Edited 8/6/13
This is a long ass chapter! 27 pages! Well, 28 if you count the whole disclaimer nonsense…but still! That's the longest chapter I've ever written! This chapter is emotional that's all I'm going to say….anyways, I hope y'all like it
DISCLAIMER:
I do not under any circumstances, own Yu-gi-oh. If I did, then Bakura would have been saved just like the rest of the villains. And there would be a lot of Darkshipping.
I own: The OC Characters, the plot, the Realm of Light, the title Queen Crazy, my Bakura plushie, my Bakura poster and of course myself.
Warning: This story is Darkshipping/Casteshipping so if you have some type of problem with the pairing of Bakura and Atem then you obviously need to hit the back button because I love that pairing. So I'm writing this story. This is a Yaoi story as well and there will be eventually a lemon. If you don't like that either then I suggests you just leave this page.
I hope y'all enjoy the new and fabulous version of this story.
ENJOY :D
Chapter Twenty-eight: The Break-down
[Bakura's POV]:
Slowly, I opened my eyes, darkness flooded, wasn't I just in the light? Did the darkness somehow pull me back up? At least I was safe. I started to become uncomfortable in the light. I wanted no part of it. The darkness kept me strong; it helped me through, getting revenge.
I opened my eyes more. Where was I? I managed to sit up, looking around; I realized that I was in a glass cage. How did I get here? Where was I? The last thing I remembered was being in the Realm of Light but….
"Bakura." a familiar voice shouted. My eyes widened when I saw Atem several feet away looking at me, our eyes locked. Zorc was on the other side of me, not saying anything, grinning like some crazed maniac. I took in my surroundings, I was in some underground chamber, the walls were made of metal, I was hanging several feet in the air above water, but the water seemed to bubble. I took sight of a strange looking beast that looked like it was a combination of several different animals, there was a cliff on my right with a steep slope there were different tunnel entrances as well.
Where was I?
"What are you doing here Pharaoh?" I spat.
"I'm here to save you." he replied.
"I don't need to be saved!" I hissed. "Go home!"
"Bakura we have already been through this! You know-"he began, but I interrupted him.
"What the hell are you talking about?" I cried. "You've been in the Afterlife all of this time then you just magically show up? Where am I? And what the hell am I doing in this damn cage?"
Atem blinked, confusion was written all over his face. Zorc threw his head back in a cackle that echoed the chamber.
"Bakura, you're in the Shadow Realm." Atem said
"Shadow Realm?" I asked looking around that explained why Zorc was here, but….
"How did I get here?" I asked.
"You walked through the gate I'm assuming." Atem replied still giving the look of 'What the hell?' on his face.
"What gate?" I asked. "I can't even go near the darkness, Horakhty wouldn't let me."
"Yes, I know, but you did." Atem said. "Bakura, what was the last thing you remember?"
"Going into the Realm of Light, thinking, a lot." I replied.
"Oh, isn't this just wonderful?" Zorc laughed. "Touzoku doesn't remember anything!"
"How can that be?" Atem whispered. Why was he so worried if I couldn't remember? Remember what?! What the hell is he doing here...better what am Idoing here?
Zorc only responded with a laugh
"How can you save him if you only have four months left?" Zorc asked. "When he can't even remember anything!"
What were they talking about? Saving me? Why was Atem here? What was going on? Why was I in a glass cage above boiling water and a strange monster? Where was I? I knew I was in the Shadow Realm, but I've never been in this part before? What was going on!?
"Would someone please tell me what the fuck is going on before I really get angry?!" I snapped.
"Is it not obvious?" Zorc cackled.
"Well, if it was then I wouldn't be asking! Stop playing games Zorc, you know how much I hate them!" I shouted.
"Yet you play games with me." he hissed.
"What the hell are you talking about? I've been loyal to you since I was seven years old!" I exclaimed.
"But you haven't." Zorc spat."You betrayed me."
"What are you talking about?!" I cried.
"You fucked the Pharaoh." Zorc spat.
"WHAT?" I cried "Stop playing games with me Zorc! What's going on here?!"
"If you don't believe me ask him!" he hissed.
"Pharaoh." I said turning to face him. He's looking at me...oh shit. We didn't! No!
"Yes, we did." Atem sighed, confirming my fear. This is just great! "Twice actually."
Twice?!
My eyes widened. Why would I…when…how…why? Nothing was making sense anymore.
