Chapter 5

Remember the True Hilary

The night had taken its time for Yugi to rest, and the rest of the bladebreakers. But none of which would sleep well, while Tyson's pain was making him drowsy, he felt agitated of the rematch him and Mar would have. He clenched Dragoon in his fist trying to for come the thought of pain and watching Hilary suffer. Hilary kept coming in his head, appearing either hurt or sad, her fiery ruby eyes were flashing with betrayal and guilt. All the fights he's done, this was his challenge, he didn't have any belief in himself for the first time, not after meeting Yugi and watching him battle. Not after when Mar put into a Shadow Game where he nearly bled to death if it wasn't for Yugi.

In fact, this Yugi guy knows much more of Hilary then any of them does, he has mention before that he knew since she was eight so that might be the reason why, but he seems to have much more on his shoulders then just that. Tyson's feelings for Hilary suddenly changed in an instant when he remember the story Yugi told them about him being some reincarnation of this ancient Pharaoh and Hilary this Roman Goddess. He sure didn't feel as though this Yugi was nuts, not from after he seen. He rustled in his sheets as he gestured over to look at the unconscious Yugi, he made no noise as he slept, no movement, Yugi wasted all his energy to save them, and that Tyson was more impressed then ever.

As Tyson's thoughts rekindled, Ray, Max, Kai and Kenny weren't asleep either, even though they pretended they were. They were agitated by Tyson's battle with Mar; each of them wanted a piece of Mar them and battle him with all their might. They saw what happened to Tyson, they new the consequences but couldn't rather know how the pain felt with Tyson as it would probably to them. But this Mar and Marik kept coming into their minds, and the image of Hilary dying left their throats dry from saliva. They all were thinking about her, each of their thoughts turning to the memories they remember of her when they first met her and to now before she was kidnapped. And their thoughts of Yugi was the same with Tyson, they had strange feelings about him that were suspicious and uncertain, but at the same time they felt part of him was worth to give a chance, Yugi knew more of Hilary then any of them were as her friends. Their thoughts echoed in their dark minds of solemn and despair of their poor friend.

We could have stopped them! Max fired out in his thoughts.

Hilary's not like some person to give up, maybe we still have a chance of rescuing her, maybe then we can finally see the true her, and maybe I can find something more of her as well. Ray had decided in his thoughts.

What's wrong with you? What were you doing for the last few days before your kidnapping? What have you been doing during your absence at school and now here? Are you even still alive? Kai kept asking questions as though the Hilary was there in front of him, talking to a ghost of her.

Hang in there Hilary, were coming to get you! I'm coming! Were all coming! You're our friend and I'm going to win! Not for me, not for BBA, but for you! Me winning will free you, and just wait! Will come back home again as though nothing happened! Tyson kept saying in his mind telling as though a ghost of Hilary was there in front of him just like Kai.

I hope Hilary is still okay; the group wouldn't be right with you her, not with her gone! Kenny worried to himself.

Each of them had their thoughts on her, but the one who had stronger thoughts and dreamt of her was the unconscious Yugi, he remembered well of Hilary when she was Arianna, Hilary's face hadn't changed at all except her hair. And everything of her was how he remembered of her, he decided not to scold himself this time, for he knew well enough he had fallen in love again with the fourteen year old Arianna he had once met before, but this time it was different for him, for she was stronger in personality then he had remembered, and she would grow up to be a beautiful blossom flower that would somehow make the world go peaceful again. Such a day he waited for it to happen.

Hilary seemed to remember well now as to why these passing dreams keep coming to her, between her old self and the self she was remotely used to in the modern era aren't really that different, from her old self from Rome 5,000 years ago. She remembers well now that who she really is, but all that remained was to find her long lost pharaoh. The only problem with that though was that she could feel herself still floating down the dark water, not finding a light from the surface to reach to, not finding another memory to experience again, it was all that came to her, and she still felt tied down to something. So she waited, and it was so hard for her to do, since all she could do is think.

The next morning was futile, as Tyson woke up earlier then he would, he ripped out Dragoon from his shooter and began practicing, and soon the bladebreakers joined his training for the battle with Mar. Except Tyson became impatient every time.

"Tyson! You fully mastered level Dragoon up to an extreme level; you've become a lot stronger then before a week ago!" Kenny announced from his information Dizzy gave him.

"That's not good enough!" Tyson yelled. "I have to be better; I have to get stronger for this shadow game! Mar is going to beat me and Hilary will be gone and who knows what that creep Marik will do!" Tyson yelled, soon tears came flowing down. He was up this morning or at least before dawn and felt a lot weaker to this point when facing the fact he didn't know how to fight back this Shadow Game duel.

