Well, my life is headed towards the crap-chute. Basically, I have to choose between getting money for financial aid to pay for me moving, or I get to finish my phlebotomy certification. I'm pretty sure I won't be able to do both. The choice might be made for me, even. –sighs– Well, I really hope you guys like this chapter!

Many thanks to LittleKrus, Shinn Tsuikishiro, FiringShootingStar, theforgottenpeople96, AnimeKiwi369, TFRiD Queen, ptd163, Seeker Heart, Q-A the Authoress, RobotFish, melan anime, and RunoandAkizafan for their awesome reviews!

And anons this week include LDC, ChibiX, and Mariah! LDC: Thank you! You'll see soon. ChibiX: I'm glad you liked the Crow/Luna! And, well, circumstances are a little beyond his control… You'll see soon ;) Mariah: No worries on taking your time! The story will be here and I'm pretty sure all of you guys have a life, so… Yeah. Take your time :) And I did actually enjoy writing the Crow/Luna confession ^_^

Well, not much else to say… Enjoy!

Sunset Horizon
Chapter 30 – Unbreakable Bonds

Act III

Yusei wandered down through the caverns, ramming an iron spike into the wall every few feet. He sighed and rolled his shoulders, hating every little thing about his current situation. Not only was he forced away from Akiza for the last few weeks, but now he was lost in some eternal passage underneath the town.

"Yusei, can we talk now?"

Not to mention his company. He was trapped in hell with the only person he absolutely hated. Even being trapped with Sayer would be better, because at least then he'd be in enough pain that he wouldn't be able to hear what was being said. Instead, he was stuck wandering with his father.

"Get over it, you little brat."

And Z-one.

He kept stalking forward, ignoring the voices behind him. Once the Underground had made their move the night of the soiree, Yusei had found himself running with his father, Z-one, Bruno, and Lester for the passageway hidden in the governor's estate. It had taken a few hours to reach the exit, and by then the town had been swarming with Underground lackeys.

Begrudgingly, Yusei had led the four others through the trees on the outskirts of town to find his forge. He wasn't sure how, but he figured the tunnels there had to connect back to the tunnels beneath the Dragon's Claw. Except the passages were identical and much more expansive than he'd thought. It was his idea that they grab some small pieces of iron stored in his forge to mark the walls and note where they've been. It became their code that they would stick the spikes straight in on their way by, and tip them to point upwards if they had to backtrack.

There were so many different ways to go and they had completely lost their sense of direction. When they'd arrived in Yusei's forge, he'd removed his ascot and shirt, only leaving the jacket on. For once, he found a use for the extra holster he kept stored in there. Z-one even had a few words of praise for him thinking ahead in storing food and a keg of drinkable water in the event of an emergency.

He still wasn't sure if he was sarcastic over the common sense of the matter, or if he was genuinely impressed.

He'd completely lost track of time since they'd entered the caves, but he was sure at least a week or two had passed. Maybe even three. He was worried about Akiza and was desperate to connect back to the bar.

He knew his family would be a target of the Underground if what Z-one had said was true and they were supporting the coup d'état. He knew they needed to stick to the passages, but it didn't make him worry about Akiza any less. Did she make it back to the bar with the others before the Underground struck? Were his brothers all right? Was she okay? Was she safe? Was she captured and being held to draw him out?

He hated knowing nothing.

"Yusei, please."

Not to mention, he hated being forced to listen to his father's repeated apologies. He turned on his heel, ignoring the presence of Bruno and the teenage brat he didn't know at all walking at the front and back of the group, and muttered, "Forget it. I wanted to talk ten years ago and you screwed me over. I'm just repaying the favor."

Katsuro sighed heavily as Z-one rolled his eyes, patting his pockets for a long-gone cigarette. "Get over it, Yusei. It's been ten years already."

"Oh…" he mumbled, crossing his arms over his chest to make a point. "So now that you're ready to talk, I should just ignore the fact that you refused to be my father for ten fucking years?"

He looked away, unsure of what to say as Yusei heaved a heavy sigh and turned away again. "I don't have anything to say to you." Raising his right hand over his head, he added, "Guardian of this thing or not, I never want to speak to you again."

Z-one opened his mouth to tell him off, but Katsuro raised his hand to stop him, saying, "It's not worth it, Z-one. Don't make him hate you, too."

