Disclaimer: I do not own and never will own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Yugi was taken straight to room four where he was staying and was put in his bed before taking the puzzle off from around his neck and was placed on the bedside table again. Yugi was still alive but just, he had a weak pulse and was hardly breathing, Téa stayed by his side the whole night and told Tristan and Joey that they could have her room for the night as long as they didn't mess it up,
"Please Yugi ... come back to ... us," she begged him in her sleep.
Yami tried everything he could to see if he could get him awake but nothing worked, "Come on wake up Yugi," he whispered to him as he placed a second blanket over him, hoping that it would bring him back quicker. Yami stayed by his side with a worried look on his face,
'I don't know who could have done this to you but when I find out, they will pay,' he thought as he lit a small fire near them. Yami was confused about all of this, 'who would want your soul, you haven't done anything wrong unless...'
As the sun rose from the horizon, Yugi was still out cold and Téa was having a bad dream. She dreamt that there was nothing she could do to save him and she woke with a start,
"Yugi," she whispered to him, "please come back to us, I know that you can. All I want is you back," she begged him as he lay still,
"How is he?" Joey asked her as he walked in with Tristan,
"His condition hasn't changed once,"
"So what happened last night?" Tristan asked her,
"He was walking down the stairs and I called him but he didn't reply and he just walked past me like I wasn't there," she told them as she looked at Yugi,
"I wonder why he did that?" Joey told them with a puzzled look on his face, "and why did that man want him anyway?"
"I don't know but I know one thing. I want Yugi back with us soon," Téa told them before releasing a tear and it landed on his cheek.
Yami started to fall asleep as he waited for Yugi to come out of his trance like state,
"Y... Yami?" Yugi weakly said without opening his eyes,
"Yugi?" Yami asked with a start,
"What happened?"
"I don't know, I couldn't stop you,"
"What do you mean?"
"Last night you almost died. Nearly all the life was drained out of you and I let it happen," Yami calmly told him,
"That dream ..." Yugi started to tell him but he passed out. Yami looked at him,
'What dream?'
"Someone should go tell Bakura that we can't go to the pyramid this afternoon," Téa told them as she stood up,
"Why don't you go?" Joey jokingly told her,
"Why don't you then?" she argued back,
"Take it easy! I was only kiddin'. Listen take a break, get some sleep you need it,"
"He's right. If Yugi comes round we'll let you know okay," Tristan told her as he started to shove her out of the room,
"Are you sure?"
"Positive, now get some sleep alright and I'll ask miss if we can stay here and look after Yugi alright,"
"Now how are you going to do that? Snog her then ask if we can stay here? I don't think so!" Téa sarcastically told him before going to bed.
Tristan walked back into the other room to tell Joey that he was going to ask Miss Avalon if they could stay and look after Yugi and to tell Bakura that they couldn't go to the pyramid this afternoon and walked back out of the room and downstairs. Joey patiently sat next to Yugi as he still lay unconscious and looked like he was at death's door.
Yami started to pace backwards and forwards trying to think of a way to bring Yugi back but he couldn't think of anything,
'The pyramid. That might be the key into saving him,' he thought as he stopped and looked at him. He walked over to him to see if there was any change but there was none, he knelt down and placed his hand over his forehead to see if he had warmed up but he was frozen still,
"That pyramid's our best bet to bring you back," he whispered to him, "I'm going to need your body to get you there though."
Tristan came back about an hour later to find that Joey was on the balcony, trying to get a suntan while Yugi still lay in the position he'd left him in,
'No change,' he thought to himself disappointedly as he walked over to him, "hey Joey. Do you think that going into the pyramid yesterday might be the cause of this?"
"I don't know," he answered, "but we gotta do something fast or else he might not make it,"
"Has he changed?" Téa asked as she walked in,
"I'm afraid not," Tristan told her as he shuck his head, then suddenly the Millenium Puzzle activated and Yami was in the bed instead of Yugi,
"I wish you would tell us before you switch, it freaks me out!" Joey told him,
"What's going on Yami?" Téa asked him and the lads became confused,
"It's his subconscious. He's lost a lot of life and he's barely holding on. We need to go to the pyramid we went to yesterday now, it might be our only chance to save him," Yami informed them,
"Hang on. Everyone thinks that Yugi's out cold, it'll be freaky to everyone who sees you walk past them, especially if a teacher finds out. We need a diversion," Joey told them,
"Great idea how about you and Tristan have a competition in front of Miss Avalon and see who can snog her first. He he," she teased,
"That is not funny!" Tristan shouted at her,
"Well why don't you think of a diversion as me and Yami run for it to the pyramid and we'll wait for you there ok,"
"Okay, see you guys there," Joey told them as he and Tristan walked out of the door.
"Téa. What happened last night?" Yami asked her a little while later,
"Well, he was walking down the stairs and naturally I said hi but he ignored me, like I wasn't there," she started to tell him as she sat on a bed corner and Yami stood near a wall, "I got the others and went after him because we know he doesn't act like that and he acted like a zombie. We called after him but he didn't respond and carried on walking down into an alleyway," she carried on as she bit her lip, trying to hide her tears, "there was a hooded man waiting in an open area and he had an arm outstretched and he started to drain his life out of him,"
"I knew it!" Yami shouted as he punched the wall, "it's him for sure,"
"Who is it?" she asked him as she looked up at him,
"It's Anubis, he's come for Yugi's life ... his soul," he told her as he walked over to the balcony window and looked outside, "he challenged me to a duel while I was still Pharaoh and he lost. He vowed that he'd get his revenge someday but I thought it was an idol threat, but it appears not," he finished and turned to look at Téa,
"Then we have to get to the pyramid now!"
"Well, are you coming then?" he asked her as he was about to walk through the door,
"Wait, someone will see you. Just wait for..." she started,
"Come back here!" they heard someone cry from downstairs. Téa ran out onto the balcony to find that Joey and Tristan had created a diversion just as planned, but were being chased by another guest that was followed by a few teachers out of the hotel and down the street, 'That's really a good diversion isn't it?!' she thought to herself, "we can go now," she told him and they both ran out.