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Nightlight5: Hey thanks for the reviews…sorry it's taken a while to get this next chapter. I've had a lot of homework and writer's block. WOW! What a bad combination! I had got Yami to help me with some of my homework but 5000 years ago and Geometry of 2003 don't mix.
Yami: Hey! I'm doing the best I can!
Nightlight5: You put my homework on Papyrus!!
Yugi: **laughs**
Yami: Well excuse me…I'm doing the best I can with this electronic square thing…Umm…what did you call it?
Nightlight5: It's a Calculator.
Yami: Let's see…5x7=309. See…I'm getting the hang of this.
Yugi: **rolls eyes**
Nightlight5: Um…Well here is Chapter 3…I have to go teach Yami how to use a calculator before a fail Geometry.
Chapter 3: The Unspoken Truth
Yugi stood with his back squeezed against the door. He with dumbfounded. He couldn't seem to find the words to say. No matter how hard he tried to say something, the words never seemed to come out.
"Yugi, his dad asked, are you ok"?
But Yugi could still say nothing. They just seemed to stand there and stare at each other, until Yugi's father finally made a step closer to him, causing Yugi to squeeze harder against the door.
"Yugi, It's so good to see you again", Yugi's father said as he took him into his arms and gave him a big hug.
At first Yugi was glad to receive the hug, but he couldn't help feeling something was wrong and that he was here for something. Yugi quickly jerked away from the hug. It didn't seem to shock Peter to bad. It's was as if he expected it.
"What are you doing here"?
"Is that how you greet your father after eight years"?
"You didn't answer my question".
Peter sighed as he looked at his son's angered face. He opened his mouth about to say something but stopped when he heard the backdoor open to the shop and a voice came with it.
"Yugi, are you here"?
"In here grandpa".
Yugi's grandpa came walking in towards the front of the shop.
"Yugi, I'm sorry I was late…Peter"!
"Hey, Solomon".
"Peter what are you doing here"?
"Now why does everyone keep asking me that"?
"Well we haven't heard from you in 8 years, I think you have some explaining to do".
"Yeah…I know, Peter said as he peered over to where Yugi was still stand with angered look on his face.
"I would like to speak to you alone first, Solomon said as he looked at the expression on Yugi's face.
"Yugi, Solomon said trying to get Yugi's attention, would you please excuse us".
Yugi stared at his father for a second, then back at his grandpa. Finally Yugi turned back to the door and opened it about to walk out.
"Where are you going"? Yugi's father asked him.
Yugi was surprised to hear that question coming from his father. He just ignored his father and continued to walk out the door.
"Yugi"? Solomon said in an asking way, before he shut the door behind him.
"Arcade".
"Be back in a hour, Solomon said before Yugi shut the door and left the two man behind.
Yugi walked silently down the street.
//Yugi, you haven't said anything since we left the game shop//
/What's there to say?/
//After what happened in the game shop 5 minutes ago…I would say there's a lot to say//
/……………/
//Yugi…I don't want to force you into telling me anything you don't want. I have always known that if you ever thought I needed to know something, you would tell me, but I want you to know that when you are ready to tell me…I'll be right here.//
Yugi stopped in his tracks. He knew it was wrong to keep parts of his past a secret, from Yami. After all, he was now part of his life and he desired to know too. He had hoped if he kept it a secret, hid it away for long enough, then it would go away. But he knew now that he could hind it no longer.
Yami stood beside Yugi and looked down at him with a puzzled look, and then back toward the road ahead.
//We'd better get going…we're going to miss your friends//
Yami began to walk off when he felt a small tug on his arm.
//huh?//
/Yami…/
Yami looked down at his aibou.
//Yugi?//
Yugi looked up at Yami and then brushed his soft yellow bangs out of his face.
/I should have told you this along time ago/
//go on//
/Well, it happened 8 years ago/
**~~Back at the game shop~~**
"More tea Peter"?
"Oh…no thank you Solomon".
Solomon looked up from his teacup and watched Peter as he swiftly drank all the tea.
"So Katherine decided to stay behind"?
"Um…yeah you know how Katherine just loves her work".
"Yeah…it's just kind of hard to believe, Solomon said through his teacup, you would think after 8 years she would like to come back and see her son".
Peter coughed as he almost choked on his tea. "Well, she REALLY loves her work".
Solomon then slammed his teacup on the table and caused Peter to jump.
"Umm…something wrong...Solomon"?
"As a matter of fact there is"! "When are you here Peter"? "After all these years, why have you come back"?
"Well…my son is here…I came to see Yugi".
"Then why has it taken you 8 years to do it"?! "Even a phone call every now and then would have been nice".
Peter hung his head and rubbed the side of his teacup.
"Solomon, I don't expect you to understand…but that's the past. All that matters is I'm here now".
