Yami for a day
YA: Oh great I have time to update early!
Joey: I am so not looking forward to this chapter.
YA: (hugs Joey) I know sweetie but everybody else wants to know what happened. And as a plus, this is an extra long chapter for you to read.
Joey: I'm never going to forgive for this.
YA: Think about it this way, Joey, you get a bigger part in this story than I thought you'd have. And look at all the reviews we got! Thanks everyone! But Bronze Eagle has a question concerning Ryou. (nervous giggles) Well, I was going to let everyone think what happened to Ryou on their own but it might confuse everyone so Ryou was-ur-um-
Joey: GEEZ GIRL! If you can't say it I'll say it for you! Yes Bronze Eagle, he was raped in the shower! There I said it!
YA: (rolls eyes) Hmph.
Joey: (groans)
YA: Disclaimer please.
Joey: (sighs) This insane author whom I thought was my friend until now does not own Yugioh. If you sue her, I don't care but you don't get any money so don't even try.
YA: (feels bad) Maybe this was a bad idea.
Joey: (pats Kass) Don't feel bad, it's what the people want. Let's get on with the story.
"Make me." Was Bakura's last reply. Joey shook with anger before lunging out at Bakura and knocking him over. Yami reached out and recoiled.
"Please Joey! Be more careful!" Joey was sitting over Bakura with legs over each side of his body. "That's Ryou's body you're dealing with!" Joey's eyes lit up with an idea. He raised his arms above his head and wiggled his fingers.
"That's right! Now I'll make you suffer!" Joey brought his hands upon Bakura and tickled him with no mercy. Bakura couldn't understand the feeling that was sent to his brain. The feeling was strange and never felt before. For some reason, he began laughing and moving wildly with no control.
"This---is-not---funny! Why-why---am-am-I laughing!!! Stop-this---now!" Bakura kicked his legs around in hope that it would stop the weird feeling. It was now that he was running out of breath and was in hope that something could stop it before he collapsed. Suddenly, without Joey's knowing, Bakura accidentally rammed a knee in his crouch. Joey fingers froze and dug into Bakura's sides in pain. His jaw dropped, a croaking noise coming from inside. Yami cringed at the sudden action. Bakura was still panting from under Joey, smiling widely that he stopped the tickle attack while causing pain to Joey as well. Joey shuddered and released his grip on Bakura. It took every nerve in his body to stand up and ignore the increasing waves of pain. Joey closed his eyes and took several breaths before opening them up, wiping painful tears before they were seen. From down below, Bakura's grin disappeared when he saw Joey towering over him, glaring at him with glazed, angry eyes.
"Now it's personal." Joey said in a low squeaking voice. Yami stood beside Joey just in case he would launch another attack on Bakura. "You'll get yours once we get to school." Joey grabbed Bakura by the shirt and flipped him over his shoulder, holding tightly. Any big movements from Bakura would flare up the pain in his backside, so he chose to stay still. But how Joey carried him was most uncomfortable. "C'mon Yami. We have two minutes to get there before the gates close." Yami nodded and both took off running. With every step, Bakura cursed Joey for holding him the way he was. Bakura was constantly being beat against his back; every step had him bouncing against Joey, smashing his face straight into his shoulder blades. He was glad the ride was over, not that the landing was better than the ride. Joey skidded to a stop on purpose, loosening his grip on Bakura causing him to fly off Joey and tumble ahead of him. Bakura sucked in his breath as the pain in his backside continue to shoot up his back. There was some tittering ahead of them, coming from random schoolgirls.
"Get up, Albino. Time for class." Bakura watched as Joey walked past with wide strides towards the school building. Yami still stood there looking at Bakura with pity. Yami offered his hand to help him up but Bakura turned his head. Yami shrugged pulling his sleeve up again and followed Joey, with Bakura scrambling to his feet and joining them.
It was the front row of history class that Joey, Bakura and Yami were sitting. Joey had enough of seeing Bakura's face but sat in between them. It was up to him to ensure that no one knew the change. Yami looked at the board with unease as the teacher started writing something on the board.
