Inu: "I'm back! Who missed me!"
Chirp. Chirp. Chirp
Inu: Sweat drop "Really? I feel so unloved."
Yami: Walks into room eating a bag of chips, looks to Inu "Oh your back….. Hi."
Inu: Vain pop "If you weren't so vital to the story I would kill you."
Yami: Roll eyes and eats a chip "Well I am and Heba and Yugi still aren't talking to you."
Inu: Sigh "Stubborn &*%#... Alright let's move Yami, here is Chapter 14!"
Chapter 14 Funeral arrangements
The next day Yugi called everyone to tell that his grandfather, Solomon had passed away. However, he only wanted a few people to come over at a time so only Joey, Seto, Heba and Atemu came. Yami is currently staying at the game shop because Kairi asked him to stay and even though Yugi didn't want to admit, he didn't want Yami to leave either.
Knock. Knock. Knock
"It's open guys!" Yugi shouted from the living room and Seto and Joey came in.
Yugi was in the living room with Kairi, Yami, Atemu and Heba. Joey came and sat with Seto who handed Solomon's will to Yugi.
Yugi took it with shaky hands and stared at it.
Heba sat next to Yugi and put his hand on Yugi's shoulder. "Yugi, maybe I should open and read it." He offered gently.
Yugi looked at him and nodded. "Alright, Heba."
Heba took the will and opened it slowly. He took a deep breath and read: "Upon my death I, Solomon Sugoroku Moto, hereby leave the deed of the Kame game shop to my two grandsons, Heba and Yugi Moto. Also, the money in my savings bank should be equally distributed to them. And for my last wish, I want to be cremated. The people responsible to make sure this is carried out are my grandsons."
Heba closed the will and put it down on the center table. "That's all it says."
"Mom and Dad weren't mentioned. That doesn't surprise me." Yugi said looking at the will.
"How much money does Solomon have?" Joey asked.
Yugi shook his head. "I have no idea. I didn't even know he had a savings account."
Seto pulled out his phone and made a call. "Ah yes. This is Seto Kaiba. I need information about the savings account registered to Solomon Moto… Yes… That's right…I see…Thanks…Bye." Seto closed his phone and looked to Heba and Yugi. "Your grandfather has a savings account registered in Domino's Star Bank and his total savings is two million and seven thousand dollars."
Yugi was shocked while Heba just sighed.
"Yugi, I think I know why our parents are here now." Heba stated and Yugi turned to him.
"Dad has his own company so why on earth would he be here for money?"
Heba pulled out the morning's newspaper and handed it to Yugi.
Yugi opened it and flipped till he saw something in big letters.
Moto Company runs into debt problems!
Yugi's eyes widened and he scanned the paper.
According to our sources, Riku Moto's company has huge debt to pay and his gaming company is at stake. He needs to acquire about a million dollar in order to pay the debt off and was given a month to produce the money or his company will be shut down.
For the mean time, Riku didn't want to be interview but we will keep you updated on the situation.
Yugi gripped the newspaper in his hands tightly.
"Papa? You okay?" Yugi looked up to Kairi and sighed.
"I am fine, Tenshi." Yugi stood up and pulled out his phone. "I am going to make a call."
Yugi went outside and phone the newspaper company.
"Domino editorial company, how may I help you?" The secretary asked.
"Yes. My name is Yugi Moto. May I speak with the person who wrote the article about Riku Moto?"
There was a pause and then someone spoke.
"Hello? My name is Lisa, how can I help you?" She asked.
"Are you the one who wrote the article about Riku Moto?" Yugi asked.
"Yes I am. Why?"
"I want to give you some inside information. Where can I meet you?"
"Hmmm… How about the Seafood Bay Restaurant?"
"Alright, when and what time?"
"How about now since it's already lunch time?"
"Sure. See you then."
Yugi hung up and went back inside.
"Guys, I have to meet someone. I'll be back later." Yugi said and grabbed his car keys.
"Where are you going, Yugi?" Heba asked as he walked over to him.
"To meet the editor of the newspaper who wrote the article about dad."
"Press people are dangerous, Yugi so be careful." Atemu advised.
Yugi nodded and left.
~Restaurant~
Yugi sat across from the long blond hair and brown eyed girl who had a name tag on her blouse which has Lisa and the name of the newspaper company on it.
"Hello. So… who are you? You didn't mention your name when we talked on the phone. " Lisa said taking a sip of her drink.
"Yugi Moto. Riku Moto's son." Yugi stated and Lisa choked.
"Ohhh! This is good. We didn't even know he had a son."
"Two actually, me and my twin brother."
Lisa nodded and started writing. "What's his name?"
"Heba Moto."
"I see. So what good information can you give me?"
"Hhhmmm...How about when his sons were only six years old, he and his wife dumped them with their grandfather who had raised them since then?" He said as a waiter put down a cup of water in front of him.
Lisa stared in shock then wrote it down and looked back to Yugi. "That's awful! Did they give you a reason?"
"No, and when I got pregnant at 19, I called and told them about it but instead supporting and comforting me they called me a whore. And since then I haven't spoken to them till recently." Yugi said and picked up his water and sipped it.
Lisa wrote it down and looked to him again. "Any clue what they want now?"
"Me and my brother have an idea."
"And what is your idea?"
"His company has huge debt so we think that they want our now deceased grandfather's life insurance and savings money."
