GOMEN GOMEN GOMEN!!! I haven't posted in a while. Ugh, teachers are evil.

Arigatou every one who has reviewed. (See, I am making use of those words that all of you kind folks sent me.) You guys are half the reason that I finished this chapter sooner than I thought.

I know someone will probably chew my head off for spelling of Jonouci's name like this. In Shonen Jump, this is how they spelled it so this is how I'm gonna spell it.

I regret to say that I have very limited knowledge of hospitals, as I have only been in one twice; one for a broken finger ring finger(thank Kami-sama [hehe] that is was my right hand [I'm left handed]) and once for stitches in my index finger (My phalanges hate me.) from a rabbit bite. I have however reseached some of this stuff.

Oh, that reminds me. One of my kind reviewers asked me about Ryou knocking out a full-grown man in two hits. I actually thought that out.

1.) C'mon now, he lives with a non-too-kind Tomb Robber. Also, he is the reincarnation of him. I don't believe that he is a wimp by any means at all.

2.) In the dub, I never once saw Ryou get beaten up by bullies. Nor have I heard of him getting beaten up in the Jap. Series or Shonen Jump.

3.) It's my fic. (Aren't those my privileges?)

4.) He knocked out Bandit Keith didn't he? (Some may argue that it was Bakura who did that, but it looked and sounded like Ryou.)

To LightofDarkness: I'm sorry if I offended you about Anzu. I seriously cannot stand her. Peggy is one of my fav. Characters though. But than, anyone w/ an accent is good in my book.

I'm not gonna respond to all individual reviews so THANK YOU TO EVERY ONE WHO HAS REVIEWED!!!

I have compiled a list of words that ya'll have sent me. If it's not too much to ask for, can you keep sending me more words? Simple words like "you", "me", ect… That would really help. Oh, what does tenshii mean?

Since my family rarely has any emergencies, I have no clue what it feels like to have someone close to you get hurt like Yami did. So, I am making Yugi acted as I probably would. I'm sorry if this seems to go by really fast, but just picture it in Yugi's POV but in third person after the first part. (I bet that was confusing)

Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own. And I'm pissed, because if I did, I wouldn't dub anything out. (I missed the second eppy today *tear *)

Strap on you're seat belts cuz here we go…

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Ryou stretched against his low-backed chair and looked at the clock above the receptionist's desk.  6:00 P.M. He mentally calculated that he and Yugi had been there for about eight hours, since around 10:00 A.M. Jonouchi got to the hospitable before Anzu did, even though he learned about what had happened through her. Anzu arrived a little after he did, at about 10:45 A.M., and Honda came about ten minutes after that. Yugi's grandpa closed down the store early and came as soon as he could.

Ryou and Yugi had been called into an office of some sort, at about 1:00 and were questioned about what had happened. Yugi kept silent during the ordeal, with a zoned out look across his features. Ryou, knowing that telling the truth would have him answering more questions than he was comfortable with, made up a story of how a burglar had entered Anzu's house and attacked Bakura with a knife and pushed Yami down the stairs. The questioners bought this story, to Ryou's surprise.

The only point where Ryou hesitated in answering any questions was when he was asked what Bakura and Yami's names were, previous to the interrogation. He knew that Yami's name would be okay to tell to the receptionist. However, the name that he called his yami, Bakura, would not do, since that was Ryou's last name. Instead, he told the receptionist the first name that came to mind, "His name is Sasuke Bakura." Again, the staff member bought this with no questions. 

After all of this had taken place, he had done nothing but wait in silence. He looked around the waiting room, occupied by mostly members of their party. Like him, no one was talking much. Anzu was flipping through some fashion magazine though she wasn't absorbing what her eyes were reading. Honda was dozing off despite his futile attempts to remain awake. Ryou turned his head to look at Yugi, Mr. Motou and Jonouchi. Jonouchi was sitting on one side of Yugi, whilst Mr. Motou was on the other. The three of them remained perfectly still, obviously deep in thought.

All of them looked up expectantly when a man in a white coat walked into the room. He glanced at the people present, "Mr. Bakura, I presume?" he asked, looking at Ryou.

"Yes?"

"I suppose you're curious about you're...brother is it?" Ryou nodded. "He is doing fine. He lost quite a bit of blood, however the transfusion was successful. We stitched up the gashes and he'll be ready to go home tomorrow but he'll need to relax for a few days, no strenuous activities. Do you think you could do a favour for me?"

"Yes?"

"Well, umm, since you live with him, you know a lot about him, right?"

"Yesss…" Ryou said slowly, not liking where this conversation was leading.

"Than I'm thinking that you would know a lot about his, well, temper."

Ryou blushed furiously, "Ahh, I see. You want me to go back there and calm him down?"

"If it wouldn't be too much trouble." Ryou nodded, still blushing, as the doctor gave him directions to Bakura's room.

 The doctor than turned his attention to the Motous. "And you are both related to Yami Motou?"  Both of the Motous nodded, anxious to hear news of Yami. For the first time since at the mansion, Yugi looked like he actually comprehended something in the here and now; he was not zoned out.

