Be Strong

Disclaimer: Nope...still don't own jack shit...hmmm...it's not on my to buy list either!

Notes: Hmmm...sorry I have been rather busy, I have had a lot of softball games and this weekend I had a basketball tournament in Albany. We did okay...not as well as I would have liked. We did great on the first tournament we played in, we won all four games, but that was a level B tournament and this was an A so we only one two games. But it was really fun. As we were driving to the hotel the first day we pass a place with barb-wire all over the place and a sign that said "Watch out Electrical Fence in Use". So we were like, what the hell is that, then we drove a little father, our hotel was in view, and we could see a sign. This sign said, "Juvenile Delinquent Hall" We flipped out, our coach turned around and was like, "Okay, when we get into the hotel and checked in we are going to use the buddy system, NEVER go anywhere without someone else!" It was pretty funny because that night as we were trying to sleep we heard a huge bang that woke us all up. Next thing I knew we had the whole team in our room freaking out that we were all gonna die because someone had 'escaped'. I thought it was funny but evidentially they didn't but anyway, we did okay and that's all. So I think what you have been waiting for is coming up now:

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Joey unlocked the door and let Yami carry Yugi into the house. Yami placed Yugi on the couch and brushed his hand over the boys head.

"It's a bit hot but I think he is okay, his pain has died down a bit and what ever brought him down is slowly edging away," Yami said never taking his eyes of the sleeping boy.

"Okay, hold the damn phone, who da hell is you?" Joey asked, sure he was glad Yugi was okay, but how did this guys show up out of thin air.

Yami didn't pay any attention to Joey question as he brushed some of Yugi stray blond hair out of his feverish face.

"Damn it I asked you a question, who da hall are ya?" Joey said a little louder this time.

"When is Yugi's friend, Tina, or Tami, or whatever her name was coming home?" Yami asked ignoring Joey original question.

"It's TEA, and she will be home soon, why do you care?" Joey asked, he was increasingly getting worried about this guy that was so close to Yugi.

"Well, then instead of me having to repeat myself I can tell you when she is here as well," Yami said. Joey thought about it for a second but then gave in a decided that he was right.

Ten minutes later Tea burst into the room. "Joseph Wheeler, where are you, you leave the school, I don't know, I get no note, I find out from the NURSE that you went home early!" she was on a rampage.

She was, that is, until she saw Yugi on the couch looking rather pale, a boy that looked just like him but older, and Joey, fine but looking a bit ticked off.

"What happened to Yugi...and who are you?" she asked pointing to Yami.

"Well now that she is home why don't you both pull up a seat and I will tell you all about me and where I come from," Yami said and he took a comfortable position on the couch with Yugi head on his lap.

"Okay, my name is Yami, and I come from this," Yami said holding up the puzzle he had around his neck. "Well, since that really must have not helped let me explain some more, I use to be a pharaoh, of ancient Egypt, and there was an evil thing called the shadow realm and it caused a lot of pain and loss of human souls. Now me, being pharaoh I had to be strong for my people and in the process of locking the shadow realm away I also locked myself into this puzzle," Yami said. Tea looked like she sort of understood it but Joey looked totally lost.

"Okay," Yami blew out a breathe, "All you need to know is that I would put my life on the line to save Yugi's life," Yami said sincerely.

"Man, why didn't ya say that in the beginning," Joey said.

Yami smiled, it was weak but it was a smile. He looked back to the boy on his lap. "I should be bringing him home you know, wouldn't want his parent's to worry right?" Yami said as he picked Yugi up and headed for the door.

"Okay Yami, see you...eventually, tell Yugi I hope he feels better," Tea said as he walked them to the sidewalk.

Yami was rounding yet another corner trying to fine Yugi's house. To him they all looked the same to him!

/Yami, I feel a lot better now/ Yugi said telepathically as he woke slowly.

"I'm glad to hear that aibou," Yami said as they continued to walk. As they were walking they heard a scream, and it wasn't a womanly scream it was a child.

"Yami we have to go and help that person," Yugi said as he struggled in Yami's arms.

"No, you are late enough, your parents will not be happy about that; we have to bring you home!" Yami said, his voice not wavering at all.

"Yami, I don't care, they could be in trouble we need to help them. I know what it feels like, having no one there to help you when you really need it; you NEED to let me help them!" Yugi said, he almost screamed it at Yami. Yami realized that this was spoken from Yugi heart, and he couldn't change his decision to help these people.

"Okay, but you are going to stay out of harms way and let me do the fighting," Yami said as he took off towards the scream. Yugi held tightly to Yami, he didn't want to show it but he was scared shitless. He wasn't sure if he would be able to do this.

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Sorry it's so short, but damn, I need sleep and this is as much as I could to in my time frame!