Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Deadly Duel ❯ Chapter 5

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Chapter 5


Only two weeks after the earthquake did the others have to go back to school.


"I can't believe they're makin' us go to that nearby collage," Joey said as they walked to the hospital to see Yugi.


"Well where do you expect them to put us?" Tea asked. "The only other high school is already over crowded, you can't expect them to take another twenty-five hundred kids."


"Point taken but we're at a collage for cyin' out loud, I wasn't planning on goin' to one a those for awhile."


"Oh well Joey."


"Sometimes I wonder why those two even bother to start talking to one another," Bakura said to Tristan.


"I'm surprised they haven't ripped each others' throats out yet," Tristan replied. They finally got the hospital and went to Yugi's room.


Yugi was laying there as usual, flipping through the channels on the TV with the remote.


"Lucky Yugi gets to ditch school and watch TV all day," Joey said as they walked in.


"I wouldn't say ditching," Yugi replied, "and if you must know this thing has no selection of channels even if it tried." He turned off the TV and put the remote on the table to his left. "So how much homework did you get?"


"A whole lot," Joey answered.


"Do you want try doing some Yugi?" Tea asked, "you won't have as much make up work to do."


"I might as well," Yugi said, "but I'll need your notes."


"Don't even try reading Joey's," Tristan said, "they look like chicken scratch."


"Yours don't look any better," Joey replied.


"Please don't fight," Bakura said, "it was enough listening to Tea all the way here." They worked on homework, Yugi wrote as best as he could with his left hand, but then Tea took over and wrote down what ever he said in-between her homework.


When Mr. Motuoh walked in he was surprised to see what they were doing. "Well here's something I never thought I'd see."


"What do you mean?" Joey asked. "The fact that Yugi's doing his homework or that we're all doing together?"


"Both," was the older man's answer. "So," he said smiling, "figure out anything?"


"Yeah, Yugi can't write with his left hand even if his life depended on it," Joey answered, then got hit in the head by a cushion that Yugi threw at him after Bakura gave it to him.


"He can throw with his left hand pretty well," Tea pointed. They all left a little later so Yugi could rest and so the others could do a project they were assigned, Yugi was made part of their group but they didn't want him to have to worry about it.

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One weekend the others had things to do, so Tea went down to the hospital by herself to visit Yugi that afternoon. None of them had been there in a few days and she wanted to see how much more he had recovered. As she was heading toward his room a voice called from behind her. She turned around to Dr. Kay, looking grim and tried.


"Is something wrong Dr. Kay?" Tea asked as the woman approached.


Dr. Kay nodded. "Last night, well I should say only a few hours ago, Yugi stopped breathing. We didn't notice until the alarms went off. By then his heart rate had dropped to almost zero. He's stable now, but there's no way people can visit him now."


Tea nodded, shocked. "Will he be okay?"


"It's hard to say. At times he seems so much better and then he goes down hill again. I'm sorry Tea, I must've just ruined your day by telling this."


"It's okay," Tea replied, close to tears, "I would have found out anyway." She turned around and ran out of the hospital. She was only able to keep herself under control until she reached the park and sat down on a bench, and then started crying.


"Tea?" The girl looked up to see Bakura.


"Oh, I didn't hear you coming," she said, but then she just burst into fresh tears.


"What happened?" he asked as he sat down next to her. Tea told him what Dr. Kay had told her. "That isn't good."


"I'm scared, I've known him since kindergarten, I afraid he might," she was so worked up she could even finish what she wanted to say.


"He's not going to die," Bakura said, he knew exactly what she was going to say before she even said. He was about to say something else, but then Tea flung her arms around his neck and cried into shoulder.


"Sorry Bakura," she whispered, but only held on tighter.


"Uh," he was slightly dumbfounded, he hadn't been expecting it, and he had an odd feeling that Tristan and Joey were watching from a nearby bush. They were they only other people besides Yugi that knew his true feelings for Tea.


Tea finally let go and he offered her his handkerchief. "Thanks," she said as she wiped her eyes.


"What makes you think Yugi's just going to give like that?" Bakura asked.


