Chapter 5
Bakura's father began the drive home. It was a short trip, but to Bakura it seemed to drag on for ages. His father was rather placid during the ride, and his soundless approach to the situation made Bakura apprehensive. Bakura's eyes were drawing tears as they neared the home. Noticing this, his father decided to make light of the situation. " I didn't know you were so aggressive. I'll have to watch you or before I know it you'll have joined a street gang." Mr. Bakura let out a soft effortless chuckle. Bakura, on the other hand, just stared at the road, silently pondering his future. He was worried about how his father would handle all this. And what about the puzzle? It was Yugi's so he had to give it back, but how did he get it on? And why on earth would he try to use it as a weapon?
'I wonder where my ring is', he thought. 'I should call Yugi and see if he has it. If I have his item he might have mine.' "Father," Bakura asked timidly, "may I use the phone and call Yugi? The puzzle is his and I need to see what happened to the ring you gave me."
"That reminds me," said Mr. Bakura, "when I discovered you were gone I was on my way to tell you that Yugi was in the hospital. Your friend Tristan called and told me to tell you. I'll take you there now." He made a sharp U turn and headed the opposite direction.
Bakura shook his head. "Why on earth would he be in the hospital?"
"I'm not sure, son. Well have to see when we get there."
Bakura said nothing and tried to piece together the events of the day. 'If I tried to hurt someone with the puzzle, maybe the ring did something to hospitalize him. If his item put me in jail.. Who knows?'
They pulled up in the parking lot of the hospital and got out of the car. Mr. Bakura walked up to the nurse at the front desk. "Do you know where Yugi Motou's room is?"
"Let me see," said the clerk with a smile. She quickly typed up something on the computer. "Ok, the person you are searching for is in room 21D. He would be on the 4th floor where all the 'D' rooms are."
"Thank you." The clerk just smiled some more and nodded. Bakura and his father got on the elevator and Mr. Bakura pushed the button for the 4th floor. As the elevator hummed, father and son stood silent. Bakura felt his heart thumping, he was worried about his friend and worried about himself as well.
The elevator came to a stop and they followed the signs until they reached Yugi's room. His father stood back and let Bakura open the door himself. The door creaked open and Tea looked up at him from a desk in the room across from Yugi's bed. She ran up to him and threw her arms around his neck. "Oh, Bakura! Its awful! We don't know what's wrong with Yugi, he's just laying here and no one knows why he wont wake up..."
"When did this happen Tea?"
Tea released her arms from Bakura's neck and explained the story as she had explained it to Joey earlier. Bakura seemed baffled, 'he's lucky he didn't drown while he was unconscious.' he thought. He walked up to Yugi's bed where Grandpa Motou sat beside him. "Hello, Mr. Motou."
"Oh, hello, Bakura. What took you so long to get here?"
"Its quite a long story. Id rather not say actually... Right now Yugi is what matters.."
Tristan and Joey burst into the room. "Is he ok yet?," Joey blurted out, disturbing the odd silence of the room.
"Shh." said Tea. "He hasn't woken up yet. Where have you two been?"
Joey opened his mouth to tell her the story about the item and where they put it, but Tristan silenced him. "We had to go take care of some things. We're sorry we had to leave Yugi, but it was important. You know we wouldn't leave a pal hangin' with no good reason." Tristan then handed the key to Grandpa Motou and sat down next to Yugi's bed.
"But we are here now, and that's all that counts.," Joey added. "Hey, Bakura! Where have you been?"
"Yeah," said Tristan. "I called forever ago!"
"Some things came up with us as well, Tristan. We got here as soon as possible."
Joey and Tristan nodded understandingly. They all sat down and prepared for a long night. Even though it wasn't spoken, they all knew that they could not leave Yugi in the hospital, they all wanted to be there when he woke up.
Mr. Bakura patted his son on the back and told him goodnight. He did not mention the incident earlier, knowing these were hard times for Bakura. Something was going on with him that he didn't quite understand, but he knew it must be stressful for him having someone he cared about in the hospital, so he left him alone.
***********************************************************************
Odeon had returned to the storage house with a crowbar, and quickly pried the lock open, breaking it. Marik was behind him, highly excited to see what was in the storage house. He entered and looked around, not seeing anything of interest, but knowing there was something there. "Those guys did not go through all that to keep someone out if there was no reason to," he thought. "Odeon, search this place from top to bottom. I wont leave until I find something of interest. There had to be something here worth hiding."
Odeon nodded as he began to practically tear the place down. He threw things left and right, knocking things over and pushing things around, before something caught his attention. He saw a faint glinting light in the corner of his eye, and turned to see where it came from. He noticed something in the corner of the shed, and walked cautiously over to see what it was. Marik walked up behind him and ordered him to see what the mysterious flickering was immediately. Odeon reached down and picked up Bakura's shining piece of ancient jewelry.
"Odeon! It's the Millennium ring! This is a rare find... what ignorant imbecile would knowingly put this powerful item in a simple tool shed?!"
Odeon stared down at the item and shook his head. "It doesn't matter, it belongs to you now, Master..."
"You are very right, Odeon. It IS mine now... Even though this is not what I want. But maybe I can use this somehow..." Marik pondered to himself as he exited the shed with Odeon in tow.
