I don't own Yugioh.
Chapter 13
Jou looked around the living room as he sat there with Anzu and Yugi. Seto was preparing some more things they would need and Mokuba was taking a nap.
"What happened ta Yami?" Jou asked, playing with his backpack of things he brought.
"When he came back," Yugi shook his head, "He said he was exhausted. He was a little pale…he went to lay down."
"Gee…I hope he's not getting sick, too," Anzu sighed.
"What do you mean, 'too'?" Jou frowned.
"Well, Yugi got sick the other day…," Anzu pointed out.
"B-but I'm fine now!" Yugi smiled, trying to mask the headache pounding in his ears.
"Are you sure?" Anzu went over to him, "You look pale."
Yugi blinked, then smiled, "I'm okay! Just tired!"
"Well, we've got time," Jou pointed out, relaxing on one of the couches, "Why don't'cha take a nap?"
Yugi looked at the ground. Getting some rest does sound good…I am really tired…and I don't feel that well.
Anzu gently took him by the shoulders, and pushed him down onto the couch so he was laying down, "You look terrible. Get some rest before we go."
Yugi allowed her to do that, then curled up a bit and closed his eyes. He was asleep within seconds.
Anzu sighed and sat back down on the couch next to Jou. "I'm really getting worried about him, Jou."
"You, too?" Jou looked at her.
Anzu nodded, "He's been so pale ever since we all went to his…house. And sometimes he appears to be in a daze, or looks like he's in pain."
"And he don't look like he's been sleep'n well," Jou nodded, "He's always so dead tired now. And he looks spooked. Like he'd seen some'n. He told us a bit about his dreams, and that he was adopted. I think it's bother'n him more then he's letting on."
Anzu agreed, "You think so, too? He's so sensitive…but he tries to hide his pain."
Jou nodded, "As soon as he told me the situation, I jumped to volunteer to help. He didn't even hafta ask me."
"Let's just make sure that he knows that we're here for him," Anzu nodded.
"It's the least we c'n do," Jou agreed.
Yugi stirred a bit, but didn't wake up.
The two friends nodded at one another. They would protect their friend and their friendship.
Yugi woke up to talking. He rubbed his eyes sleepily.
"Finally awake, sleepy-head?" Jou grinned. "We was just about to leave without ya!"
"Jou!" Anzu glared at him, then smiled, "How do you feel, Yugi?"
"I'm okay," Yugi yawned.
"Taking a nap, aibou?" Yami smiled.
"He was out like a light!" Jou declared.
Seto chuckled, "He still looks like he's asleep. Yugi, wake up."
Yugi yawned again.
"We're leaving now, Yugi," Yami smiled, extending his hand, "Sa."
Yugi took the hand, and got to his feet. His head started to hurt again, and he felt a cough well up in his chest, but he pushed it down, not wanting to delay the trip.
"Where's Mokuba?" Yugi asked, blinking sleep from his vision.
"He's staying at our aunt's place," Seto responded, "It's safer there for him. I don't want him to come. It may get dangerous."
"Makes sense," Yugi yawned.
"Come on, aibou," Yami smiled, "You can sleep in the plane if you want."
"P-plane?" Yugi turned white.
"Yea," Anzu nodded, "We're going flying."
Seto was already out the door, and they were following towards the small plane.
Yugi felt his breathing increase. He hated flying…hated heights. It reminded him of when he fell off the cliff and into the forest full of wolves…if the trees weren't there to break his fall, he would have died. It was a very long drop…
Yami prodded him on, and Yugi took a seat. There were four seats behind the pilot and copilot chairs, just enough with an extra.
Yugi sat down in one seat, while Yami sat down next to him. Anzu and Jou sat down in the two seats in front of the ones Yugi and Yami were in. Seto was already in the cockpit, preparing the engines.
"Everyone have everything?" Seto asked.
They nodded.
"Then off we go," Seto nodded, and turned the ignition on.
Yugi took a sharp breath as they vibrated with the plane. He had his seatbelt on, like everyone else, but he still couldn't shake the sick feeling he was getting. Also, he had a very bad feeling about the entire trip.
Yami glanced at him. //Doushita no, aibou? You look very pale.//
/…I don't like heights…/
Yami reached over and took Yugi's hand. //I won't let anything happen to you. I promise. If you get scared, squeeze my hand.//
Yugi squeezed Yami's hand.
