I don't own Yugioh. Or Dragonball GT.
Chapter 19
They landed in Peru, and Seto took care of the plane, and getting them hotel reservations. Yugi still hadn't woken up yet, so they carried him to the room. They had only one room, but it could house five people. The couch folded out into a bed, and the two other beds in the room could hold two people each. Just enough for the party of five.
Yami laid Yugi down in bed, and covered him up with the blankets.
"Are you alright, Jou?" Anzu suddenly spoke up.
"I've got a headache," Jou was laying back on the other bed, an arm over his forehead.
"Well, now's a great time to get some rest," Seto nodded, "How's Yugi doing?"
"He's finally asleep," Yami came back into the room from the bathroom with a bowl of water and a washcloth. He dipped the washcloth into the bowl, wrung it out, and placed it gently on Yugi's forehead.
"Hey, Seto," Jou spoke up, "Got anything for headaches?"
"Can you take tylenol?" Seto raised an eyebrow.
"Not that chewable stuff…"
"If you can swallow pills, I'll give you a pill," Seto opened up a container, "I take them in pill form."
"Thanks," Jou took it, and got himself a glass of water from the bathroom, then downed the pill and half the glass. He went right back to the bed and lay down.
"Don't you go getting sick on us, now," Yami smiled a bit, "With Yugi learning about his abilities, it's exhausting his energy. Looking after one person is hard enough."
"Don't worry," Jou yawned, "I'll be just fine after some sleep." He was asleep in seconds.
Anzu sat on the couch, "I say we let them sleep. It's been tough. I know…it was pretty freaky for me."
"Yugi won because of you," Yami smiled, "Thank you, Anzu. And I'm sure Yugi will thank you when he wakes up."
Anzu turned red.
Seto chuckled, sitting down on a chair. "I think our sleeping arrangements should be this…Yami and Yugi will take the bed that Yugi's in, and I'll partner up with Jou. Anzu, you can sleep on the bed made from the couch since you're a girl and we're all guys."
Anzu nodded, "Alright."
"Or else I would let you have the bed," Seto stated, "But…"
"It's fine," Anzu smiled, "Don't worry about it."
Seto nodded, "Alright. I'm just going to give Mokuba a call and see how he's doing." He picked up the phone and dialed the number, "Hey…Mokuba? Hi! Yea, it's nice to hear you, too…!"
Anzu lay on the couch and listened to the side of the conversation she could hear.
"…sorry I didn't call until now. Things have been really crazy…what? Oh, yea. They're all fine. Talk to who? No, he's sleeping. Well, the time zone is different here, and he was really tired. What? Okay. Have a nice day, Mokuba. I'll speak to you again tomorrow if I can. Take care. Bye." Seto hung up the phone.
Anzu yawned, "What was that about?"
"He wanted to talk to Yugi," Seto chuckled, "Those two became real good friends."
Anzu nodded, then gathered her things, "If you don't mind, I'm going to take a shower now. And…no offense, but everyone else needs one, too."
Seto chuckled, "Well, we haven't bathed since we left. We could have at Midway Island. It had hotels and such. But it was too dangerous to stay there for long."
"Well, I call it first," Anzu walked in.
"Seto, you can go next," Yami stated, "I'm going to watch over Yugi a bit. I'll have him take a bath when he feels up to it. Right now, he's extremely exhausted. His fever from his exhaustion just broke. And, he just fell asleep, so I'd hate to wake him."
Seto nodded, "Alright. I'll watch him when you shower."
Yami nodded, "Thanks." He glanced at Jou, "I guess he'll have to go last, huh?"
Seto laughed.
Night time came. They made sure to double lock the door before going to bed, and lock all the windows securely and have the shades drawn. They didn't even use their real names to sign into the hotel just in case.
Anzu was asleep on the bed that used to be the couch, wearing light orange pajamas with pictures of sleeping teddy-bears on them.
Seto was sleeping on one side of the bed nearest the door, in his ice blue, button-down pajamas. Jou was next to him in a pair of blue boxers that were a little too big for him (going down to his knees) and a white crew sleeveless shirt.
Yami slept on the window side of the other bed, in a pair of green pajamas that Seto had found for the trip for him before leaving. It was also a button-down pair. He was awake, watching over Yugi. Yugi was still dressed in what he had on earlier, except that his chest was bare since they had to wrap his injury from the duel. Yami didn't want to move him more then necessary.
Yami glanced at the window. I wonder where he got that horrible scar going across his abdomen. It doesn't look too old…but it doesn't look recent. It's definitely not from the duel, or anything related to it…he broke out of his thoughts when he felt a soft touch on his hand. He glanced over and saw Yugi looked at him tiredly.
