[Wooh, the final chapter is here. Thank you to all who have reviewed . I just turned off the "Do not accept anonymous reviews" thingy. Didn't know that was there. O_o. Please do read the end note after everything ^__^]

Note to all: I know alot of you are asking "How could someone rape another in the first chapter then want to save him in the next."? The truth is, I believe it has a psychological reason. Bakura always indulged himself in hurting Ryou, such that one day, when he finally pushed it over the edge, it was a sort of overindulgence. Thus causing him to gradually realise that he didn't actually wish to hurt Ryou. That plus the memories of Takut's death eating away at him unconciously could have sped up the process.

To celestrial-rulz: Er well, I wanted the last scene to take place at someone's home [If Ryou was brought to the hospital with such wounds, an investigation would be started and the doctors would not allow him to be moved elsewhere. There's a real good reason for this later on as well. ^___^ Thank you for reviewing.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Gi Oh and the sparkly Brilliant Snow thingies from Final Fantasy XI. ^__^

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"Close the door, you're going to ruin the effect of the Brilliant Snow!" Came an irritated voice from within. Unconciously, Bakura shut the door behind him. It was pitch black so Bakura could hardly see anything.

"Wha-?" Was all he could manage before a dazzling light leapt into the air and burst into many smaller lights, just like small fireworks. It was absolutely magical, and then it fizzled and died out.

Snapping himself out of it he turned to the source of the young female voice. "I want the antidote for the poison the royals use!" He shouted. "And I will kill you if you don't give it to me this instant."

"I can't." Came the confident reply. Which idiot would be daring enough to say such a thing at a time like this?

"I have no time to play games. Give it to me now and I will leave peacefully without lining this place with your blood!" Bakura hissed.

"Well you can go kill me then... Even death is better than being stuck here under that stupid Pharaoh's command." The voice told him.

"Ughh.. Listen, I don't have time for this. My lover is dying and he needs the antidote NOW." Bakura said. Wait. Did he just use the word 'lover'? He shook his head to himself, still denying his love.

There was a short pause.

"...Alright." The girl said."On one condition."

"What?" Bakura was in no mood to negotiate.

"You get me out of here." She said, finality present in her voice. She would take no alternative.

"Are you insane?! It will be hard enough for me to get out of here by myself let alone bring you!" Bakura said, he had long begun groping around in the dark for what may have been a bottle of antidote. But even he knew, without his sight, he wouldn't be able to tell the difference between a bottle of antidote and a bottle of rat guts. There came no reply. After a while, Bakura sighed in the dark.

"Alright.." He heard a small squeal of delight in the dark and shook his head. At least he would be getting the antidote soon. He didn't think Ryou would be able to hold on much longer.

"Is there a window in here?" He asked and a few seconds later, light streamed in through the window the girl had just opened. Funny, she looked like a younger version of Mai but with black hair and tanned skin. He snickered at the resemblance.

"Ok, we're going out the window." He stated.

"We can't." Came the reply. He was getting fed up of the word 'can't' just then. "Its a 100 meter drop, unless you're up for it."

"Fine, we go back the way I came, through the sewers."

"Eeww.."

"Shut up and just follow me."

When he opened the door, he saw 20 guards waiting for him. They grinned evilly showing partially rotted teeth.

"Oh no its the Pharaoh kissing the High Priest!!!" He shouted and pointed behind the guards. They all turned. 'Heh, stupid fools.' He thought to himself as he pulled the girl behind him through the guards who were abit surprised. Of course there was no pharaoh and high priest.



After quite a lot of running, hiding and running some more, the two found themselves outside of the palace. Bakura turned to the girl and stuck out his hand.

"The antidote." He ordered. She shook her head.

"I don't have it." She told him. He glared at her in bewilderment. "While sparring with what they thought were blunt blades, the Pharaoh and the High Priest scratched each other with the poisoned blades. I gave both the bottles I had to them."

Bakura was just about to raise his hand to hit her when she spoke again.

"But I can make some more. All I need is one day. I know where to get the ingredients and I can get you the antidote in 12 hours." She told him quickly, fearing that he would kill her there and then.

"...I don't have that much time, you understand?" Bakura said, punctuating each word with a pause to elaborate his point as well as to prevent himself from burying his blade in her heart.

"Ok then... er.. er.. 9 hours...It's the fastest I can do it.." She stuttered, flinching backwards from fear.



He gave it a moments thought and nodded. Something was better than nothing.

"Okay. I'll meet you back here in 6 hours... and don't screw up. The guards are looking for you as well so stay low." Bakura instructed and he received a fearful nod in response.

