I have nothing to do, technically I suppose I do, but it's not due till Monday and Alyssa should be coming over either tomorrow or Thursday and then again Sat or Sunday so I'll take of that then. Tomorrow I'm retaking my math test, so this weekend I'm going to be booked because Friday I'll have to take my placement test for Module 7 and I need to get out of that fucker ASAP because I only have until May to get Modules 7&8 done, so the updates will be cut down, so I figured I might as well update this while I have a "break" with that being said, I hope y'all enjoy and I'll do my best to update as often as I can, I'm going to be busy for a while as I've said with math and my other classes…..
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yugioh, trust me sexy fans, you'd know, I know you would
Warnings: My usual "blah" applies so if you don't know what that means then it means there are lemons and other things that aren't suitable for 12 year olds :D
Chapter Thirty-seven: Complications
Yugi and the others followed Mokuba back into Yami's room. They stood by the door, waiting for the nurse to get done checking him.
"You can come in," the nurse said without looking up. Everyone hesitantly walked in.
"How is he?" Yugi whispered.
The nurse put her things away and turned around.
"He's in a deep coma," the nurse said. "I'm not sure-"
"You're not sure of what?!" Joey cried, "If he'll wake up?! You don't know Yams like I do. I know he'll wake up. He has to!"
The nurse sighed. "I know you're concern, we're doing everything we can."
"Well try harder!" Tristan snapped. "Yami is our best friend, he has to wake up!"
"Guys, you need to calm down." Tea said her voice on the verge of breaking. "Yami can pull through this but yelling at the nurse isn't helping anything."
"You're right Tea," Joey said looking at Yami, "I'm sorry," he said turning to face the nurse.
"It's alright, I know you're scared and concern for your friend, that means you're a true friend." The nurse said.
She turned to leave. Yugi stopped her.
"We didn't get your name." he said.
"Her name is Annabelle," Mokuba answered. "She's been in charge of taking care of Yami."
"Thank you," Yugi said.
Annabelle nodded. "Mr. Kaiba, I need to speak to you outside." She said.
Seto glanced at Mokuba, then Yami and nodded.
"Where do you think you're going rich boy?" Joey asked.
"I'm going to discuss the payment for Yami's stay and treatment at this hospital," Seto replied. "Unless of course, you would like to pay the bill, but I doubt you could do that, seeing as how you're a street rat and all."
"Why I oughta-" Joey growled. Tristan and Ryou held him back.
"Joey, stop being a baby, we have no time for such foolishness, both Yami and Bakura are in the bed in a hospital, they need us, so pull yourself together and ignore Kaiba for two seconds." Mai commanded.
"You're right, sorry guys." Joey said. Tristan and Ryou let go of Joey. Seto rolled his eyes and walked out the door with the nurse.
Silence filled the room.
"Is he going to be okay?" Mokuba whispered. They walked up to the bed, looking down at Yami, he was hooked to a lot of machines.
"I hope so." Tea whispered.
"I know he will." Tristan said. "Yami's strong, he can pull through anything."
"Tristan's right," Mai said. She looked at Yugi, who hadn't said anything in a while. She gave everyone glances, they nodded in understanding. Yugi didn't hear them leave. He pulled a chair up, sitting beside of Yami, taking his hand in his.
"Yami," Yugi said softly. "I don't know if you can hear me or not, but I miss you. Bakura defeated Zorc, he's in the hospital too. We're all worried sick about you. Everyone says you can pull through this, Mokuba said you've been in a coma for about two weeks. Please come back, Yami. I did what you told me, Joey and I are together, Ryou and Kaiba are together….Bakura needs you, Yami and I need you, we all need you. Please…" Yugi whispered tears falling from his eyes, he wiped them away with his sleeve, but they kept coming. "Please, Yami, please wake up!"
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"Do you think Yugi's going to be alright?" Tea asked looking at her friends; they were sitting in the waiting room.
"I'm not sure," Joey said. "Yug and Yams are pretty close, not to mention the fact that they were once lovers."
"Yeah, that has to be hard, having your ex-lover in a coma." Tristan said.
