Disclaimer: Hmm...let's see...I own a chocobo plushy, some manga, and Yami Bakura. Okay, maybe not Yami Bakura, but I'm sure you all know that I don't own Yugioh either, so we'll just leave it at that.

Tenshi: Ahh...I'm sorry I haven't updated in awhile! I was actually thinking of leaving it at chapter three, but an inspiration bunny hit me and chapter four was born!

Bakura: Ah yes, let the torment begin!

Tenshi: Quiet, you! Anyway, I would also like to thank the reviewers! Malik is here to glomp you all...go ahead, Malik.

Malik: (glomps) ^_^

Tenshi: So without any further ado, I give you chapter four.


~+Shattered Reality+~


At Ryou's house in Domino City, Yami Bakura sat staring in horror at the nightmare that was currently bouncing toward him.

//This...this can't be happening! It just can't!//

"Hi Kura!" Malik chirped as he collided with the thief, "Do you know what today is?"

"Doomsday?"

"No! It's Easter! And that means you get to take me to the mall to see the Easter Bunny!"

Bakura cringed and looked over in Ryou's direction. The hikari was just making his way over to the door when Bakura stopped him.

//And just where do you think you're going?!//

/To finish my chores and homework?/

//Oh no! If I have to take him to see this holiday disaster, you're coming with me!//

/But yami!/

//No 'buts!' I refuse to go alone!//

/Well...technically...you won't be going alone.../ Ryou grinned. This was about to get ugly...

//What are you getting at?//

/.........YamiYugiisgoingwithyou./

Just as he had suspected, Bakura came flying towards him in outrage. Stepping slightly to the right, Ryou moved just in time as the former tomb robber crashed to the floor.

"How could you do this to me?!" Bakura growled after getting up to block the other's way out of the room.

"It wasn't my fault! You can blame Isis for all of this, if you want!"

"Oh and why is that?"

"Because she's the one that had to attend a museum exhibit, leaving Malik in your care."

"Then why is the Pharaoh coming along?"

"Because he's driving you there."

"You mean you actually expect me to get into a moving vehicle with that lunatic?!"

"Um...yes?"

"Gahh!! There is no way in hell that is going to happen, hikari, and you can tell him so!" Bakura stated before disappearing into the ring.

Ryou sighed and looked at Malik. The blonde shrugged and then went back to eating his jelly beans. Tapping into his soul room, Ryou found Bakura lying in the middle of the floor. Checking to make sure there weren't any traps lying about, he moved closer and nudged the spirit's side with his foot.

"Yami?"

"Go away, I'm busy."

"Doing what, exactly?"

"Being dead."

"Yami! Look, I know you don't like the pharaoh, but-"

Bakura's eyes shot open as he sat up. "Don't like? Don't LIKE?! Like is hardly the word I would choose to describe it!"

"Fine. I know you despise him, and maybe he told Isis that you would do this when you never said so yourself, but don't you think you could at least go through with it for her sake?"

"Do you even hear yourself when you speak, hikari? Or did you just decide to discard your brain for the day?"

Ryou frowned at the sarcastic remark but then remembered what Yugi had told him once, long ago, when Bakura had refused to take him to the fair with the others.

When all else fails, revert to the tactics you used as a child...

Kneeling next to the obstinate spirit, Ryou fixed puppy-dog eyes on him. "Pleeeeeease?"

Bakura smacked his forehead. "Oh for Ra's sake! Don't you dare even start that!" he groaned, thinking back to the similar incident in his dream.

"But yamiiiiiiiii!!"

"NO."

"Pretty pleeeeease??"

"NO!"

"Pretty-please-with-seven-Millennium-Items-on-top?"

"...Okay, maybe..."

"Yes! Oh thank you, yami!" Ryou replied happily, already hugging his other half.

"Now wait just a minute! I said maybe-not yes-"

"THANK YOU YAMI!!!!!!!" Ryou screeched as he hugged the thief tighter.

"Oh fine! Now...(gasp)...let go of me before you break my ribs!"

"Okay!"

Bakura glared at the happy teen before going back to the material world.

//I wonder if it's too late to worship someone else? Ra is dead to me now...//


~+End of Chapter+~


Tenshi: Yes, I know it's short! But there's more to come soon! :)