Day 4: Healing

In the Palace:

Yami, Seto, and Joey were currently in the training room practicing their fighting and Yugi was drawing in her notebook.

Yugi had stopped her sketch and had a worried look on her face. Joey was the first one to see it, "Yug you okay?"

Yugi looked out of the window into the distance, "I don't know. I have a feeling somethings wrong. But for what I do not know."

Yami, "It might not be anything, just relax."

Seto, "Yami's right Princess. You need to worry about yourself. Everyone out traveling should be fine."

Yugi nodded but she couldn't shake her unease. She felt like something was wrong with Heba. They had a connection with each other especially because they were twins.

Heba and Atemu:

Heba had a Headache and was extremely nauseous with Chest pains and Atemu was having loss of breath, as well as nauseous. He wasn't as bad as Heba was.

The guard were worried about them. Atemu looked at Heba, "Are these signs of Carbon monoxide poisoning?"

Heba just finished throwing up, "Unfortunately yes. We need to hurry."

They had already ridden through the night and if they hurried like they were, they would get back to palace before dinner.

It was barely after sunrise as Bakura, Ryou, Malik, and Marik were ready to head back to Egypt.

Ryou looked at Solomon from her horse, "You take care of yourself."

Solomon, "You to my dear. I hope everything's going okay in the Egyptian palace?"

Malik nodded, "Yep, and don't worry we're keeping a close eye on Yugi to make sure she's safe."

Solomon nodded and looked at Bakura and Marik, "Please take care of my Niece and Nephew I do worry about them so."

Bakura and Marik, "We will."

The group headed off and once they were out of town Marik looked at Bakura and Ryou, "Did you two buy enough crap yesterday."

Ryou looked at Marik, "One, half the stuff was free. Two, some of it is for your family. And Three at least we did stuff instead of sleeping all day."

Bakura looked at Marik then Malik, "So do you want to explain why you two were in the same room yet. Or should I assume my assumption was correct."

Marik and Malik blushed, "Shut up!"

Bakura smirked, "Fine, you don't say anything about all this." He pointed to everything they're taking back with them. "And I won't tell our precious Prince's and Princess that we caught you already sleeping together."

Marik, "You ass."

Ryou went over to Malik and whispered, "You did use protection right."

Malik looked at Ryou and frowned, "No."

Ryou, "Malik!"

Marik and Bakura stopped their bickering when Malik and Ryou were talking and because Ryou called out Malik's name.

Ryou looked at Malik not realizing the other two could hear her, "You can get pregnant! How could you be so irresponsible!"

Bakura looked at Marik and Marik was shocked, "What!"

Ryou and Malik turned to see Marik confused, "Pregnant? He's a man!"

Ryou turned to Malik, "You're explaining, not my problem."

Malik frowned, "You're cruel."

Ryou looked at Bakura and Marik, "Just so you know Joey and Heba are the same way."

Malik started to explain everything and Marik damn near fainted on the horse. And Bakura was in between shock and laughing.

The Palace:

Yugi had been walking around the palace, it was getting close to sunset and she figured she would stop to see Isis. Isis wanted to see her each night to check on the bruising and to make sure Yugi didn't heal it herself.

Yugi knocked on the doors to the healing chambers, "Isis it's me, may I come in?"

Isis opened the doors to the healing chambers and smiled at Yugi, "Great to see you. Come on in, I'll check your shoulder and neck."

Yugi nodded and followed her into the room.

Isis undid the binding and even though there was a bruise it looked to slowly be fading. "I assume you haven't healed it correct."

Yugi nodded, "I've been putting ice on it to help the swelling though, like you told me. I also put the ointment on after lunch."

Isis nodded, "That's good. I'll put new bandaging on so that your clothes won't rub against it."

Yugi nodded and took off her shirt so Isis could redo the bandaging.

Heba and Atemu just got to the palace, the guards standing at the enterance were surprised they were back already. "Prince Atemu, Prince Heba, we thought you wouldn't be back until tomorrow."

Heba felt nauseous again, "We got what we needed. Please have everything put away. Prince Atemu and I need to see Isis."

The guard was on alert now, "Did you get injured?"

Atemu, "Not exactly. We have to go."

Atemu wasn't feeling well either but the two of them made their way to Isis chambers.

Yugi just finished getting her shirt back on when there was a knock on the door. Isis raised her eyebrow and went to open it to see Heba and Atemu there.

Isis, "Oh welcome back boys."

Yugi looked over, "Heba!"

Heba looked up at Yugi and tried to smile before wave of nausea hit him. Yugi instantly got worried, "Heba are you okay?"

Heba looked at Isis and Yugi, "I think we got carbon monoxide poisoning."

Isis, "What's that?"

Yugi instantly ran over, "Heba, do you think both you and Atemu have it?"

Heba nodded.

Yugi, "Isis lay them down on the bed, this is very serious."

Isis nodded, "Will you explain what Carbon Monoxide poisoning later princess?"

Yugi nodded, "Isis by any chance do you have any pure oxygen tanks."

Isis, "Yes. We only a few left but we do have them."

