Rei-chan: It's about time I updated.
Yami: Why haven't I made an appearance?
Rei-chan: As I recalled, you were in the first chapter.
Yami: You know what I mean.
Rei-chan: Well, first Yugi has to meet the gang; then he goes to live with them.
Yami: Understandable.
Rei-chan: Second, we needed to get some character insight onto you as pharaoh.
Yami: Good point.
Rei-chan: And besides, you make your first appearance here.
Yami: I do?
Rei-chan: Yup!
Disclaimers: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, no surprise here.
Four weeks have passed since I arrived at their house. Since I had nowhere to stay, they agreed to let me live with them. This helped on keeping a regular check up with Shizuka and her daily medications. I had to spend the first week teaching the others just in case I happened to be out or busy at the moment. Also I made a list with instructions on how to make the medicine, for emergencies. Although Jou insisted that I teach him how to prepare it. He wanted to help take care of his sister. It didn't surprise me a bit, seeing as Joey was overprotective of Serenity. Of course, it took me the entire two weeks to instruct him in to make it. It wouldn't have taken long, but Jou had no clue what each plant was. I had to show him which plant was which and we spent a long time on it, because I didn't want him to be using the wrong plants.
It also helped that I had experience in herbal medicine, some of which were way advanced for this time. As a result, we have had people visiting us, asking me to cure whatever they had. In return, they either gave us some goods they made or money. Ryou became my assistant or apprentice, whatever they called it in these times. He expressed an interest in learning about medicine. Some day, he will be able to treat patients on his own.
Soon we found it difficult with the two of us. Anzu volunteered her services as the secretary so we could focus on the patients. She helped us out with the patients, when there weren't many waiting. In fact, during our first week, we didn't have many, but in the second week, everything became hectic. We had to convert part of our home into a make shift clinic until we can purchase another house. At first we weren't planning on starting a hospital here, it kind of happened on its own. It started with Shizuka; then slowly more people asked for my services. Pretty soon, more followed, and I couldn't keep track after that.
Jou and Malik tended to the life stock. They took care of the camels and other creatures they had raised there, since the rest of us were busy. Shizuka would help her big brother with the chores before going about her daily tasks. She cooked for us when we were working or doing other chores. In the evening, we would all take turns cooking. As for our laundry and cleaning our room, we were responsible for cleaning our own.
By the fourth week, we had to move the clinic into a separate house. There were too many people waiting to be diagnosed and cured. We had people waiting outside the streets for a chance to be seen by me. With the way our business has gone, we had enough money to purchase a house not that far from our home. We moved the clinic there permanently.
"What a rough day," Ryou said, slumping into the chair.
We had just finished treating our last patient for the day. "I know what you mean. This can be exhausting. Who would have ever known we became this popular?"
"Not me," Anzu sighed from where she laid. "Yugi, have you seriously thought of hiring someone to help you?"
I nodded my head to her questions. "Seriously, I have, but I can't just train someone in a short amount of time and expect them to be up and running on his own."
"I've been studying for a month now and I still don't know that much," Ryou sighed. He shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
"I've been studying it since I was a child," I said, taking a seat in the waiting area.
"It won't take me that long?" Ryou inquired with wide eyes.
"No, it took me awhile, because I had no one to teach me," I answered in a soft voice. "From the way you're absorbing the information, I guess maybe around two years, you should be able to work on your own."
"You mean that?" Ryou gasped at the prospect.
"I'm not lying," I said, leaning back in the chair.
"That's good," Anzu said. "You've been taking way too many patients lately." She motioned towards the window. Night had already fallen.
"I guess you're right," I sighed. I didn't want anyone to be left outside after waiting for such a long time. "Maybe I should start doing appointments or something."
"That would help," Ryou stated. He was staring at the ceiling.
"We should probably be heading back," I said, reluctantly getting out of the comfortable chair.
"Yeah, Serenity would have a fit about us working late hours," Anzu giggled.
"Not to mention, Malik," Ryou added in with a smile. "It's his turn to cook dinner, and I don't think he wants to wait for us."
