~ . . . ~ = Yami's thoughts
+ . . . + = Gary's thoughts
"Stop right there, young man!"
Kyle tripped and slid across the ground. Mike had swooped down and grabbed his older brother's ankle, causing the fall.
"Dad," Kyle said, getting up.
Mike got up. "I'm sorry, bro', but I think we should talk."
Kyle looked down at his newly-scraped arms. "I know."
Their father took Kyle by the hand and began to head back to the hotel with him and Mike.
"No matter what, you are still part of our family," his father said.
Kyle nodded. "I know that. I just hope you know that the pasts of our family and that of Yugi Moto are somehow intertwined. I-I just wanted the full picture."
"All right," his father responded. "I getcha.' Now, how about we never speak of this business ever again?"
"On one condition," said Kyle. "Come and visit Yugi's gravesite with me."
* * *
Yami was sweating profusely as he watched Ryou's evil spirit draw his card. He was panicking so much that he saw every moment in detail - the confident glare in this evil spirit's eye, the way his fingers cupped around his deck, preparing to draw this critical card . . .
"Ryou, please don't!" Yami said, closing his eyes.
"Arrrggh!" Yami heard the sound of cards dropping. He once again felt warmth come down from above. He opened his eyes. They were no longer in the Shadow Realm. Ryou, who was himself again, was on his knees, trembling madly.
Yami bent down. "Ryou, are you all right?" He noticed that Ryou's bandage had fallen off, and his arm was bleeding quite heavily. "Ryou!" Yami cried.
May bent down and carried Ryou. "There's a free clinic down the way. Serves tourists and nontoursits alike. Come on, I'll take you boys there."
Yami's eyes widened. "Why are you doing this?"
May laughed. "Look, kid. I'm training to become a firefighter. It's been my dream for so long. But that doesn't mean that his Ring is safe from me. And your Puzzle, Gary. They will BOTH be mine, eventually." She lifted Ryou up on her shoulders.
Yami and May walked together to the clinic.
* * *
"There it is," said Kyle, pointing.
"Uhh-huhhh . . ." Kyle's father said, scratching his head. "Uh, well, son. This IS an interesting tombstone . . . both English and Japanese on it . . . wonderful." He paused. "I know of a tombstone like that. Oh, could it be . . . Seto Kaiba's?"
Kyle was upset. "Quit your sarcasm!" He showed his brother and father the slat in which he found the Blue Eyes cards. "I found Kaiba's most treasured cards - right in here!"
Mike rolled his eyes. "Big brother, give me a break! Are you saying that you found Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon cards HERE?!"
Kyle nodded, blushing. Since he no longer had the cards, he couldn't prove it. He felt the new scrapes on his arms sting just a little more.
* * *
A nurse asked Yami too many questions - the nature of Ryou's wound, how long he had had it, what kind of bandage was used, and why it fell off. He tried his best to recall but could not. He enlisted Gary for help, so Gary emerged to answer the questions about his best friend's wound.
Ryou was admitted, and as Gary went to sit down in the waiting room, he realized that May was gone!
+Oh, no! Where did that sneak go?+
No answer from Yami.
+Yami?+
After a few seconds, Yami responded. ~I'm sorry. I was just thinking . . .~
+About -+
~Yes. I find it harder to go on, knowing the suffering that Yugi went through. And . . . that Shadow Game . . . I played a game like that just a few days ago . . .~
+You did?! Yami . . .+
~It doesn't matter. I - I cannot believe hs young soul perished in that very park we were in.~
Gary looked solemn. +Yami, please don't blame yourself for what happened. Please. Just remember that the same thing was going to happen today, but it didn't.+
~Yes. Ryou did a courageous act, fighting off his evil spirit. I hope he will be all right.~
+Yugi's last act was just as courageous. You probably had something to do with it, even though you couldn't reach him. And . . . if you want to hink of it another way, I bet Yugi's spirit is with you right now, as well.+
Just then, the nurse returned with Ryou next to her.
"How is he?" Gary asked.
"He is fine," said the nurse, showing Gary the new bandage she had put on Ryou's arm. "He might be a little faint for a few hours, though." She then went back to take care of another patient.
"Gary," said Ryou, with a very serious look in his eyes. "I - I want you to have these two things." He took out the Millennium Eye and his God of Osiris card. "I don't know where I got these, and I don't WANT to know. It's kinda like my arm thing."
As Gary was about to grab the items, Ryou suddenly pulled them away from him.
"I - I can't control my arms!" Ryou exclaimed in horror.
~As long as it's there, his evil spirit won't allow him to get rid of those items.~
+I can't believe my best buddy has a spirit - but - evil - unlike you. If he can't even get rid of a few things, how is he going to live normally? He'll have gashes all the time and end up in weird places without knowing how he got there. Yami, how can I help my best friend.???+
(To be continued)
"Stop right there, young man!"