"Aibou…," Yami whispered, laying down and looking at Yugi.
Yugi didn't dare talk since he was still gaining his breath back. /You need to sleep now, just like the rest of us. You have a real body. Please don't make yourself sick by staying up. I'll be alright./
Yami chuckled, pulling the covers around them and drawing Yugi close, "You're right, Yugi. It seems like I wasn't thinking. How do you feel? Honestly?"
/…aside from the fact that my lungs are aching and my chest burns a bit? Pretty well for someone who was one turn away from death./
Yami had to chuckle at that, then noticed the fear in Yugi's eyes. He held the smaller boy to him, offering silent comfort. He jokes about it, but that's because he's afraid. He was terrified out there earlier today. Yami gently brushed back Yugi's bangs, "You were great, my brave little brother."
Yugi smiled and snuggled into Yami, closing his eyes. /Love you. Night./
Yami smiled back, "Good night, aibou."
* * *
Yami helped Yugi take a shower first thing in the morning, and got Yugi back into pajamas, telling him to rest some more. He wanted to know about the scar, but didn't ask. Yugi had fallen back asleep by the time the others woke up. Yami was already dressed and reading a book next to where Yugi was asleep.
Anzu yawned, "Morning, Yami."
"Good morning, Anzu. Did you sleep well?" Yami asked.
Anzu nodded, "Yea…I was kind of hoping that this was all a dream, but I guess that's a little too much to hope for…"
Yami chuckled.
"It's too God-damned early to be cracking jokes," Seto groaned, rubbing sleep from his eyes.
"Not an 'early bird', are you, Seto?" Yami grinned.
"Hell no," Seto stretched, "I love the weekends and vacation because I can sleep in."
Yami and Anzu chuckled.
Jou stirred, and sat up, rubbing his eyes.
"How are you feeling?" Seto turned around to face him.
"Better," Jou grinned, "My headache's gone."
"I'm glad to hear it," Yami nodded.
Jou yawned, "How's Yug do'n?"
"He woke up last night," Yami stated, "And then this morning, I got him to take a bath. I had to carry him in there and help him, but he wanted a bath. Now, he's resting again."
"That's good," Jou nodded.
"I hope he doesn't sleep through breakfast," Anzu smiled.
"Breakfast?" Jou practically drooled, "I'm starv'n!"
"By now," Seto laughed, "I have come to the conclusion that you are always hungry!"
Yami, Anzu, and Seto laughed. Even Yugi seemed to smile in his sleep. Maybe it was just a dream. Who could say?
By mid day, Yugi stirred again, and woke up. He blinked sleepily.
"Finally awake?" Yami smiled down at him.
Yugi started to sit up, but only made it halfway before his energy gave out again.
Yami caught him and gently helped him sit up, then arranged the pillows so that Yugi could lean against them to keep him in a sitting position.
Yugi closed his eyes, and managed a weak 'thank you'.
"God, you sound terrible," Seto ran a hand through his hair, "We got some room service for lunch. More like brunch by the time we ordered it…well, except for Jou. He nearly devoured everything."
"Hey!" Jou protested, then grinned, "I'm glad ta see ya up, Yug."
"So am I," Anzu nodded.
Yugi glanced around. Everyone was dressed, wearing what they normally wore, except it was washed. Even his stuff was washed, and he was in pajamas. He vaguely remembered getting a bath, but not much between winning the duel against Tejina and just waking up now. He weakly rubbed his eyes as a tray was set in front of him.
"Eat," Yami pointed to it, "You'll feel better. You really need to get your energy back, and you have to eat to do that."
Yugi nodded, slowly eating the food in front of him, his eyes questioning. He finished, and Yami took the tray away, leaving him to silently question what was going on.
"We made it to Peru," Seto filled him in, "We're staying at a hotel in one of the small cities. After the disasters at Midway Island and that island off of South America's coast, I thought it'd be best to stay to the smaller cities. Attract less attention."
"Seto and Yami said that we would stay at a hotel," Jou added, "So you can rest up, Yug."
"And, we agreed," Anzu nodded, "But we can't stray too far from one another. And as soon as you're recovered, we'll go save your grandpa." She got up and went over to him, placing her hands over his, "But you have to rest, first."
Yugi closed his eyes, letting tears run down.
"Yugi?" Anzu whispered, wiping one of them away.
Yugi smiled at her, and whispered, "Arigatou for helping me."
Anzu shook her head, "It was inside of you all along. It just needed a little push, that's all."
Yugi shook his head, but still smiled.
"Boy, it feels nice ta relax!" Jou flopped back down on the bed.