"What's the matter, Yami?" Joey asked.
"I don't know how to read, Joey. What if she wants me to read something?" Yami fiddled with a pencil on his desk, accidentally knocking it under his desk. He bent, reaching out for it but it was too far. The size of his shirt was drooping down low, making his aim for the pencil hard to see. His fingers were outstretched and back were well under the table. He finally was able to reach the pencil when he noticed the teacher starting to say something. To give her his attention he rose quickly, only to hit his head under his desk. The whole class broke out in heavy laughter. Yami was sure that he never wanted to show his face to them now and grew a bright red in the face. He lifted himself from under the desk and turned towards the rest of the class.
"What in blazes are you still laughing at? It's not funny to hurt yourself!" Yami rubbed his fingers in his wild mane of purple hair. The teacher placed a hand on his desk and looked at him straight in the eyes. "Well, Yugi, because you made that sudden outburst, I'd say you're the first to volunteer the presentation you wrote last night, hm?" Joey's eyes moved towards him and he grimaced. Yami tapped his fingers on the desk, softly before pulling out the eight pages and standing before the class. The teacher gave him a reassuring smile but Yami returned his gaze back to Joey. Joey shrugged trying best to think about what to do about the problem. Then he came up with an idea.
"Yugi!" Joey coughed. Yami lifted one eyebrow. "Call him!" Joey sneezed. Bakura rolled his eyes but Yami caught on. Yami over at the teacher sitting in her desk.
"Miss, could I have a moment to gather my thoughts? I remembered this paper and my main thoughts I would like to present in my own words." The teacher looked impressed by his statement and nodded. Yami took in a deep breath and closed his eyes, making a mental connection to Yugi and no one knew.
//Aibou?//
/Yes, Yami?/
//I need your help desperately!//
/Like how to get rid of this headache that you gave me?/
//No, like giving the presentation in front of class. What was your paper about?//
/Okay, calm down. Just repeat after me: The paper I done research on---/
"---Was Ancient Greece. Many people confused the creation of the Olympics with the Greeks from the Romans. I correct this mistake by telling you---"
It seemed for an eternity that Yami was standing in front of class repeating everything Yugi was telling them from their connection.
/Now say 'thank you.'/
"Now say thank you." Repeated Yami.
/No Yami! Stop repeating me! Just finish by saying, Thank you./
"I meant, "Thank you." The whole class clapped while Yami was taking his seat. He had a quick feeling of nostalgia back when he was a Pharaoh and everybody clapped in his presence. The teacher nodded, looking in Bakura's direction. Bakura looked in all other directions, playing stupid. 'There is no way I'm going up there to make a fool of myself.' Joey nudged Bakura in the side roughly. Bakura stood up with his hand up about to strike Joey.
"Why I outta---" Joey coughed hard while looking at Bakura and then glanced at the teacher, coughing again. Bakura understood what Joey was telling or rather coughing to him. 'Maybe he isn't such an idiot after all.'
"I outta just turn in my paper because I'm not feeling all to well." Bakura tried to make his voice sound as weak as possible. A touch of frustration to his voice made it sound raspy, convincing the teacher that he was indeed sick.
"It's alright, Ryou-" Bakura stood up quickly and looked around the room frantically.
"Where is that boy!" he growled. The class stood quiet and the teacher blinked in confusion. Abashed, Bakura sat down slowly and sunk in his seat, remembering who he was supposed to be.
"Ahem. As I was saying." Started the teacher. "It's alright, Ryou. From how Joey was coughing all morning, I'm sure you must have caught whatever he has. Perhaps Yugi should move further away from him."
"That's alright Miss. He got it from me, so I'm sure I won't catch it." Yami faked a sniff and winked at Joey. Joey responded with a thumbs up.
