Chapter Eight
2 years later...
Yanagi...
Yanagi had closed down his hotel and remodelled it, it was now an orphanage to help children who had once been helped by Yusei. He now had a partner by the name of Martha, she had been at the orphanage that Yusei had volunteered at and when Yusei died there was no one to keep the orphanage from closing down.
One day before the orphanage was closed Yanagi had approached Martha with his proposal of turning his hotel into an orphanage and Martha had happily agreed.
A year later they had received word that they would get funding to make sure that the orphanage was going to stay permanently, Yanagi suspected that it was Blister's doing but didn't say anything to Martha.
They had hired two interns to help with the maintenance of the orphanage, their names were Kiryu and Crow. Crow was a laid back person who loved the children and treated every one of them like his family. Kiryu although very grumpy most of the time helped out by guarding the orphanage.
Recently there had been a pair of twins come to the orphanage their names were Leo and Luna, although they were new they were treated with kindness and soon settled into their new surroundings and had made friends with a young boy named Rally.
Yanagi just wished that Yusei could've been there to see it, he knew Yusei would've loved this place and were he still alive he would've been offered a job instantly. Just as Jack and Blister were always welcome.
Blister...
After what had transpired in the institute Blister had Godwin and Trudge arrested. They had both gone without a fight, they had felt responsible for Yusei's death and had wanted to pay for their crimes.
Blister had put in an application to work at the institute so that he could bypass the bio-lock and give Yusei a proper burial and also to make sure that the reactor was safely dismantled so that no one else could be hurt by it.
He had received confirmation six months after his application and was partnered with a man named Aero, (A/N: Not actually sure that was his partner was called if it's wrong someone tell me so that I can change it.) he had told Aero what had happened in the lab and why he was so determined to shut it down and because of it they had worked continuously for two years to try and open the doors but so far they had no luck.
Blister gave constant updates to Jack and Yanagi to let them know what was happening , but every time he would just tell them it was the same as always.
Blister also worked as a consultant for the police force lending them a hand when they needed ideas and Blister was happy to do it, especially for a friend.
Godwin...
Godwin had gone to jail for his crimes and he excepted his punishment, he had spent a year in the Facility when he was finally put on trial for the final verdict, he told them what he had done and that he was truly sorry for what had transpired there that day.
He had then been sentenced to do ten years for manslaughter, Blister and Yanagi had testified that he meant what he had said and also explained that he had tried to save Yusei. Surprisingly Jack had also testified that Godwin had tried to correct his mistakes and all that had been said was taken into consideration.
Jack...
At first Jack didn't know what to do with himself, but after months of travelling across the country he realized that he wanted to help people, like Yusei had done.
Jack requested his old position in the police force and had been granted it back with open arms. After a year Jack had been called into a meeting with his temporary boss, Bolt Tanner.
Tanner had chosen Jack to become the new Chief of Police and after a while Jack consented to the job. He felt weird being in charge of everyone there and knew that Yusei would've been proud, he just wished that he could hear his voice, see him smile and feel Yusei's lips against his, shaking his head of those thoughts, he sat at his desk. Today was the anniversary of Yusei's death and he planned to meet up with Akiza, Yanagi and Blister at Yusei's tombstone although, there was no body in the casket, they felt they needed to give Yusei something.
Looking at the clock on his desk he saw that it was nearly five o'clock and therefore he could start to pack up. At five everything was packed away, so Jack shot out of his office and to his car. He drove to Neo Domino Cemetery, he asked his assistant to make sure no one knew where to find him and that he was away for the evening on important business if anyone tried to contact him. After all, everyone that knew him would be at the grave with him.
Looking at his watch he saw that it was 5:25pm, he was going to be late but he knew that the others wouldn't mind. At 5:37 he parked his car and made his way to grave with a bouquet of flowers that he had bought the very same morning.
As he reached the grave he saw the other waiting there, they were just standing around talking.
"Hey everyone, look who finally showed up!" said Yanagi looking at Jack, everyone turned to see him walking up to them.
