The Final Battle.
Well, let's start at the final battle before Yugi goes to Pegasus Castle to challenge (who else!?) Pegasus.
" This battle is over!" shouted Yami Yugi over to his panicky opponent. " N- n-not b-by a l-long shot!" shouted back the stuttering fool people actually called an opponent. "Fine, if you insist" Yami Yugi said smirking as he yanked out The Dark Magician from his hand and slapping it down on the table. "DARK MAGIC ATACK!" shouted Yami Yugi at the dark magician. "NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO!!" screamed the feeble boy as his last monster disintegrated into thin air. "Well, I suppose that means I owe you 4 star chips now.." said the boy as he reluctantly gave Yugi (he already had changed back into Yugi) the 4 star chips they bet at the beginning of the duel. " You duelled very well" said Yugi, accepting the chips from the boy. He smiled at Yugi, then turned and left, with a rather lighter glove than he had had before the duel began. Yugi put the chips into his glove and looked at all that he had collected idly. "Lets go guys, we all have enough star chips now, we can go to Pegasus castle when everyone is ready." he said this while looking at Joey, he looked rather pail, and scared for that matter. "Joey, are you alright?" asked Tae, looking rather worried. "I'm fine." Said Joey, although he really didn't look it. Yugi looked at him for a moment, then smiling a bit, he looked up at Pegasus castle, his face feel. For he knew that once he got there everything would be hard work, and (if he had to duel Pegasus) pain. He was looking sadly up at the castle, when Tae came over to him and gave him a playful little shove. "Come on Yugi, are you just going to stand there, staring at the castle, or are you going to come and join the celebration?!" Yugi smiled at Tae, she always made him feel better, even if it was the worst day of his life (which would probably be in the near future.). He took one last glance up at Pegasus castle before he ran over and joined his friends in the celebration. *Somewhere in Yugi's subconciousness, Yami sat and thought to himself enjoy yourself, Aibou, for tomorrow will be harder than before.
The next day
Everyone was ready to go, except perhaps Joey, he had laid awake half the night, worrying about this day. Tristen, Bakura, and Mai, were standing with Tae talking, whilst Yugi drug Joey from where the group had had breakfast that morning. Yugi was a little annoyed by Joey's fear of going to the castle, but understood. He, himself was a little scared about going someplace that Pegasus could keep an even closer eye (used vagly, as he only has one) on him, and the Millennium puzzle. When Yugi finally got Joey to come along, it was well into the morning. By the time they got to Pegasus Castle, it was just after lunchtime, and everyone was hungry. They chose a spot in the gigantic courtyard, under a huge willow tree. They ate quietly, talking very little amongst each other, as they were so nervous about the oncoming duels they would have to win if they were going to proceed onto the final levels of the competition. Yugi, like the others, didn't talk much. Of course, he wasn't all too nervous, he was just concentrating, so he could talk to Yami. *Do you think Pegasus will try to pull anything here, Yami?*I don't know. Perhaps, so be ready for anything. *I will be, don't worry* Yugi was nervous, of course, but, he would try his best, and that was all he could really do. He shared that little thought with everyone and they nodded their agreement, even though they were still a little nervous.
