Wish You Were Here

Chapter 19:

After all the helicopters and vans were gone, their were two things that were done. Number one being that an organization of underground scientists showed up out of no where and were desperately wanting a mysterious 'missing link'. After a few minutes of confusion, everyone explained that it was merely an old man and nothing more. The scientists understood but wanted to take him in for some tests, anyway. So, off Grandpa went, without much resistance.

The second thing done was that an ambulance was called for 'Papa'. Right before the group left, they made sure that he was properly taken care of and then they got in their beat up Mercedes and began the long drive back home. Marik was not as taken care of as 'Papa' was, though. He was bandaged with Malik's shirt and was laying propped up on the door handle, in the back seat. His head resting on Malik's lap, Marik just wouldn't stop complaining…

"I'm telling you, Malik, I'm in agony!" Marik wailed, "Do I have to spell it out for you? A-G-O-N-Y!"

"Ugh…"

"I'll be wounded for life. I had the most perfect body up until today. And now I'm gonna have an awful, ugly scar right below my right kneecap."

"Marik-"

"I seriously thought I was going to die… All I could see was a bunch of white lights and then… nothing. I thought I heard some angel's singing, but that might have just been Bakura's girlish screams."

Bakura cackled, "Yeah right, Marik. The only girlish screams I heard were yours." He mimicked Marik, in an obscenely good impersonation, "Oh, oh! My leg! Somebody, help me! Please! Oh, oh! Hold me!"

"Come over here and say that to my face!"

Malik grinned, "Marik, if you're going to keep this up, you can ride in the trunk. I don't think it hurts all that much. And even if it does, you should be proud."

"…Proud?"

"Yes, because you did it for a somewhat noble cause."

"Noble…?" Marik looked at Yami, who was peaking over the front seat, "Oh, you mean him! I didn't do it to save him! Yuck! I did it because the gun was pointing at his forehead and I didn't want the Pharaoh's brains all over me!"

"Yeah, sure…" Malik rolled his eyes.

Yami hadn't stopped apologizing to Marik since they left. By now it was getting rather annoying.

"I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry, Marik, honest! Really, really! I'll do anything! Just name it, I am at your beckon call! No job too big or small! You name it, and I mean, I'm there, baby. Anything! Anything! Anything!"

Marik and Malik had a joint idea and grinned at Yami. Marik said, smoothly, "Give me your millennium puzzle and we'll call it even."

Yami looked a little surprised. He turned his head and looked at his hikari with asking eyes. Yugi gasped and shouted, "NO!"

Yami sighed along with Marik and Malik. They shrugged at Yugi's glare in the rearview mirror, "It was worth a try."

"I think it's a good experience for you, Marik." Ryou said as he leaned back, "That which does not kill us makes us stronger. And, of course, you knew you weren't going to die from that. For Ra's sake, it's only a flesh wound." He leaned back further and poked Marik's leg through his pants.

"AAHH!" Marik screamed as Ryou giggled and continued to poke it, "MAKE HIM STOP!"

Bakura grinned and looked at his hikari, "Oh, and Ryou, I was very impressed with your performance… I had no idea you had it in you to be… that way. It was really good."

"Thanks, I've just been watching you a lot and it just… rubbed off on me, I guess. No big, just instinct… I think."

"Instinct or no instinct… in was pretty cool. The only thing you were missing was a dagger…"

Ryou blushed, "I-I could never have a… Well, I have been thinking…"

A wide grin came over Bakura's face, "R-Really? That's great, Ryou! We'll go get one right away! What's your favorite color? It's blue, right? We could get a matching one to mine, only with blue Egyptian symbols, and you know, I was thinking about getting myself another one so we can both get a large!" He took in a deep breath, "What do you think?"

"A-Ah, Bakura, you're scaring me…"

"Chill, Bakura," Marik sighed, "Ryou's not as sadistic as you are."

"Shut up, Marik, before I really give you something to whine about!"

"Whatever."

Yugi rolled his eyes at the two arguing, then went back to watching the scenery go by. As the trees stopped coming so fast and the grass took over more, a thought entered Yugi's mind. "Hey!" He blurted out, grabbing everyone's attention.

"What is it, Yugi?" Ryou asked.

"Remember when… when we were at the Ranger's Station and, Ryou, you asked what else was said? (They all nodded) Then we tapped into our item's power… if S.W.A.T hadn't come, would we have really sent that man to the shadow realm? I mean, really? Or were we just, like, trying to scare him?"