"I'm late, I know. But it was hard to get the time off, what with work and all."
"It's Ok, I only just got here myself." explained Blister, "Those for Yusei?" pointing to the bouquet in Jack's hands.
"Who else would they be for."
Everyone walked over and sat by Yusei's tombstone, they all told him how their lives had been since they had last visited. All of them visited when they had time but they only really got together on the anniversary.
After a few hours of talking, it was nearly eight o'clock and had already started to get dark, Akiza was the first to leave as she had a test the next day, even though she didn't need to study she still wanted a good night's sleep to feel refreshed for it.
Yanagi left soon after, he needed to get back and help Martha put the children into bed and help tidy up the place and as he had stated before, was a lot harder than it looked.
Blister left just before nine, saying that he needed to get ready to start his shift at six the next morning, leaving jack on his own. He knew Jack needed the time to himself and that Jack wanted to talk to Yusei by himself. Wishing him goodnight and that he would see him next week, Blister left Jack.
It was a while before Jack spoke, but he felt someone's presence nearby but paid no heed to it as this was a cemetery that was open at all times and just figured it was someone visiting their friends and/or relatives.
"I wish you were here, all the stuff you're missing. But I know that if you were here you would be proud of all of us. After all, that's the type of person you are...were...sorry."
"Why do you apologise?" came a rough voice from behind Jack, it was as though this voice hadn't been used in a while, he didn't want this person to see that he was crying so he continued to look at the tombstone.
"I don't know, what's it to you?"
"I just wanted to know. So why would he be proud of you guys?"
"My friend cared about people so much, all of us have done so much. My friends are helping people as best they can."
"I know he's proud of you guys, he cared for all his friends and that includes you Jack, in fact he cared for you more than anyone else."
"How the hell would you know...wait...how did you know my name?" growled Jack turning around. What he saw almost made him pass out with shock, in front of him was Yusei.
Yusei smiled at the look on Jack's face, he had expected him to be shocked but this was a better reaction than he expected. The look of shock turned to anger and Jack charged forward causing Yusei to back away and run right into a tree.
"IS THIS SOME KIND OF SICK AND TWISTED JOKE TO YOU!" Jack roared grabbing Yusei's neck making it difficult for Yusei to breathe.
"Jack...I can't breathe." rasped Yusei
"I SHOULD KILL YOU ON THE SPOT! I DON'T CARE WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE! YUSEI WAS MY FRIEND AND I WILL NOT LET YOU GET AWAY WITH THIS!"
"Jack...it's me...Yusei."
"YUSEI DIED TWO YEARS AGO!"
"I didn't die Jack. I'll prove to you that I'm the real Yusei but you need to ease up on my neck, otherwise I'm gonna pass out before I can prove who I am." Jack thought for a few seconds before releasing Yusei, who fell to the floor gasping for air.
"Alright...prove it!"
"The night...you captured me...we had a little Q and A...You asked me a question and then I would ask you one."
"Everyone knows that, I wrote it down in my report and it was televised with Godwin's trial although I was never mentioned so you could have easily just got that from TV."
"Did you put in your report that you called me cute, what was it you said...oh yea that was it 'You're cute when you blush'." Jack stared at Yusei for a moment before helping Yusei up.
"What...When...How?" stuttered Jack trying to asked a suitable question.
"About four hours ago. I'll tell the whole story but I want everyone here to hear it...that is if you don't mind."
"I'll call them now...wait till they find out they'll be so happy."
"Can we go to yours. Its kinda cold here and I need to change into some clean clothes." It was then that Jack noticed he was wearing the same clothes as two years ago, they were ragged and had blood on them. Jack couldn't tell if Yusei had any injuries himself but he guessed that most of the blood on him was from Jack's gunshot wound two years ago.
"We'll go the hospital as well...get you checked out."
"Don't bother, besides the migraine that I got, I'm fine."
"You're sure?"
