Card-Keeper: Sorry about the p tags, I dunno what went wrong. The same thing happened to my friend author who wrote 'Halloween Treat'. The codes aren't wrong, and I'll try to update more often! Finally I am back on it, it's working again on my computer. ^_^
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh in any way shape or form. DON'T SUE!! Thankies. ^_^
Chapter 8-
Hikari's Soul
^^^Bakura and Ryou^^^
Ryou's POV:
I- I don't understand what happened. One minute I'm locked in my soul room, the next I find myself surrounded in black. At first I assumed it must be the Shadow Realm, but this place feels different. God, I really wish Yami were here right now, he would know what to do, and he'd stay brave. Well, I'll try to think what he would do. Yeah, that's a good idea.
I decided it would be best if I just stayed put, but then again, I don't know if Yami even knows that I'm gone, so maybe it's not such a good choice after all. I could search for some way to get out of this place, but then if Yami does know and comes searching for me, it might take even longer. I let a silent debate with myself go on for a few minutes, then decide for the latter of the two ideas.
As I was walking, I couldn't help but let my mind wander to the start of all this. It began as just a simple vacation for Yami and I, then the thought came that we should hook up Yugi and his Yami, and then I get stuck out in the cold and who knows where I am now. I wonder what Yami's doing right now?
I stop for a small rest. I'm not sure how long I've been walking for, there's nothing out here for me to tell what time it may be. Once I sat down however, a cloth came up and wrapped around my mouth. I tried to fight back, but I didn't know who or what it was that had attacked, and it was already hard enough to breathe. My vission blurred and no matter how I fought it, unconcienceness overtook me and I was again engulfed in more darkness.
:End Ryou's POV
Bakura's POV:
Ryou! Ryou! Arrrgg! All this silence coming from my aibou is really starting to tick me off! "Aibou say something NOW!" I scream, begining to panic. What if he never woke up? No! I can't start thinking like that! I need to get to him somehow! Think Bakura think!!! It's not fair! I- I can't do this alone! Ryou can't you see I need you right now!
Bakura held his head with both hands trying to stop the flow of tears threatening to fall at any moment now. He kneeled down next to Ryou's lifeless form and brushed a few strands of hair away from his serene face while staring at him lovingly. He allowed a few teardrops to shed onto his aibou. Tears...he once thought they were a weakness, at first he would only show that kind of weakness in front of Ryou, but learned afterwards there was nothing weak about showing how you felt.
"Aibou...I'm sorry....I-I'm s-so s-sor-rry....RYOU!" he broke down crying on Ryou's chest.
He cried hysterically, not caring anymore...he just wanted his beloved back. He thought back on all the good times the two of them shared together. He wept like there was no tomorrow, which in his case there wouldn't be- not if Ryou wasn't there beside him.
"I-I must think of something! For Ryou's sake...he's counting on me." he muttered. Bakura began to feel himself growing lightheaded and dizzy. He tried to fight it but passed out from overexhaustion.
:End Bakura's POV
When Bakura finally came to, his eyes widened at the sight of chains clasped around his ankles and wrists. He glanced around his surroundings for a moment. There wasn't much around, all darkness. There wasn't even a wall the chains were connected to, it was like they were hanging loosely from Bakura, but when he tried to stand up, they pulled him back down as if by some unseen force.
'This must be the Shadow Realm.'thought Bakura. 'How did I end up here?'
His head raised at the sound of footprints coming near him, but that wasn't all that got his attention. For when he looked upwards there was that old woman, dragging Ryou towards him. It appeared that Ryou had been fighting back, he had scars to prove it, and it seemed like he was still a little. He couldn't do much however; all he did was mumble a few words and move his arms as much as he could, which wasn't much. He looked terrible and very, very weak.
'Of course! Ryou was probably already tired out just from being in the Shadow Realm! I forgot he can't take the dark forces of it!' Bakura was now paniking, if he didn't lose Ryou from that woman, he might lose him just from over exposure to the Shadow Realm! This was NOT his day.
A moan from Ryou after he had been slammed up against the 'wall' that Bakura was chained to brought him back to reality. "Ryou! Are you alright! Ryou!?" he yelled at Ryou's broken form.
When he didn't respond Bakura began to get really scared. "Ryou! Please answer me Ryou!"
/Y....Yami?/
//Ryou! You're okay!? Say you're okay Ryou please! Don't leave me just yet!//
/A...am trying Y...Yami......it's....really..hard to....stay....awake....in this.....place.....where are....we?/
Bakura wished he could just scoop his aibou in his arms and carry him someplace safe, but here he could do neither, just sit and watch him suffer.
