Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh and if you ever though any of us fic authors did, well, I guess you don't get out much, eh?
Ego: PARTY! OVER 100 REVIEWS!
The Evil Laugh: Yep, is Ryou awake yet? We need to celebrate.
Ego: I dunno, you had Cettie-girl watching him.
Ryou Bakura: Ahhhhhhh...
Cettie-girl: What's wrong, Ryou?
Ryou Bakura: THEY GOT OVER 100 REVIEWS FOR TORTURING ME! AHHHHH!
Everyone: *blinks*
PharonicProphesyPeacefulRa: *coughs*
Ego: Oh, yes, 2 cameo appearances are here, Cettie-girl [spell check is currently on a die-hard mission to prove 'Cettie' is improper English] and PharonicProphesyPeacefulRa [who will be shortened to PeacefulRa].
The Evil Laugh: Yes, since Cettie-girl said a cameo would be fine for her.
Ego: Also, originally, the 100th reviewer was to get a pop-up unexpected appearance but hehehehehe, that couldn't happen..
The Evil Laugh: Ego graciously made herself 100th reviewer.
Ego: I wanted a cameo!
Yami Ryou Bakura: Dammit, you have a cameo every week, Ego! You co-write the fic.
Ego: Wow, you know my name!
Yami Ryou Bakura: No, it's just that your opinion of yourself is so grossly huge that I thought to call you that!
Ego: Awe..
The Evil Laugh: Uh, yeah, so 99th reviewer got the cameo.
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Yugi. Tea. Tristan. Joey.
Ryou.
Ha.Ha.Ha.Ha.Ha.
Ryou smiles at his 'friends', all gathered up nearby.
"Hello, everyone," he says waving on the approach.
"Hey, Ryou," Joey proclaims, "Can I see that math homework from yesterday."
"Sure, when Tristan's happily married," Tea pipes in sans the consent of the other.
"I rezent that," Tristan growls while the others laugh on some invisible cue. Wasn't that just soo funny? So many things are amusing: breathing, speaking, scratching your chin.
Ryou simply smiles at the simplicity, the ignorance of their age, which was celebrated in this pathetic joke and it's audience. Of course, he was never the viewer to burst into pleas of laughter.
"Hey, Ryou, did you see that tournament last night? It was awesome!"
"Why, yes, Yugi, I did."
"It was frighteningly close. The guy with the White Magical Hat wouldn't have won had it not been for Change of Heart and Sword of Deep-Seated."
"Yes, quite close, Yugi."
The group keeps walking, Ryou a bit behind, not able to hear anymore of what the others say though he is only trailing by a foot, give or take. He looks from left to right but not up as an evil laughing fills the air above them. The others are oblivious to the sound apparently, oblivious to Ryou's tension as well. Yugi throws a nervous glance at him quickly before acting like he isn't there. Ryou barely catches this.
"You Foolish Mortals. You are DOOMED!"
"Ryou, what's happening?" Yugi asks as the others begin to panic. The road is dissipating beneath their feet. Yami Yugi pushes his Light onto solid ground quickly, but ends up dramatically falling away himself. The others on the group, sans the two Hikaris, do likewise.
"Yami!" the distraught Yugi shrieks, rushing to the edge and looking down.
Ryou watches him silently. There is no desire to move at all towards Yugi or away. Sullen as in a sleep, he glares at the black depths.
"Ryou, we have to help them!" Yugi yells. He is running around frantically. Ryou doesn't even blink at this.
"Yugi," a voice calls. Ryou barely realizes it is his own for the first few seconds.
Yugi comes up slowly; tears flowing unshamefully down his face. Ryou stretches his arms out, feeling like he's trying to move through tar, and takes hold of the boy, grabbing strongly the two short shoulders.
"What are you doing, Ryou?" Yugi asks, alarmed. Ryou can only focus on the laugh, aware slightly he is forcing the smaller on to the edge, the voice above stealing his concentration on where he is, driving him crazy.