A while later, the tomb robber found himself winding through the crowded alleys once more. This time however, he was heading for the place he used to stay with Takut. There was something very important he needed to find, something almost as essential as the antidote itself.

When he got there, he was surprised at how run down it looked. The windows were broken and the door was sliding off its hinges. Stepping in, the was greeted by the smell of dust and caked blood. The dried blood on the walls gave the whole area a forboding aura, sending a slight chill down his spine. Ignoring his discomfort, Bakura began rummaging through the broken pots, tools and such to find what he was there for.

After much searching, he managed to find it and hurriedly stuffed it into his pocket. 6 hours were almost up and he wanted to get back to Ryou as soon as possible. Rushing back to the meeting area, he realised that she wasn't there. Regret began filling him as well as many unanswerable questions.

'What if she lied? What if she really can't make the antidote in time? What if she had no intention of giving it to me in the first place? What if she's already left this area? What if-' Bakura was stopped short during his last question by a tap on his shoulder. He spun around to see the grinning girl holding up a clear bottle of antidote with two bead sized grapes at the bottom.

"Uh.. thank you..." He managed to utter in surprise.

"You're welcome! It's thanks for getting me outta there I guess." She said sheepishly, all fear of the tomb robber was gone from her features.

"Well, uh.. goodbye then." He said, digging into his pocket to get the chain.

"Where'ya going?" She asked casually.

"To save my angel..." He said, a small smile playing on his lips. Taking the chain into both hands, he shut his eyes and snapped it apart.

When he opened them again he was back in Kaiba's mansion; in the dark room he had left. Suddenly, he heard a spine chilling laughter from behind him. He turned sharply and glared at the figure sitting on the chair.

"Ahh, so you're back, Bakura." The figure said playfully as he ran his fingers over something shiny, the dagger!

"...Takut.. what have you done to the rest?" He said, noticing the awfully eerie silence that resonated around the place.

"Oh, nothing much, just knocked them out so they would stop trying to defend that puny boy that looks just like you. They didn't seem to understand that I wouldn't kill him.... yet."

Bakura growled from deep within his throat. "What have you done to him?!"

"Well, nothing. I was waiting for you actually. I wanted to kill him right before you. And then I wanted to kill you." Takut snickered.

"I have no time for this." Bakura said, dashing for the door. Unfortunately, the other tomb robber made it there before him. Takut tackled him down till he was pinned to the floor.

Smiling, the crazed spirit drew his dagger and placed it firmly on Bakura's neck.

"Now you'll know what betrayal feels like!" He shouted and was about to plunge the dagger in.

"Stop!"

Takut hesitated a while.

"Why should I? I finally have the chance to kill the one and only person I loved and who betrayed me. Tell me, why should I spare you?"

"...Because I didn't betray you...I didn't lead the guards to you at all.." Bakura choked out.

"Oh yeah? But you used the time to raid Nefertina's tomb! I saw you carry the loot back!"

"..That wasn't loot... I had gone to get supplies for us.. we were low.."

"...I don't believe you.." Takut said with slight apprehension.

Bakura took the opportunity the slight pause gave him to reach into his pocket and take out the object which he had found earlier. He held it right up to Takut just as the teenager was about to kill him. Bakura shut his eyes, expecting the impact of the dagger through his throat.

The blade clattered as it fell to the floor.

"The Crystal Key..." Takut said in absolute disbelief.

"...Yes..." Bakura paused for a while as Takut took the key to examine it. "I didn't want to raid the tomb after you were gone. I know the key was a big find and all... but I didn't want to raid it if it wasn't with you... I was denying it all along..."

"Thank you..." Takut looked at him and smiled longingly. He paused for a while before he turned back to Bakura. "Now go, hurry. Ryou won't last much longer. You DID bring the antidote didn't you?"

Bakura nodded and ran into the room where Ryou lay. By then, practically everyone except for Téa had woken up and were crowded around Ryou's bed. He ran forward.

"I'm back!" He said as they cleared a way for him. As he saw their faces he was shocked. Everyone's face was tearstained, including Seto Kaiba's.

"...No... NO... Don't tell me I'm too late..." He said, running his hand through Ryou's silky hair. The teenager was still. Bakura put his ear to the platinum haired boy's chest. He couldn't hear anything except for.. a small heart beat.

It wasn't much but Ryou still was very much alive. Probably just so weak that his vital stats weren't showing correctly. He ignored everyone telling him that it was over. Gently, he lifted his hikari's upper body and supported him with one hand. With the other, he took out the antidote and used his teeth to get the cork stopper off. Then, he pressed the bottle lightly to Ryou's mouth.