All the boys felt his pain and stress. They knew something of this training was getting nowhere for Tyson to face with the Shadow Game, the shadow game concluded realistic pain, and they don't feel that realistic pain during most bey battles, they can only feel the impact and hearts of their bit beasts, but in the shadow game, you feel every attack, impulse energy and pain inflicting on them by their opponent. There was no way they had an idea for beyblading like that to practice with pain in the menu. It wasn't normal.

Tyson was frustrated, but he knew yelling at Kenny wouldn't help; he quickly apologized to him and tried to stay calm. But they knew that wouldn't work, Hilary's life was on his shoulders and it couldn't make anything worse when their newest suspect of these shadow games was still resting.

"What am I going to do? I-I've never had this much pressure on me, not when someone's life would be on the line, not when they really meant to kill her…." He muttered to himself.

The boys all looked at him feeling his pain, they all wanted desperately to take his place and have Hilary's life on their shoulders, but Mar chose Tyson personally, which makes him more mysterious to this problem.

"What am I going to do!"? Tyson muttered, trying to hide his tears.

"You can't give up yet." Yugi's voice rang. They all looked at him who he somehow appeared behind Kenny, who knows how long he was there, but it felt just noticing him there, he must have been standing their for quit a while to at least see Tyson's melt down.

Tyson quickly wiped his tears, trying to change the subject, and desperately saying, "I have questions for you to answer, a lot of them, and one of them has to do with Hilary, how you know her, and why she is so important to you."

"Don't say it has to do with this ancient Egyptian Pharaoh meeting this Roman Goddess, we got that part," Ray said.

"Yeah, but we want to know more of how, and maybe you know about Hilary's last absence at school, you might want to explain something like that!" Tyson also added.

Yugi sighed, knowing he had no choice. "I'll tell you everything; in fact, I'll start at the very beginning."

They all stopped their practicing and sat in a circle looking at Yugi. Kai even joined curious to know the information Yugi would give, they all know Yugi's intellect will be logical and reasoning enough to understand, they just hope he would tell the truth.

"This all started before Hilary was born, her parents were an interesting couple. While her mother was an in training school nurse, her father was a Swedish violist, he was also an actor, singer, dancer and was famous in Sweden and many other European countries. He was considered the most artistic and perfect person you would have met, since he was very intelligent as well. They met during his European tours in Italy where Hilary's mother was on a business trip. The two finally got married after a few years of dating and the famous Swedish artist resided himself here in Japan in a good Japanese home, with lots of money to keep for his future family. Soon Hilary was born, and their lives were hole, but not until Hilary was four years old. Hilary's father died in a car accident on his way home. His car was flipped over by a truck and flown off the free way bridge and into the side of the lake. He never made it alive out of the car. He was burned to death by the engine blowing up.

His death was hard on his wife, and the only reason her father was out of the house was because he was getting a birthday present he and Hilary would give to their mother. Hilary told that to her mother and soon Hilary's life was turned over. Her mother tortured her for doing such a thing, and for a while her mother wouldn't talk to her, or even look at her. Not until she drove Hilary enough sadness to beg for her to stop, in return Hilary would do anything. And her mother took that advantage."

As Yugi explained this, all of the Bladebreakers faces went numb, finding out the truth.

Yugi went on, "She made Hilary promised that in return of forgiving her and loving her back she had to do everything her mother told her to do. From that day on, Hilary's life became stressful. At such a young age, she was order to do everything her father was. Take dance lessons, singing lessons, be the smartest person in her school, take violin and piano lessons, become everything her father was. And if she failed her mother would punish her severely."

"How severely?" Max asked.

"From what I've seen, she wasn't aloud to eat until she got it perfectly right, she wasn't aloud to sleep until she memorized certain passages, and if she failed both, she would probably be abused. She's been to hospital so many times since her body grows weaker by day and the hospital starts catching up and started to ask questions, but when I signed up to be Hilary's tutor, I had to sign a contract with blood to keep people from knowing what was going on in the house and in the family. Of course I didn't follow the rules Hilary's mother told me to perform if she fails or makes a mistake. Hilary wasn't even aloud to be out of the house most of the time, but as usual I went against the rules and Hilary knew well she had to keep everything I did to help her and teach her a secret. Especially since it wasn't the way Hilary's mother would do."

