Me: Welcome back everybody!
Toli: This is the next chapter in what seems to be a successful story. Please enjoy!
Me: First of all, very, very sorry it took so long, but, as you know, school has started and I am now in chains. But, aside from that, everything's fine! We'll see you at the end of the chapter!
Toli: And I have a signed letter from Yugi saying we don't him, his show, or any of his friends. So there!
CHAPTER FIVE: THE FEAR
"Hi guys!" Yugi said cheerfully.
"Hi Yugi!" all of his friends said in unison. They had all met up while walking to the arcade.
"Look, a semi," Tea said, pointing.
Immediately Joey picked Yugi up by the back of his shirt and tossed him into traffic. Yugi landed flat on his back. A horn blared loudly. Yugi scrambled up and raced to the sidewalk to safety.
"Joey!" Yugi exclaimed over his pounding heart. "Why did you do that?!"
All of his friends looked at him with evil stares. Suddenly Tea whipped out a knife and tried to spear Yugi to the concrete. Yugi rolled out of the way.
Yugi stood up, scared. What next? His unasked question was answered when he heard an engine revving. Yugi looked to his left and saw Tristan zooming towards him, pushing his motorcycle to full speed.
"Tristan! You'll kill me!" Yugi yelled.
Tristan didn't seem to care. He kept on. Yugi tried to move but was rooted to the spot. He could only stare at the motorcycle coming closer.
"Help me!" he cried. "Someone please help me!"
He found he could move and immediately dodged to the side. He hit the floor hard.
Yugi gasped for air like he had just come up from a long stay underwater. He lay on the floor shaking like a leaf in the wind. What…just…happened?
Very slowly, and very reluctantly, Yugi looked around, hoping certain somebodies weren't waiting to kill him.
Fortunately he was safe in his room.
"It was…it was…" Yugi could barely speak. A dream, he finished in his mind. But it had seemed so real. Too real.
"Yugi, are you all right?" The voice of Yami, though laced with concern, brought immediate relief to Yugi's mind. Yugi looked up and saw Yami, transparent, kneeling beside him, looking very worried.
Yugi nodded because he didn't trust himself to speak. The awful memories of the nightmare were playing over and over in his head. They were combined with the real memories of Joey shoving him into traffic—whether that was an accident or not—and Tea chasing him around the house with a knife. Would Tristan be the one to strike next? What if Tea tried again? Maybe he was being irrational, but he had good reason. It was a little easy to believe Joey hadn't meant to do what he did. But Tea jamming the knife into the counter he should have been leaning on—and trying to stab him on the stairs—and nearly cornering Yami in the bathroom—there was no way that those actions or her frightening words were accidents.
"Did you have a nightmare?" Yami asked.
"Yes, I…" Yugi still didn't seem to have the ability to talk right. He simply got up, sat on the bed, and collapsed on his side.
"What's going on?" he said barely above a whisper. "Why are my best friends all after me? Was it something I did or said?"
"Yugi, don't even start thinking like that," Yami scolded him, though gently. "There is nothing under the sun that you could say or do to offend them enough for them to attempt murdering you."
Yugi could feel tears coming. "Then what is it? What's happening, Yami?"
Yami sighed as he sat on the bed next to Yugi. Of course, the bed didn't sink down any more. "I can't give you a definite answer on that, Yugi," he said. "All I can tell you is you may want to be more careful. Who knows what could happen next."
"So what? Am I supposed to stay away from my friends, keep them out of my house, not speak to them or see them anymore, not go anywhere with them, not…" Yugi couldn't even finish the sentence. He already had tears rolling over the bridge of his nose and onto his pillow.
Yami put a calming hand on Yugi's shoulder. "Until we find out what's really going on, that might not be such a bad idea. I know that they're your friends, and mine—"
Yugi interrupted with a loud sniff.
"—And mine too," Yami continued, "but there is obviously something wrong. And we can't risk your life anymore until we get some clues about what's happening."
Yugi sniffed loudly again. "I know you're right, but I wish you weren't," he half-said and half-sobbed.
Once again, Yami said nothing.
TEA'S ROOM
Tea couldn't sleep. She was replaying the afternoon's scenes in her mind, the parts before Yami practically threw her out of Yugi's house. The earliest thing she remembered was walking to the front door with Yugi. The latest thing she remembered was standing in the bathroom, her head soaking wet, staring at Yami's angry face. And between that…she couldn't remember. What had gone on? She had noticed a big stab mark in the bathroom door and another on the steps. What in the world had happened?
Maybe tomorrow she could talk to Yugi about it. Hopefully Yami wouldn't answer the phone, because he seemed pretty ticked at her, for some reason.
END CHAPTER
Me: I hope you enjoyed!
Toli: I! I! I! You always say "I" and never "we"!!!
Me: Oh, sorry. (blushes)
Toli: Anyway, a note. We are sorry if Yugi seemed like a wuss or something in this chapter, but it was supposed to be a touching scene and people always cry in touching scenes!
Me: And please come back for the next chapter!
NEXT IN CHAPTER 6…Yugi and Tea realize that someone could be behind this pulling the strings. But what happens when Tristan goes after both Yugi and Tea?
REVIEW RESPONSES
Mena: Let's roll! First off is a response to Pharaoh Atemu's Angel. Hi again! Thank you so so much for reviewing so nicely. We're glad you liked the knife scene. (looks proud) I came up with the idea.
Toli: Let's move on. Next up is Dagger Maxwell. Yes, if you can imagine Tea trying to kill Yugi with a butcher's knife, then you should lay off the scary movies. O.O; Come to think of it, I guess I should too...
Mena: n.n; So anyway! Our next review came from Dark mage of sea 13 and the increasingly annoying Torru.
Toli: Torru's fine to me... n.n
Mena: What-EVER. Anyhow, please don't hesitate to lock that guy up, because NOBODY's going to get my sister! And thanks for enjoying the chapter and threatening to hurt our bad girl!
Toli: Oh, just ignore her. Anyway, next is Silver Moon Phoenix, who we just accidentally skipped. Whoops! Anyhow, that's the point: we're going to constantly shove Yugi to the edge of the cliff of death until he either falls off or someone saves him. What do you think will happen? The result might surprise you...
Mena: My turn! Next is StubsMcGimp. Hi! Welcome to the story! We are reeeeally happy that you like it. Please come back next time!
Toli: Okay. Our last reviewer is SilverTiger-GoldenPhoenix, who gave us a whole 4 reviews at one time! I like you already! Thank you for all four, and tell Kira I said hi!
Mena: Yay! So many people like us!
Toli: You are all invited to tell your friends and come back next time. See you there!
