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Chapter four:
Bakura practically dragged Yugi by the leash as he, Yugi, and Ryo walked to the Game shop. Yugi kept growling, but Bakura ignored him.
[ Give the leash to Ryo, Bakura. ] Yugi growled.
Right on time, Ryo said in a nervous voice, "Um . . . Maybe I should take the leash. You're going to suffocate the puppy. C'mon Bakura, give me the leash." He held his hand out, but his other kept walking.
"Nah, I'm good. Anyways, we're almost there; there's no point." The tomb robber's voice was full of tedium, plus, he yawned. "If he suffocates, he suffocates. Not my problem."
Ryo's eyes widen and he looked down at the puppy who was gnawing at the leash. "But, that, no! I don't want him to suffocate. Please, Bakura, just give me the leash." He continued to hold his hand out to Bakura, stopping.
Bakura, who also stopped, gave his hikari an amused look. "My, Ryo, that sounded demanding. But, like I said before, we're almost there." He pointed to the shop, only a few yards away.
Yugi's ears perked up and he stopped gnawing at his leash. [We're almost there? Oh, thank Ra!] The small beagle took off at a fast pace, forgetting all about the leash.
"Why, see? Now, let's go." Bakura stated, tugging back hard on the leash, pulling Yugi back hard.
Yugi let out a yelp and fell from the tug. He sat up and shook his head. He looked back and growled, [ Why'd you do that for? ]
Bakura just sent him a smirk.
The three continued walking till they made it to the shop. All the while, Ryo thinking, 'This doesn't seem right. Bakura first hated the puppy, but now, he seems to be 'enjoying' him . . . Well, enjoying causing the puppy pain. He knows something…'
"Hey Ryo, hurry up and open the door!" Bakura snapped at his hikari, break his train of thought.
"Oh, right." Ryo walked to the door and opened it. Walking in, he yelled, "Yami! It's Ryo!"
A deep voice came from the back room; living room. "Come on in."
Yugi immediately let out a whimper. Just from those three words, Yugi could tell Yami was in a depressed mood. Instead of his usual strong, confident voice, it was sadden and gloomy.
"C'mon, Mutt. I'm sure you want to see your yami." Bakura mocked when Ryo had gone ahead.
Yugi growled but said nothing. He walked into the familiar shop and ran after his friend. Bakura, before the puppy could run away, took the leash and collar off.
[ YAMI! YAMI YAMI YAMI! ] Yugi howled all the way to the living room. At the last turn of the corner, Yugi had a fast pace going and couldn't slow down in time to make the turn. He slid across the floor and ran right into the wall with a thump.
'Ow ow ow!' Yugi thought, slowly stepping away from the wall and shaking himself. 'Note to self, don't do that again; to painful!' He shook himself once more before gently walking into the living room.
The living room was filled with Yugi's friends; Joey, Tristan, Tea, Duke Devlin, who just flew in from America this morning (He told everyone like a week ago),, Serenity and the two Bakura's. (While Yugi was busy slippin', Bakura laughed and walked past him.) All of them were sitting on the chairs or floor. Yami was sitting on the recliner, his feet flat on the floor and his back hunched over with his fingers crossed. (Sorry if that's a bad description)
Yugi trotted into the living room but no one noticed him; they were either discussing something important or not paying attention.
"We searched everywhere, but there hasn't been a sign of him anywhere." Tea said. She sat crossed legged next to Duke while leaning against the couch. Behind her, was Serenity and Tristan. Joey stood over near the wall, his arms crossed against his chest and Ryo sat down across from Tea and Duke while Bakura stood next to the doorway, his usual glare set on his face.
"There are a few places we haven't checked yet." Tristan insisted.
"Like what? All the places we could even think of, we've already looked." Tea said. Her face was sadden and her voice heartbroken, but all in all, her voice stayed strong.
Tristan stayed quite. So did everyone else.
Yugi walked into the room, his head tilted to the side. Still, no one seemed to notice him, not even Ryo.