Later on in the hours Yami was getting bored of the teacher talking about things that happened in the past. How come she couldn't speak of something to Yami's liking, like Ancient Egypt? 'I wonder what Aibou and Ryou are doing right now.' In his mind he could hear Yugi and Ryou dueling to past the time. Yami thought this would be entertaining and tuned in to their duel. Bakura was writing down a list of how to torture Ryou whenever they got back to their original bodies when he glanced at Yami. Yami looked as if he was paying attention but he was smiling. Surely he couldn't be enjoying listening to this woman talk on and on. 'What could he be thinking of?' Bakura thought. 'Yami? What are you doing?' Bakura waited a long time but no response came to him. 'Yami you dolt! Don't you hear me speaking to you!' Bakura still didn't get a response from Yami making him infuriated. He lightly pounded his desk and finally caught Yami's attention.
"What are you doing?" he whispered. Yami glanced at his Sennen Puzzle and back at Bakura. Bakura looked at his ring then back at Yami. Yami nodded and continued to stare out in space. Bakura tapped into Ryou's thoughts and heard him dueling with Yugi.
In Yugi's soul room, Yugi paused the dueling for a second.
"What's the matter?" Ryou asked.
"We have company." Yugi giggled. "I guess the teacher was boring them to death so they're listening to us duel." Ryou went from a sitting position to a reclining position, stretching.
"Yes! It's good to be a Yami for the day. No school, no books, no Bakura." Yugi and Ryou broke out in laughter. There was a strange wave like feeling and then pressure that was sensed in the room. Beside Yugi's bed appeared a door. Yugi dropped his cards and sulked.
"You spoke too soon, Ryou. I bet that's the door we have to go through to seek the gods." The smile on Ryou's face disappeared as quick as when the door first appeared. "Let's go and change this once and for all." Yugi made for the door but stopped when Ryou wasn't following him. "Ryou?"
"I'm not ready to change." Ryou said quietly. "It'll start over again. The beatings, the abuse, the-the-the-pain-" Yugi sat by Ryou placing both hands on his shoulders staring deeply into his eyes.
"Oh Ryou! My sympathy for you comes from the bottom most part of my heart. The pain that you feel is beyond my knowledge and I wish I could do everything in my power to ease it, just as a mother would do for her child." Those words that Yugi just said touched Ryou deeply. Finally, someone who cared about him. Who he was and what he went through. All different emotions were running through his entire body, a mixed pleasure that he never felt before.
"Ah, now I'm starting to sound a lot like Yami." He giggled.
Yugi saw a puddle of tears form in Ryou's chestnut colored eyes and fall freely. Although it was obvious that Ryou was wearing Bakura's face, Yugi could see through that and see the real commotion his heart was pouring all at once. Yugi smoothed away the tears from his face. Ryou smiled and cupped Yugi's face with his hands, pulling it closer to his. Yugi's new ruby eyes sparkled with curiosity, as inch by inch his face was getting closer to Ryou's until finally their lips met in a warm, loving kiss.
"AAAAHHHH! My eyes!" Bakura shouted.
"No, Aibou. No!" cried Yami. Joey jumped from his sleeping position on his desk, wiping away the moist area around his mouth.
"What's da madda?" he asked groggily. He watched as both Bakura and Yami collapsed out of their seats and onto the floor.
Ryou swiftly ended the kiss and pulled back from Yugi. Yugi's mouth remained puckered as he lifted two fingers and touched his mouth. His eyes looked back at Ryou, a mixture between lust, confusion and fear. Without saying any more words, Ryou took Yugi's hand and led him to the door beside the bed.
"I want to let you know, Ryou. If you can't deal with the pain, please come by my house for comfort and refuge." Ryou nodded and opened the door. A warm breeze rushed into the room with plenty of dust and sand.
"Shall we go?" Ryou asked as Yugi nodded. Both walked into the other world, the door the soul room closing softly behind them.
Joey sat in front of the nurses' office shaking his legs from being anxious. Tea and Tristen walked briskly to him and knelt down beside him.
"We heard what happened in your class. Are they going to be okay?" Joey shook his head.
"I don't know. One minute, they were listening, the next they were shouting and they collapsed." Tea thought about what happened.
"Perhaps this has something to do with the change?" Joey and Tristen shrugged as the nurse came back into the main office.
