Chapter 25: Never Thought of That

You didn't disappoint him, Rya. Yugi thought and went back downstairs to find Joey, Mokuba and Kaiba all in the kitchen. Joey was eating his fourth meal while Mokuba watched in slight disgust, as Kaiba continued mumbling about how stupid Joey was. They all looked up to see Yugi walk in with his head down.

"How she doin' Yug?" Joey asked after swallowing his fourth sandwich whole.

"Well she finally woke up. But she's really upset. She feels like she let Yami down," Yugi replied sitting at the counter.

"Poor Rya. It's not fair that other girl won! Can't we do something about this Seto?" Mokuba asked him.

"As far as I'm concerned, I have nothing more to do with this entire incident." Kaiba replied gruffly.

"What! Are you kidding me Kaiba? You know you could've helped her out more in that duel and maybe none of this would've happened! I can't believe you won't even help her out!" Joey yelled.

"Shutup Chihuahua. What I meant was, there's nothing more for me to do. It's up to Rya now," he said.

"What do you mean Kaiba?" Yugi asked since Joey was mumbling how he wasn't a Chihuahua.

"Exactly what I just said. It's up to her to fix this mess, not us." Kaiba replied. Yugi and the others still looked confused. Kaiba heaved a tired sigh and explained, "Last I checked, the duel never officially ended, did it?" Yugi and Mokuba's eyes widened, while Joey still didn't get it. "From what you told me Yugi, their arrangement was that if Rya won, that slut could never bother Yami again. If what's-her-face won, not only did she get a date, but Rya could never see Yami again, correct?" Yugi nodded yes and waited for him to continue. "Well according to the rules, as long as at least one of the tag-team members is standing, the duel is on. But Lisa dragged Yami off before the duel could officially be over. So technically, even though Rya didn't win, Lisa didn't win either." Yugi's frown turned into a smile, and was actually close to hugging Kaiba.

"Kaiba you're a genius!" Yugi exclaimed as Mokuba was actually the one to hug his brother.

"Hn. It's just common sense," Kaiba told them, but rubbed the top of Mokuba's head.

"I'm going to go tell her! Rya will be so happy!" Yugi cheered and was already running up the stairs. He knocked on the door hurriedly to hear no answer. "Rya! I've got some wonderful news!" he said happily. A long silence followed after. "Rya? May I come in?" he asked a little softer. Pretty soon, the silence was getting to him. He slowly opened the door, and looked to find no one there. No one was in the bathroom either. Yugi felt a cool breeze blowing in, and gasped to see the wide open balcony doors. "Rya!" he cried out and ran to find her no where in sight. Oh no! She's gone! Yugi ran down the stairs with a look of pure fear on his face. "Rya's gone!" he yelled.

"What do you mean 'gone'?" Joey asked getting worried.

"She must've gone off the balcony and climbed down the wall!" Yugi exclaimed.

Kaiba got on the phone and told his security to search the premises for Rya. "They should find her soon enough. No need to get excited," he told the others.

Yugi just rolled his eyes and pulled out his cell phone. He knew someone who would want to know about the current situation. Yugi listened to it ring and ring, getting impatient at the wait for an answer.

"Hello?" a solemn voice answered.

"Yami? It's Yugi. I'm calling you about Rya," Yugi told him carefully.

"What! What happened? Is she all right?" Yami asked quickly. Yugi went on to tell Yami everything that happened since Rya woke up, including the technicality about the match. "So she went off the balcony? Yugi we have to find her! I'm going to look for her! Call me if you find anything!" Yami hung and ran out of the house to find that it was raining heavily. This is just like the day of that horrible storm and I was on my way to meet...Rya. Oh no, she wouldn't! Yami ran to the only place he could think of to find the woman he loved. Please Rya! Hold on!

Meanwhile Rya was already where she wanted to be. She was on the ledge where she first saw Yami fall off and saved his life. She remembered that day clearly, being the day she met the man she loved. All the times they laughed and smiled and talked together. But now, they would never be able to do that again. Rya looked out over the water, which looked angry and wild from the storm. The rain poured heavily on her, soaking right through her clothes onto her skin. She realized that now, there wouldn't be any times for them to laugh, smile or talk together again. I don't deserve Yami. I failed him, and caused him so much trouble. At least this way, he can be happy the way he wants to be. She thought sadly as she allowed one last tear to fall. She lifted her foot to take one final step.

"Rya!" a voice shouted. Rya stopped in mid-step and turned to see Yami running along the beach below her. "Rya stop! Please don't do this!" Yami begged her.

"Yami? Yami what are you doing here! You'll get sick if you stay out here!" Rya yelled to him.

"Rya I beg of you! Please come down! Don't end your life this way!" Yami pleaded and held his arms open for her. "Please come down here with me!" Rya could see even from where she was the distressed look in his eyes. She was the one causing that distress, something she did not want to do.

"Yami..." she said quietly, being drowned out by the wind and rain. Suddenly, she felt the ground beneath her breaking. Rya looked down to see the ledge cracking under her feet.

"RYA!" Yami cried and ran closer to the ledge. Rya didn't even have a chance to call back to him before she fell down into the untamed water. Yami took no more than a second to run into the water and find her. He saw a hand sinking through the surface. "I'm coming, Rya! Hold on!" he yelled swimming to her. Her hand disappeared into the water just as Yami tried to reach her. Yami took a deep breath and went under to see Rya sinking deeper, away from him. Yami swam further and grabbed her wrist. Yami pulled her to his body and swam them both to the surface. Yami did his best to fight against the waves, seeing how close they were to the shore. I have to get her to shore! I don't care if I survive or not, but please get her to shore! He begged in his mind. A sudden glow surrounded them both, when Yami looked to see that they were back on the shore. He looked down to see a knocked out Rya in his arms. A small line of blood was running from a wound on her forehead. He held her tight to him, allowing tears to fall onto her face. "Rya..." he cried. Yami lifted her into his arms and tried getting her back to the mansion as fast as he could.

A/N: Hey everybody. I know, it's been over a month since I last updated. Hopefully that won't be the case for the next update. If anyone has any questions or suggestions, please feel free to let me know. Love you all! And RIP Eddie Guerrero. :)