Shadu: Ah, it sure feels good to be home. Anyways, here's another little something I whipped up. Enjoy the tasty goodness of my work.

Joey and Yami still sat in the waiting room. Joey had fallen asleep a couple of minutes ago, but Yami stayed awake.

He kept thinking of the duel, and how things could've been different. What if one of them had tried to interfer? Would Yugi have stopped? Or would he have kept going? Yami knew they would never know.

He sighed as he heard Joey grunt and mumble in his sleep. He wasn't getting a very restful sleep. Yami knew his dreams were riddled with nightmares, mostly about the duel and probably about its similarity to the duel he had with Marik. Yami knew if he were Joey and he were sleeping, that's what would be going on in his head.

Yami faded into the puzzle to get some rest himself and to wait because he knew he could do nothing else at this point.

Grampa walked over to the sleeping form of Joey and sat down beside Joey. Grampa looked at him.

"Thank you Joey, thank you for caring so much about Yugi," he told the blonde. "In case he never gets to tell you himself, I'll say it for him. Thanks."

"Yugi! Come down, I want you to meet someone," John called up to Yugi.

Yugi poked his head out the door of his bedroom, then cautiously came down the stairs. He saw his dad standing with another person. It looked like a woman. Yugi sprinted the rest of the way to his father's side and peered around his leg at the stranger.

"Sarah, this is my son, Yugi," John smiled, gently nudging Yugi around him.

Yugi resisted the nudge and just looked up at Sarah.

"My apologizes, he's been a little bit shy and stand-offish since his mother died," John sighed.

Sarah bent down so she could see eye to eye with Yugi.

"Hey there," she smiled.

Yugi just scooted even more behind his dad.

"Yugi, at least say hi," his father scoulded.

"Hi," Yugi said quickly.

"He's cute," Sarah said sweetly, standing up.

"Thanks," John smiled.

Over the next few months, everything Yugi knew was turned upside down. Sarah started showing up regularly, and his dad was acting like he did with mom around Sarah. Yugi was confused, but he became distressed one night when his dad came up to talk to him.

Yugi sat, working on the golden puzzle his grandpa had given him. There was a knock on the door.

"Yeah?" Yugi replied.

"Yugi, it's dad, may I come in?" John asked.

"Yeah," Yugi nodded.

John slipped in the door and sat on the bed beside Yugi. After watching Yugi for a couple of moments, John spoke.

"Yugi, how would you like to have a mom again?" John asked.

Yugi looked up at him in shock.

"What do you mean?" Yugi asked in a small voice.

"I mean, would you like to have another mom?" John restated.

"No," Yugi shook his head. "Why?"

"Because Sarah's going to be your new mom," John stated.

Yugi stared in surprise.

"But I don't want a new mommy," Yugi said quietly.

"Yugi, it'll be good," John smiled.

"NO," Yugi shook his head. "I don't want a new mommy."

"Why not?" John asked.

"I only want mommy, I don't want a replacement," Yugi replied.

John was getting a little agrivated.

"Yugi, you're going to have a new mommy whether you like it or not, now put up your puzzle and go to bed," John instructed.

"But Daddy, I feel fine when I'm working on the puzzle," Yugi protested.

"No buts, just do it," John commanded.

Yugi slowly and sadly put up his puzzle and snuggled into the covers of his bed. He wanted Mommy and his grandma back. And he wanted his dad back the way he used to be, when mommy was still around. He went to sleep that night thinking of his mom.

"Yugi, get your butt down here," Sarah snapped.

Yugi raced downstairs to avoid making Sarah mad. John and Sarah had been married six months now. Yugi hadn't liked her from the beginning, but he certainly didn't like her now. Sure, she acted nice when John was around, but when he wasn't, she beat him. She pushed him and ordered him around as though she were a drill instructor. But everytime Yugi tried to tell his dad, his dad would scould him and tell him not to make up stories.

"Yugi, sit down and eat your breakfast before it gets cold," Sarah ordered.

Yugi did as he was told. He ate swiftly and quickly. He didn't want to get Sarah mad. He stayed perfectly silent when the phone rang. Yugi just sat there as she talked. After she had finished, he looked up at her with questioning eyes.

"what are you staring for brat?" Sarah snapped.

Yugi quickly lowered his head. He could hear her mumble somethings like how this can't be, or that isn't right or something. Yugi didn't really know.

"Go to Solomon's," Sarah ordered at last.

Yugi quickly gathered his things and raced to Grandpa's Gameshop. He rushed through the door very suddenly for Grandpa, who had closed the shop for the day.

"Yugi, what's wrong?" Grandpa asked as he held out his arms.

"Sarah told me to come here, what's going on?" Yugi questioned as he allowed Grampa to hug him.

"Your dad was killed in a crash this morning," Grandpa replied.

Yugi looked at his grandpa, eyes filling with tears.

"Shhh, I know, but there's a good side," grandpa whispered.

"What?" Yugi wondered.

"You don't have to deal with Sarah anymore," Grandpa smiled.

Shadu: Okay, this wasn't one of the better ones, but oh well. One more to wrap things up, and then, maybe a squel if you all want it.