He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Damn, what a mess…"

Yusei kept walking, desperately wishing he could be anywhere but there. Someplace that included holding Akiza in his arms would definitely be the best result, but he would take anything but being with his father. He hadn't minded him as a child. He had acknowledged that he was a busy man and had things to do. Yes, he was disappointed that he couldn't play games with him or take him fishing, but he hadn't spited him for it.

It was his mother's death that drove them apart. Yusei had been eight years old and only a child when she'd died. He hadn't known how to handle death and was terrified of watching his mother pass away before his eyes. What he'd needed most at that time was a parent he could turn to for comfort, but his father had only retreated to mourn alone.

He'd been lost, not knowing where to look for understanding. His mother was no longer there, Z-one was away on a trip with his wife, and he was only just meeting Roman. He hadn't known where to go. He wasn't ever that close to his father, but he had thought he would be there for him when he needed him. It had been a harsh bite of reality when he realized he was left alone.

From that day forward, he knew his father would never be there for him.

He had learned to survive without him, looking to Z-one, his grandmother, or Roman for help or parental guidance. He never wanted to hear an excuse, never wanted to hear anything. As time passed, his bitterness towards his abandonment grew, and he vowed to never look to his father for anything. Though he never wanted to leave Roman or Z-one, he knew he could never be happy if he stayed in the Capital to be the next senator of the Fudo family. He couldn't do it. He had to run.

So he'd packed his bags and left to find Kalin. No one suspected it when he left. After all, he'd simply stuffed his clothes and food inside his school bag and gone for town instead of going to the Academy. After changing out of his uniform and into travel clothes, he'd run for the gates and slipped passed the guards.

That day, he'd been free.

He hadn't ever planned to look back, but, sometimes, life made plans you couldn't run away from. Now, he found himself at such a dead-end, stuck in the presence of his father, grandfather, and two strangers. While he'd known Bruno as a friend for the last eight months, he had been bothered to learn he'd been keeping everyone at an arm's length. This situation had only revealed a more battle-hardened side to his cheerful personality. He hadn't asked to be trapped like this, but he couldn't get away either.

When the mutual call for a rest came around, Yusei was exhausted. He wanted to lie back and sleep, but fought the urge to pass out when his father said he would take first watch. Of the five of them, he knew his father had the least experience on a battlefield. Z-one had been a soldier for well more than fifteen years throughout his life. Bruno and Lester were apparently well-trained as operatives of this group called 'Infinity,' which Yusei still wanted to know more about. He had lived the past seven years as something of a vigilante, on top of being taught self-defense by Z-one and Roman.

His father may have been taught how to use a gun, but he doubted he knew a lot about actual combat. He lived his life in plush chairs behind thick wooden doors.

Yusei sighed and dropped down to sit on the floor of the cavern, watching as his father sat opposite him and Z-one, Bruno, and Lester willingly laid back to sleep. Katsuro lowered his shotgun from his shoulder and rested it across his thighs, saying, "Go to sleep, Yusei. You need to rest."

"Bullshit," he muttered, tipping his head back to glance at the ceiling as his grip tightened on Stardust dangerously. "You abandoned me once. What's to stop you from doing it again?"

Sighing, he said, "Yusei, I know I can't give you a good reason because I don't have one. All I can do is ask that you give me another chance."

He shifted slightly, bringing his knees up closer to his chest while keeping his head back. Staying silent, he knew he would have liked to shoot him through the skull, but something made him stop. What would Akiza think of him if he murdered his own father? Would she ever be able to forgive him? Finally, he spoke, whispering just loud enough to be heard over Z-one's snores, "I want to put a bullet through your brain right now."

He wasn't watching, but he sensed him tense across from him before he added, "Relax, I won't. Akiza wouldn't be too keen if I killed half of my flesh and blood."

Silence passed for a long moment before he murmured, "You truly love her, don't you?"

He shifted to look at him again, cocking his head at the tone he took. He sounded almost sad. "Yeah, I do."

"I see…" he trailed off, musing for a moment. He gave a short laugh, reaching down to draw his pistol and touch the barrel to each of his fingers before resting it against his temple. "I am a fool, then. I had imagined you might understand my actions a little when you found love yourself."

He couldn't explain it, but half of him wanted to see him pull that trigger, while the other half wanted to run over, pull the gun from his hand, punch him, and then shout 'what the hell is wrong with you?' to his face. Instead, he sat back and asked, "Which actions?"

