The gang had finally convinced Yugi to get out of the house for a while, they all went down town to go the arcade. Yugi immediately got bombarded with people wanting to duel him. "The King of Games isn't dueling today, you got that?!" Joey screamed. Yugi was starting to have a panic attack, thinking about dueling was making things worse. Now that Atem wasn't around, Yugi didn't know how to approach these people with confidence. "What, did he lose his confidence or something?" one of the duelist asked. "Shit!" Tristan yelled, he knew that was going to trigger Yugi. Yugi bolted through the crowd of people and ran as fast he could. "Yugi!" Tea cried out.
Yugi finally stopped when his legs could no longer support him. He fell to his knees and breathed heavily, trying to catch his breath. When he finally regained his composure, he looked up to see that he was by the pier. Yugi stood up slowly, his legs still wobbly. He sat down on a bench in front of the water. The moon was bright, it's reflection bounced on the water, which helped Yugi calm down. That persons' words echoed in Yugi's head…he had quite literally lost his confidence. "There he is!" Joey yelled. Yugi looked up, the gang was climbing out of one of Kaiba's limos. "Yug, you alright?" Tristan asked. "Yeah I'm fine, I just had to get out of that crowd…" Yugi began, looking at Joey talking to Kaiba. "Are Joey and Kaiba…getting along?" Yugi asked. "Oh, right, I guess Joey forgot to tell you." Tea said. "Tell me what?" Yugi inquired. "Uh…" Tristan began. Yugi walked up to Joey and looked up at him. "Joey, is there something you have to tell me?" Yugi asked. "Uh…well you see Yug…well…" Joey began, but was cut off by Kaiba kissing his cheek. "No. Fucking. Way." Yugi said, shocked. "You see, Yug…I…uh…" Joey was completely lost for words. "Joey, why didn't you tell me? I'm happy for you." Yugi smiled, for the first time since they had all been home. "Really?" Joey inquired. "Of course Joey. Kaiba…you better take good care of him." Yugi stated. "I'll take good care of my pup." Kaiba smirked. "Watch it!" Joey yelled. Everyone laughed, except Yugi, he just smiled. He was glad that at least one of them got a happy ending.
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Yugi walked into the game shop and heard grandpa talking to someone. Yugi creeped around the doorway and saw that grandpa was on a video chat with his mother.
"Yugi coming to live with you is not the solution to this!" Grandpa yelled.
"He's depressed, he needs to be in a new environment, get him away from cards games." His mother stated.
"The last thing Yugi needs is rapid change, he just had a huge change in his life. He needs some stability. He came to live with me because you wanted him to have that stability!" Grandpa was getting really angry.
"And look what happened! He put himself in dangerous situations to help a spirit of some ancient Egyptian pharaoh that lived inside of a puzzle that YOU gave him! He could have been killed!" his mother screamed.
"It was his destiny!" Grandpa yelled back.
"Oh I'm so sick of hearing that shit, dad!" she yelled.
Grandpa turned when he heard Yugi's sniffling, he was crying hard. "Oh Yugi…" Grandpa began. Yugi ran out of the house into the approaching storm.
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Yugi cried hysterically with his knees to his chest in an alley. The silence in his mind was killing him. "Atem…I just want you back…" Yugi cried. Suddenly, the sky opened and rain began to pour down on to the earth. Yugi's tears got lost in the falling rain. The water was crashing loudly against the shore. Yugi looked over to the bridge, empty. He stood up and made his way over to the bridge. He looked down at the raging water, he listened to the waves crash against the bridge. It was the most comforting noise, it dulled the buzzing in his head. "It would be so quick…" Yugi whispered, and began climbing over the railing of the bridge. Yugi's whole body had gone numb from the cold rain, but it felt good to him. The only thing that wasn't numb was his mind and he knew that plummeting into the waters beneath him would end the silence. He knew it would take away the pain of Atem's absence. "I wasn't ready Atem…I can't be without you. I love you and I'm sorry…" Yugi whispered to the sky and he let go.
Joey, Tea, Tristan, Duke, Bakura, and Kaiba were running around trying to find Yugi. They were frantic, they knew Yugi was in a bad place. "Yugi!" they all yelled. The rain was pouring down like crazy, making it hard to hear each other and see each other. They were approaching the bridge when Joey spotted someone on the bridge. He adjusted his eyes and his eyes went wide. "Oh fuck, Yugi!" Joey screamed and ran for the bridge, Yugi was falling. The others rushed after Joey. "Someone call 911!" Tea screamed, she was hysterical. Joey dove into the water after Yugi. "Joey!" Tristan yelled. "This can't be fucking happening!" Duke yelled. Kaiba called a chopper to the scene.
Joey fought the waters, they were rough. He dove down and grabbed Yugi. They broke the surface and Joey gasped for air, the water was so cold, it was making it hard to breathe. The water was carrying them quickly down the river and soon into the ocean. Joey was trying his hardest to concentrate. The seconds seemed like hours and Joey knew he didn't have much time, because Yugi wasn't breathing. Joey saw a log ahead, he knew he had to grab on to it, if not, they were going to get swept away. The others ran along the side of the river, waiting for Joey to grab on to something to stop them. Kaiba had the chopper flying close to the river so they could airlift them when they got to shore. Joey grabbed on to the log and held on to it and Yugi for dear life. Tristan rushed down to Joey and pulled them both ashore. "Bakura, take Tea to my car!" Duke yelled and threw him the keys, he didn't want Tea to see Yugi like this. Joey was gasping for air, Kaiba ran to his side and motioned for the chopper to land. Meanwhile, Tristan was doing CPR on Yugi, tears running down his face. "Yugi!" Joey yelled and tried to move to his side. "Joey, no, you need to rest." Kaiba commanded. "Come on Yug…" Joey cried, tears running down his face. The chopper landed and they loaded Yugi immediately, continuing the CPR. Kaiba got into the chopper with Joey and instructed them to go to the Domino City Hospital. Duke and Tristan ran back to his car so they could meet them there. Meanwhile, Tea was hysterical in the backseat of Duke's car. "Why Yugi?!" she kept screaming over and over.
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Atem felt a sharp pain in his chest and collapsed to the ground. "Pharaoh!" Seto yelled. "Something has happened…" he whispered. "What is it my lord?" Seto inquired. "It's Yugi…" Atem whispered. Atem felt like a piece of his soul had been ripped out of him, he was shaking. 'Yugi…what has happened to you?' Atem thought.
