Disturbing Birth
Yugi took one last look at the magician as he stretched his hand high into the air.
"Would you mind, lillt Yugi, if I took it from you?" the demon proposed.
"Take it...from me?" Yugi repeated.
But there was no choice for Yugi to make. On the eve of his final word, the demon let a ball of swirling light slip from his fingers...it ascended high into the atmosphere. And with an all too familiar grin the dark mage turned his back and walked into the wet cave, he spoke "I hope I have done..."
The ball exploded upon impact with the earth. The energy blast surged through Yugi, and there was that ripping sound...again. The light did more than just illuminate... it was as if his very memory was being touched. He saw everything flash before him...his journey through the forest, his conversation with Yami, Joey by the fireside, and Tea's crush. Everything was rewinding itself.
"... the will of nature."
{back at the camp site}
The sun was rising as beautifully as the day before. Joey yawned and not a moment later howled in pain. CRACK OWOWOWOWOWWWWW!!!
Tea, rubbing her eyes, bolted out of her tent. "Joey, are you okay?"
Tea, though physically the weakest of the group, had a heart as strong as steel. She would easily sacrifice herself for the better of her friends. Yugi liked that about her. Her spirit was always able to reach out to him...even through the shadow realm.
"Joey what's wrong? Are you okay?" Tea panted. "Well Tea, it happened like this. OUCH! I was here lying on the ground and next to my buddy, but then I got up and when I yawned I felt this terrible pain in the corner of my mouth. It still hurts every time I do this...(Joey opens his mouth wide) OWW! See (does it again) Owwowow! I..ow..can't...OW...stop it.
"Joey, stop acting like a baby. You just have a cold sore and it will stop hurting if you stop talking!" Tea shouted.
"Do I...OUCHIE!!...have to?" Joey said.
"Hey, where is Yugi? Didn't you say he was lying beside you?"
"Well he was. Maybe he got up early and got us some food."
Tea's tummy rumbled... "I sure hope so. (sigh) Well Joey I'm going to take the tent down. Why don't you see if you can find him?"
Joey signaled thumbs up and went on his way. "I would tell you OW! not to worry OUCH! But I don't AHH! want to provoke SSS! my cold sore." He smiled. (OUCH!)
Tea smiled. "I wonder what Yugi has for us to eat. Ramen noodles maybe?? MmmM! I can't wait to see him!"
"AHAHAHHAHAHHA!"
Tea looked up, dropping the heavy metal sticks onto her feet. "OUCH!! Joey if you made me drop these sticks because of your stupid cold sore I swear to God I'm about to come over there and pop you!"
"Tea! Come here now...there's something...weird happening!"
"Lemme guess...another cold sore? Jeeze, grow up, we all get 'em!" Tea thought. She picked up her rods in a fuss and tried to complete her task. But then she realized Joey didn't respond. He didn't say a thing. Not even a painful cold sore could shut him up... "this must be bad!" She began to run to where she last heard his voice. "What does he mean...weird?" Tea ran hopping along on her one good foot. Tea brough a rod with her just in case she had to knock Joey somethin' good if he made her plop all the way over for nothing. "This better be something good!" she shouted.
"Oh trust me" Joey said "It's Guinness good."
She was finally by his side. "Spill it."
"Look down" Joey said.
Two bodies were lying in the dirt next to a small stream of water. Both of their faces were buried in the mud and they both seem to have impacted the ground very hard. There was a trail at least 15 yards behind where they laid. Tea noticed the blood between one boy's nails and the burgundy tips of his hair.
"Yugi!!" Tea shouted as she tried to run to the smaller one.
"Wait Tea. Look...there...are two of 'em." He cautioned.
"It's obviously Yugi and he's hurt and there isn't a hospital for miles! We gotta get him some help!" Tea yelled. "Who cares if there are two...they're both hurt and the both need help so we've GOT to do something." Tea broke free of Joey's hold and ran to Yugi's side. He was filthy, wet, and bloody. She gently turned him over. "His face...barely recognizable." Tea had a brief lapse of hope, thinking that Yugi might be dead. She felt the tears coming. "We have to do something!" Joey knew she was right. Something strange had happened last night. Joey was frozen in the splendor of uncertainty. "Joey!" Tea shouted. But he didn't hear. All he could do was look out in the distance. "Joey! You have to help me with Yugi!"