"Yea, besides I want to change my clothes and get washed up."
"Why didn't you do that before you came here?"
"A number of reasons, 1) I wanted to see you, 2) I was told that you would be here by that lovely young policewoman, Mina, I think her name was. You should give her a promotion or at the very least a raise. 3) I don't know where you live and would have had to wait till tomorrow to find you again."
"Fine, you can have a bath in my place." Jack started to walk towards the exit with Yusei right beside him. He was so happy he didn't know if he could contain his tears that threatened to spill but if they did, he didn't care, he was just too happy.
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The trip back to Jack's apartment was very quiet because Yusei had fallen asleep two minutes into the journey. Jack didn't want to wake Yusei when they arrived at his place, so he carefully picked him up and walked to his apartment. Opening the door was the hardest part as he had to place Yusei down so that he could unlock it.
When they were in his apartment, Jack took Yusei to his room and carefully placed him on the king-sized bed and removed his jacket and boots before placing the quilt over him.
Jack knew that none of his clothes would fit Yusei, he went next door to ask if they had any spare clothes as his neighbour was around the same build as Yusei. After receiving some clothes, Jack went back to his apartment.
He checked on Yusei to find him still fast asleep, he mumbled a few incomprehensible things before turning over and drifting back into a peaceful sleep. Jack figured that it was best if everyone came round tomorrow, he called everyone and told them to meet at his place at five in the afternoon that way everyone could get things out the way and nothing could interrupt them, when Yusei explained what had happened to him. Jack also called into work saying he would not be in work the next day as he had some personal problems to take care of.
Sighing Jack headed into his bedroom, he saw that Yusei had fallen into a fitful sleep and was tossing and turning. Jack ran to the other side of the bed and pulled Yusei into his embrace.
"Yusei, it's Ok. I'm here, nothings going to hurt you! Not if I can help it!" Yusei seemed to hear Jack as he returned to a peaceful sleep. For an hour Jack just lay there with Yusei in his arms before getting up to leave.
Yusei seemed to sense this, even in his sleep and held onto Jack like he was a lifeline and refused to let go, Jack realized that Yusei didn't want him to leave and quietly spoke to him.
"Yusei, I'm not leaving you. I just need to get a wash and change my clothes, I promise."
Yusei released his grip on Jack. Jack quickly got into his tracksuit pants and put on a t-shirt, had a quick wash before returning and getting under the covers.
He pulled Yusei into his embrace again and waited for sleep to take him. He didn't know how he managed to sleep that night but he got a few hours. When he woke up he saw that it was still dark, looking at the clock he saw that it was three in the morning.
Looking down he saw Yusei was still sound asleep in his arms, smiling Jack started to rub circles on Yusei's back while listening to Yusei's constant breathing.
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Yusei woke the next morning, the first this he noticed was that someone had removed his jacket and boots. The next thing he noticed was that he was in a strange bed, feeling the panic rise within him, Yusei started to struggle. It was then that a pair of strong arms wrapped around him.
"Yusei, what's wrong?"
Hearing Jack's voice made the panic subside within him, he looked up to see Jack staring at him with concern on his face.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know where I was, I panicked."
"That's Ok. I should have woken you up when we arrived but it looked like you need the sleep."
"What time is it?"
"A little after eleven, everyone should be getting here for five in case you're wondering."
"Can we get something to eat, I'm starving." at that moment Yusei's stomach growled loudly.
"I don't have much in but I'll see what I can do." said Jack getting out of bed and walking out the room.
Yusei sat there for a moment, looking around the room he saw his jacket and boots on a chair in the corner of the room. Also there was a few other clothes on the chair and Yusei knew that Jack would have got them for him as they were too small for Jack.
Yusei walked into the bathroom and turned to shower on, when it was the right temperature he took off his clothes and stepped into the shower.
After a while, when he felt thoroughly clean Yusei exited the shower and put on the clothes Jack had left for him. (A/N: because I'm lazy and because its 4:07 in the morning here in Britain, Yusei is wearing his Enforcers/Team Satisfaction outfit, minus the arm straps.)
