Lisa: And we're back again!
Yes, yes we are! Hope y'all enjoyed the last chapter!
Disclaimer!: Kairi doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Nor any of its characters! Just mine! ^^
Chapter nine:
Yugi could feel the phone start slipping from his fingers from the information he just received from Ishizu. Iggi, who was watching carefully, barked a few times and bumped his head against his owner's leg. That helped Yugi snap out of his chaotic world that he happened to zone out into and tightly grip the phone.
"A-are you sure?" Yugi stuttered. He could die if . . . if Atem did not come back?
"Ninety-five percent positive. Yugi, what you described to me is telling me that your light has been trying to clue you in on what has been happening to you." Ishizu said. "It was sending you dreams of yours and Atem's time together not only because they were memories, but trying to give you a hint that you need him. When you kept dreaming of your soul room, that was what was really happening. And as for what you are feeling, that is the light's power being out of control. If we do not bring Atem back, your light will burn you from the inside out."
Yugi nodded, even though no one could see him. "I'll persuade my grandpa to let me come . . . Just don't expect me for a while." His head started hurting, but instead of it being from his light, it was just the normal one.
"Alright. I will try to get everything ready and do more research on the subject. And Yugi,"
"Yeah?"
"Do be careful. And remember, anything could happen . . . just try to get here as fast as you can."
"I'll try. See you soon." They hung up and Yugi looked down at a concerned pup. He knelt and pulled him into a hug. "Oh Iggi, everything makes sense now . . ." Iggi let a low whimper out and licked up at Yugi's face. "I . . . I really want Atem to come back, but he's where he belongs, where he needs to be. I don't want him to have to come here all because of me. What if he doesn't want to? What if he likes to be in the Afterlife?"
"Yugi? Are you off of the phone?" His mother called from the kitchen. "Come eat your soup before it gets cold. Yugi?" Miyuki appeared at the doorway of the kitchen and looked down to her son holding his dog as if for dear life. "Honey, what's wrong? Are you okay?"
Said name stood up slowly, letting his dog go. "Y-yeah mom . . . but, I need to talk with you and Jii-chan . . ."
Miyuki looked slightly confused by his tone in voice; full of scared and empty-ness, but she didn't question him. She just simply nodded her head and walked back into the kitchen with Yugi and Iggi following.
Miyuki sat on one of the chairs with Grandpa as Yugi leaned against the counter facing them. Iggi sat at Yugi's feet. Yugi took a deep breath. "I need to go to Egypt."
Grandpa looked a bit confused. "Why? Is there something important going on there that we need to be there for?"
"Uh . . . no?" He didn't know how to answer that question. "But listen. I need to get to Egypt now before it's too late." He told the two what was going on with him and why he always felt horrible. His mom's eyes widen and she covered her mouth with her hand as Grandpa looked horrified but calm. A weird combination.
"S-so you're saying that if you do not go to Egypt soon you could die because of this 'light' is going to kill you?" Miyuki tried to understand. "But, why do you have to go now? I mean, why didn't you have to go sooner?"
"I-I don't really know. But, it could be because the light is getting more powerful than it used to be. Maybe it's now at its limits. . ." Yugi bit the inside of his cheek.
Grandpa stroked his beard in a thinking way. "I don't know if we can. Would there be any flights going out to Egypt this time of day?"
"Aaah!" Yugi buckled over as if someone had punched him in the gut.
On their feet, the two adults looked over in concern. "Yugi?" Miyuki rushed to her son's side. Iggi started barking up a storm.
"I-I . . ." Yugi tired to say, but everything was hurting. Kind of like a burning sensation. Tears formed in his eyes and spilled over his eyelids. He tried to take a shaky breath, but it barely went through.
"It looks to be the Light wants to be released all at once. If we don't get him to Egypt now . . ." Grandpa didn't finish his sentence; everyone in the room already knew what was going to happen.
