Part Five

Not too late...

Yugi stared at the ceiling, the lights of cars passing on the street below tracking across the white paint. He couldn't sleep, his nerves still jumpy, his mind deeply troubled. His hikari was dying slowly, painfully, and alone. Shinta refused to let him tell anyone, to get him help, and it was screaming across his thoughts that if the tiny red hair boy died, it would be his fault.

"Aibou, you just need to let me get you help, please." a tear slid from the corner of Yugi's violet eye as he finally drifted off to sleep, still deeply concerned....


"Come on Yugi!!! Are you always this slow, we're going to be late!!!" Shinta shouted, dashing through the kitchen, and grabbing Yugi's arm, hauling him away from the table and towards the door. Yugi yelped, and Yami rolled his eyes.

The ancient pharoh could still remember a time when Yugi had done the same for him every morning, before he had been sealed. Yami wiped a tear away from his eyes silently, a smile on his face.

"Have fun at school, you two, and study hard!!" Yami shouted as the two ran down the sidewalk, closing the door. He checked the clock with grim determination, it would be an hour before the shop opened....


"Oh gods, we were all so worried!! I mean, you both went to the hospital, and everything!!" Setsuko went on and on, fretting over Yugi, who was blushing an intense crimson.

"I told you all those chocolate bars would be bad for you, dude! And this just proves it!" Seita laughed, earning a nasty glare from Setsuko, and promtly ducked behind Shinta.

"Hey, don't get me involved in this!" Shinta squeaked, trying to run from Setsuko's line of sight.

Setsuko sighed, rolling her eyes, and tossed her head in air, her silky black hair smacking the still reddened Yugi in the face. Setsuko, being her usual, somewhat over flirtatious self, came to is rescue, cooing sorries. Shinta rolled his eyes, and grabbed Yugi's arm with a sigh.

/If I don't get you out of here, you're going to get eaten alive! Didn't you ever deal wth girls before you were sealed!?/ Shinta thought, slumping the still nervous Yugi in his seat.

//I'm sorry, aibou, but I can't really remember before I was sealed. Please tell me that not all girls are like that!// Yugi gulped, imagining an entire world poulated with ravenous, flirty teenage girls. He was now very nervous. Shinta sighed, and sweat dropped.

/No, Yugi, it isn't. Setsuko is just one of a kind. She's just being friendly, but if you piss her off, it's your funeral.../ Shinta trailed off, wincing noticibly. Yugi looked over concerned.

//Are you all right, aibou?//

/Yeah, I'm fine./ Shinta forced his mental voice to sound normal. Yugi nodded, and began to pay attention to the lecturing teach, still very, very concerned....


"Hey Dad!!" Shinta shouted, throwing the door open. Yami smiled, and waved, focusing his attention on some cutomers once more. Shinta rolled his eyes, and went into the kitchen, followed by Yugi.

"At least he left the cookies out this time." Yugi noted, very glad that neither he nor Shinta would have to attempt anymore gymnastic stunts.

"Yeah, cookies..." Shinta winced, grabbing at his chest, his heart pounding, trying to escape his body.

//Aibou, is something wrong?// Yugi looked over at the red haired boy as he collapsed to the ground, clutching at his chest, his breath coming in ragged gasps. Waves of pain washed over Shinta, frightening Yugi.

"Hikari, please, you must get help!" Yugi pleaded, lowering the red haired boy to the floor as he gritted his teeth in pain once more, shaking his head, trying to concentrate on Yugi's voice, and not the encroaching darkness.

"No.... NO!!!" Shinta shrieked softly, his voice lost as the mash of pain overwhelmed his mind.

"AIBOU!!!" Yugi shrieked, Yami slamming the door open, his eyes resting on a seen of one of his deepest nightmares.

Yugi crouched on the floor, Shinta's head resting in his lap. His precious son's breathing came in strained gasps, his face too pale, his lips a blue hue. Tears streaked down Yugi's cheeks as he looked up, struggling to catch his won breath between sobs.

"Please, he needs help!" Yugi pleaded, his eyes glassy. Yami nodded, almost ripping the phone from the wall as he grabbed it, dialing 911 as fast as his hands could move, praying that he wasn't too late, again......


I am sooooo sorry that it took me so long to write this chapter, that it's this bad, and that it took so long to post it!!! I had a HUGE paper due, and sorta had to work on that. And my new web site!!!

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All my stuff goes up there first, by about twenty minutes!!!! So, ff.net readers, have no fear, I post here too!!! Besides, this fic will never get kicked off for being inapropriate, I simply don't write that way!!!