Lightning-Dono: Okay, onto Chapter 5! My computer is being a baka and appears to wish to remain that way since I can't view Chapter 4 at this moment unless I type in the URL. ..;
Joey: Serves ya right for making me get my butt totally kicked!
Lightning-Dono: Correction-you got you BACK totally kicked...
Joey: THAT ISN'T FUNNY!
Ryou: Why can't we all just get along? innocent smile
Lightning-Dono: Because he indicates Joey REFUSES to get along! :-(
Ryou: Joey, let's all get along.
Joey: That's the corniest thing I've ever heard.
Ryou: PWEEEEAAASSEEE!? Why can't we all get along?!
Lightning-Dono: As much as I'd like you all to get along...well...Enough is enough, guys. On with the show!
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From Yugi's POV (Point of View)
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"Yuge, wake up!" A voice pleaded. Arms shaking me. I woke up, dizzy and astounded by what I had remembered. The last time I had been knocked out, remembering anything was more than I could ever hope for. I guess I had fainted after I had lied to Bakura and he had left.
"Joey..." I looked up at him. Joey's face came into view. 20/20 vision had always been quite useful. A while ago, it was more like 0/20, but that wasn't the point. "Joey, where'd Bakura go?" I asked.
"How should I know?" He asked disdainfully, looking as though he regretted ever trying to revive me.
"Just curious. I lied to him," I confided to Joey, who didn't seem at all surprised.
"I lie a lot too, you shouldn't have to worry." Joey rubbed the back of his neck nervously.
"I don't lie a lot like you do! I just did what I had to...And now Seto is in trouble!" I got up and brushed myself off. I was somehow covered in stuff from the crumbling ceiling.
"That nutcase it always in trouble. It wouldn't matter either way." Joey grinned, but I shoved him off and walked towards the door.
"By the way," I turned around. "Where did Ryou go?" I was curious to know this, since Ryou hadn't been seen since I had woken up, and he had a habit of turning up in odd places at odd times due to his Yami.
"Well...I don't know DAT, either." Joey laughed nervously and followed me out. Sometimes I wished Joey would stop acting so fake and get a more realistic perspective about life. Nothing seemed important to him besides Serenity. Well, almost.
We were walking outside when we encountered Bandit Keith.
"Not you again," I said in a voice full of attitude, which was most unlike me. He stopped me with his arm. I was short, but I wasn't about to act like a big, or rather, small pushover.
"I want to duel," Keith replied stubbornly.
"Dat's great. Find someone else to duel and leave us alone," Joey replied loudly from somewhere behind me, grabbed my shoulders and pushed me along through the crowd of people in the city as though I was in a wagon and he was pushing me along.
The next person we found was Tea, who was eating ice cream...Ice cream at a time like this? Didn't she know that someone was in danger? Then again, she didn't need to be involved. I didn't feel like holding a cheerleading squad. I tried to indicate to Joey that I didn't want her tagging along--but it was too late. He was already strutting up to her like a proud father, tapping her on the shoulder, making her drop her ice cream, laughing, and dragging her off in my direction. I would've given anything to just disappear into the crowd, but a person with yellow, magenta and black hair can't get very far in a crowd, even it they're short. I just didn't want her stubborness to come along with me. I'd demand her to do something and she'd say no.
"Here, Yuge, your girlfriend." Joey pushed Tea at me. Both of them towered over me, but even so, I felt a bit tougher.
"She's not my girlfriend," I said calmly. Tea grabbed my hand and I jerked back. "Why do you have to come with me everywhere, Tea? You're my friend, but I just don't want this romantic stuff. We're too young for that! I'm not ready!" Tea looked awfully puzzled.
"All right, Yugi, let's just go. Grabbing ones hand doesn't mean they want to share a relationship." I scowled at Joey, who grinned back in an apoligetic manner.
I was still fuming by the time we got to the hospital, but something feel right. Tea seemed too close to me, which was starting to freak me out, even though she'd been closer, but...well...It didn't feel like it did now. Everyone else seemed so distant. Joey, who was trailing at my heels seemed miles away. I guess my thoughts were consumed with Tea and her freakish actions. Grabbing my hand...But I guess it was what Joey said that bothered me the most. Tea wasn't my girlfriend...I hadn't made anything too obvious, had I? I mean, lately whenever Joey mentioned a girl (since he's a guy who jokes a lot and seems to have an altered perspective about life), it sounded like he expected me to like her. I knew I had to grow up SOMEDAY...I just didn't want to and I was letting go and losing so much of the fun I used to have...
