Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Deadly Duel ❯ Chapter 20
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By: MageDragon17 
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.04.2005 | Pages: 5 | Words: 2.6K | Visits: 254 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.04.2005 | Pages: 5 | Words: 2.6K | Visits: 254 | Status: Work In Progress
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 20
As Tristan had asked, the surgery did take another two and a half hours. When it was finally over, the surgeon himself came out to talk to all of them.
"He'll live," he said. "It went rather well actually. The puncture wounds to some of his organs weren't very bad, nor were the lacerations. As you may have suspected, the rib reconstruction took up the most time."
"This isn't the end of it is it?" Mick asked.
The surgeon shook his head; "We would like to do the knee surgery tomorrow."
"When will he be able to come home?" Tea asked.
The surgeon thought for a moment, "Well, if all goes smoothly, hopefully by Christmas."
"Day or night?" Joey asked.
The surgeon laughed, "Whenever you feel like taking him home."
As Yugi's friends exchanged grins, a nurse came up and whispered into the surgeon's ear. "Already?" he asked. The nurse nodded. "Well," he said everyone, "It's seems that he's awake. If you just follow the nurse, she'll take you to his room."
"Show us the way," Joey said enthusiastically.
The nurse giggled and showed them all to Yugi's room. When they walked in, Yugi looked a little too drowsy to be awake.
"I don't think the anesthetic has completely worn off," Tea said.
"Nothing hurts," Yugi said groggily.
"He's also drugged," the nurse added.
"That explains things," Anna said.
The nurse left them alone, but not before warning all of them that if to much noise was heard in here, she'd kick them all out.
"Now why did you go and do this for?" Tea asked as they sat down.
"Do what?" Yugi asked.
"Got yourself attacked by a mountain lion," Tea answered, knowing the medication was what was keeping Yugi from thinking straight.
"I didn't ask it to," Yugi grumbled.
"Before you all got here," Mick said, "I got a call from the wildlife rangers that had come to pick up the body. They had seen the cat before; it had been coming down from the mountains since food was scarce, mostly getting dogs and cats. Apparently that supply went down to, and it went after the next best thing."
"An injured human," Tea gulped.
"Exactly," Mick replied. "It must have been extremely desperate, to break through a window to get to him."
"That's how the food chain goes," Bakura mumbled. "The strong prey on the weak, and the weak prey on the weaker."
"Bakura," Joey said.
"Hmm?"
"Shut up," Joey answered. The whole room laughed quietly.
"The doctors say that you can come home Christmas Eve," Anna said, changing the subject.
"But that's in just a few days," Yugi said.
Anna shrugged, "It's what the doctor said, and the sooner we get you out of here, the better."
"Why?" Yugi asked, "Afraid of what the bill is gonna cost?"
Anna laughed, "No, since it won't be nearly as much as what your grandfather had to pay the first time you were in the hospital."
"That's very true," Grandpa grumbled. "It's going to take a while to pay that off."
"Sorry," Yugi mumbled. "Where am I again?"
Everyone laughed. "I think all of these painkillers are going to your head," Anna said.
"What else is new?" Yugi grumbled. The painkillers weren't the whole problem, the anesthetic was still clinging to him, so he could see straight, let alone think straight.
"Maybe you should sleep off the rest of he anesthetic," Anna suggested. Yugi nodded as he closed his eyes, and fell asleep instantly. They all left to let him sleep.
***
The next morning, when Yugi woke up completely free of the anesthetic, he looked around from where he lay. (Well, at least I can remember what happened now and where I am.)
He glanced around the room for a clock and found one on the far wall. It read half past eight, and he wondered where his family and friends were.
-Good morning sleepy head, - Yami teased.
-Shut up, - Yugi grumbled. -Where is everyone? -
-I have the same question, - Yami answered. -Frankly, I'm surprised they thought about leaving the puzzle in here, and would have guessed that they would have given it right to your parents. -
-Well, they didn't, - Yugi said, -I don't see the problem with it. -
Yami sighed in his mind, and then the door opened and Mick walked in. "Hey you're awake."
"You seem surprised," Yugi said to his father. "Where's everyone else?"
