Hi everyone! Here is the third chapter and as I promised, it contains a lemon. So if you don't like it, I propose you go back. I prefer to avoid getting flames thank you. ^^

I must also warn you because this chapter contains spoilers on the ending of the game and on Raven.

I thank all of you who reviewed this story and for staying with me until now! It makes me really happy!!

Oh, and I said in the last chapter that it would be the last chapter, but there will be one more before this story is completed.

Now on with the chapter!


Night was falling on the village of Aurnion and a tension was almost tangible in the air. The final battle that would be deciding the future of Terca Lumireis was going to take place the next day. Brave Vesperia would go to Tarquaron to stop Duke and destroy the Adephagos, sacrificing all the blastias of the world in the meantime. It was a mission that none of them was sure to come back alive. That's why the seven companions were feeling nervous that night. They were joking and trying to lighten the hearts, but the crushing feeling that it was maybe their last night was haunting them.

That night, it was Yuri's turn to worry about Raven. The older man had hardly said anything since morning. That in itself was an exploit. During dinner, he hardly touched his plate and he had disappeared soon after. Yuri's worry intensified when he saw him leaving. He didn't know why, but a dreaded feeling was squeezing his heart in an iron vice. Yuri managed to get Karol off of him and went off to search for Raven. He searched in the whole village before he found him sitting on a pile of wood near the Inn, lost in his thoughts. That alarmed Yuri even more. It wasn't in Raven's habits to stay away from the others like this. Yuri approached him and circled his shoulders with his arms, embracing him softly. Even though he knew it was Yuri who was standing behind him, this affectionate gesture surprised Raven.

"Raven, what are you thinking about? You are strangely silent today." Yuri asked him with a voice full of worry.

Raven took one of his hands and kissed the palm softly.

"I'm thinking about what is awaiting us tomorrow, naturally." He whispered in a broken voice, tinged with anxiety and sorrow.

His tone increased Yuri's anxiety tenfold. Something wasn't right with Raven. The young man undid his hold on Raven and came to sit next to him.

"What's wrong, Raven? Why are you so anxious? Do you not have confidence in our success tomorrow, in Rita's plan?"

Raven met his gaze, his blue-shaded pupils reflecting the myriad of emotions that were threatening to break his calm facade at every moment.

"It's because I believe in the success of her plan that I'm anxious, Yuri."

Yuri gazed at him, a look of confusion on his features. Raven's face couldn't be more serious. The young man pressed him silently to continue. Raven took his face gently between his shaking hands and looked him in the eye.

"Yuri, tonight is my last night." Raven whispered with a certainty that chilled Yuri to the bone.

His heart began to panic. He tried not to let it show.

"What… what are you talking about? He asked with a shaking voice. If we succeed tomorrow, you will live… we will all live!"

Raven slowly shook his head and an infinitely sad smile dawned on his lips.

"No. Even if we succeed in saving the world… Even so, it will be my last night."

Yuri finally realized what Raven was trying to tell him. His eyes grew wide with horror. Raven took delicately his hand in his own and put it down on his chest where his heart should have been beating, but was now replaced by a blastia.

"I already died once. I shouldn't be alive if it wasn't for this. Tomorrow, when all the blastias stop working, I too will…"

"No, stop it! I don't want to hear it! Yuri let his panic overwhelm him. I'm so stupid! I should have thought about this sooner. We can surely do something! If we talk to Rita about it, she could surely help you!"

Yuri got up with the intent of warning Rita. But Raven wasn't about to let him go. He grabbed his arm and pulled him towards him. Yuri lost his balance and landed in Raven's lap. Before he could react, Raven closed his arms around him and buried his face in his neck.

"Raven, what are you doing!? It's not the time for that!" Yuri protested sharply.

"Please, stay with me…" Raven whispered weakly against his neck.

"But we must tell Rita about your blastia!" Yuri insisted.

"It can wait. We can tell her tomorrow morning. I'm begging you, stay with me. I need you tonight…" Raven begged him with a shaking voice that threatened to break at any second.

Yuri couldn't refuse him while he was in that condition. He cuddled close to him and put his ear to Raven's chest, where he should have heard the beatings of his heart, but where there was only a hollow silence that terrified him. The young man clenched his shirt tightly with shaking hands.