Finally, when someone did notice him, she let out a squeal and jumped up from her seat. She walked/ ran over to him. "Awww! It's a puppy!" Serenity picked the beagle up and held him close to her, hugging him. "He's so cute!"
"Why's a dog in here?" Joey warily, walking over to stand next to his sister. He looked at the dog, noticing its big, amethyst eyes. 'Strange, those eyes seem familiar.'
"Oh, that's the puppy I found earlier today when I went out looking for Yugi." Ryo said from where he sat.
Serenity hugged Yugi even tighter, rubbing his fur against her cheek. ((All girls do that, y'know? Especially if the dog's light weight, and cute!)) "He's so cute! So what did you name him, Ryo?" She looked up to see Ryo's confused face.
"You know, I haven't thought of one yet." He admitted.
"Really?" Joey's sister held Yugi in her arms as she sat down next to Tea. Joey stayed where he was, but then decided to do back to his wall. No one else moved, just watched Serenity hug the puppy, all except for Yami and Bakura; they stayed as still as statues.
"He's cute." Tea agreed, scratching the puppy's ear.
[ Oooh, that feels good!] Yugi's eye's half closed, enjoining the scratching. [ Now I know why cats like this so much! ] He fell lightly against the hand as Tea continued to scratch.
"Well, you should give him a name!" Serenity said, looking over at Ryo.
"Um . . . I'm not very good at naming things."
"Hey," Joey said. "How 'bout Gunner? Or maybe Ace? Gilligan? Goliath? "
Duke leaned over and whispered to Serenity, "Did he ever have a dog before?" She shook her head. "Heh, I can tell."
"Hey, Joey, You do know those names are meant for bigger dogs?" Tristan asked, laughing.
Joey stopped talking and frowned. "So? They could still work!"
Everyone shook their heads.
"Um . . . I don't think so, Joey. This is a small, cute dog. He needs a cute name, like, Ivy, or Jinx."
"Hate to burst you bubble, Tea, but those are girl names." Tristan said. Joey rolled his eyes.
'Yeah . . . No girl names . . . Please!' Yugi thought, lazily.
"How 'bout Spot?" Ryo asked suddenly. "It's a popular name in America."
No one said anything, that is, until everyone started laughing.
"Spot? You've got to be kiddin' me! Why would you name a dog that?" Joey laughed.
Ryo smiled, "Hey, just putting out an option."
From the doorway, Bakura shifted his weight from one foot to the other as he stood, leaning. "Ugh, just pick a name; this is so boring."
No one paid him any attention. More names were said, but none of them seemed to fit the puppy, until Duke brought one up.
"Hey, how about 'Iggy'?"
"Hm... I like it." Ryo said, brightening up. Everyone else agreed and Yugi looked up at everyone.
He tilted his head. [ Am I missin' something here? ] He barked. He looked over at Ryo.
"So, his new name will be Iggy."
'Iggy? Hm . . . Well, it is better than all the names Joey and Tea said. But hm . . . Lets just hope that won't be my name for long. I would like to turn human again, this is annoying.' He looked around, forgotten all about Yami.
Yami had not moved from his earlier position. Yugi's ears droop. He wiggled out of Serenity's lap, surprising her, and trotted over to his yami.
Yami doesn't move and Yugi barked up at him. Yugi whined. [Yami! What's the matter? ]
Still, he doesn't move.
'Hm . . .' 'Yugi stood up on his hind legs and placed one paw on his others leg; his other paw right under him.
"Huh?" Yami blinked and looked down to find a puppy looking up at him with big amethyst eyes. The puppy tilted his head to the side and let his tongue roll out of the side of his mouth. "Go away." Yami said in a deep, depressed voice. He gently pushed the puppy off his leg and leaned back into his chair.
[Hey! Yami!] Yugi barked, but when he doesn't respond, or move, Yugi let out a frustrated sigh. [Err!]
Yugi looked around to find everyone talking again; not paying him any attention, so he wiggled his butt and took a leap for Yami.
Apparently, the chair was the right height, if not even shorter. Yugi landed on Yami's lap, startling him. Yugi half slipped when he landed so he lay on his stomach. He got to his paws, shook once and let out a small bark to Yami.
