DD: OK dudes and dudettes, today's disclaimer was going to be brought to
you by Tea, but due to an unfortunate turn of events, she is unable to come
today. *sigh* Accidents with chainsaws can happen so often... Oh well,
instead we'll have Bakura doing it!
Bakura: Wha?
Sierra: ^___^
Bakura: O.o;;;
DD: Where's ya Chistmas spirit?
Bakura: *Holds up alcohol* Here?
DD: -_-;;; Oh com'on, it's my birthday on Christmas day, so be nice.
Bakura: Whatever. B-day girl DigiDudette does not own Yugioh, if you say otherwise, I will own your souls.
Sierra: You can have my soul anytime, Baku-san.
Bakura: O.O
DD: ~_~ Anywho, on with the chapter. It's a longy 'cus it's the last one and I've gotta tie all the loose ends.
Sierra: That'll be a lot.
DD: Shut the hell up or you'll face the wrath of my dance-mat at Christmas!
Sierra: O_O!
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"So this is the Shadow Realm." Hayley said quietly, amazed that she was actually there.
"Yes, but it's a very dangerous place." Sierra added seriously.
"I know, but, why's nothing happening the-?" Footsteps were heard throughout the area, and eventually a figure appeared.
"No way!" Kaiba yelled when he saw an exact twin of himself appear.
"Don't you remember me, Seto Kaiba?" he said. "We both had different ways of getting rid of Yugi Moto, and now you're working with his pathetic friends. How sad."
"Ishida!" Yami said angrily. The others looked at him. "What have you done with Yugi?"
"I was going to use his body as a way out of this hellhole." Ishida started. "By using him I'd instantly destroy you. That blast may have only temporally taken away his soul, but I also used it as a backup plan, so it would take his soul anyway."
"YOU BASTARD!!!" Yami screamed. He ran up to get him, but was held back by the same vines that got Yugi. Hayley ran up to him to help him. Ishida laughed.
"You're pathetic, Pharaoh. You show compassion for those weaker than you." He sighed. "I was going to take over his body but you showed up, and I can't do that until I've destroyed you."
"That's not going to happen!" Sierra yelled angrily. She pulled out her deck. (DD: MY deck. Sierra: -_-;;; You wrote it. DD: Well it'd sound dodgy if I wrote 'she pulled out Hayley's deck', wouldn't it?? Sierra: ~_~ Oh yeah.) "Shadow games are my specialty." she added, a grin on her face. Ishida smiled.
"Then I choose these cards." Kaiba's deck disappeared and then reappeared in Ishida's hand.
"Give me back my cards!" he demanded.
"I want to use them, so tough luck." Ishida replied simply. Yami glared at him as Hayley struggled to break the vines around him. "And, just to make it harder for you, Pharaoh..." More vines appeared and wrapped themselves around his body.
"God dammit!" Hayley cursed as she tried to break them, Yami trying to move his arms to break free.
"Now," Ishida started. "I summon the Blue Eyes White Dragon!!" The mighty dragon appeared and roared loudly.
"Holy crap!!" Hayley said loudly. "Yami, gimme a bit of some'in' for the effort here!"
"I'm trying!" Yami snapped back. "Just go and find Yugi!"
"No, I'm not leaving you!"
"I'll be fine, but Yugi won't if you don't find him!" Hayley nodded reluctantly.
"Sierra, Bakura, help Yami!" she yelled to the two yamis. "Joey, Kaiba, come with me, okay?"
"'Kay." They both said together. Hayley was about to set off when Sierra stopped her.
"You'll need these." She gave her a few cards. "Good luck."
"You need all the luck." She ran of with Joey and Kaiba into the darkness. "Go Celtic Guardian!" she cried, and the elf warrior appeared beside her. "We have to find Yugi, and we need your help."
"Right, I'll do my best." Celtic Guardian replied in his Irish accent. They began searching the vast area, Celty (DD: ~_~ Sounds sweeter, ne?) being cautious incase they were attacked. After a few minutes, they saw a huge black dome crackling with dark energy.