"Shouldn't Yami be back by now though?" Mai questioned. "I mean Bakura defeated Zorc, Horakhty said that his spirit would return."
"Maybe he doesn't want to return." Ryou whispered.
Everyone's eyes went wide.
"What do you mean, Ryou?" Tea asked.
"I think Yami's soul is back, but maybe the emotional trauma he's had has taken a toll on his body and his spirit, so maybe he feels like it's pointless to return." Ryou replied.
"But he has to return!" Tea cried.
Ryou looked at her and sighed. "I know, I want him to return to, but he's the only one who has a say so in all of this. If he doesn't want to return there's nothing we can do."
"But…" Tea said.
"Ryou's right," Mai said. "Yami fell in love with Bakura and got his heart broken, maybe he feels that Bakura doesn't feel the same way."
"Well, then we're just going to have to wake Bakura up, aren't we?" Joey said standing up.
"Joey, where are you going?!" Tristan shouted.
"To wake Bakura up!" Joey said running down the hall to where Bakura was.
"Sir!" a man yelled. "You can't go down there!"
Joey ignored him, running down the hall, the others following him.
"Joey, stop!" Tea cried running down the hall. They ran into a few nurses and doctors.
"Where is he?" Joey asked himself running down the hallways. He opened every door, looking to see where Bakura was. Joey ran into someone, he fell on the ground.
"Wheeler, why are you running down the hall like a moron?" Seto asked.
"Shut up Kaiba, I'm trying to find Bakura." Joey yelled getting to his feet.
"Bakura is in ICU like Yami is, you can't see him right now." Seto said.
"The hell I can't!" Joey hissed. "It's time for him to wake up!"
"You don't want him to wake up though," Seto said.
Joey's eyes widened. "What? Of course-"
"I'm not blind, Wheeler," Seto said. "I know what you're up to. You just want Bakura to wake up because you know Yami loves him. You know it's the only solution to waking him up. You're using him."
Joey balled his fists at his sides, Tea, Mokuba, Ryou, Mai and Tristan stood behind Seto.
"Is this true, Joey?" Tea asked.
Joey looked at his friend, Seto turned around to face the others, Mokuba walked over to Seto.
"It should be obvious," Seto said.
"Joey, why would you do something like that?" Ryou asked.
"Why are y'all gaining up on me? Everyone knows what's going to happen-"
"Bakura isn't that person anymore!" Ryou shouted.
"How do you know that, Ryou?" Joey countered. "How do you know that he's not tricking us?"
"Because he helped us!" Ryou cried. "He gave up all his powers to save us! Doesn't that mean anything?"
"He wasn't doing it for anyone but himself!" Joey shouted.
"Joey, man, you need to calm down." Tristan said. "We're all really tired, it's getting late, we should head home."
'I'm not leaving until Bakura wakes up." Joey yelled.
"Bakura could be sleeping for days," Mai said. "Joey, we know how you feel, but Bakura helped us back there. We couldn't have defeated Zorc without him."
"Why can't y'all see what's really going on here?" Joey cried.
"Joey, you're overreacting," Mai said. "Come on, let's go check on Yugi." She said taking Joey by the arm and dragging him down the hallway.
"But!" he protested.
Everyone watched as Mai dragged him down the hallway. Seto turned to a nurse who was standing there, eyes wide at the scene.
"I don't want anyone going into this room," Seto instructed pointing to the room next to him, "especially Wheeler, Bakura needs to wake up on his own and he will not be disturbed."
"Understood, sir." The nurse said before departing.
"What do you think Joey's problem is?" Tea asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" Seto asked.
"I mean I know he hates Bakura but shouldn't what Bakura did change his opinion on him?" she asked.
"I think that's the problem," Ryou said.
"What is?" Mokuba asked.
"Joey's opinion changed on my yami, so he's lashing out, not to mention the fact that Bakura sent Joey to the graveyard first in the duel he had with Yami back in Duelist Kingdom. I'm sure Joey still resents him for that." Ryou replied.
"You geeks just keep Wheeler out of here okay?" Seto said. "I don't have time to play doctor 24/7. Come on Mokuba."