Yugi paused for a moment, remembering the times he and Hilary snuck out of the house during the days her mother was gone and he would take her to the park when ever the weather was nice. He remembered well on how little she was, her excitement was warming his heart seeing her smile. She would always climb up the slide in the parks, and wasn't sure how children smiled when having ice cream. The littlest things would curious her. But every time she got hurt, she would act different. He remembered well when she slipped on the side of the cement bridge in the park. Her leg was broken when she tried to stand up.

"Hilary, don't move, I'm going to get you to the hospital!" He said as he was about to pick her up and carry her, but she stopped him slapping his hand away. The shock on his face was seeing through.

Hilary took her broken leg and pulled it back to it's place, Yugi tried to stop her, but when he was about to pick her up by stopping, Hilary stood on both feet, "See, Mommy won't get mad at you now, she'll never know about us going out." And she wrapped her arms around him stroking her head against the side of his waist.

He couldn't believe what she just did, all for the sake of him. And it was more mournful to know on how much she appreciates him and her moments of freedom with him. She would give anything to be with him.

"What else happened Yugi?" Tyson asked interrupting Yugi's memories.

Yugi brought his brain back together, "all I can tell you are that your friend kept this secret from you for personal reasons. One of them might be because of her mother. If Hilary's mother found out about you guys, she be furious, and she has the money to sue all of you, so Hilary kept her space from telling anything about her personal life, but she already commits danger to herself being here with you, if she was ever discovered skipping classes for this, I don't think you'll ever see her again."

There faces went to shock then to guilt. "She sees you as her only true friends, and because of that, I think it's because you offer her a part of life that is freedom to her like I did when she was young. You remind her the best about life and she offers to help and make that come true, a dream that she dreamt of so long, I think it's the only thing to do so." He said explaining. He put his hands cuffed together under his chin ending the explanation under a serious tone.

The Bladebreakers were as guiltier as Hilary would feel putting their lives under her mother's filthy rich and abusive lifestyle. Accept they didn't feel mad at her; they felt remorse and almost bewildered. Hilary's life was so treacherous and she hid it behind a smile. How could she ever fool them?

That's when Tyson stood up immediately, "Then I'll just have to save her!" he said. "Yugi! Teach me how to confront these Shadow Games so I can beat Mar!"

Yugi looked up at him dubiously, "I don't even know how to teach you to handle such darkness, Shadow Games are ancient games played by life and death, clearly not something for someone to put his life on, at least not someone like you."

"What's that suppose to mean!?" Tyson yelled at him. "Hilary's in danger and I got less then six hours to be ready! I have to win, and you know more about these Shadow Games then anyone I ever met! You must know!"

"I can't trust you." Yugi muttered, loudly enough for all of them to hear.

"What!" their shocked faces were bewildered out to him.

"You never answered my question, none of you did." He said.

"And what question was that!?" Kai asked him seriously, he was obviously having impatient moments with Yugi.

"Do you really see her as your friend, or just an annoying person who coincidentally ends up helping the team, but that's all she's really good for?"

Everyone stayed quiet. But then Ray jumped in, "She's a friend!" He said.

Ray stood up from sitting, he was now standing right nest to Tyson, "I don't know how anyone else feels, but I sure feel like she's a true friend, and from what I've seen and heard, there's probably more of her that we never gave the chance to see, perhaps we really don't know her at all, but all the things she's done to help the team, I sure feel as though she's more then a walking helpful ghost!"

"Ray…" Tyson muttered.

Yugi glared up at him, but was satisfied by his answer. "Do you really feel for her?" He asked her.

Ray didn't understand, "I feel her guilt, and her shame, and the fact she yearns for freedom might be really frustrating to wait about, but she seems a lot special then what she appears…" He lingered off.

"No, I mean do you feel for her?" Yugi asked suspiciously.

Ray looked at him confused for a moment then his face went to a deep shock realizing on what he meant. Kai and Tyson notice it as well, and they finally realized on what Yugi's question was. That, no one answered, not even Max who had guess on what Yugi was really meaning by that question, but as usual, Max's hunch was right.

Yugi sighed, "Alright Tyson, I'm giving you all my trust, are you ready to practice?"

Tyson's fire started lit up happy to see Yugi now trusting them, "You bet!" he gave him a thumbs up, though deep down, all of them felt a very uncomfortable now since Yugi's aura suddenly changed. They knew there was more to Yugi as much as Hilary.

All of them were outside now; Yugi wore his millennium puzzle around his neck. He also held a beyblade and launcher in both hands. Yugi stood across from Tyson, staring at him. Tyson was starring back, holding Dragoon in his fist. The practice starts here.