"They are ready to see you now." She said with a smile. "They're okay, just a small fainting spell. They really should have eaten something before coming to school. Their stomachs were growling the whole time I was checking them." Joey said a quiet thanks and entered into the back room with the others. Bakura was sitting on the cot putting his shirt on while Yami was lying on the cot with his eyes clamped shut.
"You guys, alright?" Joey asked sitting beside Yami's cot.
"Just peachy!" hollered Bakura. "Help me by telling me why my stomach hurts and is making so much noise!" Tristen pointed outside of the office and walked out with Bakura following him. Joey brushed Yami's bangs from his damp forehead.
"Looks like Yami is fighting something inside. Maybe he really is sick. We should let him rest." Tea said.
"I'm fine." He muttered. Just then it felt like Yami was falling or being dropped and then torn apart. He flinched from Joey's touch making Joey recoil.
"Yami."
"I said I'm fine." Yami lifted himself from his lying position and removed himself from the cot. He pulled up his shirt that was falling from his shoulder. It was silence after that, a deafening, creepy silence. It was interrupted by Yami's stomach growling. Yami chuckled and brushed more golden strands from his face.
"There must have been a reason for that. Aibou couldn't have done that all on his will." Tea looked at Joey with a questioned look on her face and Joey shrugged. "Now, let's go to lunch and forget about this whole thing." Yami walked happily out of the office leaving Tea and Joey behind.
"Yep. He's starting to act more like Yugi every hour it seems." Joey said and followed Yami out the door.
TBC
YA: (peeks from behind Joey) Please don't kill me folks.
Joey: You didn't see that comin' didja?
YA: I'm glad I didn't stick to the original version and let it go more than it did.
Joey: Yeah, me too. (gags)
YA: Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I did but the adventure is not done yet.
Joey: Yes. There are more surprises and plot twists. Didn't Kass do a good job on this chapter? How about some reviews to help her go on?
YA: (snuggles Joey) You are being such a good sport about this!
Joey: Whaddya takin' about?
YA: (giggles)
Joey: Oh no! What are you going to do to me???
YA: Oh great I have time to update early!
Joey: I am so not looking forward to this chapter.
YA: (hugs Joey) I know sweetie but everybody else wants to know what happened. And as a plus, this is an extra long chapter for you to read.
Joey: I'm never going to forgive for this.
YA: Think about it this way, Joey, you get a bigger part in this story than I thought you'd have. And look at all the reviews we got! Thanks everyone! But Bronze Eagle has a question concerning Ryou. (nervous giggles) Well, I was going to let everyone think what happened to Ryou on their own but it might confuse everyone so Ryou was-ur-um-
Joey: GEEZ GIRL! If you can't say it I'll say it for you! Yes Bronze Eagle, he was raped in the shower! There I said it!
YA: (rolls eyes) Hmph.
Joey: (groans)
YA: Disclaimer please.
Joey: (sighs) This insane author whom I thought was my friend until now does not own Yugioh. If you sue her, I don't care but you don't get any money so don't even try.
YA: (feels bad) Maybe this was a bad idea.
Joey: (pats Kass) Don't feel bad, it's what the people want. Let's get on with the story.
"Make me." Was Bakura's last reply. Joey shook with anger before lunging out at Bakura and knocking him over. Yami reached out and recoiled.
"Please Joey! Be more careful!" Joey was sitting over Bakura with legs over each side of his body. "That's Ryou's body you're dealing with!" Joey's eyes lit up with an idea. He raised his arms above his head and wiggled his fingers.
"That's right! Now I'll make you suffer!" Joey brought his hands upon Bakura and tickled him with no mercy. Bakura couldn't understand the feeling that was sent to his brain. The feeling was strange and never felt before. For some reason, he began laughing and moving wildly with no control.
