Yami: Why!?!? Why did you encourage her!?!?!
Oh, quit being a baby! At least you're _in_ this chappy!
Yami: Only because you like doing evil things to me!
Yugi: You should see what she's doing to me! I'm totally OOC in this!
Yami: *reads ahead* Yeah, but during those moments it's in _my_ POV! So _i'm_ the one that suffers!
Hey, without it it wouldn't be a torrid love st- AGH! FORGET YOU HEARD THAT!
Yami and Yugi: What? What?
Forget it - just do the disclaimer! Now!
::Chaos Chao ownth not Yu-Gi-Oh::
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Chapter Four - Why are you running away?
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I had stayed in that little clearing all day. Actually, at one or two points I
dozed off, only to wake up from nightmares where Yugi was ripping apart the Puzzle and
sending me back to that awful black pit…just the memory made me shudder. But now it was
getting dark, and though the rain had died down to a drizzle I wasn't particularly fond of
the idea of sleeping in the park. So I pushed myself up, briefly cursing when I discovered
both my legs were asleep. After waking them up I staggered out of the park. Even though
the rain was mostly gone, it was a lot colder than I liked. I shivered, then sneezed.
Great, the _last_ thing I needed right now was to get sick! As I made my way along the
streets, I glared at the houses with undeniable envy. And since somesome things just can't
be helped, I walked on. I was finally admitting to myself that I had no idea where I was
going when I heard someone speaking. "Yugi?" I looked, and much to my personal dismay I
saw Taya staring at me. Her eyes widened when she realized exactly who she was speaking to.
"Yami? What -" I didn't give her a chance to finish the question. Instead I continued
walking. Much to my annoyance, she followed me. "Yami! Wait up!" I toyed with the idea
of actually stopping and talking with her, but decided against it. Yugi wanted me out of
his life entirely - that meant not associating with his friends. Taya, a sheer force of
nature when stubborn, got in front of me and blocked my way. "Yami, stop and talk to me!"
I sighed, and though I didn't walk off I did avoid meeting her eyes. "I got a call from
Joey saying you left Yugi! Did you really leave him?" I nodded. "Really? Why did you
leave? And why didn't you come to one of us? You look like you went swimming with your
clothes on." I didn't have an answer for that. That seemed to not satisfy Taya. "Yami,
look at me. _Why_did_you_leave_?" She even had to ask? I gave her the only answer I could,
which was to meet her eyes. Judging from the shock on her face, she could tell. And so I
walked past her, turning the nearest corner and then several more in order to lose
her. During which I became lost myself. After a few more hours, I found a place to spend
the night. Being curled up in a wooden packing crate was not one of my better experiences.
I'm not sure how I managed to sleep, but I did.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After that copper pillar, I left Yami's Soul Room entirely. My feelings of
lousiness were not helped when I saw several messages on the machine. I played them back,
one at a time. "Yo Yugi, it's Tristan. Joey said you got rid of Yami. I have exactly one
thing to say about that. Ahem. WHAT IN *bleep* WERE YOU THINKING, YOU *bleep* !?!?!?!?!?!
Oh, and call me back." "Yugi, it's Ryou. Joey called me and told me about you and your
Yami. I don't feel it's my place to say anything, but I don't see why this had to happen.
*background noise* What? Oh. Uh, my Yami wants to know if you still want to keep the
Millennium Puzzle. I think he's joking, but…you know him." "Yugi, this is Taya. I'm
calling from Tristan's house. Joey called me about Yami this morning, but I didn't believe
it until an hour ago. Because then I ran into Yami. Yugi, I really think you need to find
him, and the sooner the better." I deleted all the messages. Then I noticed my stomach
growling, plus how late it was. Grabbing a quick snack, I went to bed. But after flopping
down on the bed and barely blinking, I was back in my Soul Room. I wanted to stay there,
but something drew me to Yami's Room. I suppose it was my curiosity acting up. After all,
I wasn't sure why Yami had left me to begin with. Walking amongst the pillars, I gingerly
reached out to touch a rust-red one.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Seth was by my side, as always. Sitting on the throne all the time was usually
boring, but this case proved to be interesting. The guards hauled the white-haired lad
between them and dumped him in front of me. "This boy was caught stealing from the Royal
Palace," Seth told me. "The punishment for thievery is death by beheading." I raised my
hand, stopping the guards from merely hauling their prisoner off. I turned to see Seth's
ice-blue eyes boring into me. "Your Highness?" He asked the rest of the question in his
gaze. "I believe it is _my_ job to pass judgment on these things, Seth." My voice was bored,
but held a knife edge underneath. Turning back to the others, I asked, "What did he steal?"
