((OOC INTRO – Welcome to the wonderful world of Bakura. This is a happy
story about him and how he got his millennium ring. There's also a side
story which is just all mine…Have fun reading peeps R&R))
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-OH however sad that may be =( but I do own Nayia…so she be MINE, leave her alone =)
Taking the ring in hand Bakura stared at the shining circle which was just given to him by his father. Staring at the thing in awe he absently thanked his father and walked into his room still holding the millennium item before him. Sitting down he looked at the single eye in the middle and started to trace his finger around the circle and all the hangings coming off of it. Upon coming back to the center he pushed a little harder down on the pupil of the eye just to acknowledge that he didn't need to keep looking at the thing when the pupil actually pushed in causing the object to glow.
The glowing sent a burning sensation through his hand, and not of the good sort. He stood up and tried to fling the ring away from himself but it didn't work, the item just stuck to his hand as he screamed in pain. He fell down to the ground as a chain appeared around his neck making the ancient circle into a sort of necklace. And Bakura's vision went black as he went unconscious.
Staring through a haze as a wet cloth was dabbed onto his head he stared up at the concerned face of his father.
"Bakura? Bakura?"
"Mmm..."
"Bakura," he breathed a sigh of relief. "What happened son, I heard you scream and then found you lying on the floor out cold... are you ok?
His head slightly waving from side to side he struggled to his feet acting like he was fine when all he really wanted to do was pass out again or throw up. " Yeah, I'm fine... don't worry I just, uh... I just..." his mind running rapidly trying to think of an excuse he said, "I just got up and hit my head hard, it really hurt and then I just passed out..."
His father looked over him as if he didn't believe but then just shrugged. "As long as you're okay, just rest that head of yours..." and he got up walking out of the room looking back one time to see Bakura who in turn smiled weakly trying his best to look as fine as he said he was.
Once his father has finally left Bakura slumped down to the floor with a groan. Then he crawled over to his bed lying down. What had happened? He didn't know, the only thing he understood was that the ring had somehow made him pass out, with his head aching from the fall or just from stress he slipped into a fretful slumber...
//Hello, Bakura, how very nice to meet you. //
/What? Hello? Who are you? /
//Only your worst nightmare little Bakura. Don't you think there was a reason why your millennium ring is now around your neck? //
/I'd just assumed that it had got there. I didn't think anything of it. /
//Well you should have. You see I have been sealed into this ring since it's creation. And you are just the soul foolish enough to release me, I'm inside you now Bakura and there's nothing you can do about//
With that the voice faded as Bakura jerked out of bed with his face dripping and the covers all kicked down to the bottom of the bed. Looking down at the ring around his neck he shuddered as he looked over at the clock, 4:00 AM, as good a time as any to get up before going to school. Getting dressed as thoughts were flickering through his mind of the voice in his dream he shook his head several times trying to make himself stop thinking, but it just came back to haunt him as if it were mocking him.
Running to school in fear of being late, for despite the fact he had gotten up very early he hadn't left on time since he was thinking too much. Rushing into class as the bell rung he saw one of the tassels off of his ring pointing towards his classmate Yugi's millennium puzzle. A sudden urge rushed through him to snatch the puzzle away from Yugi but then the teacher came in bidding them all to sit down.
The day dragged by as the teacher went on about history and arithmetic, things that normally were interesting to Bakura but all that he could think about was that puzzle of Yugi's. But again the bell rung telling them to go to recess. Bakura rushed out the door with his lunch not saying a word to Yugi for as he had been sitting there in class the urge to take the puzzle had been getting stronger until it was unbearable. Running out just into the woods and ducking behind a tree he started tearing up the ground as if it would try and help get rid of this desire. He didn't even know what the puzzle was let alone why he wanted to take it. But his hands itched, itched as if a million tiny ants were crawling over them, leading him to the puzzle, taunting it in front of his face, and that was the only thing, the only thing that could stop the infernal itching which was driving him insane!
//You want that puzzle Bakura...//
/What are you talking about? That's Yugi's I have no right to it/
//Why don't you just "borrow" it for a while, look it over, then you can give it back to your little friend and he won't mind... go on, just ask him if you can see it, touch it, and your mind will be at ease...//
He pounded a fist onto his forehead but went out to find Yugi. His leg's wouldn't let him go the other way, they drew him towards Yugi, and his right hand stretched out in front of him reaching for the puzzle, wanting that puzzle...
