Here is the long awaited new chapter. BTW I'm going to be going back and rewriting some of the older chapters, because it's very clear that they were written by an 11 year old (which was how old I was when I started this). Enjoy guys and tell me what you think.
If there was one thing that Yugi was sure of about her situation it was that it had started with Ushio. At the time she had blamed it on the stress of the beating and the blackmail that had lead to her losing her memory. Then of course she arrived at school the next day only to see Ushio broken, there was no other word to describe him. Something had happened to him that night and his mind had snapped trapping him in an illusion to protect himself, at least that's what the school had said during assembly a week later. Because of what had happened Ushio would not be returning to Domino High School until the next school year at the earliest, but until then he would stay in a ward at the hospital so that he would have access to the best care and ensured that he wasn't a danger to everyone else. And not long after the assembly, the school swept what had happened to Ushio under the rug as if he had never attended Domino High School in the first place. The only real proof that he had ever been there was a group photo of the Hall Monitors that was housed in a cabinet at the front of the school, which Yugi was very certain would be removed as soon as the next picture day arrived. It had gotten her thinking at that point, if he hadn't attacked her, Honda and Jounouchi the day before would she have forgotten Ushio as quickly as the other students and faculty had.
Sozoji came next and so did her surprising friendship with Hanasaki. That night at the karaoke bar after she had woken up from her blackout Yugi had been met with the horrendous sight of Sozoji's unconscious body, his hands covered in blood as they gripped the side of his head in a means to cover his ears. She still had no idea what had happened to him that night even though she had crossed Sozoji's path on more than one occasion. Every time she had seen him he either turned around and went in the opposite direction or refused to make eye contact with her. He hadn't had one of his shows on since that night either, he couldn't even if he wanted to. Whatever happened to Sozoji had lead to him losing most of his hearing, resulting in him now having to learn sign language and rely solely on the books provided to study. His entire life had been turned upside down and music, possibly the only thing that he was passionate about despite his lack of talent was gone from his life entirely.
The next time she had a black out was completely understandable after all hostage situations are stressful, though most people don't pass out only to wake up and see a man on fire. A similar experience occurred when she was next lost consciousness, though instead of being threatened at gunpoint she was about to be crushed to death by a falling bookshelf. Unexpectedly, however, she hadn't woken up at the hospital like she should have if she had actually been trapped under the bookcase. Instead she awake that night at 3 am needing the bathroom with vague memories of walking home from school alongside Anzu and cooking dinner for her and her Grandpa, and yet even though she had those memories they didn't seem real. It was as if she was watching herself on a video but had no memory of it ever being filmed.
Then there had been the incident with Inogashira although seeing as he and the rest of his classmates had hit her with a sheet of metal that had resulted in her flying Yugi wasn't sure to include him or not. Especially seeing as she hit her head so hard on the ground after landing that Jonouchi had to carry her unconscious body to the nurses office, so of course she would have wanted an early night in bed to rest. But then she got to school that morning to find that Inogashira was now in the hospital in a coma with the majority of his body covered in burns, apparently from a failed suicide attempt involving gun powder of all things, at least that's what the rumour mill was saying. And the school hadn't said or done anything about it instead the festival went on and everyone just went on with the day as if nothing had happened, even Yugi had forgotten about Inogashira that day as she and her friends went around all the different stalls enjoying the day away until she arrived home that night.
What had happened to Ms Chono had been a sight, her make up cracking in front of the class to reveal a cruel looking woman that could rival any horror mask. But it had been so unexpected,
Ms Chono's makeup looking on point and perfect one second and that gone the instant she was about to say Honda's name. That had been an embarrassing day in class, standing in front of everyone and telling them that she had written the confession had caused the majority of her classmates to either laugh at her or whisper to each other about how they had always known that Yugi was different. But then Jonouchi, sweet Jonouchi who was almost like a knight in shining armour that day stood up and confessed to putting it in Ribbon's desk, and suddenly the class had gone silent unsure anymore about who the real writer was. Not that they ever got the chance seeing as Ms Chono had run out of the classroom before she could give their name, and Yugi had run straight to the desk afterwards to collect the puzzle so no one would know.
And finally, there had been the shop owner earlier that day. After school, Jonouchi had persuaded both her and Honda to join him on a hunt for a shop called the Junky Scorpion just so he could buy a pair of high tech shoes that had Yugi questioning where he got the money from. In the end, Jonouchi got his shoes, after he proved that he was worthy of them by putting his foot inside one that apparently had a scorpion in it, which wasn't actually true just a trick by the owner; but it certainly had all three friends freaked out. But the as they walked home, Jonouchi prancing around like an idiot to show off his new shoes, they were jumped by the 'Muscle Hunters'; a gang of guys who stole rare shoes. But it had all been set up by the shop owner who hired the gang to retrieve the shoes so that he could sell them on to the next person who came into his store and start the process again. In the end, Jonouchi and Honda had walked Yugi back to the train station so that she could go home, claiming they would see her tomorrow after they took their revenge on the shop owner. But just like all the other times that came before it, Yugi blacked out after Jonouchi and Honda had walked away from her and didn't wake up until the morning after, Jonouchi's trainers resting on top of her dresser. According to her friends when they arrived at the shop the owner was being carted away on an ambulance, apparently having been stung by his own scorpion. They were admittedly bummed that they hadn't been able to get their revenge until Yugi had pulled out Jonouchi shoes from her bag twisting the truth so that they didn't ask any questions. And so the three walked into school, Jonouchi proudly displaying his new shoes and the 'battle scar' to everyone he could, not caring that he hadn't had the chance to beat up the crooked owner.
Yugi didn't know how to explain it, everything had been fine until a few weeks ago. She had led a semi normal life with her Grandfather since she was born, which if you ignored the part where her best friend was a billionaire then her life was just normal. She went to school, she got good grades and liked to spend her free time playing games. But now everything had changed and the only different thing in her life that could possibly be a reason for her blackouts was the Millenium Puzzle that hung around her neck nearly every second of the day.
Her first blackout had been the night before she had completed the puzzle when she had stayed awake late into the night trying to finish it. It had been a quiet uneventful evening until that voice appeared. That voice that came out of nowhere and frightened her half to death but sounded so soft and calming all at the same time. But there had been no one in her room so it wasn't a burglar or anyone like that, instead it was as if the voice was coming from the puzzle itself. However when she had walked over to her desk and touched the puzzle the world had become blurry and a figure appeared out of thin air, carrying her to her bed so gentle it was as if she was floating. And that voice, his words on how she released him; it was all driving her wild.
She had been warned more times than she could count since the day she had found the puzzle that there was a curse upon it. That no one who was involved with its excavation from the Valley of the Kings survived. And yet for over 8 years she continued trying to solve the unsolvable puzzle until she finally completed it; something beyond human knowledge as her Grandpa told her yet she had done it; a 16 year old girl. She had done the impossible and now she was being punished for it, that's why all these things were happening around her. Every time someone would hurt her something terrible happened to them, sometimes the unimaginable. Ushio had lost his mind, Sozoji no longer had his hearing, the escaped prisoner had been set on fire as had Inogashira and the store owner had been poisoned. Everyone who had wronged or harmed either her or her friends had been punished for what they had done.
She had to get rid of the puzzle before anyone else was hurt. She could throw it in the river, smash it to pieces with a hammer, maybe even sell it the thing was solid gold after all it had to be worth a fortune; honestly, it was surprising how she had never been mugged over it. Maybe she had, who knows how with many hours she's lost anything could have happened. She could no longer wear it around her neck not if it came at the costs of others lives, no matter how much she wanted to keep it.
"Don't leave me."