//Ryou just trust me on this...I know you can do it. It will be hard, but try to stay awake...if you fall asleep you might...// Bakura didn't want to think about what the consequences would be if that were to happen...
/I...I can try....Yami...but..../
//No buts aibou. You WILL make it! Promise me you'll make it!//
/.../
//...Aibou?//
/...I'm here Yami./
//Good...but you never promised aibou.//
/.../
//...Aibou...please....please promise me!//
/...I...I...I promise. I'll never leave you Yami./
Bakura breathed a sigh of relief after hearing him say that. His relief was cut short however, as the old woman walked foward to the both of them.
"You know...I really do love it when couples are tragically separated! You two are so cute together, it will make it all the better! Now let's see...here's the tricky part...who to get rid of? Either way...I'll just banish the other and this vessel will be mine! So...how about I let the two of you decide because I'm so nice!"
Bakura stared at her wide-eyed with shock. Never see his beloved again? There was absolutely no way he would let something like that happen to the two of them. But...his current predicament proved otherwise.
"L...leave....Y-yami....out....of this." Ryou shakily raised his head so he could see the woman face to face. "D...don't harm...him. I'll....go....just promise.....that he'll....be okay....don't banish him please! I...I'll do anything...please...
"Ryou no!! I won't allow this!"
"Ooohhh...decisions decisions...this is so great! Neither want the other to be hurt, but in the process...no matter who I choose, both will be heartbroken! So it really doesn't matter don't you see! But I won't drag this out any longer...I choose....
Both held their breaths before the final answer came.
/Yami...I...just wanted to let you know that...I'm sorry./
//Sorry for what aibou?? You have done nothing wrong.//
/I...I wasn't strong enough to fight her off...and now we're both stuck...and none of this wouldn't have happened if I hadn't run off.../
//Don't blame yourself...I failed as your Yami...I couldn't protect you.//
/Hey Yami.../
//Yeah?//
/I love you/
//Love you too Aibou. I always will.//
"...Ryou!" screamed the old woman.
"Noooooo!!!" Bakura screamed as she inched near Ryou, who now hung his head down low. He appeared to be holding back tears he didn't want him to see of course. Ryou wanted to be strong for his Yami to the end. He couldn't break down now... but the pain he felt for leaving Bakura and breaking his promise was almost unbearable.
Bakura couldn't take anymore of this pain. 'Ryou's gonna die right here right now in front of my eyes if I don't do something NOW!' He eyed the chains for a brief second before going into a rage and snapping them both off his wrists like they were strings. His vision went blurry and he couldn't remember much of what happened, but when his sight cleared he saw Ryou laying unmoving as if he were dead.
Ryou's POV:
I couldn't believe what I was seeing when it happened. One moment Yami's face went from great sorrow to fear to anger in a matter of seconds. I could sense through our link so many more emotions...all bad. My heart sunk seeing him like this. Suddenly, he glowed a bright white color, which was odd seeings as he was the 'darker' half. I would have thought he would at least have been black. He broke the chains off as if they were nothing and charged in a rage at the old woman who stood there in shock. Both became engulfed in the light. There was a loud shrill shreik of pain before everything went deathly silent. I believe that the effects the Shadow Realm must have been taking their toll on me, because I felt greatly weakened. I became dizzy and felt myself passing out no matter how I tried to fight it.
:End Ryou's POV
Bakura's POV:
I scrambled over with what energy I had left to my hikari. I had saved him from that old wrench this is true, but his life was still in danger. I decided to use what remaining energy I had to transport us both back to the hotel, and whatever might be left from that I'd give to
him. I held him close in my arms, cheek pressed against my chest, as I just sat there and stared at him for a few seconds. I then remembered the task at hand and concentrated on bringing us both to the hotel.
:End Bakura's POV
Yami Yugi's POV:
~~Dream Sequence~~
"Aibou?" I called. "Aibou where are you?"
My hikari had told me to come to this spot and then ran off somewhere. So of course I did what he requested and was now standing here in some clearing of a forest. It's been about 15 minutes and I was beginning to get worried. A rustling in the bushes nearby caught my attention and I found my hikari weaving through them towards me.
"Aibou, where have you-"
"Yami! I want to show you something! Come with me over here!" he interruped while grabbing a hold of my arm and half dragging me somewhere else now. I was totally confused but let him lead the way. We went far into the forest and I lost track by now of how to get back, I just hoped my aibou knew the way.
"Okay Yami...here we are. Close your eyes and no peeking!" he giggled.
"Alright Aibou."