Yami looked at him strangely before replying, "What do you want?" Yugi barked again. "Ugh, go away, dog." Yami went to pick him up to set him back on the floor, but Yugi crouched down, casting him an annoyed look.
[Hey, I just got up here!]
Yami stopped. Did he just hear this dog talk? He looked at the puppy again. 'No, must have been my imagination.' He thought.
Yugi crept up to Yami, staying low, and walked up till one paw was on his stomach. All the while, Yami just watched the dog.
When Yugi stopped, he let out a small whine.
Yami lifted his hand and put it on top of his head. "You know, from all the dog's I have ever seen, you are the weirdest. ((Yami seen from outside!))"
'I don't know if I should take that as an insult, or not.' Yugi thought. He stood up so he could sit down, the hand still on his head. "Arf!"
Yami still looked at the puppy, well, technically he looked into the puppy's big, amethyst eyes. "Why do your eyes seem so familiar?" He asked the puppy. He removed his hand, and, using both of his hands, lift the puppy's two front paws off of him by under his arms. ((He put his hands under Yugi's arms and lifted his front two paws off of him.)) He held him there, just held him.
After a few quiet moments, Yugi's paws started to go numb from the loss of circulation in his paws.
[Um. . . . Yami? Could you let go? I can't feel my paws.] He whined.
"Well, what do you know, the baka pharaoh made a new friend." A snicker sounded from across the room.
Everyone stopped talking and looked from Bakura, who never moved positions, to Yami, who was looking tat Bakura with a glare, Yugi still being held.
Before Yami could speak, Joey did. "Aww, he likes you, Yami."
Yami looked to his friends, before letting the puppy go. Yugi fell lightly to his paws and looked up at Yami. "Heh, not hardly. Did you guys figure anything out?" He said, changing the subject and ignoring all the eyes on him.
"Well, kind of." Tristan said. "We were thinking about going to . . . um. . ."
Tea sighed and spoke for Tristan. "All we could come up with is to ask Kaiba. Knowing him and his search system, we might be able to ask to help search."
"Heh heh heh heh. You're wasting your time." Bakura spoke up. Everyone looked at him once again. He pushed off of the wall and walked into the living room. "You won't be able to find him."
[Bakura?] Yugi tilted his head confused.
The silver haired thief ignored him. "The little brat probably ran away somewhere far away so you won't find him. Face it; he doesn't even want to be found."
Yugi growled loudly. [I should have known.] He laid down where he was with a grunt.
"Why are you even here, Bakura?" Yami demanded. He was about to get up, but when he looked at the puppy, stayed down. "And Yugi would never run away."
"Yeah," Joey added. "Yugi ain't that kind of guy. He wouldn't run away, so don't even suggest it!"
But Bakura just laughed lightly and put his hands up in surrender like stance. "Alright, don't believe the truth. I was just going to say that he told me himself, that he was running away." He turned around and was headed out the door to leave, a wicked grin on his face.
[WHAT?] Yugi jumped to his paws and howled. [Where are you going with this, Bakura? What are you doing?] He growled deep and loudly, causing everyone, who was already stunned and mad by what Bakura said, looked surprisingly at Yugi.
"What do you mean?" Ryo asked, looking away from his dog to his yami.
Bakura stopped walking. "All I'm saying is that yesterday after school, after he went home and all, he had a backpack full of clothes and he didn't have the puzzle with him. I was walking back to our apartment when he bumped into me on the street heading to the airport. He was in a hurry, I mean, who wouldn't when you have to live with the pharaoh?" Yami growled deep in his throat, much like Yugi was doing now. "Anyways, the brat apologized to me, but when I asked him where he was going, he answered me. Odd, huh?
"Well, he told me he was running away because of, well, I already told you, and that if he didn't hurry, he'd be late for the plane he was scheduled for." He turned around after awhile, first wiping the smirk off his face. "He told me not to tell anyone, but, what can I say? I'm an honest person." A snort was made from Joey and Bakura sent him a glare, which Joey gladly returned. "And after seeing you pathetic group trying to come up with something, ugh, it was unbearable."
