Me: Well! School is going alright! Thanks for asking!

Rei: No one cares.

Yukari: I do. ^u^

Me: Well, that's because you're a nice person, Yukari.

Rei: I'm not?!

Me: You are in my stories, but not in real life...

Rei: I'M NOT REAL!

Me: Yeah, well... I DON'T NEED SHOES TO DANCE!

Rei: Shut up!

Yukari: Umm...PM Rose if you wish to know what she means by that... ^^"

Me: Anyways, you guys expected Yami to be in this chapter? Well, the funny thing was, I was going to do it later, but since you guys love Yami so much and want to know what he's like, then you'll get him. But who knows? I might put him in later on. Ooh, some wanted cop and some wanted criminal. But it is a tie! So I had my little sister break it for us. And you will see what the final result is! :) Disclaimer please!

Yukari: Rose doesn't own YuGiOh! series, the characters, or TWD and it's characters!

Me: Warning; it's a little tear-jerker. Enjoy!

Chapter 3

Photographs

"To the game shop, it is." Joey said, focusing back on the wall he was walking across.

Yugi sighed. Now he could see if his grandfather was alright. All he could do was pray. "I just hope he's alright."

"I'm sure he is, Yugi." Tea comforted.

"Yeah, he's a strong guy. If he's pulled through a lot of stuff, he can pull through this." Tristan agreed.

"Thanks guys." Yugi smiled. He was lucky to have friends like these.

Soon, they reached the edge of the wall where the front gate was. There were less walkers than there were before, but they were all spread out across the street. Joey jumped down as quietly as he could. He walked carefully down the road, watching each walker very closely. One nearby, noticed him and wobbled towards him. He raised his bat and swiftly brought it down. The walker fell with the one blow. Joey quickly looked around and was relieved when none of other zombies noticed. Then he froze on the spot, when he heard shuffled footsteps behind him. He slowly looked over his shoulder and held his breath when he saw it was a walker. But his eyes widened at the fact that it just walked past him. 'So they can't see..?' he thought.

He looked back to his friends and gestured for them to follow him. Tea helped Serenity down and then followed after her. Yugi and Tristan joined them on the ground. Joey waited patiently for his friend's and sister to catch up to him. He leaned in close to them to speak in a low voice. "We have to be really quiet. If they can't see, we have to be really careful to not make any noises, alright?" he whispered. The group nodded. Joey held Serenity's hand and whispered in her ear to stick close- something that Serenity didn't hesitate to say yes.

So that in turn left Tea, Tristan and Yugi in their own little group. They took their steps cautiously, making sure not to step or kick something that could get their attention.

Soon, they reached the street where the game shop stood without distracting the walkers limping by. Thankfully, there wasn't any walkers surrounding the shop. This made Yugi feel a little bit better. Once they were at the door, they saw that the sign on the door was flipped to 'Closed'.

Yugi tried opening the door, and was glad to feel it locked. Yugi took out his key's carefully out of his pocket. He slipped the key in the keyhole and took a deep breath. As he pushed the glass door open, Yugi looked up above the door and saw the little bell was dangerously close to ringing. Thankfully, due to his small size, he was able to squeeze through the small opening while Joey held the door for him.

Once he was through, he made hand signals to say that he was going to take the bell off. Joey understood and nodded.

Yugi looked around the dark shop and took deep breaths to calm himself. "Grandpa..?" Yugi called out quietly at first, holding his glass shard with a semi-tight grip. He took a few steps forwards towards the house part of the building. "Grandpa, are you here?" Yugi asked, scanning the kitchen. He then saw a large butcher knife and walked closer to it. He placed the glass shard down and took the knife instead. He then looked at the dining room and took one of the chairs, making his way back to the shop.

Joey smiled upon seeing Yugi coming back. He placed the chair near the door and stood on top of it. He grabbed a hold of the bell's string and cut it with the kitchen knife he picked up. He climbed back down and moved the chair so the others could get in without causing any sound. Joey ruffled Yugi's head. "Nice job, bud!" Joey praised.

"Thanks, Joey." Yugi smiled.

They all entered the living room. "So, where's your grandfather?" Serenity asked.

Yugi sighed. "I don't know. I haven't seen him yet." His eyes slowly turned to the stairs. "I haven't checked upstairs yet."

Joey placed a hand on Yugi's shoulder. "We'll help ya." he said as the others nodded their agreement.

"Thanks, you guys." He said, turning to them with a big smile.

"No problem! And I'll check the kitchen." Joey said, running off before anyone could stop him.

"I'll check the bathrooms." Tea offered, and started with the one downstairs.

"I can check around back." Tristan said, walking past them.

"And I guess I'll go up with you." Serenity smiled. Yugi smiled back with a nod. He turned back to the stairs before he took another calming breath. Yugi climbed up the steps with Serenity following him.

