Joy: Okay, this is it folks! The final chapter of Three Small Words. Notes at the end of the chapter for those of you who are curious. Now on to the finale!
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A week passed without Joy regaining her full memory. She would only get bits and pieces in dreams and conversations reminded her of something she may have heard before. But after over a week of not having a full memory, the female duelist was getting quite frustrated with herself.
Katilli could feel her light's emotions through their shared link and sympathized with her upset demeanor. At the moment, the spirit was in the kitchen fixing dinner while Joy was upstairs taking a long shower. Katilli wasn't the worlds greatest chef, but she did manage to avoid disaster. She was so involved with fixing the meal that she didn't hear the door open or someone come into the room.
Then she felt a familiar magical presence and turned quickly but cautiously. Then her face turned brighter when she saw that it was Bakura. "Husband, you should not sneak up on me like that."
Bakura chose not to respond to that. "Where is your light?" he asked instead.
"Upstairs, taking a shower."
"Good.," Bakura said with a sneer. "That means we are alone."
"Very funny." Katilli gave him a look.
A few moments pass in silence. Bakura noticed Katilli was not intent with just making dinner since his arrival. He raised a dominating eyebrow. "You seem distracted with something other than food preparation, Neko."
Katilli sighed. "You know me so well. But it is not your fault, dearest. It is that man who came in to Joy's office while I was there today. He has me all...preoccupied." It was true. Since Bakura came into the room, all Katilli could think about was that self-absorbed man who had dared to flirt with her in the office.
Bakura's expression suddenly changed. He snarled and his eyes narrowed dangerously. "Man..."
"Yes. Mr. Natasho Cho, I think his name was. Shady individual who wanted to give me a proposal."
"Proposal?" That only made Bakura even more infuriated. Who the hell does this asshole think he is proposing to my wife!
Um...Bakura? What is it? Ryou could feel the anger of his dark through their link, even though they were in separate rooms of the house.
A future resident of the Shadow Realm, hikari. That is all.
"Yes. but I told him I would not think Joy's father would go for it, so he settled for giving me this folder thing with papers in it."
Bakura thought that was odd, but did not ask about it. "...I see..."
"Then he kissed my hand and left."
Bakura's eye twitched. "Nani!"
Joy heard a shout and quickly finished getting dressed. What on earth is going on down there? I hope everything is okay... Just as she was about to head downstairs, something flashed in front of her eyes. She let out a loud gasp as she put a hand to her head. All sorts of memories started to flood back into her consciousness. Flash after flash of memory hit her like a ton of bricks.
"Aaahhhhhhhh!" she cried out, dropping to her knees on the floor.
Downstairs, Katilli heard her light cry out and rushed out of the room, Bakura behind her. "Joy? Are you all right?" She went to the girl's side. She was still on her knees...one hand on the floor to steady herself and the other one was placed at the side of her head. All of the sudden, Joy let out a gasp and lost consciousness completely. "Oh no!" She turned to Bakura, who had just joined her at the top of the stairs. "Bakura, stay here with her. I'm going to call an ambulance."
Katilli met Ryou downstairs. "Ryou, quickly! Call an ambulance!" Not asking any questions, Ryou rushed to the nearest phone and hurriedly dialed the number.
...Later...
Not again... Bakura muttered to Ryou.
Bakura! Show some sympathy! She could have been injured further than before!
Tch. Fine, Bakura snapped back.
Joy moaned as she slowly opened her eyes. "What...what happened?" she muttered, sitting up in the hospital bed carefully.
"Be careful, aibou. You took a nasty tumble."
"I did?" She paused a beat. "Oh! I remember!"
What a relief! Bakura said sarcastically.
Bakura!
"I remember everything! I got my memory back!"
"That is wonderful, my light!" Katilli said in relief.
"I gotta call everyone and tell them - especially Kaiba!" She grabbed the bedside phone and started dialing.
Bakura appeared in spirit form. "Whew! I am so glad that is over," Katilli said.
"Me too...now...about this Cho imbecile."
Katilli rolled her eyes with a groan.
...That next night...
Everyone gathered at Joy's house for a celebration to comemborate Joy's recovered memory. There was food, fun and music.Katilli and Bakura disappeared halfway through the night, but everyone had an idea as to where they went. At one point, Joy stood and raised her pop can. "I want to thank everyone. Without you, I may still be searching for my memories. You're all the best!