He finished what he was saying, and looked at the pharaoh with the smirk.
[What. Do. You. Think. Your. Doing, Bakura!] Yugi growled out viciously. He doesn't give the tomb robber any time to reply, not that he would of, before he jumped down from Yami's lap and ran at Bakura. He jumped into the air with his mouth opened, and practically flew near the robber's hand, and clamping down hard.
Bakura let out a startled yell, as Yugi bit down harder. Blood started to gush out of his pierced skin and into Yugi's mouth, but he held on.
Everyone jumped to their feet, surprised and startled to see the puppy react to Bakura.
Bakura swung his hand hard, trying to get the dog off. "Get the hell off of me, you vile imbecile!" He growled.
Yugi still didn't let go.
"Ryo," Bakura glared at his hikari, who stood frozen. "get you damn dog off of me!" Quickly, Ryo ran over and grabbed Yugi on his sides.
"Come on, Iggy, let Bakura go." He tried. But Yugi didn't let go still.
[Take it back!] Yugi growled at Bakura. [Take everything you said, back! Or I won't let go!]
Bakura doesn't say anything so Yugi bit even harder. Bakura glared harshly at the puppy before he used his other hand and smacked the puppy, hard.
Yugi let's go and would of fell to the floor if Ryo wasn't still holding on to him. He whimpered as his side, where Bakura hit, stung and burned. (1)
Ryo immediately moved back with the puppy while Bakura glared viciously. No one knew what to do, as they watch quietly.
"You better do something with that damn mutt, before I do." Bakura snarl while holding his bloody hand with his other. The blood flowed down his hand and on to his other before dripping to the tile flooring. "And if you think you're bringing him home, think again. The brat will be dead before he could even make it out this door." With that, the tomb robber twirled on his heel and stormed out of the room.
A few seconds later, the door to the game shop slammed shut. Everyone looked to a pale- face Ryo.
He held Yugi close to him before turning to his friends. "Sorry about that."
"Heh, why are you sorry? We got rid of him!" Joey said, though his face was still shocked.
"I wonder why Iggy bit him though." Serenity wondered aloud.
Ryo shrugged. "I don't know. He's never acted like this, well, as far as I know. But, when Bakura woke up this morning, he hated him, but after a moment, he was like, I don't know, enjoying him?"
"That's not a good sign." Tristan muttered.
"Ryo, where did you say you found this dog?" Duke asked. He walked over to him and Yugi and bended slightly to look the puppy in the eyes.
"Near the woods this morning. Why?"
"Oh, nothing. Did he ever have a collar or anything?"
Ryo shifted his weight. "No, not at all." Duke stood straight back up and patted Yugi's head.
"Huh, weird. Are you going to take him to the vet to see if he has rabies?"
'Rabies? I don't have rabies!' Yugi thought, licking his lips to get the blood off. He wiggled from Ryo's grasp until he set him down. Yugi shook himself before running over to Yami and sitting down.
Everyone watched in amazement to see him already calmed.
"Dude, that dog is like, bi-polar or something." Joey stated. Yugi looked over at his best friend and growled low. Joey held his hands up. "Hey now, sorry; didn't mean that, uh. . . nice doggie?"
Yugi sneezed, and Joey took that as an 'I-let-you-off-the-hook-'comment.
"You know," Tea spoke up as she watched Yami watching Yugi. "If I didn't know better, Iggy really seems to like Yami."
"Yes, he does seem to." Ryo agreed.
Yami just looked up with a not-to-sure look. He looked back down at Yugi, who looked at him.
"I guess." Was all Yami said.
For the next hour, everyone sat in the living room talking and still trying to discuss a plan. Yami had sat back on the recliner with Yugi lying down on his lap. He curled up into a ball and fell fast asleep. Yami gently started to pet him, in soft, slow strokes. (2)
"Oi, Yami? You there?" Joey asked.
"Yes, I'm here." Yami replied, looking up. His hand stopped and rested on the puppy's head. Yugi, sensing the stop of motion, woke up and looked around.