Lisa looked at him with sympathy and wrote again. "When did your grandfather die?"
"Two days ago."
"What was his name?"
"Solomon Sugoroku Moto."
She nodded. "Why are you telling me all this?"
"Because I am furiously mad and I want revenge." Yugi said looking down at the table.
"Well… I hope you get it. With all this information I can probably shatter their reputation in the business world."
"One thing."
Lisa looked up and Yugi stared her intently.
"I want to be left anonymous. It could cause problems if my name is mentioned."
Lisa nodded. "No problem. I can do that. But with all the private information you gave me you could be found out easily."
Yugi shrugged. "If that happens, I'll deal with it then."
They stood up and Yugi shook her hand. "Thank you."
"No, thank you. This would really help my career."
Yugi headed back to the game shop and went into the kitchen. He sat at the dining table and flipped through the cremation books.
Heba walked in and sat across from him. "What's left to do, Yugi?"
"Just planning the wake date… where it will be and the cremation date."
"Well… we can have it in the funeral home around the corner and after the wake we can have him cremated." Heba said and Yugi nodded.
"Can you call them and get the soonest possible date?" Yugi asked.
Heba nodded and left.
Kairi walked over and pulled on Yugi's sleeve.
Yugi looked down at her and smiled despite how he really feels right now. "Yes, Tenshi?"
"What's a wake?" She asked.
"A wake is where we go to share our memories of the one who passed away and Jii-Chan will be in his coffin. It's similar to what we did for Cleo before we flushed her." Yugi said and Kairi nodded.
"Are we going to flush Jii-Chan like we did to Cleo?"
Yugi's eyes went wide and he looked around for help.
Yami sighed and walked over. "No, no, no, Tenshi. We are not going to flush Jii-Chan."
"What are we going to do then?" She asked as Yami picked her up to take her away from the emotional Yugi.
"I will explain it later." Yami reassure as he took her into the living room.
Heba then came back and sat across from Yugi. "The ceremony will be tomorrow at twelve and again at six. I already called the paper and they will publish it in the obituary."
Yugi nodded and turned the book to him to look for an urn. "How about that urn?"
The urn was brown and has the size of a medium flower vase. It has the shaped like a round hour glass with a lid on top and has a red rose painted on it that started at the bottom and wrapped its way around the urn to the top.
Heba shook his head. "Kind of girly. What about this one?" Heba turned the book back to him.
The urn that Heba pointed out has the same size as the first one but is the color of sand. The bottom and top were lined in gold color paint; across the middle were Egyptian hieroglyphics that read: 'rest in peace.'
Yugi nodded. "He did love Egypt."
Heba smiled. "And we could always have Ate' paint his name on it in hieroglyphics since he is good at that."
"The man is a 5000 year old ancient Pharaoh; I hope he would be good at it by now."
Heba glared and Yugi pulled out his phone to make the order.
~Time skip~
Yugi finished finalizing the urn details and was now sitting in the living room with everyone again.
"I hope this goes well and they don't make a surprise appearance." Yugi said referring to his parents.
Heba nodded in agreement. "They stayed away this long so let's hope that they a make habit of it."
"This is your mother's father though. Don't you think she still wants to see him for the last time?" Yami asked and Yugi shook his head.
"This woman who you called our mother hasn't cared for nineteen years so why do you think she will care now?"
Yami shrugged.
"Do you want a security guard there? I could post some of my men by the door in case of trouble." Seto offered.
"That's a good idea Seto. Thanks." Heba said.
Seto nodded and once again pulling out his phone.
"Well… we better go so we can get ready for tomorrow." Heba said standing up.
Yugi hugged his brother and walked them to the door with Seto and Joey behind.
"See you guys later." Yugi said closing the door behind everyone.
"Well, Aibou, that went fairly well."
Yugi turned to Yami and smiled. "I just hope it continues to go this smoothly."
Yami nodded in agreement and walked back into the living room where Kairi fell asleep on the couch.
"Especially for her sake." Yugi said picking Kairi up in his arms.
"We have to stay strong for her." Yami said.
"I know and if it weren't for you, Yami I don't know if I could do it all." Yugi said looking up at him.
Yami smiled. "I am sure you could, Aibou."
Yugi shook his head. "No I couldn't. You were always the stronger one and if you weren't there when I collapsed at the museum; I don't know what would have happened; and I don't know how long I would have stayed there wallowing in pity. Thank you for everything, Yami."
Yami pulled Yugi and Kairi into a hug and rubbed Yugi's back. "There is nothing to thank me for, especially with all that I have done to you and Kairi."
"But you came back and that is what matters. I could never ask for more."
"I will always be there for you from now on, Yugi. I promise." Yami said pulling away and kissing his forehead. "I owe you that and much more."
Yugi smiled and nodded. "Alright, let's go and get ready for bed. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow."
Yami nodded and followed Yugi upstairs to his room which is Heba's old room. "By the way, what did you tell the reporter?"
"Something I hope will shatter my parents' reputation in the business world."
Inu: Sigh "My muses are still ignoring me. I want to apologize for killing off Solomon! And I may have seem sudden but I thought the whole being in his room a lot would show something was wrong. Sorry."
Inu: Lookes to Yami "By the way, where is Atemu?"
Yami: "Trying to get Heba and Yugi to talk to you again."
Inu: "They should forgive me already!" Walks away.
Yami: "We hope you like the chapter! Review please!"