"Wh-when did it happen? How?" I forced myself to say. I was in complete shock. I couldn't believe that the Pharaoh and I had sex! Not only once, but twice! How could I let myself do that?!
Atem closed his eyes as if to try and figure out a way to tell me. He opened his eyes, sighing.
"Horakhty put you in the Realm of Light after she banished Zorc." he said.
"I know that!" I said tersely. "Get to the point!"
"I was in the Afterlife when I met your family and your best friend…after talking with a lot of people and to the Gods, Horakhty sent me to the Realm of Light to save you. It took me a while to find you, but I finally did. We argued a lot, we fought as when I told you that your family was in the Afterlife you ran off. I found you after a while and we argued once again. Then….I kissed you." he said pausing before he continued. I think I just turned into Ryou at that statement. "At first froze. I was sure you'd push me away, but you didn't, you kissed me back and we made love."
We made love? Don't people usually "make love" when they're in love? Is the Pharaoh...wait hold on a second...
"What do you mean "we"?" I asked.
"We took one another." he replied. "You had me first then I had you."
"What?" I cried. "You did what to me?" This can't be happening!
"Bakura." Atem said softly.
"Oh isn't this just…." Zorc burst into a fit of laughter. "Welcome back Touzoku!" he cried clapping his hands together ."I'm so happy that you've returned!"
Returned? What did he mean? Where did I go? I've always been loyal to him? But why would I have let Atem…
"You raped me you asshole!" I spat beating my fists against the glass. Zorc only roared with laughter.
"Bakura, I would never do something like that!" Atem cried.
"Lies!" I hissed. "Let me out of this fucking thing, Zorc!"
"You're being punished!" Zorc cackled.
"Why?" I yelled.
"Because of what you did with the pharaoh." he said.
"Well, I didn't want it to happen!" I yelled.
Our eyes met; there was sadness in them, but why? He knew that I hated him, so why was he sad? Why was he even here? Why can't I remember anything?!
"Why can't I remember anything?" I shouted.
"Because you're an idiot!" Zorc laughed. "I knew you'd fall!"
"I have not fallen!" I cried "Now, get me out of this damn thing"
"I don't think I will" Zorc said "You still need to serve your punishment."
"For what?!" I yelled.
"Falling." he said.
"Make sense!" I cried.
"Bakura," Atem said "Please, listen to me..."
"No!" I hissed "First you burn my home to the ground, and if that wasn't enough for you, your men come in on my fucking birthday and slaughter everyone in my village, then you destroy me, only you didn't. No, Horakhty sent me to the Realm of Light to unlock myself. She told me that the only way to do that was to find my soul mate,but it wasn't enough for you was it?!"
Atem didn't say anything.
"No, somehow or another you managed to gain control against me! I've been through enough shit, Pharaoh; I don't need you taking that away from me!" I yelled.
"I didn't take anything away from you!" Atem shouted."You asked me to take you! Your exact words were: "I want you to fuck me, get your ass over here already"! I was just as shocked as you were."
I blinked. Why would I even…this was becoming too much for me to handle. Why couldn't I remember anything?
"Tell me everything that happened." I said.
"After that, I asked you how you felt about me. You stood there, frozen. You didn't say anything for the longest time then suddenly, you just took off. I wasn't sure what made you, but I ran after you. You were nowhere to be found. I searched and searched for you, but still, I couldn't find you. I walked further, getting closer to the Realm of Light-Shadow Realm gate. I was about to turn around and head in another direction, but then I heard you screaming. I knew something bad was going to happen. I went into the Shadow Realm, searching for you. I couldn't find you. It was like Zorc was taunting me with your screams. When I finally did, we argued and then I told you that I loved you." Atem explained.
My eyes widened. "Y-You love me?" I asked in disbelief.
"I'm in love with you." Atem said looking in my eyes as he spoke.
The Pharaoh was in love with me?! What was this world coming to?! When did he…how…what was going on here? I needed more information. Why wasn't Zorc saying anything? He stood on the opposite side, far away from Atem, just staring at us, waiting for his moment to strike.
"Tell me more." I demanded.
"Well, Zorc and Mariku-"Atem said
"Mariku?" I asked "Marik's evil half?"
"Well…." Atem trailed off. "I wouldn't call him evil anymore..."
"He tried to take you power away." I pointed out. "He killed his own father."
"Yes I know." he said. "Okay, let me explain I know it's confusing but…"
"Just get on with it Pharaoh!" I snapped.
