Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-gi-oh
Warnings: Death of characters, characters way ooc
AN: This is a story I wrote a long time ago, its weird and probably wont make a whole lot of sense to you. There are about one more chapter that I'll load on soon –the story is finished, I just have to load it all on, its morning and I've got to get going to school soon so I may or may not get the next chapter up.
Chapter Three:
After school was over, Malik walked with Ryou to his home then left, not even stepping inside the house. Ryou didn't mind. He went to the mirror. "Shadow-sama?"
His shadow appeared before him. "Koi."
Ryou pressed his head against the cold glass. "I love you..."
There was a knock on the door. Ryou looked down at it. He glanced back at his shadow before going down the stairs and opening it. "Yes?"
It was a blond haired girl with glasses. "See I told you it wasn't haunted!" She said sticking out her tongue to a group of kids near the sidewalk. Her back was to him. Ryou cleared his throat.
"Can I help you?" He asked. The girl turned around, looking up at him with wide eyes. She lt out a scream and fainted. Ryou caught her. He looked back at the group of boys. They stumbled into a run, tripping over each other. He took the girl inside and set her down on the sofa. His shadow appeared in the mirror. "Who is she?" He asked.
Ryou shrugged. "I don't know... she saw me and fainted."
Ryou's eyes flashed as he suddenly put a hand against the girls shoulder. "No one would believe a bunch of boys would they?"
Ryou slept under the mirror. The blood drying into a permanent stain on his cloths. The shadow watched over him, protecting him, and loving him.
A cold gust of wind blew in from the open door. Ryou curled up into a ball. The shadow looked up. His eyes narrowed. "You are not welcome in my home."
The figure in the doorway gave the same angry glare back to the shadow. "You've poisoned his mind to do your dirty work. What do you think is going to happen when he is caught by the humans? They'll lock him up and never let him be free again."
The shadow got to his feet. "Even if they take him away, I'll bring him back to me. Someone like you could never understand the feelings I have for him."
The figure shook his head and laughed quietly. "You? Feelings? .. humph, it's just like last time. You know how this is going to end."
"I do, and it's not the way you're thinking." The shadow clenched his fists. "Ryou is mine, he may trust you now, but you'll be out of the picture soon enough."
"And after that?"
"After that I'll be free to love him!"
"You know better than me that the war is not over, if you do this than it'll just be another battle! He'll be killed! It's already been seen!"
"I won't let the damn gods visions keep me away from him!" The shadows anger boiled.
"He will die Atemu! You have to stop this now!"
"NO!" The door slammed shut. Ryou stirred in his slumber. "Shadow-sama?" His rubbed his eye, leaving a brownish-red streak from his hands. "You're..."
The shadow turned around. He was as surprised as Ryou. He was no longer in the mirror ...
"Is this a dream?" Ryou asked standing. The shadow looked down at his hands. He didn't think Ryou had that much power yet ... was it a trick from the gods?
"So cold..." Whispered Ryou as he touched the shadows hand.
The shadow slowly pulled his hand away then touched Ryous face. There was no feeling... no warmth... If he really did have a body of his own, he still wasn't whole. "What's wrong?" Ryou asked seeing the sadness in the shadows eyes.
"I can't feel the warmth of your skin... I am still nothing."
Ryou put his arms around the shadow. "I won't give up hope... you're out of the mirror, aren't you? And as long as you're with me..."
The shadow smiled and finished his sentence, "You will be protected."
Ryou drifted asleep in his shadows arms. The shadow rocked him back and forth, brushing the few strands of blood stained hair from his face.
His eyes flew open. Ryou sat up, he was sitting alone against the wall next to the mirror. He looked up at it. "Shadow-sama?" He stood up, his back ached a bit from sitting like he had been for so long. His shadow didn't come to the mirror. "Was last night... a dream?" He asked aloud. He sighed and looked at the clock that sat on the small table at the bottom of the stairs. He was going to be late. He quickly stood up and went into the bathroom. the blood had dried now. He gazed at himself in the mirror for a few minutes before turning on the water and going into the shower. He got out a minute later and pulled on his pants. He was about to throw on his shirt when he heard a knocking at his door. "Malik.."
