Epilogue

Yusei looked up at the sky as he walked out of the hospital, the doctors had finally given him permission to leave with the strict advice that he take it easy for a week or two. Jack had told the doctors that he would make sure that Yusei got the rest that he needed, but he knew he also had to keep an eye on Yusei as well.

After Soujiki had died, Yusei had found that he didn't have his old powers anymore, not matter how much Yusei and Jack tried to communicate with each other, nothing happened but that was not the only problem, because he had lost his powers, Yusei also couldn't heal Luna so now they just had to hope that Luna had enough strength of her own to pull through.

As they walked to Martha's apartment, Jack thought back to the others and what would happen now, Akiza had left after she knew the danger had passed and went to follow through on her deal with Misty and Crow had agreed to help, when he found out that he would never be able to be human again, he had decided to use his powers to help other people and the first person on his agenda was Misty. Leo had yet to leave Martha after he had found out about his sister and yet to visit her.

The reason why Yusei and Jack were headed to Martha's was to get Leo to see his sister, they figured (well Yusei figured) that maybe if Luna knew her brother was there that she might wake up just like she had when she was being controlled.

When they reached the apartment they noticed that it was oddly quiet, Jack looked to Yusei to tell him to stay put but without Jack realising Yusei had pulled his hunting gun from holster and was waiting for Jack to open the door. Slowly they entered the room but nothing appeared out of place, the only thing that was wrong was that there was no one there, while Yusei was checking the bedroom, Jack noticed that there was a note on the kitchen counter, opening the note Jack realised that it was from Martha.

Dear Yusei and Jack,

I have finally convinced Leo to go see Luna at the hospital and I am taking him there later on, I know that Yusei gets out today so I am writing this in case we don't meet at the hospital and to tell you that we will be back later today.

Martha

Jack smirked, he realised that Yusei was right behind him and had read the letter also. When did he get behind me, I didn't sense him get near.

They waited a few hours before Martha returned with Leo, he looked happier than they had ever seen him and knew that going to the hospital brought good news rather than bad for once.

"Yusei, Jack! She woke up, Luna woke up!" Leo said excitedly, jumping all round the room. "She said heard my voice and that she knew she had to come back and keep an eye on me."

"That's great Leo, I'm happy for you."

Martha had taken her coat off and had settled down on the chair while she watched Leo run round the room like a maniac, but frowned from the way Yusei spoke. Yusei noticed her frown and sighed, he knew he had tell her but it was hard for him.

"Yusei, what is going on? You sound like you have some bad news for us."

"It's not bad news but it's not good either."

"So what is going on?" Yusei looked at Jack, he had yet to tell Jack this news and knew he had to be careful how he explained it.

"I'm leaving." Yusei looked away from Jack and to the floor, suddenly his boots seemed more interesting than the others.

"Well I'm coming with you, you should know this."

"No Jack, I need to go away for a while. I need to find who I am."

"What do you mean?"

"All my life I've had people to lean on and even when I thought I was alone I had Soujiki to look after me, so I need to go on a journey and find out who I am."

"That's ridiculous, you're Yusei Fudo, hunter and my partner, regardless if you have powers or not."

"Jack's right, Yusei. Besides I don't want you to go, what will I tell Luna when I go see her?"

"Leo, I know this hard for you, it's hard for me too but this is something I have...no, I need to do this."

Leo looked up to see that Yusei was looking him straight in the face and he too realised that Yusei needed to this, but it still hurt, nodding he walked away without a word. Jack looked like he was to kill something but was refraining himself from doing something he would regret, Martha looked at Yusei and sighed, she knew there was nothing she could do to talk him out of it and just sat back in her chair.

"Yusei, why are you doing this to me? I need you in my life, every time I'm away from you, I feel like I'm incomplete and if you leave I don't what I would do. What if I turn into that arrogant jerk you knew when we first met?"

"That won't happen Jack and do you wanna know why I know that. It's because you're a good person Jack and you'll be fine without me."

"But what-"

"Jack it won't be forever, I promise I'll come back. I will come back for you." Yusei looked pleadingly into Jack's eyes, slowly Jack nodded.