"This---is-not---funny! Why-why---am-am-I laughing!!! Stop-this---now!" Bakura kicked his legs around in hope that it would stop the weird feeling. It was now that he was running out of breath and was in hope that something could stop it before he collapsed. Suddenly, without Joey's knowing, Bakura accidentally rammed a knee in his crouch. Joey fingers froze and dug into Bakura's sides in pain. His jaw dropped, a croaking noise coming from inside. Yami cringed at the sudden action. Bakura was still panting from under Joey, smiling widely that he stopped the tickle attack while causing pain to Joey as well. Joey shuddered and released his grip on Bakura. It took every nerve in his body to stand up and ignore the increasing waves of pain. Joey closed his eyes and took several breaths before opening them up, wiping painful tears before they were seen. From down below, Bakura's grin disappeared when he saw Joey towering over him, glaring at him with glazed, angry eyes.
"Now it's personal." Joey said in a low squeaking voice. Yami stood beside Joey just in case he would launch another attack on Bakura. "You'll get yours once we get to school." Joey grabbed Bakura by the shirt and flipped him over his shoulder, holding tightly. Any big movements from Bakura would flare up the pain in his backside, so he chose to stay still. But how Joey carried him was most uncomfortable. "C'mon Yami. We have two minutes to get there before the gates close." Yami nodded and both took off running. With every step, Bakura cursed Joey for holding him the way he was. Bakura was constantly being beat against his back; every step had him bouncing against Joey, smashing his face straight into his shoulder blades. He was glad the ride was over, not that the landing was better than the ride. Joey skidded to a stop on purpose, loosening his grip on Bakura causing him to fly off Joey and tumble ahead of him. Bakura sucked in his breath as the pain in his backside continue to shoot up his back. There was some tittering ahead of them, coming from random schoolgirls.
"Get up, Albino. Time for class." Bakura watched as Joey walked past with wide strides towards the school building. Yami still stood there looking at Bakura with pity. Yami offered his hand to help him up but Bakura turned his head. Yami shrugged pulling his sleeve up again and followed Joey, with Bakura scrambling to his feet and joining them.
It was the front row of history class that Joey, Bakura and Yami were sitting. Joey had enough of seeing Bakura's face but sat in between them. It was up to him to ensure that no one knew the change. Yami looked at the board with unease as the teacher started writing something on the board.
"What's the matter, Yami?" Joey asked.
"I don't know how to read, Joey. What if she wants me to read something?" Yami fiddled with a pencil on his desk, accidentally knocking it under his desk. He bent, reaching out for it but it was too far. The size of his shirt was drooping down low, making his aim for the pencil hard to see. His fingers were outstretched and back were well under the table. He finally was able to reach the pencil when he noticed the teacher starting to say something. To give her his attention he rose quickly, only to hit his head under his desk. The whole class broke out in heavy laughter. Yami was sure that he never wanted to show his face to them now and grew a bright red in the face. He lifted himself from under the desk and turned towards the rest of the class.
"What in blazes are you still laughing at? It's not funny to hurt yourself!" Yami rubbed his fingers in his wild mane of purple hair. The teacher placed a hand on his desk and looked at him straight in the eyes. "Well, Yugi, because you made that sudden outburst, I'd say you're the first to volunteer the presentation you wrote last night, hm?" Joey's eyes moved towards him and he grimaced. Yami tapped his fingers on the desk, softly before pulling out the eight pages and standing before the class. The teacher gave him a reassuring smile but Yami returned his gaze back to Joey. Joey shrugged trying best to think about what to do about the problem. Then he came up with an idea.
"Yugi!" Joey coughed. Yami lifted one eyebrow. "Call him!" Joey sneezed. Bakura rolled his eyes but Yami caught on. Yami over at the teacher sitting in her desk.
"Miss, could I have a moment to gather my thoughts? I remembered this paper and my main thoughts I would like to present in my own words." The teacher looked impressed by his statement and nodded. Yami took in a deep breath and closed his eyes, making a mental connection to Yugi and no one knew.
//Aibou?//
/Yes, Yami?/
//I need your help desperately!//
/Like how to get rid of this headache that you gave me?/
//No, like giving the presentation in front of class. What was your paper about?//
/Okay, calm down. Just repeat after me: The paper I done research on---/
"---Was Ancient Greece. Many people confused the creation of the Olympics with the Greeks from the Romans. I correct this mistake by telling you---"
It seemed for an eternity that Yami was standing in front of class repeating everything Yugi was telling them from their connection.
