Okay, I'm really trying to wrap this fic up in this chapter! Let's see, a few terms you'll need to be aware of:
~Blah blah = A memory/flashback of when Bakura is beating Ryou
~Blah blah = A memory/flashback of earlier in the story

An don that note, you shall begin!

And so the day passed on, nothing of importance happened, Tracy and Yami hated each other with a passion and so on. And now the bell has finally rung and the school day draws to a close. We now find Ryou, Maric and Malik standing by Tracy, Katherine, Li and Kei at the front gate, Yuugi and his friends have already headed home.

"You sure Ryou?" Maric asked looking once more at his long time friend.

"Yeh, I just wanna catch up on old times I'll probably be back late so don't wait up," Ryou said reassuringly as he, Tracy and the other three said their goodbyes and headed off in the opposite direction that Maric went.

Maric stood there a sec before hearing Malik say from behind him, "Oh don't worry Ryou we have better things to do with our time and wait for you," both boys smirked at this and headed home to assume their activities…

(Ryou)

"So what have you guys done for two whole years?" he asked eagerly blinking a couple of times while grinning.

"Well when you left we stopped doing what we did," Li started and looked like he wasn't going to say anything else.

Kei however disagreed with this and said, "Actually are parents thought, 'It is to dangerous for such young children to wonder around at night'."

"Oh please come one, I mean what changed?" Tracy groaned rolling her eyes.

"They probably thought that without three 'strong' boys to defend us 'poor weak and defenceless' girls that it was too risky," pointed out Katherine.

"Suppose," Tracy pondered, "still don't see a worth while difference though," with that she shrugged her shoulders and stayed quiet.

"Anything else?" Ryou asked.

"Apart from a few natural disasters scattered throughout the country, no," said Li flatly.

"Oh okay," Ryou replied happily reaching up and stretching his arms, he didn't mean for it to happen, but it did. His jacket was just a little too small for him exposing a quarter of his arm and with it, one of Bakura's bruises. He was still in a happy mood when he put his arm down but that soon faded.

Li grabbed Ryou's wrist shoving his jacket sleeve roughly up his arm, making the button ping off as he did so. Instead of just one bruise there was a line of brownish splotches all the way up Ryou's arm. He heard the two girl's arms and out of the corner of his eye he could see the shock and anger on Kei's face. "Ryou, who did this?" Li voice was ice cold, no colder.

"Um…I can't tell you," Ryou whispered, no lower than a whisper it was barely audible.

"Why Ryou?"

"Because…. just because," was Ryou's only reply, he felt Li's hand leave his wrist and quickly re-covered his arm with his sleeve.

"Who did it and where are they?"

Ryou was so engrossed in his own thoughts and depression he didn't have time to register what he was saying, "My house…" he slapped a hand to hiss mouth when realisation hit him. But then he realised something else too, something about Bakura that he hadn't noticed before when he had stormed out of the house.

In a way he had sunken to the level of his Yami, he'd been tactless towards him and at the time completely clueless to his actions. His Yami had asked for help and what had he done, left, didn't even think twice.

---Ryou's POV---

~Onegai Master, stop, no, no, onegai!

~That's not good enough you pathetic piece of dirt

~Well then it's just not good enough

That's what I call a serous case of deja'vu; in truth we're both frauds I'm not that cold and neither is he. Oh damn it all already I became just as bad as he was and I didn't even realise it. He offered me an apology and what did I do, I threw it right back in his face oh Bakura I'm so sorry. Two wrongs don't make a right.

And he already knows that, I know he does because he told me so, actually he was doing it for himself but I heard, I heard that song.

~What the lyrics? That there's something in everyone

Now I understand, I was blind; I'm such a fool. Bakura, I'm sorry.

"I have to go back to my house," I saw Li smirk, "to sort this out and not beat him to death," Li face dropped a little but he was still smirking.

"Whatever you say Ryou," now why do I get this strange feeling he knew that was gonna happen, damn you Li.

"Hey Ryou," that was Tracy, I turned and nodded, "should I call Maric or anybody else?"

"I think I want Maric and Malik to be there," I nodded, again, what is it with me and nodding, ack.

"You don't have his number do you?" that was Katherine, oh yeh, I didn't think of that, how would Tracy have Maric's phone number.

"Well I gave him my mobile number and he gave me his, is that crime?" she wasn't even blushing, oh well.

"Mm hm, sure ya did," said Kei half humorously half sarcastically while rolling his eyes.

"Believe what you want, Maric's gay anyway," and with that she whipped out her mobile and speedily dialled a number.

"Sorry to sound rood Ryou, but I have an arrangement I've gotta make, so bye bye," Stated Katherine before dashing off, Ryou raised an eyebrow and quickly put it done again when Kei said 'music lesson'.

"Maric says he'll meet us at your house's gate Ryou," I heard Tracy say and once again I nodded. I saw Kei's eyes go wide and wondered what was up.

"I better go get the kids from school, bye," and with that he too dashed off in more or less the same way as Katherine. If I was a suspicious person, who I'm not, I might have thought there was something up.

"Kay, bye, come on two," I said gesturing the way we had come with my hand while starting to run along it. The journey was silent and didn't take long anyway; when we got to my house we were just in time to see Maric and Malik cross the road to the house.

"Hey Ryou, so ya gonna beat the crap outta him or what?" Maric asked, Ryou scowled and silently answered the question.

"Well, everyone ready?" asked Tracy as the five gathered under the small porch. Four yes, nods or whatever they used affirmed her statement. With that Ryou put the silver key in the lock, turned it and opened the door.

Cliffhanger, hehe, well as I said I'm trying to wrap it up. Now either the next chappie is gonna be long or I split the end in two, you decide and tell me in your reviews!
Oh yeh and please, please review!