Figures from the past...

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

[He doesn't know how long it's been since Kiryuu took him away from that barren landscape and placed him in some place that vaguely resembles a bedroom, leaving him there to rest, but it's felt like a long time. A long time spent waiting...waiting for that time when everything would once again turn for the worst, rip him cruelly from the imagined calm just as soon as he relaxed, just as soon as he managed to find relief in the apparent comfort.

That was what hell did, didn't it? It caused the worst pain imaginable with cruel visions, dangling the temptation teasingly in front, and when one finally gave in and reached for it, pulled it away...

That was why, even when he was deadly tired, he refused to sleep, frightened of the visions that would come if he did. That was why even if he wanted to try to lie and say that he didn't hate Kiryuu, he knew that in the end, that lie would be proven false. So even now, he refuses to eat what Kiryuu tries to feed him, frightened of being lulled into complacency, of an illusion of something that was never meant to exist, waiting, waiting for that inevitable moment when that illusion would break, doing nothing but sitting up in his bed with a blank expression on his face as he stares downwards at his hands.

So it's not a surprise for him when one day, when Kiryuu is out, to find Security barging into his room and after identifying his marker as one that slated him for execution, start to pin his arms behind his back with cuffs, claiming him to be an escaped convict.

So this time, Hell chose to re-enact the execution that never got to happen, was it...fine then.]

[[ooc: agh, forgot to mention this thread is meant mainly for Martyr!Yuu and his Kiryuu.]]

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[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[Meanwhile Kiryu is racing straight towards their hideout, still staying in the side alleys, but way less careful than he has become over the last week in order to avoid his double. But in his mind that guy has already stopped mattering now that they were here. He had to get home, he had to protect Yusei. He didn't want to begin to imagine what would happen if Security got there first…]

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

[Security has little trouble escorting Yuusei out of the hideout, once they figure out that he needed on person on each side to support him. By the time Kiryuu gets there, they'll likely be taking him out the door...]

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[And sliding around the last corner, Kiryu pales when he sees Yusei practically hanging between two of those bastards. How dare they, he thinks, how dare they to just appear and believe themselves god. How dare they to take Yusei, when he so obviously sick, so obviously not in condition to be moved…

And before he can even consider any outcome, an action, he is already Storming towards the Security officers, Fist pulled back and ready. They wouldn't get Yusei as long as he was able to stand and move.] Oi! Let 'im go!!!!

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

[And Yuusei looks up blearily when he hears Kiryuu's voice, his voice barely audible as he murmurs something...]

K...Kiryuu...

[This wasn't supposed to happen. Was this an even worse fate that Hell was planning? Tormenting him with visions of the impossible? No...]

[Several officers move to restrain you, trying to grab your fist.]

Keep back! Do not interfere or we will arrest you for aiding and abetting a fugitive!

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[And Kiryu fist is grabbed, though that only serves to make him more angry than before. He struggles against the grip punching, kicking after everything within his reach.]

Don't try to screw with me and let him go. He's sick, you bastards! He hasn't done anything to anyone.

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

What he has done is endangering those around him by escaping the prison, sir! Now stand down or we WILL have you arrested!

[At those words, Yuusei seems to raise his head slightly, his old fear starting to return again-the fear of Kiryuu getting taken by them and making what he had done worth nothing...even though his mind screams that it's a trick from hell, that he shouldn't allow himself to get worked up over this, that it was only something to torment him...he can't help himself from crying out, trying to reach out to him despite being held onto by Security, trying to warn him away desperately...]

Kiryuu! Kiryuu...please-

[And the rest of his words are cut off when he is jerked away suddenly and shoved roughly into the back of a car that this squadron had commandeered from one of the junk piles that was in surprisingly good shape (and of course, they wouldn't question the nature of the island, so long as it provided them with what they needed).]

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

'Endangering those around him by escaping the prison'?! Do you know even know what kind of bullshit you are talking there? Look at him and tell me who he's gonna endanger.

[He points over to Yusei as he speaks and only then notice how the officers are pushing the younger boy into the car. Anger blazing in his eyes, he he tries to twist his wrist out of the officers grip, struggling for all he's worth.]

Goddammit, I said to let him go. Yusei!

[yugioh-drnpc.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you are aware of this, but his marker indicates that he is slated for execution-a punishment reserved for the most heinous of crimes. Now if you don't recognize the treachery of your actions in defending him, you won't get off without punishment!

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[And that stops Kiryu in his track. He looks up to the slightly taller officer, eyes wide, face pale.]

What?

[They wouldn't, they couldn't dare to… (but of course they would, they are fucking authority after all. They would never, never stop - not until they were stopped themselves…)]

[yugioh-drnpc.livejournal.com]

[And when you pause for that moment, the officers are going to try to take that opportunity to restrain and cuff you.]

You are now labeled as a person of interest in the case of aiding and abetting the fugitive, Fudo Yuusei! Please, come quietly!

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[And of course Kiryu realises what must have happened, that the execution dates back into their world, that Yusei would have been killed if this place hadn't drawn him in. He snaps out of his stupor when he hears the cuff click shut, suddenly starting to pull on them frantically, cursing under his breath befoe glaring at the Securtiy before him.]

Like hell I will.

[He snarls before starting to struggle once more, regardless of how hopeless everything is.]

[yugioh-drnpc.livejournal.com]

[And the Security respond likewise, trying to force him into the same car that they had roughly shoved Yuusei earlier in an attempt to subdue him.]

