Yay, I continue the story and the cliffhanger chapter will now be continued! :D

Marik: Uh, you realize that you repeated continued?

Me: So? I'm excited! College semester is over, Christmas was AWESOME, and I am gonna reveal something shocking.

Joey: Oh joy. It's probably something not in our favor...

Me: Maaybee :3

Everyone else: *Shudders*

Yugi: Uh...

Me: Sorry, I had sweets this morning...

Tea: Well, that'll explain it...

The group carefully traversed the alleyway, which seemed to get tighter and smaller when then got further in.

"Guys?" Sarah called.

"Ya?"

"Tell me again, WHY we choose this creepy, dark, looming...scary..." Sarah's sentence seemed to trail off as she talked about the alleyway. The three looked at her and noticed that she was high on anxiety, and when that happens, situations tend to turn for the worst. Bakura got in close and held her hand,

"It's alright Sarah. We've been through most of the alley, so we are probably near the exit." Sarah nodded slowly, but her anxiety barely left. Emily looked around, taking in anything and everything. She noticed that many of the alleyway's bricks could fall at any minute. Yugi noticed this too, and he stayed away from the walls. Yugi then heard Sarah's voice call him.

"Hey, Yugi?" He looked at her, and noticed she was on the verge of tears. Yugi went slightly wide eyed and asked,

"Wh-What is it?"

"After we get out of here, can we please go to the arcade or something? I don't care if I spend my allowance just please?" Yugi blinked and smiled, holding her other hand.

"Of course. Though, it might be a little late for that. How about we go to your house or something?" Sarah nodded slowing smiling.

"I-I'd like that." Emily pitched in,

"And we can play all the RPG's you want!" They all laughed, and continued to walk the alleyways path. All of a sudden Sarah jumped, squealing.

"Oh god what is it?!" Emily exclaimed. They all heard a buzzing sound and heard it was coming from Sarah's purse.

"Oh...It's my phone..." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "S-Sorry bout that." As Sarah pulled out her phone, Emily looked up and saw that one or two bricks from one the walls was about to fall down on Sarah's head. Emily panicked, and as Sarah answered her text, she screamed,

"LOOK OUT!" Sarah looked at Emily who pushed her out-of-the-way and on to the ground. The two boys were stunned for a second or two, but snapped out of it almost immediately. They saw that few bricks had fallen down where Sarah was standing. Yugi and Bakura rushed over to the girls, who were on the ground, but unscaved.

"Are you two alright?!" Yugi asked nervous out of his mind.

"Y-Ya, I'm fine. Thanks Emily." Sarah said, smiling at her friend. Emily smiled back,

"I-It was nothing." Sarah sat up, but when Emily tried to, she cringed in pain. The other three saw this and Sarah asked,

"Emily, are you hurt?!" Emily shook her head, and smiled.

"N-No no, I'm ok. Just a bit sha-" Before she could finish, her eyes went wide, and she gripped her chest. She then curled and fell onto her side, clutching her chest in pain. The three were struck with horror as Sarah went on her hands and called,

"Emily! EMILY! What's wrong?!"

"M-My...M-My ch-chest...I-It HURTS!" Emily's scream filled the entire alleyway. Bakura rushed into his pocket for his phone and dialed an ambulance as fast as he could. Yugi was struck with absolute horror, shaking where he stood. He had never seen someone fall to the ground in pain like this, clutching their chest. The only time he saw this was...His thoughts went back to when his grandpa was on the ground in pain, offering his deck to him when he had to face Kaiba. Yugi hugged himself and started shaking uncontrollably.

"..."

"..gi.."

"YUGI!"

Yugi snapped out of it and looked at Sarah.

"Come on Yugi, don't freak out on us now! Help me with Emily, please!" Yugi blinked, nodded, and rushed over, kneeling on his hands and knees. Emily was breaking out into cold sweat, and was shaking in pain. Yugi searched his mind for anything that might help her. Sarah was whispering to Emily not to panic and to breathe as slowly as she could. Yugi stared at Sarah in amazement. Just a few minutes ago she was scared to death of the alleyway, now she was putting all of her attention and focus onto Emily. Yugi got a determined look on his face and started to gently rub Emily arm. Emily weakly looked at him and he smiled softly.

"It's gonna be ok Emily. Hang in there." Emily smiled weakly before cringed in pain, clutching her eyes shut. Bakura rushed over, 911 still on the phone.