***********************************************************************
Bakura's father began the drive home. It was a short trip, but to Bakura it seemed to drag on for ages. His father was rather placid during the ride, and his soundless approach to the situation made Bakura apprehensive. Bakura's eyes were drawing tears as they neared the home. Noticing this, his father decided to make light of the situation. " I didn't know you were so aggressive. I'll have to watch you or before I know it you'll have joined a street gang." Mr. Bakura let out a soft effortless chuckle. Bakura, on the other hand, just stared at the road, silently pondering his future. He was worried about how his father would handle all this. And what about the puzzle? It was Yugi's so he had to give it back, but how did he get it on? And why on earth would he try to use it as a weapon?
'I wonder where my ring is', he thought. 'I should call Yugi and see if he has it. If I have his item he might have mine.' "Father," Bakura asked timidly, "may I use the phone and call Yugi? The puzzle is his and I need to see what happened to the ring you gave me."
"That reminds me," said Mr. Bakura, "when I discovered you were gone I was on my way to tell you that Yugi was in the hospital. Your friend Tristan called and told me to tell you. I'll take you there now." He made a sharp U turn and headed the opposite direction.
Bakura shook his head. "Why on earth would he be in the hospital?"
"I'm not sure, son. Well have to see when we get there."
Bakura said nothing and tried to piece together the events of the day. 'If I tried to hurt someone with the puzzle, maybe the ring did something to hospitalize him. If his item put me in jail.. Who knows?'
They pulled up in the parking lot of the hospital and got out of the car. Mr. Bakura walked up to the nurse at the front desk. "Do you know where Yugi Motou's room is?"
"Let me see," said the clerk with a smile. She quickly typed up something on the computer. "Ok, the person you are searching for is in room 21D. He would be on the 4th floor where all the 'D' rooms are."
"Thank you." The clerk just smiled some more and nodded. Bakura and his father got on the elevator and Mr. Bakura pushed the button for the 4th floor. As the elevator hummed, father and son stood silent. Bakura felt his heart thumping, he was worried about his friend and worried about himself as well.
The elevator came to a stop and they followed the signs until they reached Yugi's room. His father stood back and let Bakura open the door himself. The door creaked open and Tea looked up at him from a desk in the room across from Yugi's bed. She ran up to him and threw her arms around his neck. "Oh, Bakura! Its awful! We don't know what's wrong with Yugi, he's just laying here and no one knows why he wont wake up..."
"When did this happen Tea?"
Tea released her arms from Bakura's neck and explained the story as she had explained it to Joey earlier. Bakura seemed baffled, 'he's lucky he didn't drown while he was unconscious.' he thought. He walked up to Yugi's bed where Grandpa Motou sat beside him. "Hello, Mr. Motou."
"Oh, hello, Bakura. What took you so long to get here?"
"Its quite a long story. Id rather not say actually... Right now Yugi is what matters.."
Tristan and Joey burst into the room. "Is he ok yet?," Joey blurted out, disturbing the odd silence of the room.
"Shh." said Tea. "He hasn't woken up yet. Where have you two been?"
Joey opened his mouth to tell her the story about the item and where they put it, but Tristan silenced him. "We had to go take care of some things. We're sorry we had to leave Yugi, but it was important. You know we wouldn't leave a pal hangin' with no good reason." Tristan then handed the key to Grandpa Motou and sat down next to Yugi's bed.
"But we are here now, and that's all that counts.," Joey added. "Hey, Bakura! Where have you been?"
"Yeah," said Tristan. "I called forever ago!"
"Some things came up with us as well, Tristan. We got here as soon as possible."
Joey and Tristan nodded understandingly. They all sat down and prepared for a long night. Even though it wasn't spoken, they all knew that they could not leave Yugi in the hospital, they all wanted to be there when he woke up.
Mr. Bakura patted his son on the back and told him goodnight. He did not mention the incident earlier, knowing these were hard times for Bakura. Something was going on with him that he didn't quite understand, but he knew it must be stressful for him having someone he cared about in the hospital, so he left him alone.
***********************************************************************
Odeon had returned to the storage house with a crowbar, and quickly pried the lock open, breaking it. Marik was behind him, highly excited to see what was in the storage house. He entered and looked around, not seeing anything of interest, but knowing there was something there. "Those guys did not go through all that to keep someone out if there was no reason to," he thought. "Odeon, search this place from top to bottom. I wont leave until I find something of interest. There had to be something here worth hiding."
Odeon nodded as he began to practically tear the place down. He threw things left and right, knocking things over and pushing things around, before something caught his attention. He saw a faint glinting light in the corner of his eye, and turned to see where it came from. He noticed something in the corner of the shed, and walked cautiously over to see what it was. Marik walked up behind him and ordered him to see what the mysterious flickering was immediately. Odeon reached down and picked up Bakura's shining piece of ancient jewelry.
"Odeon! It's the Millennium ring! This is a rare find... what ignorant imbecile would knowingly put this powerful item in a simple tool shed?!"
Odeon stared down at the item and shook his head. "It doesn't matter, it belongs to you now, Master..."
"You are very right, Odeon. It IS mine now... Even though this is not what I want. But maybe I can use this somehow..." Marik pondered to himself as he exited the shed with Odeon in tow.
***********************************************************************