Note To Readers: Sorry for the delay. I was nearly finished with Chapter 67 when the site froze. And I lost my entire Chapter! I was so upset. But hopefully, this means that I can just make it better. Thanks for your patience and support!

Chapter 67: The Greatest Remedy

"UGH! His Breath Is Putrid!" Yugi cried as he tried to muffle the words coming out of his mouth. What was he even drinking?! No-No he HAD to remain focused! He couldn't allow his thoughts to waunder elsewhere. He took a deep breath and attempted to hold it. "E-Excuse me...are you Dau-Lord Daunte I mean?" the scarlet-eyed male asked the brown haired male. "P-Prince Bright informed me that you know someone that could help a dear friend of mine...one who's well versed in medicine..." Yugi began.

Daunte only scoffed. "You're asking the wrong person for help pipsqueak...i'd advise you to look elsewhere...I don't have time to deal with anyone's bullshit..." the Black muttered. Yugi only frowned. {Perhaps this was a waste of time after all...} Atem murmured. "No...i'm not giving up..." the scarlet eyed male muttered before he noticed Daunte slowly leaving the area.

"WAIT! PLEASE WAIT!" Yugi cried and ran as fast as he could cutting the brown-haired male off. Resulting in a rather irritated growl from the Black. "I'm begging you, Lord Black! Please! If you know someone! Anyone that can help can't you find it in your heart to summon them here!? the scarlet-eyed male looked straight into Daunte's eyes glistening with desperation within them.

"Man you're persistent kid...listen up...there's a SEAL on the gateway that prevents the one you want to see from leaving. I, on the other hand, know a trick or two of getting past the barrier...but you should know that this individual's father is a Tyrant. If he catches either of us trying to smuggle his son out of the castle...well i'll leave that to your imagination pipsqueak...knowing this are you still willing to risk it?" Daunte asked Yugi. "Yes. I don't have any other choice. If I can do something to help then i'm going to do it!" the scarlet-eyed male exclaimed.

"...Very well...follow me..." the Black muttered with a heavy sigh as he led Yugi away from the party and to the gateway, they entered from. Daunte held his hand out towards the portal. "In The Black Name, I Evoke Thee Open The Passage To Agethrim...I Lord Black Command You!" Daunte called forth. Slowly a veil of green emerged from the gateway. Without any hesitation, Daunte entered the portal. Yugi swallowed hard before he followed the brown haired male into the veil.

Kaiba wrung out the wet washcloth in the bowl of ice water before he folded the cloth and gently placed it on Bloom's forehead. "How is she doing?" Raeger asked as he changed the water making sure to replace the bowl with one full of ice. "Not good. She's been sick all morning..." Kaiba told the Guild Master. "I brought the herbs you asked for Flora," Bright spoke up and sat the tray down on the table. "We don't have much but I brought you what we do have. If only we had an Apocrathy for times like this..." the Prince frowned.

"Thank you, I can brew Bloom up a special tea that will help with her nausea." Flora offered a smile as she took a morter and began to grind up the herbs as best as she could. "Joey could you help me over here please?" the Faerie asked sweetly. "Sure! Joey's on it!" the blonde exclaimed and sat with Flora to help her grind everything into powders. Though it was a lot harder than it looked his face nearly turning red. "Try not to give yourself a headache." Layla teased Joey before Marik came the faerie's way.

"Did you find it?" Layla asked the Tombkeeper. "Indeed I did. It was located up in the cabinet with most of the bandages and medicine." Marik told the darkly skinned Faerie and handed her a thermometer. "Great! Thanks, Marik. I'm going to check Bloom's temperature. I'll be right back." Layla informed him. Marik only sighed as he watched Layla make her way into the other room crossing his arms as he did so.

"Anyone know where Yugi went? I haven't been able to find him." Roxy asked before Marik turned his gaze towards the pink haired female. "I believe little Yugi was sent on a quest of his own. Earlier he was speaking to one a male with brown hair. After that, however, I do not know what occurred..." the tomb keeper informed Roxy. "Poor Bloom i'm so worried about her..." Roxy frowned before she felt a hand on her shoulder. "She's going to be ok Roxy. We'll figure out what's going on I promise." Raeger comforted the faerie. "Thanks, Raeger..." Roxy murmured before she hugged him, him returned the favor.

Stella watched the two and let out a sigh as she tried over and over again to get a hold of Brandon. But it just kept going to voice mail. "I can't believe this! I need major support right now and he's not even picking up the phone!?" the blonde cried upset. "What does he have going on that's more important than me? Oh, forget it! If he doesn't care that I called a gazillion times then I don't either hmph! Besides I have better things to think about like Bloom! But I have no idea what to do! I feel like the most USELESS Faerie in all of the known worlds!" Stella pouted before Techna spoke up as she was buried eye-deep in a bunch of tomes.