After lunch
The group sat for a moment after finishing their lunch, then after a quick gather of courage, went up the stairs, towards the castle. Once they entered the castle, they saw a few dualists sitting down, reading, or pacing back and forth, others were coming from, and going into rooms all along a very long hallway. "So, now what?" Tristen said, as he looked around. "I guess we go see her" said Yugi, pointing at a lady sitting behind a desk, filing her nails. "Excuse me miss, but, we're some dualists, who'd like to register for the finals." Said Yugi, rather bravely. "Sign in over there, then take a seat. When I call your names please follow me to a specified door, were your chips will be examined, and your deck will be looked at. Then, follow that person into the next room, where you'll be asked a few questions." Said the lady in a rather annoying voice. "Thank you." Said Yugi. He then turned to his friends and repeated what the lady had told him. They all signed in, had everything examined, and answered all the questions promptly, and politely. When everything was done, they were told to take a seat where the other dualists were. After a little while the lady called them forward again, this time they would be taken someplace to duel someone. First up, was Joey. When the lady called his name first, he flinched (only a little) like he was being pinched or something. He got up slowly, and walked slowly towards the lady, she was beginning to look a little annoyed with Joey, Tristen noticed this, so he got up and shoved Joey along more quickly. The lady didn't want to have to put up with a slow dualist, so when Tristen shoved Joey close enough she grabbed his arm, and drug him down a hall, a different one than for the examinations were done. Next she called Tae. She got up quickly, and nearly ran up to the lady. She took Tae down another hall. It continued like this, until only Yugi was left. The lady came back after situating Mai someplace, and asked Yugi to come. As they walked down a hall, situated behind the desk, she explained that since Pegasus knew him, he only had to defeat one person before going on to duel him. At this Yugi's eyes widened, he didn't think he would be facing Pegasus so soon, but tried to calm himself down by thinking up strategies for the oncoming duel. When he came back from his duel (he won by the way) he found Joey, Tristen, Mai, and Tae, but Bakura wasn't there. "Where's Bakura?" asked Yugi. Tae answered him by saying "Bakura's still duelling, he'll be finished soon though. By the way, we all won our duels, isn't that cool!?" Yugi smiled up at his friend and nodded his agreement and quickly added that he won his as well. Yugi took the opportunity to tell his friends about what the lady at the desk had told him. All his friends gasped, and at that very moment Bakura walked in, triumphant from his duel. He automatically saw his friends faces and asked what the matter was. After Yugi had explained, once more, about what the lady had told him, Bakura gasped as well. But, unlike the others his face did not fall, he had a look of pure triumph once more. Yugi looked up at him in surprise. Bakura simply said "Duel him. Perhaps nothing bad will happen, but if he tries anything, you should think up some good duelling plans, just in case." "True. I'll do that then." Said Yugi, confidently. Although he was still a little nervous he knew he could take whatever Pegasus dished out to him. They sat there for nearly 10 minutes before the lady retuned to get them for their next duels. When, once more, Yugi was the only one left, the lady pressed a button on her desk and asked Yugi to follow her. A large platform started to come down from the ceiling, and the lady and Yugi got on. After a moment the platform began to rise again. The lady was busy looking at a schedule to notice that Yugi had become Yami Yugi. When the platform stopped, and they were on another floor, the lady led Yami Yugi to a room and told him to sit at the duelling table and wait for Pegasus. She then left Yami Yugi alone. Yami Yugi took a seat closest to the door, just incase Pegasus tried to pull anything. After about 5 minutes (Yami Yugi kept busy by looking through his cards several times making up duelling plans just in case) Pegasus came in. Pegasus was followed by a herd of guards, for whom he told to leave immediately. Pegasus laughed a little, evilly at that. Yami Yugi gave him a kind of "why are you laughing" look. Pegasus gave him a nasty look when he did this. "Are you ready to duel?" said Pegasus evilly. "Of course I am, IT'S TIME TO DUEL!" said Yami Yugi confidently. Pegasus sat down across from Yami Yugi. " Shall we make this a little more interesting?" said Pegasus, as blackness began to enfold the entire room. Yami Yugi sat, made a sort of "Try your tricks, I'm ready" kind of face, as they were transported to the Shadow Realm. Pegasus just grinned evilly as they began to shuffle their cards.