"Alrighty then, well, we were thinking about going to…"
"The Kaiba's." Tea finished, casting an irritated glace to Joey. "What do you say?"
Yami nodded before standing up, picking the puppy up first. "Yeah, that could be a place to look first." He placed Yugi on the floor and walked over to his friends.
Yugi yawned and stretched, half awake. [So, we're going to the Kaiba's?] He walked after Yami.
"So, are we all going, or what?" Tristan asked, looking around at everyone.
"I am," Joey said. Other similar replies sound, including Tea, Duke and Serenity.
"Bakura is going to kill me if I don't come home now," Ryo said, sighing. "So I guess I'll see you guys later." Everyone waved to him as he left. But when he got to the doorway, he turned back. "Hey, um, Yami? Can I talk to you?"
Yami looked over at him. "Sure." He walked after Ryo.
Once the two were in the shop area, Yugi had decided to stay in the living room; Ryo looked at Yami with an apologizing expression. "I'm really sorry about what Bakura said." Yami tried to wave it off, but didn't; he let Ryo continue talking. "What he said, I know he was lying. His connection wasn't as closed as he thought, and it was immediately yelling at me that he was lying. Yugi would never run away. Remember that."
"I know, it's just, there's nothing else I can think of of where Yugi might've gone. What he said, I could tell that he was lying, but, then I just wanted to think he was right." Yami looked away. "But, thanks for telling me that, Ryo; it really helped."
Ryo smiled. "Yup. Oh, but hey, I think Bakura might know something." Yami looked up as his silver haired friend quickly. "Besides the lying part, something slipped from his soul room. I think he might know where Yugi is. I'll try to get him to cough up, but it could take awhile."
Yami was about to say something, when a furry bundle knocked into his leg. Both Yami and Ryo looked down to find 'Iggy' backing up and shaking his head.
"Oh, and just one more thing, Yami. Do you think you could watch after Iggy for me? Bakura threatened to kill him, and I know he would. And also, Iggy seems to really like you." He bent down and picked the puppy up.
[Hey! What are you doing?] Yugi barked as he was being lifted into the air. [Being carried is getting quite annoying, you know.]
"Yeah, I will." Yami said.
Yugi looked over at him and tilted his head. [Will what? What will you do?]
Ryo smiled and hugged 'Iggy', before saying, "Thank you, Yami. I'll come back tomorrow to check on him. Well, see you tomorrow, Iggy." Ryo set his dog back down before leaving the shop. He waved to Yami and Yugi before closing the door.
Tea, Joey, Tristan, Duke, Serenity, Yami and 'Iggy' all walk down the street, heading to Kaiba's house/ mansion. The two girls talk with each other in front of the group, while Duke and Tristan walk right behind them. Joey and Yami walk right beside each other and in between them, 'Iggy'.
"You know, Yami? We'll find him." Joey said, breaking the silence that grew between them. Joey had his hands in his green, coat pockets, keeping them warm from the cold air that blew.
Yami nodded his head. From the ground, he looked up to his blond hair friend. "I know, Joey. I just hope it's soon." Joey nodded his head.
'Ugh, I hate this! There's no way of telling them it's me! How am I suppose to tell them, when I can't even speak?' Yugi thought, looking down at the sidewalk.
Since Bakura seemed to have taken the collar and leash with him when he went home, Yugi was collar and leash free. So, happy that no one could limit his running space, he walked without comment (That made no sense. Sorry).
'There must be a way! But what?' He started to wreck his doggy brain for answers, but came up with none. 'Ugh, this is so hard! But, at least I still have all my days left! That's the only bright side about this mess. I have nine days to show them, however I'm going to do that.'
The puppy was thinking so deeply, he didn't notice a pole coming his way. Joey and Yami thought nothing of it as they passed it easily, but gave no warning to the absent- minded pup, who ran right smack into it.
Colliding with the pole gave off a loud hollow sound, causing everyone to stop their walking and turn to look back, puzzled . What they found brought smiles to their faces. 'Iggy' was on his butt, in a daze.
