Yugi's POV
"Luckily for you, I am unable to attack with her this turn so I end with two cards face down."
-Atem, what are we going to do. We only have three cards and if we play anything to defend ourselves, Slifer will become even weaker. Isis has 5000 attack points.-
-We'll think of something Yugi. Just have faith in your deck and in me.-
"Make your move Yugi, or are you trying to stall for time?"
"I play the magic card, Pot of Greed. Thanks to this card I now hold five cards in my hand, making Slifer's attack points 5000. Now, Slifer attack her Isis!"
Joey's POV
Everyone was literally sitting on the edge of their seats. Both Miya and Yugi had a god card on the field, and they had the same attack points.
"Now, Slifer attack her Isis!"
"What's he doing Joey?" Tea asked frantically.
"I think he's attack so that both god cards are destroyed. He must have something planned to bring Slifer back."
"Good try Yugi! I play Command Silencer! This card stops your attack by deafening Slifer so he can't hear you. I also get to draw one card from my deck."
"I finish with two cards face down." Yugi said calmly.
You and the gang were leaning over in amazement. Miya had yet again played her way out of an attack by Slifer, and now it was her turn. Slifer was again back to lower attack points.
Miya's POV
You let out a sigh in your mind, having kept Atem from using Slifer to destroy Isis. You drew.
"I play Card Destruction, so you and I both send out hands to the graveyard. Then we both draw the same number of cards we discarded."
Luckily, the magic card that normally didn't favor you well gave you an exceptionally good hand of cards.
"I end with this card face down." You were waiting for a few card before you used Isis to destroy Slifer, even if it was against you're better judgment.
"To start, I play Graceful Charity."
"I play the card, Thirst for Compensation. Since you added a card to your hand using a magic card, I can summon two monsters with four stars or less. I summon my second Luster Dragon (2100/1600) and Twin Headed Behemoth (1800/1200) and they're even stronger thanks to the mountains that surround us Yugi."
"Since you summoned new monsters in the field, Slifer automatically attacks them with his second mouth! Say goodbye to your monsters."
"Not so fast, I play Card Guard. I'll discard two cards from my hand to protect my monsters."
"You're magic card won't save you. With this draw Slifer's attack is now 6000. Attack Isis!"
"I play Power Balance. Since I have no card in my hand, you loose three and I am able to draw three causing Slifer's attack points to drop to 3000. Now, Isis counter attack!"
"I play Necromancy! This card randomly summons 4 monsters to the field in defense. Each time one is destroyed your remaining monsters' attack points are lowered by 400."
You clenched your fists knowing that if it summoned weak monsters, Isis would be much weaker than Slifer who was now at 2000 attack points.
As Necromancy activated, Blue Eyes White Dragon (3300/2500), Divine Dragon Ragnarok (1800/1000), Kaiser Sea Horse (1700/1650), and Red Eyes Black Dragon (2700/2000) were summoned to the field.
You let out a huge sigh of relief noticing that Slifer was only powerful enough to attack two of the four monsters that had been summoned. Yet, that still meant Isis dropped from 5000 attack points to 4200. Gladly, she was still strong enough to withstand Slifer's attack.
"I discard Electromagnetic Turtle to end the battle phase!"
Atem had ended the battle phase before you were able to counter and send Slifer to the graveyard. But you couldn't complain much. Thanks to his Necromancy card, you now two of your strongest dragons in play, not to mention you were now able to summon your strongest god card, Kisara to the field.
"Isis, attack Slifer!"
"I play the magic card, Spell Textbook. With this card I can draw one card. If it's a spell card I can activate it immediately."
Yugi's POV
-We need to draw a card to stop Isis's attack.-
You and Atem put your hands on the deck and drew a card together.
-Yes! Card of Sanctity! Now Slifer will have more than enough attack points to fend off Isis.-
-See Yugi, just have faith in your deck.-
"I play Card of Sanctity."
"Hah, that won't save you Yugi. I play Life Shaver and now you loose two cards from your hand."
"But now they have the same attack points!"
As the two gods clashed the arena went dark and the air dropped to at least 30 below 0. Snow from the tops of the mountains came down them in a rushing avalanche.
"Yugi! Hang on!"
That was the last thing you heard before the snow buried you.
Seto's POV
Everyone lifted slightly out of their seats, you included. Isis and Slifer were about to clash and destroy each other. Seconds later snow came tumbling down from the mountains surrounding the duel arena.
"Yugi! Hang on!"
"Miya!"
