Silver: Ok, I'm starting ANOTHER story..I'M SORRY! I just got this kinda
cool idea, so I wanna write it down before I forget what it is. I promise
that I won't start any other stories without finishing one of my other
ones.
When it's from a character's POV, it'll be in present tense, but any other
time, it'll be in the past tense. I'll tell you when it's somebody's POV
kay? Good. On with the fic!
Disclaimer- I don't own Yugioh or any of its characters.
The Link
Chapter One- The Black Earrings of Bast
Ryou was slammed up against the wall. The young boy looked up and saw the sinister form of his Yami walking up the stairs. Bakura had just come back from a walk or something, and had decided that it was time for a "Lesson". Ryou sighed, thankful that this time, the beating had lasted only a few minutes. He put a hand up to his head, and felt that an old wound had reopened. The boy looked down at his shaking hands. Hands which once capable of playing piano, violin, and flute. Now, they were just hanging masses of flesh and bone. Ryou trudged up the stairs, making sure not to give his Yami any reason to attack him again, and into the bathroom. He looked at himself in the mirror. He had a few cuts on his face, here and there. Ryou turned the tap, and splashed hot water onto his face.
*~Ryou's POV~*
I'm not sure why he does it. Maybe it's because he's unhappy with himself. I don't know. I do wish he'd just tell me for once, so I could help him. Oh hells. Here he comes again. He's just standing there in the bathroom door.
'Why don't you fight back?' he asks me. 'Why is it that I, the best and strongest Tomb Robber that Egypt has ever seen, am stuck with a weak runt?'
There he goes again. Treating me as if it's MY fault he beats me. Sometimes, I just wish he'd kill me. It would help. But no, he's used to beating people by now. He knows how to inflict the most pain, on the least harmful spot.
'So?' he says again.
I look down at his feet, to ashamed to speak. I can feel it: here comes another "Lesson". But, thank god, before he can take one full step forward, the phone rings. Bakura freezes on the spot, and looks at me.
'Go get it,' he snarls.
As I walk past him, he smacks me on the back of my head, so hard it makes me dizzy. I reach the phone, and pick it up.
'Hello,' I say into the receiver.
'Hi Ryou, it's Yugi,' says the voice on the other line.
Oh great. It's the lucky one. The one who doesn't have to suffer at the hands of his Yami. I sigh. It isn't Yugi's fault that I got Bakura. Even as I think that, I feel a pang of jealousy towards Yugi, as I hear Yami talking to Grandpa behind Yugi.
'Hello, Yugi,' I say, and I try to make my voice as cheerful as it possibly can be at the moment.
'Um, Ryou,' he says nervously. 'Is everything alright over there?'
And I know immediately that Yami put him up to this call.
'Yes, everything is fine Yugi,' I hear myself say, as I see Bakura coming down the stairs. If Bakura thinks that I'm complaining to Yugi about him, he'll have my head for sure. No matter how much he goes on about how he's not afraid of anything, I know that he's afraid of Yami.
'Finish your call, runt,' he says flatly, almost courteously, so as not to give Yugi any reason to come over. 'You've had enough time to talk.'
'Yes, Bakura,' I say, and hang up quickly. But the moment I do, I'm grabbed by the front of my shirt.
'Are you patronizing me?' he asks, dangerously.
'N-n-no, B-Bakura,' I stammer.
'Good,' he sneers. 'Because, by Ra, if you were..'
He trails off as an evil smile crosses his lips and he drops me roughly. Then, just in time, the phone rings again. To my horror, Bakura picks it up.
'Yeah?' he says.
'Bakura?' I hear Yami's startled voice say from the phone. 'Where's Ryou? What have you done to him?'
'Relax, Pharaoh,' Bakura says. 'He's right here, cringing like the coward he is.'
'Ryou is NO coward,' I hear Yami snap. 'I need you both to get over here right now.'
'Yes Pharaoh,' Bakura says, sarcastically.
'Bakura, are you patronize,' Yami starts, but is cut off as Bakura slams the receiver down.
'I guess we'd better get over there,' he says in an exasperated tone.
I nod dumbly, and I get up and fallow him out the door.
*~ Bakura's POV ~*
Stupid Yami. And I was just about to "teach" Ryou the 'Dead Man's Grip'. Ah, well. Another time. Yami can't protect the runt forever. Here we are. I push Ryou forward, so he can knock on the door, but before he can, Yugi swings it open.
'There you are,' he says.
I grunt. I have a bad feeling about this. Ryou (the weakling) runs into their shop, totally oblivious of the Ring. But I notice it: It's glowing, ever so slightly. When we walk inside, I see Yami, sitting alone at the counter. All of the lights are off, except for a small one on the counter. Yugi backs off into a dark corner fearfully.
'So,' he says.
'What is it?' I ask. 'Why have you called us here?'
He smirks. Bah! It makes me sick to see him smirk like that.
'I've known for quite some time about the horrors that you put young Ryou through,' he says.
I'm gripped with a strange feeling. I think it's the feeling of fear. Yami sees. He smirks again. Ryou is now looking confused.
'So, I'm going to put an end to it,' he continues.
'Oh?' I ask, trying to make myself sound tough. To my horror, it's not working. 'And just HOW are you going to do that?'
Yami holds up a pair of, what seem to be, earrings. Black, hoop earrings.
'Do you know what these are?' he asks me.
I shake my head.
'These are The Black Earrings of Bast, the Cat God.'
I cock my head to the side.
'So?' I say. 'How are those earrings going to make Ryou stronger?'
Yami smirks yet AGAIN, and starts to say something in Egyptian. Ryou still looks confused, but I know what Yami is saying: 'Bast, Cat-God of Egypt. Bind these two souls together, so that they may learn the meaning of friendship.'