"Man, is it just me, or does that dog run into everything?" Duke asked.
[Ow, ow ow! I always seem to run into this exact pole! Why is that?] Yugi whined as he shook his injured head.
Everyone chuckled, including Yami.
[Hey! That's not funny! It hurt!] Yugi looked up and let out a whimper to find them all laughing.
"Hahaha, wow, this dog reminds me a lot of Yugi." Joey stated. Yugi's ears perked up at the sound of his name.
[Hey, Joey! You got it! It is me! ] Yugi barked happily.
"Your right, he's so clumsy." Tea agreed.
Tristan walked over to the puppy, who stood up and had his tail wagging, and picked him up. "You know, Princess, my German shepherd, she's as clumsy as him, but not as much. Every time I take her out for a walk, she gets so caught up in everything that she bumps into a lot of things." Tristan chuckled.
Yugi tilted his head and his tail drooped. [Ugh, no! It's me, Yugi! I don't care about Princess, though she did bump into a lot of things when you took her for a walk that one time, and she is a nice dog . . . wait, no! Why did you have to bring up Princess?] Yugi was barking the whole time.
"Wow, he has a lot to say." Serenity giggled. "Maybe he wants to meet Princess."
"Hey, that's a good idea!" Tristan brightens up at Serenity's comment. He looked over at her and smiled. Duke just crossed his arms against his chest and looked away, annoyed.
"Um . . . Guys? Can we please keep walking?" Tea asked.
Tristan looked at her sheepishly before putting 'Iggy' back on the ground.
Everyone continued walking again, their own conversation's continuing. Yugi walked in between Yami and Joey again, sulking. He looked ahead of himself instead of looking down, making sure he didn't bump into anything again.
Yami looked down and watched the puppy, amused but confused. 'There's something familiar about this dog . . . but what?' He thought. As if on cue, 'Iggy' looked up to Yami and tilted his head.
[Is something wrong, Yami?] He barked. Of course Yami didn't reply, but it's still worth a try to ask.
Walking to the Kaiba's took half an hour if you walk, less if you drove. (Duh) The gang walked up the drive way and to the front door.
Everyone stopped and looked at one another.
"So . . . Whose going to knock?" Joey asked. He looked expectantly to Tea, who gave him a glare.
"Ugh, what is wrong with you? It's just a door!" Tea walked up to the door and knocked three times and stepped back. She glared at Joey again.
No longer than a minute's waiting, someone came to the door. The man looked to be in his late fifties, early sixties from his graying hair. His hair was a horse-shoe cut, hair on the sides, none on the top. He wore a black suit with a white shirt underneath ((A butler suit)).
"Can I help you?" He asked in a deep, voice. Tea kind of scooted back a bit, finding the voice a bit creepy.
Joey snickered low enough for only Tea to hear, when Duke asked, "Um . . . yeah, we're uh . . . friends of Kaiba. Is he home by any chance?"
"I am sorry, but Mr. Kaiba is very busy." The man said. He peered down at the teens with a bored expression.
"But this is really important!" Tristan argued. "This is life over death! We need to speak with Kaiba!"
The man shook his head. "Again, Mr. Kaiba is very busy; come back another time." He was going to close the door when a young voice called from behind the door.
"Jameston, who's at the door?" A young boy, about eleven ((I have no idea!)), came into view, having long black hair, blue eyes, and is wearing a two different blue color stripped shirt, a yellow vest and blue jeans.
"Ahh, Master Mokuba; just these . . . as what they call themselves, Mr. Kaiba's 'friends'." Jameston opened the door so Mokuba could peer out. His face brightened.
"Hey guys!"
"Mokuba! Man, are we glad to see you." Joey said.
"It's alright, Jameston, these are my friends." The man nodded and stepped aside to let the gang in.
It didn't take very long to tell Mokuba what had happened and why they were there. Jameston had left them at the doorway and left a while back. Now, they all sat in the grand living room. (I'm sorry, but I really don't feel like going into detail… and I also suck at living space detailing.. x.x )
"—and we were wonderin' if you could help us." Joey finished.