"Ok, there going to be here soon." Sarah and Yugi nodded as the three stayed with Emily until the ambulance arrived. Sarah's hand was clutching Emily's, making sure she had some way to relieve pressure. All of a sudden, a motorcycle stopped near them. The gang, except Emily of course, looked up and saw that it was actually Marik's motorcycle, with both Atem and Marik on it. Atem whipped off his helmet and ran over, kneeling next Emily.

"Emily! Emily, can you hear me?" Emily looked up slowly, and smiled weakly.

"A-Atem...Hi..." Atem placed a hand on her head,

"Save your strength Emily. I'm here, I'm right here." Emily smile grew a little wider, and she closed her eyes to relax. Yugi looked to Atem.

"How'd you find us?" Marik was now standing next to Atem,

"We heard the news from-""What's with you young people and motorbikes?!" The group turned to see Solomon running with Tea, Joey, Tristan, and the paramedics right behind him. Sarah breathed a sigh of reilef.

"Thank god..." Solomon and the others came over, Joey saying,

"Serenity was at the hospital for her eye check up. We heard the news from Emily's mom!" The paramedic's looked Emily over, and confirmed it was a heart attack, which left everyone stunned. Emily was having a heart attack? Why would she have one at such a young age? Emily was put in the ambulance, followed by everyone else, and rushed to the hospital. Marik followed behind on his motorcycle. The biggest problem was that everyone cramped, and Joey and Tristan kept arguing at eachother to move over. Atem sat nearest to Emily, clutching her hand, even bringing his forehead to her's. Emily pain seemed to leave a bit, cause she stopped shaking as badly as she did. Yugi looked at Atem, wondering what he thought about Emily. He seemed to be the closest to her, and this scene was actually calming to watch. Arriving at the hospital, all the friends could do was wait. Wait to see if Emily would turn out ok. Everyone was stuck in a dead silence, and no one seemed willing to break it. Sarah shaking had returned, and Yugi, Bakura, and Tea were the first to notice. They walked over, Bakura taking the chance to sit next to her, and tried to calm her down.

"Sarah?" Tea called. Sarah blinked, fixed her glasses, and smiled slightly at her three friends.

"Oh...Hi guys." Yugi realized that Sarah did not want to be anywhere near a hospital after losing her Great-Grandma. Bakura wrapped his arm around her and rubbed her arm comfortly. Sarah looked at him, blinked, and layed her head on his shoulder. Bakura blushed a little, but smiled and laid his head on her's. Yugi and Tea smiled, and knew that nothing else needed to be said. Yugi took a glance at Tea, but looked away. He wondered if he could ever hold her like that. His thought's then turned to Atem, and as he looked at him, Atem looked like he was ready to punch a window. How did Yugi know? Well...First off, Atem's fists were clutched tightly, and second, he had a serious look on his face. Yugi walked over to his close friend and sat next to him.

"Hi Atem."

"Hello Yugi." Atem didn't even bother to look at Yugi, and he looked at Atem worriedly. Yugi looked down and said,

"You know Emily is strong, and you should know that better than anyone." Yugi felt Atem's gaze on him. He stiffened, but he continued. "I know Emily hasn't been with us for long, b-but she has helped Sarah with a lot and she even saved her. She's strong." A few uncomfortable seconds went by, but Atem placed a hand on Yugi's head. Yugi blinked and looked at his friend, who was now smiling.

"You're right. Thank you Yugi." Yugi smiled back and the gang waited another painstaking hour. Sarah had fallen asleep from worry, and this made Bakura tense, along with his face turning bright red. Yugi even chuckled at this, but still, everyone kept their thoughts with Emily. After another 10 minutes, they were able to see her. Atem was the first to jump up and almost rush in, but Marik made sure he remained calm, or at least somewhat calm. Everyone entered the room, to see Emily sitting up, hands in lap. She looked like she was alright, but a bit shaken up. She looked at the group and smiled.

"Hi guys." Sarah sat on Emily's bed.

"How you feel?"

"Alright I guess...Just a bit shaken is all." Emily said.

"I wouldn't doubt that." Joey placed his hands behind his head. "Though, it's safe to say that you're in good hands now." Yugi walked towards Emily's bed and asked,

"You want me to get you anything?" Emily shook her head,

"No no. I'll be alright." She sighed deeply. "I'll be alright..." Sarah tilted her head.