"I don't want you to disappear. Yuri whispered in a barely audible voice. I want you to live…"

Silence fell upon them for a long time. Raven was holding Yuri in his arms and watched the wind's movement in the trees, listening to the voices that were coming from the plaza. He would have given everything to be able to laugh and think about nothing like all these people. He smiled a sad smile and closed his eyes.

"You know Yuri, until recently, I would have had no regret to die. I would even have welcomed death with open arms. I should have died years ago and nothing had given me a reason to live this second life that wore no meaning…"

Raven lifted Yuri's chin and looked in his eyes that were filled of sadness and fear.

"Until these last weeks. Yuri, you gave me back a reason to live. I want to live for a long time, next to you."

Raven's words shook him to the core. He claimed softly Raven's lips, conscious that it could be their last night together. Yuri wanted so much for Raven to live; he wanted it more than he ever desired anything. Raven responded to the kiss and Yuri transferred all his feelings through it. His heart was clenching painfully and he knew that a part of himself would die with Raven. He couldn't let him disappear without showing him how much he meant to him. They might not have much time left and Yuri knew that every instant was precious. He abruptly broke the kiss and looked at Raven, his dark pupils tinged with lust.

"Raven… I want you to make love to me tonight." He whispered with a deep voice that contained no hesitation.

Raven froze. He wasn't expecting that request. He searched Yuri's eyes but saw only conviction.

"You sure you want to do it?" He asked him anyway without being able to hide his anticipation.

"Yes. It could be… our last night. I want to give you an occasion to remember how I feel…"

Raven wasn't going to object. He had waited for what seemed like an eternity for Yuri to give him his second night… Yuri untangled himself from Raven's grasp and got up. He took his hand and guided him towards the tent he had been given for the night.

Once inside, Raven closed the entrance to keep them from getting unwanted visitors. He turned to face Yuri and took him in his arms again. He needed to feel his warmth, to feel that he was truly there. Yuri kissed him and slipped his tongue in his mouth. Raven replied with his own, their tongues fighting for dominance. Raven won and Yuri let him explore the cavern of his mouth. Raven's hands slipped to Yuri's waist and he undid the knot of his cloth belt. It fell to the ground without a sound. He then slipped Yuri's shirt from his shoulders and it rejoined his belt on the ground. Raven broke the kiss and attacked Yuri's neck. He sucked and nibbled at the sensitive spot just below the ear. Yuri moaned in pleasure and tilted his neck, exposing more of the fair skin for Raven to ravish.

The young man threw Raven's coat on the ground and began to unbutton his shirt. The task revealed itself to be arduous while Yuri's body shook from desire under Raven's ministrations. The older man was licking and nipping at his neck while caressing his sides. Yuri managed to open his shirt all the way and threw it without caring. Raven lifted his head and smiled seductively at his soon to be lover.

Without giving him a warning, he lifted him from the ground. Yuri's legs circled his waist and he gripped his shoulders tightly. Raven took him to the bed and dropped him unceremoniously on it. He climbed on it and got on top of Yuri, kissing him with feverish passion. One if his hands slide down Yuri's torso and the smaller man moaned in the kiss when he stroked his nipple. They separated and Raven looked at his flushed face, his emotions bare for him to see.

"Yuri… You can't possibly know how desirable you are. And to think you are mine alone! I'm so lucky." Raven whispered huskily with desire.

Yuri displayed a sensual smile and circled his neck.

"If that's the case, then you too are mine. A few days before, you said that if I desired it, you would never see anyone else besides me…"

"Yes. I meant it."

"Then I want you to be only mine for the rest of your life… No. For eternity."

"But I'm already yours, Yuri. And I will always be."

Raven dropped a quick kiss on his lips before drawing a line of sweet kisses from his chin and getting lower. Yuri undid Raven's hair tie and let his hair drop on his shoulders. He played with his bangs, loving their feeling between his fingers. He abruptly stopped when Raven found his nipple and caught it between his teeth, his hand coming to play with the other. Yuri moaned and arched his back, his groin colliding accidentally with Raven's. The older man groaned from the sweet friction. He sucked harder at Yuri's nipple and began to rub his pelvis against Yuri's. The smaller man moaned louder and responded to raven's movements. Soon, his hands gripped Raven's shoulders.

"Raven, please…" Yuri said weakly.