As we headed out of the clinic, I locked the door behind us. Ryou and Anzu wait for me to finished locking up before they started towards our home. When we reached it, Malik was impatiently waiting for us in the kitchen. I could tell he was extremely upset about something.
"What took you so long?" Malik inquired with his hands over his chest.
"A pregnant mother couldn't wait until tomorrow to deliver her baby," I answered as we strolled into the kitchen.
"Oh," Malik's expression softened. He understood that sometimes we returned late, because of some dire emergency. One time, a man had been poisoned and didn't have very long to live. If it could wait until tomorrow, we usually asked the patient to come back and I would see him or her first thing in the morning.
"Did you save us some food?" Ryou asked hopefully. We all knew Jou tended to eat more than his share.
"Yes, I did," Malik smiled a little before pulling out our dinner. It became cold, since it had been sitting around.
"Thanks," we all chorused; then we all dug into the food.
The following day, we received more customers than we had originally anticipated. Now they were overflowing from our waiting rooms and onto the streets. When Anzu had first opened the doors, they came crowding into the waiting area, hoping to be seen that day. Ryou and I were in the back, getting our equipment ready. When Anzu had first opened the doors, they came crowding into the waiting area, hoping to be seen that day. Ryou and I were in the back, getting our equipment ready. By now, I constructed simple medical equipment, using what I had. I taught Ryou how to use them, and he helped me when it came to simple procedures.
"This is going to be another long day," I sighed while looking at our waiting room. They had literally crammed themselves in there.
"I know," Ryou also sighed.
"I wondered how they found out about this place," I mused out loud. "We didn't advertise it or anything. I didn't put up a sign."
"I think our earlier patients may have a hand in this," Ryou giggled as we finished our routine equipment check and cleaning. "You know news travels fast, when you can use it."
"I wouldn't have guessed," I replied a little sarcastically.
"Yeah, that's how they know to come here," Ryou shrugged. He picked up a tray and placed it back into the shelf.
"We'll have to tend to our patients," I changed the topic, when I heard Anzu trying to calm them down. "They're getting restless."
"I know what you mean," Ryou said following behind me.
"Your first patient is waiting to see you," Anzu said with relief, once she saw us appear through the doors. She handed over a piece of paper with the necessary information.
Our first patient was a little girl, who had caught a bad cold. I examined her, since Ryou had no clue what the girl had. Her mother sat waiting in the same room. When she first saw me, she thought it was a joke, because I looked so young. Then I started pulling out my make-shift equipment and started to examine her.
"Is she going to be alright?" Her mother asked, very worried.
"She's going to be fine," I assured her, putting away my stethoscope. "She needs lots of rest and fluids. I recommend staying in bed for at least five days." I rummaged through my pre-made packets and pulled out enough to last her for those five days. "Boil water and place one packet each time. She should drink this once a day."
"Thank you," she said gratefully before scooping up her daughter and taking the medicine.
Ryou started cleaning the equipment, when I exited the room to get the next patient. The mother had gone to Anzu and paid for the visit. Since it was a short one and didn't require much effort, I didn't charge that much. Besides, many of my customers were poor. I didn't have the heart to charge them a lot, and even if they couldn't afford it, they usually returned with something they either made or grown.
Somewhere mid to late morning, I had Ryou go into the separate room. He was going to the simple procedures, while I would be diagnosing the patient with his results. This proved to be very efficient, since I could concentrate on the more difficult portion.
Around noon, I had told Anzu that we would be taking a break soon so she would know not to prepare any more patients for Ryou to start on. I had two more patients to go. One of them was heading towards Ryou's station and the other one was headed towards my room. Both cases proved to be very easy as they had the common colds.
"We're going on our lunch break," Anzu announced to the people in the waiting room, who just groaned. Some of them have been waiting there for a couple of hours. "Please understand, we have too many of you to see this morning and we're really hungry."