Mokuba, who was sitting on the couch with his feet propped up, sighed. "I don't know. The search system, it can only locate people if it has an object on it, and by object, I mean the duel disk. And I doubt he has that on him."
[Nope, I certainly do not.] Yugi whined, sitting under the coffee table, in the center of the room.
"So, there's no way to find him?" Tea asked.
Mokuba shook him head. "Sorry, but no. Unless you know he has something on him that could be tracked?" Everyone shook their heads. "Sorry guys, but there aren't anyways to search for him."
"That's alright, we'll just go back to the old fashion way." Tristan sighed, "But thanks for helpin' us."
"No problem."
Everyone got up from their chair, surprisingly, there were enough chairs to go around, and Mokuba walked them to the door.
"If you guys need any help searching, just hit me up." Mokuba stated, looking mostly at Yami.
Yami smiled and absently nodded his head. "Thank you."
As they were leaving the front door, Yugi comes running out of the house, yelping.
[AAAAH! HE'S GOING TO GET ME!]
"What on earth? What's he running froooom- - Hey! Is that, is that a cat? You've got to be kiddin' me!" Joey watched as 'Iggy' ran from the front door, being chased by an all black cat.
[Aaah! Get this feline away from me!] Yugi ran to Yami, but changed course, finding a tree nearby.
Behind him, the cat purred while running, (If that's even possible) {You are such a scare dog! I've never met one like you!}
Yugi growled. [That's because I am not a dog! I am a human!]
"You're kidding; your dog is scared of cats?" Mokuba suppressed a laugh as the gang watched 'Iggy' try to climb a tree. "He's one weird pup."
For the rest of the day, the gang hanged out at the Game Shop, still trying to come up with something. So far, no progress was made.
By the time seven o'clock came by, the sky already dark with stars coming out, everyone was getting ready to leave. Duke excused himself, along with Tristan and Tea, who all had families waiting at home, (Duke had a meeting to deal with for DDM early in the morning.) All that's left were Joey, Serenity, 'Iggy', and Yami.
"If you want, I'll try to come by tomorrow." Joey suggested, but Yami shook his head.
"As much as I hate to believe it, if the towns already have been searched, then . . ." He doesn't finish his sentence and Joey patted his shoulder.
"There's still a way, even if we think there's none. There's no way we can give up on Yugi, even if he somehow were to be in the United States."
Yugi whined as he pushed up against Yami's leg. Yami looked down to find the puppy watching him with a sadden expression. Yami looked back up.
"Your right. So, see you tomorrow then?"
"You bet."
Joey and Serenity left the game shop, waving their goodbyes. Yami and Yugi sat on one of the empty couches, bored. At the same time, they both sigh.
'So, Kaiba's house didn't work . . . What else can help?' Yugi thought. He laid down next to Yami's leg and sighed again.
Out loud, Yami looked over to the puppy. "Iggy," Yugi, who kept his head on the couch, looked over at Yami. "you are very lucky to not be missing anyone." Yugi whined, but doesn't say (Bark) anything. "I miss him so much. I never realized how . . . empty it felt to know that he isn't here anymore. Without Yugi here, I am so out of it . . . so empty . . ."
[You're not the only one.] Yugi got up and crawled onto Yami's lap. From there, he sat down and looked him into the eyes before stretching up and licking his cheek.
Yami made a face. "Huh, doggie kisses . . . comforting but gross." He chuckled, causing Yugi to giggle. "Well, I'm betting your hungry, huh? I've noticed you haven't eaten all day." Right as he said that, a loud rumble in Yugi's tummy erupts.
[Uuuugh! Now that you mentioned it . . . I'm starving! My tummy hurts from the lack of food!] (3)
Yugi hoped down from Yami's lap and trotted over to the kitchen, Yami following close behind. Once in the kitchen, Yami walked over to the cabinet and opened it up.
"You know, I don't really know what dogs are supposed to eat, other than dog food." Yugi made a face before going to the cabinet (So, the cabinet is the bottom one, like you have to bend down to get something from it.) Yugi peered inside.
