YM: Hi hi!! I am writing a sequal because you all wanted one. Why I don't know, but. . . . -_-' I'll do it!!
EC: I'm back too!
Yami: And so am I. And the dogs -_-' (gestures to pant legs where dogs are hanging)
YM: ^_^ aren't they cute?
Yami: -_-' Yosha. . . . . .YM doesn't own Yu-gi-oh, and if you sue her, you won't get very much. . . .32 cents and a couple of evil demented dogs bent on chewing on everyone but their master.
YM: -_-' yosha. . . . . .
EC: Start the damn fic already!!
YM: O_O OKAY!!
Chapter 4: In the morning. . . . .
Yami had been sleeping, but pulling him from the recesses of sleep was a strange smell. He blinked awake slowly and noticed that he was really hot, which was strange, because he remembered it being extremely cold in the library basement. Shifting so that his aibou was laying next to him instead of on him, he looked around, and it didn't take long to find out where the heat was coming from. Or the smell. Or the funny orange glow that lit up his aibou.
The pile of books the lantern was on, well it had somehow caught fire when it fell over. How it fell over, Yami didn't know, but right now he had a bigger problem. The blaze was small, but it was steadily getting larger, and if it got much bigger, they would have a problem.
Yami pulled on his clothes and gently lifted his aibou up, setting him further away from the blaze of books. Then, he went to that dresser thing under the stairs. He had seen something that looked like a fire extinguisher-something his aibou had told him would put out a fire. Grabbing the red cylinder, he walked back to the row and attempted to use it.
Pulling the silver clutch, nothing happened. Trying again, he got the same results, and he knew he was doing it right-his aibou had explained it to him. This qualifies as a bad thing. Then, he realized how big the fire was getting. Right now, it was about as tall as Yami and was catching on the books and the carpet was slowly going up in the orange flames.
Thinking fast, Yami sent Yuugi into the sennen puzzle and tried to figure out how to deal with this. Moving as quickly as gravity would allow him, he pushed the bookshelves closest to the fire further away, so the books on them wouldn't burn. By this time, the deep onyx smoke that was rolling off of the fire in sheets was starting to go to his head. He wished desperately that he was in his soul room so he could use his cards. Here, they were useless.
Well, no, that's not true. He didn't know if they would do anything, but he was betting they wouldn't. Taking a chance, he pulled out the Mystical Elf. Activating it took a lot of energy he didn't need to waste, but it did do something. To Yami's advantage, a magical bubble appeared around the fire to stop it from spreading. To his disadvantage, the smoke inside was trapped with no vent, and he was inside it. To vent the smoke, he used Gaia the Fierce Knight to open a hole at the top to vent the molten strangling gas before it completely knocked him out. He could only bring out, one more card, two if he was lucky, to help this situation. He didn't have any monsters that were a water element, so there was no help there. Flying would fan the flames, undead wouldn't help, a dragon wouldn't do much if anything, and god it was getting hard to think in here. Where was I? Oh, dragon. Dragon won't help, how about magic. Yes, a magic type might be able to get rid of it. But, I'm getting too tired to summon a magic type card. The Mystical elf was hard enough. Well, how about, uh, dark magician? Maybe. He could probably get rid of it. Question is, am I too tired to reach him? Yami thought as he stared in the orange flames of the fire that had stopped growing, but was still burning. He was semi-positive that if he let it in the bubble, it would burn through and then he would be back to where he started from. Summoning all of his strength, and reached into his deck and drew out the Dark Magician, just barely holding onto consciousness. The Dark Magician obediently attempted to put out the flames.
It took a while, but gradually the flames began to go out. That was when Yami felt his aibou slip back into this world. Unfortunately, where he chose to come out was not the best selection he could have made, considering that he was on the very edge of the fire, one step backwards, and he was fried. Yami jumped up, willing away the dizziness from his lack of energy, and scooped up his aibou just as he materialized, wincing as he felt a flash of pain surge through his back. He landed on the bottom of the fall, the force of it knocking the wind out of him.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Yuugi's POV*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Why am I in my soul room? He thought as he sat up. He was in his single bed with it's white sheets and warm blue comforter. I don't remember coming here, but maybe Yami put me here before he went to sleep in his soul room. He got up and opened his door, the one that lead to Yami's room, and walked down the hallway quickly, intent upon seeing his Yami. Opening the gold gilt door, he walked in timidly inside and called out,
"Yami? Yami are you here?" He didn't get a response. This told him Yami wasn't there, because normally if Yami was awake, he would have been at the door before Yuugi made it down half of the corridor that connected their soul rooms. If he had been sleeping, he would have been over to Yuugi when the door opened; he always was a light sleeper. Looking around, he saw the little table where Yami's dueling deck was. Accompanying it were the little figurines of each of his monsters, which meant that they weren't in use. Wait, no, where's The Mystical Elf? And Gaia? Thought Yuugi. Then, there was a flash of purple, and The Dark Magician was gone too. Hmmm. What could Yami possibly be doing that requires his Duel Monsters? Thought Yuugi. It was probably none of his business, but curiosity was never a virtue for him; it was more like a curse. Might as well find out. It can't be that bad, can it?