Yugi looked at Isis, "We need one for each of them. I'm sorry but I have to use my magic on them."

Isis, "It's that serious?"

Yugi nodded. She turned to Heba and Atemu, "Okay who do you think has it worse?"

Atemu looked at Yugi, "Heba. He's been throwing up none stop since this morning. I started around none."

Yugi nodded, "Heba you know the drill."

Heba groaned, "This is going to hurt isn't it."

Yugi grabbed a trashcan in case Heba threw up, "we have to speed up the process somehow. It helps you got to fresh air as soon as possible. It could have been worse."

Heba nodded.

Isis came back with two pure oxygen tanks and mask. "Go ahead and set Atemu up. I'll work on Heba first, but the pure oxygen should help a lot."

Isis nodded. And her and Yugi got them set up.

Yugi stood next to Heba and put her arms over his body as it glowed a light blue and Heba cried out in pain.

Yugi winced as her brother hurt, "Sorry."

Heba nodded understanding and he yelled out several curses for the next hour.

After the hour Heba was exhausted as well as Yugi, she had sweat coming from her brow.

Isis and Atemu had felt bad for Heba it looked like he was in pain the whole time. Isis looked at Yugi, "What did you do?"

Yugi looked at Isis tired, "Pure oxygen helps replace the carbon monoxide in the organs and tissues. However what I do is make it as though you're in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber where the air pressure is 5x the normal amount to help speed up the process. It also helps the oxygen to get back into the blood stream. If I didn't do this the toxin will continue to spread."

Isis nodded. Yugi looked at Atemu sadly, "This is going to hurt."

Atemu nodded, "Do what you need to."

Yugi grabbed the trashcan and placed it by Atemu, Heba was out cold now.

Yugi repeated the process with Atemu. This time while she was doing it she looked at Isis, "Go inform the others what happened. Since I already worked on Heba, I can watch Atemu."

Isis nodded and ran out of the room to inform the King and Queen and find Seto, Yami, and Joey.

Yami was walking around the palace, he couldn't find Yugi.

Yami walked into the lounge to see Seto and Joey making out, "Oh… bad timing?"

Seto let go of Joey, not even caring he had been caught making out with him, "What do you want? Seto snapped.

Yami held up his hands, "Hey this is the lounge if you didn't want to get walked in on you should have done that in one of your rooms."

Joey who was still blushing from the fact they were caught, "Whatcha need?"

Yami, "I was looking for Yugi, she needs to go see Isis to look over the bruise."

Joey looked at Yami, "I thought it was just a bruise."

Yami, "It is, but Isis wants to make sure Yugi doesn't heal it. So, she has to go see her every morning and night. Plus, Isis puts a new bandage on every time she goes so it won't hurt her when she has her clothes on."

Joey nodded in understanding.

Yami frowned, "Maybe she already went and saw Isis."

Seto, "Maybe."

Yami started to walk out when his parents came into the room worried.

Yami, "Mom, dad?"

Amara looked at Yami, "You haven't seen your brother, yet have you?"

Yami, Seto, and Joey were surprised at that.

Yami, "Atemu isn't back yet, I thought he wasn't getting back until tomorrow."

Aknankanon shook his head, "The guards informed us they were back, but they said Heba and Atemu were rather sick and they didn't know why. But that was an hour and half ago. If they stopped by Isis first they should have been done by now."

Seto was worried about his cousin, "Maybe we should go to the healing chambers."

Aknankanon nodded along with Amara.

They all left the lounge and headed towards the healing chamber to see Isis running up to them.

Isis, "Oh thank goodness your all together."

Aknankanon and Amara were instantly worried now, "Isis what's wrong?"

Isis looked at her King and Queen, "Atemu and Heba returned and prince Heba said they might have been exposed to Carbon Monoxide."

Yami and Seto, "What's that?"

Isis shook her head, "I don't know but Princess Yugi said she had to use her magic on them because it was serious."

Joey interrupted, "That is very serious. If Yugi doesn't use her magic they could be down for the count for at least a year."

All heads turned to Joey, "You know what Carbon Monoxide is?"

Joey nodded, "Yeah, me and Heba got exposed to it before. It's painful as hell as well as deadly if your exposed to it too long. But Yugi knows more about it, she researched it and named it as well, any documents you read over it was written by her."

Isis nodded and Seto looked at Yami, "How did you get the smartest of the group?"

Yami raised his shoulders, "I don't know but we better go."

When they returned to the healing chambers they could hear yelling from the inside.

Everyone was worried that someone broke in when Isis and Joey calmed them down. Isis, "Prince Heba did the same thing. It's probably going to last a while."

Aknankanon, "He did?"

Isis nodded, "I stayed in the room to help observe Prince Atemu while Yugi worked on Prince Heba. They said he was in worse condition then Prince Atemu."

Amara was worried about her son. "Why is he screaming in pain?"

Joey answered for Isis, "Because Yugi has increased the air pressure around him. It's probably around 5x the normal amount because she's forcing the carbon monoxide out of his organs and body tissue as well as in his blood to allow the oxygen back in."