[Chips, bread, peanut butter, canned food . . . RAMEN!] Yugi found a few cups of instant ramen and grabbed one of the plastic bowls with his teeth before dragging it out.
"What do you got there, Iggy?" Yami looked at the ramen. "Are dogs even supposed to eat ramen?"
Yugi looked at Yami and tilted his head. [No, but that doesn't mean anything.] He barked sarcastically.
Yami took the answer for a yes before grabbing one for himself and grabbing the dogs' package. He closed the cabinet door and walked over to the microwave. He took the plastic off and stuck them both in and started the microwave.
Yugi sat impatiently on the floor, his tail wagging. [Food!] His mouth watered and drool started to escape from the side of his mouth.
Yami watched with an amused expression as he leaned against the counter. "You're hungry."
'Well, yea, you'd be too if you haven't eaten for like, a whole Fricken(is that spelled right?) day! Plus, I love ramen!' Yugi thought, then hearing the microwave beeping. Yugi jumped up and ran over to the counter, containing the microwave.
Yami opened the door and a blast of air came with it. When the air came in contact with Yugi's nose, he drools more. 'Ahh, I could just lie here all day, spelling this stuff! The smell of chicken flavored ramen! Mmm'
Yami took both bowels out and walked over to the table. Yugi trailed after him. "Well, I would put it on the table, but I know from watching tv, that's not what you do. . . So I'll just set it down on the ground." He said, placing his on the table then Yugi's on the floor.
Right when the bowl touched home plate, (Ground) Yugi digged in, making a small mess. [Ahhh, its . . . so . . . that I . . . don't even . . . care that its . . . on the . . . floor!] He barked in between bites.
Yami ate his in silence, but watched the puppy with an amused expression.
When they were both done, and after Yami cleaned up, Yami walked back into the living room.
"Well, it's getting late, so I'm going to head upstairs for bed." He said to 'Iggy' when the puppy had walked into the room, licking his lips.
Yugi pouted, [What, no bed?]
"Um . . . You can sleep on the couch if you want?" Yami looked a little out of place, I mean who wouldn't, talking to a dog?
Yugi sighed and walked up to the couch, wiggled his butt, and hopped up. He turned around a few times, he doesn't know why he does it, but it just felt right to him, and plopped down with a huge yawn. He set his head down on his paws and closed his eyes. Immediately, he was lightly snoring.
Yami looked at the puppy all curled up before sighing. Saying softly to himself, "I am so sorry Yugi . . . I still haven't found you. Please, please be all right! I'll never forgive myself if you weren't." He looked at the puppy one last time, before picking up a blanket on the coffee table next to him, and walking over to the puppy. He gently placed it over him, only letting the puppy's head and two paws be seen.
"Good night, Iggy."
Till next chapter!
Thank you for reading and reviewing! ^^ And sorry it took me so long to get this story up, but it's like 6, 450 words! Can you believe that? The longest one I've ever wrote! 3
I'll try to be quicker with the next chapter, but its not a promise. . . first I have to think of what to write. T.T But guess what? I finally figured out the bad person, and you'd never guess who! It's. . . oops, sorry, y'all are gonna have to wait!
See ya next time! R&R!
Sometimes, when you hit yourself or someone hit you, your skin just burns.
You know, I never really did explain it very well. Yami, as you could kind of tell, is in a depressed mood and blagh. Well, he doesn't really pay too much attention to any of his surroundings; he's too depressed about Yugi disappearing. And what Bakura said, Yami knows not to believe him, but he does. He's very confused and heartbroken. Now, for Yugi the puppy, Yami doesn't know what to do about him, so he jut absently pets him and mostly ignores him as he pet's him. I'll explain that further, if possible.
Sorry I haven't really talked about that . . . I should have, but never did . . . But it's true, Yugi forgot all about his hunger during the 'exciting' day that his tummy never growled.
Oh, and yes, for some reason, I do seem to use tummy instead of stomach . . . or both. I just like tummy better, it makes me think of Pooh Bear 3