Chapter Five

Romping Around And Joey

AN~ SORRY! I had a BIG case writers block! T_T So some of you might have noticed I all of a sudden popped out three one shot fics, (whether you read them or not) I was trying to cure my block to get me to think up new ideas for this and my other Yu-Gi-Oh fic. I think it helped a little actually...

Normally I do what I want, and no fan service, but from a request, I MAY sneak a few Yami/Tea stuff now and then... ~_^ Anyway, here we go, for the LOOOOOONNNNNNNNGGGGG (sorry!!) awaited chapter! ^_^ Oh yes, I lied, it's not going to be the EXACT second, just after Yugi sent the letter thingy and he's home up in his room now all depressed. Just so you're not confused ^_^ ONE more thing. I've never typed Joey's accent before, so forgive the stupidity it might look when _I_ write it ^^;; And later on when I make him say 'tha' it's not a typo, okay?

Translations:

"Talking"

'Thinking'

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ = later on

To Be Continued... = HAHA! Now you have to wait until I update!! *cackles evilly*

Tha= the

der= there

and I think that's about it ^_^

Chapter Five

Romping Around And Joey

Yugi sat on his bed with silent tears rolling down his cheeks. This would be the last day he would EVER see anything ever again. Yugi glanced at a photo which showed him and his best friend Joey. 'I haven't seen Joey for ages...' Yugi thought sadly. His grandpa Solomon wouldn't let Joey come and visit, afraid he would "cause problems" as he said.

Tea watched Yugi sadly. "Isn't there anything we can do to cheer him up!?" Tea asked Yami, unhappy to see her new friend depressed.

Yami just grunted in response. That usually meant something along the lines of 'Why don't you try it and quit bothering me?'

"Hey Yugi!" Tea flew over to Yugi's corner cheerfully.

"Hello..." Yugi whispered. Tea followed his gaze and saw the photo in its picture frame. She picked it up and inspected it, it showed Yugi and Joey goofing off, with huge grins plastered on their faces.

"Is this your friend, Yugi?"

"Yeah, but I haven't seen him for several months. And I won't actually see him anymore probably..."

"Yes you will!! Why don't we go out and visit him? He'd probably be happy to see you again."

"Grandpa will get worried if I just suddenly went outside again."

"Aw come on Yugi! For once don't listen to him, let's go and see Joey!"

"Yeah, you're right! Let's GO!"

Yami was silently watching them and for once he actually did think Tea had a point. Friends shouldn't be kept apart for so long. Knowing what would come next, Yami got up and stretched. As if on cue, Yugi and Tea both ran up to Yami.

"COME WITH US YAMI, COME WITH US!" They both cried out cheerfully. Yami didn't come up with an answer, just followed them silently out Yugi's window, once again.

"OKAY! Now, where's Joey's house, Yugi?" Tea asked.

"Not too far, just on the next street actually."

"If he's THAT close, why haven't you gone to visit him SOONER!?" Yami cried out, flapping his wings slightly for emphasis. Yugi chose not to answer and continued walking. Not much later, they arrived at the Wheelers' house. Yugi knocked on the door waiting to see his best friend. In a couple moments, Joey emerged.

"Yug'! I haven' seen ya for ages!" And to Yugi's surprise, Joey bent over and gave Yugi a hug. "Wanna go to tha park?"

"Sounds great!" The two friends jogged off together, leaving the two Shinigami by the still open door.

"LET'S GO YAMI!' Tea cried and glomped Yami. His face turned blood red and he quickly turned his head to hide it. Too late. Tea saw him blush, but released him and didn't bother him about it.

'What was THAT all about? At least Tea didn't see, she would DEFINENTLY bug me about it if she did...' Yami thought furiously.

'Sorry Yami, but I saw that! And that's the first time I've EVER seen you blush! Just a couple more "experiments" now and then, and how you feel will be revealed...' Tea smirked inwardly at her plans. By the time the two got to the park, Joey and Yugi were already running around having a great time. That is, until Joey "accidently" tripped Yugi. Yugi tackled Joey to the ground and they had a "fight" it ended pretty fast because Joey surrendered when Yugi started tickling him. Yugi laughed.