"Uh, actually," the guard said, "He was apprehended before anything was taken." "Indeed?
And what, may I ask, tipped you off to arrest him?" The guards faces went blank as they
tried to remember, which proved my suspicions correct. I got up and walked right up to the
bound prisoner. "Your name?" I asked him directly. He glared at me, but answered.
"Bakora." I smirked. I knew that name. He knew me too, and though he continued to glare at
me he also flicked his eyes in the direction of my mostly treacherous High Priest. If
anything, my smirk got bigger. "Well then, Bakora, what were you doing when my guards found
you?" "I was going after my dog," he said. "He got away from me, and ran onto the palace
grounds. When I went after him to retrieve him, he got away from me again. That is when
your guards found me." It was quite obviously a lie, and he knew I knew it. "Well then,
there's no problem then is there?" I said, sitting back down in my throne, next to which
stood a fuming Rod Bearer. "Escort this fine lad to the gates and see him off." They lead
him off, Bakora looking both mad and satisfied at the same time. He was obviously getting
revenge for a defeat by Seth, but the fact he now had to live with was that he owed me. And
he knew it…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I blinked. Okay, so the rusted ones were from Egypt. I tried a silver one.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I watched from my Soul Room as Yugi sauntered down the street. He was excited
because of this 'dance studio' thing that he and some of his friends had set up for the girl
Taya. I personally have no idea what 'ballet' is, but I was happy that Yugi was happy. He
stopped being happy when he saw the thug go into the warehouse that Taya was supposedly
meeting him in. He ran as fast as his legs could go, and burst in on the thug cornering
Taya. "Taya!" He yelled, and tried to grab the thug, the fact he only came up to the man's
waist not stopping him for an instant. The man slammed Yugi into a nearby pile of wood,
knocking him out cold and briefly stunning me. I was able to discern Taya biting the man
before he slammed her into a wall and knocked her out too. That's when I took control of
our body from my unconscious other half. "Stand and face me, coward!" I said. "Huh?"
"Not so bold when someone stands up to you, are you?" "What are you talking about?" "Play
a game with me now, and I will decide your fate," I said as I held up Yugi's deck. "What
are you, nuts?" "Are you afraid? My game should be simple enough for even you to
understand. We each pick a card, and the highest power card wins." "You _are_ nuts," the man
said, and drew. "Hah! Lets see you beat this card! It's points are really high!" He held
the Curse of Dragon. I closed my eyes and drew, with absolute confidence in the Heart of
the cards. "And I drew…the Dark Magician, which means I win!" He growled, and lunged,
yelling, "I can still get you anyway, you freak!" Why did they always insist on being bad
losers? I sighed. "I really don't think so. Mind Crush!" I performed the Crush on the
man, dropping him. I knew that after a really, really bad day he was going to be perfectly
fine, so I went to check on Taya. She was just coming around, as was Yugi. "Taya? Taya,
are you alright?" I said to her. "Don't worry, you won't have to worry about him anymore."
Then I relinquished control back to Yugi without him knowing I had been there…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
"Oh." I felt kind of surprised I hadn't realized this sooner. So it had been
Yami in that instance. From what I could tell, Taya had had an inkling of his being
there, but until just now I had never figured it out. Feeling rather embarrassed, I
wandered around for a while before choosing a pillar that seemed to be made of some sort of
dark bluish steel.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Sigh. Still stuck in the Soul Room. Yugi's acting like i'm going to attack him the
second he takes his eyes off me. Of course, he doesn't listen when I try and explain
myself. He barely talks to me at all, which can make anybody kind of lonely after a while.
I mean, sure I can sense what he's thinking, see what he's doing, but that's nothing like a
real conversation. Uh-oh. Damn, he's upset at something…here we go again. /Yami./
//Yes?// /You did it again. I can't believe you did it again when I told you not to do it
EVER!/ //What? What did I do?// /That Mind thing you do. You did it on the guy while I
was unconscious! You went behind my back!/ //Aibou, I -// /Don't 'Aibou' me! I told you
not to and you did it anyway! I've got half a mind to take the Puzzle apart right now!/
That sent me into a panic, embarrassing yes, but this was MY EXISTENCE we're talking about.