Half way through the duel
Pegasus began to laugh, as Yami Yugi placed another card on the field. "What is so funny Pegasus?" said Yami Yugi, surprised at the fact Pegasus was laughing, when he was 200 life points down, while Yugi was only 150 life points down. "Because this duel is over!" shouted Pegasus, pulling back his hair away from his eye (the one with the Millennium eye, instead of a real one) and said an incantation under his breath. Yami Yugi turned back into just plan old Yugi, for no apparent reason. He was so astounded by this, that he didn't noticed to beam of light forming near Pegasus's Millennium eye. Yugi looked up just as the beam hit him, knocking him unconscious immediately on impact. Yami was separated from Yugi, and was astonished to see his Aibou unconscious, and his cards spread out everywhere. Pegasus was grinning maliciously as he got up and walked towards Yugi. Yami knew very well that only Yugi would be able to see him at this point, but he also knew, that with Pegasus and the Millennium eye where his left one was supposed to be, he could see him as well. Pegasus ignored the fact that Yami was there, and went straight for Yugi's puzzle. Pegasus grabbed the puzzle, and took it off of Yugi. Unfortunately for him, Yami was solid enough to grab things, and snatched it right back out of his hand, and put it in Yugi's, making sure he was holding it tightly. He then turned to Pegasus and said "Shame on you Pegasus, especially since now you've gone so low that you take things from children!" Yami smirked at his own joke. Pegasus looked fuming at this point. Yami quickly used his own puzzle to transport him and Yugi to the real world. He transported them, so they'd end up in the waiting room. At this point Pegasus didn't care what happened to Yugi, or the puzzle for that matter. He shouted at the top of his lungs "YUGIIIIIIIII!!" Joey immediately told everyone to get out of there, because the upper floors were beginning to collapse, and explode. Yugi and Yami landed softly on one of the sofa's when Joey said this. Joey noticed Yugi lying there, so he dashed over, snatched up Yugi and dashed through the front doors, and down the steps to where everyone was waiting (including Yugi's grandpa, who was released when Pegasus began to get mad) for Yugi, and Joey. Joey scrambled over to where everyone was, Yami following close behind (so close that he had to go right up beside Joey (He's much faster than he is) to keep a closer eye on Yugi as well). When Joey had reached safety, the entire castle collapsed. Yugi's grandpa, walked over to see if Yugi was alright. Yugi had a few scratches, and a few bumps, but nothing too serious. But when his grandpa felt his forehead to make sure he wasn't sick, he took his hand away quickly. "What's wrong with Yugi?" asked Tae, saying this a little worried. "He's fine, a few scratches and such, but other than that." he trailed off, mostly because Yugi had never had a fever this high before. "Gramps, tell us the truth, why'd you pull your hand back so quickly?!" said Tristen rather suspiciously. "First off, DO NOT CALL ME GRAMPS!!Second of all, Yugi just has a fever. Nothing more nothing less" said Yugi's grandpa. Yami smiled down at Yugi, he knew Yugi'd pull through. Unfortunatly Yami couldn't merge with Yugi in the real world, so he'd just have to keep an eye on him from out there.
A few days later
Yugi finally roused from his long sleep, with a cloth over his eyes and a pain in his head. Yugi wanted to ask Yami what had happened, so he concentrated as hard as he could (even though it made the pain worse) on trying to talk to Yami. When Yugi couldn't speak with him, he sat bolt upright in bed, making him feel dizzy, and the cloth falling with a dull splat on his bed. He groaned, but allowed himself to feel the pain, as he groped over and grabbed his puzzle, immediately falling back in his bed, and letting the pain slowly ease away. He quickly put the puzzle around his neck and concentrated hard on trying to talk to Yami once more. He slowly opened his eyes, now realizing that Yami simply wasn't there. He felt tears well up in his eyes, and let them fall freely down his face. Suddenly he heard someone whispering in his ear. "My dear Aibou, why are you crying?" Yugi once more sat bolt upright, feeling the pain over whelm him. He groaned and fell back into his pillow, his eyes closed from the pain in his head. Yugi guessed at who it was even though his eyes were still closed "Yami?" "Yes?" Yugi let his eyes open slowly, revealing Yami