When you woke up you felt sick. You felt so hot but when you lifted the blankets off, you got cold. Yugi was still home sleeping in on Saturday. You thought, Yami something's not right. That woke Yami up. He looked at you and instently got worried. "Yugi, wake up. Wake up, Yugi there is something wrong with Zelda," said Yami. Slowly Yugi opened his eyes and asked in his thoughts, Yami, is there something wrong? "Zelda's sick and she's cold." Yugi came over to you and placed the back of his hand on your forehead. "She's burning up. Let me get my grandfather, he could help." He left to get his grandfather and you turned to Yami. "Yami," you whispered. "Yugi is getting his grandfather now," he replied. "Hot." "I know. We will try to cool you off and help you feel better." He places his hand on the side of your face to keep you calm. Yugi and his grandfather came in and he took your temperture. "She has quite the temperture, 103F. You say you found her this way when you woke up," said Grandpa. "Yeah, she barly spoke anything at all," replied Yugi. "Yugi," you whispered. Grandpa places a cool rag on your forehead causing you to shiver.
"She will be in here for the day until her fever break," Grandpa replied, "If her fever gets any higher then it is now, we will have to call the doctor." "I'll stay with her. The guys can visit her today, can't they?" "Maybe." You just laid there shivering from the cold rag. "I will be back in a little bit to take her temperture again," said Grandpa before leaving the room. A few minutes later, Joey, Tea, and Tristan came in. "Hey guys, what's up," asked Joey. "Hey Joey," said Yugi without looking at him. "Something wrong, Yugi," asked Tea. "Zelda has a high fever." Zelda, you should rest, thought Yugi. You shake your head and he just replies, "Don't be stubborn, Zelda, please rest." "No," you whispered. He just smiles and gets another cool rag ready.
Half an hour later, Grandpa came in and took your temperture. "Her fever is even higher now. 105F. I'm calling the doctor. Yugi try to keep her calm." Yugi nods and let Yami take over. You could calm her down better then I could. She is more relaxed around you, thought Yugi. He replied, You have a point, Yugi. Grandpa left and called the doctor. Yami was holding your hand to keep you calm and he knew it was working. Grandpa came in and said, "The doctor is on his way."
A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. Grandpa brought the doctor up to the room. Joey, Tristan, and Tea were sitting on Yugi's bed worried. "Can every one leave the room," asked the doctor. Everyone leaves, Yami tried to leave except you tightened your grip on his hand making him stay. He sat back down and the doctor looked surprised from Yami's reaction. "I need to be alone with her," said the doctor. "She wants me to stay so I will," Yami replied. "Fine." He went to touch you but you tried to move away from him. "I'm not going to hurt you," he said softly. "It's ok Zelda, he could help you," said Yami gently placing his hand on your hair.
You look in Yami's eyes and nod. The doctor asks, "Are you allergic to anything?" "Don't know," you whispered but he didn't hear it. "Say again?" Yami replied for you, "She isn't sure if she is allergic to anything." "You heard that?" "Yeah, I did." "Well it seems she just has a bad case of a fever. She needs meds to break the fever. Since we don't know if she is allergic to anything we can't give her anything. I need to take blood to see if she is allergic." "Ok." "Also we need to pull the blankets off of her to make sure her temperture don't rise anymore." They pulled your pulled the blankets off of you and you protested. "Zelda, he's right, until we could give you something for your fever we can't have you under the blankets." The doctor held your arm straight and you felt a sharp pain in the middle of the inside of your arm.
You try to move away but Yami held you still. He had his head on the right side of your face making sure that you weren't able to see. "It's ok, Zelda. Shhh," said Yami once he managed you under control. You put your head in his sholder until the pain started to fade but not completely. Yami released his grip and the doctor had started to pack up. "I will be back later with the results. Lay beside her, your body heat will make her shivering less then what she would now." You didn't notice how bad you were shivering until he said it. You were shivering uncontrolably. Yami just nods and lays beside you. You turn to your side and place your head on his chest. "Rest, Zelda," said Yami gently. Slowly but surely you fell asleep on Yami's chest.
~~~~ Yami's POV ~~~~
After Zelda fell asleep, the doctor was about to leave before I said, "Thank you for your help." "You're welcome, I will come back with the test results," said the doctor then he left. After a few minutes, everyone came in and saw Zelda was sleeping on me. "so you finally got her to go to sleep, huh, Yugi," asked Tea. "Yeah, she had to get blood drawn to see if she is allergic to anything before she is given any meds. The doctor said he'll come back when he gets the results," I replied.