"Hey, 'roomie', I just made the bed," Seto grumbled.
"Eh?" Jou blinked, then turned red, "Whoops…"
Everyone laughed.
"Don't they get any channels not in Spanish!?" Anzu growled, trying to find something interesting on TV, but only finding Spanish programs.
"Hey…I think that was Dragon Ball GT on the International Channel…," Jou pointed out.
"It's in Spanish," Anzu glared at him.
"Will you idiots decide on a channel already?!" Seto growled, looking up from the book he was reading, "You're distracting even when not on the plane!"
Yugi got a laugh out of that, but it quickly turned into coughing.
Yami rubbed his back, making sure no blood was coming out of his mouth. Lucky for them, it was a dry cough. Yami relaxed, then rubbed Yugi's back until the boy stopped coughing.
Yugi took a couple of deep breaths.
"What happened there?" Seto looked up, concerned.
Yugi lay back on the two pillows, closing his eyes and trying to get his breathing to even out, "When laughing…one doesn't get…much oxygen into their lungs. I didn't…get enough in…"
"He needs to just be relaxed," Yami shrugged, gently ruffling Yugi's tousled hair.
Yugi took a shuddering breath and pulled the covers around himself.
Yami continued to stay next to him, sitting on the bed with a book Yugi had lent him. Despite his age, Yugi was reading adult novels. So, he brought a bunch along with him. And, of course, shared them with his older brother.
By afternoon, Anzu was writing in a journal, Seto was reading, Yami had fallen asleep next to Yugi (who was also asleep), and Jou was watching Dragon Ball GT in Spanish.
Jou suddenly turned the TV off.
Seto and Anzu glanced up.
"What's up?" Anzu blinked, seeing Jou get up and walk around slowly.
Jou put a hand to his head, "My head's kill'n me…" he stopped walking and leaned against the wall with one arm, his other hand pressed to his forehead as sweat ran down his face.
Seto closed his book and went over, "Jou…?"
"God…!" Jou moaned, sinking to his knees, "I've never had a headache like this before! It's killer!"
Seto steadied him, and gently helped him up, "You're very pale. Maybe you should lie down."
"I wanna move around…but my head hurts too much…," Jou groaned.
"Are you feeling ill, Jou?" Anzu came over as well, looking concerned.
"Nah…it's just this incredible headache…," Jou closed his eyes, leaning heavily on Seto as the older boy supported him.
"Let's get you some Tylenol, and then into bed," Seto instructed, "Did it just start now, or did you have a slight one earlier…?"
"No…"
Seto gently sat him down on the bed, then sat next to him to make sure he didn't fall.
"It just suddenly started," Jou put his head in his hands, "Suddenly…boom. Throbbing a mile a minute."
"Anzu, can you get the Tylenol from my bag?" Seto asked.
Anzu nodded, then went to the medical compartment, "Here?"
Seto nodded.
Jou rolled back on the bed, curling up a bit on his front with tears running down his cheeks, "Oh, God…it hurts!!!"
Anzu froze for a moment. Never in her life had she seen anyone in so much pain from a headache before. She glanced at Seto, "Are you sure it's just a simple headache…?"
Seto shrugged, trying to calm the boy down, "Easy there, Jou…"
"Make it stop…! Make the pain stop…!" Jou whimpered, tears flowing down his face faster then before. He choked on a sob, then sniffled.
"What's all the yelling?" Yami stretched.
Yugi, too, woke up. He blinked. "Jou…? What's going on?"
"I would like to say that Jou has a headache," Anzu found the medicine and went to get a glass of water for her friend, "But he's in too much pain for a simple headache, I think."
Seto was steadying Jou as Anzu handed him a glass of water and the pill.
Jou's hand was shaking so much they thought he'd drop it, but he popped it in his mouth too fast and drank it down.
Anzu took the glass back, and set it down.
Jou rested his head against Seto's shoulder, waiting for the throbbing pain to go away.
"Jou…?" Yugi struggled to sit up, concerned, "Daijoubu…?"
"I'm alright, Yug," Jou breathed tiredly, "Don't worry. Jes' lay back down an' rest."
Yugi was about to protest, when Yami gently pushed him back down.
"I'll go see," Yami assured him.
"But I want to know if he's alright…," Yugi stated.
"Stay in bed," Yami instructed, "I'll keep you posted, I promise." He walked over to where Seto had Jou sitting against the wall, and was fishing through his bag for something.
"What are you doing?" Yami blinked.