The crowd went back to mumbling about not being seen right away. If I would have known they acted that way, I wouldn't have opened up this clinic and charge practically nothing. It was only by large volume of patients that we earned anything. I hoped they appreciated what efforts we put into keeping this place open.
Anzu headed back to our offices and locked the door connecting the waiting room to the hallway. Sometimes, people tended to be rude and barge in on us, while we were trying to eat. They said it was an emergency, but from the way they look, I can tell it could wait an hour. I hated it when people get impatient, because I was trying the best I can to diagnose them, get their medications right, and then send them off.
"Some people are just too pushy," Anzu grumbled as she took out our lunches.
We were too tired to move around. Ryou and I had been on our feet since we opened the clinic. Our secretary on the other hand, mostly sat around and got up when she needed to deal with one of our patients. One time, she had to literally throw someone out for being plain rude. She informed us, the day it happened.
"I know what you mean," Ryou sighed. That was beginning to become a habit these days.
"I'm thinking of raising my fees," I mused out loud. "That way, we don't receive so many patients." I paused to think some more. "Then those unfortunate people can't afford my treatment." I mindlessly started eating my meal.
"I want to help the poor, but this is getting ridiculous," Ryou said, when he finished swallowing.
"How do we get that many patients in one day?" I asked the both of them. "Surely, there must be other physicians out there."
"Yes, there are," Anzu sighed this time. "They aren't as well trained as you are, and they cost a fortune to see."
"We tried to find someone who can cure Shizuka's eye problem," Ryou sad, in a sad tone. "They kept telling us, they can't do it or they charged a lot of money."
"The crooks," Anzu spat out. "All they want is money. They don't care about the patients."
"Is that so?" I inquired.
"Yeah," Anzu said softly. "They don't even try to help their patients get better beyond the necessary. They're not like you. You care about everyone, from the poor to the rich."
"She's right," Ryou backed her up. "You have longer hours than they do. You don't charge as much as they do, which allows the poorer people to be seen."
"Sometimes, I don't know why I even put up with them," I sighed, leaning against my chair. "Then I look at a young child's face and it makes everything worth while."
"You said it," Ryou said.
Suddenly, there was someone banging on the door. Can't they see we were on our lunch break? Anzu had left a sign on the door, saying that we weren't to be disturbed unless it was some dire emergency. She glared at the door before getting up and calling out to the other person.
"What do you need?" She asked with a calm voice.
"We need the physicians help," came the reply.
"Is it an emergency?" She asked.
"Yes," the voice said. "Well, not really."
"Then you can wait until we're finished with our break," Anzu stated flatly with a smug grin on her face. She turned around and headed back towards the table when someone knocked down the door with brute force.
"You will see him now," a guard walked into the hallway. Good thing, he couldn't see the two of us, sitting at the table.
"I'm not the physician," Anzu flatly stated. "I'm just the help."
"Then where is he?" A deep voice came from outside the door.
"Your highness, you shouldn't be wandering around," the guard said quickly to the other person.
The pharaoh stood at the door, waiting very impatiently for me to come out. He looked like the Yami I knew from my time, but his eyes said another thing. They weren't the warm and caring ones, I have gotten used to. No, they were cold and full of pain. "I will go where I please."
"Your highness," Anzu gasped at the pharaoh. She immediately bowed down to him, because whenever the pharaoh was around, you'd better bow or suffer the consequences.
"Where is the physician?" He inquired while scanning the area.
"He's back there," Anzu pointed towards the door, that led to us.
The pharaoh quickly made his way over towards the door, with his guard following closely behind us. When he had approached the entrance, he gasped at the sight before him.
Cold ruby eyes stared into warm amethyst eyes.
Rei-chan: There!
Yami: Yes! I'm finally in!
Yugi: ............
Rei-chan: What am I going to do with you?
Yami: Put me into your story?
Rei-chan: *face faults*
Yugi: *giggles*
Rei-chan: Anyways, the more reviews the faster I update.
Yami: So please review, cause I want her to write the next chapter!
Yugi: *massive sweatdrops*
Rei-chan: ...................