"He must be in there!" Hayley said, looking worried. She ran up to the dome and began hitting it, trying to get through. Celty tried smashing a hole in it with his sword, but it wouldn't work.
"There's gotta be a way we can get in there!" Joey said, looking around. "But how?"
"Yugi..." Hayley stared towards the top of the dome, and rested her hands on it. "There has to be a way..." She closed her eyes for a few seconds, and when she opened them, she saw that her right hand was through the dome. "WHA-??!!" She pulled her hand away and looked at it. "How the hell?!"
"Hayley, look!" Joey pointed to her silver pendant. It was glowing, along with her Millennium Band. She moved her hand towards the dome again.
"If I'm right, then I haven't just imagined what happened." Her hand passed right through. "Celtic Guardian!" she called over to the elf. He walked up to her. "It may be weaker from the inside. We're going in." She grabbed his arm and walked into the darkness and out of sight, the swordsman following her through. "We made it!" She looked over to the other end of the area, as Celty began to smash at the wall. There she saw the familiar face of her friend, but he looked a mess. He had cuts on his arms and face, and his eyes looked totally lifeless. He was being held into place by dark vines around his arms. "Yugi!!" The blonde ran up to him and tried to break him free. "Yugi, can you hear me?" There was no response.
"Yug!!" Hayley looked around when she heard Joey run up to her. "What's wrong with him?"
"His soul is being destroyed." Celty said grimly. He slashed his way through the vines and Hayley caught Yugi before he hit the ground. "If we don't hurry he won't make it." Kaiba stood there and stared, not believing what he was seeing.
"There's no way anything like that can happen!" he said angrily. "It's impossible!" Celty picked up Yugi and looked at him.
"Kaiba," Hayley started. "Think with your heart, not with your head. Science can't explain magic and emotion. If you don't understand that, then you have no soul." She, Joey and Celty walked off, Kaiba following soon after.
***
"Yami, we're back!!" Hayley yelled as they ran to where the three yamis were last seen. "Oh no!" All she saw was Sierra and Bakura lying on the ground, unconscious, and Yami was on his knees, exhausted. Three Blue Eyes were by Ishida's side as he laughed manically.
"Now really, I thought you'd put up a better fight than that, Pharaoh." he said maliciously as Yami looked up at him angrily.
"I'm not done yet." he said, getting up. "I summon Dark Magician!!" (DD: Why didn't he play it before you ask? I honestly have no idea. ~_~) The magician appeared and began to attack the Blue-Eyes while dodging their attacks.
Hayley looked over at Sierra worriedly, then looked at the cards she was given. "Fusion Sword Murasame Blade...that's it!" she said suddenly. Joey and Kaiba looked at her.
"What's up?" Joey asked.
"This card, if Sierra hadn't given it to me then she could've used it to make a card in my deck more powerful than the Blue-Eyes!" She held up another card. "Warrior Dai Grepher!" Another warrior appeared next to Hayley, and she ran off towards Sierra.
"What is she doing?!" Kaiba exclaimed. Celty looked at Joey, then spoke.
"This is getting dangerous. If you look after Yugi then I can protect you and Kaiba." Joey nodded and took Yugi off Celty, laying him on the ground.
Hayley managed to get to Sierra without any problem. "Sierra, com'on, now is not the time for sleeping!" Sierra opened her eyes and sat up.
"Where is that asshole?!" she demanded angrily.
"Yami's taking care of him for now. Com'on, I'll help ya up, then I need a card of yours." Ishida grinned maliciously when he saw Hayley away from the Joey and Kaiba. He used the magic card Fissure to get rid of Warrior Dai Grepher, then looked at one of the huge dragons. "BLUE-EYES, ATTACK!!"
"HAYLEY, NO!!" Kaiba yelled and started running towards her. Hayley looked towards the Blue-Eyes after helping Sierra up and saw the attack coming. She saw Warrior Dai Grepher wasn't there, and knew exactly what to do. She took the card she needed and pushed Sierra out of the way, knocking her to the ground. (DD: I can't help but feel I've forgotten someone... Sierra: Like Baku-san? DD: ~_~ Oh yeah...oh well! ^_^ Sierra: _ You're gonna pay...) The blast hit her head on, and she went flying a few metres, landing on her right-hand wrist as she lay on the ground, unconscious.