Gently, he slowly stretches his arms away.
"RYOU!" Yugi screams, he is hanging above the abyss, "Don't drop me, Ryou, PLEASE!"
Ryou lets his grip cease. Yugi screams as he falls into the darkness.
"Well done, Mortal," his Yami's voice rings out, like it has for the entire episode, above him. Slowly, the voice fades away as more drown it out. Now some sort of frightening chant runs behind him, away from the edge. It seems to have been going on the entire time, yet Ryou only hears the end faintly, as though he was underwater and the toneless sound above him on the surface.
"So you see the Dark swallow the Light," a voice purrs behind him, "You are the Thief's Hikari, Ryou Bakura."
Carefully, Ryou turns around. The street of some random part of Domino is still there. Standing silently in the middle is Shaddi. He stares at Ryou, his soulless looking eyes even more fear inspiring than usual.
"You are Thief's Hikari," he says like a sentence of death. He advances on Ryou slowly, holding up the Ankh [key]. Ryou bolts, rushing into the tall building next to him. He reaches to top in seconds, barely recalling having to use stairs. His Yami waits on the roof, all fencing gone from the edges.
"Thief's Hikari," the Spirit smirks as Ryou lips mutely mouth the words, "I like that. Has sort of a damned pang to it, eh? Quite fits you."
The Spirit walks to him, grabbing his arm gently. He leads Ryou pleasantly toward the edge. The boy thinks of Yugi being roughly forced. Of course, Ryou actually wanted to follow his Yami. He was Thief's Hikari.
"Now," the Fiend says [yet he was no longer evil it seemed], "All you have to do is jump." He points down. The abyss is right below.
Ryou looks down and takes a fearful step back. The Spirit at his side smirks.
"Even I know when something must perish for its crimes. You forced your Dark's power on many. You killed them. The Shadow's might is as much mine as it is yours, Child. You must jump now to keep the rest of the world safe. I will not push you."
He gently leads Ryou to the edge again. Ryou looks down nervously.
"Thief's Hikari." A voice sends it judgment from the right. Ryou turns his eyes in that direction to see Shaddi who simply appeared beside him.
"Jump."
"Thief's Hikari."
The voices make a command together. Ryou steps nearer the edge.
"You know what you must do," the Yami whispers, the devil on Ryou's shoulder.
"Thief's Hikari," the other replies, a frightening ring in the phrase's redundancy.
Ryou looks down for the third time, both feet less than three centimeters away from the drop. A cold hand rests on his back from the left; the smooth metal of the Ankh on the right.
"Remember I said no pushing, jump at your decision?" the Spirit hisses into Ryou's hair. Slowly the boy nods, hearing the ever-faithful "Thief's Hikari" from the right.
"I was lying," the Daemon informs him as both press forward. Ryou walks a step in that direction at the same moment.
As he descends rapidly, feet first, everything goes dark.
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Ryou woke up with a start. He'd been dreaming again. Always the same sensation he'd remembered afterwards: falling. He had long ago recalled the entire dream, and hated when he had it. He could never change what happened to the others, or to him. Every time he had dropped Yugi into the abyss, only to hop right in after listening to the two other sentence him to the fate. He'd never seen the end of the darkness after he fell, just woke up. But the dream tried to get one idea to him; he was the Thief's Hikari, he was hazardous.
Ryou sat up slowly. He was in a horrible bed that had once been his own. He knew the Fiend had destroyed the comfort. So many things had received like treatment..
Ryou stood up quickly; he was standing in the attic! His back made a small popping sound as he straightened. Why had his other half brought him up here? Ryou was never allowed in the attic.
The boy shivered slightly in the darkness, groping for a light pull that hung somewhere above his head. He found it only after coating his hand in dust and cobwebs. He looked around carefully.