"Very well Bakura," he said,"Zorc and Mariku appeared after that. Zorc and I, of course,got in an argument. Surprisingly, you didn't say anything. I was wondering why. It was like you were torn and didn't know what to say. Mariku took you somewhere. I'm not sure where, but Zorc and I fought some more. He took me back somewhere. I lost consciousness, the next thing I knew I was waking up inside a steel cage hanging over lava in some weird cave. You were in some type of jail cell there were controls to lift the cage down into the lava. Zorc and Mariku wanted you to either rape someone or kill me, but you refused. The cage got lower and lower. I'm not sure why, but you passed out. You've been unconscious for about six weeks I believe, maybe more."
I lost conscious? Why? That didn't make any sense, if I had the pharaoh in my grasp then why did I hesitate to kill him? I wasn't going to rape someone, that was out of the question. I had promised my mother, she meant the world to me. I didn't care how beautiful a woman was or how sexy a man was to me, no one was worth betraying her, not after I had been so selfish.
"The cage got closer and closer to the lava. I knew this was the end, I screamed your name, trying to wake you up, but you wouldn't budge. You wouldn't even flinch. Nothing. Zorc was about to push the button, when all of a sudden Diabound appeared out of nowhere." Atem said.
"Diabound?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"She fought Zorc." Atem replied. "Mariku kept sending out monsters but they didn't do anything to her. I wasn't expecting them to, though. The building was crumbling, the only thing separating us from the lava was a floor. Every attack Zorc and Diabound fired at each other, whenever one of them missed, it would hit the floor or wall. There was a large gap in-between where I was and where Mariku was. He was standing near the jail cell you were in mocking me. I jumped, he kept using the Rod to send me back to where I was, but I eventually made it over there to you…."
"Are you stupid?" I asked. "You jumped over lava?!"
"I'll do anything for you." he whispered.
I must be in an alternate universe….
"I made my way over to you, getting inside the cell. You weren't breathing or anything, my heart stopped. I couldn't breathe, or anything, it was like my whole soul was torn, ripped to shreds. Zorc and Diabound still fought, during that time, the floor started collapsing, Mariku had me by the leg and I was holding onto the poles, I tried to pull him up, but he started pulling me down. That was until Zorc told me that he didn't need him anymore, you pushed against my back, Diabound woke up and they continued to fight, Mariku reached for the Rod and we ended up in the Realm of Light." Atem explained."Mariku apologized to me for everything he did, I was shocked then Zorc and Diabound came out of nowhere fighting, of course, Zorc's power was weaker he got knocked into the Realm of Light and Horakhty appeared. Mariku, Diabound and I went after you while Zorc and Horakhty stayed in the Realm of Light."
"Where is Diabound?" I asked. I could still sense some of her inside of me, but not fully. She usually stayed close by. Did Zorc lock her away again?
"I'm not sure." he sighed. "While we were searching for you, we were getting nowhere, fast, just kept going in circles. Then I asked Mariku how to navigate through the Shadow Realm, he told me through hatred, so I channeled all of my hatred to Zorc. I moved along in the Shadow Realm. I had to face a lot of challenges, on after the other, they kept coming. I was running out of time though." he said.
"We have all the time in the world." I said."We're dead."
"No, we don't Bakura." he said shaking his head. "I only have four months to save you, before you'll belong to Zorc forever."
Didn't I already belong to Zorc though? I had joined forces with him when we played the RPG. I had been raised by him. I learned his ways, he challenged me so I could be the best of the best, no one was better than me! He twisted my family's thieving skills and made them extraordinary. I was known all around Egypt as: The King of Thieves. I was proud of that title. I put the fear inside everyone's heart, everyone desired me, everyone was so easy to win against, not a challenge at all, not even Atem's priests were. They were nothing but weaklings! Standing in my way of my prize.
"I met this old man, he kept saying you were right in front of me." Atem said suddenly, breaking my train of thought. "I didn't understand what he was saying. I kept looking for you, but you were nowhere to be found, nor was Mariku or Diabound. I was all alone in the shadows. All I could hear was screams and cries for help."
Zorc laughed.
"I thought back to what the old man said and what my father had taught me that things aren't always what they appear to be, I knew in order to navigate through this realm you had to rely on hatred, but in the Realm of Light you had to rely on love."
That made sense actually. I was the master of the Shadow Realm because I was full of hatred and anger. I allowed myself to be consumed by it, finding escapes from it, to get revenge. But in the Realm of Light, while I was still full of hatred, I kept wandering around in circles, becoming anger with myself for not being able to escape from the realm, it made sense….