Yusei entered the living room of the apartment and sat himself down at the kitchen table that was at the back of the room.
"How do you like your eggs?"
"Right now, I don't care. I could eat them raw for all its worth."
"Ok, breakfast will be ready in a minute."
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After breakfast, Yusei and Jack talked about what they were going to now that they could be together. They didn't care where they ended up as long as they were together.
At five the bell rang, Jack stood up to answer it but was stopped when Yusei grabbed him. The look in Yusei's eyes made him worry.
"Yusei, What's wrong?"
"It's just what if they react the way you did at the cemetery, I don't know if I could handle that look of anger again." Jack's heart gave a pang of guilt, he had caused Yusei to have these worries.
"How about this then, you go into my room. I'll tell them that it's not a joke and that your the real deal and then I'll call you into the room. How's that?"
"You sure that you can convince them?"
"I'm sure, now go before they take off...I love you so much." he said before heading to the door, while Yusei walked back into Jack's room.
"Hey, Blister and Akiza. Now all we have to do is wait for the old man and we can talk about everything."
"I thought we did all that yesterday Jack." Blister sounded agitated
"Well, you'll be surprised at what I have to tell you and trust me it's great news." They had to wait another fifteen minutes before Yanagi appeared, he was looking flustered and was out of breath.
"Sorry for the delay, kids were a handful before I left. So what's this about Jack?"
"First off, I want you to know that this is not a joke, it's the real thing."
"What is?" This time it was Akiza that sounded agitated
"Like I said it's not a hoax and I need you to promise that you won't do anything until we've heard the whole story."
Once they had all promised, Jack walked to his room and to his friends it appeared to look like he was talking to someone. When Jack returned, his friends noticed that there was someone behind him.
"Guys, there is someone here who has been dying to see you. Not literally as then that would be very bad for us all."
"You've gone mad son...But don't worry we'll get the best he..." Yanagi cut off his sentence as Jack moved to the side to reveal a worried looking Yusei. Blister was about to shout just like Jack had done the previous but Jack intervened.
"I can give you my personal guarantee that this is Yusei."
"How do you know?" growled Akiza, she looked at Yusei and saw that he had closed his eyes and had his face pointed to the floor to avoid all there faces when he opened his eyes.
"Because he told me something only Yusei would know."
"Then he can do it for all of us as well."
"Yusei, what was the first rule I taught you?"
At first it looked like Yusei wasn't going to answer but slowly he exhaled and answered all their questions. After they were sure they all embraced them in their own way.
"So, what happened after the phone cut off?"
Yusei/ 2 Years ago...
Yusei tried to get the signal back but it didn't work.
"What do we do now? I'm not just gonna sit here and die. There has to be a way out." shouted Yusei over the rumbling
"There is."
"Well, what are we waiting for lets go."
"That's the thing there is no we, there's just you."
"What are you talking about, we're both getting out of here like I promised. I won't leave you to die here." he walked over to Rudger, who walked to the middle of the room.
Yusei looked at the chamber and realized that this was the only place that could withstand the blast.
"The chamber will only fit one, I've had my time and I wasted it."
"Like I said I'm not leaving you here to die!"
"I am only gonna say this once...I'm not giving you the choice." with that said he pushed Yusei back causing Yusei to fall backwards into the chamber and before Yusei could recover, Rudger slammed the door shut.
Before Yusei could do anything, the chamber started to fall into the floor, then everything went black for Yusei.
Present...
"What happened then?" asked Akiza eager to hear what else had happened.
"I guess the lab blew up because the next thing I knew was waking up in a demolished lab and Rudger's body was lying near the podium, I guess the explosion wasn't as powerful as before because Rudger's body was still there. Anyway, I didn't know how long had passed, so I had to dig my way out of the lab. The hardest part was the beam, after I finally managed to shift it the rest was easy."