The room was different only slightly from the last time he'd been up. The bed was now more abused, as where many of the other items present. Quickly, he located the trap door through which he planed to exit. Reaching at the hole in the thin wood panel, he pressed down. The hatch didn't move at all. He pressed harder, hoping to force it if the edges were stuck. With both hands place flat against it, he pressed down lightly with his body weight. The old wood made a dangerous creaking sound, threatening to break and send Ryou head first into the floor below. The boy quickly pulled back.
Ryou sighed. The Fiend had locked him up there. He turned around despairingly. There was a small table at the end of the room. Upon this was a small book of sorts. Ryou walked up to it. Scattered around the volume was many piles of paper with notes scribbled on them. Ryou dragged the table over to see better, startling many little cockroaches as they were exposed to the light, a few crawling over his hand.
Ryou lifted the first pile of papers. It was a description of some battle in the Shadow Realm. He soon realized this account was in his Yami's point of view; it was the Spirit's state of mind taking the pendant.
Ryou skimmed over all the details, finding out soon that they bored him. He grabbed the other set. It was information on the trinket, which Ryou found fascinating. It told of how to get the item and how strong it was. Every detail was done in a statistic sort of analysis, comparing the latest info to the earliest. He was surprised at the data presented. The boy had to get Yugi in on this. It appeared the Fiend knew many things about the item. Many things Yugi didn't know.
Ryou picked up the book next. It was the same one he'd found by the door with the trinket. His Dark had translated it from it previous gibberish. He had wondered where the text had gone.
Ryou felt like slapping his forehead simultaneously. The Spirit's entire plan with the item was in front of. He now knew more than Yugi or the Pharaoh. He had to tell them soon, even if they were doomed. Merely keeping the trinket insured their end.
Ryou looked to the attic door again. What would the Spirit do if he broke out? He had to get his friend, yet he was terrified to leave. How angry would the Fiend get?
"Yami?" he called. He heard the footsteps, light and menacing, down below. Silently, Ryou straightened out the room, moving the table and papers back.
"Yami?" he asked again.
The Spirit was now under the door. Ryou could almost hear him grin.
"Yes, Hikari?" the Fiend smirked.
"May I please come down now, sir?" Ryou asked.
"Well, do you think you've learned you lesson, Child?"
Ryou hesitated slightly, "Yes, sir."
"Do you think I think you've learned your lesson?"
Ryou sighed, "I do not know, sir."
"Well, just so you do know, my Ignorant Mortal One, I do not think you've learned anything yet, You're staying up there."
"But Yami-" Ryou started before he could stop the complaint.
"Don't whine at me, Hikari," the Yami ordered.
Ryou, fragments of an idiot's plan forming in his mind, continued to pine away.
"Spirit, I don't like it. Please let me down for the love of R-" He was cut off by the Fiend.
"Shut it, Hikari," the Spirit growled, breaking into a yell, "OR I'LL MAKE YOU!"
Ryou coward slightly, but replied strongly.
"Let me down now!"
"Why you little bastard, ordering me around," the Fiend crooned wickedly. He got the ladder and climbed up, cursing his foolish Light.
Ryou waited for him silently behind the hatch. When it dropped, he backed a few steps away, crouching down. The Yami's head was soon up, followed by the rest of him. Before the Fiend could turn around, Ryou shot down the opening. The boy practically fell down the ladder, landing painfully on his feet. His legs gave out and he lost his balance. He kicked as he fell, knocking over the ladder. As soon as he could get up again, he was running.
Ryou heard his Dark leaping gracefully from the height, cat-like, to the floor with a growl. The boy sidestepped into a brown closet in the hall, closing the door behind him. He held the knob still as the Fiend grabbed it on the other side and pulled.
"You stupid little prat!" the voice exclaimed, pulling harder.
Ryou felt like the door would slip from his hand in seconds. Finally the Fiend stopped.
"Okay, stay there," the voice spat, walking away and coming back, dragging something heavy behind it, "You're not leaving anytime soon, though."
