Couple things I need to mention.

Yugi and Heba will be referring to each other as "Brother" for the most part. They will call each other by their names some. Mana will call Heba "Brother" while she calls Yugi "Big Brother". Just to let you know.

Enjoy!


Chapter 7- Siblings Talk

Yugi, Mana, and Heba had been talking while they waited for the hospital to get all of Yugi's paperwork filled out so that he could leave.

"Yugi, I will warn you now that having Mana around is going to make your life much more interesting." Heba said.

"Why's that?" Yugi asked.

"Because she loves playing practical jokes. That was her favorite thing to do back in Egypt." Heba said.

Yugi laughed. "I'll have to remember that. How long are you two going to be staying in Japan?" Yugi asked.

"We're not going to go back! We're staying here!" Mana said excitedly.

Yugi looked shocked. "You are?" Yugi asked.

Heba nodded. "Yes, we are. You're not getting rid of us that easily. Ishizu has already gotten us enrolled at Domino High. I'll be a senior, like you, and Mana will be a freshman." Heba replied.

Yugi smiled slightly. "Well, that's good. Can I assume that you'll be staying with Ishizu and Odion like I'm going to be?" Yugi asked.

"Yes. She invited us to stay with her when she learned that we would be living in Japan. We weren't going to at first because we didn't want to intrude, but Ishizu is, well, she's kind of-" Heba trailed off, not sure how to put it.

"She's stubborn and won't take no for an answer." Yugi supplied.

"That would be it." Heba said.

"We get to live together again. Isn't this great, Big Brother?" Mana asked excitedly.

Yugi smiled at her. "Yes. That is great news, Mana." Yugi said.

The door opened, and Ishizu poked her head in. "Guys. We can leave now." Ishizu told them.

Heba turned and picked up the duffel bag, and the three followed Ishizu out of the room to where Odion was waiting with the car.


When the group arrived at Ishizu and Odion's home, they got out and headed inside.

"Mana, you can have your own room, but Yugi and Heba will need to share a room." Ishizu said.

"That's fine, Ishizu. We shared a room when we were younger. We'll be fine with sharing a room again." Heba assured her.

"Yeah. We won't kill each other. I promise." Yugi said.

"Good. Come with me. I'll show you to your rooms." Ishizu said.

The three headed up the steps, following Ishizu.

"Mana, this will be your room." Ishizu said, gesturing to a closed room.

Mana nodded and went inside.

"Yugi. Heba. You'll be sharing this room." Ishizu said, pointing to the other room.

"Okay, Ishizu. Thank you." Yugi said.

Ishizu smiled at him. "Odion and I will be downstairs if you need us." Ishizu said.

"All right, Ishizu." Heba said.

Yugi and Heba walked into their room while Ishizu went back downstairs.

In the room were two twin beds, a vanity mirror, two bureaus, and two desks.

"Well, I think that Ishizu was prepared for us." Heba said.

"That or this room belonged to Marik and Malik before they moved into that house with Ryou and Bakura." Yugi said.

"Then why the two beds? From what you've told me, those two are lovers." Heba said.

"That's true, but Ishizu could always dream that her brother and his Yami weren't having sex." Yugi said.

"That's true." Heba agreed.

The two started to put away some of the things that they had.

"Some of my stiff is already here." Yugi said.

"Ishizu may have had some of it brought over already." Heba put in.

"That's the only reason that I can think of." Yugi said, sitting down on one of the beds.

"Are you claiming that one as yours?" Heba asked.

Yugi smiled, knowing that his brother was trying to lighten the obviously tense atmosphere. "I guess so." Yugi said.

Heba sat down on the bed beside Yugi. "Talk to me, Yugi, Don't keep everything bottled up like you have a tendency to do." Heba said softy.

Yugi turned to look at his brother. "Do you know why I was in the hospital?" Yugi asked quietly.

Heba nodded. "Ishizu told me that you tried to take your own life." Heba said.

"Yeah. I did. It became too much. I just couldn't take it anymore. I-I wanted to die. I wish that Yami and Atemu hadn't gotten there when they did." Yugi said, tears starting to form.

Heba reached down stroked his brother's hair, knowing that it helped sooth him. "What about Grandpa? Ishizu and Odion? Mana? Me?" Heba asked.

"Heba, I think that you're the only ones who would have missed me. Yami, Atemu, Tea, Tristan, Joey, Seto, Mokuba, Sayora, Kyla, Duke, Leo, Yuesei, Ryou, Bakura, Marik, and Malik wouldn't have cared. They might have been glad that I was gone. I think that they would have been glad I was gone." Yugi said.

Heba held back the tears. "Yugi, I don't think that they would have been happy. I won't get into that with you right now. You would have been leaving behind all of your family, Yugi. That alone should have been enough to make you want to live." Heba said.

Yugi sat up and turned to face his brother. "Six months, Heba. Six months I've been alone. I just-I don't know why I should bother trying to stay alive. It's not going to matter." Yugi said.

"Yugi, don't talk like that." Heba said.

Yugi looked at his brother. "Heba, I am dying. You and I both know that." Yugi said.

"I try not to think of that, Yugi. I know that it's hard, but you really need to try and give things a chance. None of us want to lose you now, so please. Don't do this again." Heba said.

Yugi looked at his brother. "I'm not going to make any promises, Heba, but I'll try. With you and Mana here, I think it'll be a little easier." Yugi said.

Heba nodded. "Yugi, do you want to try and talk to Yami and the others?" Heba asked.