"Tea, don't lose it we gotta be strong, and we gotta be careful, something really bad is in these woods." Joey looked down at his friends. "I gotta find out what happened."
"What!" Tea wondered.
"You have to do it Tea. You have to take care of them both. I gotta go find what did this to my buddy and when I do, they'll pay.
"What do you mean?"
"Tea, this is weird. I'm feeling that weird pull Yugi was talking about. That's not just Yugi on the ground there, but the guy next to him is the spirit of the millennium puzzle."
"Yami!?"
"For some odd reason, he has a body now. Something really strange and powerful is in these woods Tea. And I have a feeling that Yugi failed in trying to stop it. I have to finish the job since I let my buddy down!"
"Joey listen to me. Let's get outta here! I really don't know what you're thinking but Yugi looks really bad! No matter what you're feeling now, you're friends come first! We have to get Yugi and the spirit medical attention."
Joey broke his gaze with the sunrise. Realizing he was in a daze, he grabbed his head.
"Joey, what's wrong!" Tea said.
"We have to get out of here Tea."
"Where are we going to go?" Tea asked frantically.
"I'm sorry Tea I can't hold Yugi and the spirit at the same time
. You have to hold Yugi, that shouldn't be so hard. I'll carry the big guy. I was sure we passed a cabin not to long ago. Maybe they have a phone. Let's go."
Tea was weak. And the tears streaming down her face didn't make walking any easier. However, Joey pushed her to be strong. Yugi's life is in her hands now and she won't let him die. What ever he went through last night almost killed him. She clutched him in her arms. What she would give to see his large purple eyes look at her... and embrace her. Tea blushed. "What am I thinking."
Joey walked behind her with the pharaoh on his back. He seemed to be the worst off.
Yami's new body...torn to shreds.
Yugi took one last look at the magician as he stretched his hand high into the air.
"Would you mind, lillt Yugi, if I took it from you?" the demon proposed.
"Take it...from me?" Yugi repeated.
But there was no choice for Yugi to make. On the eve of his final word, the demon let a ball of swirling light slip from his fingers...it ascended high into the atmosphere. And with an all too familiar grin the dark mage turned his back and walked into the wet cave, he spoke "I hope I have done..."
The ball exploded upon impact with the earth. The energy blast surged through Yugi, and there was that ripping sound...again. The light did more than just illuminate... it was as if his very memory was being touched. He saw everything flash before him...his journey through the forest, his conversation with Yami, Joey by the fireside, and Tea's crush. Everything was rewinding itself.
"... the will of nature."
{back at the camp site}
The sun was rising as beautifully as the day before. Joey yawned and not a moment later howled in pain. CRACK OWOWOWOWOWWWWW!!!
Tea, rubbing her eyes, bolted out of her tent. "Joey, are you okay?"
Tea, though physically the weakest of the group, had a heart as strong as steel. She would easily sacrifice herself for the better of her friends. Yugi liked that about her. Her spirit was always able to reach out to him...even through the shadow realm.
"Joey what's wrong? Are you okay?" Tea panted. "Well Tea, it happened like this. OUCH! I was here lying on the ground and next to my buddy, but then I got up and when I yawned I felt this terrible pain in the corner of my mouth. It still hurts every time I do this...(Joey opens his mouth wide) OWW! See (does it again) Owwowow! I..ow..can't...OW...stop it.
"Joey, stop acting like a baby. You just have a cold sore and it will stop hurting if you stop talking!" Tea shouted.
"Do I...OUCHIE!!...have to?" Joey said.
"Hey, where is Yugi? Didn't you say he was lying beside you?"
"Well he was. Maybe he got up early and got us some food."
Tea's tummy rumbled... "I sure hope so. (sigh) Well Joey I'm going to take the tent down. Why don't you see if you can find him?"