"Emily? What's wrong?" Emily looked at her smiling solomly.

"I just found out...that I have the same heart conditions as my mother does." When she finished that sentence, everyone froze. Everyone was shaken to their core. Emily was so young, but being young doesn't stop genetics. Yugi looked down, his mind wandering everywhere, from questions to searching for anything to say. In the end, Yugi just smiled sadly,

"I...I see..." He turned around. "I think I forgot something...In the lobby. I'll be right back..." He slowly walked out, everyone looking at him. Atem was in the doorway, he felt he would approach Emily after he saw she was alright, but...But now, he felt there was something more than a doorway between them. He watched Yugi walk down the hallway, and next saw Sarah and Tea stand next to him. Sarah looked at Atem and said,

"Yugi didn't forget anything. Did he?" Atem looked down and shook his head.

"No. He has something on his mind..." Atem trailed off, and the two girls knew this. Sarah walked off in the direction Yugi went, and Tea soon followed with Atem. Meanwhile, Yugi was outside on the roof, sitting on a bench. He hugged his knees to his chest and sighed, his eyes filling with tears. He couldn't cry...He was much stronger than that now. His thoughts turned to his promise with Emily's mom. If Iana was going to die, would Emily...

"No...No No NO!" Yugi punched the wall behind him, but he snapped out of his rage, and looked at his hand. It now was red with broken skin, but he didn't really care.

"Yugi what did you do that for?" Yugi jolted around to see Sarah standing a couple of feet away from him. Yugi looked down and sighed.

"I honestly don't care why I did it..." Sarah blinked, but walked over, and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Do you want to talk?" She asked. Yugi only replied with a slight nod, and he led he over the bench he was sitting on a minute ago. Sarah waited patiently for Yugi to begin, as he took a deep breath and started to explain everything.

"It's...It's not just Emily's condition...I promised her mom...That I wouldn't tell Emily something...And now...I..." A tear fell from his eyes. "No...Not now...I can't cry...I'm stronger then that...I am..." "I-I don't know if I can keep it from her much longer...I promised Iana that..." Yugi felt something inside him starting to break, but he did his best to keep together. "Emily wouldn't find out that her mother was supposed to die soon..." Sarah sat there in shock. Emily's mother was supposed to die...? Not only that, she made Yugi keep it a secret from Emily? Sarah felt that Iana was being a bit selfish, but deep down, she knew that Iana wanted her daughter to stay happy, and that was the only thing that mattered to a mother like Iana. She let Yugi continue. "I...I don't want to keep that from Emily...She's too good a person...A-And now, since Emily is in the same position her mom is-"

"Don't think like that." Yugi looked at Sarah, who had interrupted him. "Don't you start thinking like that Yugi, you can't. If you do, you won't be the same." Sarah looked down. "I almost let myself do it...If I didn't have my family and you guys, I wouldn't be...well me." She took his injured hand, and rubbed it gently. "You much stronger than you think Yugi. But remember this..." She wrapped in a hug. "You're never alone...You always have us. And we will always be here for you." Yugi felt that something inside him finally break, and the tears finally fell. He slowly hugged Sarah back, breaking down on her shoulder.

"She's right Yug." Yugi looked up, seperating from Sarah, who looked behind her. Joey, including the whole gang, aside from Emily was there. "We've been friends for a while, and you should know by now you're not alone. If you needed help you shoulda just said something."

"Ya, we're more then willing to lend a hand you know." Tristan added. Tea smiled softly and nodded,

"You've been my friend since we were kids. It'd be only natrual for me to make sure you were ok."

"You and the others accepted me for who I was. I am thankful for that." Bakura said. Atem and Marik nodded and Yugi felt his lower lip tremble. His head lowered, as he finally smiled.

"Thank you...Thank you guys..."

Ok, that was intense.

Staraptor: *Asleep*

Me: *Eye twitch* What the heck? How did the chapter put bird brain to sleep?!

Yugi: Uhh...I honestly don't know...

Atem: He got into the sugar again in case you were wondering...

Me: ...And HOW or WHO let him get it?

Marik: How about asking yourself? You left the sweet cabinet open...

Me: ...Oops...

Atem and Marik: *Sweatdrop* -.-

Yugi: R&R?