He moved the gun from beside his head and flashed a bitter smile. "The actions you despise me for. When I chose to lock myself in my grief for losing your mother instead of being there for you like I should have."

He stayed silent, waiting for him to continue. He didn't want excuses, but an explanation might not be such a bad thing.

"I've always loved your mother, Yusei. I didn't ask her to marry me because of social status. It was just coincidence that we were both of high standing. I begged her not to send out the dragons, but she said it was her duty to Yliaster. Just as mine was to lead the people, hers was to protect them. When she died, I was lost. Yusei, I don't expect you to forgive me and I won't ask you to, but, please, tell me. If Akiza had died because you failed to protect her, would you be able to look her child in the eye?"

Yusei turned away and crossed his arms, hating his current predicament even more. That was his excuse for abandoning him? "Of course. If I was the kid's father, I'd do what I had to. There's no excuse for turning your back on your kid."

Sighing, he leaned back as Yusei had been a moment ago. "It's much easier to say than it is to experience. I am truly sorry, Yusei. I said I wouldn't offer excuses and I won't. What I'm telling you now is simply the truth. You can hate me for it, or you could, possibly, one day forgive me."

He closed his eyes and bowed his head, letting his fingers tighten around the grip of Stardust. "I'll make my judgment later. For now, at least until you give me a reason to shoot you, we're allies. Not friends, but allies. Two people with a common goal, got it?"

"It's all I can ask for. Thank you, Yusei."

…

There it was again.

For the past few days, Akiza had noticed her psychic senses picking up on something strange. Every now and then, she would feel as if there was someone directly behind her, but then she would turn and no one would be there. It wasn't very often, maybe once or twice a day, but it was starting to bother her. Was there something wrong with her powers? Was it possibly another psychic watching her? What could it be?

She frowned and glanced through the first floor of her bar on her way back to the front with a crate of gin, wondering what was going on. Was it possible that, somehow, Yusei was reaching out to her? She shook her head. That wouldn't make any sense. He didn't have any possible way to connect like that.

Shaking her head, she walked back out to the front room where Carly stood behind the counter, doing her best at pouring drinks while Akiza had stepped back. She hadn't heard a word from Bruno since the night of the soiree, and she'd decided to keep Annie, Max, and Leo underground to keep them safe, so she had to ask Carly to help her in the bar.

She was worried about Yusei, but she forced herself to stay strong. She had to.

Sighing to herself, she moved to transfer the bottles of gin from the crate to the shelf below the bar. She truly wished she could see Yusei again, know he was all right, cling to him, and never let go again. Suffice to say, she had learned her lesson. If he was still alive somewhere, she would never let him go again.

"Miss Akiza! There you are!"

She looked up at the voice that addressed her to find the sheriff standing by her bar with a thoughtful frown. She raised an eyebrow inquisitively at him and asked, "What can I do for you, Sheriff Trudge?"

He scratched the back of his head awkwardly before saying, "Uh, well… I'm sure you've heard, but the men from the Capital wanted to ask the Enforcers a few questions."

She stiffened and slowly turned to glare at him. "What are you saying, Sheriff?"

He sat down on one of the stools and folded his hands on the counter. "As it stands, the Yliast military and Colonel Lord don't know where they are. They asked me to ask you if you knew where they were."

Her lips formed a thin line as she placed a mug of beer on the counter in front of him. "'A few questions'? That's all the Yliast have waiting for them?"

He nodded. "They explicitly said so."

Anger snapped through her bones as she splashed the beer in his face, snarling, "Are you kidding me? All they want is to see the Enforcers dead!"

His eyes widened at her mild assault and stared blankly at her for a long moment before saying, "Miss Akiza, that's…"

Her eyes flashed as a rage she hadn't felt since Yusei was her enemy burned through her. "You're asking me to essentially turn the man I love and his family over to be killed, no doubt publicly!" She wasn't sure what made her say that, but the words tumbled from her lips before she could stop them. It took everything in her to keep from lighting him on fire with her mind. After all, he was just an innocent pawn in the games of the Underground, as well as her father's old friend.

Also, no one in the bar except for Carly knew about her psychic ability.

She wasn't about to expose that and attract attention to herself. She didn't know much of combat or the Underground, but she wasn't stupid. Sighing to herself, she wondered what they wanted. What could the Enforcers possibly have done to make them bring so many people to this small town?

Fighting back tears, she knew that all she really wanted was to be able to hold Yusei in her arms again and never let go.

