As promised, the final chapter of this love story, many things happen in this one! I don't have much to say this time. XD

Actually I do, my next story will be posted soon, maybe this week. I still have to do some changes. I want to remind you it will be about ToA and will take place during the whole story, though this story will be kind of different. :P

Back to Tales of Vesperia, please enjoy the last chapter of this story. UHHH LOVE!

Rita was nervous, even if Yuri weren't acting this strange, she would still be. Judith had encouraged her to do this, Yuri already knew her feelings anyway so the only thing she could do was try. Prove him her feelings worth it that she knew exactly what she was doing. That she wasn't scared of him, that he could break her heart into tiny pieces and that she had enough courage and dignity to say 'whatever' and walk away if that happened.

But the truth was she didn't felt like that in the inside, she knew her whole world would fall apart and smash her in the process. Somehow that remind her of Alexei and how he was smashed by that giant blastia…how convenient.

She kept dragging Yuri through the dark streets of Danhgrest, Yuri hadn't say anything since they left Brave Vesperia's Headquarter. And that wasn't helping Rita at all, it was driving her crazy. Judith said Yuri had a cat ears fetish! She had notice when Rita had to use her waitress uniform when she worked at that one of the pubs, here in Danhgrest.

Judith knowing the swordsman's weakness knew the whole cat outfit would drive him crazy or so she had said. Rita had started thinking Yuri didn't like it and that he was showing how much he didn't care about how she looked.

The truth was Yuri was DYING! Dying slowly in the inside, if there was someone that had willpower, that had to be Yuri Lowell but he was slowly losing the battle. It wasn't just the accessories, how the dress fitted on her slender body, how mouthwatering her bare shoulders and neck looked, it was killing him inside.

At a glance people could say he looked like a really emo guy taking the gloomy atmosphere wherever Rita dragged him. What nobody could see that Yuri was fighting against his demons, against his desires!

Yes, Yuri had start feeling "things" after the first kiss with Rita but it was until now that all his demons had found their way out from the ginnungagap (TOS2 reference hooray!). He wanted to hold her against his chest, kiss her like she had in Halure, he wanted her to meow, whisper naughty things to her ear, or probably to the cat ears...anyway. The sudden desire of all of this had shut down his brain, an emergency system to prevent him from jumping over Rita like a hungry wolf, at least until his brain was done rebooting.

"We are going to the pub to eat something." Rita mumbled nervously, "I-Is that ok?"

Yuri nodded in a robotic way, caused by the many chibi Yuris running around his head, desperately trying to reboot the twenty one years old system that had shut down for the first time.

"A-Are you ok?" She asked, her cheeks started to burn with embarrassment. "You don't seem happy." She said sourly, clearly hurt by his attitude.

Yuri opened his mouth and then closed it again. He opened it again but just like the first time nothing came out and he shut it.

This only made Rita even angrier, she wanted to rip her hair off, she wanted to scream, and "You know what! I'm out of here." She hissed containing the tears. "You should just have said you didn't want to come when I dragged you here, that way you wouldn't have waste time like right now!"

It was the, when Rita started to stomp away, that Yuri came back to reality. He lifted his head, realization sank in his brain deeply with an incredible speed and that was enough to make his brain start working again.

"Rita, wait!" He snapped, running after her.

Rita turned around, her eyes where shiny because the tears wanted to be free. "What?" She growled.

"I…Rita… you look incredible. You really look beautiful," his face showed how guilty he felt for not saying it before.

"Y-You are just s-saying it because I'm crying now." Her tears had start running freely down her face. "I didn't want you to see me like this, I wanted to prove I'm mature enough to be…with you."

"Huh? Who said you have to be "mature" for that?" Yuri asked with a winning smile. Rita looked at him with confusion, wasn't she too young for him?

Her eyes rose to his face with surprise when Yuri leaned to grab her hand and brush off her tears. "I'm sorry Rita, can you forgive me? I'll go wherever you want go." His voice and words were sweet to her ears but she wasn't going to go so easy on him; Yuri leaned to kiss her hand when he noticed her not-so-sure look on her face. "Please?" All resentment disappeared in a flash; Rita had to admit how vulnerable she was around him.

When had the swordsman become a gentleman? Rita didn't know but she couldn't help but smile at him and nodded, her cheeks had turned pink from Yuri's really unexpected action. They both walked side by side, Rita wrapped her thin arms around Yuri's muscular arm. They sauntered happily to the pub.

Once there they ordered what they would have for dinner. Rita kept asking herself what had made Yuri change all of a sudden. It made her remember the time she kissed the young man under the sakura tree; it had been better than she had expected. His lips had felt soft and moistly, it had felt so good to her that she had started sucking his soul through that kiss, a really happy child sucking on a delicious candy. She had found his taste sweet and addictive.

To Yuri it had been most likely the same though his mind had been clouded by denial. But now he wasn't denying his feeling anymore; he had to finally accept that the young mage had shaken his whole world with that first kiss. Though her age did worry him a little, Yuri didn't want to hurt Rita that was for sure. What if his desires got the best of him? He was truly scared of what he could to her. That had forced him to sit a little far from her but not that much so she wouldn't notice.

He decided that it was better not to talk about that subject during dinner; it would probably spoil the wonderful moment they were spending together. They talked about what they had done all the time they had not seen each other. Yuri talked about the many jobs he took, months of intense work going from one place to another. During all that time Yuri had felt his lips burning from that kiss with Rita, and he could still feel that sensation just now, they were asking for more but Yuri knew how to mask his true feelings.