"Hayley!!" Yami turned around to run over to her, but before he could, Ishida ordered Blue-Eyes to attack his Dark Magician, destroying it. As he was destroyed, Yami collapsed to the ground.
The Blue-Eyes flew towards Hayley, roaring aggressively, ready to finish her off. Kaiba got to her and saw the two cards in her left hand. He took them and held them into the air. "I summon Freed the Matchless General!!" he cried, and a warrior appeared in front of him. (DD: 2300/1700 for those who didn't know.) "And now I equip him with Fusion Sword Murasame Blade to raise his attack power up to 3100!!" The mighty warrior leapt into the air and swung his sword diagonally through Blue-Eyes chest. It roared, then disappeared. "Now, attack the two remaining Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" The warrior only need to attack once and the dragons were gone.
Hayley opened her eyes and got up, holding her right wrist as she did. "Kaiba, you saved me?" she asked, surprised. Kaiba looked at her and smiled. (DD: O_O It smiles!! Sierra: -_-;;;)
"You okay?" he asked. Hayley nodded.
"Yeah, but I think I landed on my wrist or something. It really hurts." Kaiba helped her up and she looked around. Bakura was getting up and Sierra was running up to her.
"That was awesome!" she said excitedly. "I'm surprised you weren't killed!"
"Thanks a lot." Hayley replied sarcastically. She looked over and saw Yami. "Oh no!" she ran up to him, but was blocked by a weak looking Ishida in her way.
"You're not getting to him." He said maliciously. "His power will be mine." Hayley sighed.
"I don't think so. Celtic Guardian, ATTACK!!" The warrior ran up and pushed his sword right through Ishida. Sierra cringed as he fell to his knees and disappeared into nothing. She ran up to Yami and knelt down beside him. "Com'on Yami, we did it!" She shook him slightly and he woke up.
"Where's Yugi?" he asked suddenly, getting up. Hayley stood up looked over to Joey walking up to them, carrying Yugi.
"He's right here, don't worry." Joey said, relieved that it was all over.
"Will he be okay?" Kaiba asked, looking at him.
"Once we get back, he'll need rest, but he'll be fine." Hayley replied. Yami turned towards her.
"Hayley, are you alright? I wasn't sure after the attack from the Blue- Eyes." he said worriedly. Hayley smiled.
"Don't worry, I just hurt my wrist, that's all."
"Can we get back now?" Bakura asked, after reaching the others. "I was cheated out of causing havoc today." Everyone laughed, except for Sierra, who kept quiet, like she was in shock.
"Sierra, what's wrong?" Hayley asked.
"It nothing," she started, looking up and smiling. "let's go."
***
Ryou looked at the group who went to the Shadow Realm and sighed. "How do you think they're doing?" he asked.
"I'm sure they'll be back soon." Tea replied. She looked at group as well, then saw them begin to wake up. "They made it!"
When Hayley woke up, she felt the same pain in her wrist as she did in the Shadow Realm. She held it and looked around as everyone else woke up.
"Welcome back." Ryou said happily when he saw Bakura. The yami scowled at him, then stood up.
"I'm going now." he said bluntly, walking out of the room. Ryou stood up and began to follow.
"Sorry to go, but he's likely to change the lock on my door if I'm not in 5 minutes after him."
"See ya Ryou!" Hayley said, smiling. Ryou returned the smile and left.
"Err, Yami?" Tea asked. Yami looked at her. "Why hasn't Yugi woken up yet?"
"He's tired, that's all." Yami replied simply. Kaiba looked at Hayley.
"Come with me, I can get my medical team to check out your wrist." he said bluntly. Hayley nodded and left with him. (Sierra: ^o^ I can't believe you wrote that! DD: -_-U Just shut it.)
***
Half an hour later, Hayley returned with Kaiba. She was wearing a strap-on wrist support, but other then that, there was nothing different. Yami turned around and looked at her.