"But dad," Miyuki looked over to the elder. "There isn't enough money for us all three to go. There's only enough for one of us too . . . Who will go with Yugi? We can' send him alone."
Solomon nodded. "But I might know who can go with him." He quickly departed the room and ran over to the phone. Quickly he dialed a number. On the second ring, a female's voice picked up. "Tea, I was wondering if you could do me a favor."
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No more than twenty minutes passed and the house was filled with three new people; Tea, Joey, and Tristan. Grandpa gave them a brief summary on what was happening as Miyuki had Yugi lying on the couch with a damp towel on his forehead.
Yugi had his eyes closed and was in pain. He was burning up all over and it hurt him a lot. He tried to talk on certain occasions, but nothing would come out except for low groans and a few whimpers.
"Arrrf!" Iggi whined as he perched his head on the couch and watched Yugi with sad blue orbs.
"So can you go with him?" Grandpa asked.
"How can we not?" Tea asked, watching her friend wither in pain.
"I'm in, I know that for sure," Joey declared and Tristan nodded saying he was in also.
"Okay, then you all will need to pack some clothes. Maybe two sets each?" Miyuki stood up from her son's side. "And meet back here when you are done."
The three teens nodded and rushed out the door.
Miyuki watched them go before addressing her family, "I'll go pack Yugi's clothes; I'll be right back."
"Mom . . ." Yugi managed to open his eyes a crack. Miyuki stopped and looked over. "P-pack a few sets extra . . . in case." She nodded and left the room.
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Tea's POV
"I can't believe what's been happening." Tea mused to herself as she ran home to pack her belongings. She had split up with the other two not too long ago and now had time to think. As she ran into her house, her parents called for her but she ignored them. Her main objective was to pack a few pairs of clothes, things she would need, and get back to Yugi's house before it was too late.
"When you start piecing things together," she found an empty backpack and stuffed a few blouses and shorts into it. "It all does make sense. Well, just some of what I knew was happening to him. Like him having those dreams and head-aches." She threw a brush and toiletries into the bag and a few pairs of shoes. Now she was babbling. "I can't believe it! Yugi could die if we don't get him to Egypt." She looked into her bedside drawer and took out a white envelope. Inside was a wad of cash. "I've been saving all of my money up for college, but that can wait." She pocketed the money. "Yugi can't."
Tea closed her bag and threw it on before running out of her room and to the door. "Bye mom, bye dad! See you in a few days!" She yelled over her shoulder. "If you need me, call me, but I'll be in Egypt." She knew if she asked her parents, they would say no. And she couldn't tell them the real reason why she was going in the first place, they'd think she was crazy and get her checked out. And anyways, she'll hear from them when she got back . . .
Outside, she ran back towards Yugi's house. Man, she was doing a lot of running today.
"Yugi, please hold on . . ."
She raced around people on the sidewalk and when she was rounding a corner, nearly collided with someone, if not for her dancing ability. Before she could bump into him, her dancing reflexes let her spin around him; not affecting either one of them.
"Sorry!" She tossed over her shoulder but didn't get very far away before the person said something.
"Tea?"
She stopped. Mokuba was standing exactly where he was, stunned as he was holding a big brown paper sack in his arms.
"M-Mokuba!" Tea breathed out. "Look. Sorry, but I can't stay. I have to get over to Yugi's house."
By her tone of voice, even though it was breathy, Mokuba raised an eyebrow. She sounded worried and a bit scared. "Is everything all right?" He shifted the bag so that it sat comfortable in his arms. He looked concern.
"Y-yeah . . . no sweat." She lied. It felt wrong that she was, but Tea doubted everyone needed to know that Yugi was close to dying.
"Uh huh. You know, if something happened, you can tell me. I can always help." He frowned then shrugged. "But, see you later." He turned around and started walking away before Tea thought of something.