Rita talked about her research, not the one about Yuri though, of course since the swordsman had decided to disappear after that unforgettable day in Halure there had not been anything else to study about him. Rita had "moved on" and had been studying mana. After all she had to find a way to use her magic again, without magic Rita wasn't as deadly as she used to be. All that time that Yuri had been gone she had regretted kissing him and yelling her feelings to the whole world. Rita thought that maybe if she had said "I'll make you like me" instead of "I'll make you love me" things would have gone better.

When they finished eating Yuri paid for the food, Rita had insisted she had brought money for that but Yuri did anyway. It was truth he hadn't plan this date or seen Rita when he came back to Danhgrest but he couldn't let Rita pay for the whole food, he had got a lot of gald from all of those jobs anyway. Yuri grabbed her hand as they both left the pub looking like a real couple. Rita was squeaking like a fangirl in the inside while her cheeks had turned red.

"What do you want to do know?" Yuri asked, his impish smile choking her to death.

"Umm…we could…take a stroll around the city." Rita suggested looking at the floor nervously while playing with her feet. Yuri gulped, it was almost imperceptivity, Rita looked cute, it was too much for him but he did the best he could to keep a good distance for what he was about to do.

Yuri cupped her chin so Rita could look at him in the eye. Rita's body stiffened as Yuri did it slowly and delicately, his hand felt warm against her pale skin.

"Rita…" He mumbled, his eyes looked at her nostalgically.

"Y-Yes?" She choked.

"I'm sorry for running away from you," He began, "I just, I just didn't know how to react, you caught me by surprise… twice." His last word came out with a chuckle.

Rita smiled at him; Yuri was surprised at how genuine her smile was right now. "Actually this would be the third time." She sneered.

Yuri laughed lightly, "True." Yuri offered his arm, "Let's go for a stroll then."

Rita's eyes shined with delight, this was the first time Rita had been truly happy for a night, and she didn't feel the necessity to kick Karol in the nuts or smack Raven's head against a table. All her violent thoughts had slipped away for one single night.

Yuri had noticed and was happy that he could make a difference in the young mage's life. Like she had changed his life too, Yuri knew what love was but had never felt it before, he hadn't been interest on the feeling either, all he wanted from the beginning was to return the Aque Blastia to the Lower Quarter. Instead he ended meeting a short haired Rapunzel stuck in castle, mini Lloyd, a blue haired amazoness that rode a dragon, a dead old man with a double personality and that cute girl who would go Hulk mode from time to time.

They both walked silently for a moment, the streets were almost empty now, the dim sky was brightened with a few stars decorating the sky, and among them was Brave Vesperia. They kept walking; the moon added a romantic atmosphere that night, bathed with an amber color and bigger than any other day. They stopped at one of the bridges of the city; they admired the scenery before them.

"Beautiful…" Yuri mumbled, Rita kept looking at the sky, she hadn't notice Yuri was looking at her when he said it. Yuri was too concentrated on the light of the moon that fell over the young mage's frame.

"Yes, it's beautiful." She replied, not taking her eyes away from the sky.

Yuri snapped out from whatever naughty thought had crossed his mind and followed her gaze with a grin, "Yeah, that's beautiful too." Rita looked at him finally realizing what he had meant which almost makes her faint, instead she only gasped.

Yuri leaned and wrapped his arms around her waist carefully. He was been extra careful, he didn't want to lose control now, most importantly he didn't want do anything that would traumatize the young girl. Rita stared at him with a blank expression; actually she was staring at his chest since she was too short for him.

She finally looked up when Yuri placed his hand over her cheek and brushed his thumb against it. She found a fond expression on Yuri's face, it felt warm, she never had seen that expression on the swordsman's face and she had thought she would never be able to.

"Y-Yuri, I-"She tried.

"I know." He interrupted pulling her closer, "I feel the same way, don't you think those words are too overrated?" He smiled softly at her.

"You…don't love me?" She asked, her voiced cracked a little.

"I do, I just want to show you like you showed me." Yuri lifted her off the ground and pressed her against his chest, Rita glanced at him with shock, and he smirked. Yuri relaxed all his muscles as he stared at her endless green eyes; she was still looking at him with amazement.

Yuri brushed his lips against one of her bare shoulder, his nostrils filled with the sweet scent of her skin. It sent shivers down Rita's spine but she wrapped her arms around his neck while Yuri traced her shoulder with butterfly kisses. Yuri reached her neck and kept kissing all the way up until he found her lips.

They closed their eyes as they tasted each other, Rita's fingers tangled on his hair while Yuri's tongue explored inside her mouth, one of his hands holding the back of her neck while the other was wrapped tightly around her waist, their hearts beating faster against the heat of their bodies.

They explored each other's mouth until they had to take a break to get some air. A wide smile formed in Yuri's lips. He hadn't only kissed her but he had controlled all of his movements successfully.

"That was…" Rita gasped.

"Wonderful." Yuri mused.

Rita pressed her petit body against his chest when she wrapped her arms around his neck tightly, her chin resting over his shoulder. "Yuri?"

"Yes?" He asked softly, his lips brushing over her ear.

"…Thank you." Yuri couldn't help but smile, after all he was certain that they would both be happy and he could wait a few more years to show Rita how much he wanted to love her.

AWWWW, you loved the ending! Don't deny it! I must admit I squeaked like a fangirl the whole time I made this so be honest guys! BE HONEST! If you guys can comment about it I would be like REALLY happy!