Malik tilted his head and sat back, "… Um… I don't know what you guys were doing, but I definitely would've."

Ryou nodded, "I was serious as well. Yugi…?"

He nodded, "I have no idea why. Ra knows Yami isn't terribly bright. And he's not always the bravest thing in creation, but… Yeah, I would've sent that Ranger to the shadow realm any day of the week."

Bakura wiped away an imaginary tear, "I think I'm going to cry."

"Hey, what do you mean by not terribly bright, Yugi?" Yami asked.

They waited for a second, but no one in the front seat heard a reply from Marik. They looked back to see what was going on and, to their surprise, Marik's face was buried in Malik's lap and sobs could be heard.

Malik was rolling his eyes, "Yeah… He's crying. This is so embarrassing…"

Marik looked up, "I-I am not c-crying…! It… That was j-just so damn beautiful… AaAAaaAA…! Augh…"

Yami turned around, ignoring the other blubbering yami in the backseat, and looked at Yugi solemnly, "Um… Yugi, I have something for you."

"Really? What is it?"

He sighed and took the cell phone off from around his neck and put it in his hikari's hands. Yugi looked really confused, so Yami explained, "I wasn't very good. I wasn't as responsible as I know you wanted. So, here you go, I'm giving your cell phone back to you."

"What? Oh, Yami, you've got to be the most ridiculous person that I've ever met! C'mon, do you really think you weren't responsible? You did great! Marik and Bakura emerged virtually unharmed and it was all because of you, Yami."

"Uh… I-I, but Grandpa…!"

"Grandpa will be fine," Yugi scratched his head, "And yes, I did have a big scare at first but then I realized that Grandpa is old. When your time has come, your time has come. But… anyway, my point is, you did get him back. You disserve this."

The cell phone was placed back around Yami's neck and he fell into pure bliss. Screaming over and over again, "I did it! Yugi thinks I'm the Responsible One! He does, he told me!"

Marik and Bakura jointly told him to shut up.

Seven hours passed by extremely quickly. It was getting close to sunset, and the trees were growing darker in the shadows of the warm, orange sun. A gentle breeze swayed the loose and chipped paint of the once black Mercedes as it slowly pulled up into the driveway of Bakura and Ryou's house. They were the first two to be dropped off.

In the process of the long road trip, much moving around had been done and by the time they were back in Domino City, the hikaris were all up front and the (for some reason) silent yamis were all in back.

Ryou opened the car door, "Well, you guys…" He sighed as he got out, "It's been a blast, but I think next time we should take them with us, so this kind of thing doesn't happen anymore."

Yugi agreed, "They probably almost killed each other over the weekend. We're lucky. But, I don't think our 'bonding' plan worked very well. They still don't like each other at all."

"Next time we'll know better."

Malik and Yugi nodded, "Oh yeah."

"Hmm, c'mon, Bakura." Ryou called into the backseat, "Let's go home."

There was no response.

"Bakura."

Still nothing.

This time, all three hikaris called their yami's name and there was no response. Ryou opened the side door and looked inside, "Bakura, what are you… Oh! Ah ha ha ha ha!"

Malik, followed by Yugi looked back and their reaction was just as Ryou's. It seemed that Marik, Bakura, and Yami had fallen asleep. Bakura was in the middle of the seat, arms stretched over his head, while Yami's head was leaning on his shoulder and Marik was under Bakura's other arm, with his wounded leg elevated, leaning on and covering Yami's face.

Malik raised his eyebrows after they stopped laughing, "So, what was that about our bonding plan?"

"…We should do this more often."

THE END…

Her Sweetness: Ah, the wonders of an ending. Well, I sure hope you liked this little fic of mine. (Judging by the reviews, I'd say you've grown pretty fond of it.)

Now, I would like to tell you something. It's been about a year since I actually started writing fanfics and I think I want to celebrate! Yes, let's. Here's what I've got for you…

Further down this page, I will post titles, starring characters, genres and estimated chapters. Check that out, then, read below that for what's going on.

1.) Call On Me - Marik/Malik Yami/Yugi Ryou/Bakura Humor. Est. chapters: 15-20

2.) Deep Blooper Sea - Marik/Malik Humor. Est. chapters: 10-17

3.) Yamis Of The Dead - Everyone Humor. Est. chapters: 20

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