Note To Readers: SO I had a fun weekend! My flight was delayed THREE times. It would have been midnight before I reached my destination SO I rescheduled! Which means Chapter 59! WOOHOO!
Chapter 59: Do You Have No Regrets?
"So you're Xuri then?" Bloom questioned. The vampire only grinned. "Yep! That's right. Oops, guess I didn't mention my name did I? Sorry my bad." Xuri apologized before all the other guys in the bar saw Xuri and ran over to the vampire. Left and right they surrounded him giving him noogies playfully. "HEY EVERYONE XURI'S BACK!" the one guy announced not hesitating and showing their affection. "So you were looking for me?" Xuri inquired as he raised his brow curiously.
"Um well, actually there's someone that REALLY wants to see you. It's their birthday tomorrow and more than anything he wants you to be there." Bloom told Xuri. The dwarf let out a large belch. "Hey ain't it The Prince Of Aura's Birthday tomorra?" Xuri's gaze only hardened as he answered with silence. Kaiba narrowed his eyes as he walked over towards the vampire. "I don't think I heard you clearly...she asked YOU a question..." the CEO muttered angrily.
"Yeah Yeah I heard..." Xuri muttered under his breath. "Idiot...doesn't he understand that I left for HIM? Bright's clearly as hardheaded as ever..." the vampire let out a sigh. Musa only frowned as she approached Xuri. "Is it so wrong that he wants to see you for his Birthday?" the faerie asked softly. "...All I ever did was cause nothing but trouble for Bright...it's better if I'm not around..." Yuri murmured. "Bright...he's a hardworking idiot who's as stubborn as they come...but he gives his heart to all those around him...Bright's the ray of sunshine in this darkened and cruel world...loved by all in Aura...Without a shadow looming over him he could go to places where he couldn't before...trust me...I'll only succeed in bringing him more pain than happiness..." Xuri murmured.
"...That's a lie..." Yugi's voice broke through the silence as his scarlet eyes pierced right through Xuri's crimson ones. Everyone paused as they turned to look at him. Even Atem directed his attention towards Yugi. "If that's true then why is there so much pain in your eyes?!" Yugi cried out as his lip trembled. "It's not better...how do you know? How many days do you and he have until that regret stains both of you?!"Because it will...you go over in your head the times you missed...the ones you'll never get back...what was said...and what wasn't..." Yugi told the vampire as tears swelled in his eyes.
"It only hurts you all the more...like a blade cutting right through your heart...and unbearable sadness...and you'll try to conceal it...the pain...the heartache...but the only one your fooling is yourself...because deep down you'll know the truth...forever chasing the shadows of the past...like I did..." the scarlet eyed male wept. {Yugi...} Atem murmured as he recalled the moment before he left. Standing right there. How did Yugi feel when he turned his back and left him for the world of the dead? To return to all of those he left behind. And yet. No one could replace the emptiness he felt once Yugi was gone. Perhaps that was why he returned. It was his desire to be with Yugi once more. It was where he belonged. But there was a fear that was buried deep within him. One that had been born the moment they parted. That Yugi no longer needed him. In fact, he was shocked to learn that Yugi never wished for him to leave in the first place.
Layla closed her eyes as she pictured Nabu. You truly didn't understand what you had until it was gone. Musa too thought of her mother while Marik thought of both of his father and mother. Bloom of her sister and Kaiba of his brother whom he nearly lost thanks to Ogron. Their thoughts were interrupted as Xuri slammed his fists down on the table. "YOU THINK I WANTED TO LEAVE!? I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE!" the vampire spat angrily. "I...I left for Bright's sake...and his alone...I was despised in Aura because of what I was! A half-breed an abomination! Of all the worlds...just what the hell do YOU know anyway!? You're outsiders naive to the way of OUR worlds...they HATED me for even being near their precious Prince...I "Tainted" him...but Bright didn't give a damn...he'd always stand by me the stubborn fool...but one day something REALLY bad happened...and when fingers were pointed at me they started to believe Bright was responsible to...so I left Aura...never to return..." Xuri muttered as his hair shielded his true expression.
"Are you satisfied now...? So...if you'll just leave me be...I have NOTHING more to say to you people..." Xuri hissed and stormed out of the bar. "...HOW CAN YOU JUST WALK AWAY!?" Yugi yelled. "DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT BRIGHTS FEELINGS AT ALL!?" the scarlet eyed male cried as he ran out after him Atem following behind. Xuri ceased movement as Yugi cornered him by the Blood Fountain. "...ANSWER ME!"Yugi demanded as he narrowed his eyes angrily. But he was only met with the eyes of someone well acquainted with loss. A slight chuckle escaped the vampire's lips. "Of course I do...how could I not?...I'm a half blood...fully a vampire...or a blood mage...in Aura, I wasn't accepted by the humans...or the vampires...but Bright...he was different..." Xuri began softly.
"He didn't care...he never treated me like all the others...even when all of Aura turned against me...Bright still believed that I was innocent...so how can I possibly ask him to shoulder MY sins? To share that same fate of being buried in a deep and shallow grave...?" the vampire asked Yugi. "Without Bright Aura would fall into the hands of a council that could care less about him or the people...they'd have him killed without a second thought for Treason...if I had remained..." "...Xuri..." Yugi murmured softly as he looked at the vampire before he looked at Atem.
"You asked earlier if I wanted to see Bright...? HELL yes, I do!...So fricken damn much...it's been FIVE years...not a day that passes do I not think about that idiot..." Yugi swallowed hard. "You know Xuri..." Yugi began. "I understand...a lot more than you may think I do...there's someone that came into my life...when I didn't have anyone else other than my Grandpa and my friend Tea...but slowly he became part of it and many others...I'll never forget it either...he gave me courage...and the will to NEVER give up...even when the odds were against us. But he had a greater purpose...and danger ahead of him...like I'd never have believed possible...there was anger, pain...sorrow...years a never ending battle between good and evil...and even still...we remained together through it all..." Yugi smiled at Atem as he nodded.
"Yet even so...he eventually had to leave...it was hard sure...but I thought to myself that it was for the best...but deep inside my heart I wanted to follow him...then a year later he returned...it was ONLY then I understood...I didn't want to live my life WITHOUT him in it...because he became part of my own..." Yugi confessed. "All the heartache...suffering...was nothing compared to the emptiness I felt when he was no longer there...to the depths of my regret...so Xuri...if you TRULY wish to break all ties between you and Bright...at the VERY least...tell him the truth...and give him that closure...you owe him that much..." Yugi whispered. Xuri listened to him before he finally shrugged cracking a smile.
"Heh,...you're determined I'll give you that...getting all emotional over a problem that isn't even yours...BUT you do raise a good point..." the vampire sighed. "I guess because you've had a similar circumstance you sympathize with both I and the Prince. "Fine Fine I lose. You're right I DO owe him that much..." Yugi's face slowly lit up. "So does that mean?" "Yeah, i'll talk to him..." Xuri murmured. "I promise...you WON'T regret this!" "Oh...I seriously DOUBT that...but whatever..." the vampire shrugged it off. Hearing a strange noise Yugi and Xuri both turned towards the Blood Fountain.
"What's going on?" Yugi questioned. "A malfunction of some sort..." the vampire pointed out. "Can we repair it?" "Hmm dunno...the Elves built it not us...it was to keep vampires from hunting live prey for survival...mainly animals," Xuri explained. "So they're the ones who probably will have to fix it. I'll have to inform Lord Crymson about this little mishap." "You call this little?" Yugi questioned. "Well what would YOU call it?" the vampire asked with a mischievous grin as the others caught up to them.
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