I see Yugi's grandfather come in and say, "Ok now let Zelda sleep peacefully. I'm sure she wasn't a fan with the doctor" "No she wasn't. Especially since she had to deal with a needle and boy she did not like that. I had to hold her down until it was over," I replied again. Tea said, "I'll stay here to keep Yugi company while she sleeps. I'll catch up with you guys later." "Ok, see you in a little bit," said Joey before he and Tristan left. "Those boys are always moving or eating. Kaiba hasn't been at school either," said Tea. "Well what about his brother, have you heard anything about him," I asked. "No, nothing." Yugi's grandfather came up and say, "Yugi, you got something in the mail. When she wakes up you could check it out." "Thank you," I reply. I look at Zelda who was still shivering on my chest. Her face was so flushed from the fever and she was cold from air around us. Tea got up and placed a thin sheet over Zelda to help stop the shivering. "The sheet is too thin to keep much heat but it can shield her from the air," said Tea. I smile at her and notice Zelda's shivering start to slow down.
About a half hour later the doctor came back with the test results. "According to the results, she's not allergic to anything so give her some cold medication and that should take care of her fever," said the doctor. "Thank you so much," I said. "My pleasure young man. Glad I could help." He leaves after that and Grandpa comes up and said, "So what do we give her for the fever?" "Give her some cold meds and that should take care of the fever," I replied. He goes and gets some liquid cold meds. He poured the amount in a little cup and handed it to me. Gently I shook Zelda to wake her up.
~~~~ Your POV ~~~~
You feel some one shake you. "Zelda, we need you to wake up," said Yami gently. Slowly you open your eyes half way to find Grandpa and Tea in Yugi's room. You look at Yami and ask, "What did we find out?" He replies, "You're allergic to nothing and you need to take this." He holds a little cup with a dark liquid in it. "What is it," you asked. "Medication, it will help break the fever," Yami replied. He helps you sit up and brings the little cup to your mouth. You drank it but once it touched your tounge it tasted bad. You slammed your eyes shut and forced yourself to finished the little amount of liquid. Once it was gone and Yami put the cup down you coughed a few times before saying, "That didn't taste too good, are you sure it will help?" "Yeah I know it don't taste good but it will help," he replied. You smiled at him and laid your head back on his chest.
Grandpa checked your temperture and it was a little lower, 104F. Yami rubbed your side in hope you would fall back to sleep. You just pressed your head against his chest and relaxed. "You're not going to fall asleep are you," asked Yami. You shake your head and smile. "See you're feeling better," he said with a smile. "Little bit, I still feel hot," you replied. You noticed the sheet finally and asked, "Who put the sheet on me if the doctor said no blankets?" "You were shivering and it was Tea's idea. She did have a good point on how thin it is." You smile then turned to Tea and said, "Thanks Tea. It really helped me out." She replied, "No problem. Glad to help."
After a few hours, your fever was just about gone and your temperture was 99F now. According to Yami, you were still slightly flushed from the fever but other then that you looked better. Joey and Tristan were down stairs while Yami and Tea were with you. Hey Yami, you started, do you think it's wierd that I got a fever right after we find out that I was able to turn into a wolf. Might as well call my self a werewolf seeing the similarities. He smiled at the last part but replied, Yes, I do think it's strange but what about it? You replied, Maybe I could run at the temperture that a dog does. Like a person's temperture then if I wanted, a wolf's temperture. He thought it over then replied, You have a great point but please wait until your fever is gone before we try it. You replied, Fine, Yami, I will wait.
Yami let Yugi take over after you sat up against the pillows. He and Tea went down stairs to check out what Yugi got in the mail. After a few minutes, you were sensing something dark coming from downstairs. You got up and slowly went down the stairs. You went into the living room and Yugi was about to the tape in the VCR until he sensed you. He turned around to find you in the begining of the living room leaning against the wall. "Zelda," he said running to you, "You should be resting. You still look slightly flushed." "I'll be fine. I sensed something. There is something wrong with that tape. I sense something dark coming from it. Please be careful when you put it in." He nods and you both walk to the tv. You sat right next to him when he put the tape in.
