*Takes a look at reviews* I'm so happy! I'm close to the triple digit mark. I thought I'd never see the day. Anyway, thanks for everyone's support. If you want to take the time, an authoress named Hinotama Soul writes some funny stuff. Bakura's character went to crap today.

/./ = Bakura's thoughts

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Bakura found himself on a chair, oblivious to where he was. /Hmm. I'm sitting like a dumb-ass on a chair, without Ryou, and without the Ring. Interesting. / He then looked around. It was clearly Ryou's room, neat, with a lot of pillows, with a lot of bandages kept just in case. He really did hit Ryou a lot, but Ryou was a pro at hiding it from his parents.

His thoughts were suddenly interrupted; the door was nearly knocked over... by Ryou's dad. Bakura glared. "WHAT!?" He didn't give a damn whether it was Ryou's dad or not.

"Hey, boy, don't talk to me like that!" Ryou's dad took a swing at Bakura.

Bakura easily dodged. "What the fuck!?" Ryou's dad was in no way violent, a quiet, mild-mannered man.

He then took another swing at Bakura. "Don't play with me, boy! C'mere! You know I can get you when you sleep!"

Bakura dodged again and lazily hit Ryou's dad in the face, giving him a black eye. /This must be for killing that stupid priest back there... /

He put a hand to his eye, and squinted at Bakura with his good eye. "HEY! It's you! You're that stupid guy that stopped us from hitting that piece of shit a while ago! I thought we got rid of you!"

Bakura scowled. /Me protect Ryou? Shit. I'm paying for this more than I thought. Crap. / He thought this since the way he saw it: death had no consequences. But, while he was pondering this, Ryou's dad's fist met with Bakura's head, knocking him out.

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When Bakura woke up, he was outside, next to trashcans. /Shit. Their trash smells like shit. / Ryou's dad wasn't there, and again, he had no sense of time. He was hurting all over, but it didn't bother him. He sat up slightly. /Bastard! Hitting me while I'm conked out... / It was then that he heard a conversation from the inside. He supposed that Ryou's dad was talking to Ryou's mom.

"That shit-head that was protectin' Ryou a couple months ago was in 'is room today."

"Hmh, has he finally found out that Ryou's dead?"

"Nah, he looked like he had no idea of nuthin."

"Y'know, I thought we got rid of him."

"Maybe he jus healed."

"Naw, we messed him up good, I'm surprised that he got better so fast!"

Bakura stopped listening. /I protected Ryou? I got hurt trying to stay with him? / Quite weird for Bakura... /Ryou's dead... / He wanted answers... And he needed somewhere that was away from the people who killed Ryou...

Hmm, who else had gone there, too... /Me, Ryou, rich-guy, kid-with-puzzle, guy-in-puzzle... / He would find kid-with-puzzle. Maybe he would take that puzzle finally. Or, he would scheme against Ryou's parents... he would rip them appart limb by limb. Fun...

He scowled at his misfortune and walked purposefully to the Turtle Game Shop.

When he arrived, he saw that the store wasn't open, but there was a paper on the door. Bakura guessed that it told the whereabouts of the owners, or at least some helpful information. However, he couldn't read it, so he just pulled a guy that was passing by the collar. "Read this to me!"

The guy was shaken. "O-o-okay. Urm... 'Turtle Game Shop closed forever. Residents relocated to...'" the guy finished reading it.

"Take me there!" Bakura demanded. The guy was still shaken, but he led Bakura there as fast as possible, to be rid of him.

Bakura then shoved the guy away, who began to flee in terror. At that time, Bakura noticed that Yugi was looking quite forlorn, by himself. Bakura decided to speak up. "Kid-with-puzzle, open the fucking gate!"

Yugi looked up, startled. "Bakura? You can't take my puzzle when Yami isn't in it, see?" Yugi tried to take it off, but some invisible force held it there.

Bakura scowled, again. "If that's the case, then let me in!"

Yugi considered it a moment, and then figured that he should stay with the people that also went to the other realm. Then he said, "It's open."

Bakura couldn't believe it, but sure enough, it was. /Stupid... /

Bakura stepped inside of the gates and closed them but he did not advance toward Yugi, Bakura simply leaned against the gates, which only opened inwards. "Just so you know, Ryou's dead."

Yugi's eye's widened and then he chewed at his lip to help him think. "I think- I think that Ryou died here, in this time and place, but the Ryou that was with us will come back."

Bakura looked perplexed. "Huh?"

Yugi didn't answer. He was still thinking. He then looked alarmed. "Do you realize that Ryou could awaken in a coffin or something!?"

"What!? Then he could be dead now!?" Bakura didn't even think about the fact that he wasn't supposed to care about Ryou.

"No, he's not dead yet, you can't exist without Ryou being alive somewhere, but we have to hurry!"

Bakura was actually thinking things out. "Ryou's probably buried in the backyard of his house instead of in a burial place... or else his fucking parents would probably been dealt with by that law shit..."

"Let's go then!"

"I don't know how to get there from here!" Bakura snapped.

"Well, I should be able to find it! We have to hurry! Get that shovel that's against the wall!"

Bakura was smart enough to know that he had to cooperate with Yugi. /I'm coming, Ryou... /

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That chapter was BAD! Oh well, it had to be written.