Everyone clapped and cheered.
Joy: There you go! The end of TSW aka Three Small Words.
Yugi: Um...Joy?
Joy: (blink) Yugi? What in the world are you doing here?
Yugi: Remember? You promised to finish The Game? The mini-story?
Joy: Oh yeah! So here we go!
Intermission - The Game
(Recap: Ryou is STILL jumping up and down, Seto sleeps with stuffed animals, Yami kissed Bakura's feet and Bakura has to say "You are mightier than me" to anyone who says his name.)
"It's Bakura's turn to spin," Joy said. Yami let out a laugh. "Oops! So sorry."
"Grrr...You are mightier than me...until I send your ass to the blasted Shadow Realm!"
"You will do no such thing," Katilli scolded. "Now spin the bottle."
Bakura spun and it landed on Joy. "Truth or dare, mortal."
Better pick truth, aibou.
No way! I'm no afraid of his ass! "Dare."
"Excellent. And I have just the dare for you. I dare you to be my personal servant for a week."
"What?" Everyone cried at once.
"No way, Bakura. That's silly," Yugi argued.
"You are mightier than me." Bakura glared. "I am doing your fucked up dare, squirt. It is only fair."
"You do not have to be that...tomb robber's servant," Yami said, glaring at Bakura, who smirked.
"Of course she does not. It is okay to admit you are afraid, Houyoku. Many would be."
"I'm not afraid of you. You got a deal. One week...when does it start?"
"Midnight. You better be ready."
"Fine. My spin." Joy spun the bottle and it lands on Katilli. The spirit blinks. "Oh...truth or dare, Katilli?"
"Um... I think I will choose dare."
"Okay...I dare you to...kiss Sorcerer on the lips!"
"N-Nani?" Aibou...why ask me to do that?
Joy shrugged. You don't want to?
Katilli's face turned a beat red. "Um...very well." Bakura's eyes narrowed dangerously as Katilli leaned over and kissed the high priest.
Oh, she is going to pay dearly for that... he muttered to himself.
"Your turn to spin, Katilli," Yugi informed her. Katilli did so and it stopped in front of Seto.
"Truth or dare, Kaiba?"
"...Dare."
Dare him to smile, Katilli.
Katilli put a hand to her mouth to stifle her laughter. Kaiba raised an eyebrow. "I dare you to stay off your compuer for twenty-four hours, starting at midnight tonight."
Seto looked like a deer caught in the headlights, but quickly contained his shock. "Tch. Fine. But I won't like it."
"One more spin, then I think we'll stop," Joy said. "Go ahead, Kiaba."
He spun the bottle and it landed on Ryou, who was still jumping up and down from his previous dare. "Truth or dare?"
"I think I'll pick truth this time," he said.
"If you had the ability to change one thing about your dark, what would it be?"
Yami leaned over and got close to Yugi's ear. "Everything," he whispered. Yugi smiled.
"Um...change? I...I don't know really."
"Do not worry if there are too many things to choose from, Ryou. Bakura has many faults."
"Grrr..." Bakura growled at the use of his name. "You are mightier than me."
"Yes, I know."
That caused Bakura to leap over and jump on Yami. Yugi and Joy had to work together to pull the two of them apart. "Okay, everyone. The game is over," Joy announced, glaring at the two darks. "You can all stay over at my place tonight if you want. After all, I have to start my dare at midnight, and so does Kaiba." She smiled over at the not-too-happy CEO.
Joy: Now that ends the mini-story and Three Small Words. I hope you have all enjoyed this story. Oh, I have a funny little fic out there you might want to read called "The Problem with Sugar Highs" I will also have some shorter stories and one-shots coming up before my next big project in my series. You wanna know more about that? If so, read below!
The next BIG project in my series is called "Pieces of the Puzzle" and it pulls out all the stops readers! Here is a short plot summary:
Jesse Smith (remember her? From Total Eclipse?) is back! And she has shattered the Millennium Puzzle into it's many pieces and scattered them across the world! Now it is up to Joy and Yugi to get them back. Will they get all the pieces or will Jesse take them down first? There will be dueling and drama in this one!
I plan to have that story up probably by the first or second week of May. In the meantime, I will be working on it and posting other short stories on YGO and my original story on to stay in touch and review!