Ryou listened as the heavy object thudded and scraped into place, locking him in. In vain, the boy tried to open the door. It didn't even open enough to let a sliver of light inside. That wasn't a problem, though. There was a window.
Ryou blinked to get accustom to the brightness behind him. Of course Ryou knew there was a window inside. Quietly, he moved some soap and towels out of the way to reach it. The window wasn't large, but if Ryou tried, he could fit through it. He spent the next thirty minutes or so trying to get it opened it, the frame being old and rusted. At first it would not unlock, Ryou was too scared to make noise by hammering it. He had resolved in pulling at the switch-like lock, thoroughly scorning his hands and spreading dust and metal bits in the small air space.
Tired from the unlocking, Ryou was barely able to lift the glass portion up. It moved finally, but very slowly. Once it was opened enough to crawl through, Ryou squeezed out, holding onto the shelves and sending his lower portion first.
The boy hit the ground and fell back with a small 'oomph'. He got up in a flash and ran out of the yard to the Motou's. Maybe he could help them now. He could not let the evil of his dream take over his mind. It was only a little nightmare, Yugi was not about to be thrown into an abyss, Ryou following. No, all he had to do was get the pendant back from them. Their plan for destroying it would not work. They should have never had gotten the thing. Ryou needed to warn them. This was what his Dark had wanted to happen all along.
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The Evil Laugh: How are you now Ryou?
Ryou Bakura: I really don't know. But, I like how you made it look like I actually had the intelligence to break out of a closet.
Ego: CAMEO!
The Evil Laugh: Yeah, I was in a good mood.
PeacefulRa: Yes, but Yami Ryou Bakura, how could you kill Ryou's sanity so slowly? It's evil.
Yami Ryou Bakura: Hey, Rome wasn't burned in a day you know. These things take time, Mortal!
PeacefulRa: Uh, okay.whatever rocks you boat.
Ego: CAMEO!
Cettie-girl & PeacefulRa: *roll eyes*
Ego: CAMEO!
The Evil Laugh: Uh, Ego.
Ego: CAMEO!?
The Evil Laugh: What do you want?
Ego: CAMEO!
The Evil Laugh: *to Cettie-girl and Peaceful Ra* We don't know her, okay?
Ego: CAMEO!
Cettie-girl & Peaceful Ra: *nod in agreement*
Ego: CA-----*is cut off by Yami Bakura*
Yami Ryou Bakura: If you say that again, I swear you'll wish you were born mute.
Ego: Cameo!
Yami Ryou Bakura: IS THAT A CHALLENGE, MORTAL?
Ego: *in small voice* Came-no.
Yami Ryou Bakura: That's what I thought.
Cettie-girl, PeacefulRa, & The Evil Laugh: *blinks*
Cettie-girl: Uh, Ego, your village called; they're missing their idiot.
Ego: Whee, they want me back!
Cettie-girl: Actually, they requested you try not to return anytime soon.
Ego: Awe, cameo.
Yami Ryou Bakura: Watch it, Mortal!
Ego: Awe, came-catfish!
Yami Ryou Bakura: Damn right.
AN: Whee, if this chapter looks different, it's because Ego and me are using different word programs. We are trying to get italics, bold, and underlining into our fics. I'm just saying, hey, it might not be different, or it probably will.
Sorry this took TWO WEEKS! I have tests and exam junk. So does Ego. I'm trying to pass the ACT [and I a stupid seventh grader] If I pass, I won't be so behind on age. I'm one of the oldest kids in the grade. I don't know what Ego's studying for, but she is playing her guitar a lot for the highschool talent show in about two months [that is not a lot of time, people]. Her and some friends are going to do Hells Bells and [if they get the request to perform again] they will do some Avril Lavigne song they really, well, changed. Ehem, the title is "Straighter Boy". She might put it up sometime. It's, um, interesting. You'd have to kinda see it to understand. That's why Ego is taking forever, partly.
On Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, size 12, this chapter is 9 pages long.
Ego: PARTY! OVER 100 REVIEWS!
The Evil Laugh: Yep, is Ryou awake yet? We need to celebrate.
Ego: I dunno, you had Cettie-girl watching him.
Ryou Bakura: Ahhhhhhh...
Cettie-girl: What's wrong, Ryou?
Ryou Bakura: THEY GOT OVER 100 REVIEWS FOR TORTURING ME! AHHHHH!
Everyone: *blinks*
PharonicProphesyPeacefulRa: *coughs*
Ego: Oh, yes, 2 cameo appearances are here, Cettie-girl [spell check is currently on a die-hard mission to prove 'Cettie' is improper English] and PharonicProphesyPeacefulRa [who will be shortened to PeacefulRa].
The Evil Laugh: Yes, since Cettie-girl said a cameo would be fine for her.
Ego: Also, originally, the 100th reviewer was to get a pop-up unexpected appearance but hehehehehe, that couldn't happen..
The Evil Laugh: Ego graciously made herself 100th reviewer.
Ego: I wanted a cameo!
Yami Ryou Bakura: Dammit, you have a cameo every week, Ego! You co-write the fic.
Ego: Wow, you know my name!
Yami Ryou Bakura: No, it's just that your opinion of yourself is so grossly huge that I thought to call you that!
Ego: Awe..
The Evil Laugh: Uh, yeah, so 99th reviewer got the cameo.
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Yugi. Tea. Tristan. Joey.
Ryou.
Ha.Ha.Ha.Ha.Ha.
Ryou smiles at his 'friends', all gathered up nearby.
"Hello, everyone," he says waving on the approach.
"Hey, Ryou," Joey proclaims, "Can I see that math homework from yesterday."
"Sure, when Tristan's happily married," Tea pipes in sans the consent of the other.
"I rezent that," Tristan growls while the others laugh on some invisible cue. Wasn't that just soo funny? So many things are amusing: breathing, speaking, scratching your chin.
Ryou simply smiles at the simplicity, the ignorance of their age, which was celebrated in this pathetic joke and it's audience. Of course, he was never the viewer to burst into pleas of laughter.
"Hey, Ryou, did you see that tournament last night? It was awesome!"
"Why, yes, Yugi, I did."
"It was frighteningly close. The guy with the White Magical Hat wouldn't have won had it not been for Change of Heart and Sword of Deep-Seated."
"Yes, quite close, Yugi."
The group keeps walking, Ryou a bit behind, not able to hear anymore of what the others say though he is only trailing by a foot, give or take. He looks from left to right but not up as an evil laughing fills the air above them. The others are oblivious to the sound apparently, oblivious to Ryou's tension as well. Yugi throws a nervous glance at him quickly before acting like he isn't there. Ryou barely catches this.
"You Foolish Mortals. You are DOOMED!"
"Ryou, what's happening?" Yugi asks as the others begin to panic. The road is dissipating beneath their feet. Yami Yugi pushes his Light onto solid ground quickly, but ends up dramatically falling away himself. The others on the group, sans the two Hikaris, do likewise.
"Yami!" the distraught Yugi shrieks, rushing to the edge and looking down.
Ryou watches him silently. There is no desire to move at all towards Yugi or away. Sullen as in a sleep, he glares at the black depths.
"Ryou, we have to help them!" Yugi yells. He is running around frantically. Ryou doesn't even blink at this.
"Yugi," a voice calls. Ryou barely realizes it is his own for the first few seconds.
Yugi comes up slowly; tears flowing unshamefully down his face. Ryou stretches his arms out, feeling like he's trying to move through tar, and takes hold of the boy, grabbing strongly the two short shoulders.
"What are you doing, Ryou?" Yugi asks, alarmed. Ryou can only focus on the laugh, aware slightly he is forcing the smaller on to the edge, the voice above stealing his concentration on where he is, driving him crazy.
