1Hey there guys... I am sooooo sorry for not updating sooner! It's just so much has been happening with my family and I lately so Crystal and Alex are sorry as well. To make it all up for you guys, I'm going to type up this chapter as a long one, longer then any of my other chapters (or at least try to..)! I hope you guys enjoy for your reading pleasure! Also, I'm going to start typing Yuugi's name as Yuugi instead of Yugi like before in the earlier chapters. It's gotten to me.. Mehhh. I also changed the format of the thoughts as it shows below what they are now.
'Thoughts'
Mind link - hikari to yami
Mind link - yami to hikari
Flash backs/dreams
Yami stood there, his eyes widen and his jaw dropped down - to maybe all the way down to the concrete he was standing on if it could go that far. The sight in front of him horrified him, to beyond. There was blood on the hard cement... people gasping and screaming to call the police. Yami kept standing there, frozen in shock - just like mostly everyone else.
There had been an accident... an accident with his other self.
"AIBOU!"
Yami snapped out of his daze, running to the side of his hikari, his eyes filling with tears with each step he took. His hikari was lying on the cold and hard concrete, blooding seeping from a large cut on his forehead, not breathing... not moving.
'No... no, no!'
"Yuugi! Please wake up!"
Yami had knelt down beside his beloved light, taking the small form into his arms, softly shaking the young one's shoulders in hopes for the little one to wake up.. wake up to see those beautiful eyes of innocence another time.. to hear the wonder voice..the melodic tone which his aibou used in that adoring way..
He couldn't be gone. He just couldn't. And Yami wouldn't let him go away.
"Please wake up, Yuugi... open your eyes!"
Yami suddenly felt a hand rest upon one of his shoulders. He glanced up, letting his crimson orbs of desperate need lock onto honey golden orbs of sadness that belonged to Jounouchi.
"Yami... it'll be okay bud, I swear it. Anzu called the police and their sending the ambulance to take Yuugi to the hospital."
Yami stared at his friend, listening and letting the words sink into his brain. Help was on the way. But what if... it came too late?
"But... look at him! What if they don't make it in time?"
Yami exclaimed as he stood up, holding Yuugi in his arms. "I need to get him there myself! I can't wait, my hikari's life is at risk!"
Jounouchi frowned, standing up after his friend and letting his hands go out to grasps onto Yami's shoulders.
"Yami please... he'll be okay. You just need to wait for help to get here..."
The sounds of the ambulance's sirens were now visible to everyone's ears. Jounouchi let his grip on Yami's shoulders loosen up.
"See? They're here, Yami. Just take it easy alright?"
Yami stared at his friend, still having a tight grip around Yuugi, At this point, the ambulance had stopped and the men that came out with the stretcher to take Yuugi away, were now standing there - waiting for Yami to let go of Yuugi.
Yami glanced over to the men who were waiting, then down at Yuugi. What was wrong with him? Why wasn't he letting his aibou go? Maybe he was afraid of losing him if they took too long getting him to the hospital... but there could still be hope of the little one if he would just let him go.
Finally, coming out of his dazed battle between himself and his inner gut, he made his way over to the stretcher the men had out and carefully lied Yuugi down on top of it. Yami stood there and watched the men as they tucked a blanket around Yuugi, putting a cloth to Yuugi's forehead where the bleeding was occurring and soon got him into the back of the ambulance and drove off, the siren again being able to be heard through most of the city..
Yami stayed there, staring off at the automobile as it went down the road, finally coming out of his trance once the vehicle took it's turn at a green light up the road. Jounouchi came up behind the ex-pharaoh and placed a hand on his shoulder yet again.
"Come on... we'll all cram into Lee Anne and Seto's cars and head for the hospital. Let's go."
Yami turned and looked at his blonde friend and nodded softly, quickly hurrying to get to the hospital to make sure his aibou would be alright...
'Yuugi...'
Yami sat there, inside his world of thoughts, wishing and hoping for his aibou to be fine. Everyone sat around him, either watching the clock in the waiting room or glancing towards Yami, making sure the ex-pharaoh was keeping his sanity. This hit hard on everyone... but it was driving the yami crazy. His partner had just got ran over... what would he do with himself if Yuugi had left him to the world beyond everyone?