"Where are we going?" Mokuba asked following Seto.
"You're getting dropped off at home; I'm going to the office." Seto replied.
"But-"
"No buts, Mokuba," Seto said. "You need to get in bed and standing in this hospital isn't the way to do it. You've been here far too long."
"But what about Yami and Bakura?" Mokuba asked.
"You can see them in the morning," Seto replied.
Mokuba looked at everyone; they gave him a small smile.
"We'll take care of everything, Mokuba." Tea said.
"Yeah, you've done more than your fair share." Tristan agreed.
"How about we call you if anything happens?" Ryou suggested.
"You're not coming with us, Ryou?" Mokuba asked.
Ryou shook his head. "I'm afraid not," he replied.
"Why not? I thought you and Seto were together." Mokuba said.
"We are," Ryou said. "But my yami needs me right now."
"Okay," Mokuba said.
"So who's allowed in the room?" Tristan asked.
"No one," Seto replied. "Not until they run more tests on him."
"Do you know what's going on with Yami?" Tea asked.
Seto looked away for a moment before he looked at the others again, he sighed. "He's not looking too good." He muttered.
"What?!" Tristan cried. "Why?"
"They can't figure out what's wrong with him." Mokuba whispered.
"Well, they need to find out!" Tristan yelled.
"They're doing all they can," Ryou said.
"Yeah I know…"
"I'll see you guys later," Mokuba said.
"Bye Mokuba," they said.
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After Mokuba left, everyone else headed down to Yami's room, Yugi was still sitting in the chair, the nurses had come and went, checking on Yami.
"Yugi?" Tea said softly.
"Hey man, can we come in?" Tristan asked.
Yugi shrugged, not looking at his friends. They walked in, Tea wrapped her arms around him.
"Yugi, are you alright?" she asked letting go, she knelt down beside of him. Yugi didn't say anything, just stared at Yami.
"Yugi," Tea said again.
"Yug, I'm so sorry," Joey said. Yugi looked up at Joey, who stood with tears in his eyes. "This is all my fault."
"It's not your fault," Yugi said looking at Yami again. "It's mine."
"Don't say that!" Tea cried standing up, "You know it's not."
"Whose is it then?" Yugi snapped looking at Tea and the others with tears glazing over his eyes, ready to spill. "I'm the other half of his soul, I'm supposed to protect him…"
"Yugi, you can't protect everyone," Mai said.
"No, I can't protect anyone! He was trying to help Bakura and all I did was stand there!" Yugi cried hitting his fists against the mattress, tears streaming down his face. Joey walked up to him, pulling him into an embrace, Yugi sobbed on his shirt. Joey rubbed his head and back, trying to calm him down.
"It's not your fault, Yug." Joey said.
"I just want him back." Yugi whispered.
"I know," Joey said. "We all do."
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Five days later…
I woke up with a splitting headache; I tried to sit up my arm hurt badly. I looked over to see that an IV was in my left arm, pumping fluids into my veins. Wait, IV? Why was I hooked to that? I moved my other hand, a heart monitor was clipped to my finger; I moved the sheets, noticing I was in a hospital gown. Oh great, I was in the Ra damn hospital. But wait…that must mean.
Yami
Was he still here? Did he wake up? Was I alone here, besides the obvious doctors and nurses? Did anyone check on me or were they too busy with Yami? Did he hate me for what I did to him? Those questions wouldn't be answered sitting on the bed. I swung my legs over, careful not to get tangled up with the cords, I unclipped the heart monitor, throwing it to the side, with one fluid motion I ripped the IV out of my arm. I bit my lip to keep from screaming, blood poured down my arm as well as the liquids from the IV. My veins were bruised, I rubbed the liquids off my arm and stood, my balance was a bit off, but I didn't have for that, I had to find Yami.
I slowly made my way to the door, as soon as I touched the knob, an alarm sounded, I jumped, startled at the sound. Nurses rushed in my room.
"Sir, what are you doing out of bed!" one of them cried.
"I'm leaving." I snapped trying to push them out of the way.