standing beside his bed, half smiling, half frowning. "YAMI!"Yugi cried merrily, smiling, but quickly stopping because it hurt his head. Yugi groaned again and closed his eyes. "You should lay down. You know why now." Said Yami. "I know, I know." said Yugi, exasperated from his headache, and sweating because of his fever. Yami sighed, and stuffed a thermometer in Yugi's mouth to check his temperature. When the thermometer beeped, Yami jumped a little, but Yugi just handed him the thermometer and coughed. " What's a persons regular temperature?" asked Yami, who hadn't really used a thermometer, but had watched Yugi's grandpa use it. "About 76, why?" Yugi said groggily, with his eyes still closed. "Uh.Nothing, no reason." said Yami, placing the thermometer on Yugi's table. "What's my temperature Yami?" said Yugi with his eyes still closed. "Erm.Uh.Normal." Yami lied quickly. "What is it Yami!?" cried Yugi, his eyes opening slightly. "Nothing, really, it's normal." Yami tried to lie, but failed. "YAMI!!" cried Yugi, his eyes open fully now, worry hitting him dead on. "It's 120 degrees." Said Yami sadly. Yugi's eyes went wide and full of fear by this time. "What!?" said Yugi, his voice quivering with grief. "120" replied Yami, sounding even sadder now. Yugi overcome by grief shut his eyes tightly. He was then swallowed by fear for his life (no-one has ever really had a fever so high before) and pain from the fever. Tears streaked down his face. Suddenly, one of the cards in the deck on Yugi's table slipped out and became its creature. The Dian Keto the Cure Master card went over toYugi and placed a hand on his shoulder. Yugi's eyes snapped open, and stared up at his card. "I'll help as much as I can." it said. Yugi was so astonished by the fact that his card came alive, he didn't notice that his pain was slowly being drained away, leaving a warm sleepy feeling behind. Yugi's eyes slowly dropped, and so did his temperature. By the time he had fallen asleep, his temperature was down to 88, and then The Dian Keto the Cure Master returned to its card form, and settled itself in amongst the other cards. Yugi slept for quite some time.
Read the next exciting chapter of The Final Battle, entitled "Yami's Past"
Disclaimer: None of the Yugioh characters belong to me. I also got the ideas for this story from some pics I found on the web. PLEASE DON'T SUE ME!!
Well, let's start at the final battle before Yugi goes to Pegasus Castle to challenge (who else!?) Pegasus.
" This battle is over!" shouted Yami Yugi over to his panicky opponent. " N- n-not b-by a l-long shot!" shouted back the stuttering fool people actually called an opponent. "Fine, if you insist" Yami Yugi said smirking as he yanked out The Dark Magician from his hand and slapping it down on the table. "DARK MAGIC ATACK!" shouted Yami Yugi at the dark magician. "NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOO!!" screamed the feeble boy as his last monster disintegrated into thin air. "Well, I suppose that means I owe you 4 star chips now.." said the boy as he reluctantly gave Yugi (he already had changed back into Yugi) the 4 star chips they bet at the beginning of the duel. " You duelled very well" said Yugi, accepting the chips from the boy. He smiled at Yugi, then turned and left, with a rather lighter glove than he had had before the duel began. Yugi put the chips into his glove and looked at all that he had collected idly. "Lets go guys, we all have enough star chips now, we can go to Pegasus castle when everyone is ready." he said this while looking at Joey, he looked rather pail, and scared for that matter. "Joey, are you alright?" asked Tae, looking rather worried. "I'm fine." Said Joey, although he really didn't look it. Yugi looked at him for a moment, then smiling a bit, he looked up at Pegasus castle, his face feel. For he knew that once he got there everything would be hard work, and (if he had to duel Pegasus) pain. He was looking sadly up at the castle, when Tae came over to him and gave him a playful little shove. "Come on Yugi, are you just going to stand there, staring at the castle, or are you going to come and join the celebration?!" Yugi smiled at Tae, she always made him feel better, even if it was the worst day of his life (which would probably be in the near future.). He took one last glance up at Pegasus castle before he ran over and joined his friends in the celebration. *Somewhere in Yugi's subconciousness, Yami sat and thought to himself enjoy yourself, Aibou, for tomorrow will be harder than before.
