My One Promise

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Disclaimer: Look up 'lazy' in the dictionary and you'll know why I'm not doing disclaimers for anymore chapters!

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After about an hour of exacerbating rest, Yugi found himself waking up. But still, even though he knew he was awake, he didn't feel like opening his eyes. He was feeling worse then before. So, trying his best to fall back asleep, he pictured himself on one of his better days, duelling against . . .oh, let's say Kaiba.

He had managed to almost doze off again, when there came a gentle knock at the door. After a quick momentary argument with himself, he decided to open his eyes.

"Yugi, your friends are here!" came his grandfather's muffled voice from behind the wooden frame.

"O . . .OK Grandpa!" Yugi lightly called, fighting with himself to sit up. Once he was in a sitting position, he didn't seem to feel as bad anymore. He smiled casually to the nothingness of his room, then steadily stood himself up, where he stretched soothingly and let out a small yawn. He turned around, where he saw his Millennium puzzle lying still on the ground beside his bed. Swooping down carefully, he picked up the gleaming object and fixed the chain around his neck. Now grasping it tightly, he made his way through his door and down the stairs, where he was then greeted merrily by his friends. Joey and Tristan where there, and as it seemed, they were joined by Tea ((a/n -I don't feel like putting the accent thingy on the 'e')) and Bakura.

"Hey Yug', you feeling better?" Joey asked, clapping his friend on the back. The shorter boy still kept the beaming smile on his face.

"Yea, I feel much better now!" he said happily, slipping on his multi- coloured running shoes.

"Don't forget your deck! We can have a 'friendly' duel in the park!" Joey added, raising an inquiring finger and smirking. It was one of his goals to finally beat Yugi in a duel (can't see that happening anytime soon!). The teen nodded, then quickly grabbed his deck and met his friends outside.

Just as he remembered it from an hour ago, the weather outside couldn't be more beautiful. There were still no clouds in the bright blue sky, and a gentle breeze blew by occasionally to cool one off. The group of five slowly made their way to the park- joking, laughing, and enjoying their time together.

After finally making it to the exquisite sanctuary of gardens, they all decided to take in the shade of a nearby oak tree. There, both Yugi and Joey pulled out their precious decks, getting ready for the long awaited battle.

Yugi, however, figured that it would be a lot more fun if he didn't call upon Yami to help him duel. No, this time it was going to be him that would win. He believed in the 'heart of his deck', and that would be all he needed to prevail.

"I'll place one card face down on the field, and then I'll summon Gearfried the Iron Knight (ATK/1800, DEF/1600) in attack mode!" Joey stated, slamming his first card on the ground with a smirk. There was no way he was going to lose this duel!

Yugi blinked, then looked at his own hand. But with the 'assistance' of a sudden strong breeze, the cards he was holding seemed to multiply. He found himself looking at about fifteen cards. "What's . . .happening?" he thought to himself, finding it odd that he could feel so dizzy in a matter of seconds, especially when he didn't do anything that could make him feel like this. He tried desperately to get it to go away, but nothing seemed to work.

Then, just when he thought things couldn't get any worse; he gave his friends the worry of a lifetime. His big purple eyes rolled to the back of his head, and he fell backward; totally unconscious. Almost everyone gasped and jumped to his side.

"Oh my God, Yugi!" Tea cried, placing worried hands on the side of her face. Tristan and Joey knelt there for a few seconds, dumbfounded and not knowing what to do. A sudden 'proclamation' from their female friend quickly made up their minds, however. "Don't just sit there! Check for a pulse!"

Tristan lifted up the pale teen's arm, placing two erect fingers on his wrist. Everyone waited in absolute silence as they awaited an answer on their friend's condition.

"He's still alive . . . his pulse is fine. But do you think we should get him to a hospital? Or should we just bring him home?"

"Hospital!"

"Home," Both Tea and Joey said at the same time. They both gave each other sideways glances.

"Joey, we have to get him to the hospital! Who knows what could be wrong with him!"

"Nonsense Tea! We should bring him to his Gran'pa! He should know what to do!"

"But Joey -"

"Hey you two, now's not the time to be fighting!" Tristan interrupted, standing up with the unperceiving Yugi in his arms.

All the meanwhile, (Yami) Bakura remained in the shade, a small smirk on his face. "Good. Everything is going as planned. And soon enough, I shall claim my prize . . ."

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Well? Well? Everyone like it? Hate it (hope you didn't)? Leave me lots of reviews and tell me what you think. (Don't forget, all flames will be used in my fireplace!). Sorry it was kind of short, but meh, I wanted to leave it on a cliff-hanger. *Sticks out tongue anime style* Until the next chapter, everyone!