"Well, I wish what I have to tell to you was more optimistic. I won't lie to you, Yami suffered serious injuries. To start with, Yami suffered from serious internal bleeding, due to the lungs being punctured in several places by the ribs. He just got out of surgery not to long ago, and I am pleased to say that we have stopped the bleeding successfully. He broke all of his ribs along with his sternum. Luckily the heart was not damaged. We pinned together his sternum along with the two scapulas that were broken. His right collarbone was broken, yet it was a clean break, so that will heal nicely. His skull will also heal normally too, though he may drop into a coma due to the pressure inside his skull. This is nothing to worry about, the coma won't probably be life threatening. He has a stab wound on his right shoulder. We stitched this up, so this is nothing major. The thing that worries me the most is his back. He broke about seven vertebrae and miraculously, his spine wasn't affected in the least. If he survives the night, than his chances of surviving after tonight will greatly improve."

"C-can I see him?"

The kindhearted doctor looked at the younger boy. He wasn't allowed to let visitors into the ICU unit past 5:30. However, since he was in charge of the unit anyway, he let Yugi go to see his "brother". There was something in his eyes that the doctor could not say no to.

Mr. Motou led Yugi to the room that Yami was in, but stayed outside the room. Yugi went over to the bed. It was dark in the room, but he could still see his sleeping Yami and all of the tubes hooked up to him. Yugi couldn't prevent the tears that had been building up all day to leak from his eyes and land on Yami. He fell asleep in his chair, lulled by the Pharaoh's uneven breathing. 

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Jonouchi looked up from the magazine that he had been trying to read to see Yugi come back into the waiting room from Yami's room. Honda and Anzu had left while Yugi was visiting the Pharaoh.

"Hey Yug'. Ryou was just here. He came to tell me that he was gonna' spend the night in Bakura's room to keep him from sending the staff to the Shadow Realm. Are you gonna' go home?"

Yugi just shrugged before he sat down next to Jonouchi.

"C'mon Yug', you need ta sleep. There's nothin' you can do for Yami now. Go home, get a good night's sleep, than come back in the mornin'."

"Jonouchis right Yugi, you look like you haven't slept for ages. Lets go home than I promise that we will come back as soon as we possibly can." Mr. Motou was worried for his grandson. Sleep would indeed be very good for the teenager.

"Alright." Came the voice, barely audible. Yugi turned and walked to where the car was in the parking lot. Mr. Motou and Jonouchi followed him, walking at a slower pace so they could talk.

"Jonouchi, do you need a ride home? Your house is on the way to ours so it would be no trouble."

Without hesitation, Jonouchi nodded and got into the car with the Motous.

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 Yugi woke up refreshed after the night's sleep he had received. He went into the kitchen to see his grandfather cooking eggs and toast. Yugi greeted him before he sat down. As Mr. Motou was cooking, he kept casting worried glances at the younger boy. He tried several times to engage in conversation with Yugi, but Yugi seemed to be unable to keep a train of thought. Grandpa gave up his efforts and they ate in silence.

After breakfast, the two of them went to the hospitable. They arrived in time to see two albinos leaving the hospitable and enter a pickup truck that was Ryou's dads. Ryou didn't see his friends as he was occupied in keeping his yami from the nurses who were trying to stay as far away from the slightly insane Tomb Robber as possible.

When they got inside, after a few minutes wait, Yugi was granted access to Yami's room. Again, only he went inside the room, his grandfather had retired to the waiting room to do just that; wait.

To Yugi's surprise, when he pulled up a chair to sit by the bed, Yami's crimson eyes slowly opened halfway.

"Y-yami?"

Yami tried to talk, but it was too painful and difficult with all of the tubes he was attached to. Yugi understood right away and they switched to the mental link they shared.

/Yugi where am I?/

//It's ok Yami, you're in a hospitable…/ and he told Yami of everything that had happened, even the injuries he had sustained.

All of a sudden, a nurse came in. When she saw the two, she gave a warm smile and told them that she was there to check up on Yami.

Yugi moved out of the way as the nurse pulled back the covers to show Yami's chest and check his heartbeats with her stethoscope. Yugi couldn't believe the condition Yami's chest was in. It looked nothing short of horrible. The nurse finished her duty and said to Yugi, "The doctor will be here in a minute." and left.

A few minutes later, the doctor they had seen last night came into the room. He looked at Yami than exclaimed, "You're awake. That's good news! There is no possibility of you dropping into a coma now. I guess all that is left is you're back."

"What about his back?" Yugi asked.

"As I told you last night, he broke it in several spots. The only way he will ever begin to walk again is if we operate on him once his ribs and sternum heal." Than, after a few more minutes of silence in which the doctor scribbled down the status of Yami on a clipboard, he left almost as suddenly as he had some.

/Aibou, thank you for saving me./

//Think nothing of it. You need to sleep now. I'll be here when you wake up.// Yugi was overjoyed to talk to the object of his worries. It was as if a ton of bricks had been removed from his heart. He knew that Yami need him most know, and that his recovery would be hard. He kept wondering why the puzzle wasn't aiding in the healing process, but he blew that thought to the side. There was nothing he could do about it so he turned his minds to more important things.

Yugu barely noticed when he, too, fell asleep, a smile gracing his angelic features.

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Two words; that sucked. Ahhh, I have no clue what I did wrong. Gomen a thousand times for this. Well, see ya next time.