Will the pain ever go away?

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh.

Notes: Masking Tape is DANGEROUS. I ripped part of my lip off with it today, and damn it hurt like a mother. I was bleeding for like a half an hour! It sucked but I will get over it, now it looks like I got into a fight and received a black lip. Oh well it looks like I went down with a fight! Anyway about the story, um . . . I was sick yesterday so I did not write, I had to stay home from school! I am a little better today and I am back to writing for all of my fans!

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Yami woke up to a sudden change in temperature. It was freezing, man talking about a wide temperature zone. Yami shivered as did the little companion next to him. Yami looked over and saw little Yugi. He took off his outer coat and placed it over him. Then he left to go and get some firewood.

Seto woke up to a warm body next to him. He jumped when he came face to face with Joey sleeping on him. "Joey what the hell do you think you are doing?" he screamed.

"Man I WAS trying to sleep!" he said rubbing his eyes. He shivered and looked around. All there was to be seen was the sea and in front of that was Yami making a fire.

"Yami what is with the temperature?" Seto asked.

"I am not sure, could you bring Yugi over though, he was quite cold when I woke," Yami said.

"Fine, I will," Seto said walking over to the small boy. He shivered when Seto came near. Seto took one of Yugi's hands into his own and frowned when they were like ice!

He picked him up and placed him by the fire, in hopes of warming up the Yugi-icicle.

"How bad is he," Yami asked, his eyes not leaving the fire.

"He is really cold, but I am sure the fire will warm him, his body must have been to cold to generate heat after we all fell asleep. When he is better we can go to some kind of place and buy something else to travel in," Seto said.

"I see, I am still a bit tired so I am going to sleep as well," he said, he curled up against Yugi to Seto's surprise and fell asleep.

Joey sat by the fire in an attempt to warm himself, out of nowhere he asked, "Seto, do you think we can really do this. I mean we are only four kids."

"Correction, three normal kids and an ancient Pharaoh," Seto said.

"Yea but still, we are going up against da whole world of duel monsters, plus some guy that was smart enough ta steal, re-program, and locate us wit dat damn program that ya created," Joey said.

"I feel that there is something special about Yugi though, there is something about him that I just can't place my finger on. I know that with him, we can do this, we just have to, well . . . work as a team," Seto said watching the fire dance in front of him.

"Yea, I felt it from Yug too," Joey said. "I would trust him wit my life!" he said.

"Me too, you know before you three, I never had friends. I grew up in an orphan home. My parents died when I and Mokuba were real young. When we were there I promised Mokuba that if someone wanted to adopt me that would have to get him to, I was rejected a lot for that statement.

It didn't matter though, when I was thirteen they let me have custody of Mokuba. I took over Kaiba corp. when I was only fourteen. I was so young, yet as people said, so talented. I did this in between going to school and getting some sort of an education. I was amazed that I could be this smart without one.

Then Mokuba started getting picked on at school because he had no parents so I took him out and sent him to private school. I had to quit school to take care of him and take care of Kaiba corp. I got locked into my work and I hardly ever paid any attention to Mokuba anymore. I didn't mean to but I just lost track of time days after days.

When Yugi and Yami came into my life they opened up my eyes. Then when Yami took care of Yugi, never leaving his side, throwing him out of the way of my car to save him, they showed me what it meant to be an older brother. I am such a jerk for the way I treated Mokuba, after all that we have been though together, I just can't believe myself," Kaiba said, finishing his life story to Joey. Finally after a few minutes of just sitting there trying to get a hold of himself he left a single tear drip down his cheek.

"Kaiba, I had no idea, I am so sorry. My life was not great but never like that. You see my sister Serenity, she is going blind and my family doesn't got the money for her operation. I feel so helpless, like I have failed her as a brother," Joey said. After that was said there was a long period of silence. Between these two it was an understanding time of condolences for both of them.

Sometime after that they both went to sleep, after completely building up the fire so it would stay warm for a while.

Yugi was the first to wake up this time. He felt completely refreshed. He ran into the woods to find some food for the others. He only found a few fruits that looked eatable. He brought them back to camp to find that every one was still sleeping.

He sat down and looked at his deck. He looked through all his cards. As he did he could almost feel what they were thinking and feeling. As he came across the Dark Magician he felt a strong pull to this card. He smiled; the Dark Magician was always his favorite. He finally finished when he heard someone waking behind him, he put the cards in his pocket in the water proof case that he had and turned to see Yami waking.

"Hello," Yugi said.

"Hi Yugi, how are you feeling, are you tied, if so then you should rest. We need you to get us to a place where Seto can buy us a new way to transport ourselves," Yami said.

"No I am fine, I even gathered a little bit of food too!" Yugi said with a wide smile. It wasn't long before the other was awake as well. Then they all sat to eat.

"Man it ain't pizza but I can live with it," Joey said. Joey was eating a purple fruit with a green leave. (he wasn't eating that part)

"Yes, mine is very sweet," Yami said. Yami had an orange fruit with blue leaves.

"Me too," Yugi agreed. Yugi's fruit was blue with a yellow leaf. (Now these fruits aren't real but listen for all I know I am running a fever and this is what I came up with.)

"Yes, I must agree with you two," Seto said taking another bite of his yellow fruit that had no leaves.

When they had finished Yugi had a bit of a stomach ache but didn't tell the others, he did not want to worry them.

He called out the Curse of Dragon who gave him a worried look before lowering his head for them to get on. They flew off into the wind.

After an hour he was feeling very tired but he saw a town up ahead and new that if he tried he could make it. As they were getting close Yugi passed out and the dragon went back into a card form. The four dropped to the ground, Yami somehow had gotten to Yugi in the fall and broke his fall.

Yami slowly got up and was relieved to find Seto and Joey doing the same. They had been really low When Yugi passed out.

He picked Yugi up and motioned to the others for them to go to the market and try to find then a ride.

Yami took Yugi to a shady place and laid him down. There was some odd heat radiating from the boys body so Yami placed a hand on his forehead.

"Damn you are kidding me, he is sick again?" he asked.

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Okay all; I have to get to my school's homecoming. They will miss me dearly. Remember to review!