The next day
Everyone was ready to go, except perhaps Joey, he had laid awake half the night, worrying about this day. Tristen, Bakura, and Mai, were standing with Tae talking, whilst Yugi drug Joey from where the group had had breakfast that morning. Yugi was a little annoyed by Joey's fear of going to the castle, but understood. He, himself was a little scared about going someplace that Pegasus could keep an even closer eye (used vagly, as he only has one) on him, and the Millennium puzzle. When Yugi finally got Joey to come along, it was well into the morning. By the time they got to Pegasus Castle, it was just after lunchtime, and everyone was hungry. They chose a spot in the gigantic courtyard, under a huge willow tree. They ate quietly, talking very little amongst each other, as they were so nervous about the oncoming duels they would have to win if they were going to proceed onto the final levels of the competition. Yugi, like the others, didn't talk much. Of course, he wasn't all too nervous, he was just concentrating, so he could talk to Yami. *Do you think Pegasus will try to pull anything here, Yami?*I don't know. Perhaps, so be ready for anything. *I will be, don't worry* Yugi was nervous, of course, but, he would try his best, and that was all he could really do. He shared that little thought with everyone and they nodded their agreement, even though they were still a little nervous.
After lunch
The group sat for a moment after finishing their lunch, then after a quick gather of courage, went up the stairs, towards the castle. Once they entered the castle, they saw a few dualists sitting down, reading, or pacing back and forth, others were coming from, and going into rooms all along a very long hallway. "So, now what?" Tristen said, as he looked around. "I guess we go see her" said Yugi, pointing at a lady sitting behind a desk, filing her nails. "Excuse me miss, but, we're some dualists, who'd like to register for the finals." Said Yugi, rather bravely. "Sign in over there, then take a seat. When I call your names please follow me to a specified door, were your chips will be examined, and your deck will be looked at. Then, follow that person into the next room, where you'll be asked a few questions." Said the lady in a rather annoying voice. "Thank you." Said Yugi. He then turned to his friends and repeated what the lady had told him. They all signed in, had everything examined, and answered all the questions promptly, and politely. When everything was done, they were told to take a seat where the other dualists were. After a little while the lady called them forward again, this time they would be taken someplace to duel someone. First up, was Joey. When the lady called his name first, he flinched (only a little) like he was being pinched or something. He got up slowly, and walked slowly towards the lady, she was beginning to look a little annoyed with Joey, Tristen noticed this, so he got up and shoved Joey along more quickly. The lady didn't want to have to put up with a slow dualist, so when Tristen shoved Joey close enough she grabbed his arm, and drug him down a hall, a different one than for the examinations were done. Next she called Tae. She got up quickly, and nearly ran up to the lady. She took Tae down another hall. It continued like this, until only Yugi was left. The lady came back after situating Mai someplace, and asked Yugi to come. As they walked down a hall, situated behind the desk, she explained that since Pegasus knew him, he only had to defeat one person before going on to duel him. At this Yugi's eyes widened, he didn't think he would be facing Pegasus so soon, but tried to calm himself down by thinking up strategies for the oncoming duel. When he came back from his duel (he won by the way) he found Joey, Tristen, Mai, and Tae, but Bakura wasn't there. "Where's Bakura?" asked Yugi. Tae answered him by saying "Bakura's still duelling, he'll be finished soon though. By the way, we all won our duels, isn't that cool!?" Yugi smiled up at his friend and nodded his agreement and quickly added that he won his as well. Yugi took the opportunity to tell his friends about what the lady at the desk had told him. All his friends gasped, and at that very moment Bakura walked in, triumphant from his duel. He automatically saw his friends faces and asked what the matter was. After Yugi had explained, once more, about what the lady had told him, Bakura gasped as well. But, unlike the others his face did not fall, he had a look of pure triumph once more. Yugi looked up at him in surprise. Bakura simply said "Duel him. Perhaps nothing bad will happen, but if he tries anything, you should think up some good duelling plans, just in case." "True. I'll do that then." Said Yugi, confidently. Although he was still a little nervous he knew he could take whatever Pegasus dished out to him. They