Escape, Chapter 2
By: LowFlyer1080

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yugioh. All I do own are a few thousand Yugioh cards, a Yugioh blanket, and...this ratty ass computer that's so old I'm writing these stories with Microsoft Works. Yeah I know, pretty sad isn't it?

A/N- Okay, you convinced me. Here's a quick little second chapter to Escape. I know it's not very long, but hey, it should develop something or other...I'm droning on and on. Whatever, just read the fic.

'' - thoughts
""- talking

Yami woke up, Tea curled up against him, sleeping peacefully. He slipped out of bed and pulled on his boxers. He padded down the hall, noticing that the door to Yugi's room was left ajar.

'Strange. He never leaves the door open.'

Yami went to shut the door, but stopped when he saw the cards on Yugi's desk.

"What the?" Yami glanced around the room as he slowly made his way toward the desk.

"Tea? TEA! Get up now!" Yami called out.

A moment later, Tea walked rushed in, wrapped in one of Yami's bedsheets.

"What is it, love"
"Yugi's gone." "What?" she looked around. A duffle bag and some clothes were missing, along with Yugi's deck and duel disk. She noticed the five cards on the desk.

"What are those"
"Yugi used his deck to predict the future. This card is the first to be put face down." he pointed to Maha Vailo, "Followed by this one, this one, this one, and the last one here." he finished, pointing out the cards in their respective order.

"I don't understand"
"The first card shows your past. Yugi's was Maha Vailo"
"It's hidden strength..." she whispered.
"The second card shows the present." Yami pointed to Arduous Decision, "He was facing a huge choice. One that we forced upon him." he finally realized.
"What about that one"
"Change of Heart shows only that he will return. How, when, and why he will return as well as what he will be like remain unknown"
"What do the two face downs represent"
"The third, fourth, and fifth cards show three different paths. A duelist may only choose one. Yugi chose to reveal the fifth card"
"What did you mean when you said we forced this choice on him?"

Yami walked to the window, a tear slipped down his cheek as he shook his head.

"He heard us last night, Tea. I was trying to help him win your heart, but I found myself falling for you and I lost track of my purpose. He wasn't with Solomon last night. He was here. We crushed his heart. I crushed his heart. We've payed less and less attention to him, all but ignoring him completely. And this is how we repay him after he sacrificed so much for all of us."

"Yami, what do the other two cards represent!" Tea yelled at him.

He walked back over as he replied, "They reveal paths that have now been avoided."

Yami flipped the third card, the one above Arduous Desicion, and gasped.

"Reaper of the Cards!" "What does that mean?" Tea was now beginning to get a little frightened.
"Death. Had Yugi flipped this over, he would have known there was no hope. He would have still left, but would have died while doing so"
"Oh my god." Tea was horrified.

Yami reached a shaking hand towards the fourth card.
"No! Don't flip it!" Tea begged, her hand grabbing Yami's wrist.
"Tea. I must know. I need to know." Yami gently removed Tea's hand from his wrist.
"Alright." she relented.

Yami flipped over the final card. Card number four.

"The Cheerful Coffin." his voice was emotionless as he sat down hard in the desk chair. Tea looked into his eyes and saw a dark void that was completely empty of everything.

"Why is it upside down?" Tea asked, shakily.
"When rightside up, any number of people close to the person whould meet their end at the hands of that person. When upside down, however, it stands for one thing. And one thing only."

Tea now looked beyond horrified, afraid to ask what it meant. Yami however, told her anyway.

"Suicide"
"Oh, my god, we have to find him!" Her eyes were filled with tears.
"Tea! Listen to me!" Yami jumped to his feet and gripped her arms, "He flipped neither the Reaper nor the Coffin! Thus he will return to us"
"Are you sure"
"The cards never lie."

They stood there in stunned silence. Tea was staring off, tears silently slipping down her cheek. Yami stared at the now fully revealed cards.

Maha Vailo, the hidden strength.
Arduous Decision, an impossible choice.
Change of Heart, a future return.
Reaper of the Cards, death is coming.
The Cheerful Coffin, upside down for Suicide.

To be continued...

A/N- I know it was short, but hey, it's somthing. Questions, Comments, Reviews? Flames will be redirected back to the sender via my personal 'Bodyguard' , the Dark Magician Girl, and her Magic Cylinders.