Seto, "Is it that painful puppy?"

Joey nodded, "Oh yeah. The fact he isn't screaming louder is what's surprising me. Hell, getting stabbed is less painful."

Yami looked in the room worried, "Are they going to be alright?

Isis, "I don't know… I better get back in there to help. Yugi wanted me to inform you all."

Isis went back into the room.

After Isis went back into the room Yami, Seto, Amara and Aknankanon looked at Joey, "How did you and Prince Heba get exposed to this Carbon Monoxide before."

Joey thought about it, "We got trapped in a cave, there wasn't much oxygen and when we got out we were really sick. We didn't know why. Yugi did a lot of research and we were sick for half a year before she figured out what was wrong and caused it. Again, I don't know much like Yugi. I just know it hurts like hell and it feels as though your suffocating, constantly nauseous, dizzy, and you have impaired judgment."

That didn't help anyone's worries.

Joey looked at the doors to the healing chambers, "Yugi's in there and she using her magic. They'll be fine."

He was worried about Heba and Atemu but he knew because Yugi was here and knew about the poison they would be fine.

Isis got back into the room to see Atemu was sweating bunches and Yugi was wincing in pain.

Isis, "Princess is everything alright?"

Yugi didn't look at Isis while working on Atemu, "Atemu was worse than Heba, he didn't show the symptoms though. This is going to take longer. Can you wipe the sweat off him?"

Isis nodded and got a wet rag.

Yugi looked at Heba, "We also need to get Heba cleaned up." Isis nodded and called for some of the servants to help clean up Heba.

After nearly 2 ½ hours Yugi had finished on Atemu. Atemu had stopped screaming about an hour and forty-five minutes in because he blacked out from pain.

Yugi was also covered in sweat and the minute she finished she collapsed on the floor breathing in relief. She was exhausted. Isis saw the white in Yugi's hair spread and knew it was because of her magic.

Yugi looked at Isis with tired eyes, "They'll be fine. Probably won't wake up at all tomorrow. That's a painful process but very effective. They should be better within a week. Keep them on pure oxygen for 3 days, and make a mixture of chamomile, peppermint, basil, crushed fennel seeds and marjoram into boiling water for 10 minutes and then strain. They need to drink it at every meal to help their digestion and decrease the muscle spasms."

Isis looked at Yugi, "They'll have muscle spasms?"

Yugi nodded, "I forced Oxygen into their blood, organs, and body tissue. So, they'll be severally sore because of it."

Isis nodded and saw Yugi was close to passing out from exhaustion. She had been using her magic for nearly 4 hours straight.

Isis helped Yugi stand up and helped her walk out of the room she was beyond tired.

Everyone was still outside the healing chambers they had heard the screaming stop nearly an hour ago but nobody ever emerged.

They were growing worried when they saw Isis walk out of the room with a very sweaty and tired Yugi.

Yugi looked up not surprised everyone was outside before they asked questions, "They'll be fine by next week, I'll explain everything tomorrow. I'm tired and gross. They're asleep, you can see them if you want, just don't take the masks off their face."

Amara immediately went over to Yugi, "Let's get you cleaned up."

Yami walked over too, "I'll carry her to the room, you can clean her up."

Isis and Amara nodded following Yami as he picked Yugi up to carry her.

The minute Yugi was off her feet and in Yami's arm she was sound asleep. She had been fighting to stay awake the whole time she was healing Atemu.

Aknankanon, Seto and Joey went into the healing chambers to see Atemu and Heba sound asleep with masks over their faces. There was also a trashcan near Atemu's with a lot of throw up in it.

Joey walked over and tied the bag inside it, "Where can I throw this?"

Aknankanon called a servant to deal with it.

Seto and Aknankanon went over to Atemu and Joey went to Heba.

Joey smiled, "you stupid idiot. Yugi told you to be careful."

Seto looked at Atemu, "You too moron."

Aknankanon was happy that his soon looked alright, but he looked nearly as pale as Yami did, in fact so did Heba.

Seto sighed, "We better let them rest."

Everyone nodded and left the room.

When Amara, Isis, Yami, and Yugi arrived at Yugi's room Yami carried her into the bathroom and placed her down on the bench in there. "I'll leave the rest to you. I'm going to go check on Atemu."

Isis and Amara nodded.

Yami turned to them, "Yugi's probably going to sleep late tomorrow so we shouldn't bother waking her up. Can we just wait in the lounge until she wakes up so she can explain?"

Amara, "I was planning on asking your father that anyway."

Yami nodded and left the room to go check on Atemu.

Isis started running a bath while Amara helped get Yugi unclothed.

Yugi was sound asleep the whole time Amara and Isis cleaned her up and they put her to bed. They could tell Yugi was exhausted. Isis looked out the window. It had to be close to midnight.

The two left Yugi's room to let her sleep.

Everyone was worried about Heba and Atemu. But Joey and Yami were more worried about Yugi. She had to use her magic to heal the two of them and they knew Heba and Atemu would be okay because Yugi was the one that healed them.

They could only wait to see what will happen.