"Hey rich boy!" Joey called out running up to the brunette. Seto came to a halt and glanced over his shoulder.
"What do you want mutt?" he asked glaring at him. Joey grinned.
"What do you say me and you have a duel for third place?" Joey challenged. Seto looked down at the boy.
"If I recall we already did that and you lost, the tournaments over Wheeler." he said turning around. Joey widened his eyes and grabbed the others shoulder quickly.
"Hey don't you walk away when i'm talking!" he snapped "I know we did already, but I had just woke up from a coma that wasn't fair!" he argued.
"I don't have any time to waste on you dog," he replied shrugging off his hand.
"Oh come on moneybags!" Joey pressed on. Seto sighed in aggravation.
"Fine if it will get you to stop yapping already," he growled out turning around.
"Alright!" Joey said excitedly. Seto smirked suddenly.
"Besides I never get tired of kicking your butt." Joey glared at him bitting his tongue as he walked a few feet away from him.
"Losers go first." Seto said enjoying the rise it got out of duelist.
Joey growled at him but drew a card from his deck.
"I summon the Flame Swordsman!" Seto looked at the monster uncaringly.
"So predictable." he muttered. Looking at the cards in his hand after drawing another. A grin worked its way on his face. "Perfect, this duel should be over very quickly." he said. Joey blinked raising a brow.
"I summon both my Blue eyes White Dragons!" Joey's eyes widened he could almost feel the hair on the back of his neck prickling. When both dragons appeared on the field.
/Oh shit..not those things again! I had enough trouble with just one of them in Duelist Kingdom! And I don't even have my Red eyes anymore!/
"Blue eyes destroy his Flame Swordsman!" the dragon screeched. Joey cringed shielding his face as his monster was destroyed. Joey looked up hearing the numbers on his life points counter dropping.
/Oh crap! I didn't expect that he'd summon those things that fast! I don't even have any monsters left on my side of the field to defend myself!/
"Now attack him directly!" the older boy commanded. Joey took a step back his eyes growing rounder.
"Ah!" A white light blinded them for a moment until it finally cleared.
"Waste of my time." Seto muttered hearing the boys life points drop to zero. The others who had been watching from the side also regained their sight and looked over to the Wheeler.
"Joey!" Serenity cried out.
Kaiba blinked and looked over at the blonde to see him laying on the ground. "What?"That wasn't..well normal.
"What did you do to him Kaiba!" Tristan yelled at him.
"How should I know," he shot back. Serenity ran over to her brother kneeling down next to him.
"Joey wake up," she pleaded shaking his arm. Mokuba walked back by his brothers side staring at the scene with concern.
"Is Joey alright?" he asked fearfully. Seto glanced down at his brother and sighed rolling his eyes.
"Fine if your that concerned about the mutt," he said picking up his cell phone and calling the medical staff that still remained on the blimp.
...
The group stood in the room back on the blimp again. The doctor hadn't given them any information so far though.
"Look is Joey okay or not!" Tristan asked looking at the doctor. Who seemed almost...uneasy.
"Well..." he trailed off. But was interrupted by a groan.
"Hey he's waking up!" Tea said. The blonde's eyes twitched as he muttered out something incoherent. Brown eyes peeked out from behind lids.
"Thank god your alright!" Yugi said in relief Joey's brows knitted together though as he sat up. "Joey?" Yugi asked. Joey's eyes looked..different somehow..he wasn't even looking at Yugi.
"What's wrong with him," Serenity asked looking over at the doctor. Who let out a sad sigh.
"Well you see, from the tests we ran on him, we discovered that the shock wave delivered from the last attack of their battle was so powerful and traumatic for his mind...that it damaged his retina."
"W-What are you saying?" Serenity stuttered uncontrollably. She prayed that what she was hearing couldn't possibly be true.
"What I'm saying is that the trauma caused from the impact has caused your brother to become blind." he said.
Tears spilled over the girls eyes when she heard this.
"No..No that can't be right!" she cried out.
"...I'm very sorry."
Serenity looked back at Joey and latched onto him crying into his chest. The blonde's eyes widened for a moment as they stared at the wall and slightly to the side. He lifted his hand up tentatively appearing to try and find out what was on him by using his hand.
His fingers brushed against the girls back before touching the back of her head and letting his hand rest there.
"S-Serenity?" he asked his brows kitting slightly. He could hear her sobbing and whimpering against him. "Why are you crying?" he asked confused. Serenity picked her head up looking at her brothers face. Tears running rapidly down her face.
"Oh Joey!" she cried out holding him tighter. Joey continued staring off at nothing his gaze looking slightly lost.
"..I don't get it..why do you sound so upset?" he asked. The shock was so thick in the room that you could cut it with a knife. Mokuba gasped looking back at the blonde who was on the bed.
"You mean Joey's never going to be able to see again?" he asked. The doctor looked at the young Kaiba.
"Well at the moment its undecidable...it's possible that with time his vision could comeback...or with the aid of surgery...but we won't be able to tell if we will be able to fix anything for a few weeks." he replied.
Joey still looked very lost..he didn't know anything right now. He couldn't see...it was all black..he could still hear and feel things though. But he couldn't see.
He didn't know why his sister was crying either.
"I don't get it Serenity...what's wrong?" he asked again. Unaware of the reason for his sisters pain, unaware of the pitiful looks he was receiving, of the tears that others were shedding for him.
Unaware of anything but the darkness he was surrounded in.
TBC
...i don't kow why i wrote this..i was listening to the sound if i never knew you..in my living room in the dark with my really pretty lit chrstmas tree...and i had the urge to write this..well i hope you like it!