Recouperation

The week after the night of Halloween, was especially hard on the new students. Despite the fact the Ryou and Shizuka weren't even conscious or in the same realm as everyone else, the teachers still kept teaching, simply thinking that once they woke up they could catch up with the rest of the class.

But what if they never wake up? This was the only thought on the the new students, and Hermione's, minds. Harry didn't really have any thoughts on the subject since he was oblivous to the event until Hermione and Isis returned. Ron, like Harry, didn't have too many thoughts on the subject, but Hermione did manage to catch him sneaking off the hospital wing to watch Shizuka. Kaiba often was seen working up there just so he could be with her.

But the whole school was affected by Ryou and Shizuka. See, with two Quidditch players 'unconscious' and lack of substitutes for that position, the Quidditch Cup was postponed until they wake up. That put all the students and even some teachers down.

Yugi was being kept in the hospital wing too. Not because he was in the Shadow Realm, but becuase he was so weak and bruised that he could barely stand. Malik was also bruised and weak, but he was not nearly so bad that he had to be kept in the Hospital Wing.

"Harry?" Hermione asked one afternoon in the commonroom.

"What is it, Hermione?" he replied curiously.

"Do you remeber what Dumbledore said about the Millennium Items and their ancient past?" she asked him.

"Yes. Why?" he said even more curious now.

"Well, you see," she scrambled for the right words, "Yami, told me that I'm reincarnated too, like them, I mean."

Harry frowned, "You like him don't you?"

Hermione nodded sheepishly, "But anyway, he said that I am the reincarnation of Herla, a character of Ancient Egypt. My mother was a Hebrew nurse in his father's house."

"So you're his slave?" Harry asked repulsively.

"No, no, Harry it wasn't like that," she tried to explain, "I was his friend and he was said when my mother died he was sad cause I left with the Hebrew slaves."

"Probly sad cause he was losing his slave!" Harry yelled disapprovingly. "You know what, Hermione, if you're going to believe everything that lying scoundrel tells you, I'd rather if we didn't speak to each other!" He shouted angily before walking out of the room.

"Harry, WAIT!!!!" she yelled desperately. But Harry didn't come back.

Hermione ran out of the commonroom and dashed up to the hospital wing, she knew that Kaiba, Yugi and possibly Ron would be up there. Maybe one of them could talk to Harry. She knew that she couldn't talk to Yami himself but maybe she could talk to Yugi and he could give her some answers.

She ran into the room and saw that Ron was there. He was talking to Yugi and Kaiba was sitting quietly but Shizuka's bed. Hermione noticed that he was holding her hand. "Ron!" she yelled at him.

"Oh, hello Hermione," he said casually.

"Ron, I need you talk to Harry," she said desperately.

"Why?" he asked, "Did you guys get into a fight?"

Hermione nodded sheepishly. "But its serious this time. Harry is convinced that Yami is liar!" she yelled outraged.

"Yeah," Ron said sarcastically, "I can see how that's serious."

"Oh, stop, Ron." she said annoyed. "Yugi, what do you think? Is Yami a liar?"

"Well," Yugi admitted, "I'm not exactly sure, you see, I can't tell if he's lying or not. But I haven't been able to prove him wrong, yet!" he quickly added.

"But I've never been wrong before, so why should this be different?" she complained.

Ron rolled his eyes, "Hermione, if you insist, I'll talk to Harry, but I don't think it'll have a strong effect at all."

"What about you?" Hermione asked Kaiba, "You've been awfully quiet, Kaiba. Do you think that Yami's a liar?" When Kaiba didn't answer, but continued to stare at Shizuka's blank face, she asked again, "Kaiba! Do you think that Yami's a liar?"

Kaiba blinked and then glare at her angrily. "I have no comment on the topic," he answered dryly.

"Okay, sorry," she apologized, "But you don't have to be so angry, geez!"

"No," he shook his head, "You don't understand, you useless idiot! I heard something. And it sounded like Shizuka......." his voice faded off.

"But that's impossible!" Yugi said curiously, "She's in the Shadow Realm!"

"Then how did I hear her?" he shouted angrily.

"You could have just imagined it," Hermione sugguested quietly.

"Look!" Ron shouted pointing at the wall behind them and waving frantically.

They all turned to look and stared at what they saw in disbelief. There was writing on the wall. It said in ghostly writing.

Hello, guys. I am in the Shadow Realm.

"Shizuka?" Kaiba asked dazed.

Yes, said the wall, Ryou's here too.

"Are you alright?" Kaiba asked her.

Yes, I am fine. And so is Ryou, although we're noth bruised. But we do have one request.

"What is it?" Yugi asked this question.

Win the war against Voldemort. Free us and send Bakura and Serenity here in our place. Yami and Seth have been fighting all the time! And I think Seth's trying to make a move on me.

Kaiba clenched his fist, "We'll try again, tonight. And we'll make sure that Bakura and Serenity lose," he said zealously.

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