Chapter 10

I sat up in my be, panting. And object, the millennium necklace was calling out to me. It was almost so close, I felt its magic so close I could reach out to it.

"Bakura." I shook him awake, and he sat up.

"What?"

"The millennium necklace...It's calling to me..."He fell back down on his pillows and I stood next to his bed. I HAD to get it right now. Did he not understand.

Knowing after I pulled him out, I'd regret it, I decided to pull him out anyways.

"Yami. The necklace is close." He looked at me, almost glaring.

"So now you reappear..."

"Shut up and get your ass up to help." I barked, still holding the Alpha voice. He reluctantly got up, but didn't do much else.

"Kitty's got claws." He bent down to my eye leave and pet my head. My face scrunched up.

"Don't think you can touch me. I still hate you." He laughed, and threw his head back in laughter.

"Or so you think."

"I KNOW."

"Right, I'll admit I like you when you admit you actually like me. You know in your heart you don't hate me" He said, smug.

"I won't admit a damn thing to you."

"But you want to hear me admit it."

"I don't want to hear you admit anything except that you're an ass."

"Fine. I'm an ass. I admit I'm an ass." He smirked and I spun around, looking him in the eyes.

"You're sincere...?"

"Positively. Now admit you like me."

"No."

"We had a deal."

"There was no deal! No hurry up and help me find that necklace!" I charged out of the room, on a mission. I ignored almost everything, though I was aware of Bakura's presence as I was aware I had to breath. I hated this part of him, it made my skin crawl, my blood curdle.

Pretty soon we came across a woman who wore Egyptian clothing. Moderate robes, nothing special. I grabbed her arm.

"Hey!"

"What is your name?" I asked, and she looked into my eyes.

"Isis..." She said scared.

"Don't be scared...All I need is that necklace..." Her hand reached to her neck, her fingers brushing the eye.

"This one?"

"Yes."

"I-I can't..."

"But you must."

"I...uh..."

"Give it to me..."

"S-sure..."

"Femi, I'm ashamed in you..You lacking in your body count."

"Just you watch." I held the necklace, put it in the pouch and turned to Isis looking into her eyes, lighting the fire inside her.

"Now, you die."

"w-WHY?" She almost screamed, but more screeched in a whisper. I smiled, and sent white fire through my palm to her head.

"Because, my beginning wasn't a happy one. So for my ending, I'm making it happier."

"By killing people?" She whispered, trying one last time to bring sense to me.

"Darling, you were young, and naive. You wouldn't understand happiness..." I laughed, turning. She yelped.

"But..."

"Oh just die already." I said, making the flames engulf her and come back into my veins.

"How can you stand that? Don't you burn to?"

"No." I answered Bakura's wonder. My voice dry, this was getting to easy. I wanted a challenge. I already had three of seven. I needed to kill Marik.

"Where are you going now? You got the necklace, the rooms that way."

"But Marik isn't dead." He stopped, grabbing my arm tightly.

"You really are going to wish you hadn't done that." I said, icily. He didn't seem to care ,and looked at me intently..

"You aren't going to kill Marik."

"And why not?"

"Because he hasn't done you any harm." I mocked him, laughing manically.

"Neither did Isis, neither did Pegasus. And I do what I want, so let go." I sent white thunder, a new gained power, through my arm to his. He grimaced, but held on.

"You don't want to hurt Bakura, do you?" I stopped, angry with him.

"You wouldn't."

"You just did." I scowled, and turned away, going back to my room.

"I'm getting real tired of you...I hate you." I said, and he stopped, shrugging it off.

"Say what you want."

" I swear, if he says ONE thing about him being hurt, I'm ripping your soul out right then and there, and it will be locked in the shadow realm."

"Oh, no! Not my biggest fear!" He mocked laughing. I thrust my palm to the ring, calling back Bakura.

It didn't work.

"Bakura?"

"Eshebe, did you really think I would just go away? No, I'm not finished yelling at you yet."

"I don't want to hear a damn word you have to..." He covered my mouth, pulling me into the room.

"Now, you need to admit it, right now."

"No. Admit what? YOU'RE AN ASS!" I said, trying to push away from him, wanting so badly to hurt him, but without hurting Bakura, I couldn't. I gave up slightly, not sure what to do.

"Eshebe...All I need to hear you say, is you admitting that you're in love with me as well. That I am part of your soul mate bond. Part of him, ergo, part of YOU."

"Why?"

"Just say it." He smiled, and began to tighten his grip on my arms, it hurt.

"I want to know why first."

"Why? How is it relevant?"

"Just tell me why."