"Mokuba, wait!" He turned around. Tea ran up to him, still breathing a bit hard. "Actually, there is something wrong. And I was wondering if you could help us." She explained everything that was going on with Yugi and how they needed to get to Egypt as fast as possible and how there might not be a plane going to Egypt right now. "It's really important that we get to Egypt as fast as possible . . ." She took a deep breath and waited for the thirteen (I think) year old to say something.
Mokuba only nodded. "Looks like you need my help. Look, go to Yugi's house and wait for me there. I will come by will my limo and persuade my brother to let me use the jet to get us there."
Tea stood there dumb-founded. "Y-you sure?"
"Yes! Yugi has helped me and my brother so many times in the past. It only makes sense to help him. And besides, Yugi's one of my friends, and even if he doesn't say it, also one of Seto's." He smiled. "But, hurry, I'll at Yugi's in a few. See you there."
Tea nodded and turned around and started back up the way she was going.
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Joey's POV
'Shit . . . Shit shit shit!' Joey thought as he ran home. 'How did we not see this coming? We should have remembered that his soul room was pure white, representing a child's heart. Ugh! I'm so stupid!'
He ran up the stairs of his apartment building to the second floor before fishing for his key in his pocket. Finding it, he stopped at his door and thrusted the key in and unlocked it. Inside was the pigsty his drunken father had left for him. Beer cans litter the floor along with empty chip bags and soda cans. A few magazines were scattered around and an empty pizza box was sitting on the TV.
Joey walked around the mess to get to his room. Thank the gods he left his door closed and locked, otherwise his father would trash it out also.
Once opening the door, he started his quest for packing a few clean shirts, jeans, and things he would need in an empty bag he found in his closet. 'Good thing he ain't home,' He thought, referring to his father. 'If he was . . . god, all hell would break loose. Guess it's a good thing he always goes out on Saturday nights to get drunk and whatnot . . .'
The blond left his room, after locking it, and walked over to the kitchen to where they kept the 'In case of an emergency' money. Well, not they, most likely Joey. His father didn't know it was there, if he did, then there'd be no money in it. Joey, throughout the year, had slowly been stealing money from his drunken money in case, well, for an emergency. It's not like Joey got an allowance. So, this was, in a way, his allowance.
He pulled the envelope out and took out a good chunk of money before carefully placing the rest back.
"Now I can afford a ticket," He said aloud before running back to the door and towards Yugi's house.
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Tristan's POV
"So you see why I have to go to Egypt with Yugi. He has to pick up his cousin and bring him back here." Tristan lied to his parents. He couldn't tell them the real reason or they'd freak out. So, he made up a lie.
"And why can't Yugi go by himself?" Tristan's mom asked, not knowing whether to buy the story or not.
"Well, he was wanting company and his grandpa and mom couldn't go 'cause they had to stay home and watch the shop and whatnot. Yugi doesn't really like being on planes alone . . . So please can I go?"
After several minutes of pleading, his mother finally gave in and gave him the ticket money. "But you go there and come straight back, no side trips. I don't want you getting hurt. Understand?"
Tristan nodded, kissed his mom's cheek and left to go upstairs to pack a few extra clothes.
"Oh man . . . Yugi, please let us get there in time," Tristan mumbled to himself as he found an unused duffle bag and packed some belongings. "I don't want to come home with a dead body . . . nor do I even want to think about it." He shuddered thinking about Yugi being burned from the insides.
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((Just thought to give some POV's out . . . . ^^ And Tristan's was the shortest, my apologies! ))
Normal POV
Back at the Mutou's residence, Yugi wasn't getting any better. Joey was the first to arrive back, then Tea, then Tristan.
"Are you kids all set?" Solomon asked as he got his car keys ready.
Tea shook her head. "There's no need. I kind of bumped into someone and they offered to give us a ride."
Tristan tilted his head. "Who?"
"You'll see." Was all the dancer said. She watched Yugi as he struggled against the pain.
