I'm back with another chapter.
I'm sorry to say that, but I currently have lost the interest to continue "About recoveries…" I'll see if I continue it in my vacations which start next week.
@ Crystal: Yep, poor Yami. But I still have some things in store for him ^__^
@ Awaken Sorrow: Thanks a lot. I hope that update was soon enough for you.
@ Death's Child: That reuniting will take some time. But if you want to read a lemon you should read my new story "Back Home"
@ Angels, Demons, and Plushies: *laughs* I could have created another "bad guy" but to create someone who only has such a small appearance and then vanishes again isn't something I love to do (I'm too lazy for that as I've noticed after LY)
@ Yami-Yugi3: Yep these kind of situation is quite often on fanfiction.net but I've always wanted to write a story with someone who has amnesia ^__^
@ silver-fox20: I'm glad that you like my story and I hope that update didn't take to long for you.
//…..// Yami to Yugi
/.…./ Yugi to Yami
"..…" direct speech
'…..' thoughts
blah flashback or something remembered
Final Revenge
Chapter 4
He didn't know how much time had passed, but when he woke up he found himself in a bed in a bright white room. The second thing he noticed was that the immense pain in his head and arm were reduced to a dull throb. He looked around and saw that his right arm was completely in a cast and was held up by some metallic device. In his left hand was an IV that brought some clear liquid into his blood system. He used this hand to feel the thing that was around his head and found it wrapped in bandages. He looked drowsily up when the door opened and saw an elderly man and an elderly woman coming in. He tried to sit up, but groaned when pain shot through his body. The woman rushed to his side and took his left hand in her own.
"Thank goodness. You're awake my dear. How do you feel?" He frowned at that trying to remember if he ever saw that woman. His mind just drew a blank.
"Ok, I guess. The woman stroke over his head.
"That's good to hear. The doctor said that you hit your head hard and that it had been a miracle that you just got away with a concussion."
"Who are you?"
"I'm Kioko Tsumura. And this man is my husband." With that she took the man by his hand and pulled him beside her.
"Hi I'm Yasuo Tsumura. And you are...?"
"I'm..." He groaned and put his hand on his forehead where his headache was still pounding. 'Who am I?' "I... I don't know... who I am." Panic was rapidly filling his mind. He didn't know who or where he was or how he had got there. He tried to remember something, anything. Nothing. His panic must have shown on his face when he noticed a comforting hand on his shoulder. Looking up he saw Kioko warmly smiling at him.
"Ssh, it's ok. We talked with the doctor and he said that it was very possible that you might not be able to remember some things for a while." He tried to calm down.
"And how long is 'a while'?" The two elders were spared to answer that when a doctor entered the room.
"Ah, good to see you awake, my boy. I'm Doctor Koga. How do you feel?"
"Mainly confused."
"That's to be expected. Do you remember something? Your name? Your family?"
"No, nothing." The doctor wrote something onto his clipboard. Then Koga examined him asking if that hurt if he did this and so on. The doctor finally pointed with a light through a magnifying glass into the boy's eyes which didn't really help his headache.
"Ah I see. He damage your head took affected your eye sight. Is your sight blurred?" He nodded in affirmation. The doctor took some more notes.
"Erm, how long will this... memory loss last?"
"That's hard to tell. It could just be for a few days or months or even years."
"I see." He suddenly felt very tired and wanted to be alone.
"I see you later then. Oh and you should perhaps think of a name which we can call you until you remember. A nurse will later change your bandage." He didn't even bother to nod at the doctor. He was exhausted and wanted to return to sleep where he wasn't confused and afraid. He leant into the pillows and watched the Tsumuras through half-lidded eyes. They seemed to get the hint and got up, saying that they would visit him soon. He nodded and closed his eyes. Before Kioko left the room she turned once more to him.
"I could help you to pick a name if you want to, my dear." He opened his eyes and smiled slightly at her while replying.
"I would like that." She returned his smile and left the room. Content to be alone he closed his eyes again. He opened them almost immediately when the nurse entered.
"Hello sweetie. I'm just going to change these and then you can rest some more, ok?" He nodded and she smiled at him, help him into a sitting position and smile at him before she removed the bandages. He felt the air brushing over his head. He frowned at that and looked at the silver water pot on his night stand. The reflection showed an unfamiliar face with two things which instantly caught his attention: the first was the pair of crimson eyes which were staring wide eyed and showed his confusion; the second was the large stitched wound on his head which stood out red on his bald head. He gently touched the skin on his head were the skin was undamaged. He could feel that his hair was already growing back. The nurse had taken some new bandages and turned to him.
"Oh, don't worry about your hair. It will be no time when it is back to the length it had been before."
"The length before? Why is it gone?" He didn't know why it bothered him so much and shrugged the feeling off.