Yami: Why haven't I made an appearance?
Rei-chan: As I recalled, you were in the first chapter.
Yami: You know what I mean.
Rei-chan: Well, first Yugi has to meet the gang; then he goes to live with them.
Yami: Understandable.
Rei-chan: Second, we needed to get some character insight onto you as pharaoh.
Yami: Good point.
Rei-chan: And besides, you make your first appearance here.
Yami: I do?
Rei-chan: Yup!
Disclaimers: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, no surprise here.
Four weeks have passed since I arrived at their house. Since I had nowhere to stay, they agreed to let me live with them. This helped on keeping a regular check up with Shizuka and her daily medications. I had to spend the first week teaching the others just in case I happened to be out or busy at the moment. Also I made a list with instructions on how to make the medicine, for emergencies. Although Jou insisted that I teach him how to prepare it. He wanted to help take care of his sister. It didn't surprise me a bit, seeing as Joey was overprotective of Serenity. Of course, it took me the entire two weeks to instruct him in to make it. It wouldn't have taken long, but Jou had no clue what each plant was. I had to show him which plant was which and we spent a long time on it, because I didn't want him to be using the wrong plants.
It also helped that I had experience in herbal medicine, some of which were way advanced for this time. As a result, we have had people visiting us, asking me to cure whatever they had. In return, they either gave us some goods they made or money. Ryou became my assistant or apprentice, whatever they called it in these times. He expressed an interest in learning about medicine. Some day, he will be able to treat patients on his own.
Soon we found it difficult with the two of us. Anzu volunteered her services as the secretary so we could focus on the patients. She helped us out with the patients, when there weren't many waiting. In fact, during our first week, we didn't have many, but in the second week, everything became hectic. We had to convert part of our home into a make shift clinic until we can purchase another house. At first we weren't planning on starting a hospital here, it kind of happened on its own. It started with Shizuka; then slowly more people asked for my services. Pretty soon, more followed, and I couldn't keep track after that.
Jou and Malik tended to the life stock. They took care of the camels and other creatures they had raised there, since the rest of us were busy. Shizuka would help her big brother with the chores before going about her daily tasks. She cooked for us when we were working or doing other chores. In the evening, we would all take turns cooking. As for our laundry and cleaning our room, we were responsible for cleaning our own.
By the fourth week, we had to move the clinic into a separate house. There were too many people waiting to be diagnosed and cured. We had people waiting outside the streets for a chance to be seen by me. With the way our business has gone, we had enough money to purchase a house not that far from our home. We moved the clinic there permanently.
"What a rough day," Ryou said, slumping into the chair.
We had just finished treating our last patient for the day. "I know what you mean. This can be exhausting. Who would have ever known we became this popular?"
"Not me," Anzu sighed from where she laid. "Yugi, have you seriously thought of hiring someone to help you?"
I nodded my head to her questions. "Seriously, I have, but I can't just train someone in a short amount of time and expect them to be up and running on his own."
"I've been studying for a month now and I still don't know that much," Ryou sighed. He shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
"I've been studying it since I was a child," I said, taking a seat in the waiting area.
"It won't take me that long?" Ryou inquired with wide eyes.
"No, it took me awhile, because I had no one to teach me," I answered in a soft voice. "From the way you're absorbing the information, I guess maybe around two years, you should be able to work on your own."
"You mean that?" Ryou gasped at the prospect.
"I'm not lying," I said, leaning back in the chair.
"That's good," Anzu said. "You've been taking way too many patients lately." She motioned towards the window. Night had already fallen.
"I guess you're right," I sighed. I didn't want anyone to be left outside after waiting for such a long time. "Maybe I should start doing appointments or something."
"That would help," Ryou stated. He was staring at the ceiling.
"We should probably be heading back," I said, reluctantly getting out of the comfortable chair.
"Yeah, Serenity would have a fit about us working late hours," Anzu giggled.
"Not to mention, Malik," Ryou added in with a smile. "It's his turn to cook dinner, and I don't think he wants to wait for us."