(A/N: OK, OK, I know it's cheesy. I couldn't think of anything else to say!)
Suddenly, there is a flash of light, brighter than the fires of Hell, and I feel something hot latch onto my ear.
Disclaimer- I don't own Yugioh or any of its characters.
The Link
Chapter One- The Black Earrings of Bast
Ryou was slammed up against the wall. The young boy looked up and saw the sinister form of his Yami walking up the stairs. Bakura had just come back from a walk or something, and had decided that it was time for a "Lesson". Ryou sighed, thankful that this time, the beating had lasted only a few minutes. He put a hand up to his head, and felt that an old wound had reopened. The boy looked down at his shaking hands. Hands which once capable of playing piano, violin, and flute. Now, they were just hanging masses of flesh and bone. Ryou trudged up the stairs, making sure not to give his Yami any reason to attack him again, and into the bathroom. He looked at himself in the mirror. He had a few cuts on his face, here and there. Ryou turned the tap, and splashed hot water onto his face.
*~Ryou's POV~*
I'm not sure why he does it. Maybe it's because he's unhappy with himself. I don't know. I do wish he'd just tell me for once, so I could help him. Oh hells. Here he comes again. He's just standing there in the bathroom door.
'Why don't you fight back?' he asks me. 'Why is it that I, the best and strongest Tomb Robber that Egypt has ever seen, am stuck with a weak runt?'
There he goes again. Treating me as if it's MY fault he beats me. Sometimes, I just wish he'd kill me. It would help. But no, he's used to beating people by now. He knows how to inflict the most pain, on the least harmful spot.
'So?' he says again.
I look down at his feet, to ashamed to speak. I can feel it: here comes another "Lesson". But, thank god, before he can take one full step forward, the phone rings. Bakura freezes on the spot, and looks at me.
'Go get it,' he snarls.
As I walk past him, he smacks me on the back of my head, so hard it makes me dizzy. I reach the phone, and pick it up.
'Hello,' I say into the receiver.
'Hi Ryou, it's Yugi,' says the voice on the other line.
Oh great. It's the lucky one. The one who doesn't have to suffer at the hands of his Yami. I sigh. It isn't Yugi's fault that I got Bakura. Even as I think that, I feel a pang of jealousy towards Yugi, as I hear Yami talking to Grandpa behind Yugi.
'Hello, Yugi,' I say, and I try to make my voice as cheerful as it possibly can be at the moment.
'Um, Ryou,' he says nervously. 'Is everything alright over there?'
And I know immediately that Yami put him up to this call.
'Yes, everything is fine Yugi,' I hear myself say, as I see Bakura coming down the stairs. If Bakura thinks that I'm complaining to Yugi about him, he'll have my head for sure. No matter how much he goes on about how he's not afraid of anything, I know that he's afraid of Yami.
'Finish your call, runt,' he says flatly, almost courteously, so as not to give Yugi any reason to come over. 'You've had enough time to talk.'
'Yes, Bakura,' I say, and hang up quickly. But the moment I do, I'm grabbed by the front of my shirt.
'Are you patronizing me?' he asks, dangerously.
'N-n-no, B-Bakura,' I stammer.
'Good,' he sneers. 'Because, by Ra, if you were..'
He trails off as an evil smile crosses his lips and he drops me roughly. Then, just in time, the phone rings again. To my horror, Bakura picks it up.
'Yeah?' he says.
'Bakura?' I hear Yami's startled voice say from the phone. 'Where's Ryou? What have you done to him?'
'Relax, Pharaoh,' Bakura says. 'He's right here, cringing like the coward he is.'
'Ryou is NO coward,' I hear Yami snap. 'I need you both to get over here right now.'
'Yes Pharaoh,' Bakura says, sarcastically.
'Bakura, are you patronize,' Yami starts, but is cut off as Bakura slams the receiver down.
'I guess we'd better get over there,' he says in an exasperated tone.
I nod dumbly, and I get up and fallow him out the door.
*~ Bakura's POV ~*
Stupid Yami. And I was just about to "teach" Ryou the 'Dead Man's Grip'. Ah, well. Another time. Yami can't protect the runt forever. Here we are. I push Ryou forward, so he can knock on the door, but before he can, Yugi swings it open.
'There you are,' he says.
I grunt. I have a bad feeling about this. Ryou (the weakling) runs into their shop, totally oblivious of the Ring. But I notice it: It's glowing, ever so slightly. When we walk inside, I see Yami, sitting alone at the counter. All of the lights are off, except for a small one on the counter. Yugi backs off into a dark corner fearfully.
'So,' he says.
'What is it?' I ask. 'Why have you called us here?'
He smirks. Bah! It makes me sick to see him smirk like that.
'I've known for quite some time about the horrors that you put young Ryou through,' he says.
I'm gripped with a strange feeling. I think it's the feeling of fear. Yami sees. He smirks again. Ryou is now looking confused.
'So, I'm going to put an end to it,' he continues.
'Oh?' I ask, trying to make myself sound tough. To my horror, it's not working. 'And just HOW are you going to do that?'
Yami holds up a pair of, what seem to be, earrings. Black, hoop earrings.
'Do you know what these are?' he asks me.
I shake my head.
'These are The Black Earrings of Bast, the Cat God.'
I cock my head to the side.
'So?' I say. 'How are those earrings going to make Ryou stronger?'
Yami smirks yet AGAIN, and starts to say something in Egyptian. Ryou still looks confused, but I know what Yami is saying: 'Bast, Cat-God of Egypt. Bind these two souls together, so that they may learn the meaning of friendship.'
(A/N: OK, OK, I know it's cheesy. I couldn't think of anything else to say!)
Suddenly, there is a flash of light, brighter than the fires of Hell, and I feel something hot latch onto my ear.
