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Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh GX
Title: Afterlife Problems
Characters: Daitoukuji
Word Count: 228||Status: One-shot
Genre: Spiritual||Rated: PG-13
Challenge: 31halloween: prompt #28, ghost
Summary: [one-shot, 31halloween, prompt #28, ghost; Daitoukuji] Without Juudai around to liven things up, Daitokuji finds being dead more boring than ever.
Daitokuji didn't realize how boring being dead could be until Juudai wasn't around to liven up his afterlife.
Living in Pharaoh's stomach is too peaceful. Without Juudai around to get into trouble, stirring up spirits, and getting the whole school dragged to some other world, all Pharaoh did was sleep all day, usually in the middle of Juudai's bed.
On one occasion he nudged Pharaoh to wander through the woods until they came to the graveyard ruins. He'd heard Dr. Zweinstein mention something to Principal Samejima about another gateway that opened the night they'd returned to Earth.
Juudai-kun wanted to find Johan-kun. He didn't doubt that. He knew that boy too well to think anything else. He could only wish him well.
Yet they'd all been gone over two months, without a single sign they'd ever return.
Barely visible in the morning light, he stared at the ruins, wishing Pharaoh would somehow unlock the gateway, as he had once before. I don't know what I could do to help, but it would be more interesting there than here.
Daitokuji didn't like being bored. Nothing he'd heard about the afterlife involved dueling or adventures or alchemy, so he wasn't that interested. Perhaps one day he'd give it a try, but today was not that day.
Today was the day he waited with Pharaoh, looking for friends to come home.
The End
Note: I originally posted this back in October 2012, but now am reposting these ficlets separately instead of as a collection, in order to have each listed under their proper character and rating.