//…we didn't even lift off yet…//
Seto was pulling the plane out of the runway, and increasing speed.
"Woa!" Jou felt the rush of speed, "This is fun…! Scary, but fun!"
"Like a roller coaster!" Anzu agreed.
Seto pulled the plane into the sky, and Yugi felt his stomach lurch.
Yugi closed his eyes, leaning back and trying to push down the nausea he was feeling as the continued into the air.
"Woa…!" Jou exclaimed.
Yami was marveling at how small things were getting, when he heard Yugi take a loud gasp of air next to him. He glanced over, "Yugi, what's wrong?"
Jou and Anzu glanced behind them. Seto couldn't look, but he had a feeling he knew what was coming.
"There are bags in front of your seat," Seto stated, "If you feel the need, use them."
Yugi gripped Yami's hand, trying to fight the increasing nausea as his fear and anxiety grew along with the strange feeling of flying. He had never been on any aircraft before.
Yami glanced over at his 'little brother'. He doesn't look well. Come to think of it, he didn't look that well even before we set off. Damn…don't tell me he was feeling ill and not saying anything…and now he looks like he's definitely going to lose it. He's trying to be brave, I can tell. But his death grip on my hand says otherwise. Yami pulled the bag off of the seat in front of them, and handed it to Yugi.
Jou and Anzu decided not to say anything.
Yami noticed that Yugi's breathing had increased. He gently squeezed Yugi's hand, but he knew that it wasn't going to help much. Yugi was feeling the vertigo.
Yugi, meanwhile, had a horrible headache and felt dizzy. His stomach was doing roller coasters, and he felt sweaty and shaky. He suddenly wanted out. He whimpered, biting his lip as tears welled up in his eyes. He felt Yami squeeze his hand. He looked up and saw the older boy smiling at him.
"Okay…," Seto sighed, "Lift off was successful…evening out." He steered the plane downwards a bit to straiten it out.
Yugi was unable to suppress the cough welling up in his chest. He choked on the cough, and suddenly felt very dizzy. He pulled the bag to his mouth and doubled over, then threw up.
Yami gently rubbed his back in small circles.
Jou wrinkled up his nose, but didn't say anything.
Anzu shook her head. Poor Yugi…he hasn't caught a break since the detectives left, has he?
"Don't worry," Seto spoke up, "Mokuba gets airsick, too. That's why I carry those bags around. In fact, I got airsick the first time I was in a plane. I know how you feel, Yugi. Just concentrate on taking some deep breaths. Lean back in the seat, close your eyes, and think of something relaxing."
Yugi slowly sat back in his seat, then rested his head back against the headrest. He closed his eyes, shutting out the spinning, too-hot cabin, and concentrated on taking deep breaths. He could feel Yami holding his hand the entire time, whispering calming things to him. After a while, he calmed down.
An hour had gone by. They were almost over the sea now. Yugi was doing better, but was still plagued by whatever was wrong with him before he stepped onto the plane. The affects of airsickness had passed, and they flushed the soiled bag. Yugi was now asleep, his head resting on Yami's shoulder. Yami kept an arm around him, letting him know that he was there. Anzu, too, had fallen asleep, exhausted from all the traveling.
"Are we there yet?" Jou asked.
"We aren't even to the small islands that are our halfway points," Seto growled, "No."
"Oh."
Two minutes later…
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
Five minutes later…
"Are we there yet?"
"No! We're not going to be there for a while! Stop asking me!"
Fifteen minutes later…
"Are we there yet…?"
"Jou, shut up."
"Yes'sir." Jou said quickly, scared at Seto's tone.
Half an hour later, everyone except for Seto was asleep. Even Yami. Seto welcomed the silence, free of Jou's banter, but sort of missed it. He shook his head. What the hell am I thinking?! He decided to concentrate on piloting the plane and not think about it.
***Dream***
Sugoroku was tied up, pinned to a tree by some shadow type monster.
"You won't get away with this," Sugoroku panted. He was injured, and looking somewhat sickly. "No matter how much you harm me, I will not tell you anything. Nor will I tell you about my grandson. He doesn't know where I am. He's safe. You will never get him…"
"Silence!" the thing hissed, cracking a whip down on the old man.
Sugoroku winced as another red line appeared on his chest, slowly seeping with blood.
