Chapter Eleven: More Death
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh so quit bugging me about it or I'll sic my Dragon on you lawyers!
DM: Well the more I thought about it, the more I realized that not everyone was hurt in one-way or another. I mean yeah, friends and family had died but not for a couple of people so this one is going to focus on them until their deaths.
Dragon: Can I play now?
DM: This is my companion since the days of Atlantis, Dragon. She's real friendly if you stay on her good side but she gets agitated real easily so I suggest you don't make her mad. Trust me, not a pretty sight. –points to a crispy lawyer-
Dragon: If I can't play then you can't talk until you finish this chapter. Now write, Maiden.
DM: -rolls her eyes- Fine, here's chapter eleven. Okay just a warning, some of you will flame me for this chapter and others won't, either way, it's fine by me. I'll accept both because with flames, Dragon (pyro maniac) will be happy and compliments I always accept so either way. Flame or not, it's up to you guys.
Yugi was having nightmares about what he had witnessed the night before. Death, his friends either wounded or dead, and he couldn't help them. His crush was dead and he wasn't there to protect her. Why was all of this happening? Yugi woke up, startled by Yami cocking a gun. He stood up and stretched. Looking around him, Yugi realized that they weren't out of danger and that this will continue until the bodies of the undead rot. "Kaiba, how long does it take bodies to rot?" he asked the teenaged CEO.
Seto looked up at the short duelist and thought about it for a second. "From three to four years. If the glass in Wal-Mart wasn't so flimsy, we would have stuck it out through there," Seto replied. He looked to his little brother. If they were still in Wal-Mart, Mokuba would be playing video games and acting like a normal kid again but no, those fucking zombies had to push the glass out of the panes. Either way, life would never be the same.
Yugi nodded at Seto's answer and went to go get a bottle of water. Getting out of the cooler, he started to think about his grandfather. Was he safe? Did zombies get to him as well? No, he thought, he's to far out in the desert for zombies to reach him. Maybe he is safe, maybe they can't reach him. But then he would still die because the desert doesn't have any water, Yugi thought as he slowly drank the cold water. Ah the irony.
Yami looked at his hikari and knew exactly what he was thinking. Sullivan Muto was gone and Yugi was trying to think of how he was. Without warning, a large grasshopper landed on his shoulder. Brushing it off, Yami stood up. A low groan was heard and he whipped around to see Weevil Underwood. The dog went nuts with her barking. She could smell that something was wrong and barked her head off, until Mai hushed her. Weevil didn't look like himself, he was paler and something was defiantly not right. "Weevil?" he asked aloud, startling the others either out of their sleep or out of their skins.
Weevil looked up and the glare of his glasses shined away and revealed his dead eyes. They were blood shot, giving the duelist an eerie feel around him. Weevil looked at the person near him. Yugi Muto. With a hiss, Weevil lunged at the other short duelist and bit his neck, letting the blood gush everywhere.
"YUGI!" Yami shouted and pulled the dead bug duelist off of Yugi. With one shot in the head from Seto, Weevil fell down and never stirred. "Yugi? Yugi? Yugi, answer me!" Yami yelled, trying to save his hikari. Yugi fluttered his eyes and then closed them with a sigh. Yami started to cry and stood away from his hikari. With his gun pointing straight at Yugi's head, Yami waited until the young duelist came back. Yugi opened his eyes and was about to raise his head to eat, Yami fired the gun and looked away from the bloody mess he made.
Bakura had watched the whole thing and realized what wasn't happening. Yugi's spirit was gone. "Pharaoh, is Yugi in that puzzle of yours?" he asked the crying former ruler. Yami tried to see if Yugi was but the young boy was lost. Shaking his head no, Bakura and Marik suddenly felt horrible for Yami. With the hikaris unable to go to the Items like the yamis, then what would the darkness do with out the light?
Mai lowered her head and tried not to cry for her friend but tears were pouring out faster now. All of her friends were dying. Mokuba also couldn't help but cry as well. Yugi was a great friend and he treated him like a little brother even though they were the same height.
Seto lowered his head and looked away. Yugi was a tough challenge and no that he was gone, not counting Yami, whom else would he be a rival with? Yugi was the King of Games and an undefeated champion. Nothing they could do would bring the King of Games back and return to normal.
Tristan had looked away as he remembered the good and bad times he had with Yugi. First he was a bully until Yugi saved him. Then they were friends throughout Duelist's Kingdom. And even through the threat of the world being lost twice in a year by Marik and Dartz, they were always friends. But now, it was different, Yugi and Joey were gone and the two of them were like brothers, and with Tristan and Tea, they were family. Everything had changed thanks to the dead bug duelist.
It wasn't fair anymore. This went on long enough. The zombies had to go. Everyone was pissed now. Yami grabbed a jacket and was about to run off into the woods until a hand had caught his shoulder. "Don't do it. If you run off and die, then who would I go against next?" Seto asked with a small grin. Yami lowered his head and sighed. This was going to be a hard life without Yugi to help him.
Mai walked over to Bakura and almost felt sorry but still looked pissed. "Look, sorry for what happened. But this doesn't mean that I like you," Mai snapped. Bakura nodded his agreement and let Ryou take over. "At least you'll be safe until he gets another body. Then I'll start to worry whether or not you'll make it through all of this because with the others being dead, I don't know what I'll do if another friend dies," Mai said as she walked away. Ryou smiled slightly and went off to one of the cars. They had to get going or else zombies that were attracted to the blood would surround them.
With eight people left, traveling became a lot easier. They weren't all crowded in one car with no breathing room, or having to sit with the stuff either on them or hoping that they wouldn't tip over through the ride. Seto and Mokuba decided to ride together from now on and Serenity and Tristan was with them. Marik/Malik and Bakura/Ryou were riding with Mai, Mai's dog and Yami. None of them had said a word since Yugi's death. Marik had driven them through Domino city one last time before the try to go to another part of Japan. Or maybe they could wait it out while in the woods. Well whatever they choose, they still needed more supplies when they ran out.
Marik wanted to see how bad everything looked so he set off for Domino. Kaiba Corp. didn't look so good. The windows were either broken or stained with blood. The homes didn't look good either. Ryou's apartment was ransacked and so was Yugi's. The Kaiba mansion was filled with zombies and whatever was left in Domino was probably never going to be gotten back. The amusement parks, arcades, everything, they were destroyed and no one was alive at all.
After passing the outskirts of Domino, the group had mentally decided to go somewhere away from their desecrated city. All of them knew the consequences of leaving behind a city and all of their belongings, especially the major duelist's decks. Life was changed and it was probably never going to get better.
DM: As I have said before, I accept flames. Sorry for the confusion if there ever was any about my mislabel of this fic, I saw some dark humor in it but I changed it. Anyways, please review.