He couldn't take this torture anymore. The heat was growing and he wanted more, so much more… Raven understood his plea. He stopped grinding his hips and torturing his nipples. He slowly traced Yuri's torso and abdomen with his hands, listening to his labored breathing when he touched a sensitive spot. He stopped his hands at the waistband of his pants. He looked at Yuri, silently asking for his permission. Yuri nodded him to continue. He had no reason to stop him. He wanted this as much as Raven.

The older man opened his pants and Yuri lifted his hips, allowing him to remove them with his underwear. He was now completely bare under Raven's gaze. Raven looked over him appreciatively. Yuri was utterly perfect. Raven took his erection in his hand and pumped it in a slow rhythm, squeezing just enough to give him the most pleasure while kissing and sucking hard at his collarbone. Yuri shook and panted in pleasure. Raven caressed slowly his inner thigh while massaging his member. Yuri couldn't take more of this torture.

When Raven found his lips and kissed him slowly, instead of returning the kiss, Yuri pushed hard on Raven's shoulders, returning their positions. Raven was surprised when he found himself suddenly lying under Yuri. But he wasn't going to protest. He was enjoying the feeling of a completely nude Yuri straddling his hips. The young man leaned over his ear.

"I will not let you have all the fun…" He whispered in a sensual voice.

He caressed the sensitive skin around the blastia in his chest and kissed it softly. His hands caressed the strong muscles of his forearms, loving their feeling. Yuri slowly got down his torso, showering Raven's skin with loving kisses and soft bites. Raven groaned with pleasure under Yuri's gentle attentions. The young man soon arrived at the top of his pants.

He opened them and rapidly got rid of them, leaving Raven in all his glory. Yuri lowered his head above his erection. He threw a glance at Raven and saw that he was looking back at him with anticipation. Yuri smirked seductively and blew on the head of his erection. He felt him shake and heard his breathing hitch in his throat. Slowly, he licked his member from base to head and enjoyed the groan that escaped his lover.

"Yuri…"

The young man knew what he wanted and gave it to him. He took Raven's erection in his mouth and sucked hard. This time, Raven lifted his hips under the pleasure and Yuri restrained them to prevent the older man from choking him. He bobbed his head in a steady rhythm, winding his tongue around the head dripping with precum. Raven moaned loudly. The pleasure Yuri was giving him was almost unbearable. He never would have guessed Yuri was so talented with his mouth. His buried his hands in Yuri's hair, forcing him to go faster. Yuri smiled, pleased of the effect he had on his lover. He sucked harder and nibbled the sensitive head. Raven's body shook under him.

"Yuri, I'm going to…" Raven warned him that he was at the edge.

He tried to get Yuri to stop, but the young man was seeing things differently. He moaned around his erection and the vibrations coursed through it, sending Raven over the edge. He groaned loudly and his vision exploded in white. He came hard in Yuri's mouth and he swallowed all his sperm. He had thought it would taste bitter. He continued to suck Raven clean while the older man was experimenting the aftermath of his orgasm.

When his breathing had calmed, Yuri let the soft member slip out of his mouth. He felt Raven's arms closing around his waist and pulling him for a sweet kiss. Their tongues entangled together and Raven tasted himself in Yuri's mouth. His fingers traced patterns on the smaller man's hips and he let out a sound the resembled a mewling. When they broke apart, Raven nibbled his ear, sending shivers coursing through his body.

"I never thought you would be this talented with blow jobs…" Raven whispered, rather pleased.

"Me neither, but I'm a fast learner…" Yuri replied with a smirk.

Raven shot him a glance of confusion.

"You gave me the same treatment the first time." Yuri explained.

Raven smiled mysteriously.

"I see… And what else did I do?" He asked him in a deep voice.

Yuri smirked again before taking one of his hands and putting three fingers in his mouth. He winded his tongue around them, coating them in saliva. Raven was watching him with hungry eyes. The sight of Yuri sucking at his digits like he did with another part of him earlier sent a spark at his member. Raven felt himself already becoming hard again. Yuri was having the effect of an aphrodisiac on him. He couldn't stop desiring him… Raven withdrew his fingers when he judged them wet enough. This would have to do in place of a lubricant since they had none near them to help for penetration.