Solomon put his keys back down and went over to watch his grandson. Tristan was leaning against the door frame, Joey starting to pace, Tea and Mrs. Mutou sitting next to the couch, next to Iggi.
"Nnn," Yugi mumbled as his eyes were tightly squeezed shut. His mom was right next to him, and every so often, would change the cloth for a fresh one because the water from the cloth would evaporate from the heat radiating off of him.
Iggi whined loudly and noised his owners hand like it was hurting him as much as it was hurting him.
Yugi slowly inched his eyes opened and gave him dog a half smile. He weakly lifted his hand up and rested it on Iggi's head, looking like he was trying to reassure him that he'd be okay.
"Who's picking us up?" Joey asked, getting paranoid. He started to pace the living room, getting worked up.
"He should be here any minute - -," Tea started to say just as the doorbell rang. "And that's him. C'mon, we have to get moving."
She and Tristan started to go towards the door with Grandpa at their heels. Joey crossed over to the couch.
"Hey, buddy," He said as he leaned down. "I'm going to have to move you. You think you can handle that?" Yugi weakly nodded and let out a hiss of pain. Joey bit the inside of his cheek before scooping his small(ish) friend up into his arms. He shifted him a bit. "Whoa! Dude, you are burning up!" He could actually feel the heat coming off of Yugi, like a fire giving off all of its warmth.
"I-I haven't noticed," Yugi sarcastically muttered as his eyes started drooping shut like it was too much energy to keep them open. "Nnn!" His chest started to pound and twist all at once, forming excruciating pain. He tried to ball up from the pain, but even that was much too painful to do.
Joey went frozen for a minute before saying, "Just hang in there, man." With Miyuki grabbing her son's bag, she followed Joey out to the outside where the others awaited them.
Iggi let a howl out before chasing them.
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"Mokuba? What're you doing here?" Joey asked when he came outside, holding his barely conscious friend in his arms.
"Good to see you too, Joey," The black haired kid mumbled. He was standing next to the black limonene, talking with Tea as the chuffer was putting all of their bags into the trunk of the car. "But, I'm here to give you guys a ride."
"So Kaiba let you?" Tea asked, feeling rather grateful.
The kid nodded. "He didn't like it too much, but I told him that if Yugi were to die, how would he ever get a chance to beat him?" He smiled.
Tristan looked shocked. "What?"
"Haha, don't worry, it was just to get Seto to let me use the jet. Don't take it personally."
"How can we not?" Joey grumbled only low enough for himself to hear, and apparently Yugi to too.
"B-be nice, J-Joey," He tried to sound like he meant it, but didn't come out that way.
The blond looked down and gave him one of his cocky grins. "I'll try."
Yugi smiled.
When Mokuba caught sight of Yugi, you would have almost thought he paled. He opened the door. "Hey, Yugi. Don't worry, I got Seto to lend you a ride to Egypt; it would be a lot faster than the planes at the air port."
"T-thanks Mokuba." Yugi said.
"Arf Arf!" Iggi tried to jump into the car to be with Yugi, but Solomon caught the puppy around his waist.
"Sorry, Iggi, but you can't go with them. You have to stay here." He told the pup. Apparently, the puppy didn't like that cause he kept wiggling to get down.
"Grrr . . ." Went the puppy, but even that didn't work.
As carefully as he could manage, Joey set Yugi into the limo so that he was laying on one of the seats.
"I really appreciate you give them a ride," Solomon said to Mokuba.
"Don't worry, Mr. Mutou, it's a no sweater. We'll get to Egypt in plenty of time, I promise." The smaller kid smiled before addressing the rest of the people. "Alright, everyone's who going, hurry up. We're in for a tight schedule." Without giving complaint, the three teens filed into the limo before Mokuba got in last and closed the door.
Iggi was crying up a storm.
"Hush, Iggi," Solomon tried to quiet him but to no avail. "Don't worry; Yugi will be back soon, you just have to be patient."
