Yugi sighed. "I got nothing."
Ryou shook his head. "There has to be something!"
Yugi frowned. "Not that I can think of."
Ryou crossed his arms and thumped on the floor in a cross-legged position. Fighting about that matter was going to get them absolutely nowhere! In fact, it just tired him out more, he was wasting precious energy on some dumb riddle Yugi and him couldn't figure out.
Yugi looked over at Ryou, a wave of depression hitting him. His friend's white hair wasn't a very pretty sight to look at. He should've been able to come up with some theory... something, anything, but instead his brain drew a blank.
Ryou's head dropped. He felt his energy slipping away faster than it had before. Weird.
You have come so far. Why are you giving up? Ryou heard Blue-eyes speak.
Yugi looked up at the fierce dragon. "We aren't giving up. We're just...well, resting..." He spoke awkwardly.
Blue-eyes studied them carefully, reading their every facial expression then said, You do not have much longer; look.
Ryou forced himself to glaze in the direction of the candle. The burning flame had eaten more than ninety percent of the white wax. This was the final stage for the candle. It had been burning too long. Within mere minutes it would dim and then after that it would die and then they would be out of luck.
Yugi was still looking at Ryou. "Well?" He asked, barely audible. His hope was as big as his voice.
Ryou shut his eyes tight and thought.
What was greater than god?...What was more evil than the Devil?...AND If you ate it, you would die?...
"I got nothing."Yugi's voice bounced around in Ryou's mind.
Nothing...NOTHING!
That was it!
"Yugi!" Ryou shouted, as he jumped up into the air with new found energy. "I got it!"
Yugi shuddered at the burst of excitement. "What?"
Ryou walked over to Blue-eyes and smiled. "The answer is," He took in a breath. "Nothing."
Now it was Yugi's turn for his jaw to drop. Nothing? That was the answer? It couldn't be... How was something so simple the answer?
Blue-eyes raised his...eyebrows? and roared extra loud, making the air reek of Kuriboh. Could that have been his last meal? Yugi pushed the thought of a poor innocent Kuriboh getting eaten from his mind. It stepped up where Ryou was and smiled.
Perhaps you aren't as dumb as I first anticipated. Well done. Here is your prize. Blue-eyes moved his foot forward and Yugi gingerly took the black notebook.
Farewell. I will meet you again. Good luck with Bakura. Blue-eyes spoke, in a booming voice. Yugi was about to ask on how the dragon knew about Bakura, but then stopped himself.
Everything was still as Blue-eyes disapeared into the darkness. Maybe it was just Yugi's imagination, but he was sure the dragon had a smile on his face when Ryou had answered correctly. Yugi signalled to his friend that they should probably head into the dark since they had come from the other way. Ryou slowly nodded and walked forward. He clasped Yugi's hand as they went farther into the darkness. Yugi felt that stupid breeze again, although this one was much stronger.
"Do you feel that?" Yugi asked, voice shaky suddenly worried.
"Yeah," Ryou gulped, feeling a blind.
"Where do you think it's coming from?"
"I don't know, but I think I see something up ahead." Ryou unhooked his hand from Yugi's and wandered off somewhere. Yugi heard footsteps and then they stopped.
"I think I found some-THHHIIIIINNNNGGGG!" Ryou's voice was heard echoing as if he was going down a slide. Yugi's eyes widened as he took a couple of steps forward.
"RYOU!" Yugi shouted. No answer. "RYOU!"
He took five more steps but before he could call out to his friend again, he felt himself falling too. Then he heard screaming, then realized it was himself.