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Chapter 56: How Do You Heal A Broken Heart?
"OK! So we just need to find this guy and bring him back with us to Aura." Bloom concluded back at Raeger's cabin. "Dats gonna be easier said than done though..." Joey admitted. "Does this young man Bright's looking for have a name?" Flora questioned. "His name is Xuri," Mirai told her with a smile. "He's a half blood!" "...A half-blood? What is that?" Yugi asked confused as he looked at Atem. {It means that he is born of not one but two races...} the Pharoah clarified. "Yes. In this case, Xuri is half vampire and half blood mage." Raeger explained.
"WOAH! WOAH! Wait!" Roxy cried. "Are you telling ME that Vampires actually EXIST!?" the faerie of animals exclaimed in utter shock. "I-I thought they were just legends!" "Oh, they're real alright! Just not exactly how humans portray them as." Mirai told Roxy. "How's so?" Duke asked. "Well...they drink blood, have silver hair and red eyes, they get EXTREMELY nauseous around garlic, burn in the sun and are weak against waters purifying effects..." Raeger murmured. "They tend to live underground in Dawnshire a vampire haven."
"Oh right! Crymson was the guy from Dawnshire!" Roxy exclaimed. "Yep! he's the vampire king." Mirai winked. "Do they attack people like in Bloom's Dvd's?" Musa asked. "No, believe it or not, they're rather gentle creatures. They obtain Blood from a magic fountain that was crafted for them otherwise they eat blood crystals. Many dislike them as they do use Blood Magic." Granny Emiko sighed. "I'll believe that when I see it..." Bloom muttered skeptically. "So where is Xuri now?" Layla inquired.
"Well, he's a bit of a wanderer. Never was one to stay in one place very long." Mirai sighed."Still, Vampires can sense other vampires nearby but Crymson's is able to do so on a much broader range being the King." he told them. "Sounds like it's more trouble than it's worth..." Marik hissed. "Uh, anyone else having second thoughts about just intruding upon a nest of vampires?" Techna questioned. "OH PLEASE! As if that's scarier than walking around Cloud Tower at night full of witches!" Stella teased. "Just tell me when and where and I'll put together some majorly FAB outfits! I'm thinking goth meets faerie!" she exclaimed before Bloom giggled.
"That's the Stella we know and love!" the redhead exclaimed. "Then it's settled some of us will pay this Crymson a visit while the others stay here and help Raeger and Granny with the food preparation," Roxy told them before they all made their way to bed for some well deserved shut eye after some apple pie of course. Though, some had more trouble getting to sleep than others. Yugi being one of them. He looked up and the ceiling tossing and turning only to let out a heavy sigh.
{Can't sleep Yugi?} Atem asked the scarlet eyed male softly as he sat on the bed next to him. Yugi shook his head. "No Atem...every time I close my eyes...I just keep picturing everything that happened today...like someone keeps pressing rewind in my head..." Yugi murmured as he looked at Atem. {Well it won't do you much good to worry about tomorrow until it comes." Atem told him. "Yeah,...you're probably right." Yugi murmured. {You know Seto often had difficulty falling asleep...} "He did?" Atem nodded.
{He'd pace outside of my door until I let him inside. He'd talk for hours about the worries he had the coming day...especially the night Seto was named Bloom's protector when she was an infant by Daphne. She'd cry all night being away from her sister. So I walked with Seto to the crib and picked her up and gently rocked her before I gave her to him and allowed him to try as well. And once he held her in his arms for the first time he had such a sweet smile on his face. He promised that he'd protect her for as long as he lived...and from that moment on Seto always rocked Bloom to sleep before he went to bed...} Atem smiled.
"Awww..." Yugi chuckled. "I bet that was a sight to see." the scarlet eyed male smiled. {Yes it certainly was...by the way how are you feeling?} "Huh? Oh fine now I think it was just the heat that got to me earlier." Yugi murmured before he felt arms wrap around him and pull him close. {I'm glad...at first, I agonized over how much pain you were in...and whether or not bonding your soul with mine was the right thing to do or not...but now I understand just how much inner strength you truly have...that you've always had...that I sometimes lacked...} Atem whispered softly.
