Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Sad Moments ❯ Chapter 8 ( Chapter 8 )

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AN: I'm back with Chapter 8. I personally can't believe I've even made it to this chapter… Sorry for the lateness in this chapter though. After this one I will attempt to get them out faster. My only problem is I'm in Spell Bowl and I've had so many practices recently that it's taken up all my writing time. Once this is out I won't be able to update this until next week cause we have our final meet this weekend and it's state so it means a lot to us… -crosses fingers- wish us luck… That math problem was one that I had on my homework.. It's a proof for Geometry.. And I just plain despise proofs… well anyway on with the story….

Chapter 8

A beeping sound is heard in the distance from heart monitors, IV's cords, a food tube, a ventilator, as well as many other things are what's keeping Joey alive at the moment. Grandpa sits in a chair beside Joey's bed watching him be kept alive from monitors. Solomon had found out that Joey had a severe infection that could possibly kill him and this was the only way that he would be able to stay alive. They said it would be a miracle if he even survived the rest of this week.

Solomon hears pounding of feet and turns his head in time to see the door burst open. He sees Yugi standing there a few tears in his eyes. For you see Yugi had to attend the rest of school with out knowing if Joey was okay or not. Yugi doesn't know the percentage that Joey has to live. Yugi slowly walks over to Grandpa and looks down at him. Before Yugi gets to ask his question Grandpa says, “He might not live through the night Yugi.” Yugi's eyes widen slightly as more tears fill his amethyst colored eyes. “But Grandpa what's wrong with him..” Grandpa looks down at the floor slightly, “His injuries were more severe than I thought that they were, there's an infection that eating away at him from the inside in. They've got him on antibiotics hoping that, that'll get rid of it, but the doctor said there's a very slim chance that it might work.” Yugi falls to his knees slightly and puts his hands over his eyes as he cries lightly.

Solomon puts his hand on Yugi's back and rubs it in small circles. He looks up at Joey's body and says quietly to himself `Joey you'd better make it through this, you're strong I know you can make it. I don't think Yugi would be able to live without his best friend in the world.' Solomon looks down at Yugi, “Grandpa I'm going to head home I can't stay here ok…” Yugi says looking up at him standing slowly. Grandpa nods his head and says “Go ahead Yugi I can keep an eye on Joey.” He watches Yugi walk slowly out of the room his eyes downcast. He looks at Joey again and starts to talk to him as if he can hear him.

“Joey I know you can pull through this. You've been through so much, I'm going to make sure when you get better that you never have to go through something like this again. You know that you were Yugi's first friend. He wished for a friend and he got one. The millennium puzzle granted him his wish. I don't think he could've asked for a better friend.” He smiles slightly looking at Joey's form. He stands up slowly and stretches, “Joey I'll be right back I'm going to take a walk to stretch these old muscles.” He says wishing Joey could and would respond to him. He walks out of the room slowly.

Joey's eyes remain closed he groans slightly despite the fact that he's unconscious. He whole body feels numb to him. He tries to open his eyes but his body isn't responding to what his brains telling it to do. His eyes suddenly open but he's not in the hospital room. He's in a pure white room, he looks at the walls slowly. Joey can't figure out where he is. He opens his mouth and says `Is anyone there.' He can hear his voice bouncing off the walls echoing throughout the room. He takes a few steps seeing a blue colored sphere moving towards him. He holds his hand out and touches it. When he does he starts to hear things that his father had called him. `you're such a whore Joseph', `why would I even consider you my son', `I want you out of my life forever.'

Joey closes his eyes and screams his frustration. He struggles to pulls his hand out of the sphere. He finally manages to rip his hand from it. He then starts to wander around the room again. This time he looks down a hallway and sees a door at the end. He starts running towards it. Joey finally reaches the door and opens it. He steps into it and realizes he's floating over what looks like a hospital room. He sees his body hooked up to many machines. He sees Yugi on the ground crying beside the bed with Gramps rubbing circles along his back. Joey slowly lowers himself to the ground trying to remember anything that happened to him in that short amount of time.