"I don't know, but I just can't help it." She gave him back his handkerchief and got up. "I need to get home."


"Do you want me to walk you?" Bakura asked.


"No, I'll be okay," she answered and headed down the street. Bakura felt like throwing himself in the pond at that second, but then thought better of it when he heard Tea scream. Bakura jumped to his feet and ran in the direction Tea had just gone in, but not before grapping three stones from the edge of the pond. He ran down the street and arrived in time to watch a street thug and his two cronies rip of Tea's shirt, revealing a lot more then Tea desired.


"Street trash," Bakura hissed as he threw one of his rocks, which hit dead on in the back of one of the thugs' heads


"Ouch," the thug said rubbing the back of his head. "Who threw that?" At that same second a second rock found its mark on another thug's forehead.


"Why don't you knuckleheads turn around and find out?" Bakura yelled, getting ready the throw his last stone.


"What makes you think you can take on all three of us?" the last thug asked.


"Nothing," Bakura answered, "but I damn will try." All three thugs charged him, but Bakura wasn't alone.


"Why don't we make this a three on three," Joey said as he and Tristan came up behind Bakura. Joey and Tristan had more experience in street fighting, but Bakura didn't and had a harder time, but some old martial art lessons he had take when he was younger came back and were a great help.


Once Joey got his guy off for a minute he pulled off his coat and tossed it to Tea so she didn't have stand around like she was anymore. Finally all three of the thugs were running down the street, limping or holding sore limps as they ran.


"I hope I won't have to do that again," Bakura said as he walked back over to Tea. She was shaking and tears were streaming down her cheeks.


"I guess I should have said yes," she said, "this probably wouldn't have happened if I had said yes to you walking me home."


"Don't blame yourself," Bakura said as Joey and Tristan came up behind him.


Joey looked around, "The Game shop's less then a block away from here, lets see if Mr. Motuoh'll let us in."


"I'm sure he will," Tristan replied. They walked the block and the Game shop came into view. When they walked in Mr. Motuoh nearly dropped a box of cards he was holding.


"What happened?" he asked.


"Street thugs," Joey answered. "Tea was walkin' home when they came up on her, with an idea to have some fun, luckily we just a block behind her."


"She was lucky Bakura was a block behind her and has a good arm when comes to throwin' stones," Tristan corrected. "We showed up just before they were about to pound Bakura into the side walk."


"Well whatever you did you won," Mr. Motuoh said, "Come on, lets go inside so Tea can call her mother to come and pick her up." They went into the house and Tea phoned her mother, who promised she would be there in fifteen minutes or less.


"I believe I know why Tea is upset," Mr. Motuoh said, he didn't look too happy either.


"Tea told me already," Bakura said.


"What happened?" Joey asked. Mr. Motuoh told them about Yugi's current condition. "That is not good."


"Maybe we can see him tomorrow," Tea suggested.


"We might," Mr. Motuoh replied.


"You're not walkin' alone," Joey said, Tea she gave him a dirty look.


"I'm sure your mother would want that to," Mr. Motuoh said. Tea sighed and nodded. About ten minutes later Tea's mother arrived, and Tea's sisters were with her.


While Tea changed in the bathroom Mr. Motuoh told Mrs. Gardiner what happened and why it happened.


"Well then she is very fortunate to have such concerned friends around," Mrs. Gardiner said when Mr. Motuoh finished.


"I know," Tea said as she came in and gave Joey back his coat. She sat down with her sisters who started whispering questions to her and giggling.


Bakura felt like he should go. "Sorry to leave so soon, but I need to get home soon." It was a complete lie, but it worked any way.


Tea watched him leave. "Mom, I need to talk to him, can I go with him? I promise I won't leave his side."


Mrs. Gardiner sighed, "All right, but take you sister's cell phone just in case, since you keep forgetting yours back home on the charger." Tea nodded, blushing a little as one of her sisters gave her a cell phone, then she ran after Bakura.


Author's Note: Don't worry, Yugi will be fine. If you haven't guessed it yet, it is a TeaxBakura relationship. Not a whole lot happens with that in this story. The next chapter is going to be interesting. Review me if you like it so far.