A Broken Heart
Hi everyone! It's Animecartoonlover36! I hope you liked my first chapter. Now here's another chapter! Anyway, I don't own Yuma, Kotori, and the other Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal characters. I also don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. Enjoy. P.S. Italics are thought bubbles.
The next morning, Kotori woke up to find the sun shining. Even though it was a beautiful day, something didn't feel right. She then remembered what happened last night and her heart felt like it had tightened. She slowly got out of bed and dressed into her school clothes. When she walked down the stairs, she noticed her Mom in the kitchen. Her Mom turned around and spotted Kotori. Her Mom smiled and walked over to her. "How are you feeling honey?" her Mom asked. "Okay…" Kotori whispered.
"That's good. Once you have some breakfast, you can go to school." her Mom told her, handing her a bowl of oatmeal. Kotori just nodded and sat down at the table. After eating her breakfast, she silently got up and walked outside. Her Mom stood near the door and sighed as she watched Kotori walk to school.
During school, Kotori didn't talk to anyone except for the teachers. Her friends were really worried, so they asked Tetsuo to talk to her and find out what was wrong. So after school had ended, Tetsuo quickly dashed towards Kotori and stopped her. "What's wrong, Kotori? You're not yourself today." Tetsuo asked, worried. Kotori turned around and faced him, her head down. "Why are you asking?" she asked. "Takashi, Cathy, and Tokunosuke were worried so they asked me to ask you what's wrong. Actually, I'm worried too. We're all worried about you, Kotori." Tetsuo explained, concerned.
"Why don't you ask Yuma?" she suggested, whispering. "Wait, what about Yuma? I'm asking…" he started to say, but then stopped. Tetsuo's eyes widened a bit as he realized what she was trying to say. "What happened to Yuma?" he asked, shouting. Kotori finally looked up into his face. Tetsuo noticed her eyes were glistening with tears. "He got hit by a truck and now has a slight concussion. I was about to go visit him at the hospital. You can come along too." Kotori explained, her voice wavering. Tetsuo nodded and soon, the two were walking to the hospital.
When they got to the hospital, Kotori showed Tetsuo which room Yuma was in. Tetsuo frowned when he spotted Yuma's unconscious body in the bed. It was silent for a while until Tetsuo spoke. "Well, don't worry Kotori. Yuma's really strong. He'll get through this." he assured her. Kotori just nodded sadly.
Every day, after school, Kotori visited Yuma at the hospital in hope of him wakening. But her hope was dashed every time. After she told Tetsuo what had happened to Yuma, Tetsuo told the others and they started visiting him too. Six days later, Kotori was visiting like usual. She decided to bring some flowers to cheer him up if he ever woke up. She walked to the hospital and entered the room. The hospital room was usually blank, but ever since Kotori and the others started visiting, the room was filled with color.
Kotori noticed that there were get well cards on Yuma's bedside table. She smirked a bit when she spotted a certain paw print card on the table. She carefully dropped the flowers into a water filled vase and then grabbed a chair. "Yuma…" Kotori murmured. She delicately moved a piece of Yuma's hair out of his face. "He looks so…peaceful." she remarked. "But, I wish he would wake up. I can't do anything to help him. Not like last time." she said to herself, remembering that time.
A flashback starts. Kotori is seen doing the kiss of life on Yuma when he almost drowned. She then has a look of joy in her eyes as Yuma breathed again. The flashback then ends. As Kotori remembered the memory, tears began to fall out of her eyes again. This time, she let her sadness out. "Oh Yuma…it's been almost a week now. Please wake up!" she wished. Exhausted from her sadness, she decided to fall asleep. Soon, she fell asleep just like Yuma.
Floating above Yuma and Kotori was Astral. He had watched Kotori and felt sad for her. "I guess this is what Yuma meant when he felt pain in his heart." Astral noted, placing his hand over his heart. "Maybe I can use my powers to help wake Yuma up." he said to himself. He floated over to Yuma and placed his hand on Yuma's forehead. His hand then started to glow a light blue. Astral closed his eyes and concentrated.
In Yuma's unconscious mind, everything was dark. The only light glowing was Astral's body. Astral floated around and tried to find Yuma in the pitch dark. Soon, he noticed Yuma's body and quickly hovered to him. Yuma noticed Astral and turned around. "Astral! What are you doing here?" he asked the spirit, surprised. "I'm here to help you wake up. Kotori has been really worried about you." Astral explained.
"Thanks, but I can't seem to wake up." Yuma told him sadly. "Close your eyes and concentrate on a way out. I'll help you with some of my powers." Astral ordered. Yuma nodded and did what Astral instructed. Soon, a white light started to shine in front of Yuma. "Quick! This is the way out." Astral told him, gesturing to the light. Yuma nodded and smiled. He dashed towards the light and passed through it.
Back in the real world, Yuma started to shuffle in his bed. He groaned, opened his eyes, and sat up. "Huh? Hey, I'm awake!" he cried out. He began to study his hospital room. To his left, there was a table with his dueling gear and deck on it. The key that his parents gave him rested on that table too. He sighed with relief when he found his stuff okay. He then looked toward his right, and spotted Kotori sleeping in a chair near his bed.
"Kotori…" Yuma whispered. He noticed dry tear marks on her cheeks and his eyes widened. "Was she crying?" he wondered. He then stretched his arm and started to shake her awake. Kotori woke up with a start. When she looked at Yuma, her face turned surprised. "Yuma…you're finally awake…" Kotori murmured, smiling. Suddenly, her smiling face turned sad and she hung her head down.
Yuma was startled to see this. "What's wrong, Kotori?" he asked, worried. "Yuma…I'm sorry." she apologized. "Why are you sorry?" he wondered. "It's my fault you got hurt like this. If you hadn't pushed me out of the way, you wouldn't be hurt. I should have taken that hit." Kotori explained. Yuma's startled face turned angry at her words. "No! It's not your fault! I wanted to take that hit!" he yelled out. Kotori lifted her head up and looked into Yuma's eyes.
"Why did you do that?" Kotori asked, tears leaking out of her eyes. "It's because I care about you, Kotori." Yuma told her firmly. "Then why do you care?" she asked again. Yuma's eyes widened and his cheeks turned light pink. "It's because…I…I…" he stammered.
Cliffhanger! Sorry but I felt like placing one here. You got to read the next chapter to find out what he says! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. For the flashback, it happened in my other story, The Kiss of Life and Love. I worked hard on this! Anyway, please review and bye!