"Is everything okay?" he asked her. Hayley smiled.
"Just a fracture, that's all. I'll be fine." she said happily. "How's Yugi?"
"Still resting." Yami said simply. Hayley sighed, then turned to face Kaiba.
"Thanks Seto." she said gratefully.
"I thought you called me Kaiba." he answered, surprised.
"Oh I did, until you proved that you weren't such an ass by saving me!" she replied, grinning. Kaiba smiled slightly, then left. Hayley walked up to where Yugi was lying on his bed, then she knelt by it. 'He's been through a lot these last few days. I hope he'll be able to get over it. We almost lost him then...' She was snapped out of her train of thought when she saw Yugi's eyes open. "Yugi!"
"Are you alright?" Yami asked quickly. Yugi turned his head to face everyone.
"What happened?" he asked weakly. "All I can remember is being caught by some weird vines."
"You're soul was taken to the Shadow Realm." Sierra answered simply. "It turned out Ishida had done it. Don't worry, we got rid of him!" she added quickly, seeing the worried looked on Yugi's face.
"Well, at least it's over." Yugi said, sitting up. "Thanks you guys."
"Anything to help!" Hayley said happily.
***
"No, you can't be serious! Tomorrow? It's all set? Fine..." Hayley sighed as she put her mobile back into her pocket. She had decided to stay at the Game Shop until Yugi felt better, but was irrtated as she ran upstairs to Yugi's room. "Yugi, I've got something to tell you." she said as she knocked on the door. Yugi opened it and invited her in. He still had some signs of the cuts on his arms and his head, and Hayley still had the wrist support on her, but they were as if nothing had ever happened.
"So, what's up?" he asked curiously.
"My mum phoned. She said I have to go back to England tomorrow. She says it's all sorted for tomorrow at eight in the mornin'."
"Damn." Yugi said quietly. "I wish the was a way you could stay."
"Yeah, me too, but when my mum's mind is made up, there's no way of changing it."
***
Hayley arrived at the airport with all her stuff. She paid the taxi driver and went through to wait for her plane.
"Hayley!" She looked around and saw Yugi, Joey, Mokuba and Tea running up to her.
"Hey you guys!" she said happily. She looked at Mokuba. "Shouldn't you be with Seto?"
"He couldn't make it." Mokuba said sadly. "But I wanted to say thank you for saving my brother, and I hope you come back soon."
"Me too." she replied simply. She looked at Yugi. "I'm really gonna miss you, Yugi."
"I'll see you again, I know it!" Yugi said cheerfully. When Hayley was sure no one was looking, Sierra emerged from the Band.
"Where's Baku-san?" she asked sadly. "He said he'd be here."
"WAIT!!" Sierra grinned when Bakura ran up to her, followed by Ryou. "Weren't gettin' doubts, were you?"
"A li'l."
"I promised you I'd see you again, and I do my best to keep promises that aren't fake." Hayley looked confused when Bakura had said that. He kissed her on the cheek and gave her a hug. "Don't forget me, 'kay?" (DD: Very un- Bakura-like, ne?)
"I haven't forgotten you for 3,000 years, why should I start now?" She winked at him and smiled.
Hayley looked at Yugi. An announcement for her flight to England was heard. "Well, this is it. See ya everyone."
"Wait Hayley!" Yugi said suddenly. He walked up to her and gave her a long hug, then a kiss on the cheek. "Now you can go." Hayley smiled and ran off after Sierra had disappeared into the Band again.
"See ya!!" she called to everyone as she disappeared into the crowd. She was finally going home, but she was sure she'd see them again.
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DD: *Singing with a bottle of beer in her hand* Deck the halls with loads of holly!!!
Sierra + Bakura: *Also with bottles of beer in their hands* Falalalalaaalalalalaa!!
DD: Drink and drink until your jolly!!!
Sierra + Bakura: Falalalalaaalalala- *Fall to the ground* X_x
DD: Sozy review-dudes, beer some drunk and went all fuzzy! #^_^# *Falls to the ground* R+R pweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzz... ^________^ MERRY XMAS DUDES AND DUDETTES!!!