Joey signaled thumbs up and went on his way. "I would tell you OW! not to worry OUCH! But I don't AHH! want to provoke SSS! my cold sore." He smiled. (OUCH!)
Tea smiled. "I wonder what Yugi has for us to eat. Ramen noodles maybe?? MmmM! I can't wait to see him!"
"AHAHAHHAHAHHA!"
Tea looked up, dropping the heavy metal sticks onto her feet. "OUCH!! Joey if you made me drop these sticks because of your stupid cold sore I swear to God I'm about to come over there and pop you!"
"Tea! Come here now...there's something...weird happening!"
"Lemme guess...another cold sore? Jeeze, grow up, we all get 'em!" Tea thought. She picked up her rods in a fuss and tried to complete her task. But then she realized Joey didn't respond. He didn't say a thing. Not even a painful cold sore could shut him up... "this must be bad!" She began to run to where she last heard his voice. "What does he mean...weird?" Tea ran hopping along on her one good foot. Tea brough a rod with her just in case she had to knock Joey somethin' good if he made her plop all the way over for nothing. "This better be something good!" she shouted.
"Oh trust me" Joey said "It's Guinness good."
She was finally by his side. "Spill it."
"Look down" Joey said.
Two bodies were lying in the dirt next to a small stream of water. Both of their faces were buried in the mud and they both seem to have impacted the ground very hard. There was a trail at least 15 yards behind where they laid. Tea noticed the blood between one boy's nails and the burgundy tips of his hair.
"Yugi!!" Tea shouted as she tried to run to the smaller one.
"Wait Tea. Look...there...are two of 'em." He cautioned.
"It's obviously Yugi and he's hurt and there isn't a hospital for miles! We gotta get him some help!" Tea yelled. "Who cares if there are two...they're both hurt and the both need help so we've GOT to do something." Tea broke free of Joey's hold and ran to Yugi's side. He was filthy, wet, and bloody. She gently turned him over. "His face...barely recognizable." Tea had a brief lapse of hope, thinking that Yugi might be dead. She felt the tears coming. "We have to do something!" Joey knew she was right. Something strange had happened last night. Joey was frozen in the splendor of uncertainty. "Joey!" Tea shouted. But he didn't hear. All he could do was look out in the distance. "Joey! You have to help me with Yugi!"
"Tea, don't lose it we gotta be strong, and we gotta be careful, something really bad is in these woods." Joey looked down at his friends. "I gotta find out what happened."
"What!" Tea wondered.
"You have to do it Tea. You have to take care of them both. I gotta go find what did this to my buddy and when I do, they'll pay.
"What do you mean?"
"Tea, this is weird. I'm feeling that weird pull Yugi was talking about. That's not just Yugi on the ground there, but the guy next to him is the spirit of the millennium puzzle."
"Yami!?"
"For some odd reason, he has a body now. Something really strange and powerful is in these woods Tea. And I have a feeling that Yugi failed in trying to stop it. I have to finish the job since I let my buddy down!"
"Joey listen to me. Let's get outta here! I really don't know what you're thinking but Yugi looks really bad! No matter what you're feeling now, you're friends come first! We have to get Yugi and the spirit medical attention."
Joey broke his gaze with the sunrise. Realizing he was in a daze, he grabbed his head.
"Joey, what's wrong!" Tea said.
"We have to get out of here Tea."
"Where are we going to go?" Tea asked frantically.
"I'm sorry Tea I can't hold Yugi and the spirit at the same time
. You have to hold Yugi, that shouldn't be so hard. I'll carry the big guy. I was sure we passed a cabin not to long ago. Maybe they have a phone. Let's go."
Tea was weak. And the tears streaming down her face didn't make walking any easier. However, Joey pushed her to be strong. Yugi's life is in her hands now and she won't let him die. What ever he went through last night almost killed him. She clutched him in her arms. What she would give to see his large purple eyes look at her... and embrace her. Tea blushed. "What am I thinking."
Joey walked behind her with the pharaoh on his back. He seemed to be the worst off.
Yami's new body...torn to shreds.