"Ok, but remember that you promised to come back to me." Yusei nodded, he moved in closer and gave Jack a small peck on the lips before walking out of the apartment without once looking back.

2 Years later...

Jack had decided to move into Yusei's old apartment, he had been there for two years and hadn't changed anything, besides moving his clothes and a few personal possessions into the place.

He was glad the place was right next door to Martha and the twins, that way he could keep an eye on them and make sure that they were always safe.

After Luna had been discharged from the hospital, Martha had filed adoption papers and was now the twins legal guardian. She had decided that it would be safer for all of them this way, she could watch then and Jack would protect them from harm.

They also decided to stay so that when Yusei returned he would know where they were, but after two years Martha was beginning to think that maybe Yusei wouldn't be returning. She felt that if he was returning then he would have sent a message by now.

Martha had just finished tucking in the twins for the night when she heard an anguished cry from Jack's apartment. She walked across the hall to the apartment, finding that the door was open she walked in.

"Jack? Is everything alright?" Martha found Jack on his knees, tears streaming from his eyes as he continued to look at the piece of paper grasped in his hand. Slowly she managed to manoeuvre him into his bed in the next room and lulled him to sleep, when she knew that Jack was asleep, she dislodged the piece of paper from his hand and walked into the living room to read whatever it was. She knew that she was invading his privacy but she had to know what had reduced the proud vampire to a sobbing state.

Dear Mr. Atlus,

We received information that you were made Yusei Fudo's next of kin as of two years and it is with this information that we regret to inform you that Yusei Fudo has been killed in action.

He was on assignment when he was sidelined by a demons cult, we sent men to retrieve the body but they informed us there was nothing left to return.

Sorry for your loss. We will sent his personal belongings to you as soon as they have been processed and confirmed for release.

Sincerely,

Head of the Hunter's Association.

Martha felt the tears running down her face but she didn't care, the young man she had come to see as her son had been killed in action and this time he wasn't coming back.

Placing the letter on the coffee table she walked out of the apartment and to her own, what was she going to tell the twins? Or Crow? She knew she had to tell them but she didn't know how. With a heavy sigh she walked into her room and settled into her bed hoping that when she woke up this would be a terrible dream...but it wasn't.

10 Years Later...

Jack had moved from Yusei's apartment and into one of his many mansions, he had become very reclusive since news of Yusei's death had reached him. He had moved out days after he knew Yusei wasn't coming back and had lost contact with everyone from his former, it hurt too much to have them around.

Every night his dreams were filled with images of Yusei and all the things they had been through, but as the years went on he slowly started to forget images and slowly started to forget what Yusei looked like.

Crow...

After Crow had helped Akiza with her deal, they had gone back to Martha's apartment to tell her that everything was going to get better and that they would never have to deal with Akiza's master as they had managed to take him down but not before receiving the information that they had set out to get.

When he found out about Yusei's death he had been angry, after everything they had been through Yusei had gone and gotten himself killed, it made him feel as though he was useless, he had spent all that time away from his friend and now he was gone forever.

He spent the next ten years going from hunting job to job, making up for not being there for his friend. But now, he felt as though he should settle down and look after the twins as Martha was getting on in life.

Leo and Luna...

After hearing what had happened to Yusei, they decided that they would stay with Martha for as long as possible as they would outlive her.

As the years passed they became more independent and were thinking about what they wanted to do with their lives, Crow had taken over as their legal guardian, allowing Martha to retire and move to a safer city but she lived close enough for them to visit when they wanted.

Akiza...

Akiza after keeping her promise had decided to go into medicine, she wanted to be a doctor of both humans and supernaturals. She had actually become quite famous but when she had heard news of Yusei's death she had realised that a part of her felt like it had gone forever.

She kept in contact with Crow, Martha and the twins but had not been able to contact Jack, when she had first heard the news she had tried to talk to Jack but he refused to see her and after a while she had given up trying and now she was focusing on her career.

Jack...

Jack lay in bed tossing and turning, he had been having strange dreams lately he dreamt of darkness and a voice calling out to him but he could never make out what was being said.

Tonight was different however, today was the anniversary of day he had received the news of Yusei's death. He planned to spend the whole day asleep but his dream made him change his mind.

Dream...

