Sacrifices for Family and Love

Worry and Elation

Yuugi, Yami, and Mana were making their way to the Mutou house.

"I wonder how Grandfather is going to react. I know that he isn't expecting anyone." Yuugi stated.

"Considering that you are his granddaughter, I don't think that he's going to mind you coming to see him." Yami replied.

Mana was a little quiet. 'I wish that Yuugi wasn't leaving us. I like having her around so much.' Mana thought. She turned to look at Yami and Yuugi. She couldn't help, but wonder why Yami wasn't more upset about the fact that Yuugi wouldn't be coming back with them "Um, Yuugi." Mana said.

"Yes." Yuugi answered, turning to look at her friend.

"Did you tell Yami?" Mana asked.

"Did she tell me what?" Yami asked, slightly confused.

"About not coming back with us." Mana answered.

Yuugi realized that Mana didn't know the truth. Yuugi smiled at her younger friend and said, "Mana, there was not need to tell Yami that."

"Why not?" Mana asked, confused.

"Mana, Yuugi's not staying with her grandfather now. She's going to be coming back with us when we leave to return to the palace." Yami said.

"You are?!" Mana exclaimed.

Yuugi nodded.

"But everyone at the palace was talking about how you weren't coming back." Mana protested.

"That's because no one except for Yami, you, me, the Pharaoh, the Queen, and a few of the priests know that." Yuugi said.

"Why didn't you tell anyone that you're going to come back?" Mana asked, still confused.

"Because I didn't want anyone to know that I was coming back." Yuugi answered.

"Mana, you know that Yuugi is sick of all the pranks that Heba and the others love to play on her. We decided to let them sweat this one out. We're letting them think that Yuugi isn't going to come back just to let them see that Yuugi is sick of those pranks." Yami explained.

"So, you're letting them think that you're not coming back so that they can see what effect those pranks have on you?" Mana asked.

Yuugi nodded. "I am just really sick of them thinking that they can keep playing these pranks. When we were kids, I could handle them. I could even handle it when we first reunited. I even went back at them for a little while, but it gets old, and we're adults, so everything needs to stop." Yuugi said.

"Then, you're not leaving the palace?" Mana asked.

"Nope. We're just going to see my grandfather for a week, one, to let them all sweat this out, and two, to tell my grandfather the good news." Yuugi said.

"What news?" Mana asked.

"You'll see." Yami replied. He had grown up with Mana and knew that the second she heard the news, she would be pouncing and hugging and squealing about the news.

"Oh. Okay." Mana said. Her curiosity was spiked, but she knew that Yami wouldn't tell her until later. 'I wonder what it is.' Mana asked herself.

* * * * *

Heba, Jou, Ryou, Bakura, Malik, and Marik were all nervous as they sat in Heba's room.

"What are we going to do? If Yuugi doesn't come back with them, then Yami is going to kill every one of us." Jou said.

"I think that we might want to worry about what the Pharaoh and Queen are going to do to us now." Bakura said.

"How could we have been so stupid? We knew that Yuugi was sick of all the pranks, but we kept on with our pranks like it didn't matter, and now, there's a chance that Yuugi's not going to come back, and if she doesn't, it's all our fault." Heba said.