(GS3) Field: Cardfight Training Area

[Golden Sage NovaRaizer]

Darren frowned at the question. He did know where she was but bringing someone to see her probably wasn't a good idea. He sighed in thought for a moment then said, "I was gonna go see her anyway. You might as well come with me if you wanna see her." With what had been happening up to now, he didn't know who to trust. In Yugure's weakened state she couldn't defend herself, but hopefully he would be able to defend her if it came to that.

He walked back to the medical area that Yugure was being held in, stopping at the hallway to see that Seifer was there with her. He couldn't see or tell what they were saying because he entered the room too late for that, but whatever it was, it seemed to have left Seifer distraught. He must have missed something important.

[Beryl]

Satoshi followed him, only to realize, when they got to the room, that this was probably his worst idea in a very, very long time. He was still technically marked, Reversed, all of that, and yet here he was on the doorstep of someone who was most likely to cut him up into tiny pieces for being part of the invaders' plan.

Maybe there was a chance she'd understand that this was her chance to get as much data out of him as possible and maybe find the Seed from it as well? Seifer must've relayed the information at some point, right?

Right?...He was sweating super hard.

[Cherry]

Yunos was definitively wanting to hear what Mordred was going to say, but he refrained from bugging about it. Plus, how the hell was he here? Yugure honestly just wasn't in the mood and made note to ask about it later. Him not having his full memory in tact didn't sound like too much of a problem, seeing as he was able to remembering losing himself in the first place. The woman folded her arms, listening closely to the report. She and the Paladins noticed the Reverse mark was gone, but they were still sure to keep an eye on Seifer. There was worry about his state of health with those eyes, however... Seifer was hesitating to tell something he remembered - something important, obviously. Yugure stopped herself from screaming "spit it out!".

Then all at once she wished Seifer had never said anything. Of course it was Sera, it only makes sense it was that menace who plagued Haruka's mind. He's the cause of this... Sera officially earned himself one of the top two spots of people she would cruelly and brutally tear to shreds. Though, that wasn't anything that didn't catch her off guard. It was the second part. A bit about the hospital. Yugure had never even known he was in the hospital... and that he was gone. Her heart stopped beating, and all she yearned for was for it to not do so ever again. Unfortunately, it didn't listen and kept pulsing.

Again, words failed. This devastation brought steadily, then hastily increasing ache. It started in her chest, then came back to her arms, then was everywhere all in seconds. Haruka was dead, and she never even got to see him in the hospital... never getting a chance to see him and try to cure whatever was wrong with him.

"Hope...?" Her voice was breaking apart, trembling, and tears poured down her cheeks. "... Don't... give me that..."

She almost snapped.

"Hope... does nothing... Repaying me... I..."

Yugure looked down at her shaking hands, these useless hands that could never do anything right for anyone. This tool of a woman who wanted to find purpose as a human failed in being both a sword and a person over and over. The loss of her lover was the last nail required to take "faith" and "hope" in her heart and shatter it.

"... Thank you for the report." Was offered, attempting to regain her composure and stoic nature. As usual, she was failing at it.

... I should have know this would happen... This is why I wanted to be Yugure - why I didn't want to keep being human... It's easier to be a sword... a sword... doesn't have a heart.

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer's gaze switched for a moment before shaking his head, Mordred looking between the two. "Yeah, Yugure... No. Yukino. That's who you really are. I know this hurts just... Don't withdraw away. ...That's not who you are. You're not a sword, you're not a weapon. You're a person, just like me... Just like everyone else." he bit his lip shutting his eyes and clenching his fists. "Haruka was like a brother to me... It was rough, so I can't imagine what you feel. But instead of bottling it up..." he sighed. "You're pretty much my nee-san. So it was hard for me at all to mention anything to you about it. I don't care that we don't know each other that well. You rescued me from my darkness. To me you're like family. ...I don't want to see you like that." he might get some kind of look or hate from Yunos but whatever. Mordred was just kind of chilling there.

"So please, don't just erase who you really are from this world." he bit his lip again, grinding his teeth a little, even drawing a bit of blood from his lip. He was stressed out, and at this point just venting. He wasn't sure if she'd even listen to reason like this. He figured he wouldn't if he got the same message about Rosalia. But still... There was at least hope, and he was going to try to get it back no matter what happened.

