"Speak" normal speech.

"Speak" thoughts

"Speak" Mind speaking (Yugi to Yami or Ryou to Bakura)

Chapter 9

Making peace with your dead sister

Turning around, both Ryou and Bakura felt their mouths go slack in shock as they gazed upon people who they thought were dead and long gone.

Amane looked to be a female version of Ryou. (1) She had snow white hair with a black ribbon tied onto the right bang of hair. (2) She had pale coloured skin and soft chocolate brown eyes. She wore a simple white dress with creamy white angel wings producing from her beck. Around her neck she wore a black chocker ribbon around her neck and on her feet were red dress shoes.

The girl beside her, Sanura, however looked to be her complete opposite. Her hair was a pure black colour with her left bang of hair tied with a white ribbon.(2) She had tanned skin, remnants of her Egyptian heritage and sapphire blue eyes. Instead of white, Sanura had a black dress with black, bat like wings. She also wore a choked ribbon which was black and instead of dress shoes, Sanura wore simple tan coloured, leather sandals.

"A…Amane!" Ryou gasped.

"Sa…Sanura?" (3) Bakura said, sounding just as shocked as Ryou.

"Hey big brother, aren't you happy to see me?" Amane asked while she smiled at Ryou.

"Yeah Akhi Al Akbar, didn't you miss me?" (4) Sanura said cheekily.

"Ryou, Bakura" Kagome started in a business tone of voice. "You only have a shoet while to speak with your sisters before they can pass on, so make the most of it."


I will not repeat what is said between these four as it is private and should not be repeated…

YEAH RIGHT!


Ryou…

I followed Amane deeper into the forest, careful to keep the campsite in view so that I wouldn't have any problems getting back.

Amane walked/glided silently in front of me, her slightly transparent boots not making a sound.

"This should be far enough" Amane said after a few more minutes, her voice sounding like a long forgotten tune to my ears.

"Amane…" I said breathlessly as I stared into her deep chocolate brown eyes.

"Yes Ryou…It's me" Amane said before enveloping him in a warming hug, despite her cold ghostly arms.

"Is this a dream?" I asked weakly.

"Nope…" Amane said, smiling at me. "It's real and I can't stay long so let's get down to business."

"Amane…" I chuckled; I couldn't help it as it had been so long since I heard her wonderful voice.

"So how have you been doing?" Amane asked as we broke apart.

"I've been doing fine." I said. "Father's really impressed with me, in fact…"

"Don't lie to me Ryou." Amane interrupted. "I know that father abandoned you only a month after our deaths, leaving you all alone in Japan with only Bakura to depend on."

"How do you know about that?" I asked.

"Kagome never kept us confined to the Millennium Seal, in fact, she allowed us free reign to watch over our families so long as we followed two small conditions."

"Conditions?" I asked.

"Yes, the first condition was that we visit her at least once a week so that she could renew the energy sustaining us while we watched over you because without that energy, we would be in real trouble. The second condition was that if we ever noticed anything strange happened and also important things like when you moved to Japan in the first place."

"So you were like my guardian angel?"

"That's right!"

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why did Kagome want to know everything important that happened?"

"Kagome loves to learn and as a result of that she knows things that others could only dream of knowing. Plus she never pressed us for details about what you were doing, she only wanted to know if something like you moving to Japan happened because that somehow affected her."

"So if she never pressed you for details, how then, does she know so much about me?"

"I told her of my own free will, hoping that she would be able to help you."

"What do you mean?"

"Ryou, I know that Father has stopped sending you money for the apartment and that you only have a limited time left before the landlord kicks you out." Amane said bluntly.

"How do you…Not even Bakura knows how close I am to losing the apartment!" I said as my eyes widened in panic.

"I told you that I watched over you and I proud to say that I think I did a better job than the thief." Amane said as I noticed that her body was starting to fade.

"Amane!" I shouted as Amane looked over herself.

