/A.N. Hey everyone, hope you like my first story! I really appreciate you taking your time to read it. Thank you for believing in it enough to deem it a worthy read. I hope you like it. If you want to review you can, it would be really sweet, but for me, just having you read it and enjoy it is enough. Thank you again, now here it is./
"Goodbye, everyone." he said. A blinding flash filled the room, and all them shielded their eyes. Yami... . he corrected himself ,no Atem, was stood there staring at the spot that was once occupied by his opponent before he disappeared into the light.
A somber mood filled the room then, Joey finally spoke up "Congratulations, Yug' ya did it, you finally gave 'im the peace he waited so long for." "Yeah, I guess I did."
He heard Tea give a sniff and walked up to her. "It's okay"he said putting on a brave face, after all he just the closest friend someone could have.
"He won't be alone, he has all of his friends from his time to keep him company, and it's not like we'll never see him again, we will just have to wait a while." It worked, and she donned a faint smile.
"You're right, and though we all miss him, he's in a better place now. Besides, no matter what we're friends forever!" Tea replied, gaining confidence toward the end.
After that, the all went back to their respective places of residence, and tried to resume normal life.
About two weeks after that, Yuugi's grandfather, picked up the phone and answered in his usual way. "Hello, this is the Kame Game Shop, how may I help you? "
"Mr. Mutou, is that you?" a hesitant voice asked
"Ah, yes, Ishizu, correct.. Is there something I can do for you?"
"Yes, actually. Now i'd hate to impose..but, Malik has had a hard time adjusting to life as it has changed very much, and as a tombkeeper he never had a chance at a lot of things. So could you give me some ideas on how to help him, Odion and I tried everything, but he just is distant and only perks up when he rides his motorcycle. I think he still feels guilty about what happened with Marik. I mean he even changed his name so it didn't match his!"
He cut her off there by saying "Yes well I might have an idea that could work.."
"What is it?" she questioned
"Why don't you all come here. I'm sure that Yuugi, Ryou, and Joey would perk up seeing him again, after all they did seem to get along rather well on the trip back."
"That's a fantastic idea! Let me tell the others, we'll see you soon!"
Ishizu found Odion and they planned the trip to Japan, and decided to make it a surprise to Malik so that he will be even happier when he sees his friends.
They booked tickets for a flight, found a good place to stay, and hatched a plan to get Malik there without him knowing. Afterall, the airport will announce it, he might remember the airport, and people will be speaking Japanese, but they didn't give up. The only problem would be getting Malik to agree to come with.
So they agreed to let Odion try first. He approached Malik in his room and sat down at the desk chair, and turned to face Malik who was sitting on the bed of the apartment they recently got a few miles away from the tomb looking out the window. "Hi" Malik greeted, and Odion returned the favor."Hi Malik"
"Is it alright if I ask you something… um difficult"
Malik looked up"Of course, if I can help you in any way I would love to''
"Well, Ishizu and I are bringing you on a trip somewhere.."
"Okay" he said distantly
"And we can't tell you where"
"Sure, I trust you" he replied
"And you are going endure some.. precautions"
"Whatever it takes, I already agreed to help. So when are we leaving"
He was surprised as he remembered what the blonde had said "Right, well, we leave for the flight at 10. So be sure to pack everything, can I assist you in some way."
"No, thanks for telling me. I will be ready. Goodbye."
"It was that easy!?" said Ishizu in a loud whisper.
"Yes, he was distant and cooperative as he's been since.."
"I know, but I thought he would have put up some sort of resistance, hmm, at least he will reunite with the others soon."
"Yes, they may be able to assist in ways we can't. Some of them know his pain like we can't begin to."
Malik just continuing to look out the window, feeling down about what he'd done. Dreaming of riding his motorcycle to a better place. He took out his sketchbook and continued his drawing of him, Odion, and Ishizu smiling against a sunset backdrop. It actually looked pretty lifelike. And wondered where the hay his siblings could be dragging him.
It could be anywhere from The Canada to Domino. Maybe he was completely off and it was to the Appalachians. He had no clue, Ishizu sure had connections for someone who had pretty literally lived under a rock for so long. How did she do that anyway.
He let out a small laugh at the thought of some of the strange people his sister met. The clown (very polite fellow), the matador (spoke 3 languages), even an astronaut (still unsure about that one.) He packed up his things and slowly drifted off. Hey, give him a break, it was pretty late and he was tired.
Ishizu and Odion both stopped going over final travel details when they heard a small laugh come from Malik's room. "It appears our plan worked sooner than we expected" Ishizu said before continuing the plans.
/A.N. So, that's the first chapter of my first story. Hope you liked it. Sorry if it was short. Thank you for reading, and I'll update when I can. Goodbye!/