YUGIOH

Amnesia

Chapter 5.

They made it to Yugi's store, and entered, where the grandfather was watching the shop. As they entered, Mr. Motou gasped, "Kaiba!"

Yugi immediately rushed to his grandfather, saying, "Yeah, Kaiba's all ready back from the hospital, do you believe it? Hey grampa, can you come in back with me for a minute?" Practically pushing him through the door, in order to privately explain what's going on.

Kaiba scratched the back of his head, trying to avoid the bruises, as he asked, "What was that all about?"

"Don't worry about it, Kaiba. Yugi's just making sure Mr. Motou took his medicine. You know old people....." Tristan laughed, causing the other two to groan from his lame excuse.

A little while later, the gang was hanging around the shop. The grandfather was there, trying not to stare strangely at Kaiba, but doing it anyway........while Yugi was showing him his card deck. "This is the Dark Magician, one of my favorite cards." He said, showing it to him.

"Hmmm........it certainly seems to be a powerful card." Kaiba said, looking at it.

"Well, remember.......it's not all about power, but the heart of the cards. Isn't that right, grampa?" Yugi asked.

"That's correct, Yugi. You have to believe in the heart of the cards." Mr. Motou nodded.

"I don't think I understand." Kaiba said.

"It's like this. When you choose the cards you want to make a deck with, you're putting your heart and soul in the deck. As long as you believe in the hearts of the cards, you can't fail." Yugi said. "Say, did you bring your deck? Maybe that would help you to understand."

"Uh......I don't know. Do I have a deck?" Kaiba asked.

"Mmm-hmm." Yugi said.

Kaiba looked through his pockets, going back and looking into his briefcase, finally finding the deck of cards. He brought it out, saying, "I guess I do."

Yugi again showed Kaiba his Dark Magician, saying, "The Dark Magician is my favorite card. I believe in a way it symbolizes me. So, I take this card and try to make my deck based on this card. And this.......has always been your favorite card, Kaiba." Yugi shuffled through his deck, pulling out one of the Blue Eyes White Dragons.

Kaiba gently took the card, looking it over. "A Blue Eyes White Dragon....." There was something about this card, but what was it? It was like a strange tingling in the back of his head, as he looked at the card.

For some reason, after the grandfather noticed Kaiba's Blue-Eyes, he 'hmphed' and walked to the back of the store. Yugi tried to ignore it and continued. "In a sense, I feel the Blue Eyes White Dragon represents what you are, in a way. You normally make your deck to best work with your Blue Eyes. Infact, you have three of them in here." He said, showing them the other two. "You've even combined them, to create a Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon."

This talk had certainly caught Kaiba's attention, as he began thumbing through the cards with interest, to see what else he had. "It's funny.......I didn't even know I played this game."

"Played it. You were once the Duelist Champion." Joey spat out.

"I was? I wish I remembered....." Kaiba smiled, looking at the three Dragon cards, with the utmost fascination and wonder.

"Hey.......you wanna play me?" Joey asked. "Maybe it'll help ya remember or something."

"All right......" Kaiba said.

They used a couple duel-disks at the shop. It was Kaiba vs. Joey. At first, Kaiba started out seeming uncertain, but there was an almost visual transformation in him by the third move, and his gaming quickly became much more aggressive, and determined. It didn't take long before Joey dropped his cards down in defeat, saying, "Man.......you creamed me! For someone who has amnesia, you have a funny way of showing it."

"Well, remember what Yugi said, you gotta believe in the heart of the cards." He smiled, throwing the theory back at Joey, making Joey pout, Yugi smile, and the others look at him in shock that he accepted such a belief. Suddenly, Kaiba checked his watch, and noticed what time it was. He reached for something in his pocket, then remembered Mokuba took what he was looking for, before he went to school. "Yugi, can I borrow your phone.......I need to call my brother."

"Sure, Kaiba." Yugi said.

As he did, Tristan whispered, "I can't believe he said that."

"What, asking Yugi for the phone?" Joey whispered back.

"No, talking about the heart of the cards like that. He sounds so not like himself." Tristan said.

"Well, once he started playing, he sure started acting like himself." Joey pouted, still ticked that he couldn't even beat Kaiba with amnesia.

"Maybe Joey's idea might work after all, and he'll be able to learn some things he never could when he was his normal creep self." Tea whispered to the others.

"Mokuba, it's me.", Kaiba said on the phone. "How are you doing? Do you need me back?" There was a pause, as he listened to his brother, then said, "I'm at Yugi's......."

Everyone froze as he said that, worried that Mokuba might tell Kaiba the truth about how he normally acted around them.

"What do you mean, what am I doing here? I'm hanging out with my friends!" Kaiba said, with frustration. His frustration only seemed to be growing, as he talked longer with Mokuba. "Listen, stop with the ridiculous questions. I called to make sure you can handle the work that's been thrown at you. Do you need me to come home, do you want my help? Are you sure?" Another pause, then he snapped, "I don't care what the doctor said, I'm more concerned about you!" He finally calmed down, saying, "Fine, then I'll see you later. Don't do anything stupid." Kaiba then hung up, rubbing his forehead.

"What did he have to say?", Yugi said.

"He said he can handle it." Kaiba said, with anger in his voice. "You know, it's bad enough not being able to remember anything, then having my little brother drill me with stupid questions like I'm inept or something. Fine, he thinks he's king of the world, then let him work.......see if I care!"

"Kaiba.......you know you don't mean that." Yugi said.

It didn't help Kaiba much, who looked really stressed out. Joey stood and went over to him, putting his hands on Kaiba's shoulders, saying, "Hey, don't you worry about it. Listen, you're not alone, here. I also got a little sister. And believe me, it's not always easy keeping her honest. I do what I can to protect her. But there are times when I get so frustrated, I just wanna punch my fist through a wall, you know? But ya gotta take it easy, and remember that they're family......they're looking out for ya, even if you don't want 'em to. You know?"

At that, Kaiba smiled, saying, "You right, Joey. I guess I have to give him some room." The others just stared, like 'how did he do that?'

At the moment, the grandfather came back out, still sulking. Yugi saw him, and said to the others, "Why don't we go in the other room, and we can work together to get our homework out of the way?" Deciding to keep Mr. Motou away from Kaiba, since he was still ticked-off when Kaiba ripped up his own Blue Eyes White Dragon card, and gave him a heart-attack, during Death-T.

"That sounds good." Tristan said, and everyone went into the living room, since Yugi's home was connected to the store.