//NO! Please Aibou, don't do that!// /You're really not going to do it anymore?/ He was
skeptical. //I-I won't even speak unless you want me to! Just don't take apart the
Puzzle.// Gods that was pathetic. A new low for me. /Alright, but you'd better keep your
word this time!/ He closed off the link, leaving me alone. Not really alone, technically
speaking, but as close as I could be. I didn't even bother hiding the tears that threatened
to spill. He _hated_ me. He hated everything about me, and all I did was protect him from
certain death. It didn't really help that no matter how much he hated me, I couldn't help
but like him. That's what kept me going under all this pain. The thought that maybe, just
maybe, he might go back to the sweet, loving Light that I had known…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I was crying, I suddenly realized. I remembered that incident, it had happened a
month ago today. I couldn't believe I had threatened to kill him! I moved to another dark
blue steel pillar. Though it did take me a minute to work up the courage to actually reach
out and touch it.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I might as well face facts. Yugi is never going to change back. And I haven't
spoken to him or anything, just like I promised. I haven't even spoken in my own defense
when he rants about me. I watched in melancholy fashion as Yugi met up with his friends
after school. They're at the 'arcade', although I'm still not sure what really happens in
there. 'Video' games aren't something you learn about as a Pharaoh. And to make things
worse, I can't exactly ask Yugi for an explanation, can I? Yugi seems to be good at them.
He's actually laughing, something I wish he'd do more often. "I won again!" "Ah, this
thing must be broken," Joey grumbled as he kicked the offending machine. "Joey, don't be a
sore loser just because Yugi beat you seventeen times in a row," Taya said. "That just
ain't natural! It's not fair, seeing as how Yug's got the King of Games to use!" I was
afraid someone would mention me. Yugi's good mood instantly switches gears. "What, do you
think I need him to play?" He snaps, and his friends look surprised. "You think I can't do
anything without Yami, don't you!" I winced at his tone. "Jeez Yug, you don't gotta take
it _personally_," Joey snapped back defensively. "Yeah, we all know you weren't even using
Yami," Tristan added, most unhelpfully. "Stop mentioning me," I whispered as I tried to
cover my ears from the argument that followed. Yugi's anger really hurts me, the sheer
force of it gets shoved right down our link and sears itself into my brain every time. And
this one was no exception. After a while, they calm down and make up. Yugi even manages to
stay calm when Taya asks the inevitable, 'Hey, we haven't seen Yami in a while, how is he
anyway?' "Give me a second, I'll ask," Yugi said to her. /Yami./ //Yes?// He sounds
relaxed enough, but I probably shouldn't push it. /They want to know how you're doing./ Oh
gee, I'm just peachy, except for being MISERABLE! //Tell them I'm fine,// I managed to say
in a neutral tone. Yugi cuts off the link again and relays my message to the others. "You
know, maybe he wants to try a video game. How about he joins us, Yugi?" Tristan's idea
sounds perfectly fine to me, but of course Yugi's not about to let me out for an instant.
"Actually, I have to go home now. Maybe next time," Yugi says smoothly…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I winced. I was beginning to sound like how Yami Bakura used to, a thought that
deeply sickened me. I hadn't noticed my paranoia turning into this kind of semi-sadistic
treatment. I didn't even _know_ my anger could hurt him like that. Feeling that was enough
for one night, I left the Soul Room. It was eight in the morning. I shrugged and got up,
belatedly realizing I was still wearing the Puzzle. I took it off and stuck it in a desk
drawer before going to the kitchen for breakfast.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Yugi: Can I register a complaint?
Yes, what is it?
Yugi: *ahem* YOU MADE ME LIKE YAMI BAKURA!
Yami Bakura: And what, pray tell, is wrong with that?!
Yami: How did you get in here?
Yami Bakura: Chaos Chao forget to lock her door again.
Actually, I invited him over!
Yugi and Yami: You did? Why?
I wanna see if I can do this theme with him and Ryou! But it'll have a LOT more Yami Bakura angst and suffering than i've been doing to Yami... (eyes glaze over thinking about wonderful evilness to be written)
Yami Bakura: You do and I'll seriously injure you for life.
Too late, one's in the works! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Yami Bakura: I'm gone. (runs off screaming)
Yami: If only we could do that...
Yugi: I know what you mean. Oh well, everybody R&R!
