House of Cards

Yugi was moved out of the ICU shortly after his friends had arrived




Sorry I didn't get this up yesterday. I need to save every time I get up from my
chair, and I didn't. I get up to get my
daughter, and my son got rid of everything!
I was 3/4 done, and he did that...little brat!

 

I'll go back and change the spelling of Yugi's last name,
since the consensus seems to be that it is "Mutou" which is what I
used in this chapter. I only have
access to the dub, and they pronounce it "Moto" like the first part
of "motocross." Why don't
they just do things phonetically? ARG!

 

Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Sorry I'm not responding to them today. Thanks again

 

*******

 

Yugi was moved out of the ICU shortly after his friends had
arrived. He forced himself to stay
awake as he smiled and spoke to each of them.
Jounouchi had even challenged him to "War" a few times, losing
every time.

 

"It's a game of chance! An' I still can't win against ya Yug!" he cried out.

 

Mai pulled Jounouchi away from the bed. "Give him a break, Jou. He's stuck in bed, trying not to fall
asleep. And you're trying to take
advantage of him." She winked at
the bed-ridden boy.

 

"It's ok, Mai," Yugi said softly. He forced a small smile. The pain was starting to get to be too much,
and he was trying to keep his eyes open.

 

*Would you like me to take over for a while?*

 

*Yes. Please.* He sighed inwardly.

 

Jounouchi was the first to notice the change. "No way am I playin' against you. At least I have a chance against him!"

 

"No, you don't..." The ancient spirit started, then thought better of arguing in his
current condition.

 

The others in the room slowly realized that Yugi had
switched with his other self. Mai said,
"You need your rest Yugi, we'll leave."

 

Yami thanked them for coming. As they walked out the door, the phone in his room rang. Jounouchi answered it.

 

"Mr. Mutou?"

 

"Naw, this is his friend, Jou."

 

"Is Mr. Mutou available?"

 

Jou looked at his friend.
"They wanna talk ta ya."

 

Yami nodded, and took the phone. "Hello?"

 

"Mr. Mutou, this is the police station. We have recovered your car. It's in an impound station, when would you
like to pick it up?"

 

He covered the phone and looked at Jounouchi. "They have my car."

 

"Mr. Mutou?"

 

"I'm here."

 

"The longer you take to get it, the more it will
cost."

 

"I understand.
Can my friend pick it up?"

 

"If you have a signed and notarized note saying he may,
then yes."

 

His head was swimming.
"What about my grandfather?"

 

"It seems he is on the title as well. He may get it."

 

"I will try and have him get it soon then. Thank you." He dropped the phone.

 

"You alright?
You don't look so good," said Jounouchi as he hung up the phone.

 

Yami figured that was an understatement. "Yes, need some rest."

 

"Ok, I'll get outta your hair. Call me if you need anything."

 

Yami nodded as he drifted off to sleep.

 

*******

 

"I'm sorry, sir, visiting hours are over."

 

Seto Kaiba turned to the woman behind the counter at the
nurse's station. "Do you know who
I am?"

 

"Y-you-your S-seto Kaiba." She gulped as he glared at her.

 

"I donate more money to this hospital than all of the
other contributors combined. I
keep this place running, and I can certainly get you fired. Now, which room is Yugi Mutou in?"

 

She typed some things on her computer and looked at the
screen. "Mutou, Yugi 624."

 

"Thank you."

 

He stepped onto the elevator, and rode up to the sixth
floor. He stopped outside of Yugi's
door, and gasped when he saw the shape the small duelist was in. He picked up the folder on the wall outside
the room. It was easy to deduce what
had happened to him by the report.

 

umpeumped as he heard the boy yell. Then he realized that Yugi having a
nightmare.

 

"NO!
Please. I wasn't. I didn't. NO! NO! Please. HELP!"

 

Kaiba looked around.
No one was coming to help Yugi.
He went to him, and touched the only part of him that did not look
damaged. While he gently shook Yugi's
shoulder, the boy's wide eyes shot open.


 

"I won't hurt you," Kaiba said.

 

Yugi's scared eyes softened. "I know. Why are you
here?"

 

"I didn't want to come during the day. Too many people."

 

"Why bother at all?"

 

"I wanted to see for myself why Mokuba was so worried
about you. Heck, even that third-rate
duelist you're friends with seemed to realize that you weren't getting better
overnight."

 

"Thanks, I think."

 

"What was the dream about?"

 

"I," he paused, "I don't remember. It's been happening a lot," he answered
truthfully.

 

"Oh." The
two of them sat in silence until Yugi had drifted back off to sleep.

 

*******

 

The rest of the week was rather uneventful. His grandfather came every morning until he
had to open the shop. Jounouchi came
every afternoon before going to work at the arcade. Mai stopped in a couple of times along with Honda. If Kaiba came again, Yugi didn't know about
it.

 

A week and a half after the incident, Dr. Enoki came in to
speak with him.

 

"How's my favorite patient today?"

 

"I'm ok. Better
than before."

 

"Do you remember any more?"

 

"No.
Sorry."

 

"It's ok. Your
mind probably has a good reason to block it out."

 

"I'm still having nightmares though. I'm afraid to go to sleep. I can't remember when I wake up
though."

 

"Would you like me to prescribe something for
them?"

 

"Please?"

 

"I'll see if I can get you something for tonight. I don't want to give you much though. Sleeping pills can be highly addictive. You have enough healing to do without having
to fight an addiction on top of it."

 

Yugi smiled.
"Dr. Enoki, one other thing. My right leg itches. I can't scratch it through the cast. At
least I can take the boot ond snd scratch my left leg a bit."

 

"Sorry, Yugi.
That's the cast initiation. If
you can survive the itching of a cast, you can survive anything."

 

Yugi whined, "There's nothing I can do about it?"

 

"Nope."

 

Yugi leaned his head back against the pillows and
sighed. "Oh well. It was worth a shot though."

 

"I have some more good news, though."

 

He perked up.

 

"If nothing happens before tomorrow, you'll be able to
go home tomorrow afternoon."

 

"Really!"

 

"Yes, and in another month, you can get your leg out of
that cast, and scratch it all you'd like."

 

"Great! Can I
tell my grandpa?"

 

"Go ahead. Just
remember, that after your leg is out of the cast, it will not be done
healing. You'll have it go through
physical therapy..."

 

"I know, you've told me before."

 

"Also, I think you should keep someone around you for
awhile. You're going to need some help
getting around."

 

"That shouldn't be a problem."

 

"Great. I have
other patients to get to." He
walked out, Yugi was such a pleasure, always upbeat. He looked back into Yugi's room, and saw Yugi playing
solitaire. I wonder how much longer
that smile will last...

 

*******

 

There, a slightly happier chapter for ya'll.