He knew it would be his friend, waiting to walk to school with him. He ran to the door but noticed the body of the small girl laying on the floor. He let out a small cry and ran over to it. He pulled a sheet off a table and wrapped her in it before dragging her into the closet. He grabbed his backpack and pulled his shirt on before running out the door. "Sorry to keep you waiting. I woke up a bit late.." He said smiling nervously. Malik smiled back at him but stopped and pointed at Ryous feet. "You should really put on your shoes.."
Ryou looked down and turned red. "Oh.. right.." He said rubbing the back of his head and running back inside.
Ryou kept a bit quiet on the way to school. He still felt like a complete idiot even when Malik said that he'd probably have done the same thing. Ryou looked up as a shop bell rang. A short boy walked out of the local card shop. Ryou knew who he was, he was a shy kid named Yugi… his seat in class was next to Ryous. The kid barley ever said anything, mainly only when the teacher would call on him.
"Hey … I'll catch up with you later." Ryou said feeling something take over him. Malik hesitated but continued walking.
"Wait up Yugi." Ryou said crossing the street as Malik turned the corner. Yugi stopped and looked at him like a deer in headlights.
"Uh… yes?"
Ryou smiled. "I thought you could use some company." The smaller boy smiled also.
"Thanks … I guess…"
"Don't mention it. So … do you take the shortcut?"
He blinked. "Shortcut?"
Ryou nodded. "Yeah, there's a shortcut, you just turn down the ally coming up and follow it to get out near the school. It saves like… five minutes. Come on, I'll show you."
He pushed Yugi softly so that he turned and started down an ally. His hand slipped down onto the ground and grabbed a piece of glass.
"Are you sure about this?" Yugi asked looking around with a worried look on his face. He turned around at not getting an answer. "…Ryou?"
Ryou was no where to be seen. The small boy started walking back the way they had come in a hurry. Ryou grabbed his backpack and swung him around. Yugi let out a cry and fell against a trashcan.
"P-please don't!" Yugi covered his face with his arm.
"Yugi, are you alright?"
Yugi looked over his shaking arm to see Ryou looking down at him.
"… I … something grabbed me…" Yugi managed to say. He put his arm down in time to catch Ryou's eyes flash crimson. Yugi dropped back and slide slowly until his head hit the ground. Blood began to roll down his throat and drip on the ground unless it was absorbed by his shirt.
Ryou bent down and checked for a pulse. "…good…"
A short gasping breath trying to be covered caught his attention. His head shot up. Tea stood near the entrance of the ally.
"You killed him!"
Ryou stood up. She was a prep girl… She never liked him… and when he had been assigned to work on a project with her, she left him to do all the work.
"I'm going to call the cops!"
She took a step back but Ryous actions were too quick. She was dead within two seconds.
"What are you doing?"
Ryou looked up. "Oh … hey Malik." He put down his pen. It was now nearing the end of class.
"That's a cool picture… you into that whole demons and angel thing?"
Ryou looked down at the paper. He had been drawing his shadow fighting with an angel. He shrugged. "Yeah, you could say so."
Malik sat down in the empty desk next to Ryou. "Did Yugi go home?"
"Uh… yeah I guess he did, he saw Tea and said he had something to take care of." Ryou said adding a bit more detail to his picture. Malik nodded.
A student ran into the classroom. "You need to turn on the news!"
The teacher opened his mouth to say something as another teacher ran into the room. "Its horrible! I just saw Tea this morning, have you seen?"
The teacher shook his head. By now, everyone else had shut up to listen.
"That boy, Yugi, murdered Tea and then took his own life. It's horrible, the news said that he led her into an ally where he slit her throat with a large piece of glass. If it hadn't been for the garbage men, the bodies would have never been found."
"That's so sad… Ryou you were the last one to him and Tea." Malik whispered. Ryou covered his face with his hands to hide his smile. His soft laughs made it sound like he was crying.
A few days had passed after Yugi and Tea's deaths. The school was out for a spring break, leaving Ryou to go out where ever he wanted. After spending a day or two with Malik, Ryou decided to go off alone. He sat under a tree in the park. The shade felt good in the warm air. The sun was out, making the day warmer then it would normally be around this time.
He let out a long breath. Coming to the town seemed so long ago but it had only been a few weeks... He had been loathing the place but ever since his shadow showed up, he felt so much better, like taking a long hot bath after being out in the cold all day.
"Don't we see enough of you at school?"
