YUGIOH

Blast in the Past

Chapter 15.

Yugi and the others were back at the hospital, hanging over Kaiba, and checking on his condition. "Any changes, Mokuba?"

"No....nothing." Mokuba said sadly.

"Well listen Mokuba, you need to get some sleep....you've been hanging around here all day. Your brother wouldn't want you doing this to yourself." Yugi said.

"I can get some sleep here." Mokuba said.

"You also need to eat." Yugi said.

"I can't go back to the house all by myself. Without Seto, the house is too empty and alone." Mokuba said sadly.

"Uh....hey, I could go back with ya, if ya want me to. It's the least I could do." Joey said.

"Really?" Mokuba asked. "Okay!"

Joey looked to the others, who nodded in approval, and he took Mokuba's hand, leading him home. Yugi went over to Kaiba, placing a hand on his shoulder, saying, "Kaiba....please wake up. Your brother needs you!" And bowing his head, knowing it was no use. Kaiba probably didn't even realize what really happened to him, wherever he was.

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Seto and his friends went back to school the next day, Joey now with a big bandage on his arm, as he walked along with them. They went into the school and into their class, where again only Yugi was at the moment. "Uh....hello." Yugi nervously called.

"You got something you wanna say to me, Yugi?" Joey snapped, but then looked to Seto who gave him a warning look, causing him to calm down.

"I heard about what happened with that guy....I hope you're all right." Yugi said.

"What do you care?" Joey asked.

"Well....I made you this." Yugi said, handing him a card. Seto took it and gave it to Joey.

Joey read it, and asked, "You made me a get-well card?"

"I felt bad about what happened. That guy approached me the other day, saying he was going to take care of my problems. I didn't even know what he was talking about." Yugi said.

"You mean you led him to us!" Joey snapped.

"Calm down Joey, he just said he didn't know what Ushio was talking about. You know Ushio....that's what he does." Kaiba said.

"Yeah, I guess." Joey grumbled.

"Um....did you bring your Duel Deck, Seto?" Yugi asked Seto.

"What's he talking about, Seto?" Tristan asked.

"Give me that chair." Seto said to Tristan, who pulled the chair over to him. Seto took a seat beside Yugi, and said, "I'm afraid I didn't give myself the time to make up a good deck for myself, yet." Pulling out a deck of cards, and fanning them out, face down. Then he pulled a separate card out, saying, "But I do have this card, that I thought might impress you some." And flipped it over, to reveal a Blue Eyes White Dragon.

"Wow! That's a Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Yugi said.

"A what's it-who's it??" Joey asked.

"There are only 4 in existence, and Seto has one!" Yugi said, quite impressed. He looked up at Seto and smiled, saying, "Did you know my grandfather also has one of these rare Blue Eyes? He got it from a friend long ago, and cherishes that card very much!"

"Hey, I didn't know you were into that game too, Seto." Joey said, suddenly feeling foolish for calling it a girlie game, since his best friend played it, too. 'No wonder he was pissed at me the other day....' He thought.

"I do....on occasion." Seto told Joey. He then turned back to Yugi, and said, "No, I didn't know that." It was a lie about not-knowing anything about his grandfather having one of the cards, and smiled down at Yugi.

"But I should probably stop down at the shop, sometime. I need to get some better cards, then what I have. I simply haven't had the money for it...." Suddenly a thought hit Seto's mind, and he added, "Actually Yugi, I was thinking....do you think your grandfather might be looking for some help?"

"Some help?" Yugi asked. Both Seto's friends also looked at him curiously.

"Well, I've been thinking of getting a job, but I wanted to find something that would be more interesting to me then some ridiculous burger place. The card shop would be more my field, plus I have some ideas that might even help perk your grandfather's business." Seto explained.

There was a strange tone of shyness to his voice, as he asked Yugi this. The whole thing felt awkward to Seto, but the realization that they were now all equal to him in this world had already sunk in since yesterday, and he was trying to adjust to it.

"Well, I can't tell you what my grandfather would think. But maybe after school, you can all come down and Seto can talk to him." Yugi said.

"All right." Seto nodded, as the others also agreed.