Raven slowly let his hand go down Yuri's back. He spread his cheeks apart with his other hand to give him a better access. Yuri relaxed himself when he felt a finger searching for his opening. The finger circled his entrance before slowly pushing inside. The young man closed his eyes and relaxed his muscles, getting his body used to the strange sensation. Raven soon slipped a second finger inside of Yuri and began to stretch the tight passage. Yuri felt a slight pang of pain and could not hide the discomfort that spread on his features.

Raven watched him closely with the intent of stopping if it became too painful for his lover. He pushed a third finger inside the sweet warmth and heard Yuri moaning in pain. He resumed stretching and stroking him and decided to attract his attention away from the pain. He lifted his pelvis and his newfound erection ground against Yuri's. The young man moaned in pleasure this time. He continued his slow movements, glad to see Yuri responding with his own.

Meanwhile, his fingers searched that special spot inside Yuri that would make him writhe in pleasure. He curled his fingers and found it. Yuri arched his back and cried in pleasure. Raven hit his sweet spot over and over again, rather pleased with the cries and moans that got out of Yuri's mouth. Yuri shook uncontrollably and collapsed on Raven's chest.

"Raven, stop it… I can't take it anymore…" Yuri moaned, his nails sinking in his chest.

Raven obeyed his plea. He couldn't wait anymore to be buried in Yuri. He withdrew his fingers, certain that he couldn't prepare Yuri more than he had. He lifted the younger man's chin and stroked his cheek. He found his eyes filled with lust and caring, reflecting what he himself was feeling.

"I never desired someone as much as I desire you in all my life. Please, don't tell me to stop. I don't think I can anymore…" Raven begged him.

Yuri smiled gently and kissed his lips.

"I don't intend to stop… I desire you as much as you want me… And I'll prove it to you now."

Yuri got up from Raven and positioned himself above his erection. He relaxed his muscles. He lowered himself and slowly let Raven's member penetrate his body. Raven groaned. The pressure was almost unbearable. Yuri barely retained a moan of pain as the large member was tearing his tight passage apart, but he still continued. Raven was watching him, torn between the desire to take Yuri all the way and the want to stop him when he saw the pain on his face. He got out of his stupor when he felt a warm liquid sliding down his member. He leaned on his elbows and grabbed Yuri's hips, stopping him in his track. He looked down and saw a trickle of blood coming out of Yuri's entrance. Raven locked his gaze with Yuri's eyes, filled with pain.

"Yuri, pull out. I don't want to hurt you." Raven asked him in a soothing voice.

Yuri shook his head and bit his bottom lip until it bled.

"No, I don't want to. Let me continue." Yuri begged him in a voice laced with pain.

"But you're bleeding!" Raven protested weakly.

He also wanted to continue, but the fear of hurting Yuri anymore got the better of him.

"I don't care…" Yuri whispered.

He took Raven's hands away from his hips. Without warning, Yuri impaled himself in a single movement on Raven's member, taking him all the way in. He cried in pain as the large erection was completely buried in him and was stretching him painfully. Raven was left speechless as Yuri's muscles were clenching convulsively around him, giving him a pleasure like he had never known before. He looked worriedly at his lover. Yuri was visibly in pain, trying to get used to Raven.

The older man grabbed his forearms and pulled him close to him. Yuri cried in surprise and fell against Raven, his face contorting in pain at the change in angle. Raven caressed his hips lovingly and revealed his neck. He softly kissed the sensitive skin, trying to get his mind off of the pain. Yuri closed his eyes and concentrated on Raven's attentions. Soon, the pain faded away enough to be only a dull ache.

Yuri got up from Raven and put his hands on his chest for support. He lifted his hips tentatively, pulling out before impaling himself again on his lover. He moaned, this time a mix of pain and pleasure. The blood was making the penetration easier. Yuri began a slow and languorous rhythm, rolling his hips in a gracious movement, pulling out almost all the way before driving back down on Raven's erection. His moans were soon only tinged with pleasure. Raven watched him intensely, fascinated by his face in the throes of passion. He gripped his hips and brought him back down with more force, hitting his prostate dead on. Yuri cried in pleasure and threw his head backwards.

"More…" He moaned.

Raven didn't need to be told a second time. He lifted Yuri until he was almost completely out of the tight warmth before pulling him back hard, hitting his sweet spot again. Yuri moaned loudly and his body shook. Seeing him like this, his face flushed, his eyes half closed with desire, Raven felt emotions he never felt before. He wanted to be the only one to see all of Yuri, to know every one of his hidden emotions, to uncover all of his soul. He wanted Yuri to be his alone for all eternity. He never felt possessive like this with anyone before.