"Yugi!"
Now everyone was out of their seats and had nearly thrown themselves over the divider wall. The playing field was buried in at least 12 feet of snow and ice. Both Slifer and Isis were gone and the sky was beginning to lighten up again.
"Kaiba! We have to go find them! They could have been hurt!"
You normally would have turned and snapped on Wheeler but you knew he was right. It seemed that whenever Miya dueled, something went horribly wrong and you were seriously regretting the extremely realistic duel arenas.
"Seto! I called the rescue team. They're flying the chopper up." Mokuba shouted as he ran to your side, Aaron just behind him.
"Miya!"
Aaron was beginning to panic and inside, so were you. There was nothing you could do until the rescue team arrived since you weren't going to leave Aaron and Mokuba's sides. They would really freak out if you did that.
"Is she going to be okay Seto?" Aaron said while clutching onto your arm.
"I'm sure she's perfectly fine Aaron." you said trying to reassure yourself as well.
Miya's POV
You couldn't move for a moment as the snow began to settle. To keep your body temperature from plummeting, you slowed your breathing dramatically and tried to think of a way you could get out of tons of snow.
You felt your duel disk heat up a bit on your arm and it hit you. It had been replaced with a soul disk that the Ancient Egyptians used to summon their creatures. With this, you could summon monsters without having to try and reach for your deck.
"I need your help Blue Eyes…." were the last words you mumbled before passing out.
Joey's POV
You were tired of waiting for the rescue team as you watched and waited to see some sign of life from Miya and Yugi.
"Come on Tristan! We're gonna go dig them out!"
"But Joey… You jumped over the wall and landed on top of the snow with a thud. It had hardened and held your weight with barely an effort. This sent your adrenaline sky rocketing. They were buried under this stuff and were running out of air quickly. You ran to were you had last seen Yugi and started to try and dig threw the many feet of snow and ice.
"Hang on Yug!" you shouted as you got threw the top layer of ice.
You were scared out of your skin by a loud roar behind you and you stood up quickly. Before you stood a Blue Eyes White Dragon, and you shot a glance up at Kaiba. He was staring at it with the same astonished look as everyone else. It had to Miya's dragon.
It began digging threw the snow and ice, with a lot more progress than you had made. Within a few minutes, it had Miya unburied and held in it's claw.
"Miya!" Kaiba shouted as he jumped over the wall and ran to her side. The Blue Eyes set her down lightly and Kaiba fell to his knees beside her.
You jumped back as the Blue Eyes then proceeded to do the same where Yugi was buried, and with the same result.
"Yugi…Come on man. Wake up!"
6 Hours Later: 1 PM
Seto's POV
For what seemed like the millionth time, you sat outside a medical bedroom. Miya and Yugi were both still unconscious and being monitored by the company doctors. Until they woke up, the tournament had been put on a full hold seeing as how it couldn't continue without the two finalists.
Wheeler sat in the chair two down from you while the others were with Mokuba and Aaron in their rooms. These past six hours had gone by like years, and the entire time your mind was looking back on how idiotic you had been for creating those extreme duel arenas. They had nearly killed Miya twice.
Joey's cell phone rang, echoing down the hallway.
"Hey Tea…No, they haven't said anything yet. Hey, don't…Yeah I know but still. Well either way, I'll call you when they give us an update." he hung up and shook his head in frustration. You knew Tea was pissed and was blaming this on you, and truthfully; she had every right.
"So Kaiba…Do you think they're going to be alright?"
You weren't sure what to say. You knew what you were hoping, but something in the back of your mind kept telling you that you could have hurt them both seriously and beyond help.
"Yeah Wheeler, They'll be fine. They're under the care of the best doctors Japan can offer."
"You sound a little too confident…you're not really sure are you?"
You weren't sure what to say to Wheeler, he had seen right through your slight bluff. You were just as unsure as he was, and it was killing you.
"Mr. Kaiba…"
When one of the doctors stepped out of the room, you and Joey both jumped out of your skin and leaped out of your seats.
"Mr. Moto has awoken. We're going to move him to another room. Once we do that, you will be able to see him."
"What about Miya?"
"She's not responded yet. We'll keep you posted."
He turned and went back into the room, soon after Yugi came out on a hospital bed and was wheeled to the room down the hall. Since the doctor wouldn't let you in to see Miya, you followed Wheeler down to Yugi's room.
Joey's POV
Yugi looked better than you had expected, just a little beat up.