Yeah!
Oh, quit being a baby! At least you're _in_ this chappy!
Yami: Only because you like doing evil things to me!
Yugi: You should see what she's doing to me! I'm totally OOC in this!
Yami: *reads ahead* Yeah, but during those moments it's in _my_ POV! So _i'm_ the one that suffers!
Hey, without it it wouldn't be a torrid love st- AGH! FORGET YOU HEARD THAT!
Yami and Yugi: What? What?
Forget it - just do the disclaimer! Now!
::Chaos Chao ownth not Yu-Gi-Oh::
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Chapter Four - Why are you running away?
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I had stayed in that little clearing all day. Actually, at one or two points I
dozed off, only to wake up from nightmares where Yugi was ripping apart the Puzzle and
sending me back to that awful black pit…just the memory made me shudder. But now it was
getting dark, and though the rain had died down to a drizzle I wasn't particularly fond of
the idea of sleeping in the park. So I pushed myself up, briefly cursing when I discovered
both my legs were asleep. After waking them up I staggered out of the park. Even though
the rain was mostly gone, it was a lot colder than I liked. I shivered, then sneezed.
Great, the _last_ thing I needed right now was to get sick! As I made my way along the
streets, I glared at the houses with undeniable envy. And since somesome things just can't
be helped, I walked on. I was finally admitting to myself that I had no idea where I was
going when I heard someone speaking. "Yugi?" I looked, and much to my personal dismay I
saw Taya staring at me. Her eyes widened when she realized exactly who she was speaking to.
"Yami? What -" I didn't give her a chance to finish the question. Instead I continued
walking. Much to my annoyance, she followed me. "Yami! Wait up!" I toyed with the idea
of actually stopping and talking with her, but decided against it. Yugi wanted me out of
his life entirely - that meant not associating with his friends. Taya, a sheer force of
nature when stubborn, got in front of me and blocked my way. "Yami, stop and talk to me!"
I sighed, and though I didn't walk off I did avoid meeting her eyes. "I got a call from
Joey saying you left Yugi! Did you really leave him?" I nodded. "Really? Why did you
leave? And why didn't you come to one of us? You look like you went swimming with your
clothes on." I didn't have an answer for that. That seemed to not satisfy Taya. "Yami,
look at me. _Why_did_you_leave_?" She even had to ask? I gave her the only answer I could,
which was to meet her eyes. Judging from the shock on her face, she could tell. And so I
walked past her, turning the nearest corner and then several more in order to lose
her. During which I became lost myself. After a few more hours, I found a place to spend
the night. Being curled up in a wooden packing crate was not one of my better experiences.
I'm not sure how I managed to sleep, but I did.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After that copper pillar, I left Yami's Soul Room entirely. My feelings of
lousiness were not helped when I saw several messages on the machine. I played them back,
one at a time. "Yo Yugi, it's Tristan. Joey said you got rid of Yami. I have exactly one
thing to say about that. Ahem. WHAT IN *bleep* WERE YOU THINKING, YOU *bleep* !?!?!?!?!?!
Oh, and call me back." "Yugi, it's Ryou. Joey called me and told me about you and your
Yami. I don't feel it's my place to say anything, but I don't see why this had to happen.
*background noise* What? Oh. Uh, my Yami wants to know if you still want to keep the
Millennium Puzzle. I think he's joking, but…you know him." "Yugi, this is Taya. I'm
calling from Tristan's house. Joey called me about Yami this morning, but I didn't believe
it until an hour ago. Because then I ran into Yami. Yugi, I really think you need to find
him, and the sooner the better." I deleted all the messages. Then I noticed my stomach
growling, plus how late it was. Grabbing a quick snack, I went to bed. But after flopping
down on the bed and barely blinking, I was back in my Soul Room. I wanted to stay there,
but something drew me to Yami's Room. I suppose it was my curiosity acting up. After all,
I wasn't sure why Yami had left me to begin with. Walking amongst the pillars, I gingerly
reached out to touch a rust-red one.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Seth was by my side, as always. Sitting on the throne all the time was usually
boring, but this case proved to be interesting. The guards hauled the white-haired lad
between them and dumped him in front of me. "This boy was caught stealing from the Royal
Palace," Seth told me. "The punishment for thievery is death by beheading." I raised my
hand, stopping the guards from merely hauling their prisoner off. I turned to see Seth's
ice-blue eyes boring into me. "Your Highness?" He asked the rest of the question in his
gaze. "I believe it is _my_ job to pass judgment on these things, Seth." My voice was bored,
but held a knife edge underneath. Turning back to the others, I asked, "What did he steal?"