He looked to see his friends staring at him with shock. "I then re-routed some power from downstairs into the bio-lock and the doors opened easily. I went to the first floor and exited through the fire escape because if someone had stopped me, how would I explain how I got in. So, anyway I went to the Police station and asked about Jack and the receptionist told me that he was at the cemetery with visiting one of his friends who died a few years ago. I guess for once I showed my confusion cos she handed me a newspaper clipping and it told me that I was dead and buried in Neo Domino cemetery. It took me an hour to get there as I had to walk there, that's when I saw Jack and I showed myself and the rest you can ask Jack for."
"Wow."
"You're telling me."
"So what do we do now?" asked Yusei, "I mean, I'm going to have to get myself declared alive again and I'm going to find a job."
"Leave that to me Yusei, I can say that you were able to escape before the blast and we all thought that you were dead." explained Blister
"What about accommodation?" asked Akiza, "You were taken off the register and your room has been taken over."
"He's staying here with me from now on." growled Jack
"And you can work at the orphanage, there's always been a space reserved for you." Yusei smiled, he had his friends and that was all he needed.
8 months later...
Jack returned home at three that morning, he had planned on taking a shower and getting to bed. But that changed when he entered the apartment, Yusei was sitting at the table eating what looked like vanilla ice cream and it looked like he was waiting for him.
"Good morning."
"Yusei, what are you doing up?"
"I was hungry and wanted to wait for you."
"Yusei, you should be in bed, it's not good for you"
"Jack, I'm fine. The treatment is going fine."
"I know its just I don't want to lose you again."
Yusei stood up and walked over to Jack, he placed a kiss on Jack's lips and then walked over to the cupboards and pulled out a jar of pickles. "You won't that's a promise."
"And I don't want to lose our precious child." said Jack looking at Yusei's stomach. "How much longer do you need for treatment?"
"Just the one tomorrow and then they'll be done."
"It's hard to believe we're going to have a child."
"I know, but thanks to Blister its possible."
"Just Blister." Jack said seductively walking behind Yusei and placing his arms over Yusei's shoulders, "because I seem to remember I played the most important part in it." he whispered in Yusei's ear causing Yusei to shiver uncontrollably.
"You know I hate it when you do that."
"What? This?" Jack whispered again causing Yusei to shiver again
"Yes that. I spent all those years learning to hide my emotions and then you come along and I can never control them, especially now!"
"Are you saying that it was a bad thing I came along?" asked Jack, he knew Yusei was joking but he wanted to hear Yusei's answer anyway.
"Of course not...I love you and now I'm going to have a family with you. I couldn't be happier." Yusei said turning to Jack in the eyes, Jack saw only love in Yusei's eyes. Leaning down Jack kissed Yusei passionately on the lips.
"C'mon bed. No arguing, I don't want our little guy to be sleepy during everything tomorrow."
"Who says it's going to be a boy, the way the baby kicks it's definitely a girl."
"Ok, Ok. But I still want you in bed and ready for tomorrow. After all after tomorrow's treatment we'll be able to have the life we want until the baby is born. Then it'll be hectic" explained Jack guiding Yusei to their room.
"Yea it will, but I know you'll be there with me every step of the way and I couldn't ask for a better person." said Yusei getting into bed
"I'm just going to take a shower, I'll be in in a bit, Ok?" Yusei just nodded and watched as Jack walked into the bathroom. Half an hour later Jack returned and climbed into bed.
"I love you." Jack said as he drifted off to sleep, Yusei opened his eyes and smiled before kissing Jack on the head.
"I love you too."
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So what do you think for an ending, at first I wasn't sure about Yusei being pregnant but I thought it rounded the story off nicely.
I also wonder how many of you guys realized that Yusei was still alive before I actually revealed it.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed this story, I know I repeat myself a lot but it's thanks to you guys that I'm able to continue these stories, you give me the confidence to continue writing.
Also a few of you may notice that sometimes I use Japanese names instead of English names, but thats because I like some of the Japanese names better than the English names.