Chapter Two

Yami's P.O.V

When I saw the condition that Joey was in, I couldn't help but call out his name in concern. He was my best friend and risking his life to protect me and save Mai. My attention was diverted to Marik when I heard him cry out in pain. I looked over at him and saw him being attacked by Gearfried the Iron Knight. I couldn't help but smile because Joey had kept his promise. I turned around to congratulate Joey when my heart stopped. Joey had closed his eyes and his body began to sway. Then, as the shadows above the dueling field cleared up, Joey fell lifelessly to the ground. Behind me, I heard Serenity scream and Tea gasp. I didn't wait for the announcer to declare Joey the winner and I hopped onto the dueling arena. I quickly ran over to Joey's lifeless body and I gently lifted his strong body into my arms. Looking down at his face, I noticed it appeared peaceful but yet his body showed the signs of a much more painful duel.

I gently repositioned Joey so that his head was lying on my chest. I heard the others running towards us and I looked up to see Tea, Tristan, Mokuba, Duke, and Serenity coming towards us. Serenity was the first one to reach us and she threw herself on her older brother's lifeless body.

"Please big brother, open your eyes!" she sobbed. I felt her pain and the tears started to come to my eyes. Tea knelt down beside Joey and placed her hand on his chest. That's when I saw her eyes widen in shock.

"What's wrong?" I asked worriedly.

"He's not breathing!" she said screaming. I felt my heart stop and I looked down at Joey. Now that Tea pointed it out, I did notice that he wasn't breathing.

"Come on! We have to get him to the medical room right away!" I said picking Joey up bridal style and running towards the medical room. I didn't wait for the others and before I knew it, I was running for the medical room. As I was running, I looked down at Joey and gently squeezed his hand.'Just hold on Joey. Just hold on.'

To be continued...