"Uh, actually," the guard said, "He was apprehended before anything was taken." "Indeed?
And what, may I ask, tipped you off to arrest him?" The guards faces went blank as they
tried to remember, which proved my suspicions correct. I got up and walked right up to the
bound prisoner. "Your name?" I asked him directly. He glared at me, but answered.
"Bakora." I smirked. I knew that name. He knew me too, and though he continued to glare at
me he also flicked his eyes in the direction of my mostly treacherous High Priest. If
anything, my smirk got bigger. "Well then, Bakora, what were you doing when my guards found
you?" "I was going after my dog," he said. "He got away from me, and ran onto the palace
grounds. When I went after him to retrieve him, he got away from me again. That is when
your guards found me." It was quite obviously a lie, and he knew I knew it. "Well then,
there's no problem then is there?" I said, sitting back down in my throne, next to which
stood a fuming Rod Bearer. "Escort this fine lad to the gates and see him off." They lead
him off, Bakora looking both mad and satisfied at the same time. He was obviously getting
revenge for a defeat by Seth, but the fact he now had to live with was that he owed me. And
he knew it…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I blinked. Okay, so the rusted ones were from Egypt. I tried a silver one.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I watched from my Soul Room as Yugi sauntered down the street. He was excited
because of this 'dance studio' thing that he and some of his friends had set up for the girl
Taya. I personally have no idea what 'ballet' is, but I was happy that Yugi was happy. He
stopped being happy when he saw the thug go into the warehouse that Taya was supposedly
meeting him in. He ran as fast as his legs could go, and burst in on the thug cornering
Taya. "Taya!" He yelled, and tried to grab the thug, the fact he only came up to the man's
waist not stopping him for an instant. The man slammed Yugi into a nearby pile of wood,
knocking him out cold and briefly stunning me. I was able to discern Taya biting the man
before he slammed her into a wall and knocked her out too. That's when I took control of
our body from my unconscious other half. "Stand and face me, coward!" I said. "Huh?"
"Not so bold when someone stands up to you, are you?" "What are you talking about?" "Play
a game with me now, and I will decide your fate," I said as I held up Yugi's deck. "What
are you, nuts?" "Are you afraid? My game should be simple enough for even you to
understand. We each pick a card, and the highest power card wins." "You _are_ nuts," the man
said, and drew. "Hah! Lets see you beat this card! It's points are really high!" He held
the Curse of Dragon. I closed my eyes and drew, with absolute confidence in the Heart of
the cards. "And I drew…the Dark Magician, which means I win!" He growled, and lunged,
yelling, "I can still get you anyway, you freak!" Why did they always insist on being bad
losers? I sighed. "I really don't think so. Mind Crush!" I performed the Crush on the
man, dropping him. I knew that after a really, really bad day he was going to be perfectly
fine, so I went to check on Taya. She was just coming around, as was Yugi. "Taya? Taya,
are you alright?" I said to her. "Don't worry, you won't have to worry about him anymore."
Then I relinquished control back to Yugi without him knowing I had been there…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
"Oh." I felt kind of surprised I hadn't realized this sooner. So it had been
Yami in that instance. From what I could tell, Taya had had an inkling of his being
there, but until just now I had never figured it out. Feeling rather embarrassed, I
wandered around for a while before choosing a pillar that seemed to be made of some sort of
dark bluish steel.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Sigh. Still stuck in the Soul Room. Yugi's acting like i'm going to attack him the
second he takes his eyes off me. Of course, he doesn't listen when I try and explain
myself. He barely talks to me at all, which can make anybody kind of lonely after a while.
I mean, sure I can sense what he's thinking, see what he's doing, but that's nothing like a
real conversation. Uh-oh. Damn, he's upset at something…here we go again. /Yami./
//Yes?// /You did it again. I can't believe you did it again when I told you not to do it
EVER!/ //What? What did I do?// /That Mind thing you do. You did it on the guy while I
was unconscious! You went behind my back!/ //Aibou, I -// /Don't 'Aibou' me! I told you
not to and you did it anyway! I've got half a mind to take the Puzzle apart right now!/
That sent me into a panic, embarrassing yes, but this was MY EXISTENCE we're talking about.