"Outside still," Mick answered. "They'll be in here in a few minutes."
"How did you get here so quickly?" Yugi asked.
"I got to the elevator first," Mick smirked. "The rest were full."
"I'm betting Mom's going to swat you upside the head when she gets here," Yugi said.
She did. A minute after Mick arrived; Anna came through the door and smacked her husband's head, hard. "I know that's it's supposed to be ladies first," Anna said, "But you don't look female to me."
Yugi laughed as his father rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, yeah, I know," Mick, grumbled. "You still got here anyway."
"You're making excuses," Anna pointed out. She smiled, "You're right though, we did get here." Her smiled faded, "You know Yugi, you have surgery on your knee today."
"When?" Yugi asked.
"In about an hour," Mick answered. "The nurse will probably be in soon to prep you for the anesthetic."
"Didn't I just get over that?" Yugi grumbled.
"And you'll have to get over it again," Tea giggled. "But let's hope this one doesn't take as long."
"It shouldn't." They turned around to see a nurse standing in the doorway. "Sorry to interrupt, but I need to prep him for surgery now."
"See ya later Yugi," Joey said as they all let his room.
***
As soon as the anesthetic took affect, Yugi was out, but the sleep wasn't the same. He felt like he was struggling for something, but he didn't know what. The dream he had was odd, he was stuck behind some invisible barrier that kept him from getting to some light way ahead of him.
It felt like forever, but he was finally able to break the barrier. He opened his eyes and saw a slightly blurred figure. After a few seconds he was able to figure out that it was his mother, but he could move or speak, he didn't have the energy.
Anna finally noticed him, "Yugi, are you all right?"
He couldn't answer; he couldn't even shake or nod head.
"He can't answer," said an unfamiliar male voice. "The overdose of anesthetic is still affecting him, so he doesn't have a whole lot of energy."
Yugi wasn't quite understanding everything he was hearing, and felt like going back to sleep. As he closed his eyes he heard his mother cry out his name, and his eyes snapped open again.
"Relax," said the voice again, "He needs the sleep; it's the only way he's going to recover."
"I'm sorry," the woman said, "I'm just so worried about him."
"You had a big scare," the voice replied. "He'll be fine now, let him sleep it off."
***
When Yugi woke again, he wasn't nearly so drowsy. His room was completely empty of people. He tried to sit up, and finally noticed that his shoulder was not in the cast, but wrapped with protective bandages, which allowed it to be slightly mobile. He tried to move it, and it hurt. He bit his tongue to keep from cursing, and finally got himself to sit up.
"What happened?" he muttered to himself. Then he remembered, the conversation between his mother and some unknown male voice about an anesthetic overdoes. (That could've killed me,) Yugi realized and gulped. (I guess it's just another brush with death that I can add to the list.)
Suddenly the door to his room opened and nurse walked in. "Oh you're awake," she said with surprise. "I should probably call your family and let them know." She smiled, "Or would you rather call them?"
Yugi thought about what his parents' expressions would be if he called them, and then nodded. "Should be an interesting experience." He could barely remember their phone number; it had been a long time since he had last used it. The phone rang a few times, and then someone finally picked it up.
"Hello?" Mick asked.
"Dad?" Yugi asked, just to be sure.
"Yugi!" his father exclaimed. "You're awake and talking on the phone, are you really that okay?"
"I feel fine," Yugi answered.
"Yugi you had an overdoes of anesthetic," Mick said, "You nearly died during surgery."
"I gathered that," Yugi said. "How long have I been out? What day is it?"
"I'm sorry to say Yugi," Mick said, "but it's a day after Christmas, you just missed it."
"Aw man" Yugi groaned. "Where is everyone anyway?"
"You're friends had to go home Christmas Eve," Mick answered, "but your grandfather is still here."
"I'm surprised they aren't on any other phones in the house," Yugi said. "Do they even know?"
Mick chuckled, "You're grandfather's asleep and your mother's in the shower."
Yugi made a face that only his nurse could see, "Talk about bad timing," he muttered.
"Very true," Mick said. He heard someone walk up behind him. He turned around to see Grandpa. "Ah, perfect." He handed the phone to Grandpa, "Here, talk."