He took my hand in his once again and walked a few more steps forward before letting go and saying I could open my eyes. When I did my breath was taken away at the beautiful sight before me. There were hundreds of flowers all different colors surrounding a small river what looked to be about 10 meters wide.
"A- aibou, this is wonderful...I- I don't know what to say..."
"Say you love me."
I laughed at this. "Of course! I love you my koi, always will." I leaned in to claim the young one's lips with my own when-
~~End Dream and Yami's POV~~
"Yami!" Yugi called.
"W...what's going on aibou?"
"Yami look it's Bakura!"
"What!?" he immediatly woke up at the news.
Bakura stumbled to get up, but he was already so weak from before it was quite a task. Yugi tried to stop him but he just pushed him aside.
"W...where's........R..........ryou...?" he rasped out.
"What? Ryou? He's not here. Shouldn't you know?" replied Yugi.
"Ryou!" At this he staggered to the door connecting both pairs' rooms. He opened it and to his relief a sleeping Ryou was on the bed as if nothing had ever happened. He turned around to face Yami and Yugi to tell them what had happened. The duo was shocked but Bakura assured them they were both alright now, which helped calm them. After a bit of persuasion from Bakura (and Yami wanting to get back to his dream ^_^), everyone went back to bed to sleep in the next morning, it was after all already 3:30 in the morning, and hardly anyone got any sleep.
Bakura's POV:
I quietly walked towards my other half's sleeping form. He looked so serene and angelic when he was like that, I don't want to wake him. He's been through enough already. Unfortionatly for me, it didn't take long for him to wake up and wonder how he got back to his room. I shushed him and said I would explain everything the next morning, and to get some rest because we would all be leaving tomorrow.
/Yami, I'm so glad we're all okay now and it's all over./ he said mentally after we curled up together. He pressed his face against my chest and I held him a bit tighter.
//So am I love. But let's not think about what happened right now okay? Let's just get some sleep.//
He yawned and nodded before drifting into a deep sleep. I kissed his forehead and after a few minutes of thinking I too fell asleep.
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Card-Keeper:I think I'll do one more chapter and then end the story. Also, I'm thinking about writing a fic for Christmas. It won't be a continuation of this though. Tell me if you think I should and who I should pair up and why. I'll take into consideration the couples when writing it, although my fav. couples are Ryou/Bakura Yami/Yugi and Jou/Mai. I don't think I'd mind if you wanted a Ryou/Malik though. We'll see, I haven't thought about it too much, I don't think much period. ^_^;; Anyway...hope you enjoyed this chappie!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh in any way shape or form. DON'T SUE!! Thankies. ^_^
Chapter 8-
Hikari's Soul
^^^Bakura and Ryou^^^
Ryou's POV:
I- I don't understand what happened. One minute I'm locked in my soul room, the next I find myself surrounded in black. At first I assumed it must be the Shadow Realm, but this place feels different. God, I really wish Yami were here right now, he would know what to do, and he'd stay brave. Well, I'll try to think what he would do. Yeah, that's a good idea.
I decided it would be best if I just stayed put, but then again, I don't know if Yami even knows that I'm gone, so maybe it's not such a good choice after all. I could search for some way to get out of this place, but then if Yami does know and comes searching for me, it might take even longer. I let a silent debate with myself go on for a few minutes, then decide for the latter of the two ideas.
As I was walking, I couldn't help but let my mind wander to the start of all this. It began as just a simple vacation for Yami and I, then the thought came that we should hook up Yugi and his Yami, and then I get stuck out in the cold and who knows where I am now. I wonder what Yami's doing right now?
I stop for a small rest. I'm not sure how long I've been walking for, there's nothing out here for me to tell what time it may be. Once I sat down however, a cloth came up and wrapped around my mouth. I tried to fight back, but I didn't know who or what it was that had attacked, and it was already hard enough to breathe. My vission blurred and no matter how I fought it, unconcienceness overtook me and I was again engulfed in more darkness.
:End Ryou's POV
Bakura's POV:
Ryou! Ryou! Arrrgg! All this silence coming from my aibou is really starting to tick me off! "Aibou say something NOW!" I scream, begining to panic. What if he never woke up? No! I can't start thinking like that! I need to get to him somehow! Think Bakura think!!! It's not fair! I- I can't do this alone! Ryou can't you see I need you right now!
Bakura held his head with both hands trying to stop the flow of tears threatening to fall at any moment now. He kneeled down next to Ryou's lifeless form and brushed a few strands of hair away from his serene face while staring at him lovingly. He allowed a few teardrops to shed onto his aibou. Tears...he once thought they were a weakness, at first he would only show that kind of weakness in front of Ryou, but learned afterwards there was nothing weak about showing how you felt.