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[Kiryu keeps cursing and struggling, even though he knows this fight lost he can't just give up - he'd rather die than admit defeat before Security. But of course it is only a question of time until the officers manage to push him into that car.]

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

[After struggling with him for some time, they manage to force him partially through the car's doorway, headfirst and giving him a glimpse of Yuusei lying on the seat, shivering and near unconsciousness.]

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[Kiryu bites his lip when he sees Yusei, exhausted and shaking, and he feels despair raising. What can he do, just what can he do here, outnumbered and restrained? What but giving in, going with them and making sure that he wouldn't be separated from Yusei, protecting the other boy no matter what - just like he has promised. Twisting his head angrily he kicks out one last time for good measure, before being shoved into the car for good.]

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

[Kiryuu may be slightly satisfied with hearing a cry of pain coming from the Security officer who pushed him in just before the door shuts. However, Yuusei has looked up briefly to get a glimpse of you in the car with him...and he looks down, shaking, almost looking as if he was crying...]

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[Kiryu is panting, anger and shame and hate swirling in his eyes, and slowly, while he looks down to study Yusei, he calms again (but even so, the hate doesn't disappear, it would never disappear - those bastards just had taken way to much from them, from him…).]

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

[And Yuusei doesn't look up at him again-whether it's too much effort to raise his head or whether he just doesn't want to look is unclear-but glimmers of tears can be seen running down his face...]

...K-Kiryuu...

...I...I didn't want...

[He didn't want this to happen...why did they take Kiryuu as well?]

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[And the anger disappears (or is at least pushed away in favor for self blame and worry) when Kiryu sees these tears. He pulls at the cuffs; he just wants to pull Yusei close and tell him that things would be fine (even if it sure didn't look like it now), but how could he do that with his hands bound behind his back? Instead he shifts a little closer.]

It's alright Yusei. Don't worry 'bout it. I'll find a way to get us out again.

[And he would, he needed to. He wasn't about to let Yusei be executed.]

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

[And Yuusei shakes again-Kiryuu was completely missing the point. Didn't he understand? Kiryuu wasn't supposed to get himself captured...]

...Kiryuu...

...

...please...stop.

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[Kiryu frowns, yet again Yusei was asking something of him (and how could he refuse, how could he when Yusei was the most important person in his life right now, when he owed him so much…).]

Stop what?

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

[And Yuusei looks down, away from you, the look in his eyes suddenly distant...]

...You can't save me.

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[And again, like so often in the past few weeks, Kiryu feels anger rising, the righteous anger of an older brother, whose younger counterpart just said/did something incredibly idiotic.]

What?! Don't be stupid! I'd never just abandon you. [Never again. That he has promised, that he has sworn, and that oath he intends to hold, fulfill and not even Security would be able to stop him.]

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

[And again, there's a hint of tears on Yuusei's face.]

Kiryuu, you don't get it...

...whether it's here, or there...Kiryuu...

...I'm going to die...

...you can't stop that...

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[Kiryu shakes his head; anger, guilt, despair all mixing into one. Of course he has known that, no matter how much he had tried to ignore the knowledge, the distinct feeling telling him that there wasn't much time for them left…]

Of course I get that! But… that isn't what it's all about! [Because in the end, it's not about that Yusei was dieing, but about the how Yusei was dieing. About that if he messed up, Yusei might come back just as twisted as his doubles were. And that is something Kiryu had to prevent at all costs.]

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

[At that, Yuusei shakes his head, burrowing it into the seat of the car to hide his tears.]

Why are you...

...why are you...

...here?

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[Kiryu looks down, grim resolution showing on his face as he fists his hands behind his back.]

I told you, I'd take of you. That i'd keep your nightmares from coming true. I'm not gonna break that promise.

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

But...they're already happening...

[Kiryuu was arrested. It had already started, hadn't it? Kiryuu wasn't supposed to be here...]

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[Kiryu shakes and shifts closer yet again; inwardly cursing the fact that his hands are bound.]

… what do you mean?

[Not that it really mattered, Kiryu would stop this whole downwards spiral with bare hands, if needed.]

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

They...they got you...

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[Kiryu averts his eyes; he is still mad at himself for having been arrested this easily. Not to mention that abandoning Yusei was absolutely out of question.]

Yeah… but it won't be for long… I'll get us out, I promise…

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

[Yuusei doesn't say anything and only looks away, not wanting to see Kiryuu, see him in cuffs like him, see him arrested-any of this.

If he didn't see it, then it didn't exist...right...?]

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[Kiryu too, keeps looking down, fists clenching behind his back as the car starts to move. There is nothing he can do anymore, is there? Nothing but await what was coming at them. Nothing but vow not to let Yusei down, not to let them get away, nothing but plot silently and wait for them to turn their backs and show weakness and strike once that moment came.]

[imprisondmartyr.livejournal.com]

[And unless Kiryuu has anything else to say, the whole ride to the "station" will be quiet. Because Yuusei doesn't want to say anything at all, doesn't want to acknowledge that this is happening...]

[shatteredleader.livejournal.com]

[Kiryu stays silent, eyes narrowing grimly as he starts plotting in the back of his mind - trying to come up with something, anything (because he can't give into despair, not now, not with Yuseis life on the line). But, even with his barley thought-out plans for how to escape himself, how to free Yusei afterward, all he can do his wait. Wait for them to arrive at whatever place Security had in mind for them.]