Most of it went in, except for the small amount that trickled out the corners of his mouth. When he got to the bottom of the small bottle however, he emptied the rest of the liquid and the small grapes into his mouth, chewing up the grapes to small swallowable bits before he finally leaned down and let it slip gently into the mouth of his hikari.

For the rest of the night, Bakura stayed by Ryou's side, holding his fragile cold hand gingerly in his own. Everyone else had fallen asleep on the many large chairs in the same room. They knew it was over. Ryou was as good as gone, but Bakura refused to believe that. His hikari would hang on, he knew it.

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That night, most of Bakura's sleep was dreamless, except for a short dream right at the end of it all. He dreamt he was raiding a tomb with Takut and they had gotten to the main treasure chamber when the tomb robber suddenly turned to him and smiled.

"None of these gold ornaments or precious jewels can compare to the gift you have been given. Treasure him." Takut told him. He looked like he was at peace with himself and his calmness spread to Bakura.



Just as quickly as it had begun, the dream was over.

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Bakura was woken up early the next morning by something twitching in his hand. He blinked open his eyes groggily to realise that Ryou's eyelids were fluttering open. Bakura's heart skipped a beat as he watched his love finally awaken.

"Ryou.." Was all he could manage, he was absolutely speechless.

"..Thank you.. for saving me.." Ryou said, smiling happily. Colour had begun to return to the hikari's pale face.

".. You.. you held on.." Bakura uttered, in disbelief.

"Because .. of your promise.. You promised that you would take me to see the sunrise if I waited for you...It meant alot to me, you know." Ryou stated simply with a smile.

Bakura nodded as tears of happiness slid down his cheeks.

"Alas, sleeping beauty is up!" Honda said as he got up stretching. Yugi had begun to wake up but jumped up immediately when he saw that Ryou was awake, thus letting Yami fall downwards since he had been leaning on Yugi.

"Ryou!! You're okay!!" He exclaimed estatically.

"Hai, arigatou."

"Eww what's this drool on me?" Kaiba said as he woke up, only to realise that his puppy had fallen asleep with his mouth on his lap, thus soaking his pants with a sticky substance. Takut had given Jou his body back right after the confrontation.

"Aww, Kaiba's got a little drooly puppy." Honda said scrunching his face up for effect.

"Why you!"

Soon, the room was filled with laughter as they each poked fun at each other. Suddenly, Bakura began glancing around for a clock only to find that there was none.

"What time is it?"

Kaiba glanced down at his watch. "6.45 am, why?"

"I have 5 minutes till sunrise then." Bakura stated as he began tucking Ryou into the comforter and then lifted the teenager off the bed.

"Uh?" Ryou asked in wordless confusion.

"Shh angel, just gimme a while."

They instantly knew what Bakura wanted to do. Hurriedly, Yugi went to open the door while Kaiba went to get the door to the roof opened.

3 minutes later, they were all on the roof, with Ryou in Bakura's arms. Seto had his arms locked protectively around his puppy. Absolutely no one was going to take him away again, be it human, spirit or the undead. Yugi was leaning on Yami's chest and the rest were just sitting near each other. As the sun rose, it basked all of them in a warm glow.

"..Kirei.." Ryou said as he looked at the light rays bouncing off the soft clouds, giving the whole place a heavenly effect.

"..No.." Bakura said. His hikari looked at him quizzically. "Not as beautiful as you, my hikari."

Ryou smiled up at him.

"Bakura.." Ryou called out in a soft voice.

"Hmm?"

"Aishiteru.." The small teen said sheepishly.

"I love you too." Bakura said as he leaned down and kissed Ryou passionately on the lips. Takut was right. Ryou was his treasure, and his hikari was more important to him than the whole world. Ryou smiled at Bakura. At last his Christmas Wish had come true; he had a yami who loved him.

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[Ahh, its finally finished!! ^__^ I hoped ya'll liked the ending and stuff. Please do review with your opinions and whether ya'll want me to do background stories and stuff. Thank you to all who have taken the time to review.

On a final note, I would like to dedicate this story to quite a few people. To my best friends Mish (celestrial-rulz), Erin and Cheryl. Especially Mish for giving me TONS of constructive criticism. To Subaru-S. Thankies!! To Malenyn of the Shadows, Ryou-Bakura1, BakaYamiTenshi, thanks for adding me!! ^__^ To LazyLiza, Anime the Fallen Angel and Kenny3, I haven't forgotten ya! ^_^]

Take care everyone, and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

12th Jan Special Note : This story is also specially dedicated to my wonderful friends at #yaoirulez. Especially Senko, Quincey, Hyde-sama, virtual, April, Haunting, Jade_A, Nqs and all the rest I haven't mentioned. Also to izum|! ^_^