Lost Quest
Chapter 3
Fractured History
Joey sat in his chair and looked at his Time Wizard. It was a strange- looking card. It was a picture of a clock with hands,feet,and eyes wearing a black top hat and red cloak. In its hand it held a staff that had a clock on it. He sighed. If only the Time Wizard worked outside of dueling. Then he could go backwards in time and correct that stupid mistake he made. Yugi said Exodia wasn't worth drowning over,but he went in anyway,and now Yugi was gone,possibly forever.
Joey looked at the sky,tears freely falling down his face now. It was his fault his friend was lost to the sea. No,it wasn't his fault. It was Weevil's. Weevil threw the cards overboard when he promissed he would be careful. Then again,it was Yugi who let Weevil handle the cards. Could Yugi really be the one to blame? No. There was no way any one of them could have predicted that evil bug-loving freak doing what he did. It was Weevil's fault. He was to blame.
Where was Yugi now? Was he somehow lucky enough to survive? As much as Joey hoped for that,it wasn' a very high chance. There wasn't any land for miles. Wait,yes there was! Maybe Yugi landed at Duelist Kingdom. No,that would never work. The current was moving away from the island. Maybe Yugi drowned. That was the most likely. Tears continued to fall from Joey's eyes. There was no other explanation. As much as he hated to admit it,he was certain Yugi was dead.
A voice on the loudspeaker broke Joey out of his trance.
"Attention all duelists! We will be arriving at Duelist Kingdom in five minutes."Joey sighed and got up. For the first time since he got on,he didn't want to duel. He wanted to help his sister,Serenity by winning the prize money that he could use to pay for Serenity's operation,but what was the point of playing in the tournament without his best friend? It hurt even more that Yugi gave him one of his own star chips so they could both be in the tournament. It was as if he did that for nothing. He couldn't duel like this. He was going to give up the tournament.
***
He was in water,swimming against the current. He was in pain,his muscles tired from swimming. There was a man there. He couldn't see his face. The man shouted something,but he couldn't hear him. There was a giant wave. It swallowed the boy,pulled him under the surface. And then...then...
The boy's eyes opened slowly. He was lying on a soft,green couch with a blanket over him,and a big fluffy pillow under his head. When he had strength enough,he sat up and looked around.
He was in a small,green room. The door to the room was closed and there was a warm fire in a nearby fireplace. On the wall was a photograph. It was a picture of a man with short,dark hair with his arm around a beautiful,red-haired woman,and a cute little boy sitting on the man's shoulders,smiling brightly.
Suddenly,the door opened. The three people from the photographs entered the room. The woman looked at the boy in relief.
"Ah."She sighed,"You're awake at last."The boy looked at her nervously. When he found his voice,he asked the first question that popped into his head.
"Wh-who are you?"
"My name is Akito."the man answered,"This is my wife,Laura,and our son,Sumara. What is your name?"
What WAS his name?
A strange word began to echo in the little boy's head. Yugi...Yugi...why had that word suddenly put itself in his mind? Why did that word sound so familiar? Was that his name?
"Yu...gi..."He answered slowly,"Yugi."
"Yugi."Sumara said,"That's an interesting name. Where are you from,Yugi?"
Yugi thought hard,straining his mind. Where was he from? He knew where he was from,and yet he didn't know.
"I...I don't...remember..."he said. Laura looked at him with pity.
"You poor boy."she said,"You must have lost your memory during...whatever happened to you."
"Something happened to me?"
"Yes,but we can only guess what. You see,"Laura sat down next to Yugi,"three days ago,our son Sumara was playing on the beach,and he found you,on the very edge of the water. We carried you back here to recover."
Something happened...
It must have had something to do with Yugi's dream. The water...the man...the wave...it must have had something to do with all of this. If only he could remember...
"You must be starving."Akito said,"Come. We'll find something for you."
"Do you..."Yugi asked,"Do you have...ramen?"
"Of course."Laura answered kindly as she helped him up.
That was strange. He just asked out of the blue if they had ramen. Does that mean he liked ramen? It must have. But ramen came from Japan. Was he from Japan? All these questions could wait. At the moment,what really mattered was food.
