I just want to say that ff.net has been evil and now yamis talk telepathically like ((this)) and hikaris talk telepathically like /this/.

Yugi: I have nothing else to do, so I'll just say that my sister doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of it's characters expect Ceribi and Serria.

----------Seto's POV----------

The door opened slightly. I was sitting on the bed next to Ceribi. Yugi and the others rushed in. I kept staring at my love. No... she couldn't leave us so soon! She couldn't leave me so soon! The doctor didn't know what to do, but Ceribi's too fragile at this stage to be taken to a hospital. I hope he finds a way fast... or I might lose one of the two people I love.

Yugi took Ceribi's hand [while I held the other] and put his forehead on it. "C'mon, sis, fight..." he murmured. The others crowded around Ceribi's bed, pleading her to come back. I tried to fight back tears. I close my eyes and looked away as a tear slid down my cheek. I wiped it away before anyone could notice.

Serria was whispering into her best friend's ear, telling her to come back. We were all begging her to stay in there. The duel monsters, who were also there, were doing the same. Brier, Merlin, and Kirian were looking up spells that might help her. Even Bakura and Marik were urging her to fight.

"Get up all ready Ceribi and come back to the living," said Bakura.

"Stop acting like this and regain your strength," growled Marik.

"It's their way to show that they care," said Ryou, sweatdropping.

"Yeah," agreed Malik, doing the same.

Yami said nothing this entire time, but I knew he was silently urging his light's sister to get up. Finally he spoke.

"Wake up again, Protector. Rise once more to protect the ones you love. You will not be alone. Fulfill your duty, Protector, by protecting us all."

At the same time we all said, "We believe in you."

Suddenly, Ceribi's eyes moved in their sockets and her eyelids slowly opened...

----------Ceribi's POV----------

I'm climbing down a long staircase that seems not to end. It had no railings and there is darkness all around. I see only the dull gray surface of each stair as I descend. Suddenly I see the ground three feet away and jump down. Landing softly, I look around and see a tall, black gate that seems to shine in this darkness. I walk up to it and I'm about to open it, when suddenly, I hear an all too familiar voice.

"Wake up again, Protector. Rise once more to protect the ones you love. You will not be alone. Fulfill your duty, Protector, by protecting us all."

Yami was right. I must fulfill my duty. And besides, is it worth losing my friends, all of whom believe in me? Is it worth losing my Yugi, or my beloved Seto? No, I think not.

"We believe in you," chorused a group of voices I never want to forget.

I knew this was not the way. I turned around and walked to the stairs. Suddenly there is a blast of light and I find myself in my soul room. I walk out of it and slowly open my eyes...

And I'm engulfed in a hug. I smelled the scent of someone I know all too well. I threw my arms around my beloved boyfriend Seto and I'm pulled up from my lying down position. "Damn you Ceribi," he muttered huskily in my ear. "We thought we lost you. I thought I lost you." I felt his lips on my neck as he kissed me. "I will never let you out of my sight again!" Seto told me passionately.

"Will you ever let go?" I asked him affectionately. He nibbled my neck.

"No."

I let go of him and turned around. He pulled me onto his lap and I didn't protest. Instead, I stretched my arms out to Yugi, whom I couldn't reach because of my boyfriend. Yugi jumped into my arms as I hugged him. He kissed me on the cheek.

"Don't scare us like that, sis!" said Yugi.

I extending my only free arm out to everyone else and smiled. To the boys (including duel monsters) I gave kisses on the cheek or forehead, to the girls I gave hugs. Yugi finally crawled out of my lap. I looked at Seto.

"Aren't you going to let go of me now, Seto?"

He raised an eyebrow. "And risk losing you? I think not."

I sighed. "I guess this is your way of showing that you care?"

"I can show that in may other ways too."

I shook my head and turned to face everyone else, all of whom looked amused. "Thank you everyone. Thanks for believing in me." I looked at Yami directly now. "And thank you Yami. You're the one who reminded me of my duty and that I don't want to lose you guys." Yami smiled and nodded.

Look, don't kill me. I know it's short. But chapter... what's it? 11 or whatever's next will be a long one. And this fanfic will be long anyway. So hope ya like it.