"Wha...?" Grandpa asked. "Who is it?"
"You'll find out?" Mick answered.
"Okay..." Grandpa muttered as he brought the phone to his ear. "Hello?"
Yugi had been listening on the other end and knew exactly how to reply. "Have a nice nap?" he asked.
"Yugi!" Grandpa exclaimed.
(Figures it would be the same reaction as my father,) Yugi thought. He listened to his grandfather babble about how surprised he was to hear that he was awake and on the phone.
"You missed Christmas," Grandpa said.
"I heard," Yugi grumbled.
"You're friends almost didn't go home," Grandpa said. "They've been worried sick about you, they've been calling everyday to see if you've woken up yet."
"I'm not surprised," Yugi mumbled. He figured if they had the chance, his friends would have not gone home and spent Christmas Eve in the hospital.
"Neither are we," Grandpa said.
"Whose on the phone?" Anna said as she walked into the room, her hair still damp from her shower.
"Here," Mick and Grandpa said together as Grandpa held out the phone.
"Uh," Anna gaped as she took the phone. The grins on their faces confused her, and she hesitantly put the phone to her ear. "Hello?"
"Mom?" Yugi asked, wondering why their had been silence and suddenly a feminine voice on the other line. As soon as he said that he pulled the phone away from his ear as his mother started yelling and screaming on the other end. "Are you okay?" he asked tentatively when the screaming quieted a little. More yelling started, but he couldn't tell if it was pointed at him, or to his father and grandfather for not telling her earlier that her son was on the phone.
"When did you wake up?" she asked suddenly.
Yugi looked at the clock, "About half an hour ago," he answered.
"We'll be there in about half that time," Anna said quickly. The receiver clicked and she was gone.
"I'm guessing they're on their way?" the nurse asked when she saw Yugi stare stupidly at the phone.
Yugi looked up at his nurse and nodded stupidly.
***
Author's Note: Hey, so sorry this took so long to update. I've been so bad with this story, it's been like six months since I last updated. I hope it wasn't too boring, and I really don't how long the next chapter is going to take to write. Anyway, I hope that I didn't lose all of you and that you enjoyed the first chapter after this long time span. Review me and tell me what you think.
-Telepathy-
(Thoughts)
Chapter 20
As Tristan had asked, the surgery did take another two and a half hours. When it was finally over, the surgeon himself came out to talk to all of them.
"He'll live," he said. "It went rather well actually. The puncture wounds to some of his organs weren't very bad, nor were the lacerations. As you may have suspected, the rib reconstruction took up the most time."
"This isn't the end of it is it?" Mick asked.
The surgeon shook his head; "We would like to do the knee surgery tomorrow."
"When will he be able to come home?" Tea asked.
The surgeon thought for a moment, "Well, if all goes smoothly, hopefully by Christmas."
"Day or night?" Joey asked.
The surgeon laughed, "Whenever you feel like taking him home."
As Yugi's friends exchanged grins, a nurse came up and whispered into the surgeon's ear. "Already?" he asked. The nurse nodded. "Well," he said everyone, "It's seems that he's awake. If you just follow the nurse, she'll take you to his room."
"Show us the way," Joey said enthusiastically.
The nurse giggled and showed them all to Yugi's room. When they walked in, Yugi looked a little too drowsy to be awake.
"I don't think the anesthetic has completely worn off," Tea said.
"Nothing hurts," Yugi said groggily.
"He's also drugged," the nurse added.
"That explains things," Anna said.
The nurse left them alone, but not before warning all of them that if to much noise was heard in here, she'd kick them all out.
"Now why did you go and do this for?" Tea asked as they sat down.
"Do what?" Yugi asked.
"Got yourself attacked by a mountain lion," Tea answered, knowing the medication was what was keeping Yugi from thinking straight.
"I didn't ask it to," Yugi grumbled.
"Before you all got here," Mick said, "I got a call from the wildlife rangers that had come to pick up the body. They had seen the cat before; it had been coming down from the mountains since food was scarce, mostly getting dogs and cats. Apparently that supply went down to, and it went after the next best thing."
"An injured human," Tea gulped.