"Aibou...I'm sorry....I-I'm s-so s-sor-rry....RYOU!" he broke down crying on Ryou's chest.
He cried hysterically, not caring anymore...he just wanted his beloved back. He thought back on all the good times the two of them shared together. He wept like there was no tomorrow, which in his case there wouldn't be- not if Ryou wasn't there beside him.
"I-I must think of something! For Ryou's sake...he's counting on me." he muttered. Bakura began to feel himself growing lightheaded and dizzy. He tried to fight it but passed out from overexhaustion.
:End Bakura's POV
When Bakura finally came to, his eyes widened at the sight of chains clasped around his ankles and wrists. He glanced around his surroundings for a moment. There wasn't much around, all darkness. There wasn't even a wall the chains were connected to, it was like they were hanging loosely from Bakura, but when he tried to stand up, they pulled him back down as if by some unseen force.
'This must be the Shadow Realm.'thought Bakura. 'How did I end up here?'
His head raised at the sound of footprints coming near him, but that wasn't all that got his attention. For when he looked upwards there was that old woman, dragging Ryou towards him. It appeared that Ryou had been fighting back, he had scars to prove it, and it seemed like he was still a little. He couldn't do much however; all he did was mumble a few words and move his arms as much as he could, which wasn't much. He looked terrible and very, very weak.
'Of course! Ryou was probably already tired out just from being in the Shadow Realm! I forgot he can't take the dark forces of it!' Bakura was now paniking, if he didn't lose Ryou from that woman, he might lose him just from over exposure to the Shadow Realm! This was NOT his day.
A moan from Ryou after he had been slammed up against the 'wall' that Bakura was chained to brought him back to reality. "Ryou! Are you alright! Ryou!?" he yelled at Ryou's broken form.
When he didn't respond Bakura began to get really scared. "Ryou! Please answer me Ryou!"
/Y....Yami?/
//Ryou! You're okay!? Say you're okay Ryou please! Don't leave me just yet!//
/A...am trying Y...Yami......it's....really..hard to....stay....awake....in this.....place.....where are....we?/
Bakura wished he could just scoop his aibou in his arms and carry him someplace safe, but here he could do neither, just sit and watch him suffer.
//Ryou just trust me on this...I know you can do it. It will be hard, but try to stay awake...if you fall asleep you might...// Bakura didn't want to think about what the consequences would be if that were to happen...
/I...I can try....Yami...but..../
//No buts aibou. You WILL make it! Promise me you'll make it!//
/.../
//...Aibou?//
/...I'm here Yami./
//Good...but you never promised aibou.//
/.../
//...Aibou...please....please promise me!//
/...I...I...I promise. I'll never leave you Yami./
Bakura breathed a sigh of relief after hearing him say that. His relief was cut short however, as the old woman walked foward to the both of them.
"You know...I really do love it when couples are tragically separated! You two are so cute together, it will make it all the better! Now let's see...here's the tricky part...who to get rid of? Either way...I'll just banish the other and this vessel will be mine! So...how about I let the two of you decide because I'm so nice!"
Bakura stared at her wide-eyed with shock. Never see his beloved again? There was absolutely no way he would let something like that happen to the two of them. But...his current predicament proved otherwise.
"L...leave....Y-yami....out....of this." Ryou shakily raised his head so he could see the woman face to face. "D...don't harm...him. I'll....go....just promise.....that he'll....be okay....don't banish him please! I...I'll do anything...please...
"Ryou no!! I won't allow this!"
"Ooohhh...decisions decisions...this is so great! Neither want the other to be hurt, but in the process...no matter who I choose, both will be heartbroken! So it really doesn't matter don't you see! But I won't drag this out any longer...I choose....
Both held their breaths before the final answer came.
/Yami...I...just wanted to let you know that...I'm sorry./
//Sorry for what aibou?? You have done nothing wrong.//
/I...I wasn't strong enough to fight her off...and now we're both stuck...and none of this wouldn't have happened if I hadn't run off.../
//Don't blame yourself...I failed as your Yami...I couldn't protect you.//
/Hey Yami.../
//Yeah?//
/I love you/
//Love you too Aibou. I always will.//
"...Ryou!" screamed the old woman.
"Noooooo!!!" Bakura screamed as she inched near Ryou, who now hung his head down low. He appeared to be holding back tears he didn't want him to see of course. Ryou wanted to be strong for his Yami to the end. He couldn't break down now... but the pain he felt for leaving Bakura and breaking his promise was almost unbearable.