"I let myself go, concentrating on finding you. I didn't need to be moving no, if you were right in front of me then why would I? I might not have been able to see you at the time, but you were there. I ended up underground, there were five tunnels to choose from, one of the tunnels had a bat-cat that attack me."
I laughed; Atem narrowed his eyes and continued his story as if I never said anything.
"I went into two different tunnels. One tunnel had a lot of ice and some polar bear-sea lion attacked me, the other one had a sleeping Tiger-crocodile in it. I had to concentrate, I didn't have time to play around with strange creatures. No I had your existence on the line, so I followed my heart and it led me through the tunnel up there." he said pointing to the tunnel that was on the cliff.
This was a lot to take in. So much stuff had happened, yet I couldn't remember anything. Why? What happened? Atem said I had been unconscious for at least six weeks, something happened to my memories within that time frame, but what? He told me that Mariku was no longer following Zorc, that was hard to believe. Mariku wasn't someone to drop Zorc for the Pharaoh, so what was really going on here?
Atem said that we were underground. I looked up and sure enough, we were. I saw the dirt ceiling, the chain that was attached to my glass prison was hooked to a piece of metal that jutted out from the dirt. I looked down, the shadow of the creature swimming around.
"It looks like I've already won." Zorc said.
"You haven't won anything!" Atem yelled balling his fists at his sides.
"What are we winning?" I asked.
"Why, you, of course." Zorc said with a smirk.
I looked at Atem then Zorc then back to Atem, they were fighting over me?
"Pharaoh, you know that you're wasting your time here, go home." I said.
"I'm not leaving you here! I'm not leaving you here to die!" he yelled."I love you!"
"Okay, the game is over now! You won, you can leave!" I hissed.
"What game Bakura? We are not playing a game!" he yelled. "I came into the Afterlife because I wanted you to be able to see your family again. When I was in the Afterlife, I constantly thought about you, it drove me insane! I thought I hated you! I finally asked the Gods if I could I could find you, Horakhty gave me permission, she said that I had exactly one year to save you, that's it, then I would be trapped in the Realm of Light. At first, I thought that she meant I would be trapped with you but no, she didn't, she told me that if I couldn't save you that you would belong to Zorc!" he cried.
"I already belong to him" I said "What's the big deal; we are one in the same!"
"NO YOU'RE NOT!" Atem screamed.
I blinked.
"You are NOT Zorc!" he continued his ranting "You are Bakura! Someone that I fell in love with! I didn't fall in love with Zorc!"
"Ah, Pharaoh, so emotional, how on earth did you become one?" Zorc laughed.
"You're not in love with me." I spat.
"Yes I am Bakura!" he yelled.
"Prove it!" I shouted.
"I have been! I've done more things than I would have done for anyone else! I risked my soul for you, not my life, not my mind, my very soul! You have no idea what you mean to me! What I'd give, just to see you smile!" he yelled.
What happened to him? He used to be so strong, so confident, someone that I couldn't defeat, someone that wouldn't give up. Now, he's falling apart. He was supposed to hate me, why was he telling me that he loved me? What was going on? Why was this happening?
Nothing made sense anymore, it was like the world was flipped upside down and inside out, what once made sense, made no sense. The Pharaoh wasn't supposed to fall for someone like me, we were enemies, and I stole from his ancestor's tombs and killed people, what made him….?
"I know that you want to know how and why I fell for you." he whispered.
"That would be nice, seeing as how we've been enemies for over five-thousand years." I said.
"When I entered the Afterlife, everything was peaceful, it was perfect, and I finally met my mother…"
"Your mother?" I asked.
Atem nodded. "She died when I was born."
"Oh." I said.
"I had so much fun, playing around with the children, talking to Mahad and the others. Then, I met your mother. She demanded that I save you, I was furious that she did. I constantly thought of you, I thought that I was happy, but I wasn't. No, I met your father, he told me that I was in love with you and that you were in love with me."
My eyes widened.
"Yeah," he said with a small smile. "That's the exact same look I gave him, after a while I finally talk to the Gods about letting me go after you. I asked to go, I wanted you to be with your family. I knew that you had been fighting for them all of this time. So, I followed my heart and it told me to find you, to save you. At first, I was just there to help you escape the Realm of Light, so you could see your family, but somewhere along the way, I fell for you."