"Looks like it's almost time for me to go." Amane muttered before looking up to stare at me with hard eyes. "Look, I don't have a lot of time left so listen and listen well! I am aware that you're still beating yourself up about our mother's and my death. Please stop, please let it go. While we did die, our deaths were quick and painless and there's nothing you could have done to prevent it so stop worrying yourself sick about it."

"But…"

Amane's eyes softened as she said, "Ryou…please let your guilt go. Continue writing those letters, we do receive them and look forward to them but…"

"Amane!" I shouted as my sisters body continued to fade.

"Ryou…You were the best big brother I could have ever hope for. I love you big brother and don't hate Bakura for what he has done to you, it isn't his fault that is the way that he is."

"I love you too Amane!" I shouted. "Don't forget me!"

"I won't big brother." Amane said as she embraced me for a final time. "Good bye Ryou, I love you."

"Good bye Amane" I said as I hugged Amane back, even though her body was changing into little spheres of light.

"Love you Aniki(5)" I heard Amane's voice say as the light spheres disappeared into the sky, never to be seen again.


Bakura…

"Sanura…I haven't seen you in so very long." Bakura said after about five minutes of walking. They now stood on a cliff with the waves crashing against it every few seconds.

"I missed you too big brother!" Sanura said, as she gave Bakura a big hug before she gave a nervous laugh as her voice faded away. "I'm sorry about everything. So much happened to you and even though Kagome was able to look after and care for you, it still never seemed to be enough. I never was able to say sorry… You did bad things because of Zorc Necrophades and I'm so sorry that I failed to protect you from him big brother…" Sanura said as tears gathered in her sapphire coloured eyes.

"No…no no…" Bakura's eyes went wide as he swept his sister into his arms. "No Sanura…don't think for a second that any of this was your fault! And even if Kagome and I hadn't been separated, I think that in the end, Zorc would have still found me. Besides it's all the Pharoah and his High Priests fault in the first place."

"No! Don't think that way big brother!" Sanura cried, pushing away enough to look him in the eyes. "We were wrong to hate! There was so much happening…when I…when I was able to take a spirit form in the real world and Kagome was able to 'recover' some of the priest's journals, we discovered what really happened. Oh brother…he didn't know!"

"I…I know that…" Bakura hesitated, bowing his head until his bangs veiled his eyes. "I know that it was really the high Priest Akunadin who went forth with those plans without telling anyone how the Items were made. I know he is the one Zorc corrupted and used…I know…all of that."

"Then why?" Sanura whispered, sounding a bit frightened. "I know why you did it then…you wanted to get revenge for us. I understand that but why now then? Why do you want to hurt things now big brother?"

"I don't know,"" Bakura said. "Besides, why do you care?"

"Because your 'yaonushi' is my other half's brother." Sanura said. (6)


"Well, how did it go?" Kagome asked as Ryou returned from his long overdue talk with his sister.

"I don't know…" Ryou said finally after he had stared out at the ocean.

"Do you feel any better, now that you have finally been able to make peace both with your sister and yourself?"

"I guess so…" Ryou said as Bakura finally emerged from his way overdue talk.

"Akefia, could you come over here please?" Kagome asked nicely.

"My name's Bakura now." Bakura muttered as he faced his substitute mother.

"You'll always be Akefia to me." Kagome stated before she pressed her index finger to Bakura's forehead, a pink light emerging from it, knocking Bakura out cold.

"What did you do?" Ryou asked as he watched her place his dark up against a nearby tree.

"Removing the parasite." Kagome said as she turned to face Ryou.

"Parasite?"

"Yes, a very strong and deadly parasite."

"What has this parasite done?"

"It took over an innocent and forced him to follow a path of revenge against someone who has done nothing wrong."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that this parasite…almost forced Akefia to follow a path of revenge against the pharaoh when it was never the pharaohs fault in the first place, but one of his advisors. It is also to blame for most of your yami's dark attitude towards you."

"And what is that parasite's name?"

"Zorc Necrophades."


Not hardLike Mio Hio from the D N Angel anime.Means Kitten in ArabicMeans big brother in ArabicMeans big brother in JapaneseMeans landlord in Japanese (Yadonushi)