Kyle tripped and slid across the ground. Mike had swooped down and grabbed his older brother's ankle, causing the fall.
"Dad," Kyle said, getting up.
Mike got up. "I'm sorry, bro', but I think we should talk."
Kyle looked down at his newly-scraped arms. "I know."
Their father took Kyle by the hand and began to head back to the hotel with him and Mike.
"No matter what, you are still part of our family," his father said.
Kyle nodded. "I know that. I just hope you know that the pasts of our family and that of Yugi Moto are somehow intertwined. I-I just wanted the full picture."
"All right," his father responded. "I getcha.' Now, how about we never speak of this business ever again?"
"On one condition," said Kyle. "Come and visit Yugi's gravesite with me."
* * *
Yami was sweating profusely as he watched Ryou's evil spirit draw his card. He was panicking so much that he saw every moment in detail - the confident glare in this evil spirit's eye, the way his fingers cupped around his deck, preparing to draw this critical card . . .
"Ryou, please don't!" Yami said, closing his eyes.
"Arrrggh!" Yami heard the sound of cards dropping. He once again felt warmth come down from above. He opened his eyes. They were no longer in the Shadow Realm. Ryou, who was himself again, was on his knees, trembling madly.
Yami bent down. "Ryou, are you all right?" He noticed that Ryou's bandage had fallen off, and his arm was bleeding quite heavily. "Ryou!" Yami cried.
May bent down and carried Ryou. "There's a free clinic down the way. Serves tourists and nontoursits alike. Come on, I'll take you boys there."
Yami's eyes widened. "Why are you doing this?"
May laughed. "Look, kid. I'm training to become a firefighter. It's been my dream for so long. But that doesn't mean that his Ring is safe from me. And your Puzzle, Gary. They will BOTH be mine, eventually." She lifted Ryou up on her shoulders.
Yami and May walked together to the clinic.
* * *
"There it is," said Kyle, pointing.
"Uhh-huhhh . . ." Kyle's father said, scratching his head. "Uh, well, son. This IS an interesting tombstone . . . both English and Japanese on it . . . wonderful." He paused. "I know of a tombstone like that. Oh, could it be . . . Seto Kaiba's?"
Kyle was upset. "Quit your sarcasm!" He showed his brother and father the slat in which he found the Blue Eyes cards. "I found Kaiba's most treasured cards - right in here!"
Mike rolled his eyes. "Big brother, give me a break! Are you saying that you found Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragon cards HERE?!"
Kyle nodded, blushing. Since he no longer had the cards, he couldn't prove it. He felt the new scrapes on his arms sting just a little more.
* * *
A nurse asked Yami too many questions - the nature of Ryou's wound, how long he had had it, what kind of bandage was used, and why it fell off. He tried his best to recall but could not. He enlisted Gary for help, so Gary emerged to answer the questions about his best friend's wound.
Ryou was admitted, and as Gary went to sit down in the waiting room, he realized that May was gone!
+Oh, no! Where did that sneak go?+
No answer from Yami.
+Yami?+
After a few seconds, Yami responded. ~I'm sorry. I was just thinking . . .~
+About -+
~Yes. I find it harder to go on, knowing the suffering that Yugi went through. And . . . that Shadow Game . . . I played a game like that just a few days ago . . .~
+You did?! Yami . . .+
~It doesn't matter. I - I cannot believe hs young soul perished in that very park we were in.~
Gary looked solemn. +Yami, please don't blame yourself for what happened. Please. Just remember that the same thing was going to happen today, but it didn't.+
~Yes. Ryou did a courageous act, fighting off his evil spirit. I hope he will be all right.~
+Yugi's last act was just as courageous. You probably had something to do with it, even though you couldn't reach him. And . . . if you want to hink of it another way, I bet Yugi's spirit is with you right now, as well.+
Just then, the nurse returned with Ryou next to her.
"How is he?" Gary asked.
"He is fine," said the nurse, showing Gary the new bandage she had put on Ryou's arm. "He might be a little faint for a few hours, though." She then went back to take care of another patient.
"Gary," said Ryou, with a very serious look in his eyes. "I - I want you to have these two things." He took out the Millennium Eye and his God of Osiris card. "I don't know where I got these, and I don't WANT to know. It's kinda like my arm thing."
As Gary was about to grab the items, Ryou suddenly pulled them away from him.
"I - I can't control my arms!" Ryou exclaimed in horror.
~As long as it's there, his evil spirit won't allow him to get rid of those items.~
+I can't believe my best buddy has a spirit - but - evil - unlike you. If he can't even get rid of a few things, how is he going to live normally? He'll have gashes all the time and end up in weird places without knowing how he got there. Yami, how can I help my best friend.???+
(To be continued)