just want to sleep..." Kori said faking another smile.
"Kori, you're a bad liar, now tell me what's wrong." Yoko said in a serious tone.
Kori said nothing, as he removed his arm to show the damage done to him.
"Oh my god! What happened?" Yoko asked, as she went up to Kori and began to look over his wounds, but was surprised to see that they were healed.
"A gun, five bullets and a lot of pain." Kori said trying to laugh it off.
"This is not a laughing matter, Kori. You could of died from those bullets." Yoko said to him.
When Rose heard that, she flinched slightly before looking away from Yoko and Kori.
"Mom… avoid saying stuff like that, please..." Kori stated looking serious at Yoko but hugging Rose.
"Okay, but why?" Yoko asked confused.
"Just please, don't." Kori almost begged.
"Fine, but what's wrong with Rose. Is she feeling okay?" Yoko asked looking at Rose.
"Mom, for the love of god, put two and two together..." Kori groaned out in annoyance.
"Oh… how about we go home and you two rest for your duels tomorrow." Yoko said.
"Please…" Kori sighed out.
"Okay, let's go then." Yoko said, as she helped Rose carry Kori home.
Once home, both Kori and Rose went up to Kori's room without saying anything to Yoko.
"I'm gonna pass out as soon as I hit that bed…" Kori sighed out stumbling towards the bed taking off his jacket and shirt.
"That pretty understandable since you did lose a lot of blood..." Rose said to him.
What Kori said followed suit as he passed out almost instantly as his head hit the pillow.
Rose walked over to the bed and took off her boots, before climbing under the covers and fell asleep.
Alternative ending
"Choose one or they both die." The man smirked getting a little impatient.
"Fine... just kill me and our child..." Rose said to him, as she looked down and her hair covered her face.
"Rose! You can't be serious?! You have to choose me!" Kori yelled at her in panic.
"She's choosen, Snow head. So say goodbye to the two people you love." The random man said, as he now placed the gun in Kori's hands.
Kori tried to fight against the psychic control on him.
"Kori... It's okay... I deserve this after what I did to you..." Rose said to him, as she gave a small smile with tears.
"Don't say that!" Kori yelled, but then he shot the gun at her stomach, making Rose gasped and spit out blood.
"Have him shoot her a couple more times." The random woman said to the man.
"Alright." The random man smirked, before having Kori shoot Rose in the heart, lungs and between her ribs.
Rose was in shock, but she closed her eyes before falling back onto the ground with a loud thud.
"ROSE!" Kori screamed out in pain and sorrow.
Raven and Crimson ran from the corner and stopped in their tracks when they saw the scene in front of them.
The random woman and man laughed hysterically.
"You fuckers!" Crimson yelled in anger, once he snapped out of his shock.
Raven soon snapped out of her shock and summoned Light Rose XYZ Magician to tend to her standard counterparts side to heal her.
"I wouldn't bother trying to save her, as she's already on deaths door." The random woman and to them smirking sadistically.
"She got shot in her internal organs five times, so she's definitely not going to last long." The random man said.
Crimson ran over to his standard counterpart and slapped the gun out of his hands and Kori ran to his girlfriend's side.
"Your efforts are unless, her spirit has left her body. Let's go, my Queen." The random man said, before signaling for the both of them to leave and the bodies they used collapsed.
No one said anything, as they stared at Rose's dead and pale body, as they were waiting for Light Rose XYZ Magician to finish healing her wounds.
Raven eventually broke down and cried into her hands. Crimson had tears run down his face as well, as looking at Rose's dead body made him think he loosing his girlfriend.
Crimson went over to Raven and pulled her into a hug and stroked her back softly, as she cried into his chest.
Light Rose XYZ Magician healed all the wounds on Rose's body and used any and all spells to bring her back to life, but also used a time spell to bring the baby back to before it got shot.
"Rose... please... wake up... I need you... so please wake up..." Kori sobbed out, as he pulled her into his arms and her head rested on his shoulder.
After a while crying and sobbing, Rose let out a small gasp of air, before coughing trying to get air into her burning lungs.
"Rose!" Kori yelled out in relief before hugging her tightly.
