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Chapter 38: The Events Within a Day

Third Person POV

Yusei and Era flew around the air, scouting out for demons. They were around their friends the entirety of the day after Yusei dueled Andre. Now that they were alone, Yusei noticed how tense Era was.

"What did we need to talk about, Era?" he asked her in Angelic. She looked at him, almost like she had just been snapped out of her mind which was extremely deep in thought. Yusei pulled her to a hover and asked her in a stern, no arguing voice, "Alright, what's wrong?"

"Nothing's really wrong," she answered.

"The way you're acting says otherwise," Yusei retorted sternly. Era looked down. "You know you can't hide anything from me, Era. So don't bother trying to hide from me that something is wrong. And I'm going to be stressing that even more after you hid that your Spell Energy was low and put you into a two week coma."

"Yusei…" she muttered, looking in his eyes. Yusei slowly grabbed her hand in a comforting hold and gave her an understanding face but held a stern look underneath it that said he wasn't going to give up. "Just after you took off to duel Andre, Breo and Jean were talking about watching you duel and learning how you duel."

"So they were using the duel to figure out how to beat me?" Yusei responded. Era looked down again but nodded. "I'll still be able to beat them, Era. Why is that bothering you so much?"

"That's… not the only thing bothering me," she replied.

"What else is bothering you, then?" Yusei pushed.

"A couple things. One, during the duel, Yue came and talked to me. She warned me that Crow will get hurt soon," she stated looking at him a bit.

"How badly?" Yusei asked.

"According to her, he'll break his shoulder bone," Era answered. Yusei went wide eyed in shock. She looked down. "And… I'm not sure what I should do. She doesn't know what'll lead to, so she's not sure whether I should let it play out or stop it."

"Era…" he responded.

"I want to help him. I want to keep him safe and protect him from getting hurt. But… at the same time, if it leads to something important, shouldn't I let it play out on its own?" Era stated. Yusei used his free hand and gently cupped her cheek, making her look at him again.

"If you want, Era, I'll use a protection spell and take the hit for him," he told her.

She went wide eyed in shock and he could see a bit of fear in her eyes. "Yusei, no," she refused. "If anyone should protect him, it's me. I was the one Yue told about this. I should be the one to keep Crow safe if I have to."

"Era, it's my job to protect you," he retorted. "The easiest way for me to do that is by making sure you're out of harm's way." Era looked down again. "Please, Era. Let me do this for you."

"A-Alright," she gave in. "Just… whatever you do, don't get hurt."

"I promise, Era, I'll do everything in my power to keep me and Crow from getting hurt," he assured her. She gave a small nod. "You said that was one of a couple other things that were bothering you. What was the other thing?"

"I'm… just worried about having a child," she answered honestly, looking away from his gaze. "I'm accepting it and am okay with it, but I'm worried about it at the same time. Is our lord and the first Guardian Angel of Light sure I have a child in me?"

"I don't think they would've said it if they weren't sure," Yusei responded. "I know you're worried about it, Era. And to be honest, I am too. But we'll make it through all this together."

"And you'll be there with me through it?" Era asked slowly.

"Of course, Era. Don't you ever think otherwise," Yusei ordered. He brought her into his body and held her head to his chest, their wings flapping in sync with each other and their heartbeats in perfect unison. "I promised you that I would stay by your side for as long as I live. And I will always stand by you and never leave you. I'll help you… and our child."

Era slowly looked at him. "Yusei…" she muttered. He gave her a soft smile. "Thank you, Yusei."

"Of course, Era," he responded. "Come on, we have a long night ahead of us. And a long day tomorrow."

"You're going to be testing your speed, right?" Era asked.

Yusei nodded. "Come on," he called and pulled on her hand as they flew off.

. . .

The next morning, Yusei woke up first, feeling Era wrapping in his wings. He looked at her and noticed she was still asleep but was growing pale again, worrying Yusei. He carefully moved her towards to laying on her back, keeping his wings around her. He scanned over her again to finding her Spell Energy level was running low again.

Yusei immediately used an energy transfer spell to help her again. 'How much energy is it going to take out of her?' he thought worried. He watched her worried as she regained a bit of color. He took his hand away and let go of the spell.