"Hey, Yugi, watch out!" Joey shouted into my dreamland, and I came back to my senses, running into the corner of the front counter.
"Ouch," I said, feeling a strong sense of stupidity.
"C'mon, you lazy guy! Let's get going to Ryou's room! They say he's just checked in...I guess Bakura checked in for him." Tea dragged me into Ryou's room, which was slightly unsanitary. It looked like the police had just been through it. Clothes were everywhere, Ryou was staring off to the wall distantly, staring through a maze of tubes. I felt very sorry for him. Bakura was an abusive Yami, but no one would've expected THAT abusive. What he did to me was gross and obnoxious. Tea pulled up a chair right infront of the both of us, as though she was the only one who deserved one. To rub more salt into the wound, there was only 1 chair in the room...And she was in it.
"Yugi...I'm sorry," Ryou said quietly, his voice muffled from the blankets which he had seemed to have intentionally places over his mouth for comfort.
"No, it's okay...It's not your fault."
"He could've atleast done something!" Joey insisted, sounding more arrogant than usual.
"He couldn't do anything, and stop going to back to your old, bullying self," I said sternly, patted Ryou's arm and watched him doze off.
Suddenly, a man in a black suit came in. He wore sunglasses that seemed to have been smeared by his fingers.
"Yugi! Seto Kaiba is in trouble!" He shouted, jolting Ryou out of his dozing.
"W-what is going on?" He asked.
"It doesn't concern ya," Joey replied tensely and stood up with stiff legs from kneeling down on the hard floor. Tea sat there silently. I turned around.
"Well?" I said, expecting a more exciting reaction.
"Well what?" She shot back with an edge to her voice.
"Well, are you coming or not?" I asked impatiently.
"Well, what do you know, I'd love to come!" She set down the phone number list she had been looking through, patted Ryou's hair, and left with us.
TBC...
R&R please! ;
Joey: Serves ya right for making me get my butt totally kicked!
Lightning-Dono: Correction-you got you BACK totally kicked...
Joey: THAT ISN'T FUNNY!
Ryou: Why can't we all just get along? innocent smile
Lightning-Dono: Because he indicates Joey REFUSES to get along! :-(
Ryou: Joey, let's all get along.
Joey: That's the corniest thing I've ever heard.
Ryou: PWEEEEAAASSEEE!? Why can't we all get along?!
Lightning-Dono: As much as I'd like you all to get along...well...Enough is enough, guys. On with the show!
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From Yugi's POV (Point of View)
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"Yuge, wake up!" A voice pleaded. Arms shaking me. I woke up, dizzy and astounded by what I had remembered. The last time I had been knocked out, remembering anything was more than I could ever hope for. I guess I had fainted after I had lied to Bakura and he had left.
"Joey..." I looked up at him. Joey's face came into view. 20/20 vision had always been quite useful. A while ago, it was more like 0/20, but that wasn't the point. "Joey, where'd Bakura go?" I asked.
"How should I know?" He asked disdainfully, looking as though he regretted ever trying to revive me.
"Just curious. I lied to him," I confided to Joey, who didn't seem at all surprised.
"I lie a lot too, you shouldn't have to worry." Joey rubbed the back of his neck nervously.
"I don't lie a lot like you do! I just did what I had to...And now Seto is in trouble!" I got up and brushed myself off. I was somehow covered in stuff from the crumbling ceiling.
"That nutcase it always in trouble. It wouldn't matter either way." Joey grinned, but I shoved him off and walked towards the door.
"By the way," I turned around. "Where did Ryou go?" I was curious to know this, since Ryou hadn't been seen since I had woken up, and he had a habit of turning up in odd places at odd times due to his Yami.
"Well...I don't know DAT, either." Joey laughed nervously and followed me out. Sometimes I wished Joey would stop acting so fake and get a more realistic perspective about life. Nothing seemed important to him besides Serenity. Well, almost.