[Cherry]

Another person fawning over his Vanguard?! Yunos decided that it may be high time to start messing people up-

Ahmes kicked him into the wall.

It was sweet to hear Seifer's words, but doing everything possible to erase her consciousness was all that kept her going for the last two years... one... It was a headache just thinking about it. Yukino was nothing more than a bag of flesh who couldn't do anything. The only difference between her and Yugure is that Yugure deeply wanted to forget she was a person. To an extent, it worked, having lost the ability to enjoy life or have casual conversations with others without being incredibly awkward and lost. Being a soldier gave her purpose that didn't require emotion. If there was no feelings... she couldn't be hurt. Not like how much she was hurt now...

"Nee-san..."

Lest she not forget she's already a failure of an older sister for Hana, so being like a sister for Seifer only risked the same thing. Part of her wanted to believe in not withdrawing herself from the world, but the majority of her being yearned to detach as to not feel this way again. The anguish overtaking her was indescribable, and still she held back sobbing. A sword doesn't have a heart, so it can't cry either.

Yugure sat down, unable to lose herself in the mentality of being an object again. That minority in her heart wanted to pour out a waterfall of feelings bottled up for years. She wouldn't let it...

"Thank you, Seifer."

But she at least let it do that.

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer opened his mouth to say something else with Mordred trying to stop him but... "There's one more thing... I don't blame you for anything that happened to me or anyone I care about. Not one bit... ...I know what that other side of me said to you, and you're not a failure... ...I mean you saved me. It was you and your power. Your connection with Ahmes and the Liberators." he gave a soft smile before scratching his cheek and looking up at the ceiling. Maybe now wasn't the best time to be getting something like that off his chest but, he just said it. It felt like he needed to say it right there. Now that he thought about it, he could see units now to and converse with them. And it wasn't until after she pulled him from the void of his mind that he could do that. Actually if you get right down to it he was thankful to her for a lot. He just hoped she could see it. See how the people really felt about her. Well, the people who felt like him anyway.

[Golden Sage NovaRaizer]

Darren swallowed hard as he was there to see and hear all of this. Haruka was... gone? Then who was the person that appeared to them just now? That didn't make any sense. This wasn't the time to think about that, though. He wanted to walk up to Yugure... to Yukino and comfort her. He wanted to help her in any way he could, but what could he do? What could he say? He didn't have anyone that close to him so how could he even try to understand? In his mind, he felt it best to keep this safe distance, barely outside of viewing range, but at the same time, he didn't want to leave either. He wanted to understand more about her, even if it was only a little.

[Cherry]

Yugure just couldn't accept it. A heavy barrier of sorrow prevented Seifer's healing words from soothing the searing pain of her emotional wounds. But she didn't ignore them. She knew they were there, and all she wanted to do was be happy about it. Yet, the only thing stopping her was the thought of such a thing being ruined. She wasn't a failure? Seifer was one of the only times in her life when destiny called that she succeeded with, and it was still outweighed by the despair of having messed up so much...

Her stomach was twisted in a knot, lost between wanting to believe life will finally take a turn for the better, and desperately wanting to keep hopes down to the point where they never rise again.

Ahmes materialized from his card in front of Seifer, Mordred, and Darren, along with others around. Placing a hand on his vanguard's shoulder, he spoke: "This is something that I've actually wanted to ask for awhile... How do you know my name?"

[Cipher Izanagi]

Ahems appearing in front of them like he did took Seifer off guard but... "Now that I think about it, since I got Shadow Paladin. ...From Yunos." Yukino's would probably flip out but as Seifer spoke, he pointed over his left shoulder where there was a spirit like form of Yunos. He looked slightly different from Yukino's, maybe a bit older, but at the same time it was still Yunos. He didn't really say anything, just stared over Seifer's shoulder at Yukino and Ahmes. Mordred however stood there practically face palming. Oh man, where was this going to? "I... Wait a minute..." he looked behind himself at the spirit form of Yunos then at Ahmes. "......There's two Yunos here... Isn't there."

[Cherry]

Yunos popped into reality, and he wasn't pleased, nor were one of his ribs. Twitching, the swordsman of darkness struggled to place a hand on Ahmes' shoulder. Not in a way that requests support. More of a "I'm not done with you, asshole" manner. Completely ignoring him, the ace of light did notice that there were indeed two beings named Yunos that existed in this very room at the same time. They weren't surprised, no. They... knew the reason for this. Gritting his teeth, Blaster Dark stood up to see Mordred and the other black swordsman. He didn't open his mouth, thankfully.

