A/N: Welcome to my first Yu-Gi-Oh story ever. I'm sorry if my duels and canon-connection sucks, I've only begun to recently watch the series and the only reason why I'm writing this story is that of Amane, Ryou's dead sister. So, I hope you guys enjoy the first chapter!
Death of a Loved One
Little Ryou loves holding his sister's hand, it's their special way showing how close they are. Some people called them clingy but they didn't care. None of those people were twins so they have no idea what it's like. Despite everyone's claims, Ryou and Amane are two completely different people with their own lives and interests. Somethings were more interesting to the other twin while that twin just lets them enjoy their fun.
One of those times was when the twins were walking home from school with their mother, Ryou stopped in front of a window of a store that's displaying RPG figurines. His chocolate eyes glow in awe at the well-crafted figures on the other side of the window. Amane notice his sudden stop and sighs once she sees the figurines.
"And they say I'm the one that needs to play with dolls," she mumbles with more sass then a seven-year-old should know. Her comment caught their mother's attention and she walks over to the twins.
"What is it, Ryou?" she asks the oldest twin, noticing that his face is pressed up against the glass.
"Mom, can I buy that new figurine of Link the Elf?" Ryou asks, pointing at said figurine through the window.
She sighs. "Ryou, we don't have time to go shopping. We're already late for Amane's soccer practice, anyway."
"Red Foxes are going down!" Little Amane shouts with her free hand in the air.
"Can I just look at it for a few more seconds?" Ryou practically begs at this point. Since she knew Amane's the intimidating twin, their mother wasn't prepared for the cute face Ryou's pulling on her to trick her.
"Oh, alright," Ryou's face broke into a huge smile. "But as soon as the walk sign comes on, we're leaving."
"Yeah!" Ryou cheers, turning his face back to the window.
"Come on, Amane, we'll wait by the lights," their mother grabs Amane's free hand, dragging her away from Ryou.
"But-!" the hand she was using to hold her brother's slipped away. Amane just held her hand out to her brother as her mother brings her over to the lights.
That was Ryou's first mistake.
"Ryou, time to go!" their mother calls once the walk sign appears. Amane still has her hand out, waiting for her brother to grab hers but now she's beginning to walk down the crossing street with her mother.
Her twin brother takes one last look at the figurines before breaking into a run towards them. He has his hand outstretched, ready to grab his sister's hand. That's when notices a speeding car come around the corner.
Time slows down at this point; his mother and Amane didn't seem to notice the car coming their way. What really worried Ryou was how fast that car was going. How were they going to stop?
His eyes widen in horror once he realizes that car is not going to stop anytime soon and the two of them are going to get hit!
"Amane!" He yells, trying to catch his sister's attention so she could move out of the way. He manages to gain her attention, but she just looks at him with a confused look, not seeing the incoming danger a few feet away from her.
He stretches his hand out further and picks up the pace; if he grabs her hand then he can pull her and their mother out of the way. Since Amane's holding onto her mother, then he can save her too! He just got to!
His fingers brush slightly against Amane's…
Then all he felt was air.
One second his sister was in front of him with a look of pure curiosity on her face when she suddenly vanishes into thin air. Even their mother was nowhere in sight. Wha… Where were they?
Yelling and blurs of people running by caught his attention. Trembling, Ryou turns his head to the left and what he sees makes his chest constrict.
Amane… Amane was on the ground, lying a few feet away from him. Why was she sleeping on the ground? She loves dirt, but the street is hard and dangerous because cars could hit her! Why isn't she moving? She always moves around in her bed whenever she goes to sleep because of the crazy dreams she always gets!
A-And why is there this red stuff pooling around her?
The horrible truth came to him like water pouring into a glass; that red stuff was blood.
A-Amane…. Amane was…
Something inside split into two.
"AMANE!"
Yami Yugi didn't know how much longer can he hold on in this duel; he only has a few monsters left and his LP was now at 200 while his opponent was on 1000. He knew he was walking a tightrope at this point but he couldn't just give up. His friends are counting on him! Yugi, Anzu, Jonouchi, Honda, and Bakura…
Well, not the Bakura that he's currently dueling at the moment. The Bakura that he has come to know is shy but a generous young kid. While he can be a coward for time to time, he's always been there to support both him and Yugi. This Bakura in front of him was not the Bakura he knew; this one is pure evil, only caring about what he desires and having little to no thought on all the people he's hurt just to get what he wants. That's not Bakura, this is just some evil spirit that's taken over the real Bakura.
Yami Yugi didn't even want to imagine what the real Bakura must be going through; to have a spirit to completely suppress you to the point you have no control and you have no memories of what you're doing for the past few days must be horrible. He could never imagine doing that to Yugi.