Atem was in love with me. Wasn't that supposed to infuriate me? Wasn't that supposed to make me want to kill him? Zorc told me that being in love meant that you were weak; I thought Atem would want to be stronger than me. Why was he sinking down? What happened to him? He told me that he was risking his soul for me…why?
Suddenly, I felt the cage move. I jumped. Zorc laughed.
"Why is the cage moving?" I hissed.
"Every time you think about the Pharaoh, the cage moves." Zorc said.
"I wasn't…." I said.
"Oh, but you were." he said with a smirk. "So unless you want don't want to get eaten by my pet down there, I suggest you stop thinking about him."
"I'm not!" I shouted.
The cage moved again.
"Why am I in this damn thing anyways?" I hissed.
"I told you, you're being punished." Zorc said.
"For what?!" I cried.
"For wanting to be happy." Zorc snapped, "for becoming weak"
"I haven't become weak Zorc!" I yelled.
"Yes you have!" he snarled."You betrayed me, when you gave yourself away to the pharaoh!"
"I thought he raped me!" I shouted.
No one said anything.
Suddenly, the ceiling started to cave in, dirt flew everywhere, and a loud cry was heard.
Diabound
My Ka flew holding Mariku by the arms; he jumped, landing near the pharaoh. He looked over at me then back to Atem.
"Where have you been?" Atem asked.
"Oh, nothing, just gathering these." he said with a smirk. I looked up, suddenly, Slifer, Obelisk and Ra came from out of nowhere. Zorc's eyes widened.
"How?" Atem gasped.
"Well," Mariku said. "I went back into the Realm of Light, I'm not sure how I got there, but Horakhty came back, she sent the dragons down to help us."
Slifer, Obelisk and Ra glared at Zorc hissing. Diabound blasted the cage I was in, I started to fall, but she caught me before I landed in the pool.
"You won't win against me fools!" Zorc cackled.
"Oh really?" Mariku asked. "Because if I recall correctly, you have no power!"
I blinked. What did Mariku mean Zorc had no power? Surely he did, this was the Shadow Realm, he was the most powerful, he was the God of Darkness, and he created this realm. Why wouldn't he have any powers?
Zorc narrowed his eyes "I may not have any powers, but you still can't defeat me!"
Slifer apparently grew tired of Zorc's rants because he blasted him with his Thunder Force. Zorc was sent flying across the area, landing hard against the half metal wall. He hissed in pain, slowly getting up.
I stood on the opposite side, near a tunnel entrance. Atem was near Mariku, all of us watching as the Gods fought. Diabound blasted Zorc as well, but he kept getting back up.
"You'll never defeat me fools, just wait, soon my powers will be set free!" Zorc yelled "Horakhty can't keep them locked forever, not here anyways!"
They fought on, no one said anything, just watching, the place shook with their fights.
"I think we need to get out of here!" Mariku shouted.
"The safest way is through there." Atem said pointing to the cliff.
"How the hell are we going to get up there?" Mariku asked.
"We'll have to climb." Atem replied.
"Like that's going to work" I snapped. "Look, we all know that…"
"Bakura," Atem said. "I am not going to leave you, you're coming with us!"
"Why is that your choice?!" I shouted."Why are you making decisions for me! Have you ever thought that maybe I wanted to be with the Dark God? That I wanted to control the world? That I wanted to feel power in my veins? That I wanted something to live for?" I cried.
"That's not living Bakura!" Atem shouted. "That's existing! Zorc is using you! He doesn't care anything about you!"
"Yes he does!" I yelled. "How can you stand there and say that!? He helped me a lot, he made me stronger, and he helped me to train, if it wasn't for Zorc, Diabound wouldn't be nearly as strong as she is!"
"If that's the case, then why is Diabound attacking Zorc?" Mariku asked.
I looked over at the scene: Diabound was blasting Zorc, Slifer had his body wrapped around him, and Ra and Obelisk were blasting Zorc from different directions. Suddenly, Zorc fired back….
He gained his powers back.
"I told you I'd gain my powers back!" Zorc cried."Take this fools!"
Fire blasted between Mariku and Atem, they jumped away just in time. The fire went into the tunnel entrance that we were standing near. Suddenly, I heard growls.
"Oh no." Atem said
"What is it?" Mariku asked.
"It's the creatures from the tunnels." Atem replied. "Zorc's awakened them."
"How…" I asked but I cut myself off, suddenly what seemed like thousands of bat-cats flew above us, soaring down, we ran toward the cliff. One of the creatures got in my hair. I picked it up, throwing it into the water, it screeched as it was devoured.
