Yugi: This single chapter is the one this entire fic has been geared to, or so these notes say. Yeah, Chaos Chao would be telling you this herself but...

Yami: I wanna plan!

No!

Yami: C'mon, I know great torture!

Nuh-uh, and trust me, the more you ask the remoter your chances of me agreeing get!

Yami: But-

No, end of discussion!

Yugi: *sweatdrops* I know, my Yami doesn't like Yami Bakura that much.

Yami: Why can't I?

Because, I already have help on this so I don't need you!

Yami: Who?

Some friends of mine. Oh look, here they are now!

*In sky, hole opens and four people fall out*

Chiwizard: Don't you think guest authoresses are a bit cliche? I mean, TJ and I are already doing this sort of thing for _her_ fic...

Tulip-Jin: I don't think it was a good idea to invite my Yami.

Yami: Why?

Yami Tulip-Jin: Aibou, you got a _problem_ with me?!

Tulip-Jin: Besides the fact you're a nutcase, your obsession with Yami Bakura, the fact you're insane, and the fact you insulted Link...yeah, maybe!

Yami Tulip-Jin: What about Link? He's baka! Uh-oh -

*Tulip-Jin runs after Yami Tulip-Jin screaming every insult and curse known to humankind*

Yami, after listening to some: Wow, I didn't know that was physically possible...

Chibi Red Eyes Black Dragon: Raawwwrr rawwwr raawwrr! (See, that's what _I_ said!)

Yugi: Are they feeling okay?

Chiwizard: Yeah, they're actually both off their rockers.

Yami: How would having a Yami Bakura 'obsession' help in torturing him?

That's the beauty of it! Yami TJ makes Yami Malik look like Ryou Bakura! She knows _every_ aspect of this sort of thing!

Yugi: Yami, I'm scared...

Yami: Me too.

Chibi Red Eyes Black Dragon: Raaaaaawwwwwwwrrrrr rawr rrraaawwwrrr rawr! (Hey, at least you don't have to live with them!)

Chiwizard: Heh, I'm just gonna sit over here where none of my insane friends can get near me...

Yugi & Yami: Take us with you!!!!



::Chaos Chao doesn't own Yugioh::



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Chapter Six - Redeemer

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I leaned against a wall in the safe shadow of a pole. My head was fuzzy, and I was



fully convinced I had gotten myself sick. I had been avoiding people all day, specifically



Yugi's friends. They seemed to be hunting the city for me. I suppose they wanted to get us



back together, but I doubted if they knew how bad that would be. He hated me as a danger -



I don't think he'll want me as a burden too. I covered my mouth as a new bout of hoarse



coughing started. It made my throat hurt. Once it passed, I checked to make sure I was



still alone and moved along my merry way. I have decided to stick to the park from now on. I



suppose if I have to wither away, it'll be slightly less depressing if I'm surrounded by



grass and trees. This time, I walked to a old tree and curled up at the base of it. It



started to rain again. I'm not sure how long I was curled up there, but it was dark when I



heard the other voices. "Hey kid, nice toy you got there. I'll bet this thing is worth a



lot - hand it over!" "No!" I started - either I was hallucinating, or that second voice



was Aibou! I peered around the tree to where I thought the voices were coming from. There



was a thug, and on the ground in front of him was - Yugi. The thug was after the Puzzle,



which Aibou was wearing. Strange, I would have thought he'd gotten rid of it. The thug



pulled out a knife. "Now now, didn't yer mama ever teach ya to share?" "Didn't your mother



teach you not to play with knives?" My voice was a bit raspy, but it got their attention.



The thug seemed surprised to see I had gotten right behind him without his noticing, but



Yugi looked surprised I was even there.








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I couldn't believe it. Yami was standing there, right in front of me! He looked a



bit different, though. He looked shaky, like he was unbalanced for some reason. And his



voice had been raspier than I remembered. The thug, apparently deciding Yami was a bigger



threat than I was, had turned to face him. For a moment, an old feeling surged - was Yami



just going to blast him with his magic? No, wait a second…he and the thug were getting



ready to fight hand-to-hand. But, I don't know if Yami can win that way, he's always used



magic before. Without warning, they started fighting. The thug was kind of caught off



guard, but he recovered and it was clear he was better at this than Yami. Plus he had the



knife. With no hesitation he swiped it right at Yami's face. Yami wasn't able to pull back



all the way, and a cut on his forehead began bleeding. The guy swiped at Yami with the



knife again, but when Yami avoided it the guy got him with a left hook. He then slashed at



Yami's throat, cutting deep into Yami's arm when it swung up to protect the vital area. I



was getting worried - I know Yami is technically immortal, but he's definitely not



invincible. He was going to lose if he kept fighting on his own! I got up and waited for a



chance to help. Neither of them really noticed me, but Yami staggered as the guy used his



knife to slice into Yami's chest. Yami almost fell over, he was bleeding from several



areas, and that's when I did a very, very stupid thing.









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Chiwizard: What do you guys think, end it here?

Yugi: Okay!

Noise from distance: HEY! WHO'S MESSING WITH _MY_ FIC!??!?!?!

Chibi Red Eyes: Raawwrr! Rawr rawr rawr raaawwrr! (She's coming! Put it back, put it back!)

Chiwizard: Okay, okay! Sheesh!

Yugi: Well at least you tried.



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I jumped on the thug from behind. "Hey, what the - buzz off, twit!" He paused to



fling me off, giving Yami the perfect opportunity to finish it right now. /Dammit Yami, DO



IT!/ I screamed, and Yami did it. "Mind Crush!" The thug jerked and collapsed. I was



nervous, but luckily he didn't fall on his knife. Yami seemed to stagger, then fell over too.



Without a moment's hesitation, I went to him. He was bleeding heavily, from every cut I



could see. I put my fingers on his head, trying to check on the cut there, and flinched.



He was burning up! I knew what I had to do. I slung him over my shoulder, and going as



gently as I could, I carried him home.







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Chiwizard: _Now_ can we end it?

Yes, and if you ever stop one of my stories prematurely again i'll have Yami Tulip-Jin deviate your septum!

Yugi: You don't even know what that means.

True...

Chibi Red Eyes: Raawwwrr raaawwrr raaawr? (Speaking of which, where are the others?)

You'll never believe this, but Yami was bright enough to insult Yami Bakura in front of Yami Tulip-Jin.

Chiwizard: Ouch. Is he still alive?

Yugi: O_O

Yeah, but she's still chasing him with the Giant Mallet of Doom. Not only that, but Yami Tulip-Jin insulted Link in front of Tulip-Jin - _again_.

Chibi Red Eyes: Raaawwwrrr rawr? Raaaaawwwwrrrr rawr rrrraaawwrrr! (Does she really have a death wish? That's the third time today!)


*Yami runs past, screaming as Yami Tulip-Jin is following closely with her trusty Giant Mallet of Doom. She is in turn running screaming from her Aibou. Tulip-Jin is waving their Item - the Millennium Mace - and is still screaming profanities in other languages.*


Chiwizard: Figures those two would get a weapon for an item.

Yugi: I'm confused.

We all are. Trust me.