That's why he's determined to free the real Bakura because he could not allow a friend like him to suffer through this horrible pain. However, the task was easier said than done. He's barely hanging onto his LP since one more attack will put a duel to an end. It didn't help that the Yami Bakura was taunting him as well.
"What's this? Is the great Pharaoh giving up already? You better do it and spare yourself the humiliation in front of your friends!"
Then he let out that bone-chilling laugh of his. To think that a sweet guy like Bakura could laugh like that?
"Don't give up, Pharaoh!" He turns his head at the sound of Anzu, who, along with the rest of his friends, is trapped in a barrier that's preventing them from interfering with the duel.
"Yeah, show that spirit a thing or two!" Jonouchi adds in with a wave of his fist.
"You still have a few monsters left, use them!" Honda encourages.
Hearing his friends voices was enough to calm his nerves; they're right, he can do this. For them and for Bakura. Whoever these monsters are he will use them to the best of their ability. Without looking at the cards, he took one.
"From my hand, I draw-!" he cut his sentence short when he took a glance at the card he's holding and his breath hitches in horror. "No!"
His hesitance was immediately noticed by everyone else. "What's up with him?" Jounouchi asks.
"Looks like he just picked up a card." Honda points out.
"Yeah, but what type of card?" Anzu questions, wondering how could this monster card scare the pharaoh so.
Bakura smirks once he sees the look of fear in the Pharaoh's eyes. "What's the matter, Your Highness? Already realizing that your doom is inevitable?"
The Pharaoh couldn't believe his eyes. No, how is this possible? I thought this card was destroyed years ago!
The card he's holding shows a picture of what appears to be an eye made entirely out of gold - almost similar to Pegasus's goldeneye - and has a completely smooth surface. On top of the card, the title read: The Eye of Truth. Gazing into the eye's blank look, a rush of memories pour into the Pharaoh's head all at once; a bright light nearly blinding him, horrified screams filling his ears, and the shivering form of a body that's trying to curl in on themselves to hide from the cruel world.
He knows what this card does; it exploits the opponent's greatest weakness, rendering them unable to make move for three turns. While it could be helpful for this turn, Yami Yugi knew the consequences of using this card. The last person he used the card on was mentally scarred for life; he couldn't move, he couldn't talk, he couldn't do anything anymore.
I can't use this on Bakura, he shifts his glaze over to the possessed boy. What if I accidentally used this on the real Bakura?
"You can do it, Other Me," he looks to his left to see the real Yugi smiling at him. "I know you don't want to hurt the real Bakura, I don't want to either, but it's not like we have much of a choice. Who knows? Maybe that card will only affect the spirit and not the actual Bakura."
Yugi, it was amazing how this human has so much faith in him, a brought a smile to his face. You're right. I will do this, for Bakura.
"From my hand, I summon the Eye of Truth!" at once, the eye from the picture materializes onto the field, only for the eye to be closed. "Made from darkness itself, the Eye of Truth looks into the depths of my opponent's minds to find their one weakness and exploit it! Once I find your weakness, you won't be able to summon any cards for three turns!"
As he speaks, the eye slowly begins to open. Once its blank stare falls upon Bakura, the boy immediately tenses up once he makes eye-contact with it. A soft, yellow glow appears around his body.
Gathering his senses back, Bakura laughs cruelly. "Probe through my mind all you want, there's nothing you can use against-!"
"I believe in you, Ryou!"
His words died in his throat when that voice enters his ears. He nearly gags from his chest's response. T-That voice…?!
Appearing in front of the Eye of the Truth was an apparition of a little girl, possibly around seven or eight years old, with short, messy white hair that looks similar to Bakura's. She's wearing what appears to be some old baseball uniform with her hands clasped over her heart. Her light green eyes display a large amount of courage and desperation one wouldn't normally see in a girl her age.
Her appearance obviously startled everyone in the area.
"Who's the chick?" Jounouchi demands.
Anzu then compares the girl and Bakura together. "And why does she look so much like Bakura?"
"Who cares?" Honda points out. "Shouldn't we be more concern about the fact that she's transparent?!"
"I don't think I've ever seen her before," Yugi comments from within Yami, that's when he notices the look on his Other's face. "Yami? Do you know who she is?"
I don't know the girl, he answers, his eyes entirely focused on the girl's face. But I swear I saw her face somewhere before…
Suddenly, images sprung up in his mind.
"Wait, stop!"
"You don't understand, I have to do this!"
"Even without the power of this card, I know the Pharaoh can defeat you."
His eyes widen in shock. Could it be…?
Somewhere, in the depths of his mind, Ryou Bakura stirs from his deep sleep. A-Amane?