sat there for nearly 10 minutes before the lady retuned to get them for their next duels. When, once more, Yugi was the only one left, the lady pressed a button on her desk and asked Yugi to follow her. A large platform started to come down from the ceiling, and the lady and Yugi got on. After a moment the platform began to rise again. The lady was busy looking at a schedule to notice that Yugi had become Yami Yugi. When the platform stopped, and they were on another floor, the lady led Yami Yugi to a room and told him to sit at the duelling table and wait for Pegasus. She then left Yami Yugi alone. Yami Yugi took a seat closest to the door, just incase Pegasus tried to pull anything. After about 5 minutes (Yami Yugi kept busy by looking through his cards several times making up duelling plans just in case) Pegasus came in. Pegasus was followed by a herd of guards, for whom he told to leave immediately. Pegasus laughed a little, evilly at that. Yami Yugi gave him a kind of "why are you laughing" look. Pegasus gave him a nasty look when he did this. "Are you ready to duel?" said Pegasus evilly. "Of course I am, IT'S TIME TO DUEL!" said Yami Yugi confidently. Pegasus sat down across from Yami Yugi. " Shall we make this a little more interesting?" said Pegasus, as blackness began to enfold the entire room. Yami Yugi sat, made a sort of "Try your tricks, I'm ready" kind of face, as they were transported to the Shadow Realm. Pegasus just grinned evilly as they began to shuffle their cards.
Half way through the duel
Pegasus began to laugh, as Yami Yugi placed another card on the field. "What is so funny Pegasus?" said Yami Yugi, surprised at the fact Pegasus was laughing, when he was 200 life points down, while Yugi was only 150 life points down. "Because this duel is over!" shouted Pegasus, pulling back his hair away from his eye (the one with the Millennium eye, instead of a real one) and said an incantation under his breath. Yami Yugi turned back into just plan old Yugi, for no apparent reason. He was so astounded by this, that he didn't noticed to beam of light forming near Pegasus's Millennium eye. Yugi looked up just as the beam hit him, knocking him unconscious immediately on impact. Yami was separated from Yugi, and was astonished to see his Aibou unconscious, and his cards spread out everywhere. Pegasus was grinning maliciously as he got up and walked towards Yugi. Yami knew very well that only Yugi would be able to see him at this point, but he also knew, that with Pegasus and the Millennium eye where his left one was supposed to be, he could see him as well. Pegasus ignored the fact that Yami was there, and went straight for Yugi's puzzle. Pegasus grabbed the puzzle, and took it off of Yugi. Unfortunately for him, Yami was solid enough to grab things, and snatched it right back out of his hand, and put it in Yugi's, making sure he was holding it tightly. He then turned to Pegasus and said "Shame on you Pegasus, especially since now you've gone so low that you take things from children!" Yami smirked at his own joke. Pegasus looked fuming at this point. Yami quickly used his own puzzle to transport him and Yugi to the real world. He transported them, so they'd end up in the waiting room. At this point Pegasus didn't care what happened to Yugi, or the puzzle for that matter. He shouted at the top of his lungs "YUGIIIIIIIII!!" Joey immediately told everyone to get out of there, because the upper floors were beginning to collapse, and explode. Yugi and Yami landed softly on one of the sofa's when Joey said this. Joey noticed Yugi lying there, so he dashed over, snatched up Yugi and dashed through the front doors, and down the steps to where everyone was waiting (including Yugi's grandpa, who was released when Pegasus began to get mad) for Yugi, and Joey. Joey scrambled over to where everyone was, Yami following close behind (so close that he had to go right up beside Joey (He's much faster than he is) to keep a closer eye on Yugi as well). When Joey had reached safety, the entire castle collapsed. Yugi's grandpa, walked over to see if Yugi was alright. Yugi had a few scratches, and a few bumps, but nothing too serious. But when his grandpa felt his forehead to make sure he wasn't sick, he took his hand away quickly. "What's wrong with Yugi?" asked Tae, saying this a little worried. "He's fine, a few scratches and such, but other than that." he trailed off, mostly because Yugi had never had a fever this high before. "Gramps, tell us the truth, why'd you pull your hand back so quickly?!" said Tristen rather suspiciously. "First off, DO NOT CALL ME GRAMPS!!Second of all, Yugi just has a fever. Nothing more nothing less" said Yugi's grandpa. Yami smiled down at Yugi, he knew Yugi'd pull through. Unfortunatly Yami couldn't merge with Yugi in the real world, so he'd just have to keep an eye on him from out there.