Miyuki stood beside Solomon and watched teary-eyed as the limo drove away. "Oh, please let them be okay . . ."
The beagle with his big, ocean blue eyes, watched painfully as his partner was getting farther and farther away. This was going to be their first time being so far apart without each other. The farthest they've been away was when Yugi went to school, but that was only for seven hours. Now, who knows how long it's going to be. He let out a long, low howl.
XxxxX
The ride over to the Kaiba's airport was not in the least quiet.
"So all of this is happening because Atem left?" Mokuba asked, trying to understand.
"K-kind of." Yugi answered as he withered in continuous pain. "It w-wasn't his fault . . . but when he left, the darkness . . . left with him, only leaving . . . nnnn . . . light."
The kid nodded his head, understanding a tad bit more. Kind of.
"Ugh, can this car go any faster?" Joey asked, impatiently. He kept glancing to Yugi to the outside like that would help make the car go faster. He balled his hands into fists, then unballed them, and continued that without even noticing.
Mokuba glanced out the tinted black windows before turning back. "About another few minutes . . ."
For the rest of the way, the car remained quiet. The only sounds came for Yugi who was trying to be quiet, but his whimpering sounded loud compared to the quiet car.
XxxxX
The car pulled to a stop and Mokuba was the first one out. Following him was Tristan, then Tea, and Joey scooping Yugi up into his arms, last.
The scenery was magnificent. It was like your own private air port right behind your house. There were many trees, but they were all far away from the run-off. A large jet was only a few yards away waiting for takeoff. Two men were standing on the outside, waiting for the group that just arrived. As the group got closer, they could make out Seto Kaiba and one of his Butler.
Mokuba ran up to them. "Seto. I thought you were going to stay here."
As the group got even closer, they could make out the young CEO shrug his shoulders and glare at them. "Decided to come along." He didn't wait to greet his guests, but turned to his Butler. "Is everything ready?"
"Yes, Mr. Kaiba. Their bags are being loaded into the jet as we speak." Off to the sidelines, two men were carrying the gangs' bags to the plane and started to load them on board.
"Money bags," Joey remarked when they finally came to a stop next to Kaiba. He glared at the CEO.
"What do you want Mutt?" Kaiba sneered. He looked at the small form in the blond's arms before looking away. "Go put him on one of the beds. Henry will show you the way." The Butler next to him bowed slightly and gestured for Joey to follow. Joey took one more evil look at Kaiba before following the man up the stairs and into the plane.
Tea watched them go before turning to Kaiba. "We really appreciate you - -,"
"I don't need your thanks. Just get on the plane already," Kaiba retorted as he interrupted her. He looked over at Tristan before he walked away from them, going into the plane.
Mokuba watched in wonder before muttering aloud, "Hm . . . He seems to be in a nicer mood today." Before he followed after his bigger brother.
"Nicer?" Tristan rolled his eyes. "Huh, well, this might be a long trip."
Tea nodded in agreement before following him up into the plane.
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Till next time!
Lisa: Kaiba seems a bit OOC, same as Mokuba.
I know I know, but it's rather hard to write snobby and rude…. :/ Sorry for their OOC-ness. I'm trying my best to keep Kaiba the same, but it's so hard! And, if you are wondering why Kaiba is helping them . . . Well, I don't really know the reason, and I doubt if I'll explain it. It's one of those, 'be nice' days for Kaiba. Maaaybe, I'll explain why, but I highly doubt it.
Lisa: …. Wow, you're a real author.
Should I take that as a complement? . . .No, don't answer that. I think I will.
Well, I've been writing the chapters really fast because I'm excited that and in one of those writing moods! So, here's another chapter in less than two days! ^^ (And if y'all are wondering, don't worry, I'm still writing to Kidnapper . . . I've just been lazy typing it up. xP )
Dun Dun Duuuun! Next chapter will be someone among the lines of the plane ride and getting to Egypt. I think that chapter might be shorter than I anticipate, :0
