JK: This chapter was going to be called 'Once More, With Feeling…' and was, as usual, going to be dedicated to Dave. However, due to the Tsunami, I have decided to change the name and dedication, for just one chapter.
This chapter has not been beta-read (viri are evil little things), so please forgive any mistakes.
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Dear Doctor
Entry Collection no. 9: Kak, kak, ada monster!
Subtitled (Indonesian): Brother, brother, there's a monster!
Dedicated to all those who have suffered or died in the recent Tsunami. Please, give generously to your nearest charity. As the saying goes, every penny counts.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!, and I am neither a doctor nor an engineer.
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Dear Journal,
It is said that being a good person means that you can look into a mirror and not wince at what you see reflected there.
Well, there aren't any mirrors around here, but I'm certainly wincing.
It's the glare from that light. It came from the top of the tower, where Kaiba-sama is currently Dueling Motou-san.
Oh, didn't I mention that light before? It started about the time that Honda-san picked up Jounouchi-san and dragged him to the window, so I will admit that I was a trifle preoccupied at the time.
Speaking of Honda-san, I still have not managed to get him to return Jounouchi-san to his hospital bed. The only good thing that I can say about the current arrangement is that the more vital monitors are still attached to Jounouchi-san's personage. If they weren't, I would have ordered one of the security guards to forcibly remove Honda-san from the room.
Actually, that's still an option. I could get the one who's just come into the room to do that-
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Later…
Mokuba-sama has just sent one of the security guards down to tell me that the mainland did receive our distress call, and are sending a medical team and some mechanics right away. They should be here soon, which is good.
I have decided against asking this new security guard to deal with Honda-san.
Okay, so I didn't exactly have much choice in the matter. He just gave me Mokuba-sama's message, and explained that the P.A. system was on the blink, possibly due to the engineer's inventive forms of repair. In other words, they borrowed a few wires to rebuild the radio, and the engineer isn't quite sure which decks are out of commission. He's apparently a specialist in travel, not communication.
In any case, the guard left rather quickly, presumably to avoid having me tell him to drop in on Mathews-san. I gather that he's not too popular around here.
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Later…
The light has faded a little now and I can hear the distant chopping noise of a helicopter. Or maybe it's just wishful thinking. We are quite a way off from the mainland, and they'd have to be going at speeds not recommended for that particular aircraft to reach here so quickly.
Am I going crazy, or did Jounouchi-san react when the light started to go down? He's being held up in front of the window, and I'm sure I just heard him groan.
I'm just going to get a little closer, see what's going on over-
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Later…
My hunch was correct: Jounouchi-san did groan. In fact, he's coming to!
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Later…
It seems that I was right earlier, when I wrote that I could hear the distant sound of a helicopter. It's just landed, and the medical team are almost here.
But I fear they arrive too late to do anything.
Jounouchi-san, strange as it is, has made a full recovery in the wake of that strange light.
What this is going to do for my reputation amongst the emergency medics, I have no idea.
In any case, I've sent them to look after Kujaku-san and Rashiid-san. That ought to keep them preoccupied enough.
That can't be possible, can it? I'm sure I'm not seeing things right.
There can't possibly be a giant red dragon winding itself around the tower, can there? Nor is it likely that there's a giant blue creature standing up so tall as to almost touch the clouds… or is it?
When I was a child, my father used to read me bedtime stories. I used to love all the old tales, but particularly the ones about Dragons. It didn't matter where they were from, as long as it had a Dragon in it. St. George and the Dragon was different from all the others, because the dragon was big and bulky, not smooth and sleek like the ones in the pictures here. The Hobbit's Smaug didn't truly count in my book. Sigurd the Dragonslayer was my favourite western tale, because the picture of the dragon was so much like the Chinese image – closer to snake than flying lizard.
It is Sigurd's dragon that I see now, sleek and dangerous, but not green as it was in the Nordic myth, instead a brilliant red.
I-it's a monster!
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JK: Wow! 721 words! I rule!
We're getting closer to the end of this little tale, folks, but the series won't end here. Next up will either be 'Hello Nurse!' starring Omi and/or Hana, or another fic (that I haven't given a name yet, but is likely to involve Karate in some way) starring Gregory Mathews. I hope that the 'Underpaid and Under-appreciated Underlings' Arc will go down well – but I'll need the help of all my reviewers. So, if you particularly want to see Omi, Hana, Mathews, or a different throwaway character do something, tell me, and I'll do what I can to make it happen!
Note: It has to be a proper throwaway character. None of them can have a past life in Ancient Egypt, and none of them get to turn into Mary-Sue type characters. I mean this. Just the ground rules.
Of course, I get to break those rules any time I like, but I want to make sure that I'm not straying into Mary-Sue territory, so I made those rules up. The longer I go without breaking those rules, the less of a Mary-Sue anyone will be… I hope.
Can our Hero see the God monsters? Yes, yes he can. Is he going to pretend to himself that he was just hallucinating, and seriously needs a break from the day-to-day problems of working for Seto Kaiba? I'm not telling yet! Muhahahahahahaha! You'll all just have to read on and find out.
Until next time, may the Force be with you!
JK Fie'r