"... We'll explain this to you another time. Thank you for answering me", Blaster Blade humbly gave his thanks while swearing to tell Seifer the truth.

Yugure was still a mess, however.

[Golden Sage NovaRaizer]

Darren was taken aback at seeing a unit appear before him. Blaster Blade? That's who this was, wasn't it? And at the same time Seifer said the name Yunos. That name sounded familiar. His eyes widened as a memory came to him. It was in a manga book he had read, based on the Cardfight Vanguard units. Two Knights were mentioned he hadn't heard of. Ahmes and Yunos. And Ahmes... Ahmes became Blaster Blade! That's what they were talking about? Darren wanted to speak up even more but now he had to hold back. If Blaster Blade didn't want anyone else there, he would probably point him away with that giant sword. And if not him, definitely his darker counterpart who seemed a lot more willing to harm others.

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer nodded in response to Ahmes, though now would probably be a good time to do something about Yukino. "You seem physical... You can interact with the real world right? ...We should probably get her at least to a bed instead of just leaving her out here... Mind helping me out? I'm still really drained from my uh... Outburst... earlier." he said that last bit sheepishly and if Mordred could, he'd hit the brunette over the head. "She's been pretty much working herself to the bone it seems and this... Doesn't help... I'd like to at least get her someone that's not on the floor." actually this was directed to both Yunos and Ahmes as he knelt down next to the broken woman. It was hard to see her like this.

[Cherry]

Yunos was about to blow a gasket until Ahmes hit him in the arm. Before Blaster Blade could do anything, Blaster Dark hit him back. Ahmes gave him a "you wanna go?" look, and Yunos responded with "one-versus-one me mate" through an intimidating gaze. They were both then threatened by Alfred, but then even more so threatened by Salome who was more than sick of them being five year olds. The swordsman of light was sort of offended, because it was Yunos being the problem.

"Yes we can", Blaster Blade stated after their little... exchange in response to Seifer. With Blaster Dark giving an edgy, bad boy "tch", the Blasters of Fate knelt down with the man. It wasn't just hard for him, it was just as hard for her own avatars. They couldn't do anything to help... Ezel might've been able to do something, as he's the one who helped her depression back during the War of Liberation. Unfortunately, his voice wasn't found in her mind.

The knights helped her stand, and did what they could to keep her on her feet for the moment. They opted to hand their vanguard over to Seifer, as they couldn't stay materialized like this forever.

[Cipher Izanagi]

Their little exchange was amusing to Seifer. They were like brothers at times it seemed. The idea brought a smile to his lips, his own Mordred and Yunos fading away for now. As the Blasters of Fate hoisted the female up and opted her to the brunette, he obliged, using his whole weight and body as a support, keeping her stable with having her arm around his shoulders and keeping his arm around her waist for no reason other than stop her from going for a tumble. He'd probably hear about that later from Yunos. Unless Alfred or Salome did something about that. Which they probably would. In any case Seifer asked a nearby staff member who recognized him and still held some fear about where a place that people could sleep were. Ironically, he was directed to the same room that Rosalia was. He still had yet to notice the two eaves droppers that were snooping around earlier but oh well. In any case, the brunette set the snowy haired woman down on one of the beds nearby Rosalia so he could keep an eye on both of them, even going so far as to fetch a blanket for both. "Yukino... If you can hear me at all, go on to sleep." he had to whisper as he laid her down so he didn't disturb the sleeping Rosalia.

[Golden Sage NovaRaizer]

Darren noticed that they were trying to help Yukino move, running up to them at least and saying, "I... I'll help! I mean... I kinda heard most of that so I know what's going on." He moved down to grab onto Yukino as best as he could, still seeing his bandages on her hands, even though his own hands looked as though they needed them. Darren gave a small sigh as he still felt like he couldn't do much. People as strong as Yukino breaking down like this and he was just... there. Mostly ordinary outside of being able to speak to Daikaiser. He still didn't have the full story on how that worked.

He did what he could to help him get her into the room with Rosalia as he looked down at them both. Both his friends fighting things he barely understood, and it seemed he was doing the same anyway, as was Seifer. He wanted to ask Seifer things but this wasn't the time.