A man in his 30's appeared on the screen. He had long white hair and his hair was covering his left eye. The man started to to speak, "Yugi-boy, I am Maximillion Pegasus and I am inviting you to join my tornament. I heard your victory over Seto Kaiba and would love to see your skills first hand so I challenge you to a duel right here right now." How can you duel a tape, Yugi, you asked. I'm not sure, he replied. The tape continued, "This duel will tell me if you're the duelist that people are saying you are." The man's hair showed his left eye which looked wierd and it glowed for a moment. Everything got darker, colder, and everyone but you and Yugi were not moving. "What have you done to them and where have you taken us," shouted Yugi. Pegasus replied, "We are no longer in the world you know. This is where the our duel will take place. We have 15 minutes so the player with the highest life points wins and the duel is over, I will return everyone back. Oh, looks like there is one other person with us. She could watch the duel." "It's time to duel!" The Millennium Puzzle activated and Yami was in control. "Zelda, get behind me, we don't know if he is going to pull anything," Yami said quietly. You nod and get behind him but you grabbed the back of his jacket. Yami got ready to duel and you somewhat clinged to Yami's back. Yami was about to play a card when Pegasus said, "I know you are going to play Kourmori Dragon. I activate Dragon Capture Jar to take the dragon and capture it."
The image on Pegasus' card took form and forced Yami's dragon to appear. The dragon was forced into a jar and the eyes of the jar glowed once. The dragon scared you when it came out and when it disappeared you got closer to Yami's back. He felt it, he reached behind him and started to rub your side saying, "It's ok, there is no need to be frightened." You look behind him then saw how cofident he was and you just nod. "The realm we are in is called the Shadow Realm where real monsters can be called forth," said Pegasus when he see Yami comfort you. "But what you're saying can't be true." "Do you think there is magic in this game?" "Don't you know, you created this game," said Yami taking a card from his hand. "I didn't create it." "Huh?" "The game came from ancient Egypt. 5,000 years ago, a powerful Pharaoh locked the magic of those games in seven mystical treasures. The treasures are called the seven Millennium Items." "So you're saying that my Puzzle is one of those items?" "Yes and it has powers beyond your imagination. Lets get back to the duel since we are in a time limit." Yami nods and the game continues. "I summon the Dragon Piper," said Pegasus, "I could bring back your dragon but under my control." Yami paniced and said, "I have to counter attack. Silver Fang, attack!" Once Silver Fang took form, it attacked the dragon but the dragon's head came through the TV and destroyed it with it's fire breathing.
This took you and Yami by surprise because the heat from the fire felt real. "Ah, the heat," shouted Yami. You clung to Yami's back even harder until the flame was gone. "Now do you believe the monsters are real," asked Pegasus. Yami just scoweled at him then turned his attention to you. "You ok," he asked. You nod and relaxed a bit. Pegasus revealed his wierd eye again then let his hair cover again after placing a card face down. Yami was about to place a card from his hand but he thought, Pegasus knows what I'm about to do some how but what if I play a card even I haven't seen yet? He drew a card from his deck and put ot on the field.
"I know you're going to play Zombie Warrior so I could counter," said Pegasus before he was interupted by Yami, "That's not the card I played. The Card I played was..." He flipped the card over, "... the Dark Magician." Pegasus didn't look worried, he looked glad. "The Dark Magician won't help you. By playing it you sealed your own fate," said Pegasus.
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"We'll see about that. Magician, Dark Magic Attack." The Dark Magician took form and attacked the dragon destroying it.
Pegasus plays Illusion Magician and one other card that Yami never heard of. He had his Dark Magician attack Pegasus' monster but there was a large flash. When the light died down, both monsters were still there and Yami was confused about it. "Your monster should be destroyed," said Yami. Pegasus didn't answer, he just smiles and he passes his turn. Yami plays Celtic Guardian and attacks but the Illusion Magician but something destroyed it. That's wierd, Illusion Magician doesn't have a Dark Magic Attack, thought Yami. Because it wasn't the Illusion Magician that attacked. It was your Dark Magician, the card he played before was able to take control of him to attack you, you thought. "I summon Summoned Skull, now get ready for a physical assult on your Magician," shouted Yami.
