Author's Note: Sorry for the wait, I actually did something to ease the summer boredom the past couple days. I hope to get the next chapter up later today.

She slept in his arms, her cheek resting against where his heart was beating slowly.

I stayed in the shadows of the hospital room, lurking quietly with the midnight air. The clock hit 2:37 a.m. I silently sighed. Why was he in this situation? Why would anyone even think to do this?

What kind of a sick mind would think to go through with this? It was scary to think about.

Yusei has done so much for this world, this city, these people. He risked his freedom, his safety, and his peace of mind. Well, maybe not his peace of mind. Anyone else would be risking theirs, doing all the things that he has done. But to him, risking all of the things he does is the only thing that gives him peace of mind.

Despite everything that has happened to him, especially fighting with Jack, his best friend, losing Kalin and seeing him believe in a cruel lie, and watching what the negative side of words and actions can do to people through Akiza, he came out on top. He changed all three people for the better. And that's just three people. The twins, Crow, Bruno, Trudge, Sherry… he had changed all of them. And now it appears as though he's changed Tatiana as well. Through his ability to forgive.

Why could anyone think to take this life away?

I suddenly couldn't take it anymore. I left the safety of the shadows and walked over to him.

The man I love slept, with the newest heart he had captured dancing with the light of his heart and soul.

I wanted that heart and soul more now than I ever have before.

I wanted him to live so badly it hurt, and I missed him so much it hurt. There would never be a soul like his ever again. That soul is not going to leave this Earth.

If it does, I go with it.

I turned to leave, my mind made up. My footsteps had never made a sound, never woke them up. And even though he couldn't hear my words, I had to say them.

"Yusei, don't let anything make you believe that you are less than everyone's hero."