//NO! Please Aibou, don't do that!// /You're really not going to do it anymore?/ He was
skeptical. //I-I won't even speak unless you want me to! Just don't take apart the
Puzzle.// Gods that was pathetic. A new low for me. /Alright, but you'd better keep your
word this time!/ He closed off the link, leaving me alone. Not really alone, technically
speaking, but as close as I could be. I didn't even bother hiding the tears that threatened
to spill. He _hated_ me. He hated everything about me, and all I did was protect him from
certain death. It didn't really help that no matter how much he hated me, I couldn't help
but like him. That's what kept me going under all this pain. The thought that maybe, just
maybe, he might go back to the sweet, loving Light that I had known…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I was crying, I suddenly realized. I remembered that incident, it had happened a
month ago today. I couldn't believe I had threatened to kill him! I moved to another dark
blue steel pillar. Though it did take me a minute to work up the courage to actually reach
out and touch it.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I might as well face facts. Yugi is never going to change back. And I haven't
spoken to him or anything, just like I promised. I haven't even spoken in my own defense
when he rants about me. I watched in melancholy fashion as Yugi met up with his friends
after school. They're at the 'arcade', although I'm still not sure what really happens in
there. 'Video' games aren't something you learn about as a Pharaoh. And to make things
worse, I can't exactly ask Yugi for an explanation, can I? Yugi seems to be good at them.
He's actually laughing, something I wish he'd do more often. "I won again!" "Ah, this
thing must be broken," Joey grumbled as he kicked the offending machine. "Joey, don't be a
sore loser just because Yugi beat you seventeen times in a row," Taya said. "That just
ain't natural! It's not fair, seeing as how Yug's got the King of Games to use!" I was
afraid someone would mention me. Yugi's good mood instantly switches gears. "What, do you
think I need him to play?" He snaps, and his friends look surprised. "You think I can't do
anything without Yami, don't you!" I winced at his tone. "Jeez Yug, you don't gotta take
it _personally_," Joey snapped back defensively. "Yeah, we all know you weren't even using
Yami," Tristan added, most unhelpfully. "Stop mentioning me," I whispered as I tried to
cover my ears from the argument that followed. Yugi's anger really hurts me, the sheer
force of it gets shoved right down our link and sears itself into my brain every time. And
this one was no exception. After a while, they calm down and make up. Yugi even manages to
stay calm when Taya asks the inevitable, 'Hey, we haven't seen Yami in a while, how is he
anyway?' "Give me a second, I'll ask," Yugi said to her. /Yami./ //Yes?// He sounds
relaxed enough, but I probably shouldn't push it. /They want to know how you're doing./ Oh
gee, I'm just peachy, except for being MISERABLE! //Tell them I'm fine,// I managed to say
in a neutral tone. Yugi cuts off the link again and relays my message to the others. "You
know, maybe he wants to try a video game. How about he joins us, Yugi?" Tristan's idea
sounds perfectly fine to me, but of course Yugi's not about to let me out for an instant.
"Actually, I have to go home now. Maybe next time," Yugi says smoothly…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I winced. I was beginning to sound like how Yami Bakura used to, a thought that
deeply sickened me. I hadn't noticed my paranoia turning into this kind of semi-sadistic
treatment. I didn't even _know_ my anger could hurt him like that. Feeling that was enough
for one night, I left the Soul Room. It was eight in the morning. I shrugged and got up,
belatedly realizing I was still wearing the Puzzle. I took it off and stuck it in a desk
drawer before going to the kitchen for breakfast.
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Yugi: Can I register a complaint?
Yes, what is it?
Yugi: *ahem* YOU MADE ME LIKE YAMI BAKURA!
Yami Bakura: And what, pray tell, is wrong with that?!
Yami: How did you get in here?
Yami Bakura: Chaos Chao forget to lock her door again.
Actually, I invited him over!
Yugi and Yami: You did? Why?
I wanna see if I can do this theme with him and Ryou! But it'll have a LOT more Yami Bakura angst and suffering than i've been doing to Yami... (eyes glaze over thinking about wonderful evilness to be written)
Yami Bakura: You do and I'll seriously injure you for life.
Too late, one's in the works! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Yami Bakura: I'm gone. (runs off screaming)
Yami: If only we could do that...
Yugi: I know what you mean. Oh well, everybody R&R!
Yeah!