"Oh...I don't know about that...but it's my friends that give me that courage to press on even when things seem tough...and also..." Yugi murmured as he looked at Atem. His scarlet eyes met the Pharoah's as he felt his heart pounding in his chest. Slowly Yugi closed his eyes before Atem moved in closer inches from his other half's face. Caressing Yugi's face he softly kissed him Yugi wrapping his arms around Atem as he clung to him desperately. Not everyone, however, was having the best luck as Joey laid on the couch opposite of Kaiba with a rather vengeful stomach ache.
"Ugh...I shoulda known betta dan ta have ate dat last slice of apple pie..." Joey groaned before Flora slowly came over with a cup of tea. "Here Joey...this will help you with your stomach ache. I blended it with special herbs..." the faerie of Nature offered a smile as she held the cup out to Joey. "Tanks a bunch Flora..." he murmured and carefully took it. Slowly Joey blew on it before Flora heard her cell phone ring. "Excuse me." Flora murmured and went outside. Joey scratched his head before he shrugged his shoulders and sipped on the tea letting out a yelp as he burned his tongue.
"Hello?" Flora questioned as she answered her phone. "Helia! Oh, it's so good to hear from you!" the faerie exclaimed happily. "I've missed you SO much I-" Flora paused as she heard a woman's voice from the other end. "Who are you talking to Helia?" How's your new job going?" the faerie asked afterward. Well, it sounds like you're settling right in...i'm...happy for you..." Flora choked out. "...Oh me? Great, actually I've made a lot of new fr...iends..." she stuttered as she trembled. "Do...do you think we'll get to see each-other soon Helia?...Oh...I see...yes I've got my hands full too now that I think about it...in-fact I have to go...goodbye Helia..." Flora hung up her cell phone as tears started to fall down her face one after the other.
"Oh yes...I see perfectly clear..." she wept. "That there's no room for me in your heart with Krystal...of course not...that's why you took off to be with her wasn't it Helia...?" Flora broke into uncontrollable sobs as she fell into the snow and held herself. Joey lifted his head up from the couch hearing crying and made his way outside. "FLORA!" he cried applauded seeing her crying all by herself. She only looked at him with such sorrow and hurt filled in her eyes. "OH JOEY..." she choked out. "Helia wants to be with Krystal...not me...I cared about him so much...but I'm not special to him anymore...he's found someone smarter, prettier and a princess...I'm nothing compared to her...I don't know what to do...it hurts so much..."
"FUCK HIM!"Joey spat angrily. "HE'S GOTTA BE BLIND TA NOT SEE HOW SPECIAL AND WONDERFUL YA ARE! IT'S NOT FAIR DAT HE'S TREATIN YA DIS WAY! IT'S NOT RIGHT! I'D LIKE TO KNOCK THE SHIT OUTTA DAT BASTARD!" he cried as his hair slowly started to revert back to normal and pulled Flora into his arms. Tears filled his own eyes seeing her in so much pain. "DAMN IT! IT HURTS MEH TOO! HOW DARE HE!" Joey yelled out.
"Whoever Krystal is she ain't got nothin on you! You're prettier dan any gemstone dat we saw in Undine's sanctuary! You're also smarter dan most people I know! You can feel and understand people's emotions and you can relate ta them...even when day feel weak...and who gives a damn if you're not no princess! You're a princess ta me Flora...ya always have been...so I'm here for ya...as long as you need...cry if you need ta...yell It don't matta...cuz I'll stay right by yer side..." the blonde told her as she held Joey back crying into his chest as he held her close. At least there was one man who wouldn't leave her. The girls couldn't help over hear everything concerned over their friend's heart break. They'd have to get to the bottom of this tomorrow.
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