"No…all that matters is the 8 years you haven't been".
Solomon looked at the sadden, shocked look on Peter's face, but then he also noticed another look on his face but it was hard to describe.
"Solomon, Peter said as he rose to his feet, your job is done".
Solomon gave Peter a confused look and then got to his feet as well. "What do you mean"?
"I mean, when I go back to Egypt…I'm taking Yugi with me".
"What, you can't take him with you…this is where he lives…this is where he goes to school and this is where his friends are". "And besides, what makes you think Yugi is going to come with you anyway"?
"I'm Yugi's father, he has to come with me".
"He won't go with you".
Peter turned and picked up the large metal lamp that was sitting beside him, "He will come with me, but I can't have you in my way".
"Peter, what are you….
But before he could finish the question, Peter had thrust the metal lamp into the back of Solomon's head and caused him to collapse to the floor unconscious.
"I'm sorry Solomon, but I don't want you to get mixed up in this. I didn't want any of you to get mixed up in this, but…Yugi.
Why do they want Yugi…but Katherine. Peter gripped the side of his head and fell down in his chair. No matter what I do, someone I care about gets hurt. What do I do?
Yugi and his friends slowly approached the game shop.
"I'm glad grampas let you come Yug". Joey said as he looked at Yugi waiting for a response.
"Yugi"?
"Umm…yeah…me too Joey", Yugi said.
Are you ok Yugi, Ryo asked; you've been acting strange ever since you showed up at the arcade.
"I'm fine Ryo, really."
"Well here's your stop Yugi".
"Hey, Tea said, we haven't seen your grandpa in along time Yugi, maybe we should stop in and say hi".
"NO…umm…I mean grandpa isn't feeling very well and I don't want you to catch whatever he's got."
"Are you sure"? Joey asked
"Ye..ah, Yugi stuttered, well I'll see you tomorrow guy".
"Ok…tell your grandpa to feel better for", Tea said
"Ok, I will, Yugi said as he waved to his friends as they began to get farther and father away.
Yugi watched as they vanished out of sight, then let out a sigh of relief.
//Why didn't you tell them Yugi?//
/I'll tell them tomorrow…I just want to get though today/
//I understand…this must hard for you//
Yugi didn't say anything; he just began to look around the shop.
//What are you looking for?//
/I'm looking to see if HE's still here/
//You mean your father?//
/He doesn't deserve to be called that…if he were my father, he would have come back for me/
Yami didn't know what to say. He didn't know what to tell his aibou, but in any case he didn't have time. By that time Yugi had the doorknob in his hand and was on his way in. Yugi poked his head through the door and began to look around. Finally he stepped into the shop and shutting the door behind him. He slowly began to walk to the living room making sure to listen for any extra voices. When he finally reached the living room and stepped in he saw grandpa lying on floor.
"Grandpa!"
But before he could run check on grandpa he heard a door close quickly behind. When he turned around to see who it was his father was standing in front of the door blocking the way.
"What are you doing? What happened to grandpa?"
"Yugi, I'm sorry, but I have to do this".
"What"?
But by that time Peter had grabbed Yugi up in a lock hold against his chest and had placed a white cloth over his nose and mouth. Yugi's puzzle began to glow so bright it aluminated the room. Yugi could feel Yami about to take over, but it was to late. His father had obviously put some kind of drug on the cloth, because he began to feel dizzy. Yugi felt his self slip into unconsciousness and the last thing he saw was his father standing over him.
"I'm sorry Yugi, Peter said as he pulled Yugi close into a limp hug, I'm sorry that I couldn't be there for you for the last eight years, and I'm sorry that it has to be this way now."
A small tear fell from Peter's eye as he lifted Yugi from the floor, put him over his shoulder and began to walk out the door. But what Peter didn't notice was that when he picked Yugi up, a small crumpled old map fell from Yugi's pocket and on to the floor.
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Nightlight5: **bits nails** What's going to happen next?
Yugi: You tell me….you're the writer.
Nightlight5: Oh…right. Don't worry Yugi you'll be ok. And I'm lying. Umm…anyways, how's the homework coming Yami?
Yami: I'm doing pretty good…let's see 5x9=45
Nightlight5: Hey that's…right!
Yami: **begins to write down answer*
Nightlight5: Umm…Yami. What are you writing with?
Yami: With this…see look.
Nightlight5: Yami…how much of that have you done?
Yami: Just did the last one.
Nightlight5: Yami…did you not notice that you were writing on paper…WITH WHITE OUT!!
Yami: **looks at paper** Oh…I was wondering why I couldn't see the answers.
Nightlight5: **sighs** Are you sure your not Joey?
Joey: Hey!!
Nightlight5: Sorry
Nightlight5: Well anyways…I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Now I have to go see if I can read what Yami wrote. Let me see Yami…oh…Please R&R.