"I will have him! After all, who do you think gave you the paper for your letter? Me! I was the 'peddler' who sold you the paper. It magically reached its destination days before it should have. Your grandson is on his way. I will get rid of him, then come back and kill you, my insurance."
"Do what you want with me, but leave Yugi alone!" Sugoroku shouted, tears in his eyes.
"Oh?" the whip came down again.
Sugoroku looked up through tears, "Please…he's just a boy…"
"A boy with the power to destroy our kind, should he realize it," the shadow thing hissed.
"Is that why you hunted us down?!" Sugoroku demanded.
"Silence!" the creature snapped the whip down again. "I shall kill him! He is not safe so long as I have you as bait!"
"No…Yugi…," Sugoroku whispered, then shouted, "YUGI!!!!"
***End Dream***
"Jiichan!!" Yugi woke up with a start, tears running down his face. It was dark in the cabin.
"What's wrong?" Yami asked.
Yugi was breathing hard, "Jiichan…jiichan's in trouble…and there was something hurting him. He looked bad!" Yugi cried, "Jiichan was hurting!"
Seto spoke up, "We're going as fast as we can. You just calm down. I'm trying to navigate through a storm."
Yugi felt a wet sensation in his chest, and couldn't stop the cough that surfaced.
Yami steadied him, "Easy…easy."
Tears ran down Yugi's face as he covered his mouth with one hand and gasped for breath between coughs.
"Yugi?!" Yami exclaimed, steadying him, "Daijoubu?!"
Yugi gasped in air, his breathing coming out short.
Yami gently placed a hand to Yugi's forehead, then shook his head, "Yugi, why didn't you say that you weren't feeling well?"
"I wanted to save jiichan…," Yugi whispered, leaning back and trying to breathe right.
"Dammit!" Yami slammed his fist down on the arm rest, startling Jou and Anzu awake.
"Don't worry about others to the extent that you are killing yourself!" Yami shouted.
Yugi cringed.
"Yami!" Seto barked, "Stop yelling! It's distracting! We're flying through a storm, if you haven't noticed the turbulence already!"
"Yugi, what's wrong?" Anzu asked gently, glancing at him.
"What's up, Yug?" Jou blinked.
"He's sick," Yami threw up his hands in frustration, then crossed them over his chest, "I give up! He was so worried about his grandfather that he didn't care that he was sick, so he decided to go anyway and not tell us so we can help him!"
Yugi started to cry, coughing occasionally.
Anzu took her seatbelt off and turned around, "Yami, you're upsetting him."
Yami looked away.
Anzu reached out and took Yugi's hand, giving it a squeeze, "There, there, Yugi. It's alright."
Yugi took his seatbelt off and went over, burying his head in Anzu's shoulder and crying.
Anzu wrapped her arms around him, "Aww…it's alright…"
Jou took his belt off, and walked over to the back row, "Yug, why don't you sit up front with Anzu? It's more stable up there, You'll feel better."
Yugi nodded, trying to stop crying and coughing deeply occasionally.
Jou and Yugi switched spots. Now Jou sat next to Yami, and Yugi sat next to Anzu.
Anzu looked over and wrapped her arms around Yugi, holding him close, "Shh."
Yugi tried to stop crying, covering his mouth or turning away whenever he had to cough so he didn't get Anzu sick.
Jou was talking to Yami in a low voice about the situation while Seto was grateful for the sound blocking headphones he had on so he could hear the radio frequency for an emergency place to land. Unfortunately, they were still flying over the ocean, with the plane starting to hit turbulence.
Anzu was rocking Yugi back and forth, then started to sing a lullaby to him.
Yugi was calmed down. The lyrics were kinda silly in his mind, but the soothing tune of the lullaby was doing its job, combined with Anzu's in-tune voice as she finished the song.
Jou looked on in amazement, as did Yami.
Yugi was sound asleep in Anzu's arms. He had a peaceful look on his face, and a small smile played on his lips.
Anzu smiled, letting him lean against her to sleep. She turned and winked at the boys sitting behind her and whispered, "I've still got it."
"That was amazing," Jou whispered, "He's sleep'n…"
Yami softened, then stood up and reached over, brushing Yugi's hair back affectionately.
Yugi smiled and seemed to snuggle up to the warm touch in his sleep.
"I've located an island. It's just big enough to land and rest out the storm…," Seto started to announce.
"SHH!" Yami, Jou, and Anzu hissed.