Jack was surrounded by darkness, he couldn't even see his hand in front of his face, which was strange in itself as he was a vampire and he could see in the dark. He looked around when he heard a voice, it sounded strangely familiar but different at the same time.

"So we finally meet."

"Who are you?"

"I am the one that kept your partner alive, I am Soujiki."

"But I thought you were dead?"

"Oh I am but I thought it would be prudent to tell you that the prince is alive."

"What!? That's impossible they said that he died, they sent men to get him back but they couldn't."

"He is, but the demons that have him now are those of my people. When he was taken by demons they decided to see what made him tick and see if it would bring you to them but I intervened and told my people to get him away from them but it came at a price."

"What are you talking about?"

"The price was that he had to endure this dark dimension for ten years and at the end if he was still alive then he would be allowed to leave and he would have his powers returned."

"Why would he agree to that?!"

"Because he loves you, he said he would endure eternity if it meant coming back to you like he promised he would, the powers were my idea and now that the ten years are up he can finally come home."

"But how do I know that its still the same Yusei from ten years ago?"

"Oh it's him, he never once gave into the delusions forced upon him but always said that he would return to you, even now he is still the same man that he was twelve years ago."

"Where is he?"

"Unfortunately I can't tell you that. You must find him on your own and when you do find him he will look exactly the same as the day he went into this place."

"Thank you Soujiki."

"Pleasure to meet you Jack, now find our prince and live happily ever after."

Jack didn't need to be told twice, even though he couldn't see he began to feel around, using his hands as his eyes. He was beginning to think that maybe he was going crazy and that this was all something his mind made up to make him feel better, but he decided to try one more thing before giving up.

"Yusei! If you can hear me, give me a sign to find you." Jack shouted into the darkness, as if to answer his call a path of white light came towards him.

After running for a while, Jack came to a sphere of light and Jack could see that there was someone in the sphere. Jack touched the sphere hoping to all deities out there that this was Yusei and that he had finally found him.

The sphere glowed brighter, so bright that Jack had to cover his eyes but when he was finally able to see, there in front of him was the young man he had come to love.

Running over to him he picked Yusei up and checked him for injuries, when he found nothing wrong he sighed with relief. Slowly he moved in closer to Yusei, embracing him in a loving kiss.

Yusei opened his eyes when he felt lips on his own, everything was jumbled in his head but the one thing he did know was that it was Jack kissing him.

When Jack separated he found that Yusei was awake and he could have cried if it weren't for the fact that his pride got in the way.

"You found me Jack, I knew you would."

"Yusei, I am so glad that you're ok but how do I get you out of here?"

"It's already taken care of as soon as you wake up, I'll be back in our dimension."

"Ok, so I need to hurry up and wake up." Even as Jack said this, he felt the pull of his body pulling him back and waking.

Jack opened his looking around his room, he had thought that when he woke up Yusei would be right next to him but he wasn't, he tried to use their bond as Soujiki had told him that Yusei would have his powers back but he couldn't feel anything.

Feeling more depressed than he ever had, the dream had been so good that he actually looked forward to waking up only to find that it had been a dream.

A ring of the doorbell pulled him from his thoughts, he didn't feel like getting up and telling the person that they needed to leave, but the ringing kept going and after what felt like hours, jack finally got up to answer the door.

With supernatural force Jack pulled the door from its hinges, mainly to try and scare the person but when he saw who it was that had been constantly ringing the bell he dropped the door with a loud thud.

"Hi Jack, I'm back." Yusei said with a smile on his face, Jack pulled him close making sure that Yusei was actually there. When he realised that he wasn't dreaming, he smiled and embraced Yusei.

"Welcome home." Jack saiding kissing Yusei before using his powers to fix the door and close it.

X.X.X.X.X.

Well after many months of writer's block, I have finally completed Blood Sweeter than Honey. I will be focusing on Slave to You next.

And before you say anything did you really think that I would kill off Yusei? I mean seriously Yusei is one of the best character in 5D's and we all know that Jack wouldn't be half the man he is without Yusei.

I would like to thank Lexterminator for all your help, its actually thanks to all your encouragement that I was able to finally complete this. Also thanks to everyone who reviewed the story as your reviews made all the difference. So thanks everyone!