"We don't have time to play around in here." I hissed "Get up the cliff."
"It's too high!" Mariku said.
"No it's not!" I shouted. I started to climb the steep cliff with ease, Mariku and Atem watched me in awe.
"How do you do that?" Atem asked.
"Lots of practice." I said. "Now, unless you fools want to die, then I suggest you grab onto my hand so we can get the hell out of here."
They nodded; Mariku was lifted up first, stumbling a bit. Atem was next, but he slipped, falling onto the ground again.
"Pharaoh, get up!" Mariku shouted. Another growl was heard, a tiger-crocodile charged from out of nowhere. Atem ran, trying to get away from the beast.
"Diabound!" I shouted. "Helical Shock Wave!"
Diabound turned around blasting the creature. It yelped, falling into the water. Zorc blasted Diabound, sending her into the water as well. I fell to my knees, clutching my chest, spitting up blood.
"Bakura!" Atem cried he ran toward the cliff, climbing it with ease. Mariku put his arm around my shoulder, trying to get me to calm down. I shook violently, pain spread through me, erupting, my veins felt like they were exploding. White light flashed through my eyes, then darkness.
"Bakura!" Atem shouted kneeling down next to me. My eyes were wide, I felt nothing but pain. "Bakura,can you hear me?" he asked.
I heard him, I heard everything, yet I couldn't answer. Atem pressed his lips against mine, without warning. Mariku's eyes went wide. I blinked.
"Did you just kiss me?" I asked.
"Yes." he replied.
"What happened to my pain?" I asked. That didn't make any sense…I've been kissed before! A kiss wasn't magical! This was real life, not a fairy tale. I was not sleeping beauty, waiting for her special kiss from her true love! But why did it feel as though I was?
Diabound suddenly flew from the water, she appeared to have grown. But that didn't make sense. I wasn't angry. I was, but I wasn't angry enough to cause my creature to evolve and I didn't have the Ring, so why had she?
"Come and get it bitches!" Zorc cackled blasting Obelisk, the fell down, landing hard against the ground.
"We need to get out of here." Mariku said "Before some other creatures start attacking us"
Atem nodded "Come on Bakura."
I didn't move I sat there, watching the fight. Why was Diabound fighting Zorc? Didn't she realize that Zorc was on my side? That he had helped us through so much? He was the one that made her that strong, he told me about her special ability; to say I wasn't thrilled by the news was an understatement. I knew right then and there that I would have a chance at defeating the pharaoh.
"Bakura!" Atem shouted the place crumbling as he spoke "We need to go!"
"You can go." I said not turning to face him.
"Bakura!" Atem yelled. "This is not up for debate!"
"I agree." I said. "Leave."
"No!" he yelled "I'm not leaving without you!"
"I want to stay." I said.
"No you don't!" he yelled."If you stay then you'll die"
"Does it really matter?" I spat."My life is over!"
"No it's not!" Atem cried. "It's just has just barely begun!"
I closed my eyes."You don't understand." I said. "You have everything."
"Yes, I know." Atem said. "I have my family, my friends, I am the chosen pharaoh, I have the power of the gods on my side. I'm smart, I was once known as the King of Games, no one could defeat me. I'm in the Afterlife, I have saved the world…yes my life is perfect right?" he yelled.
I stood up turning around to face him, Mariku stood next to him, not saying anything.
"I'm not happy, Bakura! Life is nothing unless you're there! I don't want to existence in this world without you!" he cried
"Then jump in the boiling water down there." I said pointing to said water. "How is this, my problem?"
"Don't you get it?!" Atem cried. "We're running out of time!"
"You have four months." I said. "Chill out."
"No, I will NOT chill out!" Atem shouted "I need you to come with me Bakura!"
"No!" I yelled
"Bakura, please listen to me!" Atem cried.
"Why should I?" I spat "You've done nothing but cause me misery!"
"I know." he said."And I'm sorry."
"Sorry doesn't cut it!" I hissed. "Sorry is for grade school fools!"
"Bakura..." Mariku started to say but Atem raised his hand to cut him off.
"Let me handle this Mariku." he said. Mariku nodded.
"Bakura, I am sorry, for everything that my family and I've done to you. I know that you've been through a lot and I'm terribly sorry for whatever I put you through. I know that you're a good person, you've been lied to and hurt so many times, and it's hard for you to trust someone. I came here to save you, I know that you want to see your family again, I know they're in the Afterlife with me."