Yusei sighed in relief that she was okay for a moment before looking at her lower abdomen. He carefully placed a hand there and gave a small amount of energy where he felt the child's heart was.

'That should keep it from needing as much of Era's energy for now,' he thought. He turned back to Era's peaceful, sleeping face.

Yusei pulled her into his body with his arms while tightening his hold on her with his wings. "I love you, Era. Don't make me lose you because of my mistake," he whispered, placing his forehead near the back of her head.

"Hm?" he heard Era mutter a bit as he felt her shift a bit in his arms. He loosened his grip a bit and looked at her. "Yusei? Is everything alright?" She then paused. "My Spell Energy…"

"You were trying to hide it again, weren't you?" he asked sternly.

Era looked down. "Maybe," she answered in a nearly silent whisper. "How did you know?"

"When I woke up, you were getting pale again," Yusei explained. "Why do you keep trying to hide things like this from me?"

"I… don't want to put any more weight on your shoulders more than they already are," she answered.

"Era, you can't keep things like that from me. It'll only worry me more," he retorted. She looked at him nervously. "Please, Era. Trust me to help you and keep you safe." He pulled her in tight again. "No matter what's wrong, trust that I'll help you and be there for you, okay?"

"O-Okay," she agreed. "I trust you, Yusei. You know that I will always trust you with everything."

Yusei kissed her forehead and whispered, "Good." Despite wanting to stay like that for a bit longer, he knew they couldn't stay like that for too much longer. So he slowly unwrapped Era from his hold and helped her up with him.

Era changed back into her human form, staying in her typical human clothing. Yusei changed to his human form, and changed out of his nightly clothes which he was wearing and into his normal clothes.

Yusei looked at her again. She was looking down, like she was lost in thought again. "Are you sure everything is really okay?" he asked her and she looked at him. He crossed his arms and stated sternly, "Okay, I thought we just agreed you weren't going to hide anything from me because I can tell when you are and want to help you." She looked back down. Yusei brought his arms back to his sides and gently asked, "What's bothering you now, Era?"

"I…" she stopped. He gave her prodding eyes. Yusei's eyes shined over, shocking Era. 'Why did his eyes shine over? That should only happen when an angel is trying to make a point,' she thought. "Another thing happened while you were dueling Andre. When Yue came to see me."

That caught Yusei's attention. "What?" he asked.

"According to Yue, your father came to the Guardian Council at our lord's command," Era explained. She was going to continue but stopped, obviously nervous.

"Why?" Yusei asked.

"Your father told Yue, Myla, May, Cornelia, Kylie, and Beyta that if they ever had a chance to see me, to give me… this," she stated and held out a letter.

"Have you read it?" Yusei asked and she nodded. "What's it say?"

Era looked away a bit. "You… should read it yourself," she replied vaguely.

Yusei raised an eyebrow confused and took the letter. He unfolded it carefully before reading it to himself: "Dear Era,

It has been so long since we have spoken. The last time we did, I had made you promise to protect Yusei through everything. Since I was released from Momentum after the Dark Signers were defeated, I have been working under the Crimson Dragon and helping him. When I heard Yusei was made an angel, I knew there wasn't a way for you to protect him any longer without putting you and the heart and power of the Crimson Dragon at grave risk. So as a friend, I am telling you that you don't have to protect Yusei any longer. Let Yusei do his job for the Crimson Dragon and let him do his job for protecting his mate. You don't need to anymore. Thank you for keeping your promise and helping me through everything, Era.

- Professor Hakase Fudo"

"Era…" Yusei muttered as he finished.

"I'm not needed anymore," she stated sadly.

"That's not true at all," Yusei retorted. "You'll always be needed. If by anyone, I need you." Era looked at him. "Era, I may not need you to protect me, but I do need you here with me."

"Yusei..." she muttered.

"I'll always need you, Era. So don't think you're not needed anymore, because it's not true," Yusei told her. She gave him a small, comforted grin. He held out his hand for her to grab. "Come on," he called gently. She slowly took hold of his hand and he directed her out.

The two angels walked out of the room and down the stairs. Bruno was cooking an egg but Jack and Crow weren't anywhere in sight.