Seto pulled out a light, "Trying to see what's wrong. It's got to be more then just a headache. He said it just started up without warning. A minute or less later, he was screaming from the pain. If that's an ordinary headache, I'll eat my shorts." He clicked the light on, "Look at me, Jou. I'm going to shine a light in your eye. Try not to blink." Seto gently held open Jou's eye, and shone the light in. Jou flinched, but otherwise did nothing. Seto then did the same to the other eye.
"I didn't know you knew this sort of thing," Anzu blinked.
"Well, when I was at the orphanage with Mokuba, there was a lady who worked there who also worked as a part time doctor. She taught me all sorts of things, and I sometimes even went with her to work," Seto responded, then clicked off the light.
"Well?" Jou asked weakly.
"Do you remember hitting your head?" Seto asked, "At any time, did you hit your head within the last day or so?" He started to feel around Jou's head gently, applying pressure here and there as if he was searching for something.
"I dunno…I…," Jou started, then his eyes shot open when Seto reached the back of his head, and he whimpered in pain.
"Turn your head," Seto instructed.
Shaking, Jou did so.
Seto inspected it, "Well…you've got a nice bump here. All discolored and everything under the hair. Do you remember hitting your head?"
"In the alley, when we was transported back from the Shadow Realm place," Jou responded, "I think I wacked my head against the wall."
Seto nodded.
"What's wrong with him?" Yugi asked, concerned.
"A concussion," Seto responded, "A serious one."
"Waitta minute…," Jou stammered, "I thought that concussions can be fatal if not treated…"
"They can," Seto stated.
Jou looked at the bed, paling a few more shades of white.
Seto glanced back, "Shit…Jou, you're not going to die."
"But I…," Jou whimpered, "What if it's really bad…? Or bleed'n? Or…"
"It just got very swollen," Seto responded, "Sometimes, symptoms of a concussion don't show up for a few hours, or even a day or so. You're not going to die, you're not going to have to go into an emergency room or anything like that." Seto went over to where the ice bucket was, and took some out. Then, he put it in a bag and had Jou lay down on his front, resting his forehead on his arm so he could breathe.
Seto then gently placed the bag of ice on the bump.
Jou hissed in pain at the contact, tensing up, but then relaxed.
Anzu sighed in relief, sitting back down, a hand over her heart, "That was scary."
Yami nodded, walking back over to where Yugi was still staring at his friend and looking like he was going to burst into tears.
Yami didn't notice at first, and sat down, turning to Anzu, "I was worried for a second there, too."
"You was worried?" Jou spoke up, "I was the one with the frigg'n pound'n head feel'n dizzy and like I was gonna pass out at any second."
"Don't talk," Seto stated, "You need to rest that out. Rest, but don't go to sleep."
Jou agreed, "Alright."
It went quiet for a bit, while everyone turned back to what they were doing. Seto moved his reading spot to the bed next to Jou to keep him company.
It was Yami who heard the sniffling first. He looked over, and saw Yugi in tears, crying quietly with his head bent towards the sheets.
Yami put his book down, "Yugi…what's wrong?"
Anzu and Seto looked up.
Yugi just shook his head and cried.
Yami embraced him, holding him close and letting him cry on his shoulder. He gently and slowly rocked him back and forth, rubbing the smaller boy's back.
"What's wrong?" Jou blinked, not able to see it.
"We're not sure yet," Seto shook his head, "All we know is that Yugi is crying. I don't know how long he's been crying, either."
Yami glanced down at the crying little boy. //Why are you crying, aibou? Are you in pain…?//
/My heart hurts. When I see Jou in pain…my friends…/
//Hush…//
/It's my fault he got hurt. If that guy wasn't after me, then it never would have happened. I should have never dragged him into this! One of these days, someone's going to get killed, and I won't be able to help!/ Yugi's crying increased.
//No, that's not true. He wanted to help as much as you need him. And, nobody's going to get killed, Yugi.// Yami comforted the boy.
"My fault…," Yugi mumbled, his voice weak and drained.
"Shh," Yami noticed, "You need to rest. Dry up those tears. It's not your fault. You can't control the past. What happened. Now, take a deep breath…atta boy…calm down. Relax. Think about something nice. Like…reading a good book. Or playing a game. Or maybe a TV show…one of those nature documentaries you like."
Yugi calmed down a bit, but stayed close to his 'brother'. He closed his eyes as he was held, and finally, he fell asleep.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Note: Not all of the facts of Jou's concussion is correct. For instance, Jou's injury occurred the previous day to his concussion. In reality, signs of a concussion would show up within a couple hours of the injury. If you want to learn about concussions, visit websites or read it in a book. Don't go on what I have written. What I have written was merely for the sake of the story. Thank you. ::bows:: That is all.