…

Akiza laid back on the small bed down in the tunnels that she'd started to use. Ever since Yusei had gone missing, she found it difficult to sleep in their bed alone. For many years, it was her bed. For the last eight months, it had been their bed. Now, it was impossible for it to be anything else.

She had chosen a bed down in the caves to sleep in, unable to spend every night alone in the big, empty bed upstairs. It was difficult, but she did her best to keep going. If Yusei was alive somewhere, then no doubt he was continuing to press on and find his way back to her. She just had to survive and continue her life in town until he came back.

"Akiza?"

She looked up with a weak smile at the sight of Luna in her doorway, wearing a light smile of her own. Akiza nodded her head to invite her in the room, saying, "Luna, what brings you here?"

"Seriously? You're asking that? After all that's happened, it's important that we stay strong and there's no better way to do that than to stick together."

She shifted to sit on the side of the mattress, patting her hand to invite her foster-sister to sit beside her. "What you're saying is… You've noticed I'm depressed and you're here to offer a consoling shoulder?"

"If that's what you need to think in order to talk to me, then sure. That's why I'm here."

Giving a slight laugh, she said, "All right, fine… You're my sister, after all. If I can't talk to you, who can I talk to?"

She smiled more widely and said, "Oh, that reminds me. Your parents arrived down here last night. They'll be kept safe with the rest of us in these tunnels."

She nodded. "That's good. I'll keep running my bar and gathering information on the Underground. If we can even find a trace of their plans, then maybe Crow, Kalin, and Jack can do something."

Luna nodded slowly, seeming a little detached at the mention of Crow. Akiza chose not to say anything on the matter and instead said, "Well, obviously, you know what has me depressed."

Nodding slowly, she murmured, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Actually…" she started, frowning to herself. "If you don't mind, there is something I would like to ask you."

She cocked her head in curiosity. "I'm listening. You can ask me anything."

"Well, it's more like I'd appreciate your opinion on something." She paused, biting her lip. She'd never really tried to explain her powers to anyone but Yusei. Everyone else who knew had grown up with her and knew just about as much as she had. What she'd never had to do before was try to explain a part of her powers that even she didn't understand. "There's been something strange going on with my powers recently…"

…

Since their conversation, Katsuro hadn't asked Yusei to talk again. The twenty-one-year-old was grateful for that notion. He couldn't just forgive ten years' worth of abandonment issues in such a short time. He needed to think and figure out what he wanted and something told him he wouldn't be able to do that until he reunited with Akiza and saw for himself that she was all right.

In the meantime, he was getting really curious about that group called Infinity. How big were they? How deep did they go? If they were as good as Lester made them out to be, why hadn't they destroyed the Underground yet?

He shifted to stand from his sleeping position, stretching his back out and sighing. "Okay, I have a question. Bruno, Lester?"

The blue-haired man paused mid-step, scratching the back of his head while his other hand moved to settle on the gun at his waist by reflex. "Yeah?"

He sighed in frustration, combing his fingers through his hair. "I think it's about time we got an explanation. I mean, what is Infinity, where did you come from, and who the fuck is Zero?"

Lester threw his hands in the air in an elaborate shrug. "We're just following orders."

"Yeah?" he countered. "Whose?"

"Isn't it obvious? The leader of Infinity's."

A hand slapped down on Yusei's shoulder and he turned to see Z-one standing there, eyes on the ground before he spoke. "That's enough, Lester. I'll take it from here."

The kid curled one hand into a fist and placed it over his heart before giving a slight bow. "Yes, Sir."

Bruno mimicked the motion, causing Yusei to glance at his grandfather in question. "Z-one? What the hell is going on?"

A lopsided smirk fell on his lips before he said, "That leader of Infinity? Yeah, you're looking at him."

His jaw dropped as he glanced over to see Bruno scratching the back of his awkwardly, Lester with his arms folded, not caring, and Katsuro frowning thoughtfully, unsurprised. He turned back to Z-one, anger starting to seep through his veins at being kept out of the loop. "Z-one, explain."

Sighing, he gestured for them to start walking as he said, "Infinity is a group of anti-Underground activists. They operate from the shadows, using stealth and quick movement to get what they want. They infiltrate, assassinate, spy, anything. They're among the best of the best. To be invited to join is a great honor. I would've invited you if you'd stayed. You got a gift, you know."