"Stella, do you mind? We're trying to concentrate over here?" Techna told the blonde. "Well EXCUSE me! I'm ONLY trying to figure out what is making my best friend in the whole world sick!?" "...And just what do you think we're trying to accomplish examining the information each of these books holds?" Yuki questioned without looking up once. "We're hoping that with some of these medical spell books that we can diagnose Bloom's sickness based on her current symptoms," Techna explained to Stella as she only scratched her head. "Ok, whatever you say...you're the book worms..." the blonde shrugged before she walked away.

Duke tossed his dice up in the air as he leaned against the wall. Catching them as they fell back down into his hand over and over again. "I think things were simpler when everything was solved by playing Duel Monsters." the Dice Master sighed. "That's because all of you are morons." Nanala teased. "Oh? And I suppose you know EVERYTHING?" "That's right pretty boy...so go ahead and play with your little dice and let the grownups handle it." the Pyre Faerie giggled before Duke's dice lit up on fire. "YOUCH!" the Dice Master let out a yelp as he burned his hand the dice landing at his feet. Hopefully, Yugi was having better luck than him.

"Looks like someone's having a bad day," Musa observed as she looked through her CD collection. Cupid only sat on the arm of the couch watching her. "What are you doing?" the redhead asked intrigued. "Oh, this? I was trying to find some soothing tracks for Bloom to listen to. I thought that listening to the sounds of the ocean might calm her down. After all, she's in a place that she's not familiar with...i'm sure she's scared and that her body is reacting to that fear." Cupid took a moment to think about it. "Huh...I never thought about it like that...an interesting theory i'll give you that." the redhead admitted with a slight amused chuckle.

"But, maybe you should just try to sing instead? They say that when birds sing they calm the mind and the body...like music has its own power in itself..." Cupid suggested. "Me? Well, I guess I could...but what should I sing I wonder?" "Well that's up to you." the redhead winked playfully. Musa closed her eyes as she searched for a song in her heart that would help heal the wounds inflicted by this journey.

Snow Covered Feelings...

{I wait for the rain to stop and let the sun shine again. By my heart keeps aching, will the pain never fade away? Let me hold you...if only for a moment...I want to be by your side... melt into your arms...i... never thought... i'd feel... so strongly about someone...it's almost like a dream...i never want to wake up ...}

{Let the snow... fall heavily down...Let it fill up the empty ground...glistening... like the feelings I have... hidden inside my heart. Oh it melts just with your touch...frozen in time...never to move on... you've warmed my soul with your love...Winter...how it feels warm...i whisper i love you...let me hold you tight...If i hadn't met you i'd think love was just a faraway place...i could never find...}

I'm all alone and i find you waiting for me. I can't keep holding these feelings in...I want to be with you...i hear my name... on your lips as i smile... the snow melts...it turns to spring and suddenly i'm surrounded by flowers...you're all i need...i love you now and forever i give my heart to you...so hold me gently...don't break me please...Oh i miss you...Emerald gems bring promise... a new spring...Winter is over ...and so is the pain...

{Chorus}

I love you...i'll whisper it in my dreams...How did you find me? Why couldn't i...find you before...these tears...won't stop...i'm so happy...to find the one I've been waiting for...So hold me tight! Never let me go! Oh I... miss you...find me... in the dark...Melt the snow surrounding my heart...wipe these tears...so long i have cried. Waiting for you all of this time...hold me tight...as my memories of old fade away...My spring...has melted the snow away...Winter how it feels so warm...

Cupid just stared at Musa dumbfounded as her song echoed through the ears of all that could hear it. Filling them up with a warmth that none could explain. Bright paused as he walked outside to Xuri. Both of them searched for the source of the music. Slowly their eyes met each gazing at the other. Bright couldn't hold himself back anymore and ran into the vampire's arms. Clinging to him grasping onto Xuri's shirt. Even Bloom could hear the melody emerge from the other room. There was only one person with a voice that rang out as angelic as the chime of tinkling bells. Both Kaiba and Bloom paused before she broke the silence that followed.

"Thank you...for taking care of me...i'm only sorry that it turned out like it did...I REALLY wanted to have a good time today...with you...we all worked so hard...I...I feel like such a-" Kaiba only shook his head. "You don't need to apologize...the only thing I want...is for you to get better..." the CEO began as his face reddened his chestnut hair covered his eyes. "Because...I get worried when you get like this...Yugi's doing what HE can...but just what am I supposed to do...when you're right here in front of me...and I can't do anything about your pain...your sickness...?" Kaiba's bottom lip trembled as he bit down on it.

"If I can't see your smile...then I can't be happy either...so if there's anything I CAN do...anything at all...even if it's just something small...you can tell me...whatever it is..." Kaiba told Bloom. "...Anything?" Bloom asked softly. "That's right..." Kaiba muttered almost in a whisper. "...There is one thing..." the redhead told him.

"...Could you...just hold me?" she asked softly as she lifted her arms out towards him. Without his usual smart-aleck remark, Kaiba laid down with the faerie and wrapped his arms around her warmly. Bloom resting her head in the crook of his neck with his head gently pressed against hers. Quitely Kaiba whispered in Bloom's ear for only her to hear. "Thank you for falling in love with someone like me..." Bloom only smiled as she closed her eyes feeling his comforting warmth.