"Kori... too tight... can't breathe..." Rose said to him in pain.
"I'm so sorry!" Kori said before pulling away and helped her sit up.
"Thank Ra... You're okay..." Raven said, as she wiped her tears away and Crimson did the same.
"How's your body? Are you in any pain?" Kori asked his girlfriend.
"My whole body... is in pain... my lungs hurt... when I breath... or talk..." Rose said between pained grunts.
Kori turned to Light Rose XYZ Magician and asked. "Are there any spells that can ease her pain?"
"Yes. I'll get right on it." Light Rose XYZ Magiciansaid, as she began to cast the spell to ease Rose's pain.
Rose took steady breathes of air once the pain began to ease up.
"Could one of you tell us what happened before we got here?" Raven asked them.
"My mind has become a complete blur..." Rose said tiredly, as her eyelids felt heavy.
"I rather not talk about it right now..." Kori said to her.
"Okay." Raven said in understanding.
"Kori... could we go home?..." Rose asked him.
"Yeah. We'll see you guys later." Kori said to her with a small smile, before looking at their XYZ counterparts.
"Alright. Get home safe you two." Raven said to them, as Crimson and her left, but not before summoning her magician back.
Kori lifted Rose in his arms slowly and walked away from the area.
"Kori... I'm sorry..." Rose said to him.
"Why are you apologising?" Kori asked her.
"I'm sorry... for choosing the baby over you... I just didn't want to watch you die... I don't think I could handle it..." Rose said to him.
"It's okay. I don't blame you. But seeing you die... it really hurt me..." Kori said to her.
"I'm sorry... I'm so weak... I can't protecf anyone... If I try... they end up dying in the process... maybe it would be best... if you stay away from me... I only cause you harm and bad luck..." Rose said between sobs.
"Don't you dare. Don't you god damn dare. We're staying together through thick and thin… till death do us part." Kori said looking her in the eyes.
Before Kori could say anything else, a familiar voice called out to them.
"Kori! Rose! I've been looking everywhere for you two." Yoko said, as she walked up to them.
"Oh... hey mom..." Kori said to her nervously.
Yoko looked down at Rose and saw that her clothes were stained with blood.
"Rose, are you okay?! What happened to you?!" Yoko questioned.
"It's a long story..." Rose said to her.
"Could you please tell me?" Yoko asked.
"I rather not talk about it right now, mom..." Kori said to her quietly.
"Wait, why?" Yoko asked confused.
"Yoko... we're have a long day... and Kori doesn't want to remember what happened to me..." Rose said to her.
"Okay... Now let's go home." Yoko said to them, as they started walking to the Sakaki residence.
On the walk to the Sakaki residence, Rose had fallen asleep in Kori's arms, as tiredness finally took over her.
Once they got home, Kori rushed upstairs to the bathroom, so he could wash Rose down.
Kori slowly took her clothes off, as he didn't want to wake her from her peaceful sleep.
Kori used his fire powers to warm the pipes and then he turned on the water and filled it with the now hot water until the tub was filled to the top.
Kori slowly placed Rose into the bath, but kept an hand under her head before he used the other hand, which had a small washing cloth in it and he began washing the blood off her body.
The blood came off easy and the water began to change to red from all the blood.
Once Kori was finished he picked up his girlfriend out of the bath and put her into a towel. He unplugged the plug and the red water went down the drain.
Kori used his fire powers again to this time dry Rose off, before placing her in one of his shirts to cover her body.
Kori walked out of the bathroom and he saw Yuya and Yuzu standing there with worried glances.
"Kori, is my sister okay?" Yuzu asked him.
"She's fine. She's just asleep right now." Kori said softly.
Yuzu sighed in relief and Yuya smiled.
Kori was glad he put the shirt on his girlfriend, as if they saw the scars on her body, they would've started questioning on what happened.
"I'm going to bed, so I'll see you guys tomorrow." Kori said, as he walked to his room.
"Okay. Night." Both Yuzu and Yuya said.
When Kori got into his room, he placed Rose on the bed and put the covers over her, before he got under the covers himself and snuggled up to her.
Kori looked at Rose for a little bit before falling asleep.
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