The people stared at this hidden faced boy who just taken out three of some of the best duelists out in just two turns. Tea couldn't move at first as she saw this person starting to leave the stadium. Once regaining herself, Tea jumped down into the arena and pulled out her duel disk.
"Stop right there. Identify yourself, if you don't I will assume that your Shrin and I will have my guards here within thirty seconds," said Tea as she put her deck in the duel disk.
"Do you wish to challenge me?" said Yuri with a grin.
'That voice….it seems familiar…' thought Tea.
"Are you or aren't you going to challenge me?"
"Identify yourself first."
"Sorry, but I can't do that. Good bye," said Yuri as he started to run.
"Hey come back here," said Tea as she started to run after him.
Yuri ran into the hallway and took a left. Yuri couldn't let his identity be exposed for the fact that if anyone knew he had the Egyptian god cards it would cause a lot of gossip which could reach to outside spies of Shrin and they would reveal his secret weapons against Shrin. Yuri ran to the end of the hall and turned right to find a group of guards waiting for him.
"Hold it right there," shouted a guard.
"Shit," said Yuri as he started to run in the opposite direction.
Yuri ran as fast as he could back and as he started to run at his maximum speed, his shoulder was grabbed by Tea who caught up with him, do to the fact that he had to stop and turn around because of the guards.
"Stop right there mister," said Tea as she pulled hard on Yuri's sweat shirt.
Yuri was pulled back but he didn't loose his balance, he was in trouble and he knew it. He was going to get caught and exposed, he couldn't let that happen. Yuri then got an idea, he quickly stopped and put his foot in front of Tea's leg, causing her to trip on the floor and loose her grip on him.
Yuri ran away and headed outside the stadium, he quickly hid behind and dumpster and took of his hooded sweat shirt. He then pretended to be weaker than he really was by putting his hand on the side of the dumpster. Tea then ran up and saw Yuri.
"Yuri? What are you doing here?" asked Tea.
"I…heard…that…there was…a three on one…duel…I wanted to see it," said Yuri weakly.
"Yuri…did the doctor release you?"
"No."
"Yuri, you should return to the hospital and get some sleep, believe me I'm glad that your out of your coma, however you shouldn't push yourself."
"Yes Aunt Tea."
"I want you to go back now, and have you seen anything suspicious?"
"Yeah, I saw this boy run by with a grin on his face, I didn't know where he was going but it looked like he was in a hurry."
"Which way did he go?"
"He went that way," said Yuri pointing to the west.
"Thanks Yuri, get some rest," said Tea as she ran away.
Yuri gave happy grin seeing Tea run away. He walked back to the hospital with a smile on his face he went back to the hospital room that he was assigned to find that a girl was put in the bed reading a book.
"Oh, I'm sorry for interrupting you, I must have the wrong room," said Yuri as he started to leave.
"Are you Yuri?" asked the girl.
"Uh, yeah I am, but how do you know my name?"
"The nurse is worried about you, you left without saying anything, we switched rooms, they were going to move you to my old room, but when they didn't find you they got all worried. I think they are still looking for you."
"Well, where is your old room?"
"It's the one right before this one; by the way, my name is Terra."
"Well, I'm sorry for interrupting your reading, I will leave now."
"It's alright, I just finished the chapter and it's a good place to stop for now, I haven't talked to anyone in a while, and I could really use the company."
"Alright," said Yuri as he sat down next to the bed.
"So, why did you sneak out?"
"I had to take care of some things, plus I knew they wouldn't let me go since I just woke up out of my coma."
"What happened to make you go into a coma?"
"I don't know…"said Yuri lying.
"Hmm well you must have partial amnesia I'm sure you will remember sooner or later.
"What about you? Why are you in the hospital?"
"I was saved from the service not too long ago…I have hid from Shrin and his minions for ten years…my family…wasn't so lucky," said Terra as she started to cry.
"I'm sorry, it seems like you need a friend more than ever. I will be here if you need anything," said Yuri as he comforted her with a hug.
"Thank you."
'What am I doing?' thought Yuri, 'I never held a woman in my life, why did I get the urge to hug her? And why don't I want to let go?'
"Yuri, you're the first friend that I have had in ten years. I'm sorry for crying like this, its just…I have been on my own for ten long years, always hiding, always hungry, always having to scourge for food, and always alone. When you said that you would be here for me, I didn't think that there were any good people left."
"Its must be a hell up above, I was taken in shortly after this resistance was formed, and I have been trained as a duelist, well we will be good friends, you can count on that."
"Thank you."
"Well, well, well Mr. Sleeping beauty has woken up and decided to disappear for a couple of hours," said the nurse who just walked in.
"Uh, hi nurse Lilly, it's good to see you again," said Yuri with a smile.
"Don't give me that, come on boy you're going back to your room."
"But I'm in my room."
"Not anymore, your room is over here, next to my office where I can keep on an eye on you."
"It's next to your office? But Terra said that it's right next to this room."
"Not since your disappearing act, I want you right where I can see you, now come on," said Nurse Lilly as she pulled Yuri's ear.
"I guess this is good bye Yuri," laughed Terra.