Bakura: Wha?
Sierra: ^___^
Bakura: O.o;;;
DD: Where's ya Chistmas spirit?
Bakura: *Holds up alcohol* Here?
DD: -_-;;; Oh com'on, it's my birthday on Christmas day, so be nice.
Bakura: Whatever. B-day girl DigiDudette does not own Yugioh, if you say otherwise, I will own your souls.
Sierra: You can have my soul anytime, Baku-san.
Bakura: O.O
DD: ~_~ Anywho, on with the chapter. It's a longy 'cus it's the last one and I've gotta tie all the loose ends.
Sierra: That'll be a lot.
DD: Shut the hell up or you'll face the wrath of my dance-mat at Christmas!
Sierra: O_O!
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"So this is the Shadow Realm." Hayley said quietly, amazed that she was actually there.
"Yes, but it's a very dangerous place." Sierra added seriously.
"I know, but, why's nothing happening the-?" Footsteps were heard throughout the area, and eventually a figure appeared.
"No way!" Kaiba yelled when he saw an exact twin of himself appear.
"Don't you remember me, Seto Kaiba?" he said. "We both had different ways of getting rid of Yugi Moto, and now you're working with his pathetic friends. How sad."
"Ishida!" Yami said angrily. The others looked at him. "What have you done with Yugi?"
"I was going to use his body as a way out of this hellhole." Ishida started. "By using him I'd instantly destroy you. That blast may have only temporally taken away his soul, but I also used it as a backup plan, so it would take his soul anyway."
"YOU BASTARD!!!" Yami screamed. He ran up to get him, but was held back by the same vines that got Yugi. Hayley ran up to him to help him. Ishida laughed.
"You're pathetic, Pharaoh. You show compassion for those weaker than you." He sighed. "I was going to take over his body but you showed up, and I can't do that until I've destroyed you."
"That's not going to happen!" Sierra yelled angrily. She pulled out her deck. (DD: MY deck. Sierra: -_-;;; You wrote it. DD: Well it'd sound dodgy if I wrote 'she pulled out Hayley's deck', wouldn't it?? Sierra: ~_~ Oh yeah.) "Shadow games are my specialty." she added, a grin on her face. Ishida smiled.
"Then I choose these cards." Kaiba's deck disappeared and then reappeared in Ishida's hand.
"Give me back my cards!" he demanded.
"I want to use them, so tough luck." Ishida replied simply. Yami glared at him as Hayley struggled to break the vines around him. "And, just to make it harder for you, Pharaoh..." More vines appeared and wrapped themselves around his body.
"God dammit!" Hayley cursed as she tried to break them, Yami trying to move his arms to break free.
"Now," Ishida started. "I summon the Blue Eyes White Dragon!!" The mighty dragon appeared and roared loudly.
"Holy crap!!" Hayley said loudly. "Yami, gimme a bit of some'in' for the effort here!"
"I'm trying!" Yami snapped back. "Just go and find Yugi!"
"No, I'm not leaving you!"
"I'll be fine, but Yugi won't if you don't find him!" Hayley nodded reluctantly.
"Sierra, Bakura, help Yami!" she yelled to the two yamis. "Joey, Kaiba, come with me, okay?"
"'Kay." They both said together. Hayley was about to set off when Sierra stopped her.
"You'll need these." She gave her a few cards. "Good luck."
"You need all the luck." She ran of with Joey and Kaiba into the darkness. "Go Celtic Guardian!" she cried, and the elf warrior appeared beside her. "We have to find Yugi, and we need your help."
"Right, I'll do my best." Celtic Guardian replied in his Irish accent. They began searching the vast area, Celty (DD: ~_~ Sounds sweeter, ne?) being cautious incase they were attacked. After a few minutes, they saw a huge black dome crackling with dark energy.
"He must be in there!" Hayley said, looking worried. She ran up to the dome and began hitting it, trying to get through. Celty tried smashing a hole in it with his sword, but it wouldn't work.