"Hey, Bruno," Era called and the amnesiac man looked at her, "where's Jack and Crow?"

"Jack went out for coffee. Crow headed out early to do some practicing. He actually looked really motivated," he explained.

Yusei and Era looked at each other and nodded, slightly confusing Bruno. Yusei then told Bruno, "Crow might be getting into some trouble. We're going to make sure he stays safe."

"What kind of trouble exactly?" Bruno asked.

"We'll find out for sure when we help him," Yusei answered. Bruno gave a small, but still confused nod of acceptance and the two angels took off with that.

. . .

Crow was speeding down the highway, approaching a turn. 'I can do more!' he thought. He began to curve around the turn when a shadowy figure appeared in front of him. But just before he crashed into the figure, he did notice something.

The collision sent the bird named man and his duel runner flying into the air, out of control. Crow went flying down the highway. But just as he was about to hit the ground, he felt someone wrap their arms from under him. They slid on the ground to a stop.

The person let Crow go and he slowly sat up, stammering, "W-What… happened?" He looked at the person who caught him as they sat up. "Era?!"

"Are you okay, Crow?" she replied.

"I should be, but you're not," he answered pointing to her right shoulder.

Era looked at it confused while Yusei landed and hurried over. Her shoulder was bleeding profusely and a small piece of metal was dug into the flesh.

"Era, I told you to let me handle this," Yusei reminded her, stern and sounding frustrated.

"I know, I just…" she stopped.

"We'll talk about this later. For now, hold still," he responded.

Yusei grabbed the bloody piece of metal and quickly yanked it out. Era whimpered and flinched a bit, but didn't move much as instructed. Yusei threw the blood covered piece of metal away and placed a hand on the injury hard. Blood covered his hand slightly, but he didn't bother to pay it any mind as he used a spell to stop the bleeding for thirty minutes. After that, Yusei knew she would need actual bandages to keep it from getting worse. He then began to do a quick scan for any internal damage.

"Got anything worse?" Crow asked.

"From what I can tell, the metal trimmed a bit of bone off and the crash itself just got into the deeper muscle. Other than that, it seems fine," Yusei explained. He looked at Crow. "Crow, you're hurt, too."

"Huh?" he responded and moved a bit, only to cry out as pain shot up his right arm. He looked at his shoulder and gasped. Part of the bone had its position changed a bit.

Yusei sighed. "Let me take a look at it, Crow," he stated. He carefully moved to Crow and touched his shoulder. Crow winced. "Stay still for a moment, okay? This won't hurt while I check to see whether I can work with this or not." Crow nodded and Yusei began the scan. He was soon done. "Fortunately, it's just a dislocation which means I can use a pain relief spell and pop it back into place. But the bad side is that you won't be able to use this arm for a while."

"How long is 'a while'?" Crow asked alert and worried.

"I'm not sure. I'll be taking Era to the hospital to get her arm checked out. I'll take you, too, so we can find out how long it'll probably be before you'll be able to use it again," Yusei explained. "But first we should put it back in place. I'll use a pain relief spell to dull the pain, alright?" Crow nodded and Yusei activated the spell. Crow relaxed a bit as the pain was released. Before Crow knew what was next, he felt pressure and his shoulder bone move but no pain. "It's back in place. But we should still get it checked out just in case."

"Right," Crow agreed. They looked at Era who seemed stressed and focused. Yusei turned and began to focus as well. Yusei then bolted to his feet, alert and tense. "What's going on, Yusei?"

Era stood up and said as a demon came into view, "You're about to meet the recently appointed King of the Underworld." Crow quickly stood up. She then called to Jack and Bruno mentally, "Jack, Bruno, get to the highway nearing the entrance to Satellite. Get Crow out of here. You need to hurry."

"Bruno talked to me about what you and Yusei told him. We were already searching the highways for you three. We are about five minutes from that area," Jack responded.

"Why do you sound so worried?" Bruno asked.

"Brehnam is closing in on us, Crow's duel runner is down, Crow's shoulder was just popped back into place, and Yusei had to yank a small piece of metal from my shoulder. What shouldn't I be worried about?" Era replied.

"We got it. We'll be there in two minutes," Jack stated before going silent. Era turned to the demon who landed and changed into a more humanoid form.