Ryou jumped a bit. "Huh?" He looked up. It was Joey and Honda.
"Where's your little body guard?" they asked looking around for Malik. Ryou started to get up, but they kicked him back down.
"We're not done with you."
Joey pulled out a pocket knife. "Where's Marik?"
"I don't know" Ryou answered as he looked off to the side. Joey cut his cheek. "That's not the answer I'm looking for."
Ryou touched the cut. "...I don't know." He repeated. Joey cut his hand.
"I don't know!"
Every time Ryou repeated himself, Joey would cut him again. "I don't know!"
Honda let out a sigh. "Do you think he really doesn't know?"
Joey let out a grunt. "I donno'.. Tell me where Marik is!"
Ryou's hair had fallen into his eyes, giving him a dark look. Joey moved too cut him again, but Ryou caught his hand. "He's sitting under my couch, I killed him!"
There was a loud crack and Joey gave out a loud cry. He dropped the knife and held his hand. "He-He broke my wrist!
Ryou grabbed the knife and slammed it into Joey's leg. He took it out and slammed it into his shoulder, then his other leg. "Don't be a coward now."
With one flick of his wrist, Ryou slit Joey's neck. He stood up and looked at the stunned Honda. "Why didn't you run? Or help him?"
Honda stuttered out words, but made no sense. Ryou looked down at Honda's hand. "A cell phone?"
"The c-cops are coming, you'll b-be thrown into j-jail!" Honda tried acting like he had won. Ryou smirked. "Does that mean I'm suppose to give up and run? Letting you live?"
Honda took a few steps back. "They'll b-be here a-any second!" He trembled. Starting to turn, Ryou threw the knife at him, catching his back. A police car drove up quickly. A cop got out of the car and rushed to Honda. "Are you alright?"
Honda looked back at the tree where his fallen friend was. "He's-" His eyes widened. "... gone?" Ryou was no where in sight.
The cop started helping Honda back to his car. "Help is on it's way, you'll be taken to a hospital as soon as possible."
There was a click behind them. "No."
The cop turned around, reaching for his gun but found it gone. He looked at Ryou, finding his gun in his hands. "Look, if you put the gun down, I'm sure this will end fine. So just put the gun down-"
Ryou pulled the trigger.
Honda let out a scream as the cop dropped to the ground, blood splattered on to his face. "Y-you killed them all didn't you!"
Ryou pointed the gun at him. "Yes... I killed Marik, Yugi, Tea, the missing Rebecca, Joey and you."
Three gun shots... Ryou fell to the ground.
...They said he was shot before he pulled the trigger on Honda. It threw off the bullet but it still hit him. A few days later, Honda died in the hospital. Ryou was treated and put under strict watch. It didn't matter though, he didn't say a word after his confession to Honda. He didn't even move..." Malik finished.
He unlocked the door and pushed it open. Duke looked at him. "Aren't you coming?"
Malik shook his head. "No, I have something I must take care of… Be careful and don't stay too long. Oh, and whatever you do, don't look at the mirror on the top of the stairs."
Duke nodded and went inside. The place was dark, black cloth covered the windows. He walked around, taking note of every little detail. The large deep brown and red stain on the wood floor had his attention for a while. He had only been briefed on the murders, but he knew two happened in an ally, three in the park and two more of them occurred inside the very house he was in.
He started up the stairs, his mind wondered onto different topics. Why did Ryou look so young? What really happened in there? Why was Malik warning him of a mirror? Honestly, he couldn't blame Ryous insanity on a mirror.
"My koi is not insane."
Duke stopped. "Hello?" He looked around. "Malik?"
It was then he took notice of the large mirror. "So this is what its all about… an old mirror…"
Duke touched the frame. "Harmless…"
A shock made him pull his hand away. "Ow…" he waved his hand in the air. When he looked back at the mirror, it wasn't his green eyes that met him.
"Holy shit." He took a step back. "Okay, now someone's pulling my leg."
"Nonsense. I'm inside a mirror." The figure said, "At least, until you set me free."
Dukes jaw dropped.
A scream filled the hospital. The nurse ran into the cell. Ryou stood in the middle of the white, mouth open, eyes closed, head back. The ear shattering pitch of his scream made the nurse cover her ears. She called for others and soon Ryou passed out from being sedated with sleeping drugs.
To be continued…