"You can't," the other said. "You're not healed yet."
"Healed?" I asked. "Healed from what? I'm perfectly fine!"
"You've been out for almost a week," the nurse said. "You need to rest."
"If I've been out of it for almost a week, then that means I've already rested, now let me through or you'll regret it." I hissed.
"Sir, please, just, calm down." The blonde nurse said.
"No!" I shouted. "I will not calm down until you and your friend move out of my way!"
"You need to, lie down." The other nurse said. "Please,"
"I'm fine," I growled through my teeth, "I don't want to rest anymore, I want to get out of here."
"If you don't get the proper rest you need then you won't be able to leave when you're schedule to." The blonde said.
"No one tells me when and when not to leave," I snapped. "Let me make something perfectly clear to you, I don't care what you or anyone else in this fucking hospital says, I do what I want to do, now get out of my way or suffer the consequences."
And with that, I pushed them both out of the way. I looked down the hall, other nurses and doctors swarmed the place, I needed to find Ryou or Yugi, they would tell me what happened and where Yami was, the others not so much. I walked down the hallway, holding onto the walls, trying to keep my balance, I was really tired, but I had to keep going,
I needed to see Yami again, to touch him one last time. I knew this was the end for us, no, it never began. The love we shared was nothing but lies, he fell in love with someone I could never be, and I fell in love with him not knowing who he was. But was that true? I knew him, and yet I still loved him. Did I always love him? Did he love me? I doubt it. I had hurt him too much; I knew his friends didn't really approve of us being together. Ryou, sure, because I was his yami and he wanted me to be happy. The kid was too kind for his own good. He deserved happiness.
Despite the fact I hated Kaiba's guts, I knew he loved my Hikari, I knew he'd take care of him. They would take care of each other; they deserved each other, to be happy. Ryou made him happy. I laughed to myself at the conversation that Marik and I had back in Battle City, while we were on the blimp. Marik said that Kaiba was in love with Ryou, at the time I was furious, I wanted to kill him, but now all I wanted was for him to be happy and if Kaiba made him happy, then who was I to get in his way?
Yugi was another person that would approve of his yami and I being together. Even before Yami admitted that he had feelings toward me, he told me that Yami loved me. I didn't know what that meant at the time, I didn't know we had a past together, that we were enemies. What made Yami fall for me? Did he even fall or was it something that was all in my mind?
Ever since Zorc came into my life, I hid my emotions, I didn't want anyone around me, all I could think about was getting revenge, but now, I didn't care about that. Zorc lied to me, he took away my power, I had the power of Horakhty within me and yet he took everything from me without even trying. He fed me false hopes and fake promises so I wouldn't turn against him. It must have been scary for him to feel helpless, I had his life in my hands, I wanted to punish him more than what I did. It wasn't enough, the pain he caused me. I learned the truth, how he manipulated my life to keep me from being happy, but it backfired, I killed him, he was gone. I wouldn't have to worry about him anymore, but I still thought about it.
Horakhty told me to let go of the past, that's why she gave allowed me to go back into my new body, I still felt weak and helpless, I felt as though my body was overly sensitive to every touch, even touching this wall sent shivers down my spine, like I had never touched anything before.
Yugi loved Yami, I knew this much, they had been lovers; Yugi knew that Yami didn't truly love him that way. But how could he have known something like that? It was obvious as day that Yami had something for the little Hikari. Yugi was strong; he knew that Yami didn't love him despite his feeling for him. I don't think I could do that, to let someone go so they could be with someone else. The mere thought of it was heartbreaking.
Yugi had Joey, I knew they loved each other, they were good together, I knew that Joey didn't like me. Yugi approved of Yami and I being together, Joey however, was a different story. Would Yugi disapprove of Yami and me just because Joey didn't like us being together? But there wasn't an 'us' not officially, anyways, I had to find him, I had to know the truth, did he love me?
I made it down to the end of the hallway, it felt like hours since I left my room, I almost fell a couple of times if not for my hands on the wall steadying myself, I gripped the corners, making a turn, the waiting room was two rooms over, I could see the receptionist through the glass, she looked up at me, gasping, she reached for the phone. I looked down to tap into the Ring's power, but the Ring was gone. Then it dawned on me, I didn't have my powers anymore.
