Shadowed Hopes

'A Sudden Turn of Events'

Mesagi: Muwahahahahaha! I have evil ideas now! *Sinister grin*

Ryou: Ohh dear, I believe that Mesagi has gained a Yami .

Raven: No dumbass, some people actually do have good days, and bad days. *Raven glares at comment about loving Bakura* Okay, you wise ass! I think it's quite obvious that I hate the little weakling!

Yami Bakura: Bah, finally, someone agrees with me!

Raven: I hate you too.

Yami Bakura: Ohh, you wound me deeply. *Severe sarcasm*

Mesagi: Shut up! All of you! I need to get this writer's block off of Ryou- san . *Gets out a shipping crane and attaches it to writer's block* Ahh. CLEAR! *The crane pulls the block off of Ryou. Ryou scrambles out from under the block as the chains on the crane snap, the Writer's Block falling back into place* DAMMIT! Ohh well, onto the story .

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! DAMMIT!!! I wish you would stop making me write this .

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Yami Bakura looked down to the earring that he held in his hand, thinking for a few moments, watching the sunlight reflecting off the golden item. He had to figure out just what the hell he was going to do with it, and how he was going to get away with it. He knew that Alice was going to catch him if he didn't figure out something quickly.

He wasn't wrong; Alice was right on his tail. She just had to get that earring back! It was half of her entire being, and she needed it. It was part of who she was, something that made her whole. Or at least, ever since she had put it on, it was. She was almost to Yami Bakura when he turned around, smiling a bit. He had suddenly figured out something.

(Yami Bakura's Thoughts)

R: NO! You can't! It's wrong! She won, you must give her back her earring! YB: Silence! I can see that I haven't been punishing you enough. You aren't listening to what I tell you- R: But she won the duel! YB: I don't care. I'm going to keep the earring, and take a little- personal prize of my own. R: But- YB: Shut up you insolent fool! R: Y- Yes, Yami.

(End Yami Bakura's Thoughts)

Yami Bakura held the earring to his Millennium Ring, smiling in a most sinister manner. Alice looked onto him questioningly as she came to a halt. "Give me back my Earring," she said coolly, holding a hand out to take the earring from Yami Bakura.

"I think not, in fact- I think that you will be listening to me from now on," Yami Bakura said with a smile, a sudden flash of light coming between the two Millennium Items.

Alice felt a strange feeling surge through her entire body, as though someone were sending a spire of hot energy through her. Her eyes widened at the feeling, it just wasn't right. She fell to her knees, gasping for air. Yami Bakura simply smiled down at her.

Alice closed her eyes against a second wave of energy that washed over her form, trying to shut it out. But whatever he was doing, it was overwhelming for the girl. She didn't have a Millennium Item right now, and she was vulnerable to whatever Dark Magic he happened to be using right now. Though, however he was doing it, he was channeling it through the Earring.

Considering that Alice was connected directly to the earring, whatever he was doing to it, Alice was feeling. (What is he doing?) She shuddered, holding the sides of her head. The pain! God, it hurt.

"Are you going to listen to me now," Yami Bakura's voice cut through the pain, sounding rather bored with her reaction. Though there was a sinister smile on his face that gave away the amusement that he felt from what he was doing to her.

"N-no! I won't! Give me back my earring you bastard!" Alice leapt up towards Yami Bakura, but she found herself on the ground, shuddering from another wave of intense energy running through her body. (God! It hurts so much!) She gritted her teeth against the pain, closing her eyes tightly. "Alright! I'll listen to you already! Just make it stop ."

Yami Bakura smiled more broadly then, placing the earring in his pocket. "Good, I'm glad that we have an agreement then. You can go, for now. But if I need you, you'll know," his voice was dead cold, and dead serious. He turned around and started to walk off, a flash of light indicating that he had returned to being Ryou.

Alice shivered slightly as she sat up, watching Ryou's retreating form. She knew that Ryou wouldn't give her back the earring. His Yami had most certainly forbid him from doing so. And there was nothing that she would be able to do that would change the fact that Ryou seemed to be terrified of his Yami. Alice would be too, if she had his Yami.

Ryou bit his bottom lip as he walked. He didn't like his Yami hurting Alice like that, it just wasn't right! He had wanted to be friends with her too- he had liked her. She was different from the rest of his friends, Yugi, Joey, Tristan, Tea- they were terrified of his Yami. But now, so was Alice. If he could, he would have gotten rid of his Ring a long time ago. But his Yami hadn't let him. His Yami had beaten him every time he had even thought about it.

Alice stood up then, leaning back against the wall. Now, she didn't know what she was going to do. She had no back up plan, and there was nothing that she could do to Ryou or his Yami in order to get back her earring now. She had done what she could, but none of it had worked. Now she was stuck to work for Yami Bakura, and she totally hated that fact.

She slammed her fist against the wall, causing her knuckles to split from the force of it. She pushed off the wall and started on her way home, contemplating different schemes to get back her earring, none of them even holding the slightest chance of working-

To Be Continued.

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Mesagi: Well, that was an interesting plot twist, ne?

Raven: I hate you, too-

Mesagi: Ohh hush up, you.

Yami Bakura: Good, now I have a personal servant to do my bidding. How wonderful, I can get her to do all those damn dishes that keep piling up-

Ryou: I'm gonna kill someone!

Yami Bakura: If I get desperate enough for the Puzzle, maybe.

Raven: God, help me, please- I'm not a bad person- honest!

Mesagi: Yeah, right- Well then. Please let me know what you think! Ideas are welcomed! *Puts a spike in the top of her writer's block* And, if anyone thinks they can hit that spike hard enough to split the writer's block to revel the beautiful story that lies in the middle, please, let me know!

Next Chapter: Yami Bakura figures out a few more things about the Earring, and how he can use it to control Alice. Ryou has retreated deeper within himself. Will Alice ever be free again?