Yami shook his head a few times, mumbling something every so often - this causing some of the gang to give glances at each other in worry for their friend. Finally, Kenji got up and went over to Yami and sat down next to him, placing a hand on his shoulder, softly. She felt Yami stiffen up to her touch and let out a light sigh.
"Yami..."
Yami shook his head before lifting his head up and stared into Kenji's eyes. Kenji could see the worry and desperate hope in those pools of crimson.
"Yami, it will be okay... stop working yourself up like this. You'll kill yourself this way if you get yourself all caught up in your worries. Yuugi will be okay, I promise you..."
Yami stared hard into Kenji's eyes, letting her words play over and over again in his mind. It was a few moments later that a sigh escaped his slightly parted lips and let his eyes close half way, his head lowering a bit.
"I'm just so worried about him... what if he ...leaves me?"
Kenji frowned softly. "I don't think Yuugi would do that to you, Yami. He loves you so much and he'll fight through it all just to wake up and be in your arms again."
Yami stared at Kenji again, this time a small smile came upon the ex-pharaoh's face. He felt better with Kenji's comforting words.
"Thank you..."
Kenji smiled back at him, giving him a light nod. "Anything for you, my dear friend. Just keep your chin up high and everything will be okay, you hear me?"
Yami nodded softly giving another soft smile.
It wasn't soon afterwards that Yuugi's doctor came into the waiting room in search for Yuugi's loved ones. He walked up to the large group of friends, noticing Yami in the group, thinking he was Yuugi's twin brother.
"Are you all here for a Yuugi Moto?"
The gang lifted their heads up to meet the doctor's gaze, giving him looks of worry. The doctor noticed this and gave them a soft smile, before telling them the news.
"The results of Yuugi's are here, giving us some good news and some... bad news."
The mention of the good news made everyone in the group brighten up but then the mention of the bad news made them gloomy again and worried.
"What's the good news...?" Jounouchi asked, his voice shaking a bit.
The doctor took a quick glance at his clip board, gazing over the words on his papers.
"Mr. Moto is going to be fine. He just needs a lot of bed rest for maybe the longest, a week - the shortest being 4 days. I'd take the week just to be careful."
Everyone sighed softly, knowing Yuugi would be alright after all. This made Yami over joyed. He totally had forgotten the bad news part and soon he bolted away from the group and down the hospital hallways to find Yuugi's room.
"Damnit, Yami! Get back here!" Crystal was about to go after the ex-pharaoh, but a hand stopped her. Crystal looked back to find her own yami Motosuke, holding her arm to keep her from going off. Motosuke slowly shook her head and Crystal stayed put.
Everyone turned their attention to the doctor, all of them giving him a curious look.
"What's the ...bad news?" Lee Anne spoke up, the only one brave enough to have the question slip from between her lips.
The doctor sighed and removed his gaze from his papers and looked back to the gang, giving them his own sadden look.
"Yuugi's forehead had a huge gash there... being hit tramendously, causing him to get Amnesia... Yuugi might not remember everyone of you and maybe some... or maybe nothing at all. There will be a time that he will get his memory back but we are not sure of when that will ever happen. It could be two weeks from now, a few days, tomorrow, months... even years. Something might click inside his mind to make him remember something or everything. Just make sure he gets bed rest and time will take effect sooner or later."
Everyone stared at the doctor, their jaws somewhat dropping once the news sunk into their brains. Yuugi wouldn't remember them?... Maybe even for years! Soon Jounouchi snapped out of his thoughts and shook his head softly.
"This is bad... Yami is going to be crushed..."
This made some of the gang either gasp lightly or have worried expressions played across their faces.
This was bad...
Yami pushed open the door to Yuugi's hospital room, happy filling his heart with the news that his aibou was going to be alright... just needed bed rest as the doctor had said.
But Yami hadn't stayed for the whole story. This would make it difficult once he found out about Yuugi's bad luck...
"Aibou!"
Yuugi blinked softly and turned his attention towards Yami, somewhat startled at the other male with the sudden address. Yuugi had been awake for about a few moments now, gazing around himself, asking questions.
Questions...
Yami made his way over to Yuugi's side, soon wrapping his arms around the young teen's neck and pulling him into a warm embrace. Yuugi blinked again with the hug, a faint blush making its way to his soft and pale cheeks. Yami gave a sigh of content and nuzzled his face into the top of Yuugi's soft tri-colored hair. Yuugi blushed more but still faintly, by Yami's actions.