As we headed out of the clinic, I locked the door behind us. Ryou and Anzu wait for me to finished locking up before they started towards our home. When we reached it, Malik was impatiently waiting for us in the kitchen. I could tell he was extremely upset about something.
"What took you so long?" Malik inquired with his hands over his chest.
"A pregnant mother couldn't wait until tomorrow to deliver her baby," I answered as we strolled into the kitchen.
"Oh," Malik's expression softened. He understood that sometimes we returned late, because of some dire emergency. One time, a man had been poisoned and didn't have very long to live. If it could wait until tomorrow, we usually asked the patient to come back and I would see him or her first thing in the morning.
"Did you save us some food?" Ryou asked hopefully. We all knew Jou tended to eat more than his share.
"Yes, I did," Malik smiled a little before pulling out our dinner. It became cold, since it had been sitting around.
"Thanks," we all chorused; then we all dug into the food.
The following day, we received more customers than we had originally anticipated. Now they were overflowing from our waiting rooms and onto the streets. When Anzu had first opened the doors, they came crowding into the waiting area, hoping to be seen that day. Ryou and I were in the back, getting our equipment ready. When Anzu had first opened the doors, they came crowding into the waiting area, hoping to be seen that day. Ryou and I were in the back, getting our equipment ready. By now, I constructed simple medical equipment, using what I had. I taught Ryou how to use them, and he helped me when it came to simple procedures.
"This is going to be another long day," I sighed while looking at our waiting room. They had literally crammed themselves in there.
"I know," Ryou also sighed.
"I wondered how they found out about this place," I mused out loud. "We didn't advertise it or anything. I didn't put up a sign."
"I think our earlier patients may have a hand in this," Ryou giggled as we finished our routine equipment check and cleaning. "You know news travels fast, when you can use it."
"I wouldn't have guessed," I replied a little sarcastically.
"Yeah, that's how they know to come here," Ryou shrugged. He picked up a tray and placed it back into the shelf.
"We'll have to tend to our patients," I changed the topic, when I heard Anzu trying to calm them down. "They're getting restless."
"I know what you mean," Ryou said following behind me.
"Your first patient is waiting to see you," Anzu said with relief, once she saw us appear through the doors. She handed over a piece of paper with the necessary information.
Our first patient was a little girl, who had caught a bad cold. I examined her, since Ryou had no clue what the girl had. Her mother sat waiting in the same room. When she first saw me, she thought it was a joke, because I looked so young. Then I started pulling out my make-shift equipment and started to examine her.
"Is she going to be alright?" Her mother asked, very worried.
"She's going to be fine," I assured her, putting away my stethoscope. "She needs lots of rest and fluids. I recommend staying in bed for at least five days." I rummaged through my pre-made packets and pulled out enough to last her for those five days. "Boil water and place one packet each time. She should drink this once a day."
"Thank you," she said gratefully before scooping up her daughter and taking the medicine.
Ryou started cleaning the equipment, when I exited the room to get the next patient. The mother had gone to Anzu and paid for the visit. Since it was a short one and didn't require much effort, I didn't charge that much. Besides, many of my customers were poor. I didn't have the heart to charge them a lot, and even if they couldn't afford it, they usually returned with something they either made or grown.
Somewhere mid to late morning, I had Ryou go into the separate room. He was going to the simple procedures, while I would be diagnosing the patient with his results. This proved to be very efficient, since I could concentrate on the more difficult portion.
Around noon, I had told Anzu that we would be taking a break soon so she would know not to prepare any more patients for Ryou to start on. I had two more patients to go. One of them was heading towards Ryou's station and the other one was headed towards my room. Both cases proved to be very easy as they had the common colds.
"We're going on our lunch break," Anzu announced to the people in the waiting room, who just groaned. Some of them have been waiting there for a couple of hours. "Please understand, we have too many of you to see this morning and we're really hungry."