"There's gotta be a way we can get in there!" Joey said, looking around. "But how?"
"Yugi..." Hayley stared towards the top of the dome, and rested her hands on it. "There has to be a way..." She closed her eyes for a few seconds, and when she opened them, she saw that her right hand was through the dome. "WHA-??!!" She pulled her hand away and looked at it. "How the hell?!"
"Hayley, look!" Joey pointed to her silver pendant. It was glowing, along with her Millennium Band. She moved her hand towards the dome again.
"If I'm right, then I haven't just imagined what happened." Her hand passed right through. "Celtic Guardian!" she called over to the elf. He walked up to her. "It may be weaker from the inside. We're going in." She grabbed his arm and walked into the darkness and out of sight, the swordsman following her through. "We made it!" She looked over to the other end of the area, as Celty began to smash at the wall. There she saw the familiar face of her friend, but he looked a mess. He had cuts on his arms and face, and his eyes looked totally lifeless. He was being held into place by dark vines around his arms. "Yugi!!" The blonde ran up to him and tried to break him free. "Yugi, can you hear me?" There was no response.
"Yug!!" Hayley looked around when she heard Joey run up to her. "What's wrong with him?"
"His soul is being destroyed." Celty said grimly. He slashed his way through the vines and Hayley caught Yugi before he hit the ground. "If we don't hurry he won't make it." Kaiba stood there and stared, not believing what he was seeing.
"There's no way anything like that can happen!" he said angrily. "It's impossible!" Celty picked up Yugi and looked at him.
"Kaiba," Hayley started. "Think with your heart, not with your head. Science can't explain magic and emotion. If you don't understand that, then you have no soul." She, Joey and Celty walked off, Kaiba following soon after.
***
"Yami, we're back!!" Hayley yelled as they ran to where the three yamis were last seen. "Oh no!" All she saw was Sierra and Bakura lying on the ground, unconscious, and Yami was on his knees, exhausted. Three Blue Eyes were by Ishida's side as he laughed manically.
"Now really, I thought you'd put up a better fight than that, Pharaoh." he said maliciously as Yami looked up at him angrily.
"I'm not done yet." he said, getting up. "I summon Dark Magician!!" (DD: Why didn't he play it before you ask? I honestly have no idea. ~_~) The magician appeared and began to attack the Blue-Eyes while dodging their attacks.
Hayley looked over at Sierra worriedly, then looked at the cards she was given. "Fusion Sword Murasame Blade...that's it!" she said suddenly. Joey and Kaiba looked at her.
"What's up?" Joey asked.
"This card, if Sierra hadn't given it to me then she could've used it to make a card in my deck more powerful than the Blue-Eyes!" She held up another card. "Warrior Dai Grepher!" Another warrior appeared next to Hayley, and she ran off towards Sierra.
"What is she doing?!" Kaiba exclaimed. Celty looked at Joey, then spoke.
"This is getting dangerous. If you look after Yugi then I can protect you and Kaiba." Joey nodded and took Yugi off Celty, laying him on the ground.
Hayley managed to get to Sierra without any problem. "Sierra, com'on, now is not the time for sleeping!" Sierra opened her eyes and sat up.
"Where is that asshole?!" she demanded angrily.
"Yami's taking care of him for now. Com'on, I'll help ya up, then I need a card of yours." Ishida grinned maliciously when he saw Hayley away from the Joey and Kaiba. He used the magic card Fissure to get rid of Warrior Dai Grepher, then looked at one of the huge dragons. "BLUE-EYES, ATTACK!!"
"HAYLEY, NO!!" Kaiba yelled and started running towards her. Hayley looked towards the Blue-Eyes after helping Sierra up and saw the attack coming. She saw Warrior Dai Grepher wasn't there, and knew exactly what to do. She took the card she needed and pushed Sierra out of the way, knocking her to the ground. (DD: I can't help but feel I've forgotten someone... Sierra: Like Baku-san? DD: ~_~ Oh yeah...oh well! ^_^ Sierra: _ You're gonna pay...) The blast hit her head on, and she went flying a few metres, landing on her right-hand wrist as she lay on the ground, unconscious.