Joey's feet slowly touch the ground as he walks slowly over to his form lying on the bed. He tries to touch himself but finds that his fingers slide right through. Suddenly he feels himself being sucked back into the white void he started in. His eyes widen slightly as he falls to the ground feeling himself being pulled back into his own body.

Joey's eyes flutter open slightly and tries to take a breath but finds that he can't because of all the machines they have him on. He struggles slightly looking around the room for anyone but finds no one. Suddenly the door opens and he sees Grandpa standing in the doorway. Solomon drops the now empty cup in his hands as he sees Joey wide awake. He turns his head and yells at a nurse to get a doctor in here and fast.

A doctor comes running into the room and sees Joey's eyes open. He walks over to Joey and gets checks him over. Joey tries to say something to the doctor but can't. The doctor looks at Joey and takes the breathing tube out from his mouth making Joey gag as he does so. Joey coughs for a couple of minutes trying to breath properly on his own. The doctor is heard saying “The food tube will have to remain in for a few more days though just so he gets a little more nutrients in him before we take it out.” Solomon nods his head and looks at Joey smiling slightly, “Will he be able to have any more visitors today or do you think he should rest.” “I don't see why he can't have a couple of people come in and see him.”

The doctor walks out of the room as Solomon picks up the phone and dials the Game Shop. “Hello Mouto residence Yugi speaking.” He hears his grandson say. “Yugi, Joey's awake and you're allowed to come and see him if you wish to.” When he hears Yugi say that he'll be right there he can only imagine the joy that crossed Yugi's depressed features. He scoots the chair closer to Joey's hospital bed. He looks at Joey and finds him trying to reach he glass of water that is sitting on his bedside. Solomon grabs it and stands lifting Joey's head slowly so he can have a long swallow of water. Joey coughs slightly and groans in pain.

He closes his eyes slightly and tries to ask grandpa a question but his throat is still to dry to even attempt to make a full statement let alone one word. Joey's eyes water as he feels himself beginning to cry. His tears roll down his face slowly hoping nobody sees them. He sniffs slightly. `I just wanted to know why I'm at a hospital.. I want to know what happened to me.' Joey thinks to himself. He opens his eyes and looks to the door hearing it open slowly.

He sees Yugi walk in smiling. Yugi walks over to the bed slowly wandering if it was true about Joey actually being awake. His smile widens as he sees Joey looking at him. He quickly runs over to the bed and looks at his friend worriedly. Looking at him he sees a few tear stains remaining on his face. “Joey were you crying.” Yugi asks wondering what could have upset his friend so much. All Joey can do is nod his head. He wants to tell his friend the things that he went through trapped within his mind, but can't seem to find his own voice.

Joey coughs lightly and groans once again in pain. He looks down at the feeding tube and wishes that it would just go away. The beeping of the monitor beginning to get on h is nerves. Yugi looking at him worried starts to make him wonder how much Yugi actually cares for him. So many things running through Joey's mind at this moment that he doesn't know what to do. His eyes once again prick with tears as they run down his slowly. Yugi places his hand on top of Joey's and looks at him as he cries.

Yugi wishes that there was some way that Joey could communicate with him so he could know what's wrong. Yugi's feelings for Joey have never truly been certain to him before. He doesn't know what to call what he feels. Could it be more than friendship? Or just his feelings playing tricks on him? He doesn't know but he really wishes that he did so he could comfort Joey somehow.

Joey looks over at Grandpa and then closes his eyes. Wondering what he should do. With his eyes closed he reaches for a glass of water on the bedside table but accidentally knocks it over. Joey's eyes snap open at the sound of the glass hitting the floor and shattering. (From what I know they don't give glass cups at hospitals.. But I was just trying to make it go along with what's on my train of thoughts.) He suddenly hears the sound of his fathers beer bottles shattering against the walls barely missing his head. He whimpers like a helpless puppy on the bed.

AN: Yeah.. This is defiantly shorter than I wanted it to be but tomorrow is my State Competition and I wanted to get this out.. Especially since I'm going to be gone all weekend.. I won't be home till Sunday at 3:00 P.M. Cause I'm going down to Indianapolis afterwards.. Yes I live in Indiana… Oh Well I think this chapter sucks.. But give me a review.. Later…