Seto glanced back, the earphones around his neck loosely.
"Yugi's ill," Yami explained, "And Anzu just got him to fall asleep."
"So we gotta keep quiet," Jou nodded.
"Well, I'm landing the plane," Seto stated, "On the island. We'll camp out the storm in the plane. It's just a island with a meadow on it. We're lucky we found it. Or else we would have had to go to the mid-way point through the storm."
"Thank God," Anzu sighed. She glanced down at the boy sleeping against her.
They hit turbulence as they descended onto the island, making Yugi stir and slowly wake up.
Yugi rubbed his eyes, then coughed, covering his mouth.
"You're awake," Anzu whispered, holding him steady, "How are you feeling?"
Yugi took some deep breaths, then smiled, "Better. Arigatou, Anzu."
Yami glanced over the seat, "Gomen ne, Yugi. I didn't mean to shout at you. I was just really worried about you…"
"It's alright, Yami," Yugi smiled, "I understand."
"Man," Jou shook his head, "You sure forgive easily, Yug. I'm glad we're friends."
"So am I," Yugi nodded, then yawned.
"Okay, people," Seto was powering down the plane, "We've landed. It's raining out, so we'll just camp out in here."
"How?" Yami asked.
Seto pushed a button, and the copilot seat went backwards, creating somewhat of a bed.
"One of us can sleep here," Seto pointed, "It's more of a 'bed' then the rest. Everyone else will have to sleep either on the seats or on the floor in a sleeping bag."
"I think Yugi should take the 'bed'," Jou stated suddenly.
"That's right," Anzu agreed, "Yugi should."
"I agree," Yami nodded.
"What a coincidence…that's what I was thinking," Seto admitted.
"Demo…," Yugi protested sleepily, then coughed.
"You need to rest," Yami explained, "It'll be much better for you."
"But what about you?" Yugi asked, "And Anzu, and Jou, and Seto…"
"Don't worry about us," Anzu smiled, helping him sit up, "We'll be fine."
"But…," Yugi protested.
Jou took his hands and helped him up, "It'll be alright, Yug. Don't worry about it. We'll sleep over here."
"But…"
"Come on, Yugi," Yami brought him over to the 'bed', and had him lay down.
Yugi smiled, "I guess…I do feel kinda dizzy…"
"That's what I thought," Yami smiled.
Anzu walked over and put a hand to Yugi's forehead, "You feel a bit warm."
Seto went to the back where they had their bags, "I brought some medicine with me. Yugi, are you allergic to anything?"
"Not that I know," Yugi sat up.
Seto tossed him a box.
Yugi caught it and looked at it, "What's this…?"
"Chewable medicine," Seto stated, "Tylenol. I give it to Mokuba when he gets sick. You're in luck…I have bubblegum flavor. Grape and cherry always makes Mokuba throw up. I hear it's horrible. You're…ten, right?"
Yugi nodded, "Un. Everyone always thinks I'm six or seven."
"I would have thought that too if I didn't already know," Seto responded, "Take one."
Yugi nodded, "Okay." He opened it up and took one out, then popped it in his mouth and chewed. He made a face, "YUCK!"
"Just swallow it," Seto came over with a mini bottle of water and handed it to Yugi. "Drink this. You need to drink fluids so you can get better."
Yugi nodded and drank the water.
Jou was pulling out some of the blankets and sleeping bags they had, "Now we gotta decide who's sleep'n where…"
"I like it right here," Anzu yawned, and stretched out across the two seats where she had been sitting. "I'll sleep here."
"I'll take the floor…," Jou started, "I like camp'n. It'll feel just like camp'n. I even brought my own sleeping bag." He unraveled it.
Thunder boomed above and rain drummed down on the plane.
Yami pulled out a blanket from his pack and walked over to where Yugi was looking like he was going to start crying, "It's just thunder. Here." He put the blanket over Yugi and gently pushed him back down on the 'bed'. Then, he rolled out his sleeping bag on the floor next to the copilot 'bed' and got inside, "I'll be right here."
Meanwhile, Seto was taking the back seat to sleep on.
"G'night," Anzu yawned, turning over under her blanket.
Seto didn't respond, and Jou was already asleep.
"Good night, minna," Yugi whispered, then drifted off to sleep as well.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Japanese – English
Doushita no – Are you alright?/What's wrong?
Minna – Everybody