A/N: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF YU GI OH 5Ds! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS! THE ONLY THING I OWN ARE MY OCS!
Chapter 7: Last Words
Four Weeks Later…
It had been a long four weeks. Jack, Crow, and the others had been trying to keep themselves busy while visiting Yusei's hospital room every day, waiting for him to wake up. But after four weeks, they're hope was fading. He just seemed to get worse and worse every day that he was in his coma.
When it got out that Fortune Cup's champion Yusei Fudo was in the hospital in a coma, it didn't take long for reporters to come all over the hospital and the Signers and twin to ask for updates and information. They had managed to just keep quiet about the situation, even Jack didn't want to say anything despite all the attention being given to him about Yusei. Though the only reporter getting any information on Yusei's condition was Carly, as Jack trusted her to keep it quiet and she was keeping it out of the newspaper. After giving her boss the first news that Yusei was in a coma, that was all she was allowed to give out and that's all she gave out. However, the bit of their friend's coma she had said is what really caused the rampage of reporters to swarm to get information on Yusei's condition. Sector Security even had to be posted around the hospital entrance to ensure none of them snuck in to get a view of what was happening or barge in on the situation.
At the moment, the comatosed Signer's six friends were in his hospital room. Trudge and Mina were busy on other matters with getting ready for the tournament and keeping the reporters off the Signers' and Leo's backs.
"Yusei, please wake up," Akiza prayed that could barely be said as audible.
Suddenly, all the Signers marks glowed followed by Yusei. The Signer of the Dragon Head's eyes seemed to try to open, but like he was having trouble. The six conscious people were immediately by his side looking over him.
"Come on, Yusei," Jack called.
Slowly, the Signer's eyes opened halfway; but his eyes were distant, though he obviously was trying to focus and see who was hovering over him.
"Yusei?" Luna called.
Not too long after hearing the familiar voice, his eyes seemed to focus and able to see them. "Guys?" he greeted. He tried sitting up but gasped in pain as his chest ached and the two eldest men gently pushed him back down.
"Easy, Yusei," Jack ordered.
"What happened exactly? The last thing I remember is being in that room being tortured again," Yusei questioned.
"We got you out with the help of that copy of yours," Crow told him and that shocked Yusei.
"He helped you get me out?" the Head Signer questioned.
"Yeah," Akiza answered. "He was reluctant and opposing it at first, but we managed to convince him to help us. And in the end, he sacrificed himself for Crow."
Yusei went a bit wide eyed, but he couldn't do much in his weakened state. "What happened after that?" he asked.
"We got you here, to New Domino Hospital. They sealed all your injuries and stopped the bleeding, both internal and external," Crow explained. "But even after you got out of surgery, you wouldn't wake up."
"How long have I been asleep then?" Yusei asked.
"Four weeks," Luna answered sounding worried. "You've been out for over a month."
"Four weeks?" he questioned. They nodded.
"It didn't take long for reporters to hear about you being in a coma. Sector Security has literally been posted outside the hospital to keep them from busting in here to get a view and figure out your condition since we wouldn't say anything," Crow told him.
"Do you know why you wouldn't wake up?" Leo asked.
"No," Yusei answered. "After passing out in that room, I don't remember anything but darkness and a sense of pain."
"Don't worry, Yusei," Akiza told him. "You're out of that place and safe now. And we'll keep you safe. Okay?"
"Al-Alright," he agreed. "Just don't go getting caught by them in the process."
"Was that big guy the only one who was doing those things to you?" Crow asked.
"No," Yusei answered. "The torture sessions were often switched between the three leaders of that place and I don't know they're names. Other than that, the scientists in there would perform experiments on me to get whatever data they needed for my copy. And according to one of the leaders, if I was kept in perfect healthy condition, my connection to that copy would be severed and he would die. So as needless as it is to say, they did whatever they could to make sure I was never in any sort of good form."
"What kind of experiments did they put you through?" Jack asked.
"I… don't want to go over it," the Signer in question replied reluctantly and they knew it wasn't the right time to push for answers. He wasn't in any condition to be forced or convinced to reveal things that he obviously didn't want to remember.