Yami soon pulled his face away from Yuugi's head and smiled softly to his hikari, soon leaning down and giving a light kiss to Yuugi's forehead. Now this made Yuugi blushed furiously.
Yami noticed the blush and chuckled softly, thinking Yuugi was just being his normal cute self and moved his thumb up to Yuugi's cheek and stroked it softly.
"You're so adorable, aibou... I'm so glad that you are alright my little one. I'm going to go check you out at the front desk so we can take you home alright?"
Yami let go of his hikari and turned, making his way to the door before a soft and gentle voice stopped him.
"Um... That sounds like a great plan but um, who are you?"
Everyone made their ways to Yuugi's hospital room, worried about if they were ever going to get the old Yuugi back or not... or if Yami knew of Yuugi's problem. If he knew, his heart would be crushed...
They reached the door to Yuugi's room, only to find a stunned ex-pharaoh standing there, staring back towards Yuugi, blinking a few times. Yami didn't noticed his friends there in front of him fore he turned himself around and went back to Yuugi's side, blinking even more - soon just standing there and casting his gaze down at his hikari.
Yami blinked softly, still staring, until he finally was able to force himself to speak, but only one word came out of his mouth.
"What...?"
Yuugi blinked softly as well before asking the same question again.
"Who are you...?"
This made the others who now made their way into Yuugi's room, gasp at the question. They knew it was coming, but it still surprised them. They were hoping that Yuugi would still remember Yami.
Yami shook his head softly. He couldn't believe his ears at what he heard...
"What do you mean 'who am I?'.. I'm your yami, your bo-"
"Yami..."
Yami blinked softly as he was cut off by Yue. Yami turned and looked at the others, standing behind him, confused at what was going on.
"He doesn't remember you, Yami... Most likely none of us. Yuugi's head took a real bad blow and now he has amnesia..."
Yami's eyes grew wide, listening to Yue and letting the words sink into his head, finally taking effect after a few moments. Yami again forced himself to say one word.
"What...?"
Yue sighed softly and stepped towards Yami, placing his hands on both of Yami's shoulders. Yue stared down into Yami's eyes, sorrow filling them.
"I'm sorry Yami... only time can heal what has happened. We just don't know how much time it will take in order for Yuugi to remember you or any of us."
Yami stared at Yue, his jaw drooping from shock. His aibou didn't remember him?
"No..."
Yami shook his head softly, letting his gaze drop to the floor.
Kenji stepped forward, standing next to both Yue and Yami. She looked at Yami with sadden eyes as well.
"It's true Yami. Yuugi doesn't remember you."
Yami glanced up at Kenji, giving her a crushed look before looking towards Yuugi who sat there in the hospital bed, confused. Yami got himself free from Yue's grip on his shoulders and stepped towards Yuugi stopping as he stood next to the bed. Yuugi glanced up at him, raising a brow.
"Yuugi... do you really... you don't remember me do you?"
Yuugi blinked softly before shaking his head slowly. "No I don't."
Yami lowered his gaze from Yuugi before speaking again.
"Who do you remember?..."
Yuugi blinked again before answering Yami.
"Grandpa..."
Yami blinked and glanced up at Yuugi again before turning around to glance over at Solomon, Yuugi's grandpa...
Solomon stepped forward, going next to Yami and gave him a soft smile. Solomon then turned his gaze down towards Yuugi.
"Would you like to go home, my boy?"
Yuugi nodded softly. "Yes grandpa..."
Solomon smiled softly. "Don't worry, everything will be explained when we get back to the Game Shop."
Yuugi nodded again before swinging his feet over the edge of his hospital bed. Solomon then helped Yuugi out the room and down the hallway to get him signed out to go home. Everyone except Kenji, Yue, and Yami left the room to follow Yuugi and Solomon. Yue and Kenji both turned to Yami, giving him worried glances. Yami let his eyes travel up to both his friend's own gazes and shook his head softly.
Kenji nodded and patted Yue's shoulder, leading him out the door to leave Yami there by himself. Yami then slumped down onto his knees on the floor, his head lowered.
'Why... why did this happen? Why must it happen to my precious aibou?'
Yami shook his head slowly, soon gathering himself up and was able to get up and walk out the room, making his way to the front desk where the others would be waiting for him...
TBC