Gently, he slowly stretches his arms away.
"RYOU!" Yugi screams, he is hanging above the abyss, "Don't drop me, Ryou, PLEASE!"
Ryou lets his grip cease. Yugi screams as he falls into the darkness.
"Well done, Mortal," his Yami's voice rings out, like it has for the entire episode, above him. Slowly, the voice fades away as more drown it out. Now some sort of frightening chant runs behind him, away from the edge. It seems to have been going on the entire time, yet Ryou only hears the end faintly, as though he was underwater and the toneless sound above him on the surface.
"So you see the Dark swallow the Light," a voice purrs behind him, "You are the Thief's Hikari, Ryou Bakura."
Carefully, Ryou turns around. The street of some random part of Domino is still there. Standing silently in the middle is Shaddi. He stares at Ryou, his soulless looking eyes even more fear inspiring than usual.
"You are Thief's Hikari," he says like a sentence of death. He advances on Ryou slowly, holding up the Ankh [key]. Ryou bolts, rushing into the tall building next to him. He reaches to top in seconds, barely recalling having to use stairs. His Yami waits on the roof, all fencing gone from the edges.
"Thief's Hikari," the Spirit smirks as Ryou lips mutely mouth the words, "I like that. Has sort of a damned pang to it, eh? Quite fits you."
The Spirit walks to him, grabbing his arm gently. He leads Ryou pleasantly toward the edge. The boy thinks of Yugi being roughly forced. Of course, Ryou actually wanted to follow his Yami. He was Thief's Hikari.
"Now," the Fiend says [yet he was no longer evil it seemed], "All you have to do is jump." He points down. The abyss is right below.
Ryou looks down and takes a fearful step back. The Spirit at his side smirks.
"Even I know when something must perish for its crimes. You forced your Dark's power on many. You killed them. The Shadow's might is as much mine as it is yours, Child. You must jump now to keep the rest of the world safe. I will not push you."
He gently leads Ryou to the edge again. Ryou looks down nervously.
"Thief's Hikari." A voice sends it judgment from the right. Ryou turns his eyes in that direction to see Shaddi who simply appeared beside him.
"Jump."
"Thief's Hikari."
The voices make a command together. Ryou steps nearer the edge.
"You know what you must do," the Yami whispers, the devil on Ryou's shoulder.
"Thief's Hikari," the other replies, a frightening ring in the phrase's redundancy.
Ryou looks down for the third time, both feet less than three centimeters away from the drop. A cold hand rests on his back from the left; the smooth metal of the Ankh on the right.
"Remember I said no pushing, jump at your decision?" the Spirit hisses into Ryou's hair. Slowly the boy nods, hearing the ever-faithful "Thief's Hikari" from the right.
"I was lying," the Daemon informs him as both press forward. Ryou walks a step in that direction at the same moment.
As he descends rapidly, feet first, everything goes dark.
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Ryou woke up with a start. He'd been dreaming again. Always the same sensation he'd remembered afterwards: falling. He had long ago recalled the entire dream, and hated when he had it. He could never change what happened to the others, or to him. Every time he had dropped Yugi into the abyss, only to hop right in after listening to the two other sentence him to the fate. He'd never seen the end of the darkness after he fell, just woke up. But the dream tried to get one idea to him; he was the Thief's Hikari, he was hazardous.
Ryou sat up slowly. He was in a horrible bed that had once been his own. He knew the Fiend had destroyed the comfort. So many things had received like treatment..
Ryou stood up quickly; he was standing in the attic! His back made a small popping sound as he straightened. Why had his other half brought him up here? Ryou was never allowed in the attic.
The boy shivered slightly in the darkness, groping for a light pull that hung somewhere above his head. He found it only after coating his hand in dust and cobwebs. He looked around carefully.