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Summoned Skull took form and launched his attack but time ran out before the attack hit. All the monsters disappeared and Pegasus smiled. "Very good Yugi, if that attack hit you would've won the duel but it didn't. You lose Yugi-boy." "I'm done with your games, Pegasus," growled Yami. "You may be done with my games but I'm not. You see you're not the only one with those Millennium Items. Now witness the power of my Millennium Eye." "The Millennium Eye," you and Yami said together. "I found that if I modivate someone, anyone can play my game." A stream of white light went over you and Yami. You hid behind Yami and he shielded himself for a moment. When you looked at the TV again, Yugi's grandfather was saying, "Yugi!"
Yugi took control by mistake so you moved to his side. The image of Yugi's Grandfather started to fade. "Yes Yugi, we will duel again, how else are you going to retreave your grandfather's soul," said Pegasus. Yugi was now shouting at the TV, "Grandpa! Grandpa!" Pegasus' voice came back on, "Zelda, is it? Watch yourself, my dear Zelda. You never know when the right leverage will show itself." As he said this every thing returned to normal and the screen had stadic only. You were about to press the issue but Pegasus was no longer there. Yugi was there in front of the TV crying for his grandfather. Everyone seemed clueless on what just happened.
Yami felt so guilty, he felt responsible for Yugi's grandfather's soul being stolen. "Yugi, I'm sorry," said Yami. It's not your fault, you tried your best. That's all I could ask from you," thought Yugi. "But my best wasn't good enough." You thought, We'll get him back. I will try my best to help you out in any way I can. You come to Yugi's side and start rubbing his back. "Hey what's going on,what happened? Gramps isn't waking up," said Joey. "He won't be waking up anytime soon thanks to Pegasus. His body is in a coma, Pegasus stole Grandpa's soul," you explained as Yugi cried. You hugged him and he started to cry into you. "Come on Yugi,"you said trying to get him to stand up and slowly the both of you stood but your size was starting to show. You were as tall as Yami when he was in control, so you were inches taller then Yugi but you were still smaller then every one else.
"Shh, we'll get him back, Yugi," you said trying to calm him. He nods and starts to wipe his tears.
FF
After Grandpa was taken to the hospital, he was diagnosed as comatose, not much to your surprise. Back to the game shop or Yugi's house, you were thinking about the last thing Pegasus said. "Zelda,"Joey shouted to get your attention."Huh, what," you said surprised Joey got your attention. "Something on your mind?" "Yeah, just trying to figure out what Pegasus meant by, "You never know when the right leverage will show itself."" "Probably to spook so you wouldn't help, unless he needs to 'modivate' someone else you know." "You guys are the only ones I know so I doubt that would be the case." "We are the only ones you know?" "Yeah." "We might want to get going guys, long day and it's getting late." Both you and Yugi nod and after they you and Yugi locked up the house before the two of you went to Yugi's room. You sat on the other bed and Yugi asked, "How much do you know about what Pegasus did?" The question took you by surprise but you answered, "Not that much more then you do. All I know is when a person's soul is taken, they go into a coma until their soul is returned." He nods then asks, "Is there any side effects?" "Not that I know of." "Ok, good."
He lays on his bed and you got up and sat on his bed next to him. You should get some rest, that shadow game didn't help," you said softly. "I might not be able to considering what has happened." "Let me try something. This is what Yami does when I have a hard time sleeping." You raise you hands to Yugi's temples and start to rub them. You could sense his stress start to relax and the tension in his body begin to leave. His eyes slowly dropped and a few minutes later his mind started to fade as he fell asleep. You smiled and as you get up you feel Yugi get up. "Yugi, I thought you were asleep," you said as you turned around but as you you found out it wasn't Yugi getting up.
It was Yami who has been gone for at least two hours after apologizing to Yugi for losing the duel and his grandfather's soul. "Hey Yami. How are you holding up," you asked gently. "Not so good." I was starting to get worried. Since I'm no longer in the puzzle, I can't really help you while you're in there." "I feel so guilty. It's my fault that this happened to him." "Yugi's right, it's not your fault. We didn't know how far he was willing to go to get the both of you to join his tournament." "But still, I lost the duel and his grandfather paid the price." You hugged him and he laid his head against your neck. You rubbed his arm to calm him down and it was working to an extent. He was started to calm down but he still felt guilty. He laid back down and gave control back to Yugi who was still sleeping peacefully. The both of you fell asleep with his arms around you.
