Chapter 20: Stay By Me

Anzu drove over to the hotel where Serenity was staying. Serenity couldn't stay over at Anzu's place since Anzu's mother and sister had a problem with their relationship. Joey didn't have a room for her. It was just him and his father so he didn't have to worry about three people. They only had a two bedroom house.

Anzu parked in the parking lot and quickly got out of the car. She ran inside the hotel glad that it was open 24 hours a day. She knew Serenity's room number so she quickly ran up the stairs ignoring the angry yells from the other people staying there.

She got to Serenity's door and banged on it a few times. "Seren! Wake up!" There wasn't a response for a few seconds but Serenity soon opened the door and gave Anzu a puzzled look. Why was Anzu there so early in the morning?

"What's wrong babe?" Serenity asked rubbing her eyes.

"It's Yugi! He's in the hospital!" Anzu yelled and pushed Serenity inside the hotel room. "Yami found Yugi at his doorstep. Yugi was bleeding to death and now he's in the hospital! Yami's letting the doctors use his blood since they don't have any of Yugi's blood.

"That's horrible!" Serenity exclaimed as Anzu pushed Serenity into the bedroom.

"Get dressed! Quickly he needs us!" Anzu said quickly and Serenity nodded quickly getting dressed into some jeans and a shirt. She didn't care if Anzu saw her. They were dating after all.

The group got to the hospital five minutes later. They saw Seto sitting in a chair next to the worried Mokuba. Joey ran over to Seto and pulled him into a hug while Tristan went to go sit in a chair. Anzu looked through the window to the room and instantly regretted it. There were two beds. Yami lay on one and Yugi lay on the other. There were so many doctors in the way that she barely got a glimpse of Yugi but she saw that he was covered in blood and still bleeding. Yami lay on the other bed with his left arm outstretched. There was a needle in his arm that connected to a thin clear tube where his blood could be seen. There was another needle in Yugi's arm and the tube connected to Yugi's arm and Yami's blood went into Yugi's veins. Yami's face was pale and he had an oxygen mask over his face.

"Poor guys," She whispered as she walked over to the chair next to Serenity. "I hope they'll be okay."

"Don't worry, I'm sure they'll be fine." Serenity said softly pulling Anzu into a hug. Joey sat next to Seto and Tristan sat next to Anzu. They were all prepared for a long night that lay ahead of them.

It had taken them a while but the doctors finally managed to get all of the bullets out of Yugi's stomach and get the bullet out of his shoulder. They managed to clean all his wounds and stop the bleeding. They had then closed the wounds and bandaged his wounds.

The doctors took the needle from Yami's arm and waited for all of the blood to drain into Yugi's arm until they pulled the needle out of Yugi's arm. They then started to put everything away and wheel the two beds out of the room and down to the ICU where they would have a close eye on them.

"Are they okay?" Anzu asked and Dr. Frost glanced at the group sitting there with worry.

"I want to wait for Yami to wake up before I explain Yugi's condition." Dr. Frost replied as she followed the group of doctors down the hall. Anzu got a glimpse of Yami. His face was more paler and he had an oxygen mask over his face helping him breathe. He was unconscious due to all of the blood he had lost giving it to Yugi.

"It must be rough for him," Serenity said softly as she rested the side of her head against Anzu's shoulder. "He's pretty brave to give Yugi more blood knowing that he could possibly die from blood loss."

"Yeah, but he's also strong." Joey pointed out with a faint smile on his face. "I'm sure he's fine. Yami wouldn't let some'ting like this take him down. He's a fighter, no doubt about it."

Yugi weakly opened his eyes but instantly shut them tight in pain. Everything hurt, especially his torso. His chest felt tight and his breathing felt limited. He didn't know why thought. He looked over to his right and saw Yami laying there with an oxygen mask over his face. What was wrong with Yami? He wasn't hurt, so why was he laying there unconscious?

"Ya...mi..." Yugi whispered weakly. He felt exhausted and his throat felt dry from coughing up all that blood. But he had to know that Yami was okay.

Yami opened his eyes and stared at the white ceiling of the hospital waiting for his vision to clear. He felt drained, lightheaded, and exhausted. Probably effects from donating all his blood. But it was worth it.

He slowly looked over to his left and saw Yugi laying there, awake. Worry and pain was written all over Yugi's face as he stared at Yami. He let out a sigh of relief when he saw that Yami was okay.

"Yugi," Yami whispered out. He carefully took the oxygen mask off his face not needing it anymore. He set it aside and slowly sat up. He felt a wave of dizziness wash over him but it subsided a few moments later. He then swung his legs over the side of the bed and stood up. The dizziness came back but Yami forced it away and made his way over to Yugi's bed. Yugi gave a weak smile and watched as Yami lay down next to Yugi.

"I was so worried hikari..." Yami whispered as he loosely wrapped his arms around Yugi. Yugi slowly rolled over onto his side and snuggled up close to Yami.

"S-sorry," Yugi replied feeling more than exhausted and felt it getting harder and harder to stay awake. But it was okay to fall asleep now because he knew that he would be able to wake up and see Yami laying there right beside him. And he would be safe. "Stay by me."

Yami smiled as he saw Yugi fall asleep. "I promise I won't leave your side."