Bakura couldn't take anymore of this pain. 'Ryou's gonna die right here right now in front of my eyes if I don't do something NOW!' He eyed the chains for a brief second before going into a rage and snapping them both off his wrists like they were strings. His vision went blurry and he couldn't remember much of what happened, but when his sight cleared he saw Ryou laying unmoving as if he were dead.
Ryou's POV:
I couldn't believe what I was seeing when it happened. One moment Yami's face went from great sorrow to fear to anger in a matter of seconds. I could sense through our link so many more emotions...all bad. My heart sunk seeing him like this. Suddenly, he glowed a bright white color, which was odd seeings as he was the 'darker' half. I would have thought he would at least have been black. He broke the chains off as if they were nothing and charged in a rage at the old woman who stood there in shock. Both became engulfed in the light. There was a loud shrill shreik of pain before everything went deathly silent. I believe that the effects the Shadow Realm must have been taking their toll on me, because I felt greatly weakened. I became dizzy and felt myself passing out no matter how I tried to fight it.
:End Ryou's POV
Bakura's POV:
I scrambled over with what energy I had left to my hikari. I had saved him from that old wrench this is true, but his life was still in danger. I decided to use what remaining energy I had to transport us both back to the hotel, and whatever might be left from that I'd give to
him. I held him close in my arms, cheek pressed against my chest, as I just sat there and stared at him for a few seconds. I then remembered the task at hand and concentrated on bringing us both to the hotel.
:End Bakura's POV
Yami Yugi's POV:
~~Dream Sequence~~
"Aibou?" I called. "Aibou where are you?"
My hikari had told me to come to this spot and then ran off somewhere. So of course I did what he requested and was now standing here in some clearing of a forest. It's been about 15 minutes and I was beginning to get worried. A rustling in the bushes nearby caught my attention and I found my hikari weaving through them towards me.
"Aibou, where have you-"
"Yami! I want to show you something! Come with me over here!" he interruped while grabbing a hold of my arm and half dragging me somewhere else now. I was totally confused but let him lead the way. We went far into the forest and I lost track by now of how to get back, I just hoped my aibou knew the way.
"Okay Yami...here we are. Close your eyes and no peeking!" he giggled.
"Alright Aibou."
He took my hand in his once again and walked a few more steps forward before letting go and saying I could open my eyes. When I did my breath was taken away at the beautiful sight before me. There were hundreds of flowers all different colors surrounding a small river what looked to be about 10 meters wide.
"A- aibou, this is wonderful...I- I don't know what to say..."
"Say you love me."
I laughed at this. "Of course! I love you my koi, always will." I leaned in to claim the young one's lips with my own when-
~~End Dream and Yami's POV~~
"Yami!" Yugi called.
"W...what's going on aibou?"
"Yami look it's Bakura!"
"What!?" he immediatly woke up at the news.
Bakura stumbled to get up, but he was already so weak from before it was quite a task. Yugi tried to stop him but he just pushed him aside.
"W...where's........R..........ryou...?" he rasped out.
"What? Ryou? He's not here. Shouldn't you know?" replied Yugi.
"Ryou!" At this he staggered to the door connecting both pairs' rooms. He opened it and to his relief a sleeping Ryou was on the bed as if nothing had ever happened. He turned around to face Yami and Yugi to tell them what had happened. The duo was shocked but Bakura assured them they were both alright now, which helped calm them. After a bit of persuasion from Bakura (and Yami wanting to get back to his dream ^_^), everyone went back to bed to sleep in the next morning, it was after all already 3:30 in the morning, and hardly anyone got any sleep.
Bakura's POV:
I quietly walked towards my other half's sleeping form. He looked so serene and angelic when he was like that, I don't want to wake him. He's been through enough already. Unfortionatly for me, it didn't take long for him to wake up and wonder how he got back to his room. I shushed him and said I would explain everything the next morning, and to get some rest because we would all be leaving tomorrow.
/Yami, I'm so glad we're all okay now and it's all over./ he said mentally after we curled up together. He pressed his face against my chest and I held him a bit tighter.
//So am I love. But let's not think about what happened right now okay? Let's just get some sleep.//
He yawned and nodded before drifting into a deep sleep. I kissed his forehead and after a few minutes of thinking I too fell asleep.
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Card-Keeper:I think I'll do one more chapter and then end the story. Also, I'm thinking about writing a fic for Christmas. It won't be a continuation of this though. Tell me if you think I should and who I should pair up and why. I'll take into consideration the couples when writing it, although my fav. couples are Ryou/Bakura Yami/Yugi and Jou/Mai. I don't think I'd mind if you wanted a Ryou/Malik though. We'll see, I haven't thought about it too much, I don't think much period. ^_^;; Anyway...hope you enjoyed this chappie!