Yugi smiled at him, "What's up Bakura?"
His hand shot straight down to his side and he stopped moving, "Not much Yugi, I was just wondering... if I could, ya know, see your millennium puzzle for a second?"
Shrugging his shoulders Yugi held it out in front of him by the chain, "Here you go, I'm not quite sure why you want it though..."
A rush came over Bakura as the burning finally stopped in his hands as if the puzzle were a huge iceberg coating the desert. Then his hands began to shake and he stared down at the puzzle. His mind began to tick uncontrollably as the wheedling voice in his mind was telling him to run, run and keep the puzzle forever to be given peace. But his normal self was telling him to give it back NOW, before it was too late... his face and hands began to sweat profusely as his face turned ashen and his legs began to quiver.
"Bakura? Are you all right?"
"Yugi?"
"Yes...?"
"Take the puzzle from me..."
Yugi gave him a curious glance and looked down a the puzzle, "Why?"
"Just DO IT!" and he thrust the puzzle into Yugi's face as his whole body began to tremble and his breathing became heavier.
Yugi took the puzzle from his friend's hands and looked at Bakura worried, "Maybe you should go to the nurse..."
Falling down onto his knees his whole body still shaking he looked up at Yugi with a fire in his eyes. "No Yugi, I'm fine, I'm really fine, Just get away, please, for the sake of yourself just go back inside..."
Yugi backed up away from his friend slowly and then turned to go inside just as the bell rang calling everybody else to come back to class. People rushed around the quivering form of Bakura crouched on the ground and finally several minutes after everybody had left he was able to stand.
//You didn't take the puzzle...//
/It's Yugi's puzzle, I can't just take it from him, he's my friend! /
//Correction, he WAS your friend, but as long as he has that puzzle he is your enemy. You will challenge him to a game of duel monster's after school, and the prize shall be his puzzle...//
Walking into class Bakura found his way to his seat quietly as he sat right next to Yugi. Finally when the last bell of the day rang Bakura caught up with Yugi right before he was headed on his way home.
"Hey Yugi?"
"Hi Bakura, You feeling better?"
"Yeah, I was just wondering if you'd play a game of duel monsters with me this afternoon…?"
"Sorry, I have to go help my grandpa at the shop today, maybe some other time." He waved good-bye as he ran off to his grandfather's...
**((Interruption)) And of course you all know what happens with Yugi's Grandpa and then they're on their way to the island**
//You have failed again! //
/He was busy, what could I do? /
//No matter, we shall see what happens to your Yugi friend, I WILL have his puzzle! //
For the next while Bakura tried to go on with his regular life at school until one night when he was sleeping...
//You will enter a Dueling Championship on an island. Yugi will be there and on that island we shall have his puzzle. //
/No./
//What do you mean "No" you foolish child? You are going to that island, I MUST have that puzzle! //
/No, I won't go.../
The tone changed quite dramatically now into a soft soothing voice like a snake sliding across silk. //Well of course, how silly of me, we mustn't hurt one of your dear friends, why don't we just look over your deck and you can show me your favorite card so that I may get to know a little about you... hmm? //
Getting up and pulling out his deck he flipped through his cards until he pulled out a specific one.
/The Change of Heart, this is my favorite card.../
//Well I hope you really like that card for it shall be your place for eternity!!!//
Bakura felt as if his very being had been split in half as he blacked out. Waking up with a terrible headache he found he was looking at himself through a different pair of eyes somehow, looking at himself as if he were some huge giant. An evil glare was being cast down upon him though as that same voice in his head came out of the huge form that looked like him.
"You've had a change of heart Bakura, I'm afraid you now belong with the other cards now so have a wonderful time as I finally seek out the puzzle which is mine!"
Being shoved in between two other duel monster cards was not one of the most pleasant experiences that Bakura had ever had. His own body had been taken over, and he couldn't stop it, he was going to attack his own friends and he wasn't even the one doing it. Well he was, but it wasn't the real him, it was the other him that had taken over himself. He clutched at his head with his hands, but instead of finding them to be his normal hands they were the hands of The Change of Heart. He had turned into the card!