/Now say 'thank you.'/
"Now say thank you." Repeated Yami.
/No Yami! Stop repeating me! Just finish by saying, Thank you./
"I meant, "Thank you." The whole class clapped while Yami was taking his seat. He had a quick feeling of nostalgia back when he was a Pharaoh and everybody clapped in his presence. The teacher nodded, looking in Bakura's direction. Bakura looked in all other directions, playing stupid. 'There is no way I'm going up there to make a fool of myself.' Joey nudged Bakura in the side roughly. Bakura stood up with his hand up about to strike Joey.
"Why I outta---" Joey coughed hard while looking at Bakura and then glanced at the teacher, coughing again. Bakura understood what Joey was telling or rather coughing to him. 'Maybe he isn't such an idiot after all.'
"I outta just turn in my paper because I'm not feeling all to well." Bakura tried to make his voice sound as weak as possible. A touch of frustration to his voice made it sound raspy, convincing the teacher that he was indeed sick.
"It's alright, Ryou-" Bakura stood up quickly and looked around the room frantically.
"Where is that boy!" he growled. The class stood quiet and the teacher blinked in confusion. Abashed, Bakura sat down slowly and sunk in his seat, remembering who he was supposed to be.
"Ahem. As I was saying." Started the teacher. "It's alright, Ryou. From how Joey was coughing all morning, I'm sure you must have caught whatever he has. Perhaps Yugi should move further away from him."
"That's alright Miss. He got it from me, so I'm sure I won't catch it." Yami faked a sniff and winked at Joey. Joey responded with a thumbs up.
Later on in the hours Yami was getting bored of the teacher talking about things that happened in the past. How come she couldn't speak of something to Yami's liking, like Ancient Egypt? 'I wonder what Aibou and Ryou are doing right now.' In his mind he could hear Yugi and Ryou dueling to past the time. Yami thought this would be entertaining and tuned in to their duel. Bakura was writing down a list of how to torture Ryou whenever they got back to their original bodies when he glanced at Yami. Yami looked as if he was paying attention but he was smiling. Surely he couldn't be enjoying listening to this woman talk on and on. 'What could he be thinking of?' Bakura thought. 'Yami? What are you doing?' Bakura waited a long time but no response came to him. 'Yami you dolt! Don't you hear me speaking to you!' Bakura still didn't get a response from Yami making him infuriated. He lightly pounded his desk and finally caught Yami's attention.
"What are you doing?" he whispered. Yami glanced at his Sennen Puzzle and back at Bakura. Bakura looked at his ring then back at Yami. Yami nodded and continued to stare out in space. Bakura tapped into Ryou's thoughts and heard him dueling with Yugi.
In Yugi's soul room, Yugi paused the dueling for a second.
"What's the matter?" Ryou asked.
"We have company." Yugi giggled. "I guess the teacher was boring them to death so they're listening to us duel." Ryou went from a sitting position to a reclining position, stretching.
"Yes! It's good to be a Yami for the day. No school, no books, no Bakura." Yugi and Ryou broke out in laughter. There was a strange wave like feeling and then pressure that was sensed in the room. Beside Yugi's bed appeared a door. Yugi dropped his cards and sulked.
"You spoke too soon, Ryou. I bet that's the door we have to go through to seek the gods." The smile on Ryou's face disappeared as quick as when the door first appeared. "Let's go and change this once and for all." Yugi made for the door but stopped when Ryou wasn't following him. "Ryou?"
"I'm not ready to change." Ryou said quietly. "It'll start over again. The beatings, the abuse, the-the-the-pain-" Yugi sat by Ryou placing both hands on his shoulders staring deeply into his eyes.
"Oh Ryou! My sympathy for you comes from the bottom most part of my heart. The pain that you feel is beyond my knowledge and I wish I could do everything in my power to ease it, just as a mother would do for her child." Those words that Yugi just said touched Ryou deeply. Finally, someone who cared about him. Who he was and what he went through. All different emotions were running through his entire body, a mixed pleasure that he never felt before.