Materializing, he was surprised to find that it was slightly warm where he was standing. He didn't have much time to dwell on that though, because he soon felt himself being pulled through the air at an alarming rate. Then, he landed on something soft. Pushing himself up, he immediately jumped off of Yami and asked,
"Yami, are you alright?" Yami didn't answer, and this made Yuugi worry. He gently shook Yami, just slightly, and asked again, "Yami, are you ok?" Yuugi barely deciphered a nod; at least, what he thought was a nod. He was about to ask what had happened when he noticed a blue, thing, around them. Looking behind him, he saw the reason why he had been so hot. There was a fire, not very large, but that was probably because the Dark Magician was putting out the fire, while the mystical elf was chanting something outside the blue bubble they were in. Something flashed green and then dissipated, and Yuugi absently identified it as Gaia, the Fierce Knight as he turned back to his Yami. Shallow breathing was the only sign of life Yami showed, and even that was short and quick.
"Yami? Yami get up." said Yuugi, shaking him slightly harder than before. Yami blinked his eyes and looked up at Yuugi with eyes that were half lidded, and the other half was glazed over in something that looked akin to pain. His voice was hoarse when he replied,
"I'm fine Aibou. The fire's almost out. Go back to your soul room." Yuugi shook his head violently and said,
"Are you crazy? You go back into the soul room; you need to rest." Yami shook his head weakly; this made Yuugi wonder how long he had been inhaling the smoke that was being vented from the top of the bubble they were sitting in. Yami took in a shaky breath and said,
"N-no. If I go back, the Dark Magician and the Mystical Elf will return with me, and then the fire will spread I have to stay out; at least until the fire goes out." Yuugi wanted to argue, but he knew Yami was telling the truth, because he would never lie. Not to Yuugi anyway. Yuugi nodded and turned to the Dark Magician, silently urging him to work faster.
He seemed to hear Yuugi, because the flames depleted faster than they had been currently. Soon, the flames went out and the Dark Magician left. The Mystical Elf set them down on the ground and disappeared back into Yami's soul room. Yuugi turned to Yami to check on him for the what seemed like hundredth time. Now that the cards were gone, Yami could go back to his soul room.
"Yami? Yami. You can go back to your soul room now." He said, gently touching his Yami's forehead. When he got no reaction, he said again, "Yami. Come on. Go back to your soul room so you can rest." No response. Yuugi tried for a pulse, panicking. . . . . . . . .
TBC. . . . . ^__^
Yami: Oh, great, so now your killing me off!! As if your dogs aren't doing a good enough job!! (Clings to the lamppost fro dear life as the dogs snap at his heels.)
YM: Nooooooo. At least, I haven't decided yet. But I can tell you that the next chappie will defiantly have angst. At least, in the beginning/middle.
EC: I can ensure that ^_^.
YM: Yes well, (we hear clothing rip and Yami scream as he's dragged down from the pole) Awwwwwww. How cute. Look Evile. They like him.
EC: -_-' Yeah, maybe as a chew toy. (goes to help Yami and Hiei turns on her) O_O AAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!! (Jumps up a tree, abandoning Yami)
Yami: Wait!! Don't leave me!!
YM: -_-' Okies. Maybe we should, um, take a nap. Puppies, come in for a while! (dogs come running full force and jump in the house and into their baskets curling up and looking at YM expectantly) Here you go. (tosses them bones)
Yami: YOU MEAN THAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE THAT AT ANY TIME AND YOU DIDN'T!!? I OUGHT TO--- (dogs start growling)---I ought to calm down and not provoke those dogs again -_-'
EC: You idiot. How long have they been obeying your commands?
YM: Uh, ever since I named them.
EC: -_-' Then why didn't you make them leave Yami alone. And me?
YM: 'Cause they were just playing.
Yami: X_X Playing? PLAYING!!?? You call this (holds out his arms) playing!!??
YM: :-P Yes silly. They like you.
EC: As a chew toy maybe.
YM: -_-' R&R. Tell me if I should kill off Yami or not. I don't want to, 'cause he's my favorite character, but if you want me to, I will.
Yami: Please, in the name of Ra, LET ME LIVE!!!!
EC: -_-' A few reviews, say 10, and I'll bother her to write another chappie.