"Yusei…" Luna called quietly. He looked at her. "Will you be okay after what happened?"
"I should be," he answered. He knew it wasn't completely the truth. 'I'll be fine. I may struggle after what happened in the beginning, but I'll be fine in the end,' he told himself mentally.
"Are you sure, Yusei? They did some pretty horrific stuff to you from what we could see," Akiza checked.
"I'll be okay," he reassured. "Don't worry about me." He looked outside at the setting sun.
"Need me to shut the blinds?" Jack asked.
"No," Yusei answered. "It's just… while I was asleep, like I said, I was just in darkness. I wanted to wake up, but just couldn't. I wasn't sure what was happening and began to hope that if anything I would see light just one more time."
"And you'll continue to see the sun, Yusei," Crow immediately said, getting the feeling that Yusei was getting close to dying on them. 'Doctor Akamine said that the last time he had a situation like this the patient died soon after waking up; but that was an eleven month coma, not a four week coma. But he also said the last patient wasn't in a condition as bad as Yusei's. No! Yusei won't die on us. He can't!' he thought worried and fearful.
"Crow's right. I don't care what you think at the moment, you can't go thinking you won't see it again," Jack told the Signer. Yusei's eyes began to flutter opened and closed in what seemed like a fight for consciousness while his heart monitor was slowing down bit by bit.
"Yusei, listen to us! Don't you dare go back to sleep. New Domino needs you here. We need you here!" Crow called.
"Don't give up on us, Yusei, please," Akiza followed. "Stay awake, stay with us."
"Yusei, please!" Luna called while both twins grabbed onto his arm tight and fearful.
"Akiza, go get the doctor," Jack ordered. "Fast!" She didn't hesitate and ran for it. He turned back to Yusei whose heartbeat was slowing further and further. "Yusei, fight it! Don't give into what those men did. You've fought for everyone before so do it again. Because everyone still needs you."
Akiza and the doctor ran in with the doctor immediately calling for assistance and a defibrillator if needed.
The doctor walked over. "Yusei, listen to my voice. I am Doctor Akio Akamine and I need you to stay awake for me, okay?" he called. The Signer didn't respond as the heartbeat was getting to just about non-existent. "At least it seems he's trying to hang on. If he wasn't, he would've gone flat sooner than this." He looked at the six friends in the room as the nurses came in. "I suggest you back up so we can get ready should he go completely under." They reluctantly did so. Suddenly, the monitor's line finally went flat and the doctors first performed CPR in an attempt to revive him that way. But after about three minutes of nothing, then switched to the machine.
The Signers in the background looked at their marks and noticed that Yusei's was still there on his arm. They knew the Crimson Dragon would've at least switched the holder of the mark if Yusei was meant to stay dead at this very moment, it didn't and that meant he was supposed to live on.
After about four tries on the defibrillator, Yusei's heartbeat began again and his breath became more apparent again. They all sighed in relief. The doctor took his vitals and confirmed Yusei was stable once again.
"We'll need to keep him under close watch until we're certain he's okay to get up and leave," Doctor Akamine commented.
"And when do you expect him to get out?" Crow asked.
"Assuming everything goes well and nothing like this happens again, another two weeks at most. But we'll be lucky if he gets out before then," the doctor answered. "We'll just have to see. And we have to hope this doesn't happen again. If it took this many tries to get him back to stable ground, I can't guarantee he'll make it through another round if it happens again." He sighed. "If anything else happens, let me know immediately."
"Thanks, Doctor Akamine," Akiza told him. He nodded and walked out with the life saving equipment being taken with him.
"I just hope he doesn't stay in another four week coma after this," Luna commented.
"Did Yusei really just nearly give up?" Leo asked.
"He was fighting to stay with us. When he went flat, it was because he lost his strength," Crow answered.
"He's always been a fighter and never gives up for any reason. But he's here now. He'll survive and help us stop these men," Jack added. "He'll wake up soon, I'm sure.
"For now, why don't we hang out here until it gets late? In case he wakes us soon," Akiza suggested. They agreed with ease and sat in their own spots.