"As part of the training, I shall make this beyblade battle a shadow game, everything around you will change, but don't worry about that, and you must only focus on one thing, your opponent. Everything is an illusion to test the mind, you worry about everything else, you fail the test, and you lose the battle. Once the Shadow Game begins, you must know on what task you have taken, your life and Dragoon is the only important thing to protect, fail that, and both of your souls die."

Tyson gulped at Yugi's explanation, but held a tight fist shooting his fury back up.

"Be ready Tyson!" Yugi reassured him. That's when his millennium puzzled glowed; the whole surrounding back yard of Tyson's dojo changed a dark and wet platform of a beybattle. It was raining, and where they were both standing was in a dark citrated Egyptian tomb, Tyson looked up to see the ceiling was wide open, and the clouds were blue and gray, shades of dark water splashed on his face, he squinted his eyes by every splash. Yugi said this place was an illusion, but everything seemed real. It was too unreal.

Somehow the tomb was bright enough for them to see the floor, but the outside was like a evening rainy and cloudy sky, it was too nice of cool breeze that fled through to be an illusion. Tyson laid his eyes on Yugi who looked serious and demonic, his purple eyes were now bright maroon, Tyson just realized this is Yugi's Shadow Game, Yugi can make and look unreal and scary whenever he wanted, but this was part of the training, he didn't look, but he knew the rest of his four teammates where a few feet behind him, watching and waiting for the battle to start.

That's when Yugi attached his beyblade to his launcher, Tyson did the same thing.

"Ready?" Yugi asked.

Tyson nodded, "Ready."

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"Let it Rip!"

And the beyblades shot out of their launchers after both opponents ripped them. The beyblades flew swiping each other against their sides, making a forceful impact that blew Tyson off his feet, Yugi was pushed back a little, but his feet still remained to the attached to the ground. Blood sprang out both the sides of their arms, Tyson sprung up ignoring the pain, and they both drew back and then turned around to slash each other again with another forceful impact.

The next hit banged in Hilary's ears. The pain was so frustrating with her emotions, that's when she was sure she wasn't dreaming, a baby was crying her arms, she was holding him covered in a blanket. Hilary looked down noticing the baby was crying because of the blanket covering his face, the poor thing couldn't see.

Hilary removed the blanket and noticed the baby's huge red eyes that pierced hers with a flash. The baby looked enough demonic for her not to be holding, but she couldn't let him go. She tried to put him down, but couldn't. Something about this baby kept her holding him.

"There, there" she hushed to him, putting the baby closed to her chest and patting his back.

That's when the dark skinned Yugi appeared in front of her. She looked up at him, unsure on what he wanted, that's when he snatched the baby from her hands holding it upside down by his foot.

"Hey! Stop that! Why are you hurting him!?" Hilary yelled at him. Yugi didn't answer.

"What did the baby ever do to you!?"

Yugi took a knife and was about stab the baby.

"No!" Hilary screamed snatching the baby out from his hands, trying to run from him, the baby was still screaming, but still she ran. That's when the baby glowed red, she stopped running and saw bloody wires come out from the baby and wrapped her tight by hands like a half mummy, her face was still shown until she feel her mouth bleeding, the wires seeped through her mouth and she can feel the wires destroy her organs from the inside.

She saw Yugi, the light skinned one standing in front of her, and she tried to bring her hand out to take, but when he tried to take it she somehow snatch his hand away, the wires were disappearing and were unwrapping her, but Yugi somehow dissolved away as she felt her neck being bitten and bared teeth attached in her flesh. She couldn't turn her head, but somehow she knew Yugi was doing this, she could feel everything inside of her go numb.

Soon the battle that seemed to go on forever was over, the Shadow Game vanished and they were back in the back yard. Tyson couldn't stand anymore, but he saw Yugi still standing as though nothing has happened, he had cuts and slash marks of blood all over him, but he seemed to not noticed. The day was now sunset, and Tyson was exhausted by the battle. He wasn't sure how it came to be but the battle ended in a tie. Tyson was helped standing by Ray and Kai, holding his bloody arms and leading him to sit down. Yugi followed with Max and Kenny and as they went inside to lay Tyson down, they noticed a small letter laid next to Yugi's blanket, a neat letter that had Yugi's name and Tyson's. When Yugi opened it it looked like an invitation a fancy dance but as he read it, he wasn't surprise on what it said.

"What does it say?" Kenny asked.

Yugi read aloud, "You are invited to a Rematch Beybattle against Mar and Tyson, please come to the abandoned construction site tomorrow at noon, there will be a special guest waiting for you."

"Sick Bastards!" Kai muttered.

They all knew what that meant, and they had to sleep well for it.