"Because I want to hear you say it." He said, his breath hot in my ear. I tried to ignore everything I felt for him, but there was no denying it.

"I admit it. I admit I like you.." He smiled, pulling my closer.

"That wasn't to bad, eh?"

"I hate you even more now." I pulled away and ran into my room. I wanted Ryo...

I didn't sleep that night, and I slowly crept out of my room to find Bakura still laying in bed.

"Bakura...?" I whispered, and he moved his forearm.

"You hate me." Was all he said, and spared me a sideways look.

"Only because you're an ass! I want Ryo!"

"No, not until you understand...But then again, you wouldn't, would you? Never mind, I can't say anything...Can't I?"

"I have no idea what you mean by all your stupid rambling, but whatever it is, give me back Ryo." He brought a hand to my face, and when I moved away from it, he had a small smile as he dropped it.

And then he passed out. Not too long after that, Bakura came back.

"Bakura!" I jumped on him, looking down on him. He gave me a wild look.

"What?"

"You're back..."

"Huh? I went black again...What happened? Did he hurt you?" He said, ignoring I was above him.

"Almost... But I'm fine. I didn't want to hurt you by hurting him, its fine I handled it. You're going to be late for school though." I looked at the clock reluctantly, and we both jumped up, scrambling to get ready.

"Bakura..." I said, peering out my door, he turned, shirtless.

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry...I might have burned your arm trying to hurt Yami Bakura." He nodded, and turned away.

I went to hyperventilate.

After school, We went for a walk in the park. Bakura's mind had seemed preoccupied almost all day, and he'd answer with little emotion.

"Do you want some ice cream?" I asked, hoping for something. He shrugged.

"Do you want ice cream?" He kept asking if I wanted things, how I felt, how I did on test and what not. I frowned.

"I'm asking if YOU want some." I said it with so much malice, he turned to me, looking me in the eye for the first time since this morning.

"I guess."

"Bakura, what's wrong. You're acting weird, it's starting to worry me..." He blinked, realizing something.

"Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Just got a test on my mind, don't worry..." He smiled, closing his eyes. Something was off, but I let him think he had me in that lie. I'd get it out of him later.

"Bakura...Can we go home now?"

"I thought you wanted ice cream."

"I asked YOU if YOU wanted ice cream, I didn't."He nodded, and walked me home.

"I think I'm going to take a shower, do you think you could handle yourself here for a little bit?" He asked, unlocking the door. I blinked, confused.

"There's...Yeah..." I let him have his alone time. Maybe I was crowding him to much, maybe I was to much for him now...Maybe he had no life because of me now. I thought of this, and slowly curled up in a ball on his bed. I loved the way his pillow smelled, his own air of sent comforted me.

"Eshebe..." I snapped my eyes open, to a room of white.

"What the...?"

"Eshebe...You're doing wrong..." The Pharaoh came forth, and sighed.

"What do you mean?"

"Eshebe, you've ruined the time line...None of this was supposed to happen."

"But I made it happen, didn't I?" I smiled and he frowned.

"Eshebe...You've gone evil...Why?"

"Because you...You made me Pharaoh. I didn't have a happy beginning, but I will make my own ending."

"Eshebe...Please, I beg you. Come back with me."

"No! Why should I? You've caused me nothing but pain!"

"How do you know if you only see one side? The side you put the wrong pieces to, the side that makes you the victim...Amenankhans...You've got everything all wrong..."

"Then enlighten me, Pharaoh." I spat, waiting.

"Your mother planned to kill you to take your power..."

"Right. LIE."

"Your father didn't want you to get powerful because of that, so he informed me and the council."

"My father hated me."

"Amenankhans...Please listen to me...You...'

"I what?"

"You were supposed to be my bride..." I jumped back, disgusted.

"LIES! ALL YOU DO IS LIE!"

"AMENANKHANS, THIS IS MY REALM AND YOU WILL NOT YELL AT ME! SILENCE!" I couldn't move, couldn't speak.

"Amenankhans...You were supposed to be my bride, even though our years were far, it was tradition...Like my mother, Melisa...She was the one who took your powers...She was wed to my father, queen, because she was our oracle, our sorceress...Amenankhans...I took you in because I didn't want you dead...I LOVED you...From the moment I saw you as a small newborn, I loved you...Like only a husband could...I used to come visit you everyday...Your mother was an evil woman." He released me and I screamed.

"LIAR! LIAR! ASS! I CAN'T WAIT TO KILL YOU! ALL YOU DO IS LIE!" He sighed, and silenced me again.

"Calm down. I have all day here."