Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Probationis Vitae ❯ Morning After ( Chapter 20 )

Morning After

AN: Unfortunately school is coming up in a couple of days, so beware of delays.

Also, sorry all, but the next chapter is probably going to be the next to last chapter. I hate to close the story, but if I keep writing, it will get boring and I will run out of original ideas.

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And that's exactly what happened. They set Adam up so it looked like a piece of falling debris knocked him out. They sat him at his study on the ground floor with the bag of cocaine and the key to the desk drawer where the drugs were hidden on the desk.

Two minutes away from the house, Jake pulled out the remotes and pushed the buttons. The resulting explosions were loud enough to wake the whole country, and definitely enough to get the polices' attention. And long before the police arrived, they were long gone.

On with the story

They didn't get back to Yugi and Yami's house until well past one in the morning. The first order of business though was to get Selene the antidote because they had no idea when exactly the poison was given to her, and then they would patch up whatever bumps and bruises they might have.

Damien was the first in the door, having taken the Jason as soon as they'd gotten out of the house. No one objected as he ran ahead, after all it was the person Damien was in love with that was poisoned. By the time the rest of the group had gotten to the guest room where they'd let Selene lay down, Damien had her head in his lap and was putting some of the antidote in her mouth and then massaging her throat, causing her to swallow. He never put too much in because he was afraid that she'd choke on it. Jason moved to help him while the others watched from the doorway. After five minutes, the whole vial was gone.

"All we can do now," Jason said, looking down at the unconscious girl, "is wait until she wakes up. That's when we can deal with whatever side effects that might linger."

The group nodded and Jason moved to have them all leave her to rest. When he turned to Damien, however, he was met by a stubborn gaze that clearly said that Damien wasn't going anywhere. Sighing, Jason nodded. He knew it would be next to impossible to drag Damien out of there unless they knocked him out, tied him up, and physically hauled him out of the room. And even then, the sapphire-eyed man would return the second he woke up.

When Jason arrived downstairs, he was met by the sight of a very worried and nervous group, though it was also obvious by their posture that every one of them was tired beyond belief.

"We might as well get some rest, Selene won't wake before morning either way, and Damien's upstairs with her. If he needs any help, he'll call us," Jason said. As much as just the words sounded like a suggestion, his tone of voice clearly stated that he would make them get rest if it was the last thing he did. Knowing it would be useless to argue, they decided to just do what he said. Though none of them was going to move far from where they were, they were too exhausted to be able to. So, Yugi and Yami laid on the chair with the footrest up, hikari on top of yami. Jason, Jake, and Derek all curled up on the floor like they had the previous night, choosing to sleep on the hard floor rather than have a stiff neck the next morning because of the awkward position sleeping on the couch would surely cause. The last thought of any of them before they fell asleep was that they hoped that everything would turn out okay.

Upstairs, Damien still had Selene's sleeping form cradled in his lap. He knew that she wouldn't awaken any time that night, but he just couldn't not be there. He had to make sure that she knew that she wasn't alone when she woke up from her nightmares, especially with what the bastard Akuma had probably done to her. He hadn't out right said what he'd done, but knowing him, the sick bastard had probably copied her father's actions. Damien almost growled at the thought. If he ever saw Akuma again, he didn't know if he'd be able to keep himself from killing him.

With a sigh, Damien relaxed. He knew those thoughts were useless now. All he could do was rest beside her and help her. And with that thought, Damien fell asleep.

The next morning, the first to stir was, surprisingly, Selene. When she first woke up, she just stared at the form of Damien above her, confused as to where she was. Then she recognized the room as Yugi's and wondered, for a moment, how she got there, before everything came rushing back to her. Quickly, quietly, and subtly so she didn't wake Damien up, she rolled out of bed and ran to the bathroom. She barely managed to lift the lid on the toilet before she emptied her stomach of anything that was in it.

Yugi awoke that morning to the sounds of quiet, almost inaudible, retching coming from the bathroom upstairs. One look around showed that the others were still completely out of it. Carefully, so as not to wake his yami, Yugi slid off the chair that they'd occupied the previous night and made his way upstairs. When he reached the top of the stairs, the sounds of retching had disappeared, but he headed to the bathroom anyway. The sight that met his eyes was one that was completely foreign to him. Selene was on the floor, sitting by the toilet, having just emptied what little was in her stomach into there and now had her arms wrapped tightly around her self with her head lowered. He could clearly see a few tearstains on her arms. Just looking at her huddled form made him think of a child.

Yugi walked up to her and slowly wrapped his arms around her. She stiffened for a moment before she recognized who he was and returned the embrace, her head still lowered.

"Selene, what happened?" Yugi said, knowing that she needed to tell someone about what had happed. Either he or Damien would be the best bet. She slowly shook her head and Yugi didn't push any further, he knew it wasn't his place, and at the moment, any pushing may just cause her to get upset and thus sick again. When her crying subsided, Selene slowly pulled back and smiled a small smile at him.

"Thanks Yugi," she said. She didn't need to say anything else, Yugi understood.

"Don't mention it, you would've done the same to me. Now, let's get up cleaned up and into some regular clothes," Yugi said. He helped her stand up before going off and getting a set of clothes from what they had bought at the mall just over a week ago. When he came back, he handed her the clothes and went downstairs to cook breakfast while she took a shower.

As Yugi cooked a large breakfast consisting of eggs (scrambled and fried), bacon, sausage, toast, biscuits, and several different pieces of fresh fruit. By the time he had finished, Yami, Jason, Jake, and Damien had made their way into the kitchen. One look at Yugi's happier profile let them know that Selene was at the very least awake. As soon as he finished, he headed upstairs to get Damien, who was still asleep, and Selene, who he met in the hallway.

"I'll get Damien," Selene said, looking lots better after her shower.

Yugi nodded and said, "Are you okay?"

Selene knew he was talking about more than just physically. After a moment she said, "Not completely, but I will be, and don't worry, I will talk to Damien." Yugi smiled and nodded again.

He went downstairs and sat down to eat. A few seconds later, Selene and Damien joined them, causing everyone, except Yugi who'd already known that she was awake, to relax slightly. Everything was fine for now, and there was no need to discuss what had happened. For now, they could just pretend that nothing out of the ordinary had every happened.

When they finished, they all sat in silence for a moment before Selene spoke up.

"So, what are we going to do today?" she asked. She refused to just sit around all day.

Jake was the first to speak up, "Well, since we had to cut dancing short last week, how `bout we try something else. We could go to one of the karaoke bars and rent a room for just the seven of us. How does that sound?"

After a moment everyone nodded. The rest of the morning they spent getting ready to go after Yugi made reservations at the only bar that wasn't completely booked. And the only reason he got that was because the guy working there recognized his name (he was famous because of his win in Battle City, Duelist Kingdom, and in various other matches) and immediately booked the last room. As much as he hated the attention he got because of it, being well known did have its advantages at times.

That afternoon they headed out. For tonight they were going to be just regular people looking for a good time.

AN: So, what do you think? Please review.

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