Tears of Red Eyes

by: Shintaro Korya

Note: Hey ya'll! Chapter 2 is up.

Domino City Hospital

Inside the hospital are Yugi, Tristan, Serenity, Mai and for some reason, Kaiba. It would be a bit odd seeing Kaiba visit one of yugi's friends but for some reason, he insisted on visiting.

"Let me guess, did the bumbling idiot stand on top of the TV again?" asked Kaiba as he slightly laughed and sat on the nearby couch. Yami then confronts Kaiba.

"Are you here to visit Joey or just to add insult to injury?" replied Yami as he was starting to get ticked off. "Joey's still unconscious you know! Show some respect."

"Hmph! Whatever you say Yugi." Kaiba begins to stand up and leave but before he did... "Give this to Joey. This might snap him out of his unconsciousness." Kaiba thows a card towards Yugi and he caught it. He is surprised to see what it is.

"Isn't this your Blue Eyes White Dragon Card? You need three don't you?" asked a shocked Yugi to his rival. He can't think of any reason of why kaiba would let Joey have his Blue Eyes Card.

"You'll know why. Just give it to him." Kaiba leaves the hospital on his limo and heads back to Kaiba Corp. Minutes after Kaiba left, Yami hears Yugi's voice from within.

"What is it partner?" asked Yami as he still held Kaiba's prized card.

"I don't know why, but I think I know the reason Kaiba giving Joey his Blue Eyes White Dragon card. I think he wants Joey to remember that they have "unfinished" business with each other." replied Yugi. He recalled that in the past, Joey has never won against Kaiba in a duel. "Maybe, if Joey sees this card, it might help in waking him up."

"That sounds a bit theoretical to me but it sure is worth a try." Yugi then takes Yami's place and sees Joey's doctor coming out of the operating room.

"Your friend is still unconscious but we can assure you that he'll be alright. He'll be moved to room 5. You may visit him there." said the doctor to the group. Yugi and the others walk to room 5.

Room 5

Upon entering room 5, the gang see Joey still in a state of unconsciousness. Serenity rushes to Joey's side.

"Brother, please don't die on me!" cried Serenity as the others sweatdropped.

"Uh Serenity, Joey has always landed on his head on so many occassions. He wouldn't die THAT easily." said Mai jokingly, trying to cheer Serenity up. "Besides, your brother is strong. Remember what happened when he faced Marik?" Serenity starts to recall the time when Joey lost to Marik...

"I sure hope you're right Mai." As they talked, Yugi places the card next to Joey.

"I hope my theory works." whispered Yugi to himself as he watched his best friend lying on the hospital bed. "Joey..." What they don't know is that deep within Joey's mind, he is wandering around, not knowing what just happened to him.

"Where the heck am I?" asked the bewildered Joey as he walked across a very long roadway leading to an ancient Pyramid. He walks inside and makes his way through a very long maze. "Creepy..." Just as he turned around, the entrance behind him suddenly collapses, blocking it completely. "Aww man! I guess I've got to press onward..."

Room 5

Back in the room, Tristan notices that Joey is moving slightly.

"Hey Yugi, look! I think Joey is starting to move." Tristan then points at Joey's arm. Yugi and the others see that it is twitching slightly.

"Do you think he's waking up?" asked Mai.

"I guess so." Yugi is then interrupted by his alter ego.

"He's trapped within his dreams." said Yami to his partner as he stood by Yugi's side, crossing his arms. Yugi then let's Yami take over. "I think I can get in touch with him you guys.

"How?" asked Serenity.

"I'll use my Millenium Puzzle to go inside his mind and find him. That way, I might be able to wake Joey up."

"But Yugi, don't you think that if you go inside his mind, you might get lost?" Tristan asked worried. "I mean, he can think of a lot of weird things."

"I won't get lost. Besides, I've don this before so trust me."

"Alright. Good luck." Yami asks the three to step away a little and focuses onto Joey's mind.

"I hope this works." A very strong light shines around him and just like that, he vanishes.

Joey's Mind

As Joey continued to walk inside the pyramid, he accidentally steps on a panel, activating a trap door. He grabs onto the ledge.

"Dang! What a way to go! I can't die like this!" said Joey as he started to feel his fingers slipping. As he started to lose his grip...

"JOEY!" yelled an unknown figure wearing a long hood as it lept near the hole and grabbed Joey's arm. Using all of his/her strength, it helped Joey get out of the trap door. As Joey turned to look at his rescuer, he saw that it was actually...

"Hey, you're..." The unknown figure removed the hood from it's head, revealing that it's actually "Yugi! I knew it was you. How'd you get here?"

"I used my powers to go inside your mind." said Yami as he patted the dust from his pants. "Anyway, where are we?"

"I guess we're inside some sort pyramid."

"Ahh... memories..." Yami said to himself, trying to remember his past but obviously still can't. "Anyway, we'd better get out of here.

"You're right." Yami Yugi and Joey walk across the long hallway and see a light coming from the far north.

"That must be the exit!"

"In that case, let's go!"

End

Will Joey be able to wake up? Is Tristan going to have more lines? Will I shave my goatee? don't ask Find out in the next chapter guys! BYE! XD