We were walking outside when we encountered Bandit Keith.
"Not you again," I said in a voice full of attitude, which was most unlike me. He stopped me with his arm. I was short, but I wasn't about to act like a big, or rather, small pushover.
"I want to duel," Keith replied stubbornly.
"Dat's great. Find someone else to duel and leave us alone," Joey replied loudly from somewhere behind me, grabbed my shoulders and pushed me along through the crowd of people in the city as though I was in a wagon and he was pushing me along.
The next person we found was Tea, who was eating ice cream...Ice cream at a time like this? Didn't she know that someone was in danger? Then again, she didn't need to be involved. I didn't feel like holding a cheerleading squad. I tried to indicate to Joey that I didn't want her tagging along--but it was too late. He was already strutting up to her like a proud father, tapping her on the shoulder, making her drop her ice cream, laughing, and dragging her off in my direction. I would've given anything to just disappear into the crowd, but a person with yellow, magenta and black hair can't get very far in a crowd, even it they're short. I just didn't want her stubborness to come along with me. I'd demand her to do something and she'd say no.
"Here, Yuge, your girlfriend." Joey pushed Tea at me. Both of them towered over me, but even so, I felt a bit tougher.
"She's not my girlfriend," I said calmly. Tea grabbed my hand and I jerked back. "Why do you have to come with me everywhere, Tea? You're my friend, but I just don't want this romantic stuff. We're too young for that! I'm not ready!" Tea looked awfully puzzled.
"All right, Yugi, let's just go. Grabbing ones hand doesn't mean they want to share a relationship." I scowled at Joey, who grinned back in an apoligetic manner.
I was still fuming by the time we got to the hospital, but something feel right. Tea seemed too close to me, which was starting to freak me out, even though she'd been closer, but...well...It didn't feel like it did now. Everyone else seemed so distant. Joey, who was trailing at my heels seemed miles away. I guess my thoughts were consumed with Tea and her freakish actions. Grabbing my hand...But I guess it was what Joey said that bothered me the most. Tea wasn't my girlfriend...I hadn't made anything too obvious, had I? I mean, lately whenever Joey mentioned a girl (since he's a guy who jokes a lot and seems to have an altered perspective about life), it sounded like he expected me to like her. I knew I had to grow up SOMEDAY...I just didn't want to and I was letting go and losing so much of the fun I used to have...
"Hey, Yugi, watch out!" Joey shouted into my dreamland, and I came back to my senses, running into the corner of the front counter.
"Ouch," I said, feeling a strong sense of stupidity.
"C'mon, you lazy guy! Let's get going to Ryou's room! They say he's just checked in...I guess Bakura checked in for him." Tea dragged me into Ryou's room, which was slightly unsanitary. It looked like the police had just been through it. Clothes were everywhere, Ryou was staring off to the wall distantly, staring through a maze of tubes. I felt very sorry for him. Bakura was an abusive Yami, but no one would've expected THAT abusive. What he did to me was gross and obnoxious. Tea pulled up a chair right infront of the both of us, as though she was the only one who deserved one. To rub more salt into the wound, there was only 1 chair in the room...And she was in it.
"Yugi...I'm sorry," Ryou said quietly, his voice muffled from the blankets which he had seemed to have intentionally places over his mouth for comfort.
"No, it's okay...It's not your fault."
"He could've atleast done something!" Joey insisted, sounding more arrogant than usual.
"He couldn't do anything, and stop going to back to your old, bullying self," I said sternly, patted Ryou's arm and watched him doze off.
Suddenly, a man in a black suit came in. He wore sunglasses that seemed to have been smeared by his fingers.
"Yugi! Seto Kaiba is in trouble!" He shouted, jolting Ryou out of his dozing.
"W-what is going on?" He asked.
"It doesn't concern ya," Joey replied tensely and stood up with stiff legs from kneeling down on the hard floor. Tea sat there silently. I turned around.
"Well?" I said, expecting a more exciting reaction.
"Well what?" She shot back with an edge to her voice.
"Well, are you coming or not?" I asked impatiently.
"Well, what do you know, I'd love to come!" She set down the phone number list she had been looking through, patted Ryou's hair, and left with us.
TBC...
R&R please! ;