"We weren't able to see the extent of your injury so we had to shave it off." The nurse bandaged his head again and injected him some painkillers after checking that everything else was alright. Then she left and told him to try to sleep a bit more.
"Aibou, wait for me!" He reached for the laughing figure in front of him, but couldn't get to him. He could only see the outlines of the person he was running after. When this person turned to him he could hear the soft laughter and he saw wide amethyst eyes. He squinted and tried to see the face. He couldn't make out any details before the person turned, ran on and laughed.
"Aibou...Yu-"
He slowly woke up and looked drowsily around before he noticed blurrily Kioko sitting at his beside. She was knitting and softly humming to herself. He closed his eyes and listened to the melody. He slipped into a light sleep due to the soothing melody but was jerked awake when he was suddenly scooped up. He quickly opened his eyes and looked around while he was placed onto a stretcher. The nurse who had been with him yesterday and another male nurse wheeled the stretcher along a corridor.
"Sorry to wake you up like this sweetie. We're just going to run some test and x-rays." He relaxed (he hadn't even noticed that he had tensed) and watched the lights above him passing by.
They stopped in a room where the x-rays were done. Before he could protest the male nurse had lifted him of the stretcher and placed him onto another one under the x-ray. Once they had x-rayed his arm he was placed back onto the stretcher. He rolled onto his left side and curled up wanting the throbbing headache in his head which had returned at some time to stop.
"Is something wrong, sweetie?" He grimaced and replied in a whisper.
"My head hurts."
"Just try to relax. You're almost done now. Once we return to your room you can rest again." He nodded but stopped when the pain increased. They reached another room and he was once again picked up by the male nurse and placed onto a cot. He held still when the cot was pulled into something that looked like a huge pipe. He tried to relax but he couldn't because he felt too confined. The space he had in that machine wasn't enough.
He couldn't breathe while he was tossed around. He couldn't see anything and was pulled along. The bit he could see had coloured dots dancing around and his panic became too much for him.
The cot was pulled out again and he shakily tried to get off it but was stopped by both nurses.
"Sshh, it's ok. You're out. Seem like you are claustrophobic so you won't get in it again." He nodded and tried to calm down. The male nurse put him back onto the stretcher and he was brought out of the room. He curled up again. The struggle and panic had left him exhausted and he drifted into a doze.
"...near hysterics. Can you keep an eye on him? He had been really upset."
"Oh, the poor boy. Of course I'll look after him." He recognized the nurse's and Kioko's voices. He kept his eyes closed and wanted to sleep more. He felt a warm time worn hand which caressed soothingly his cheek. The feeling was somehow familiar even though he didn't know why. He leant into the touch and opened his eyes.
"Did I wake you up, dear?" Kioko gently smiled at him and he carefully shook his head.
"Are you ok? The nurse told me about the little incident you had."
"I'm fine."
"That's good to hear." Kioko unnecessarily tucked him even more in.
"Did you think of a name yet?"
"Not really, but... I had a dream last night. There was someone... I think that person was very special to me... I recall his violet... amethyst eyes... I called that person Aibou." He trailed off and frowned at the strange feeling he got when he though about the mysterious person.
"Do you want to be called Aibou?... sorry, but it wouldn't fit you."
"Yes and it also feels wrong... I just called that person Aibou... The real name started with Yu... Yu... No, I don't remember." He put his hand on his forehead trying desperately to find that name in his mind. But it was futile. It was like trying to stop water to run out off his closed hands. The more he tried the less he could recall it.
"Come on now, dear. Don't beat yourself up. I'm sure you'll remember. It might just take some more time than you want it to."
He sighed, but nodded, knowing that he had to be patient.
"A name that starts with Yu... and that we could also use for you. That means if you want it to be like that." He just nodded.
"So let's see. A name with Yu... Yusako... mh... Yumi..."
"Isn't that a girls' name?"
"Yes but the bits you remember of the person... well it almost sounded like you were remembering your girlfriend."
"I'm... maybe." Something didn't feel right with that thought.
"But you're right. We can hardly call you by a girls' name. Then let's see... ah, I know one. What about Yuki?" He frowned. Something still felt wrong, but he ignored it, nodded and smiled slightly at her.
"So Yuki it is then. Actually I think that it suits you." At his perplexed face she softly laughed and added.
"Yuki means luck and apparently you had quite a lot of it." He nodded. He didn't know with what he had had luck but considering his injuries and the bits he remembered when the Tsumuras had found him, he had to agree. He felt how his eyes began to droop and tried to fight the sleep off, but soon lost that battle and fell asleep again.
To be continued......
Name translations:
Yuki = luck (or snow)
Kioko = happy child; meets the world with happiness
Yasuo = peaceful one
Cu,
Seren.