"Exactly," Mick replied. "It must have been extremely desperate, to break through a window to get to him."
"That's how the food chain goes," Bakura mumbled. "The strong prey on the weak, and the weak prey on the weaker."
"Bakura," Joey said.
"Hmm?"
"Shut up," Joey answered. The whole room laughed quietly.
"The doctors say that you can come home Christmas Eve," Anna said, changing the subject.
"But that's in just a few days," Yugi said.
Anna shrugged, "It's what the doctor said, and the sooner we get you out of here, the better."
"Why?" Yugi asked, "Afraid of what the bill is gonna cost?"
Anna laughed, "No, since it won't be nearly as much as what your grandfather had to pay the first time you were in the hospital."
"That's very true," Grandpa grumbled. "It's going to take a while to pay that off."
"Sorry," Yugi mumbled. "Where am I again?"
Everyone laughed. "I think all of these painkillers are going to your head," Anna said.
"What else is new?" Yugi grumbled. The painkillers weren't the whole problem, the anesthetic was still clinging to him, so he could see straight, let alone think straight.
"Maybe you should sleep off the rest of he anesthetic," Anna suggested. Yugi nodded as he closed his eyes, and fell asleep instantly. They all left to let him sleep.
***
The next morning, when Yugi woke up completely free of the anesthetic, he looked around from where he lay. (Well, at least I can remember what happened now and where I am.)
He glanced around the room for a clock and found one on the far wall. It read half past eight, and he wondered where his family and friends were.
-Good morning sleepy head, - Yami teased.
-Shut up, - Yugi grumbled. -Where is everyone? -
-I have the same question, - Yami answered. -Frankly, I'm surprised they thought about leaving the puzzle in here, and would have guessed that they would have given it right to your parents. -
-Well, they didn't, - Yugi said, -I don't see the problem with it. -
Yami sighed in his mind, and then the door opened and Mick walked in. "Hey you're awake."
"You seem surprised," Yugi said to his father. "Where's everyone else?"
"Outside still," Mick answered. "They'll be in here in a few minutes."
"How did you get here so quickly?" Yugi asked.
"I got to the elevator first," Mick smirked. "The rest were full."
"I'm betting Mom's going to swat you upside the head when she gets here," Yugi said.
She did. A minute after Mick arrived; Anna came through the door and smacked her husband's head, hard. "I know that's it's supposed to be ladies first," Anna said, "But you don't look female to me."
Yugi laughed as his father rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, yeah, I know," Mick, grumbled. "You still got here anyway."
"You're making excuses," Anna pointed out. She smiled, "You're right though, we did get here." Her smiled faded, "You know Yugi, you have surgery on your knee today."
"When?" Yugi asked.
"In about an hour," Mick answered. "The nurse will probably be in soon to prep you for the anesthetic."
"Didn't I just get over that?" Yugi grumbled.
"And you'll have to get over it again," Tea giggled. "But let's hope this one doesn't take as long."
"It shouldn't." They turned around to see a nurse standing in the doorway. "Sorry to interrupt, but I need to prep him for surgery now."
"See ya later Yugi," Joey said as they all let his room.
***
As soon as the anesthetic took affect, Yugi was out, but the sleep wasn't the same. He felt like he was struggling for something, but he didn't know what. The dream he had was odd, he was stuck behind some invisible barrier that kept him from getting to some light way ahead of him.
It felt like forever, but he was finally able to break the barrier. He opened his eyes and saw a slightly blurred figure. After a few seconds he was able to figure out that it was his mother, but he could move or speak, he didn't have the energy.
Anna finally noticed him, "Yugi, are you all right?"
He couldn't answer; he couldn't even shake or nod head.
"He can't answer," said an unfamiliar male voice. "The overdose of anesthetic is still affecting him, so he doesn't have a whole lot of energy."
Yugi wasn't quite understanding everything he was hearing, and felt like going back to sleep. As he closed his eyes he heard his mother cry out his name, and his eyes snapped open again.
"Relax," said the voice again, "He needs the sleep; it's the only way he's going to recover."
"I'm sorry," the woman said, "I'm just so worried about him."
"You had a big scare," the voice replied. "He'll be fine now, let him sleep it off."