To be continued...
Chapter 3
Fractured History
Joey sat in his chair and looked at his Time Wizard. It was a strange- looking card. It was a picture of a clock with hands,feet,and eyes wearing a black top hat and red cloak. In its hand it held a staff that had a clock on it. He sighed. If only the Time Wizard worked outside of dueling. Then he could go backwards in time and correct that stupid mistake he made. Yugi said Exodia wasn't worth drowning over,but he went in anyway,and now Yugi was gone,possibly forever.
Joey looked at the sky,tears freely falling down his face now. It was his fault his friend was lost to the sea. No,it wasn't his fault. It was Weevil's. Weevil threw the cards overboard when he promissed he would be careful. Then again,it was Yugi who let Weevil handle the cards. Could Yugi really be the one to blame? No. There was no way any one of them could have predicted that evil bug-loving freak doing what he did. It was Weevil's fault. He was to blame.
Where was Yugi now? Was he somehow lucky enough to survive? As much as Joey hoped for that,it wasn' a very high chance. There wasn't any land for miles. Wait,yes there was! Maybe Yugi landed at Duelist Kingdom. No,that would never work. The current was moving away from the island. Maybe Yugi drowned. That was the most likely. Tears continued to fall from Joey's eyes. There was no other explanation. As much as he hated to admit it,he was certain Yugi was dead.
A voice on the loudspeaker broke Joey out of his trance.
"Attention all duelists! We will be arriving at Duelist Kingdom in five minutes."Joey sighed and got up. For the first time since he got on,he didn't want to duel. He wanted to help his sister,Serenity by winning the prize money that he could use to pay for Serenity's operation,but what was the point of playing in the tournament without his best friend? It hurt even more that Yugi gave him one of his own star chips so they could both be in the tournament. It was as if he did that for nothing. He couldn't duel like this. He was going to give up the tournament.
***
He was in water,swimming against the current. He was in pain,his muscles tired from swimming. There was a man there. He couldn't see his face. The man shouted something,but he couldn't hear him. There was a giant wave. It swallowed the boy,pulled him under the surface. And then...then...
The boy's eyes opened slowly. He was lying on a soft,green couch with a blanket over him,and a big fluffy pillow under his head. When he had strength enough,he sat up and looked around.
He was in a small,green room. The door to the room was closed and there was a warm fire in a nearby fireplace. On the wall was a photograph. It was a picture of a man with short,dark hair with his arm around a beautiful,red-haired woman,and a cute little boy sitting on the man's shoulders,smiling brightly.
Suddenly,the door opened. The three people from the photographs entered the room. The woman looked at the boy in relief.
"Ah."She sighed,"You're awake at last."The boy looked at her nervously. When he found his voice,he asked the first question that popped into his head.
"Wh-who are you?"
"My name is Akito."the man answered,"This is my wife,Laura,and our son,Sumara. What is your name?"
What WAS his name?
A strange word began to echo in the little boy's head. Yugi...Yugi...why had that word suddenly put itself in his mind? Why did that word sound so familiar? Was that his name?
"Yu...gi..."He answered slowly,"Yugi."
"Yugi."Sumara said,"That's an interesting name. Where are you from,Yugi?"
Yugi thought hard,straining his mind. Where was he from? He knew where he was from,and yet he didn't know.
"I...I don't...remember..."he said. Laura looked at him with pity.
"You poor boy."she said,"You must have lost your memory during...whatever happened to you."
"Something happened to me?"
"Yes,but we can only guess what. You see,"Laura sat down next to Yugi,"three days ago,our son Sumara was playing on the beach,and he found you,on the very edge of the water. We carried you back here to recover."
Something happened...
It must have had something to do with Yugi's dream. The water...the man...the wave...it must have had something to do with all of this. If only he could remember...
"You must be starving."Akito said,"Come. We'll find something for you."
"Do you..."Yugi asked,"Do you have...ramen?"
"Of course."Laura answered kindly as she helped him up.
That was strange. He just asked out of the blue if they had ramen. Does that mean he liked ramen? It must have. But ramen came from Japan. Was he from Japan? All these questions could wait. At the moment,what really mattered was food.
To be continued...