"Grandpa?" Yugi called out again, this time a little louder. The two were at the top of the stairs by then and were now in the hallway to Yugi's and his grandfather's room. Yugi turned to his grandfather's room and carefully made his way over, Serenity still following him. He reached his hand towards the doorknob and gripped it tightly. He prepared himself and turned the knob slowly and opened it.

Once it was halfway open, Yugi saw something that he wish he hadn't.

Tristan was in the game shop looking around at the darkened room. He started to move to the other side of the counter. But being so absorbed in the merchandise, he didn't know where he was stepping and Tristan slipped on a liquid spilled on the floor. "Whoa!" he exclaimed. Luckily, he caught himself with the counter beside him. He took a second to catch his breath. "That was a little too close for comfort.." he said to himself. Tristan took a step back to look down at the floor. His eyes widened. It was blood.

"Oh no..." he whispered. He turned around and took off into a run, but not before falling thanks the blood that remained on his shoes. He cursed himself and got up again to run up to Yugi.

"Grandpa!" Yugi yelled, running into the room. His grandfather sat on the floor by the bedroom window holding the left side of his body. There was a cloth held tightly at a wound. The cloth was soaking up blood fast which in turn got his fingers stained with the red liquid. As Yugi kneeled by his grandfather, the older man managed a weak smile.

"Yugi...you're home...early..." he said with strain.

Tristan was upstairs and was about to yell to Yugi about what he saw, but Serenity held him back and shook her head. He looked at her confused and turned his head and found the reason right before him.

Yugi placed a hand on his grandather's shoulder. "What happened?" he asked as tears started to form in the corners of his eyes.

"I was...robbed...not too long ago... They...nicked me..." he replied in a pained voice.

"Did you see their face?" Yugi asked, seriously.

"No...they wore a...mask... But that...doesn't matter right now.." he assured.

Yugi shook his head. "No, grandpa! They could still be out there!"

"And what exactly...are you going to do...about it? He's...long...gone now..." His grandfather scoffed.

"So it was a guy?" Yugi asked, leaning in with a glare.

His grandpa took his free hand and laid it on Yugi's shoulder. "Yugi..listen to me." he said sternly.

Yugi lost the glare and replaced it with concern. "Yes?"

"Don't go looking...for him...or any kind of trouble...alright?"

Yugi felt something in his gut that told him what he hoped wasn't the case. "What are you talking about?"

"Yugi...things...may not be...the same for a while...understand? But I know...that you'll...make it through...all of this..." he said, nodding.

Yugi took up the courage to ask a question that he was afraid to. "Wh-what about you..?"

Grandpa smiled. "I think...we both know...the answer to that one..."

Yugi shook his head as the tears came back. "No!"

Grandpa gripped his shoulder momentarily to show a small piece of affection. "I'm sorry...to...do this to you..."

But Yugi continued to shake his head back in forth. "N-no, we'll figure something out! We can get help..!"

"Yugi..."

And Yugi carried on with his protests. "You can't leave me... You just...can't..." he sobbed.

Serenity who stood in the doorway watched the two before her and shed some tears of her own. Tristan was hit with the same wave of sadness. His grandfather let out a groan of pain. This caused Yugi's tears to flow more freely.

Yugi hung his head and shook his head. "This has to be a dream... It can't...be real..."

"Yugi..." he heard his grandpa say. Yugi looked up into his grandfather's eyes. "I want you...to...always know...how much...I love you..."

"I love you too, Grandpa..."

Grandpa gave another smile before hissing out in pain again. "My...time's up now...Now it's...your turn...Promise me...that you'll...never give up.."

By this time, Joey and Tea joined them upstairs and watched them. "Poor Yug'..." Joey whispered. Tea nodded, wiping away at her eyes.

Yugi nodded. "I promise, Grandpa."

"Good..." he removed his hand and reached behind him. "Good...luck...Yugi." He gave a final smile before pulling out a handheld gun with a silencer and holding it to his head.

"Don't look, Serenity!" Joey said to her, as she did what she was told, letting out a yelp as she turned around.

"NO!" Yugi screamed.

Bang!

Blood sprayed on the wall opposite of the entry wound. Grandpa's body slumped and rested against the wall. His eyes closed with a small smile left on his face.

Everyone was silent. Yugi felt like he could barely breathe. He was more focused on how fast and loud his heart beat than breathing. Until it was needed, Yugi was taking in breaths as he let out sobs. Once he was caught up, he screamed out. Joey walked over and kneeled beside him. He placed a hand on his back. Yugi moved and went to cry into Joey's chest. "No...no..." he said in between sobs. Joey hugged his friend and brought him close. He looked at the group and gestured for them to clear out. The group understood and went back downstairs.

"Why him?!" he shouted.