"Hey guys…"
"Hey Yug, how ya feeling?" you asked as you stood next to bed to his left.
"Eh, A bit sore but I'm good I suppose. Kinda tired."
"How can you be tired? You've been sleeping for 6 hours."
"Really?"
"It was more of a coma." Kaiba said weakly, staring out the window.
"Coma? What happ…oh the avalanche…"
Yugi was quiet for a moment then perked back up.
"How's Miya? I wanna talk to her. We need to figure out if we're going to do a rematch or something."
You looked over at Kaiba who grimaced at the mention of Miya's name, and Yugi seemed to have seen it.
"What's wrong with Miya? Is okay? Did she get hurt?"
Kaiba again grimaced and turned away.
"Yugi, she's still in her coma. Hopefully she'll be waking up soon."
Yugi's face hallowed and darkened.
"I knew I shouldn't have attacked. If I hadn't, this wouldn't have happened and she'd be okay."
"Yugi, you can't blame yourself for this. It was a freak accident and you're just lucky she was able to stay conscious long enough to help us find you and her both."
"How'd she do that?"
"Some how she summoned a Blue Eyes and it dug you guys out of the snow before it would have been too late."
"She must have used her millennium item to summon her soul creature."
"I don't think so Yugi. Her item was in her room. She wasn't using it."
Yugi's POV
You were stunned to hear that Miya had summon a shadow Blue Eyes without the aid of her millennium item.
-How is that possible Atem?-
-I'm not exactly sure Yugi. I'm guessing that her soul is much stronger than we might have guessed.-
-Too bad you don't remember much about Kisara, otherwise you'd probably know.-
-True. Maybe when she wakes we can try to unlock memories that she may remember better than I.-
-You mean…if she wakes up.- you said in a very down and deep tone.
-Yugi, Miya will be fine. Like I've said in the past, she's strong. She'll hold up. You've seen her pull through things like this before.-
You couldn't say anything else and just nodded.
"Yugi? You okay?"
"Oh yeah Joey…I'm okay. Just worried."
"We all are."
Seto's POV
You sat staring out the window, hearing Joey and Yugi's voices as echoes in your mind. They had no idea what worry was. Miya was your world and you weren't about to lose her again.
You were snapped from your thoughts when you felt a light tug on your arm. You turned and both Mokuba and Aaron were standing there looking extremely gloomy.
"Any news yet Seto?" Mokuba asked weakly.
"Is she okay?" Aaron whimpered in a whisper.
"She's not out of her coma yet but she's okay."
The two boys' eyes sank to stare at the white tile floor.
"Joey, Yugi…I'm going to take these two to their room. Call me if there's an update."
They both looked at you like you were crazy. You hadn't planned on leaving, and normally you wouldn't have. Mokuba and Aaron couldn't be down here, it was too much for them to handle, and you knew Miya would have wanted you to be with them instead of sitting out here waiting for her. She loved them both with everything she could. Although Mokuba was not her brother, she treated him like he was part of her family, small as it was.
As you pushed yourself off the wall, you heard the metal of your two lockets clank together. Grasping them in your hand, you took a deep breath then took both boys hands, and lead them back towards the rooms.
Joey's POV
It seemed like forever even after Kaiba left before a doctor passed through the hallway again. Again, nothing had changed, there was no progress with Miya's condition. Once the doctor was out of sight, you stood up.
"Joey?"
"I can't stand it Yug. I'm going in there."
"But they didn't saw we could…"
"I don't care. I'm not going to sit in here not knowing what they're doing for her. I'm going to be there by her side when she wakes up. I'm not letting her wake up alone."
Yugi nodded.
"I'll cover for you. I can see the nurse's station from here, and I'll warn you when doctors and nurses are coming, that way you can hide. I'm sure Kaiba won't appreciate you being in there when he can't be."
"He'd be okay with it. He needs to be with Aaron and Mokuba right now. He knows there's nothing he himself can do for her except stay with them."
Yugi agreed and then laid back down on his over sanitized hospital bed.
"I'll come out when in a while to check up on ya Yug, make sure the docs haven't driven you made or anything."
"Hah, good one Joey."
You took a final glance around the hallway as you left Yugi's room to do a double check for doctors and nurses, then carefully opened Miya's door. You almost gasped.
Miya was bruised up in almost every place visible. Then you remembered that the majority of the snow had hit her at full force. You fell into the chair next to her bed and carefully took hold of her pale, bruised hand and held it lightly. She was cold and you didn't want to cause her anymore pain.