"LIES!" I yelled, fist clenched against my side.
"I'm not lying Bakura, I know that your family means the world to you. I understand because mine does as well! Please Bakura you have to believe me!" Atem yelled. "Zorc is using you!"
"Oh please." I said rolling my eyes. "And you're not?"
"Explain." Atem said
"You said earlier than you had me, so that means you're using me as well!" I spat. "I knew you didn't believe me when I told you that I was good in bed!"
"What does that have to do with anything?" Atem asked.
"A lot!" I shouted. "That's all that anyone ever wants from me! That's all that that fiend over there," I said pointing to Mariku, "wanted."
"Bakura, I'm not like that!" Atem yelled. "I don't want your body, I want you"
"LIES, ALL LIES!" I screamed.
"Bakura he's telling the truth." Mariku said.
"Stay out of this you demon!" I hissed.
"Bakura, would you listen to yourself?" Mariku cried. "Zorc is using you!"
"Stop playing games with me!" I growled."You're just jealous because Zorc likes me more!"
"I don't even care about Zorc's approval anymore!" Mariku shouted. "I realized who he truly was!"
"No, you realized that you can't have me, so you're trying to get on the pharaoh's good side so you can defeat me! Well it's not going to happen!" I cried.
"Bakura, no one wants to defeat you." Mariku said."We're trying to save you before it's too late!"
"I don't want to be saved!" I yelled body shaking with anger.
"Bakura please." Atem said
"Shut up!" I hissed slamming him into the wall.
"Bakura stop it!" Mariku shouted trying to pull me off of Atem. I held him against the wall with one arm. He didn't struggle at all. This was no fun at all! I punched Mariku with my other hand; he almost fell off the cliff.
"Why are you not struggling against me?" I asked. "Have you finally realized that you can't win?"
"Bakura," Atem managed to say "Stop letting Zorc control you."
"No one is controlling me fool!" I spat."I control myself!"
"No." Atem said."Zorc is controlling your mind, he's using his powers, his words to manipulate you, that's what happened to Mariku, until he realized that truth!"
"Mariku is jealous of my power." I hissed tightening my hold on him.
"What power?" Mariku asked. I turned my head looking at him. "You have no power, Bakura, all of what Zorc taught you, and it's a weakness, not strength!"
"Oh really?" I spat turning to look at Mariku. "Then what is strength?"
"Love." Atem said. I turned back to face him, our eyes locked. I burst into a fit of laughter. Atem and Mariku didn't say anything.
"You two are so pathetic!" I said between fits of laughter "Love is pathetic!"
"Love led me to you." Atem said."Love made me come here, love made you do what you did!"
"Wrong!" I shouted. "The thirsts for revenge did"
"No!" Atem said."It was the love you have for your family, what you did, you wouldn't have done for people you hated"
I blinked. He was right. I wouldn't have. So what did this mean? Did this mean that love was stronger than hate? I looked down, Zorc was winning right now, Slifer was down but soon he rose back up, blasting Zorc once again. They fought, Diabound blasting him left and right. Why was Diabound even fighting Zorc? She should be fighting on his side, but she wasn't.
Atem told me that after I had passed out; Diabound fought Zorc to save his life, but why would she? That didn't make any sense at all. All of the times that I had her fight the royal court, Slifer ad Obelisk, now she was fighting with them? She was battling the God that we worked so hard to resurrect into the world of the living? So that we could destroy everything then build us a new life. I would be the ruler of the darkness, sitting in my throne, along with Zorc, we would hear the cries of the forgotten, and it would be my luxury, something that I had craved: the control of the entire world.
But why did I suddenly feel as though it was wrong to want such a thing? Why, when Atem kissed me just a moment ago, did I not push him away? Why did his kiss bring me out of my pain, why had Diabound grown? Why was Mariku on Atem's side now?
When I was in the Realm of Light, all I thought about was my family, how much I missed them, how much I loved them. I knew I'd never see them again; it hurt to think about them. The happy times were the worst, because I knew that I'd never have that again. I'd never be happy. I had given up the thought of happiness long ago. It wasn't important, no, getting revenge. Plummeting, the world into darkness was.
But I failed. I had failed doing such a simple task, Atem called upon Horakhty and I was banished into the Realm of Light. Horakhty came by telling me that in order of me to be saved I had to find my soul mate. She was crazy! I had no soul mate! This was not some fairy tale, where I would fall in love! Love was a weakness….