***
When Yugi woke again, he wasn't nearly so drowsy. His room was completely empty of people. He tried to sit up, and finally noticed that his shoulder was not in the cast, but wrapped with protective bandages, which allowed it to be slightly mobile. He tried to move it, and it hurt. He bit his tongue to keep from cursing, and finally got himself to sit up.
"What happened?" he muttered to himself. Then he remembered, the conversation between his mother and some unknown male voice about an anesthetic overdoes. (That could've killed me,) Yugi realized and gulped. (I guess it's just another brush with death that I can add to the list.)
Suddenly the door to his room opened and nurse walked in. "Oh you're awake," she said with surprise. "I should probably call your family and let them know." She smiled, "Or would you rather call them?"
Yugi thought about what his parents' expressions would be if he called them, and then nodded. "Should be an interesting experience." He could barely remember their phone number; it had been a long time since he had last used it. The phone rang a few times, and then someone finally picked it up.
"Hello?" Mick asked.
"Dad?" Yugi asked, just to be sure.
"Yugi!" his father exclaimed. "You're awake and talking on the phone, are you really that okay?"
"I feel fine," Yugi answered.
"Yugi you had an overdoes of anesthetic," Mick said, "You nearly died during surgery."
"I gathered that," Yugi said. "How long have I been out? What day is it?"
"I'm sorry to say Yugi," Mick said, "but it's a day after Christmas, you just missed it."
"Aw man" Yugi groaned. "Where is everyone anyway?"
"You're friends had to go home Christmas Eve," Mick answered, "but your grandfather is still here."
"I'm surprised they aren't on any other phones in the house," Yugi said. "Do they even know?"
Mick chuckled, "You're grandfather's asleep and your mother's in the shower."
Yugi made a face that only his nurse could see, "Talk about bad timing," he muttered.
"Very true," Mick said. He heard someone walk up behind him. He turned around to see Grandpa. "Ah, perfect." He handed the phone to Grandpa, "Here, talk."
"Wha...?" Grandpa asked. "Who is it?"
"You'll find out?" Mick answered.
"Okay..." Grandpa muttered as he brought the phone to his ear. "Hello?"
Yugi had been listening on the other end and knew exactly how to reply. "Have a nice nap?" he asked.
"Yugi!" Grandpa exclaimed.
(Figures it would be the same reaction as my father,) Yugi thought. He listened to his grandfather babble about how surprised he was to hear that he was awake and on the phone.
"You missed Christmas," Grandpa said.
"I heard," Yugi grumbled.
"You're friends almost didn't go home," Grandpa said. "They've been worried sick about you, they've been calling everyday to see if you've woken up yet."
"I'm not surprised," Yugi mumbled. He figured if they had the chance, his friends would have not gone home and spent Christmas Eve in the hospital.
"Neither are we," Grandpa said.
"Whose on the phone?" Anna said as she walked into the room, her hair still damp from her shower.
"Here," Mick and Grandpa said together as Grandpa held out the phone.
"Uh," Anna gaped as she took the phone. The grins on their faces confused her, and she hesitantly put the phone to her ear. "Hello?"
"Mom?" Yugi asked, wondering why their had been silence and suddenly a feminine voice on the other line. As soon as he said that he pulled the phone away from his ear as his mother started yelling and screaming on the other end. "Are you okay?" he asked tentatively when the screaming quieted a little. More yelling started, but he couldn't tell if it was pointed at him, or to his father and grandfather for not telling her earlier that her son was on the phone.
"When did you wake up?" she asked suddenly.
Yugi looked at the clock, "About half an hour ago," he answered.
"We'll be there in about half that time," Anna said quickly. The receiver clicked and she was gone.
"I'm guessing they're on their way?" the nurse asked when she saw Yugi stare stupidly at the phone.
Yugi looked up at his nurse and nodded stupidly.
***
Author's Note: Hey, so sorry this took so long to update. I've been so bad with this story, it's been like six months since I last updated. I hope it wasn't too boring, and I really don't how long the next chapter is going to take to write. Anyway, I hope that I didn't lose all of you and that you enjoyed the first chapter after this long time span. Review me and tell me what you think.