"Ah, now I'm starting to sound a lot like Yami." He giggled.
Yugi saw a puddle of tears form in Ryou's chestnut colored eyes and fall freely. Although it was obvious that Ryou was wearing Bakura's face, Yugi could see through that and see the real commotion his heart was pouring all at once. Yugi smoothed away the tears from his face. Ryou smiled and cupped Yugi's face with his hands, pulling it closer to his. Yugi's new ruby eyes sparkled with curiosity, as inch by inch his face was getting closer to Ryou's until finally their lips met in a warm, loving kiss.
"AAAAHHHH! My eyes!" Bakura shouted.
"No, Aibou. No!" cried Yami. Joey jumped from his sleeping position on his desk, wiping away the moist area around his mouth.
"What's da madda?" he asked groggily. He watched as both Bakura and Yami collapsed out of their seats and onto the floor.
Ryou swiftly ended the kiss and pulled back from Yugi. Yugi's mouth remained puckered as he lifted two fingers and touched his mouth. His eyes looked back at Ryou, a mixture between lust, confusion and fear. Without saying any more words, Ryou took Yugi's hand and led him to the door beside the bed.
"I want to let you know, Ryou. If you can't deal with the pain, please come by my house for comfort and refuge." Ryou nodded and opened the door. A warm breeze rushed into the room with plenty of dust and sand.
"Shall we go?" Ryou asked as Yugi nodded. Both walked into the other world, the door the soul room closing softly behind them.
Joey sat in front of the nurses' office shaking his legs from being anxious. Tea and Tristen walked briskly to him and knelt down beside him.
"We heard what happened in your class. Are they going to be okay?" Joey shook his head.
"I don't know. One minute, they were listening, the next they were shouting and they collapsed." Tea thought about what happened.
"Perhaps this has something to do with the change?" Joey and Tristen shrugged as the nurse came back into the main office.
"They are ready to see you now." She said with a smile. "They're okay, just a small fainting spell. They really should have eaten something before coming to school. Their stomachs were growling the whole time I was checking them." Joey said a quiet thanks and entered into the back room with the others. Bakura was sitting on the cot putting his shirt on while Yami was lying on the cot with his eyes clamped shut.
"You guys, alright?" Joey asked sitting beside Yami's cot.
"Just peachy!" hollered Bakura. "Help me by telling me why my stomach hurts and is making so much noise!" Tristen pointed outside of the office and walked out with Bakura following him. Joey brushed Yami's bangs from his damp forehead.
"Looks like Yami is fighting something inside. Maybe he really is sick. We should let him rest." Tea said.
"I'm fine." He muttered. Just then it felt like Yami was falling or being dropped and then torn apart. He flinched from Joey's touch making Joey recoil.
"Yami."
"I said I'm fine." Yami lifted himself from his lying position and removed himself from the cot. He pulled up his shirt that was falling from his shoulder. It was silence after that, a deafening, creepy silence. It was interrupted by Yami's stomach growling. Yami chuckled and brushed more golden strands from his face.
"There must have been a reason for that. Aibou couldn't have done that all on his will." Tea looked at Joey with a questioned look on her face and Joey shrugged. "Now, let's go to lunch and forget about this whole thing." Yami walked happily out of the office leaving Tea and Joey behind.
"Yep. He's starting to act more like Yugi every hour it seems." Joey said and followed Yami out the door.
TBC
YA: (peeks from behind Joey) Please don't kill me folks.
Joey: You didn't see that comin' didja?
YA: I'm glad I didn't stick to the original version and let it go more than it did.
Joey: Yeah, me too. (gags)
YA: Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I did but the adventure is not done yet.
Joey: Yes. There are more surprises and plot twists. Didn't Kass do a good job on this chapter? How about some reviews to help her go on?
YA: (snuggles Joey) You are being such a good sport about this!
Joey: Whaddya takin' about?
YA: (giggles)
Joey: Oh no! What are you going to do to me???