The crowd went back to mumbling about not being seen right away. If I would have known they acted that way, I wouldn't have opened up this clinic and charge practically nothing. It was only by large volume of patients that we earned anything. I hoped they appreciated what efforts we put into keeping this place open.
Anzu headed back to our offices and locked the door connecting the waiting room to the hallway. Sometimes, people tended to be rude and barge in on us, while we were trying to eat. They said it was an emergency, but from the way they look, I can tell it could wait an hour. I hated it when people get impatient, because I was trying the best I can to diagnose them, get their medications right, and then send them off.
"Some people are just too pushy," Anzu grumbled as she took out our lunches.
We were too tired to move around. Ryou and I had been on our feet since we opened the clinic. Our secretary on the other hand, mostly sat around and got up when she needed to deal with one of our patients. One time, she had to literally throw someone out for being plain rude. She informed us, the day it happened.
"I know what you mean," Ryou sighed. That was beginning to become a habit these days.
"I'm thinking of raising my fees," I mused out loud. "That way, we don't receive so many patients." I paused to think some more. "Then those unfortunate people can't afford my treatment." I mindlessly started eating my meal.
"I want to help the poor, but this is getting ridiculous," Ryou said, when he finished swallowing.
"How do we get that many patients in one day?" I asked the both of them. "Surely, there must be other physicians out there."
"Yes, there are," Anzu sighed this time. "They aren't as well trained as you are, and they cost a fortune to see."
"We tried to find someone who can cure Shizuka's eye problem," Ryou sad, in a sad tone. "They kept telling us, they can't do it or they charged a lot of money."
"The crooks," Anzu spat out. "All they want is money. They don't care about the patients."
"Is that so?" I inquired.
"Yeah," Anzu said softly. "They don't even try to help their patients get better beyond the necessary. They're not like you. You care about everyone, from the poor to the rich."
"She's right," Ryou backed her up. "You have longer hours than they do. You don't charge as much as they do, which allows the poorer people to be seen."
"Sometimes, I don't know why I even put up with them," I sighed, leaning against my chair. "Then I look at a young child's face and it makes everything worth while."
"You said it," Ryou said.
Suddenly, there was someone banging on the door. Can't they see we were on our lunch break? Anzu had left a sign on the door, saying that we weren't to be disturbed unless it was some dire emergency. She glared at the door before getting up and calling out to the other person.
"What do you need?" She asked with a calm voice.
"We need the physicians help," came the reply.
"Is it an emergency?" She asked.
"Yes," the voice said. "Well, not really."
"Then you can wait until we're finished with our break," Anzu stated flatly with a smug grin on her face. She turned around and headed back towards the table when someone knocked down the door with brute force.
"You will see him now," a guard walked into the hallway. Good thing, he couldn't see the two of us, sitting at the table.
"I'm not the physician," Anzu flatly stated. "I'm just the help."
"Then where is he?" A deep voice came from outside the door.
"Your highness, you shouldn't be wandering around," the guard said quickly to the other person.
The pharaoh stood at the door, waiting very impatiently for me to come out. He looked like the Yami I knew from my time, but his eyes said another thing. They weren't the warm and caring ones, I have gotten used to. No, they were cold and full of pain. "I will go where I please."
"Your highness," Anzu gasped at the pharaoh. She immediately bowed down to him, because whenever the pharaoh was around, you'd better bow or suffer the consequences.
"Where is the physician?" He inquired while scanning the area.
"He's back there," Anzu pointed towards the door, that led to us.
The pharaoh quickly made his way over towards the door, with his guard following closely behind us. When he had approached the entrance, he gasped at the sight before him.
Cold ruby eyes stared into warm amethyst eyes.
Rei-chan: There!
Yami: Yes! I'm finally in!
Yugi: ............
Rei-chan: What am I going to do with you?
Yami: Put me into your story?
Rei-chan: *face faults*
Yugi: *giggles*
Rei-chan: Anyways, the more reviews the faster I update.
Yami: So please review, cause I want her to write the next chapter!
Yugi: *massive sweatdrops*
Rei-chan: ...................