Hello again... forget what I said about the castle. Haha... Enjoy? I hope? Bringing back some of that death and killing. Yay... (being slightly sarcastic, in case you haven't noticed. not that much. but a little)
The shadow wait, arms out, for their decision. "You're just playing a prank," Bakura said, his voice wavering. He stepped forward quickly, hand out. "Bakura, no!" Yami cried, trying to pull the boy back, but the boy turned the handle. In an instant the door swung inward and Bakura was dragged screaming into the darkness. The door slammed shut.
"Yugi!" Yami roared, turning, then paused. The shadow was nowhere to be seen. The man's mind was reeling. Had it all been a set-up? But by Yugi? His memories of each child's life warred with each other. "Yugi?" he whispered.
"Bakura, he went missing from the land of the living," a soft voice sang. It was undeniably Yugi's, but Yami couldn't see the child anywhere. "Ryou, he fell fast asleep, so easily deceived. Mai was killed, she died because of her pride. Anzu went dead, missing her head. Yami left me, his soul to be free. Mother was run over, father's three-leaf clover..."
The words were disturbing, causing Yami to shiver as he heard them. "Yugi?" The shadow shimmered into existence before him. It tilted it's head. "Yes?" The man swallowed, slowly asking, "What are you singing?" The shadow tilted it's head the other way before laughing. "My mistakes!" he laughed. The shadow spread it's hands out.
"Last mistake," he heard Yugi say bitterly. "Eh?" Yami said, his eyes confused. Then they widened as the shadows spilled through the windows, the doorways, all pouring into the small shadow standing before him. "I liked this place," he heard.
"But it doesn't matter anymore." An explosion of darkness had Yami stumbling, his arms flung out in front of his eyes. It was similar to light - a painful, blinding moment. Then it passed, and the man found himself standing in the middle of ruins, blackened rubbles surrounding him. Some of it shifted, and Bakura woozily poked his head out from under one.
Yami ran towards him. "Bakura!" he exclaimed. The boy groaned, pulled into the man's embrace. "I... almost died..." the boy muttered. "Claws... teeth... But then," he looked up, "There was a lot of darkness?" Yami nodded, now looking around.
"The castle is decimated," Bakura noted. "Where's Yugi?" His eyes widened as the man didn't answer. FInally Yami admitted, "I... I don't know." A shadow - upright and three dimensional - drifted towards them. Yugi was laughing. "That was so much fun!" the shadow cheered. Both Yami and Bakura watched him, dumbfounded as the child continued talking.
"I wasn't sure that would work," he was saying. "But neither Yami nor I could get in there in time! So I thought, what if I destroyed the castle? It was like warping the world - but on a way smaller scale. That could come in handy, especially -"
Yami raised and hand, and to their surprise, Yugi stopped talking. Yami nudged Bakura. "Thanks," the boy said sheepishly. "Sure," Yugi replied. "But seriously - I didn't think you'd just go in!" The boy looked at his feet. Then his stomach grumbled.
"Ah," the shadow laughed. "That's right. Well, the next town is nearby, so we could walk for a while and go to a restaurant there. We probably shouldn't stay after wrecking this place." His companions nodded in agreement. They entered the forest.
The three walked for a way before Yami asked, "What made you think of destroying the castle?" Yugi shrugged. "Well... I more... kind of... snapped rather than had an actual plan," the shadow confessed, snickering softly. "But all's well that -" He stopped at his friend's expressions. After a moment he said, "Hey, I thought you were dead. Sorry."
Yami sighed as Bakura blushed, still ashamed at his actions. Then suddenly the shadow fell. "Yugi?" Yami said, alarmed. The child-shaped shadow stood, then remained still. Then his voice, utterly baffled, said, "I tripped."
Bakura frowned. "How does a shadow trip?" he asked incredulously. Yugi sighed. "I turned into a shadow to give Ryou his own body - his own freedom - so he could pass on in peace. Apparently, what I did earlier is weakening the shadow part of me." The child sighed, sounding depressed. "And I like being a shadow, too. For one, I don't trip."
At the reminder of Ryou's passing on, Yami questioned hesitantly, "Hey... Yugi... why did you call him a mistake?" The shadow paused. "I don't know," he said sharply. Yami watched him march away, unconvinced. Then Bakura tugged him along.