She placed the phone down, I quickened my pace, I knew she called the nurses and perhaps some doctors to take me back to my room. I didn't have time for that, the nurses back in the room said I had been asleep for almost a week, why would I need rest?
"There he is!" I heard someone shout, I didn't care who it was, I made a run for it, they tried to grab me; some almost did. I ducked under their legs, I felt like a child running from being punished by their parents, or perhaps a criminal being chased by the police after he broke out of jail. I smirked as I turned the corner, slipping through them, two men clashed together trying to catch me. My strength was growing a bit, I didn't feel as weak, but I felt tired. I didn't have time for rest though; I needed to find someone, anyone that would help me find Yami.
Patients walked by, staring at me, their eyes wide, the nurses and doctors running down the halls after me, screaming at each other to be faster. I knew these were Kaiba's doctors, no regular doctor would chase their patients like this, not that I was aware of anyways, the only time I had ever been in the hospital was when I stabbed Ryou in the arm, he allowed me to, of course, I had black-mailed him, but it was worthless in the end because the person I was trying to destroy back then was the person I was trying to reach.
Didn't these fools understand that? That even without my power, I would stop at nothing to see him again? I needed to know if he was alright, something told me he wasn't. Where the fuck is everyone?! Did they leave? Did they forget about me? Was I really in the hospital? Or was this the mental institute? Perhaps they put me in here because they thought I was crazy or maybe everything is a dream and I'm not really awake, maybe I'm back in Egypt with my family and my friends. Maybe I never met Yami, maybe I'm not really here.
Maybe I'm dead…
I continued running, I was becoming weaker, my legs wobbled, I nearly fell a few times, but I wouldn't let that stop me. Despite my weakened state, I was out running the nurses and doctors, I laughed to myself, panting hard, the floor was freezing against my feet, I took the corner, not bothering to look at who was in front of me, I ran straight into them, falling back. I groaned, opening my eyes to see none other than Joey standing there, he looked down at me, his eyes didn't show any sort of kindness.
He didn't say anything, just stared, waiting for me to get up. I got to my feet, my vision starting to fade. I closed my eyes then opened them again, trying to adjust my focus.
"I was wondering when you were going to wake up," he said.
I blinked. What did he mean? Did he want me to wake up? No, that couldn't be it, could it? I didn't say anything, I stared back at him. What did he want? Why was he looking at me that way?
"Where's Yami?" I asked.
Joey didn't answer, he looked away for a moment before turning back to face me.
"I can't let you be with him," he said.
My eyes widened. What was this kid talking about? What right did he have to keep me from seeing Yami?
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Just that," Joey replied. "I'm not letting you see Yams,"
"You don't have a choice!" I hissed. "He's not yours!"
"Oh, and like he's yours?" Joey asked eyes blazing "Have you ever stopped to think that maybe Yami doesn't want you? That you're just wasting his time? He deserve better, all you care about is yourself! Sure, you helped us defeat Zorc and I'm thankful for that, but you didn't do it for us, you didn't do it for Yami, you did it for yourself! If Yami wanted to be with someone else, could you let him go? Huh? Could you?!" he shouted stepping closer to me.
I blinked, his words stinging into my core, maybe he was right, maybe I did do it for myself, after I found out what Zorc did and how he lied to me, after Yami was sent away, I wanted him gone. But did I do it because Yami was in danger or because I snapped after realizing the truth about Zorc? Could I truly let Yami go if he loved another? Was the time we had really just a dream?
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Me: I told y'all this story was just getting started. Things aren't looking good what so ever, Bakura's wandering the hospital in his condition, Yami's still not awake, Yugi's blaming himself, Joey's blaming Bakura, and now Bakura's wondering if Yami and he really had something…so next chapter should be one of the chapters I've been dying to write: the argument between Joey and him…but who knows when I'll be able to actually write again…*sigh* anyways, I hope y'all enjoyed. Review, lovelies!