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-OH however sad that may be =( but I do own Nayia…so she be MINE, leave her alone =)
Taking the ring in hand Bakura stared at the shining circle which was just given to him by his father. Staring at the thing in awe he absently thanked his father and walked into his room still holding the millennium item before him. Sitting down he looked at the single eye in the middle and started to trace his finger around the circle and all the hangings coming off of it. Upon coming back to the center he pushed a little harder down on the pupil of the eye just to acknowledge that he didn't need to keep looking at the thing when the pupil actually pushed in causing the object to glow.
The glowing sent a burning sensation through his hand, and not of the good sort. He stood up and tried to fling the ring away from himself but it didn't work, the item just stuck to his hand as he screamed in pain. He fell down to the ground as a chain appeared around his neck making the ancient circle into a sort of necklace. And Bakura's vision went black as he went unconscious.
Staring through a haze as a wet cloth was dabbed onto his head he stared up at the concerned face of his father.
"Bakura? Bakura?"
"Mmm..."
"Bakura," he breathed a sigh of relief. "What happened son, I heard you scream and then found you lying on the floor out cold... are you ok?
His head slightly waving from side to side he struggled to his feet acting like he was fine when all he really wanted to do was pass out again or throw up. " Yeah, I'm fine... don't worry I just, uh... I just..." his mind running rapidly trying to think of an excuse he said, "I just got up and hit my head hard, it really hurt and then I just passed out..."
His father looked over him as if he didn't believe but then just shrugged. "As long as you're okay, just rest that head of yours..." and he got up walking out of the room looking back one time to see Bakura who in turn smiled weakly trying his best to look as fine as he said he was.
Once his father has finally left Bakura slumped down to the floor with a groan. Then he crawled over to his bed lying down. What had happened? He didn't know, the only thing he understood was that the ring had somehow made him pass out, with his head aching from the fall or just from stress he slipped into a fretful slumber...
//Hello, Bakura, how very nice to meet you. //
/What? Hello? Who are you? /
//Only your worst nightmare little Bakura. Don't you think there was a reason why your millennium ring is now around your neck? //
/I'd just assumed that it had got there. I didn't think anything of it. /
//Well you should have. You see I have been sealed into this ring since it's creation. And you are just the soul foolish enough to release me, I'm inside you now Bakura and there's nothing you can do about//
With that the voice faded as Bakura jerked out of bed with his face dripping and the covers all kicked down to the bottom of the bed. Looking down at the ring around his neck he shuddered as he looked over at the clock, 4:00 AM, as good a time as any to get up before going to school. Getting dressed as thoughts were flickering through his mind of the voice in his dream he shook his head several times trying to make himself stop thinking, but it just came back to haunt him as if it were mocking him.
Running to school in fear of being late, for despite the fact he had gotten up very early he hadn't left on time since he was thinking too much. Rushing into class as the bell rung he saw one of the tassels off of his ring pointing towards his classmate Yugi's millennium puzzle. A sudden urge rushed through him to snatch the puzzle away from Yugi but then the teacher came in bidding them all to sit down.
The day dragged by as the teacher went on about history and arithmetic, things that normally were interesting to Bakura but all that he could think about was that puzzle of Yugi's. But again the bell rung telling them to go to recess. Bakura rushed out the door with his lunch not saying a word to Yugi for as he had been sitting there in class the urge to take the puzzle had been getting stronger until it was unbearable. Running out just into the woods and ducking behind a tree he started tearing up the ground as if it would try and help get rid of this desire. He didn't even know what the puzzle was let alone why he wanted to take it. But his hands itched, itched as if a million tiny ants were crawling over them, leading him to the puzzle, taunting it in front of his face, and that was the only thing, the only thing that could stop the infernal itching which was driving him insane!
//You want that puzzle Bakura...//
/What are you talking about? That's Yugi's I have no right to it/
//Why don't you just "borrow" it for a while, look it over, then you can give it back to your little friend and he won't mind... go on, just ask him if you can see it, touch it, and your mind will be at ease...//
He pounded a fist onto his forehead but went out to find Yugi. His leg's wouldn't let him go the other way, they drew him towards Yugi, and his right hand stretched out in front of him reaching for the puzzle, wanting that puzzle...