Ignoring the compliment, he moved to lace his fingers together behind his head as he walked, letting Bruno and Katsuro handle the iron spikes. "But why? Why did you start something like that?"

"Start?" He barked a harsh laugh, then doubled over as the years of smoking took their toll and forced him into a coughing fit. Righting himself, he cleared his throat and patted his pockets, glancing around. "Anyone got a cigarette? Even a goddamned toothpick?"

"For the last time, no. None of us smoke. You were saying?" Yusei muttered, unamused by this discovery.

Clearing his throat, he continued with a grumble, "I didn't start Infinity. I was invited to join when I was twelve. I learned all of my tricks from my teacher there. The military taught me jack shit. But when the former leader died, he nominated me to be the new one." Nodding his head back, he muttered, "Bruno's my back-up if I drop dead. Smoking's going to kill me someday."

Frowning, he couldn't help but ask, "Speaking of, when did you start smoking so much? It was just a cigar now and then before. Now you're always smoking."

He noticed his father look away as Z-one tipped his head back to look up at the ceiling, murmuring, "I've lived a full life. Being untouchable as I was on the battlefield, I decided I wanted to die on my terms."

He couldn't stop himself as he turned suddenly, reaching out to punch him in the collarbone as hard as he could. "What the fuck is wrong with you?"

He fell to the ground from the sudden attack, reaching up to touch the injury slowly. Bitterly, he mumbled, "What've I got left to live for? Kitty's a grown-up, he doesn't need me. You were off living a fantasy, Infinity'll be fine with Bruno."

Turning away, he swallowed back the bile rising in his throat. "What about Grandma? She needs you, I'm sure."

"She's dead, Yusei."

He turned back to face Z-one, eyes wide in shock. "What…? Grandma's…?"

He stayed on the ground, but turned away to face the wall. "Three years now. Illness took her. She couldn't even drink water on her own for weeks. I started smoking constantly when she died because I couldn't take the fucking pain."

He stood frozen, staring down at his grandfather. He saw a side of the man he had never seen before. As a child, Z-one was his hero. He drank and cursed, but he was always there and always took care of him. He would help him with his studies, teach him to shoot, play games with him, even walk with him to school.

Now, he stood over a broken man, wasting away with no desire to stop. He hadn't realized Z-one could be so… "So frustrating," he muttered.

He felt two pairs of eyes on him and knew it was his father's and grandfather's. Bruno and Lester had walked a few paces away to give the family some mild amount of privacy as they discussed their affairs. Yusei's hands clenched into fists as his jaw tightened. "What is wrong with my family? Are we just a bunch of pathetic invalids who can't function without a wife?"

Silence fell before Z-one countered, "What if you lost Akiza? How would you handle that?"

Shaking his head, he forced himself to once again believe she was all right. "I don't know! But I wouldn't give up and jump off a cliff so I could be with her!"

They stayed silent for a long while before he finally grumbled, "The man I looked up to was strong and proud, not a pathetic weakling who couldn't live alone."

Finally, Z-one shifted to stand and dusted his pants off before cringing and touching his clavicle gingerly. "Damn kid… Excuse me if I never want to get shot again."

He turned away and muttered, "Then why didn't you retire from Infinity and live peacefully?"

Quietly, he murmured, "Because that meant I would die like she did, and I'm too much of a coward to go through that."

"Hmph. You are a coward. I never knew that about you."

After glaring down at his grandfather for a long moment, he slowly turned to continue walking. He needed to find his way back to Akiza as soon as possible. Suddenly, he paused mid-step and slowly turned to glance at Z-one as he tested his injured arm. "You never did tell me who Zero was."

Katsuro stood back as his father waved his offer for help away, then lowly murmured, "I am. I knew you wouldn't accept my help if I used my real name, so I used an alias based on this," he said, raising his shotgun slowly. "It's called 'Zero Reverse.' Roman made it for me as a gift."

He should have been surprised, but he couldn't bring himself to be. After all, Roman was their next-door neighbor. Of course it made sense that his father knew him. Shaking his head, he asked, "I'm going to need a clear explanation here. What in the hell is going on?"

Z-one leaned back against the wall, trying to breathe between his unfulfilled addiction and his no-doubt cracked clavicle. "Infinity is a group of anti-Underground activists. I found myself in charge of them about twenty years ago when Kitty took over the family title. When you ran from home, I asked Bruno to trail after you and find out where you went. It was more a personal favor than anything else. He kept in touch by letter and told me what you were up to. And when he sent word that the Sayer brat—a senatorial son—was killed in your act of defiance, we realized you weren't playing games.