A few days later
Yugi finally roused from his long sleep, with a cloth over his eyes and a pain in his head. Yugi wanted to ask Yami what had happened, so he concentrated as hard as he could (even though it made the pain worse) on trying to talk to Yami. When Yugi couldn't speak with him, he sat bolt upright in bed, making him feel dizzy, and the cloth falling with a dull splat on his bed. He groaned, but allowed himself to feel the pain, as he groped over and grabbed his puzzle, immediately falling back in his bed, and letting the pain slowly ease away. He quickly put the puzzle around his neck and concentrated hard on trying to talk to Yami once more. He slowly opened his eyes, now realizing that Yami simply wasn't there. He felt tears well up in his eyes, and let them fall freely down his face. Suddenly he heard someone whispering in his ear. "My dear Aibou, why are you crying?" Yugi once more sat bolt upright, feeling the pain over whelm him. He groaned and fell back into his pillow, his eyes closed from the pain in his head. Yugi guessed at who it was even though his eyes were still closed "Yami?" "Yes?" Yugi let his eyes open slowly, revealing Yami standing beside his bed, half smiling, half frowning. "YAMI!"Yugi cried merrily, smiling, but quickly stopping because it hurt his head. Yugi groaned again and closed his eyes. "You should lay down. You know why now." Said Yami. "I know, I know." said Yugi, exasperated from his headache, and sweating because of his fever. Yami sighed, and stuffed a thermometer in Yugi's mouth to check his temperature. When the thermometer beeped, Yami jumped a little, but Yugi just handed him the thermometer and coughed. " What's a persons regular temperature?" asked Yami, who hadn't really used a thermometer, but had watched Yugi's grandpa use it. "About 76, why?" Yugi said groggily, with his eyes still closed. "Uh.Nothing, no reason." said Yami, placing the thermometer on Yugi's table. "What's my temperature Yami?" said Yugi with his eyes still closed. "Erm.Uh.Normal." Yami lied quickly. "What is it Yami!?" cried Yugi, his eyes opening slightly. "Nothing, really, it's normal." Yami tried to lie, but failed. "YAMI!!" cried Yugi, his eyes open fully now, worry hitting him dead on. "It's 120 degrees." Said Yami sadly. Yugi's eyes went wide and full of fear by this time. "What!?" said Yugi, his voice quivering with grief. "120" replied Yami, sounding even sadder now. Yugi overcome by grief shut his eyes tightly. He was then swallowed by fear for his life (no-one has ever really had a fever so high before) and pain from the fever. Tears streaked down his face. Suddenly, one of the cards in the deck on Yugi's table slipped out and became its creature. The Dian Keto the Cure Master card went over toYugi and placed a hand on his shoulder. Yugi's eyes snapped open, and stared up at his card. "I'll help as much as I can." it said. Yugi was so astonished by the fact that his card came alive, he didn't notice that his pain was slowly being drained away, leaving a warm sleepy feeling behind. Yugi's eyes slowly dropped, and so did his temperature. By the time he had fallen asleep, his temperature was down to 88, and then The Dian Keto the Cure Master returned to its card form, and settled itself in amongst the other cards. Yugi slept for quite some time.
Read the next exciting chapter of The Final Battle, entitled "Yami's Past"
Disclaimer: None of the Yugioh characters belong to me. I also got the ideas for this story from some pics I found on the web. PLEASE DON'T SUE ME!!