When you awoke, Yami was still asleep and Yugi wasn't in his bed. You looked around to see if Yugi was in the room and he wasn't. You feel Yami's arms around you tightened then relax. Not wanting to wake him up you stayed there. Soon later Yugi came up with two plates, when he saw you still laying on your side with Yami sound asleep behind you. He just smiles and thinks, So when did he reappear last night? You replied, A few seconds after you fell asleep. He felt bad that he lost the duel and the loss of your grandfather's soul. I'm surprised he fell asleep when I did. He looks down and then says, "He really feels responsible, doesn't he?" You nod.
Slowly you got up without waking Yami up and Yugi hands you a plate. The plate had pancakes on them and said, "I figured you would want some breakfast. Thanks for yesterday, it really helped me a lot." "No problem, glad I could help. The both of you ate the pancakes brought the plates downstairs in the sink. When you came back up, Yami was on his side so you desided to sit behind him. "He seems calmer around you and the same about you with him," Yugi said. "Well I did know him the longest so it kind of makes that way and we did fall in love." "Well he seem to be calmer then the last timeI saw him." "Yeah,when I saw him he wasn't calmer, he really felt bad." You looked at Yami to find he was starting to wake up. When he opened his eyes you placed your hand on his sholder and started to rub it gently. "Hey, how are you doing," you whispered gently.
"Fine I guess," he said sleeply. "Morning Yami," said Yugi. "Hey Yugi. Listen about that duel..." "Don't worry about it, it wasn't your fault and I'm not mad at you." "Thanks Yugi. I will try to help as much as I can." "Thanks." You smile, glad to see that Yami was starting to cheer up finally. All three of you heard a knock on the door and you looked at the boys and nod. Yami disappeared and both you and Yugi answered the door. Joey,Tristan, and Tea was waiting at the door. "Hey Yugi, how are you holding on," asked Joey. "Better, then I was yesterday at least." "How 'bout you Zelda?" You replied, "Same. Oh, did Pegasus send you anything else with that video?" Yugi replied, "Yeah, a glove, two star chips and of course that video." "That's not all, Yuge. This too," said Tristan. He hands Yugi a white envalope and he opened it to find five cards, one with a glove and star chips, one with a ship, a picture of an island, a blank card, and a treasure of gold that looked to be 3 million. "He is not going to quit, is he," asked Tea. "I'm afraid not, Tea. I think he may be after something more powerful then we think and Pegasus seemed to know a lot about the Millennium Puzzle. He even has a Millennium Item," you told her then it finally made sense, "Pegasus is after the other items. He's making sure Yugi joins the tournament to take the Puzzle." Yugi understood and you thought, Which makes it even more dangerous for the three of us. He was confused, What do you mean it's even more dangerous for the three of us? You replied, Since the Puzzle has never left your hands, we don't know what would happen if you were to lose it. He looked down and you felt Yami's mood change. Oh, Yami, you thought feeling his sadness. "How about you guys go have fun? You guys have been over here ever since I met you and you guys are starting to look bored," you said. Yugi knew why so he played along and he agreed. Alright Zelda, are you going to come with us," asked Tea. "No, I'm just going to stay here." Yugi understood why and he didn't let anyone push the issue about you staying.
"Ok, if you need anything, you know how to get a hold of me," said Yugi. You nod and they left but Yugi stayed behind. He let Yami take over for a moment so he could give you a kiss on the cheek before Yugi regained control and left. About a half hour later, six people broke throught the door as you went past it and surrounded you quickly. Hey Yugi, I might need your help, you thought nervously. What's going on, both he and Yami said at the same time. They saw what you were seeing and they said, On our way, just hold on. You thought, Ok. One of those people tried to attack you but you kicked him in the stomach and pushed him away. All but one of the people attacked you at the same time but to no avail, you counter all the attacks and had the man against the wall and sent one out the door. You looked around for the last one but you couldn't find him.
You searched all around you but the last one wasn't anywhere. Zelda are you still there, asked Yugi. Yeah, I'm here. There is one left but I can't find him, you replied. We went quite a ways away, we will get there in 15 minutes, he replied. Ok, you thought. All of a sudden, an arm came from behind you and pinned your arms to your sides. Before you could scream, he covered your nose and mouth with a rag that smelled awful. You tried to pull his arm with the rag, with the only part of your arm that was able to move, down so you could breathe but he was too strong. You were starting to get weaker and your vision was starting to fade into blurs. Your eye lids were starting to close and with your last remaining strength, you thought, Yami... Yugi... help.That's when everything went black.