The room was different only slightly from the last time he'd been up. The bed was now more abused, as where many of the other items present. Quickly, he located the trap door through which he planed to exit. Reaching at the hole in the thin wood panel, he pressed down. The hatch didn't move at all. He pressed harder, hoping to force it if the edges were stuck. With both hands place flat against it, he pressed down lightly with his body weight. The old wood made a dangerous creaking sound, threatening to break and send Ryou head first into the floor below. The boy quickly pulled back.
Ryou sighed. The Fiend had locked him up there. He turned around despairingly. There was a small table at the end of the room. Upon this was a small book of sorts. Ryou walked up to it. Scattered around the volume was many piles of paper with notes scribbled on them. Ryou dragged the table over to see better, startling many little cockroaches as they were exposed to the light, a few crawling over his hand.
Ryou lifted the first pile of papers. It was a description of some battle in the Shadow Realm. He soon realized this account was in his Yami's point of view; it was the Spirit's state of mind taking the pendant.
Ryou skimmed over all the details, finding out soon that they bored him. He grabbed the other set. It was information on the trinket, which Ryou found fascinating. It told of how to get the item and how strong it was. Every detail was done in a statistic sort of analysis, comparing the latest info to the earliest. He was surprised at the data presented. The boy had to get Yugi in on this. It appeared the Fiend knew many things about the item. Many things Yugi didn't know.
Ryou picked up the book next. It was the same one he'd found by the door with the trinket. His Dark had translated it from it previous gibberish. He had wondered where the text had gone.
Ryou felt like slapping his forehead simultaneously. The Spirit's entire plan with the item was in front of. He now knew more than Yugi or the Pharaoh. He had to tell them soon, even if they were doomed. Merely keeping the trinket insured their end.
Ryou looked to the attic door again. What would the Spirit do if he broke out? He had to get his friend, yet he was terrified to leave. How angry would the Fiend get?
"Yami?" he called. He heard the footsteps, light and menacing, down below. Silently, Ryou straightened out the room, moving the table and papers back.
"Yami?" he asked again.
The Spirit was now under the door. Ryou could almost hear him grin.
"Yes, Hikari?" the Fiend smirked.
"May I please come down now, sir?" Ryou asked.
"Well, do you think you've learned you lesson, Child?"
Ryou hesitated slightly, "Yes, sir."
"Do you think I think you've learned your lesson?"
Ryou sighed, "I do not know, sir."
"Well, just so you do know, my Ignorant Mortal One, I do not think you've learned anything yet, You're staying up there."
"But Yami-" Ryou started before he could stop the complaint.
"Don't whine at me, Hikari," the Yami ordered.
Ryou, fragments of an idiot's plan forming in his mind, continued to pine away.
"Spirit, I don't like it. Please let me down for the love of R-" He was cut off by the Fiend.
"Shut it, Hikari," the Spirit growled, breaking into a yell, "OR I'LL MAKE YOU!"
Ryou coward slightly, but replied strongly.
"Let me down now!"
"Why you little bastard, ordering me around," the Fiend crooned wickedly. He got the ladder and climbed up, cursing his foolish Light.
Ryou waited for him silently behind the hatch. When it dropped, he backed a few steps away, crouching down. The Yami's head was soon up, followed by the rest of him. Before the Fiend could turn around, Ryou shot down the opening. The boy practically fell down the ladder, landing painfully on his feet. His legs gave out and he lost his balance. He kicked as he fell, knocking over the ladder. As soon as he could get up again, he was running.
Ryou heard his Dark leaping gracefully from the height, cat-like, to the floor with a growl. The boy sidestepped into a brown closet in the hall, closing the door behind him. He held the knob still as the Fiend grabbed it on the other side and pulled.
"You stupid little prat!" the voice exclaimed, pulling harder.
Ryou felt like the door would slip from his hand in seconds. Finally the Fiend stopped.
"Okay, stay there," the voice spat, walking away and coming back, dragging something heavy behind it, "You're not leaving anytime soon, though."
