Hope is Forever

Ch 5, Fire!

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NSUD: *still hugging* O.O Wow, how did I get over 20 reviews? *dances with joy*

Sephy: Let go of me, NOW!

NSUD: *sigh* I guess I did promise... *lets go*

Sephy: Now don't you ever do that again. *pulls out dagger*

NSUD: O.O ...Okay.

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That night Yugi fell asleep wondering about Yami...again. 'Why did I hug him? I guess it was implulsive-but why? He was so strong...and smelled nice too. What am I thinking? Why should I care how it felt to hug him? ...What's wrong with me? Yet I still feel like I'm hoping for something...hoping...' His breathing deepened as his mind floated off into dreams.

"Bye grandpa!" Yugi called as he hefted his backpack and ran out the door to school. He was running a little late, so he completly missed seeing the "Caution: wet floor" sign as he ran by. He hadn't taken five steps when he slipped, and would have fallen if not caught by strong arms. Yugi looked up into his rescuer's face and blushed.

"What's the rush?" Yami asked, a smirk on his face.

"Sorry, I was afraid I was going to be late." Yugi's body tingled as he found his feet.

"Don't worry, you still have another five minutes." reasured Yami.

"Good." said Yugi as he smiled into Yami's violet eyes. (NSUD: Yes, violet. In this story he has purple eyes, because, like Yugi's they change from purple to red to purple randomly on the shows. I think they wear mood contacts, LOL)

"By the way," asked Yami, "Do you want to go to the arcade later today?"

"Sure!" said Yugi as he smiled wider. 'I've been smiling so much lately, and it's all because of Yami...my friend.' he thought.

"Great! Bye, Yugi." Yami said and walked away.

Yugi turned towards his own class, not noticing the swirl of trenchcoat moving swiftly away.

Later that day, Yami showed up at Yugi's house on his motorcycle. Yugi put down his math homework and headed out to Yami. He got on the motorcycle and wrapped his arms around Yami's waist. The tingly feeling swept through him. 'What is it about Yami? He always seems to make me tingle. It's like he's magic or something.'

When Yami had driven Yugi to the arcade and they were both sitting on stools by a game. "Wow..." Yugi said, his jaw dropping as Yami beat the highest score...again. "How did you do that?" he asked, retrieving his jaw.

Yami laughed and replied, "Honestly, I don't know. Maybe it's just luck."

Yugi looked at Yami's smiling face and smiled as well. Then something caught his eye. He turned and saw Kaiba sitting on the other side of the building in his white trenchcoat. He was looking right at Yugi with a smile-only this smile wasn't a simple 'Hello' smile. There was more there, but what? Yugi didn't know.

He looked back at Yami just in time to see the words "High Score" flash up on the screen-again. Yugi sighed and shook his head.

"What?" Yami asked in an innocent voice, at least trying-to-sound innocent voice.

"Nothing, I'll be right back." Yugi said as he headed towards the rest rooms, which were actually on a balcony above the main floor. There was a long line so Yugi had to wait.

Suddenly an alarm came from somewhere-everywhere. There were people screaming and hurrying, and Yugi was pushed and jostled from side to side. He heard repeated screams of "Fire!" and "Was it a bomb?" coming from the people surrounding him, he even thought he smelled smoke.

Yugi tripped over something and fell hard. Sirens came from somewhere and he felt the smoke thicken, enveloping him. He coughed but still couldn't see anything. As he found his feet, there still was no way to discern which way was which. There were yellings of "Everyone out!" and once Yugi thought he heard his name. Yugi was suddenly shoved roughly and before he knew it, there was nothing under him. For the few seconds he was falling-even though they felt like an eternity- he thought, 'Am I going to die?' and instead of thinking about Grandpa and the game shop, his mind turned to Yami, and a mix of emotions flooded him.

Then he hit something and everything went black.

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NSUD: Oh no! What will happen to Yugi?

Sephy: Good, you're learning from me.

NSUD: What?

Sephy: You're learning to be cruel.

NSUD: What did I do?

Sephy: You left a cliffhanger, Muahahahahahahahahahahahahha!

NSUD: I did, didn't I? Well, I guess that means you people have to review if you ever want to see the next chapter, Muahahahaha- *cough* *hack*

Sephy: Make the laugh deeper and eviler and omit the coughing and you just might pull it off.

NSUD: :P