"I don't know, Yug'..." Joey replied softly.

"This can't be happening!"

Joey shook his head. "I'm sorry Yugi..."

"It's not fair!"

"I know, bud...I know..."

Yugi repeated these things over and over again. Joey coming back with the same replies. It wasn't until it was a good hour later that Yugi was just about done with his tears because he cried himself to sleep. Joey looked down at his small friend and positioned him so it was live he was giving him a piggy-back ride. Before getting up, he spotted the knife that Yugi had once held. He quickly grabbed it and stood up. He took a long look to Yugi's grandfather. This man was like Joey's grandfather; being sure that the others felt the same about him. He couldn't believe he was gone too, but he was and nothing was going to change that now.

"Don't worry, Gramps. I'll look after him now. I swear it on my life." he vowed to the limp body. He waved good-bye to him before walking out the door, shutting it behind him.

He walked downstairs into the living room where the others waited. They all turned towards him. "This place won't hold up for all of us for long. We're staying here for the night and then leave first thing in the morning." Joey ordered.

"Is Yugi okay with this?" Tea asked, staring at Yugi's sleeping form.

"...It's what needs to be done. Let 'im have at least one last night here." Joey said. The three looked at each other uncertainly. "Let's just..gather up some things now so we don't have to do it tomorrow." Joey continued.

They all nodded then got to work.

Joey sighed and went back upstairs to Yugi's room. He opened the door and walked towards the bed. He carefully shifted Yugi off his back and onto his bed comfortably. He took off his shoes and brought the blanket up to his shoulders. At first, Joey thought he should leave the knife Yugi had on the dresser beside him, but he decided against that idea- just in case... Joey closed Yugi's door behind him and sighed.

He walked back downstairs and found Serenity looking at the pictures on a desk under the window. Stepping closer, Joey saw that is was an old photograph of two adult parents holding their one-year old child. No doubt that this was Yugi and his parents. "It's too bad that Yugi never got to know them better..." Serenity said.

"Yeah..." he agreed, moving on to the next picture. It was with the same one-year old Yugi but his parents were giving him a big kiss on his cheeks, his mother to his right and his father to his left. Yugi being in the middle with a large smile on his face. "Aww...his parents must have loved him very much." Serenity cooed. Joey chuckled a little and moved on to the next one.

This one was with one-year old Yugi and his grandfather. This one showed Yugi pulling on his grandfather's beard. His grandfather gave a grin of pain for the camera as Yugi was laughing. Joey picked up the third photograph and stared at it in thought. He glanced to the second one they examined and picked it up with his other hand.

"Which one?" he asked his sister.

"I think you should let Yugi decide that one." she told him.

Joey sighed. "Yeah..." He was about to put them back, but Serenity stopped him.

"But, if you're going to make it for him, then bring both." she smiled.

Joey stared at her with surprise before smiling. "Yeah."

Tristan and Tea came back with bags of supplies. "Everything is packed."

"Good. Now for the sleeping arrangement." Joey looked at Tea. "You and Serenity get the futon down here while Tristan and I are going to keep watch." he said. Tristan's eyes widened as his jaw dropped as the girls let out some relaxing sighs of getting some rest.

"Relax Tristan. You and I are gonna catch up on sleep now so we have at least some energy for defending the shop." Joey said. "The girls will wake us up when the sun starts going down." he said, looking at Tea and Serenity. "Right?"

The girls nodded.

"Alright then, let's get some sleep Tristan." he said with enthusiasm.

"No argument there." Tristan chuckled, helping Joey unfold the futon.

As the four were setting out their plan, they had no idea of someone watching the shop with extreme interest.

Me: OH MY GAWD! IS IT THE ROBBER WHO STABBED JII_CHAN?!

Rei: You know you can't fool anyone like that, right?

Me: I CAN TRY!

Yukari: Just a friendly reminder if you didn't know: Jii-chan means grandfather. But chan is used for affection.

Me: YOU ARE SO SMART YUKARI!

Yukari: :3

Rei: WE ARE EXTENSIONS OF YOURSELF YOU IDIOT!

Me: Anywho! I bet you guys weren't expecting THAT!

Rei: And what if they did?

Me: Eh, I thought it would work. No Yami for you guys in this chapter! It's just the way I put him in my first draft. It just made more sense to me, ya know? So, I won't put Yami in until probably chapter 5 or 6. Sooo...yeah. Sorry to disappoint you guys, but...yeah. BUT HAVE NO FEAR! THAT'S WHY OTHER YUGIOH CHARACTERS ARE HERE! I am going to add someone who is a little annoying. That's my hint. CUZ I'M THAT EVIL! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

Rei: ...You really are weird you know that?

Me: AND PROUD OF IT! And sorry that I haven't updated in a while. But at least I got it done! WHEEE!

Yukari: See you guys next time!