Hope is Forever

Ch 6, Because I love him

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NSUD: Grrr, sorry if this chapter's spacing is off. MY STUPID TAB KEY ISN'T WORKING!!

Sephy: o.O ...Yeah...can you say overreacting?

NSUD: Yes I can. Overreacting.

Sephy: *sigh* Though technically that's not saying it, It's typing it.

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Yami watched Yugi head towards the restrooms on the balcony and sighed. 'I should have told him, I should have...'. He let his eyes wander and to his surprise saw the CEO of KaibaCorp on the other side of the room watching something. He let it pass and shrugged.

All of a sudden a fire alarm went off. Yami looked around and saw that one of the game machines had been knocked over and had lit a couple of other machines on fire as well. Smoke was billowing up and making everthing hazy. There was a lot of screaming and people shouting about fire and how they were all going to die. Then it hit him. "Yugi!" he called, but there was no answer.

Finally the sirens were heard and somebody was shouting for everyone to get out of the building. 'I can't go," Yami thought to himself, "I've got to find Yugi first."

He resolutly turned toward the balcony instead of following the stream of running people headed for the exit. The smoke stung his eyes and he had to cover his nose and mouth with his shirt to breathe. Scanning the balcony above, he thought he saw Yugi, but wasn't sure. "Yugi!" he called again, but there was no answer.

By now the air was hot and Yami could barely see anything. Then someone grabbed his arm. He turned and saw a fireman standing behind him. "Hey kid, get out of here!"he yelled through the haze.

"I can't, my friend's still up there." Yami yelled back and pointed towards the balcony. Then he saw something that made his heart stop. There was someone falling off that balcony. Someone short with wild bangs. "Yugi!" he cried and ran as fast as he could to the body that was now lying limply on the floor. Yugi's leg bent was bent under him at an unnatural angle. The fireman was right behind Yami and said something into a walkie-talkie.

Yami was kneeling next to Yugi's body when a couple more firemen came. "Let us deal with him, you get out of here." one said to him. But he couldn't, he couldn't, at least not until he knew Yugi was breathing. "He'll be fine for now, kid, you'll only get in the way."

Yami still wouldn't move. Finally two of them had to bodily drag him away from the burning building. Once outside, Yami breathed deeply after having a coughing fit. His eyes still watered and stung, so he barly saw the people carring the stretcher into the ambulance.

Once he had his senses mostly under control, Yami quickly got on his motorcycle and headed towards the hospital where Yugi was taken. In the waiting room sat Yugi's grandfather. "Is Yugi okay?" asked Yami quickly.

Yugi's grandpa looked at him and smiled. "He'll be fine. Just a slight concussion, some brusing, and he minorly fractured one of his lower leg bones."

Yami collapsed with relief in a chair and let out a breath that he didn't realise he was holding.

"I don't believe we've been properly introduced, I'm Solomon Moto, Yugi's grandfather." He said and held out his hand.

Yami shook it and politely replied, "Yami Atem. Pleased to meet you."

Then a nurse came out a side door. "Solomon Moto?" Yugi's granfather inclined his head in acknowledgement. "You're Grandson is fine, we've put a cast on his leg and he's sleeping now, you may go see him as long as you don't disturb him."

Solomon Moto nodded his head again and looked at Yami. "Would you like to come see him as well?

Politly nodding, Yami followed the nurse and Yugi's grandpa down the hall. 'Why am I so worried about him?' he asked himself and unthinkingly replied, '...Because I love him.'

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Sephy: Nevermind.

NSUD: About what?

Sephy: About you learning from me. You just don't know how to be cruel and stay that way.

NSUD: Well, I AM odd.