"Yeah, come on lover boy," said Nurse Lilly.
Yuri was taken to his room, which was next to the office down the hall from Terra's room. Yuri was happy that he made a new friend, there were hardly any kids his age and most people were adults who were duelists as teenagers training over the years to try to defeat Shrin, and the rest were old people who didn't know how to duel and liked to tell stories of the old days.
Yuri sat on the bed in the new room that he was given. He finally lied down and stared up at the ceiling. He took out his deck and took out the three Egyptian god cards and stared at them for a while. He wondered about a lot of things, mainly how he was going to defeat Shrin. Even though Tea was a great leader, she lacked the time when to attack. Yuri could always see why she was hesitant to attack Shrin, she had lost Yugi and she didn't want to loose anyone else.
Yuri finally put the god cards back into his deck, and closed his eyes. He was tired from that three way duel that he just won and almost getting caught by Tea didn't help him much. But to him he met a friend, someone that was his age, which was a rarity. He finally drifted off to sleep and began to dream.
"Yuri…Yuri…wake up, Yuri," said a voice.
Yuri opened his eyes to see Terra's face looking down on him; he then felt her hand petting his hair and forehead. She was smiling. Yuri smiled looking at her blue eyes and light brown hair. Her face was light and very beautiful. Yuri began to sit up but she stopped him.
"Just relax, you don't have to sit up right away, I can see that you're still tired."
"Ok, but what are you doing here?"
"I was bored reading, so I decided to come and see you, it was pretty easy to sneak pass the nurse's office."
"Yeah, I can agree with you there."
"You know, I'm glad that we met," said Terra as she hugged Yuri.
The door then opened. Tea, Tristan, Joey and Mai walked in. Joey seeing a girl over Yuri made him give a wild grin. Tea was kind of confused at first but then she started to smile. Tristan gave a loud laugh causing Terra to sit up quickly and look at the door. Yuri sat up and looked at the people who just came in.
"Uh…hi guys," said Yuri with a nervous voice.
"Well what do we have here? It looks like Yuri has himself a sweetie pie," laughed Joey.
"That's not it Joey, she is a friend, she wanted to see me because….well why did you want to see me Terra?"
"Well, I thought since you gave me a visit, I should give you a visit too. It's only fair right."
"Yeah, she came by to give me a friendly visit," said Yuri as his cheeks turn red.
"Since when friendly visits involved a hug like that, she was practically laying on top of you," said Joey with a laugh.
"So, who is your friend Yuri? Didn't I teach you manners on introducing people?" said Tea.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Terra this is my Aunt Tea, the one with the blond 80's hair cut is Joey, the guy next to him is Joey, and the long blond haired one is Mai, Guys this is Terra."
"Well, the doctor told me that you seem to be in great shape, we are here to take you out of here, and I'm sure you want to get out of here too," said Tea.
"What are you talking about Tea, he had a girl right on top of him, I think he wants to stay," said Tristan.
"Tristan get your mind out of the gutter and back on track you pompous dope," said Mai hitting the back of his head.
Everyone laughed at Tristan getting told by Mai, and Tea noticed once again the thing around Yuri's neck; the Millennium Puzzle. Tea quickly frowned at what she was going to do. She had to take back the puzzle and dismantle it again, or else people like Bakura could get it and use it for who knows what.
"Yuri…I have to take back what you have around your neck," said Tea.
"You mean my puzzle?"
"That is not your puzzle, it belongs to…"
"Yugi, I know…I know everything, even though you never told me how Yugi was sent to the shadow realm…I know because he told me," said Yuri holding the puzzle.
"Then Yuri, you know why I must take it."
"No, I promised the pharaoh that I would help him get Yugi back, and I will. I'm going to defeat Shrin and restore all that we once knew," said Yuri with confidence in his eyes.
"Yuri, I know your intensions are good, however your forgetting one little thing, Shrin has all three of the Egyptian god cards, there is no way you can hope to defeat him," said Joey.
"That's where your wrong…I will defeat him."
Joey saw Yuri's eyes filled with strength and determination. Joey then thought for a moment and got an idea. Joey pulled Mai and Tea aside and whispered to them what his plan was, Tea seemed reluctant at first, but them Joey assured her that they will be with Yuri and she finally agreed.
"Here's what were going to do Yuri. You look so determined to defeat Shrin that were going to give you a chance, apparently there is a rumor that the person who summoned Obelisk the Tormentor is Shrin, we couldn't find him when we tried to search for him in the city, so that means he must be at his castle planning for an attack. We got to strike before he does, so Mai, Tea and I are going to duel with you on a two on two duel, if you and your partner defeat your opponents team, we will go onto the attack tomorrow, but if you don't then we will train you until you can," said Joey
"But you claim we don't have much time, how do you plan on training him if Shrin already attacks?" asked Terra.
"Uh…I haven't thought about that," said Joey scratching his head.
"Then it will be like this, ready or not, were attacking tomorrow," said Yuri.
"Then let our practice duel get underway," said Mai.
"I'm ready, however, I have one request," said Yuri
"What is it?" asked Tea.
"It's going to be you three V.S. me," said Yuri.
"If you say so kid," said Mai
