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Disclaimer: even if I do have tons of fans I still do not own Yugioh. ---

Chapter Twenty-Two

The Spell Is Preformed

Five minutes later Atemu, Yani, Seto, Mokuba and Malik were in Laria's room, standing around her bed. Atemu stood at the foot of the bed holding a book.

"Is everyone ready?" Atemu asked. They nodded, "Ok no we all have to focus all our minds and energy on Laria."

The other four closed there eyes and bowed there heads. Atemu read the spell.

"Shi hitsujuhin yameru,

Shi hitsujuhin yameru,

Toninozoku karakachira shinusadame shitoi,

Henkyaku seikatsu ano tamashii,

Shi hitsujuhin yameru,

Shi hitsujuhin yameru."

A deadly silence fell over the room. They stood there with there eyes closed.

"Did it work?" Seto asked breaking the silence. Everyone opened there eyes. Atemu looked down at Laria.

"I don't know."

"I have a feeling it didn't," Yani said grimly she could feel Laria's life force still, but very slowly draining away.

"Does this mean she's going to...?" Malik swallowed, "Die?"

"Well it looks like the spell might have worked," Yami said softly, "So there's a very slim chance she'll live, very slim."

Malik gasped and Mokuba burst into tears running out of the room.

"Poor Mokuba," Yani said then she went after him. Seto stared down at his sister; she looked almost like an angel with her white skin and hair. She was breathing so slowly it almost looked like she was not breathing at all. A single tear fell from his eye. Seto jumped as he heard the doorbell ring.

"I'll get it..." Atemu said and he quietly left the room. Malik glanced at Seto; he could tell he wanted to be alone so he left as well. As soon as Malik and Atemu were gone, Seto fell to his knees by Laria's bed, tears falling freely from his eyes. He grabbed his sister's hand; it was as cold as ice. He held it close to his body as if trying to warm it himself.

"Lar," he cried, "I'm so sorry. This is all my fault! It is! I was to busy living in the past to realize that you really needed me. That I actually cared about you. I really don't hate you Lar. Please, you can't leave. I can't live with out you..."

Seto just sat there on the floor clutching Laria's hand close to him as he cried.

Meanwhile...

Atemu walked down to answer the door. Malik right behind him. Malik, however, stopped right out side Mokuba's room. He and Yani were in there. Mokuba was crying uncontrollably, Yani was trying to comfort him. She was crying as well.

"Don't worry kid," Yani cooed, "There's still a chance she could live."

"How do you know?" Malik asked. They looked up at him.

"Her life force," Yani said, "it's not being drained anymore, but it is very weak. I don't know if she'll come back or not"

"Oh..."

Downstairs...

Atemu opened the door and saw Ryou. He looked at the grim look on the former Pharaoh's face.

"How's she doing?" Ryou asked as he stepped in and closed the door behind him

"Not to good," Atemu said.

"Really?" Ryou frowned.

"Yeah," Atemu headed back up to Laria's room, "We preformed the spell."

"And?"

"Well it doesn't look like anything happened."

"That... that just could be part of it..." Ryou said, "I mean... none of us ever done this before."

"True."

When the two got to the top of the stairs, they saw Malik standing in the hall. They walked up to him and saw he was talking to Yani and Mokuba.

"Hey Ryou," Yani said getting up, "I'm glad Bakura let you come back."

"Is she going to...?"

"Come on Mokuba," Atemu said, "let's go back to Laria's room."

"Ok," Mokuba said his eyes read from crying. Atemu, Malik, and Mokuba left Yani to talk to Ryou.

"Well is she going to die?" Ryou asked.

"The possibility of her living is very slim."

"Is there anything I can do?"

"Wait."

Yani had started to cry again.

"Can I go see her?"

"Yeah."

They left to go to Laria's room. Everyone was sitting around. It was so quiet in the room. Ryou knelt by Laria's bed. He could not believe she was so close to death. He wished that he had told her sooner. He bowed his head and tears flooded from his eyes; Malik sat down right next to him and put his arm around him. Atemu pulled Yani down next to him and wiped her tears away. Mokuba was sitting in Seto's lap, both of them crying freely.

---How's that for an end for a chapter---