"Hayley!!" Yami turned around to run over to her, but before he could, Ishida ordered Blue-Eyes to attack his Dark Magician, destroying it. As he was destroyed, Yami collapsed to the ground.
The Blue-Eyes flew towards Hayley, roaring aggressively, ready to finish her off. Kaiba got to her and saw the two cards in her left hand. He took them and held them into the air. "I summon Freed the Matchless General!!" he cried, and a warrior appeared in front of him. (DD: 2300/1700 for those who didn't know.) "And now I equip him with Fusion Sword Murasame Blade to raise his attack power up to 3100!!" The mighty warrior leapt into the air and swung his sword diagonally through Blue-Eyes chest. It roared, then disappeared. "Now, attack the two remaining Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" The warrior only need to attack once and the dragons were gone.
Hayley opened her eyes and got up, holding her right wrist as she did. "Kaiba, you saved me?" she asked, surprised. Kaiba looked at her and smiled. (DD: O_O It smiles!! Sierra: -_-;;;)
"You okay?" he asked. Hayley nodded.
"Yeah, but I think I landed on my wrist or something. It really hurts." Kaiba helped her up and she looked around. Bakura was getting up and Sierra was running up to her.
"That was awesome!" she said excitedly. "I'm surprised you weren't killed!"
"Thanks a lot." Hayley replied sarcastically. She looked over and saw Yami. "Oh no!" she ran up to him, but was blocked by a weak looking Ishida in her way.
"You're not getting to him." He said maliciously. "His power will be mine." Hayley sighed.
"I don't think so. Celtic Guardian, ATTACK!!" The warrior ran up and pushed his sword right through Ishida. Sierra cringed as he fell to his knees and disappeared into nothing. She ran up to Yami and knelt down beside him. "Com'on Yami, we did it!" She shook him slightly and he woke up.
"Where's Yugi?" he asked suddenly, getting up. Hayley stood up looked over to Joey walking up to them, carrying Yugi.
"He's right here, don't worry." Joey said, relieved that it was all over.
"Will he be okay?" Kaiba asked, looking at him.
"Once we get back, he'll need rest, but he'll be fine." Hayley replied. Yami turned towards her.
"Hayley, are you alright? I wasn't sure after the attack from the Blue- Eyes." he said worriedly. Hayley smiled.
"Don't worry, I just hurt my wrist, that's all."
"Can we get back now?" Bakura asked, after reaching the others. "I was cheated out of causing havoc today." Everyone laughed, except for Sierra, who kept quiet, like she was in shock.
"Sierra, what's wrong?" Hayley asked.
"It nothing," she started, looking up and smiling. "let's go."
***
Ryou looked at the group who went to the Shadow Realm and sighed. "How do you think they're doing?" he asked.
"I'm sure they'll be back soon." Tea replied. She looked at group as well, then saw them begin to wake up. "They made it!"
When Hayley woke up, she felt the same pain in her wrist as she did in the Shadow Realm. She held it and looked around as everyone else woke up.
"Welcome back." Ryou said happily when he saw Bakura. The yami scowled at him, then stood up.
"I'm going now." he said bluntly, walking out of the room. Ryou stood up and began to follow.
"Sorry to go, but he's likely to change the lock on my door if I'm not in 5 minutes after him."
"See ya Ryou!" Hayley said, smiling. Ryou returned the smile and left.
"Err, Yami?" Tea asked. Yami looked at her. "Why hasn't Yugi woken up yet?"
"He's tired, that's all." Yami replied simply. Kaiba looked at Hayley.
"Come with me, I can get my medical team to check out your wrist." he said bluntly. Hayley nodded and left with him. (Sierra: ^o^ I can't believe you wrote that! DD: -_-U Just shut it.)
***
Half an hour later, Hayley returned with Kaiba. She was wearing a strap-on wrist support, but other then that, there was nothing different. Yami turned around and looked at her.
"Is everything okay?" he asked her. Hayley smiled.
