Hidden Truths

Part Three

A White Haired Demon

I do not own Yu-Go-Oh!, or anything else related to it.

Actually, I don't really own much of anything, so please don't sue me!!!

"Yugi, are you sure you're ready for school? You could rest for a day or two more, you know." Yami said hesitantly, watching as Yugi tightened the straps of the leather shirt she wore.

"No, I really do need to get back to school, and fall into the swing of things. You can't baby me forever, you know." Yugi grinned, tightening the strap another loop with a grunt. Yami sighed, and sat down wearily on the bed.

"Aibou, you shouldn't do that, you're going to hurt yourself." Yami whispered as Yugi, finally satisfied, threw on her white school shirt, shooting a glare over at Yami.

"Yami, I've been doing this for years. I'm not going to..." Yugi winced, clutching at her side as Yami caught her, an anxious, worried expression written across his face.

"Hikari, are you all right? I told you, you have to be more careful, your body still isn't healed. You need to loosen these damned straps!" Yami hissed, prying at the leather buckles, Yugi struggling to get away, and catch her breath at the same time.

"Yami! I'm fine, I just pinched skin, that's all! Really, I'm fine!" Yugi snapped, buttoning and buckling her shirts once more. Yami sighed, and shook his head.

//Aibou, I'm worried, you shouldn't have hidden something like this from me.// Yami sighed, looking up at the clock, eyes going wide.

They were going to be late for school.....


"Hey Yug! Heard that car really took a piece outa ya!" Joey laughed, slapping Yugi on the back, making her stumble forward, Yami glaring at the blond.

"Joey!! Don't slap Yugi! He's still hurt!" Tea snapped, coming to stand next to Yugi. Joey chuckled nervously, folding his hands behind his head.

"Sorry about that Yugi, I'll try to slap Tristin instead next time!" Joey laughed, slapping Tristin as hard as he could. Tristin glared, and began to chase Joey around the school grounds. Yami sighed, and shook his head.....


"Mr Motou?" Yami stared out the window, completely oblivious to the teacher standing in front of his desk.

"MR MOTOU!" the teacher shouted, slamming her book on Yami's desk, bringing the former Pharaoh back to reality with a sudden thud.

"Um, yes Ms Mooza*?" Yami asked sleepily, still collecting his thoughts. Ms Mooza, the algebra teacher, glared him down angrily.

"Could you please answer the question on the board. And while you're at it, stay after class, and answer the rest on the board as well!?" Ms Mooza demanded as the final school bell rang in the background. Yami sighed, his head hanging low, nodded.

Bakura sniggered in the background, much amused.....


"Yami! I was wondering where you were!" Yugi piped, sitting on the front steps, Bakura and Ryou next to her.

"Sorry, I had to stay after school." Yami sighed, Bakura sniggering.

"Maybe next time you'll get your head out of the sky, Pharaoh!" Bakura snapped. Ryou and Yugi both rolled their eyes as the two spirits glared each other down.

"Thanks for waiting with me, Ryou. See you tomorrow!" Yugi smiled and waved, grabbing Yami's hand and dragging him away from Bakura.

"Yeah, no problem. Come on Bakura!" Ryou sighed, pulling on the tomb robbers hair to get his attention.

There was much swearing.


"Yugi, I don't like you hanging around with Bakura. He's dangerous." Yami said as they walked home. Yugi rolled her eyes.

"Yami, he wasn't going to hurt me! He's a friend! Next thing you know you'll say that Joey is too dangerous to hang around!" Yugi's laughter faded as she saw the glare on her spirits face.

"Yugi, I don't want you hurt ever again. I'm just trying to look out for you, that's all." Yami whispered, brushing past the small girl. Yugi ran after him, stopping him, glaring.

"You never complained before! You're just doing this because you found out I'm a girl! You would never have treated me like this if I was a guy!" Yugi snapped, pointing her finger accusingly. Yami glared at her.

"Nonsense! This has nothing to do with that!" Yami insisted, but, in his heart, he knew it was true. Ever since he had discovered that his aibou was a girl, he was treating her all the more carefully, as if she would sift through his hands like grains of sand.

"Yeah fucking right!" Yugi snapped, slapping Yami with all her strength, running as Yami could only stand there, stunned, completely unaware of the wisp of white hair in the bushes, and the chuckle that was lost on the wind....


'I knew it! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!' Yugi sobbed to herself, feet dangling over a bridge in the park, tears staining her face.

"He couldn't even pretend that it didn't even matter!" Yugi screamed to the fish below, letting herself lean a little more toward the edge, no railing to block her, or support her.

"He never was the most considerate of people." a voice whispered, sitting down next to her.

Yugi turned to meet the new comer, very surprised to find Bakura sitting next to her. She had never figured the spirit of the Millennium Ring the kind of guy to go to the park, let alone spout sage advise about life.

"Bakura, what are you doing here?" Yugi asked staring down at the murky water. Thoughts of what it would be like to eternally rest in the rivers icy depths drifting through her mind once more.

"Can't a spirit come to the park without people questioning him?" Bakura asked. Yugi nodded, it was fair enough. She shouldn't have taken her anger out on him.

"Sorry, Bakura. I guess I just lost my head for a second there." Yugi smiled, trying to calm herself. PMS wasn't an excuse a guy could use, she regretted not for the first time in her life.

"That's okay. After a fight with the Pharaoh, I'd be a little snippy too. He always comes off as a chauvinistic pig, always knowing what's right and what's not, no matter the situation." Bakura continued, heedless of the suspicious glance from Yugi.

"Yeah, I guess." Yugi thought, kicking at the water below her, not seeing Bakura's grin, or noticing him inch a little closer, crowding into her space a little more with each sentence.

"I think that being an almighty ruler of Egypt went to his head a long time ago, and all that time trapped in the Puzzle didn't help. It only made him simmer on the back burner, his ego just growing and growing the entire time..." Bakura leaned in, brushing against Yugi with a dark grin.

"He isn't that bad, Bakura. He just needs to get a hold...." Yugi was cut off as Bakura slammed his lips into hers, his tongue fighting for entry into her mouth.

'Oh God, what is he doing! What's going on!' thoughts screamed across Yugi's mind as Bakura pulled back, a grin across his face.

"I've been waiting a long time for this!" Bakura grinned, Yugi's eyes going wide with fear.

"Bakura, it's me, Yugi! Not Yami, Yugi!" Yugi struggled beneath Bakura's powerful grip in vain.

"I know, which is why the Pharaoh will suffer all the more!" Bakura's laughter filled the air as he dragged the struggling girl further into the secluded park, where no one would hear her screams....


~TSUZUKU~


*AN: The reference to Ms Mooza above.

Ms Mooza was my 7th grade math teacher, and one of the coolest teachers I ever had!

If you're in her class now, she'd probably get a kick out of the fact the one of her ancient students from a long, long time ago (1997) is now writing online.

So much for my great math mind!


So, how is the story so far?

And I am not a Bakura hater. Frankly, I think he's one of the coolest characters, but some sacrifices must be made for the story!

Once more, R&R folks!!!

Part Four