"Bakura," Atem said. "Please." I let go of Atem, he fell to the ground, clutching his neck. Mariku knelt down to see if he was okay. I didn't do anything, I stood there.
Atem said that my family was in the Afterlife. Was that true? How could it be true? Horakhty said that the items were destroyed, but she could be lying. No one told me the truth but Zorc.
"I believe play time is over." I said.
"We're not playing any games, Bakura." Atem said.
"You really need to stop lying, you're horrible at it." I said.
"I'm not lying" he said.
"How can you sit there and say that?" I cried. "You're keep telling me that Zorc is using me and that you're in love with me!"
"He is!" Atem yelled."He wants you to gain all of the power of darkness, so he can strip it away from you and destroy you!"
I laughed ."What good will that do?"
"Nothing!" Atem shouted. "But you won't exists anymore!"
"Who cares." I spat
"I do! Your mother does! Your father does! Your sister does! Your best friend does!" Atem yelled.
"They don't even exist anymore!" I shouted
"Yes they do" Atem yelled."Please,trust me."
"I'm not trusting you!" I spat.
"Bakura," Atem pleaded. "Please, please look inside of your heart, you have to trust me!"
"I don't have a heart!" I hissed.
"Yes you do!" Atem yelled. "I saw it! I saw you, all of you. I know that you're in there somewhere! I know that the real you is hiding, being submerged underneath all of the darkness. I saw you when I entered the Realm of Light, you were different, you still had your arrogant and blunt attitude, but you were different. I wasn't sure why. I knew that the Realm of Light exposed you, but I didn't know how much had changed you." Atem shouted "I got my answer when you made love to me, when I looked into your eyes! Please Bakura wake up!"
Nothing was making sense anymore. I couldn't take this. All of this pain, all of this emotion. It was like light and shadow was fighting against me. I was falling deeper and deeper into the ocean, the light was at the bottom, begging me to explore its world. The darkness was at the top, where I was the most comfortable, where I knew what was happening. I floated in the middle, both pulling me toward me, hissing at one another. I didn't move, I barely felt them tugging on me.
"Love is pathetic; it's a sign of weakness!"
"Only your true soul mate can set you free."
"Your family is in the Afterlife."
"The only way to true power is through revenge."
"He doesn't love you, he's using you!"
"This is my realm: the Realm of Light."
"Come to the Shadow Realm, I'll help you, as I've always done."
"Ammunt doesn't deserve to get her teeth on a soul as precious as yours."
"I'm sorry for everything I've done to you."
"Suffering gives us strength."
"It's true, what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but it's not the suffering that causes us to become strong, it's how we deal with the suffering…."
"The pharaoh killed your people; it's time to get revenge!"
"I love you."
"Love is for fools! Whatever you do, do not fall in love!"
"Zorc is using you!"
"Stop fucking around and get your lazy ass up!"
"You're not living, you're existing."
"All you have to do is rape someone, and then you'll gain true power."
"You asked for me to have you."
"All you need in life is power, if you obtain that, then everything else comes to you."
"Don't you want to be happy?"
"Happiness is for fools, it holds you back!"
"I didn't want to save you at first."
"It's time to train!"
"But after talking to a lot of people, and following my heart I decided to."
"Your Ka can have the power equal to that of the Gods, if you'll listen to me."
"I searched forever for you, when I found you, you seemed different, we argued, as we always had."
"Your people are in the items, Touzoku!"
"When I told you about your family you ran off, I found you after a while, I kissed you, you didn't pull away, you kissed me right back."
"How can you defeat the pharaoh when you're dead? Don't you care about them at all?"
"I didn't just risk my life for you, I risked my soul."
"I'm the only one that cares about you; do you see anyone else around?"
"I'm in love with you."
"The pharaoh will do and say anything to get you to drop your guard, don't let him."
"Your happiness is everything to me!"
"Why do you want to die? Do you think that'll solve your problems, it'll only make it worse!"
"I want to see you smile."
"Hearing you scream is music to my ears."
"Reach deep inside of your heart, I know the real you is in there somewhere!"
"You did it, didn't you?"
"My son, someday someone will want your heart, give them your soul."
"I can't take this anymore." I whispered, tears rolling down my cheeks. I didn't care who saw, I fell to the ground. "I don't want to exist anymore, this pain, it's too much, I can't take it anymore!" I screamed. "Kill me!"