"Never underestimate the powers of tickling!" Joey laughed with him.

The sun shone brightly and cheerfully unaware of the pain it brought to a certain short teenager... "YUGI! What's tha matter!?" Joey cried out worried for his friend.

"I-i-it h-hurts!" Yugi stuttered in pain, his hands clasped over his face.

"What hurts?" Joey panicked.

"The sun... my e-eyes!" Joey grabbed Yugi and pulled him under a tree in the shade, and made his back face the sun.

Yugi noticing through his hands that the bright light was gone, took them down revealing watery eyes. He blinked several times hoping the pain would pass. But it didn't; it got worse. The pain was eventually too much... everything turned red, and Yugi collapsed.

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"..gi... Yugi, wake up..." Yugi opened his eyes. Everything in the room was white. Yugi panicked, he thought he went colorblind. He sat up quickly, and saw Solomon and Joey. They were their normal colors... Yugi hadn't gone colorblind...

"Where am I?" Yugi croaked. He had been out for hours. At least the pain dulled down slightly, just enough to allow him to keep his eyes open without them watering.

"Yugi! We were so worried we thought-" Joey began, but Solomon cut him off.

"You're at the hospital." Yugi panicked. 'The hospital!?? The operation!!...' then it occured to him, he could still see which meant the operation never occured...yet. A nurse came walked in holding a clip board.

"Sir, can you and him," She pointed at Joey, "please go now? The boy needs rest." Solomon and Joey silently got up and exited the room. The nurse then followed suit and closed the door.

-Yami and Tea-

"ARGH! What room is he in!?" Yami yelled at Tea in frustration.

"How am I supposed to know!?" Tea shouted back.

"Okay, I'll take this side of the hall, you take that one. We'll go through each room on all of the floors until we find him."

"Good idea!" Yami turned sharply to the first door on the left, and easily flew through the closed door. Not seeing Yugi he left the room. He tried a couple more but didn't find him.

"Any luck?" Yami asked Tea when he saw her emerge from a room.

"Nope. How many floors are there?"

"Six. I hope we don't have to go through the next five to find him..."

-Back to Yugi's room (on the six floor)-

'I wonder where Yami and Tea are...' Yugi suddenly heard a shriek of fury, and a yell:

"IF HE'S NOT IN THE NEXT ROOM, I'M GOING BACK FOR A NEW MISSION!" That voice was familiar... Suddenly Yami and Tea squeezed through Yugi's door, without opening it.

They were both panting, they looked like they had run the triathlon. "Where were you two?" Yugi asked, laughing at Yami since half his hair was up like it was supposed to and the other half drooped. "And haven't you two learned how to open doors?"

"Going through ever single room on all six floors looking for you... and why bother open them when you don't need too?" Yami questioned.

"Good point."

"So Yugi, when's your operation?" Tea asked casually.

"Never."

"WHAT!?" Yami and Tea cried out in unison.

"I'm not going to have it... I want to be an author until my year's up..."

"Why not just have your operation, and then dictate to someone and they'll write everything down for you?"

"It just wouldn't be the same. Besides, I'd never be able to see anyone I care about anyway. Nor would I be able to see the sun... I just wouldn't be able to stand a life not seeing it..."

"Yugi, are you sure about this? Once you die, your life's gone forever. You should think this over more seriously... I took my own life away and I regret it." Yami said worriedly.

Solomon came through the door at the moment, except unlike Yami and Tea he opened it.

"Yugi, the doctor informed me that you should stay here until your operation's over... which means you'll have to stay here over night, I'm sorry about that. You'll habe you operation in the mor-"

"No."

To Be Continued....

AN~ How was it? Did it suck? I hope not -_- Ever wonder why Yami commited suicide? Find out next chapter, Blast to the Past, Yami's Story

Now review, or the almighty Mythical Dragon shall attack you!!! (Or was it the Mythic Dragon? x_X)

Ja ne!

--Meroko