Ryou listened as the heavy object thudded and scraped into place, locking him in. In vain, the boy tried to open the door. It didn't even open enough to let a sliver of light inside. That wasn't a problem, though. There was a window.
Ryou blinked to get accustom to the brightness behind him. Of course Ryou knew there was a window inside. Quietly, he moved some soap and towels out of the way to reach it. The window wasn't large, but if Ryou tried, he could fit through it. He spent the next thirty minutes or so trying to get it opened it, the frame being old and rusted. At first it would not unlock, Ryou was too scared to make noise by hammering it. He had resolved in pulling at the switch-like lock, thoroughly scorning his hands and spreading dust and metal bits in the small air space.
Tired from the unlocking, Ryou was barely able to lift the glass portion up. It moved finally, but very slowly. Once it was opened enough to crawl through, Ryou squeezed out, holding onto the shelves and sending his lower portion first.
The boy hit the ground and fell back with a small 'oomph'. He got up in a flash and ran out of the yard to the Motou's. Maybe he could help them now. He could not let the evil of his dream take over his mind. It was only a little nightmare, Yugi was not about to be thrown into an abyss, Ryou following. No, all he had to do was get the pendant back from them. Their plan for destroying it would not work. They should have never had gotten the thing. Ryou needed to warn them. This was what his Dark had wanted to happen all along.
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The Evil Laugh: How are you now Ryou?
Ryou Bakura: I really don't know. But, I like how you made it look like I actually had the intelligence to break out of a closet.
Ego: CAMEO!
The Evil Laugh: Yeah, I was in a good mood.
PeacefulRa: Yes, but Yami Ryou Bakura, how could you kill Ryou's sanity so slowly? It's evil.
Yami Ryou Bakura: Hey, Rome wasn't burned in a day you know. These things take time, Mortal!
PeacefulRa: Uh, okay.whatever rocks you boat.
Ego: CAMEO!
Cettie-girl & PeacefulRa: *roll eyes*
Ego: CAMEO!
The Evil Laugh: Uh, Ego.
Ego: CAMEO!?
The Evil Laugh: What do you want?
Ego: CAMEO!
The Evil Laugh: *to Cettie-girl and Peaceful Ra* We don't know her, okay?
Ego: CAMEO!
Cettie-girl & Peaceful Ra: *nod in agreement*
Ego: CA-----*is cut off by Yami Bakura*
Yami Ryou Bakura: If you say that again, I swear you'll wish you were born mute.
Ego: Cameo!
Yami Ryou Bakura: IS THAT A CHALLENGE, MORTAL?
Ego: *in small voice* Came-no.
Yami Ryou Bakura: That's what I thought.
Cettie-girl, PeacefulRa, & The Evil Laugh: *blinks*
Cettie-girl: Uh, Ego, your village called; they're missing their idiot.
Ego: Whee, they want me back!
Cettie-girl: Actually, they requested you try not to return anytime soon.
Ego: Awe, cameo.
Yami Ryou Bakura: Watch it, Mortal!
Ego: Awe, came-catfish!
Yami Ryou Bakura: Damn right.
AN: Whee, if this chapter looks different, it's because Ego and me are using different word programs. We are trying to get italics, bold, and underlining into our fics. I'm just saying, hey, it might not be different, or it probably will.
Sorry this took TWO WEEKS! I have tests and exam junk. So does Ego. I'm trying to pass the ACT [and I a stupid seventh grader] If I pass, I won't be so behind on age. I'm one of the oldest kids in the grade. I don't know what Ego's studying for, but she is playing her guitar a lot for the highschool talent show in about two months [that is not a lot of time, people]. Her and some friends are going to do Hells Bells and [if they get the request to perform again] they will do some Avril Lavigne song they really, well, changed. Ehem, the title is "Straighter Boy". She might put it up sometime. It's, um, interesting. You'd have to kinda see it to understand. That's why Ego is taking forever, partly.
On Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, size 12, this chapter is 9 pages long.