"Your father insisted on becoming the next governor so he could see for himself what you were up to and how you were doing. He does care, you know. It took some convincing and some slight amount of drugs we procured from the Underground to convince the rest of the council that Kitty was having 'health issues' and needed some 'time away from the Capital.' He came here, saw what you were up to, and asked me for some help. I sent Lester to scout and reconnect with Bruno, and then came here myself. Lester's brother and grandfather are going to join us soon."

He nodded slowly, then mused, "So, what you're saying is… this whole time I thought I was free, I was actually under your watchful eye?"

Katsuro looked at the floor to avert his gaze. "Despite what you think, Yusei, I was worried when you left."

He snorted a short laugh and turned to keep walking. "Then you should've made an effort to care before it came down to me leaving."

He sighed and moved to follow him down the path, saying, "Yusei, I know there's not much I can do to change your mind, but all I ask for is a chance."

He ignored him, continuing to stalk away in silence. He couldn't deal with his father right now, not when he knew full well that Akiza and his brothers could be in deep trouble. Maybe later, when he knew everyone was all right and his home was his again. As long as the Underground roamed through the streets, he couldn't even begin to think about his relationship with his past.

Sighing, he knew this was going to be a long journey.

…

Akiza walked into her room inside the upper level of the bar, choosing to spend the night up there so she could have some time to think. She had told Carly that she would sleep up there just to keep anyone who might be wandering from getting suspicious and asked her to tell everyone else that she was fine.

Luna's thoughts on her situation had left her with a lot to think about, and she felt she needed to be left alone while she sorted through it. Leo, Annie, and Max had been moved to the tunnels to stay safe with the other children, so she was left alone in the house within the bar. A year ago, it was just Leo and herself living in the four-bedroom building. Then she'd taken in Annie and Max and they'd made the place much livelier. Once they'd warmed up to living there, at least.

Then, at the beginning of last summer, Yusei had gradually started to move in with her. It had started out with him just sleeping in her bed, but within a few days he'd started to bring some clothes over so he could change. Little by little, he brought more things over until he was essentially living there. The process hadn't taken long, and she considered him to be a member of her home within a month of their second night together.

She couldn't say she minded him moving in. His presence in her bed was both comfortable to sleep on and calming to her mind. She loved him and was all too happy to spend her nights at his side, in his arms, or at the most intimate state two people could reach. It gave her peace to lie down at his side and settle her head on his chest. He always made all of her troubles go away.

Now he wasn't there when she needed him most.

Sighing, she sank down into the mattress and stared at her hands. The more she thought about it, the more Luna's conclusion made sense. Was it possible? Could it actually be true?

Could she actually be pregnant with Yusei's child?

She shook her head, remembering the facts that led Luna to make the suggestion. When she'd mentioned her recent experiences with sensing someone on top of her, but only for a moment, her sister had reasoned that it was perhaps because the life was still forming inside of her. From a religious standpoint, the soul was still entering the body, causing it to flicker in and out. What she was sensing was the process of the correct soul trying to find the body.

She wasn't sure how much she believed that, but there was at least a little truth to her words.

The more she thought about it, the more she convinced herself that it was true. It did make a little bit of sense. She hadn't been near a pregnant woman since she'd honed her powers enough to sense constantly. She honestly didn't know what she would pick up on in that situation. Would she sense two people? Only one? Would the baby flicker in and out as its life gained more strength?

A faint smile crossed her lips as tears ran down her cheeks. She was going to have Yusei's child. It had to be. Nothing else made a lick of sense. She supposed this meant she was one of the psychics who were capable of having children. According to the books she read, it was thought to be so rare that it would be folly to believe she could bear children. But…

Her tears came back in a rush as her mind reminded her of the current reality outside. What if…

What if Yusei never got the chance to meet his child?

At the end of the last chapter, I asked you guys what you thought happened to Yusei, his family, and Lester and Bruno. A lot of you seemed to think they'd go to the Capital. Huh. I suppose he had been gone for two weeks, so it was decent assumption. Regardless, FiringShootingStar was the only one who was close, so you can have a moderate spoiler, if you like. Let me know by PM what you would like to know, and I'll tell you if it's too much or not :) Thanks for playing, everyone!

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