"No. Not right now." Yugi said.

"I didn't mean immediately. I meant at some point. I know that you don't want to see them right now, but you know that you're going to have to face them eventually." Heba said.

"I know. I just don't know what to say. 'I tried to kill myself because you all ignored me and because I'm dying.' That would go over real well." Yugi said.

"Yugi, you don't have to say that." Heba said. He thought a moment and said, "Yugi, let me ask you this. If you were to talk to them, and they were truly sorry for the way that they acted and wanted to try and make things up to you and be the friends they should have been, would you give them the chance?"

Yugi looked at his brother. Letting out a sigh, Yugi said, "Yes, Heba. I think I would give them the chance. I wouldn't be able to completely trust them right off, but I would give them the chance." Yugi was quiet for a moment. "I don't have long left, and I really would like to be on good terms with them before I die." Yugi said.

Heba smiled. "That's all that I wanted to know, Yugi. I heard them talking to Ishizu at the hospital. They want that. They're just not sure what to do or how to approach you." Heba said.

Yugi looked up at Heba. "They have to be willing to make the first move." Yugi said.

Heba nodded. "Okay. I heard Ishizu say that she wouldn't interfere, but tat you would set up the boundaries and that they were to honor them, or she would step in." Heba said.

Yugi nodded. "Okay. Are you and Mana going to be there, too?" Yugi asked.

Heba smiled. "Sure am. I know that Mana would like to get to know some people, and I would, too. You've told me so much about them that I really would like the chance. Besides, when I say that we're here for you, it's in everything." Heba said.

Yugi smiled. "Thanks, Brother. I really need you here." Yugi said, hugging his brother.

Heba hugged Yugi back. "Hey. I said that I would always be there for you, no matter what ended up happening, Yugi, and I meant that." Heba said.

Mana walked in to see that Yugi and Heba were hugging. "Everything okay?" Mana asked.

The two pulled apart.

"Yes, Mana. I was just making sure that our brother wouldn't try to kill himself again. Also, he's going to give his friends another chance." Heba said.

"Why?" Mana asked, sitting on the bed with them.

"Why what?" Yugi asked.

"Why give them another chance?" Mana asked.

"Mana, these people have meant a lot to me for a long time. Granted, if they really want the friendship back, they're going to have to make the first move and prove to me that I can trust them again. It may take time, but I really want them to be in my life." Yugi said.

"Okay. I'd like to get to know them. As long as they don't hurt you again." Mana said.

Yugi smiled. "I thought that you might. Heba once told me that you love fashion and make up." Yugi said.

Mana's eyes lit up. "Yeah! I like all kinds of clothes. Like-" Mana started.

Yugi held up a hand. "Mana, I don't do fashion or make up, so don't start. I'm just saying that if you like them, Kyla, Sayora, and Tea like that stuff, too." Yugi said.

"Okay. Then they must like shopping!" Mana exclaimed.

Yugi laughed. "Yeah. They do." Yugi said.

"This is great. Brother hates taking me shopping. This way, I can go with them and not be rushed." Mana said.

Heba rolled his eyes. "I go to the store and get what I need. Not look every blasted thing." Heba said.

"That's like me. Trust me, Mana. Those three, you would like." Yugi said.

"Well, we'll find out what they're like soon. I take it that we probably won't meet them until school Monday." Heba said.

"Probably not." Yugi replied.

"Are you worried about this?" Mana asked.

"I don't want all their questions." Yugi replied.

"We'll make sure that they don't over do it." Heba said.

Yugi nodded. "Thanks." Yugi said.


"Yugi, are you certain that this is what you want? You know that you don't have to give them chance if you don't want to. No one is forcing you, and you have every right to do this." Ishizu said.

Yugi had just told Ishizu about being willing to try and reconnect with his friends as long as they made the first move to reconnect.

"I know, Ishizu. No one is forcing me to do this." Yugi sighed. "We don't know how long I have. Whether I like it or not and whether you like it or not, I am dying, Ishizu. Nothing can change that. I'd like to spend what time I have left having my friends. I don't want to die without them knowing that despite everything, Is till love them." Yugi said.

"Are you certain that this is what you want?" Ishizu asked.

"Yes. I need this, Ishizu." Yugi said.

Ishizu smiled at him. "All right, Yugi. If they won't back off and you need them to, just come to me." Ishizu said.

Yugi nodded. "I will, Ishizu. I promise." Yugi said.

"That's all I ask." Ishizu said.


"So, Yugi does plan on giving them another chance should they want one." Odion said.

"Yes, he does. I'm not sure what to think of it, but I do know that I am going to be there every step of the way." Heba said.

"What do you think?" Odion asked.

"I think that this is what my brother wants, and I am not going to stop him. Truthfully, I feel like Yugi needs this. He wants to be able to spend what little time he has left happy, and I think that having them around will make him very happy." Heba said.

"I just hope that they do nothing to hurt him again." Odion said.

"Odion, do some of them live in Grandpa's house?" Heba asked.

"Yes. Why?" Odion asked.

"I think that I'm going to take a trip over there later to talk and confront some of them. I'm going to let them know that I don't like how they've treated Yugi, and that I'll kill them if they do it again." Heba said.

"All right. I'll cover for you." Odion said.

"Thanks. I want to hear what they have to say about this." Heba said.


I know that this was kind of short. Sorry. Next chapter should be longer.

Next chapter has Heba confronting Yami, Atemu, and the others.

The new poll is still up, so vote if you haven't.

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