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Chapter ten:

"Fourteen hours stuck on this plane with him . . . oh someone kill me." Joey griped as the plane took off not twenty minutes ago. He was sitting on a nice plush chair in the main room where everyone was supposed to be seated if you were not in one of the many bedrooms on the jet. Tea was in the room Yugi was in with Mokuba, while Tristan and Kaiba sat in the main room. Tristan sat next to Joey while Kaiba sitting as far away from the 'geeks' as possible.

Tristan sighed and looked away from the window to his friend. "Just don't talk to him. And don't look at him either. Take my advice and you'll be fine."

Joey looked away from the snobby billion-air to look down the hall. "Sure . . ." His mind went distant as he thought about his friend in pain.

Tristan noticed and laid a hand on the blonds shoulder. "Look man, Yugi will be fine, you'll see. We've been through worse things before. This doesn't even compare to it. And anyways, Yugi has a strong will, nothing will take that away."

Joey nodded but was still worried for his buddy. Before hand, when he was laying Yugi down on one of the beds, Yugi mumbled something about what if Atem didn't want to come back. Joey thought it was just the fever getting to him and making him talk nonsense. I mean, having your body that hot could most likely do that to you. And he wouldn't even guess the pain that he was experiencing.

He sighed and looked out the small window of the plane. The plane was high into the air that you couldn't seen nothing but clouds outside. 'What would happen if Atem didn't really want to come back? What does that mean for Yuge?'

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Yugi's POV

Pain appeared everywhere in his body, from the tip of his toes to the top of his head. It was killing him, literally, and he just wanted it all to go away. This kind of pain was unbearable and describing it, yeah, there was no describing it. Well, kind of. Imagine a few people with sledge hammers. Now, imagine those sledge hammers being pounded into you; you legs, stomach, arms, head, chest. You see that pain? Well, Yugi was experiencing that, but it felt much worse. (I don't really know what that feels like, nor can I imagine that, . . . But if you can, great imagination!)

He was lying on a big, king-sized bed with a damp cloth over his forehead. The cold water was supposed to feel good against his hot skin and cool him down a bit, but he couldn't even feel the water, nor the cold-ness. All he could feel was the excruciating pain inside his body.

His body may have been on the bed, but his mind, his conscious was back in his soul room. Just a few hours ago, two at most, his soul room seemed fine. Yeah, the room was aflame, but not as bad. Now, everything in the room was lit on fire. The bed was blazing and the walls started to turn a light black. Every step you took, your foot met flames.

The only part of the room that wasn't yet caught up in the flames was a small section against the wall. And that's where Yugi was sitting, leaning heavily against the wall. He had sweat pouring down his face and he was breathing hard. His eyes showed exhaustion, from what, he didn't know. Maybe it was the fires heat now radiating everywhere.

"Stop . . ." Yugi managed to cough out. "Just . . . just make it stop. Please! I can't take it anymore!"

His right hand was gripping his chest painfully as if that would make the pain go away. A cry escaped his lips as a pounding sensation erupted in his chest.

Tears managed to race down his heated face with every cry he uttered.

"Make it stop!" He cried out to no one in particular. "Please. Make it stop! Somebody . . . help me."

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Normal POV

Sitting on a chair next to the bed was Tea. She was watching her friend with sadden eyes. 'Poor Yugi. I wonder what kind of pain he's in . . .'

Almost echoing her mind, Mokuba mumbled, "I know this is a random thought, but I wonder what it feels like . . . To be burning from the inside." His voice sounded a bit small, like he was a smaller child watching a friend being bullied. "How can he still go on through it?"

Yugi let a whimper out and gripped the bed sheets until his knuckles turned white.

Tea just shrugged. "I don't know. I just don't know."

The raven hair boy walked across the room and entered the bathroom. Tea didn't look up from her friend; she had her eyes almost glued to him.

"Yugi," She whispered and brushed his golden bangs away from his eyes. "I don't know if you can hear me, but don't give up. I know you are in a lot of pain, but please, for everyone's sake, keep fighting. I don't know if you realized, but if you were to ever . . . if you were ever to leave us, do you know how heartbroken we would all be? We love you so much, so please, don't give up. You can't let the light win."

"It hurts . . ." Yugi mumbled.

"I know, but please, keep fighting it." Without even thinking about it, Tea grabbed his hand into hers. She ignored the intense heat searing from his hand and held it tightly. "You're going to be fine, I promised you."

Yugi managed to open an eye and looked at her. "You promise?" He squeezed his eyes back together from the pain but not before seeing Tea nod her head.

"I promise. And I don't go back on my promises." She managed a smile, but that didn't help with the tears that were now sliding down her face. The brunette ignored them, wondering how she could promise him something that she knew she had no control over.

Mokuba walked back into the room with a small bucket of water in his hands. He carefully walked over to the bedside table and deposited the bucket on top of the table. He looked from Yugi to Tea and noticed her hand gripping his.

"If you want, there are some bedrooms down the hall if you get tired." He informed her.

Tea nodded but didn't look away from Yugi.

Mokuba didn't know what else to do so he quietly walked out of the room. Before he closed the door, he heard Yugi cry out in pain. The raven haired closed the door and mumbled quietly to himself, "Just fourteen hours. How will he survive?"

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Okkkkkay, that was a pretty short chapter….. only like 2000 words….. that's pathetic. Buuut, it's because there was nothing more to write to this chapter.

Lisa: That and the next one is going to be AWESOME! We finally get to see my man!

Your man? Who said he was your man?

Lisa: I did. Or do you care to object to that…? Hm..?

Actually, I would! You - -

Lisa: *brings out chain saw and starts it up.* What were you saying?

o.o W-where's you get that…?

Lisa: E-bay. Where else?

…. Fine… you win….. just.. put that away! I don't trust you with a chain saw!

Till next time! And I promise, next chapter will be longer.. I hope! Gotta go!