Yugi smiled at him, "What's up Bakura?"
His hand shot straight down to his side and he stopped moving, "Not much Yugi, I was just wondering... if I could, ya know, see your millennium puzzle for a second?"
Shrugging his shoulders Yugi held it out in front of him by the chain, "Here you go, I'm not quite sure why you want it though..."
A rush came over Bakura as the burning finally stopped in his hands as if the puzzle were a huge iceberg coating the desert. Then his hands began to shake and he stared down at the puzzle. His mind began to tick uncontrollably as the wheedling voice in his mind was telling him to run, run and keep the puzzle forever to be given peace. But his normal self was telling him to give it back NOW, before it was too late... his face and hands began to sweat profusely as his face turned ashen and his legs began to quiver.
"Bakura? Are you all right?"
"Yugi?"
"Yes...?"
"Take the puzzle from me..."
Yugi gave him a curious glance and looked down a the puzzle, "Why?"
"Just DO IT!" and he thrust the puzzle into Yugi's face as his whole body began to tremble and his breathing became heavier.
Yugi took the puzzle from his friend's hands and looked at Bakura worried, "Maybe you should go to the nurse..."
Falling down onto his knees his whole body still shaking he looked up at Yugi with a fire in his eyes. "No Yugi, I'm fine, I'm really fine, Just get away, please, for the sake of yourself just go back inside..."
Yugi backed up away from his friend slowly and then turned to go inside just as the bell rang calling everybody else to come back to class. People rushed around the quivering form of Bakura crouched on the ground and finally several minutes after everybody had left he was able to stand.
//You didn't take the puzzle...//
/It's Yugi's puzzle, I can't just take it from him, he's my friend! /
//Correction, he WAS your friend, but as long as he has that puzzle he is your enemy. You will challenge him to a game of duel monster's after school, and the prize shall be his puzzle...//
Walking into class Bakura found his way to his seat quietly as he sat right next to Yugi. Finally when the last bell of the day rang Bakura caught up with Yugi right before he was headed on his way home.
"Hey Yugi?"
"Hi Bakura, You feeling better?"
"Yeah, I was just wondering if you'd play a game of duel monsters with me this afternoon…?"
"Sorry, I have to go help my grandpa at the shop today, maybe some other time." He waved good-bye as he ran off to his grandfather's...
**((Interruption)) And of course you all know what happens with Yugi's Grandpa and then they're on their way to the island**
//You have failed again! //
/He was busy, what could I do? /
//No matter, we shall see what happens to your Yugi friend, I WILL have his puzzle! //
For the next while Bakura tried to go on with his regular life at school until one night when he was sleeping...
//You will enter a Dueling Championship on an island. Yugi will be there and on that island we shall have his puzzle. //
/No./
//What do you mean "No" you foolish child? You are going to that island, I MUST have that puzzle! //
/No, I won't go.../
The tone changed quite dramatically now into a soft soothing voice like a snake sliding across silk. //Well of course, how silly of me, we mustn't hurt one of your dear friends, why don't we just look over your deck and you can show me your favorite card so that I may get to know a little about you... hmm? //
Getting up and pulling out his deck he flipped through his cards until he pulled out a specific one.
/The Change of Heart, this is my favorite card.../
//Well I hope you really like that card for it shall be your place for eternity!!!//
Bakura felt as if his very being had been split in half as he blacked out. Waking up with a terrible headache he found he was looking at himself through a different pair of eyes somehow, looking at himself as if he were some huge giant. An evil glare was being cast down upon him though as that same voice in his head came out of the huge form that looked like him.
"You've had a change of heart Bakura, I'm afraid you now belong with the other cards now so have a wonderful time as I finally seek out the puzzle which is mine!"
Being shoved in between two other duel monster cards was not one of the most pleasant experiences that Bakura had ever had. His own body had been taken over, and he couldn't stop it, he was going to attack his own friends and he wasn't even the one doing it. Well he was, but it wasn't the real him, it was the other him that had taken over himself. He clutched at his head with his hands, but instead of finding them to be his normal hands they were the hands of The Change of Heart. He had turned into the card!