Meanwhile In Zaloz...

"WOAH!" Yugi cried as he stumbled exiting the portal. {Are you alright Yugi?} Atem asked his other half. "Yeah, i'm fine. I just...wasn't expecting the ground to be lower than my feet were...walking through the gateway was challenging enough." Yugi admitted before he looked ahead. His face paled as his scarlet eyes shrunk. A horrified gasp escaping his lips. Slowly he got to his feet and stared in disbelief at his surroundings.

The grass was as black as charcoal like a fire had burned all the land. High above them, the sky was painted a poisoned purple abundant with crows that rested upon the naked trees. It seemed as if winter had touched the land with its icy cold breath. Only there was none which existed. An eerie silence echoed death. "...W...What is this...place...?" Yugi barely found himself able to utter from his lips. {Something about this place...is very wrong Yugi...} Atem followed as the Pharoah narrowed his eyes.

"This is Zaloz...Agethrim...The Black Magic City...my place of dwelling...The Black Family has domain over this entire kingdom..." Daunte muttered as he moved forward crunching the withered grass beneath his boots. The more Yugi walked the harder it became to breathe. The air choked him like a skeleton's bony fingers grasping around the scarlet eyed male's neck. Yugi was thrown into a coughing fit his body trembling. {YUGI!} Atem gasped as he placed his hands on his other half's shoulders.

"I'm alright..." Yugi swore though he couldn't seem to get a good breath of air. "...I guess I shoulda warned you earlier...for those not born here, it can be hard to adapt to our atmosphere...not that you'd want to...try not to pass out...it'd be a pain to carry you back through the portal..." Daunte muttered before they finally got to the gate. Yugi tried to get a grip and looked upwards at the castle.

It was similar to Dawnshire's with a gothic architecture woven with black roses and vines that bound it. With but a mere movement of the brown-haired male's hand, the wooden draw-bridge pried itself from the chain and collided with the ground below. The Black motioned for Yugi to follow him inside. The blonde swallowed hard before he did just that. The door closed behind them.

The interior was dark only illuminated by the several candles which were mounted up on the wall. Each step creaked from the wooden floor underneath. You could feel the chill in the air. "So...why did we stop here first? Is your friend here?" Yugi asked. "What gave you THAT idea?" the brown-haired male questioned as he opened a nearby cabinet. "...Well I just thought since we came here..." the scarlet-eyed male began.

"It's gonna take us three fucking days to get to Juniper...The City Of White Magic...that's where the one you wanna see is...Kenshin Sahiro...so we need to stock up on supplies if we're even going to think about crossing the Yin/Yang Bridge which crosses the two Kingdoms..." Daunte muttered. "T-THREE DAYS!?" Yugi cried horrified at the very thought. "...You got a problem with that pipsqueak...?" the Black questioned as an irritated growl escaped him.

"Y-YES THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM! BLOOM'S SICK! THREE WHOLE DAYS!? HOW IS SHE SUPPOSED TO WAIT THAT LONG!?" Yugi panicked in utter shock. {Three days is indeed a bit excessive...perhaps there might be an alternate path in which we could get there faster...} Atem suggested as he turned towards Yugi. "Well it's worth a shot..." the scarlet eyed male admitted before he spoke up. "Lord Black...is there no other path we can take to get to Juniper quicker?" Yugi asked as he trembled. Daunte slammed a bottle of whiskey down upon asking such a question.

"Yeah, through the Abyss Woods...whose entrance is enshrouded in thorned bushes that overtake nearly the entire damn area...poisoness quicksand that will pull you in its depths without mercy...and the fucking Basilisk that has fangs as sharp as a blade...who guards the forest...so yeah there's that path two...if you have a bloody death wish!" Daunte exclaimed as he unscrewed the top off the swallowed hard as sweat beat down his face. However, he couldn't change his mind just because it wasn't the safest route. The only questioned left was, was Daunte willing to brave the dangerous road ahead.

"I-I don't care! Bloom needs to see a physician as soon as possible! So whatever it takes! Please! I know that this is a lot to ask...but I made a promise to Kaiba...he's doing all he can...so I MUST return the favor! Can't you find it in your heart to guide me through the forest!? Ha-Haven't you ever had someone...that you were willing to throw everything away for?" Yugi asked as a fire burned within his scarlet eyes. Daunte let out a heavy sigh as he poured whiskey into a glass filled with ice.

"...That's quite the loaded question pipsqueak...tell me...have you ever heard of Romeo and Juliet? Two houses...bitter enemies...yet they are drawn to each other regardless of the hatred that exists...a Shakespearean tragedy?...Wine...and Whiskey...two separate spirits...yet with just one simple meeting their fates intertwine...but as you know...it doesn't have a happily ever after..." Daunte whispered as he took a bottle of red wine from the cabinet and set it beside it.

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