Raven suddenly flipped their positions. Yuri cried in surprise as his back collided with the mattress. Their change in position caused Raven's member to slip out of Yuri and he moaned in discontent. Raven stroked his hair and sought his gaze.

"Yuri, I love you so much…" He whispered, his voice vibrating with all the love that he felt for this man.

Yuri froze in his arms and his eyes widened in stupor. No one had ever said those words to him. An inexplicable warmth washed over him and threatened to engulf him.

"I couldn't live without you…" Raven told him and the sincerity of his words was shining in his blue eyes.

Without knowing why, Yuri felt tears form in droplets at the corner of his eyes. Raven saw them and kissed his eyelids before claiming his lips. Yuri felt his heart clenching painfully so much he thought it would burst. Why was he hurting so much? The realization finally dawned on him. He loved Raven with all his soul and his heart was crying in fear of losing the man he loved more than anything.

"Yuri, I love you." Raven repeated in a broken voice.

He positioned himself at Yuri's entrance and pushed inside all the way in one fluid motion. The sensation of being penetrated again made him let out a long moan. He was unable to stop the tears that were running down his cheeks. He pulled Raven closed to him.

"Raven, I love you too… He managed to say. Stay with me. If you leave me, I think I will die…"

Raven was moved by Yuri's declaration. He wiped away his tears with his thumbs.

"If that's the case, if I must die tomorrow, then let's die together." Raven proposed him with a sad smile.

Yuri managed to laugh through his tears.

"Only you are capable of saying such things…"

Raven replied by pulling out of Yuri and slamming back in with force, aiming for his prostate. Yuri cried and arched his back, clinging desperately to Raven's back. His inner muscles clenched sporadically around his member. The sensation made him groan. Yuri was too tight. Raven began a fast and powerful rhythm, enjoying the sight of Yuri writhing under him and crying his pleasure at every trust. The heat between them intensified so much it was barely tolerable. Raven knew he was coming fast towards completion. But he wanted to see Yuri come before him. He took his erection and pumped it in time with his trusts.

"Raven…" Yuri bucked his hips and threw his head backwards, his nails digging painfully in Raven's back.

Raven bent his head and bite down hard on Yuri's neck while trusting forcefully inside him.

"Raven!!" Yuri cried his name as his orgasm washed violently over him.

His muscles clenched almost painfully around Raven and he followed Yuri, moaning his name loudly and spending his seeds deep inside him. He collapsed on Yuri as his body shook with the strength of his orgasm. After many minutes, when they had calmed their breathing, he pulled out of Yuri. He felt a pang of pain when he saw Yuri's blood staining the sheets and his inner thighs. He lied besides him and Yuri cuddled next to him, putting his head on the crook of his shoulder. Raven embraced his waist and pressed him tightly to his body.

"I'm so sorry that I hurt you…"

Yuri slowly shook his head.

"You shouldn't be. It couldn't be helped without lubricant. But I don't regret it, okay? You gave me so much pleasure afterward that it was a trivial price to pay."

Yuri smothered a yawn. Raven smiled and kissed his forehead. God, how he loved Yuri. He couldn't even begin to put it into words.

"I hope you don't regret having promised to be only mine now… I will not let you go back on your words." Yuri told him in a sluggish voice.

Raven laughed softly.

"You still doubt me? Yuri, you're the only person I want to have by my side. You should go to sleep now. A difficult day awaits us tomorrow."

Yuri looked at him, sadness deep in his eyes.

"Then promise me that you will talk to Rita about it tomorrow…"

"I promise you. I will do what it takes to keep on living with you."

"Good…" Yuri whispered weakly, tiredness washing over him.

"Good night, love." Raven whispered to him lovingly.

Yuri mumbled something in return before sinking into a dreamless sleep. Raven softly caressed his cheek, listening to his slow and steady breathing. A sad smile washed over his features. He didn't want to lose Yuri. His only wish was to live for a long time besides this man who had earned all his love. For the first time in years, Raven dared to dream. He dreamed of having a future.

Am I the only one that think they are cute together? Maybe I'm just crazy...

I hope the lemon wasn't too bad written.

Anyway, if you leave comments, your are making me really happy!