"Just a fracture, that's all. I'll be fine." she said happily. "How's Yugi?"
"Still resting." Yami said simply. Hayley sighed, then turned to face Kaiba.
"Thanks Seto." she said gratefully.
"I thought you called me Kaiba." he answered, surprised.
"Oh I did, until you proved that you weren't such an ass by saving me!" she replied, grinning. Kaiba smiled slightly, then left. Hayley walked up to where Yugi was lying on his bed, then she knelt by it. 'He's been through a lot these last few days. I hope he'll be able to get over it. We almost lost him then...' She was snapped out of her train of thought when she saw Yugi's eyes open. "Yugi!"
"Are you alright?" Yami asked quickly. Yugi turned his head to face everyone.
"What happened?" he asked weakly. "All I can remember is being caught by some weird vines."
"You're soul was taken to the Shadow Realm." Sierra answered simply. "It turned out Ishida had done it. Don't worry, we got rid of him!" she added quickly, seeing the worried looked on Yugi's face.
"Well, at least it's over." Yugi said, sitting up. "Thanks you guys."
"Anything to help!" Hayley said happily.
***
"No, you can't be serious! Tomorrow? It's all set? Fine..." Hayley sighed as she put her mobile back into her pocket. She had decided to stay at the Game Shop until Yugi felt better, but was irrtated as she ran upstairs to Yugi's room. "Yugi, I've got something to tell you." she said as she knocked on the door. Yugi opened it and invited her in. He still had some signs of the cuts on his arms and his head, and Hayley still had the wrist support on her, but they were as if nothing had ever happened.
"So, what's up?" he asked curiously.
"My mum phoned. She said I have to go back to England tomorrow. She says it's all sorted for tomorrow at eight in the mornin'."
"Damn." Yugi said quietly. "I wish the was a way you could stay."
"Yeah, me too, but when my mum's mind is made up, there's no way of changing it."
***
Hayley arrived at the airport with all her stuff. She paid the taxi driver and went through to wait for her plane.
"Hayley!" She looked around and saw Yugi, Joey, Mokuba and Tea running up to her.
"Hey you guys!" she said happily. She looked at Mokuba. "Shouldn't you be with Seto?"
"He couldn't make it." Mokuba said sadly. "But I wanted to say thank you for saving my brother, and I hope you come back soon."
"Me too." she replied simply. She looked at Yugi. "I'm really gonna miss you, Yugi."
"I'll see you again, I know it!" Yugi said cheerfully. When Hayley was sure no one was looking, Sierra emerged from the Band.
"Where's Baku-san?" she asked sadly. "He said he'd be here."
"WAIT!!" Sierra grinned when Bakura ran up to her, followed by Ryou. "Weren't gettin' doubts, were you?"
"A li'l."
"I promised you I'd see you again, and I do my best to keep promises that aren't fake." Hayley looked confused when Bakura had said that. He kissed her on the cheek and gave her a hug. "Don't forget me, 'kay?" (DD: Very un- Bakura-like, ne?)
"I haven't forgotten you for 3,000 years, why should I start now?" She winked at him and smiled.
Hayley looked at Yugi. An announcement for her flight to England was heard. "Well, this is it. See ya everyone."
"Wait Hayley!" Yugi said suddenly. He walked up to her and gave her a long hug, then a kiss on the cheek. "Now you can go." Hayley smiled and ran off after Sierra had disappeared into the Band again.
"See ya!!" she called to everyone as she disappeared into the crowd. She was finally going home, but she was sure she'd see them again.
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DD: *Singing with a bottle of beer in her hand* Deck the halls with loads of holly!!!
Sierra + Bakura: *Also with bottles of beer in their hands* Falalalalaaalalalalaa!!
DD: Drink and drink until your jolly!!!
Sierra + Bakura: Falalalalaaalalala- *Fall to the ground* X_x
DD: Sozy review-dudes, beer some drunk and went all fuzzy! #^_^# *Falls to the ground* R+R pweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzz... ^________^ MERRY XMAS DUDES AND DUDETTES!!!