I should have said no....
Someone's waiting for me...
Listen baby I'm sorry...
I just wanna tell you dont worry...
I will be late dont wait up for me...
Ryou got into the limo with Seto. "Wow...its really nice in here..." He said his chocolaty eyes wide. Seto laughed a bit. "Its only a limo Ryou...haven't you ever ridden in one?" Ryou shook his head dumbfounded
Bakura stumbled out of the building just as the limo left. "GODS FREAKING DAMNIT!!" He yelled, followed by a string of Egyptian curses so colorful and foul they could have killed many a priest. This meant two things...one, Seto was a damn fast worker....and two...another trek through the cold! Bakura cursed again and began his long journey from the party to Kaiba corp.
Yami stepped out of the party. "Tomb robber!" He said with a knowing tone. Bakura turned, shivering, to glare at his pharaoh. "What do YOU want?" He sneered. He still held Yami at fault for his very entrapment in the ring. "Your hikari...you're going after him aren't you?" Yami said...no real question in his tone. Bakura glared. "So what if I am? What's it to you?" Yami smiled warmly. Bakura growled. "What?!" Yami shook his head. "You finally care...just as your time draws to a possible close..." Bakura gaped at him. "Explain yourself pharaoh." Yami walked over to Bakura. "Seto plans to remove your bond to Ryou. Seal you away. Isn't it obvious?"
Bakura sighed. "I know! Blast it pharaoh....you're just as bratty and ambiguous as you were when we were both in our rightful places!" Yami chuckled. "Its not my place to associate with THIEVES...yet, I still step from my boundaries to help you..." He said smiling as a taxi arrived. "Thief...for once I hope you can achieve your goal..." Yami said paying the driver in advance and opening the door for Bakura. "I'm sure you understand your need to rush off..." Yami said as Bakura got in. "Sir, please take my friend to Kaiba corporation." Yami added shutting the door.
Bakura grumbled. "I'll never know how he can read people like that..." he said as the cabby took him to the said destination. "The weather is really rough aint it kid?" The cabby said making light conversation. Bakura nodded slightly. "Its nothing like Egypt..." he muttered. "Egypt? you're from Egypt? Wow...I dont get many colorful riders." Bakura growled. "Please....hurry.." He forced polliteness. One thing he learned from Ryou...honey catches more flies than vinigar.
Ryou stared at the vast number of guest rooms that lined the absolute TOP floor of the tall corporation building. "My...my goodness..." He said as he sheepishly looked in each one. "You have me WELL beat in hospitality..." he said gawking at each lavish room, well enough furnished and comfortable that they may have each passed for a 5-star hotel or resort suite.
"Take your pick Ryou...any one you pick will be a decent room." Seto said amused as Ryou peeked in each room again. "They are all so nice..." He said looking down slightly. "You're sure I wont be a bother?" Seto laughed. "I'm sure, I called an executive of mine, he picked you up some pajamas...I hope they fit right... when you're all showered and cleaned up..." Seto said chuckling and running a finger through Ryou's hair, and then showing him the glitter that was stuck to his finger. "I'd like a quick word before we go to bed ok?" Ryou nodded. "Anzu got me....with a glitter bomb..." He said slightly pink.
"Finally!" Bakura said darting from the cab and running to the glass double doors. He gave them a light tug. "Figures...." He said noting their locked state. "Hmmph...its no different than it was a millenia ago..." He said pulling a pin from the hinge of the door as though he'd trained his whole life to do so. "Hmmph..." He said using it to pry the lower from its position and opening the door in a new way. He sighed spotting a few alarm systems. "Its funny how times haven't changed that much..."
Ryou scrubbed his hair for possibly, as Yugi has said, the '40 gazillion'th time, and he was still as sparkly as ever. "Darn it...rotty glitter..." he said stepping from the shower and wrapping a towel around his waist. He looked in the mirror that was slightly steamy. "I look like a pixie..." He chuckled as he began drying his hair. As he did so, glitter fell from his hair to his chest and arms. Ryou gave the mirror a flat look. "I can hear you calling me 'pathetic' miles away yami..." He dressed in the pajamas Seto had gotten for him. Black really was a nice contrast to his hair.
Bakura was rather proud of his ability to climb the coporation with little to no problems with the security. There was only one incident...but that guard is in dreamland now. Bakura finally cleared the secure areas to the less secure areas. "I'll remind myself to take up thievery again when this is over." He said spotting the long corridor of rooms. "Are you ALL against me?!" he grumbled and began checking each room for his Hikari.
Seto had already beaten Bakura, for possibly the 500th time that night, to Ryou and taken him BACK downstairs. (dear gods! its like an anti-Bakura conspiracy!) Bakura practically screamed when he had searched each room for his Hikari and found no trace, other than a steamy bathroom and a pile of clothes, the clothes he had worn to the party, neatly piled in a corner. "Oh....let me guess.." He said flatly before heading BACK downstairs. "This is not my evening..."
"Ryou...I know how Bakura has been treating you." Seto said flatly. Ryou blinked and looked down. "I...I dont know what you're talking about..." Ryou mumbled lightly. Seto shook his head. "You cant lie Ryou." Ryou pulled his knees to his chest and wrapped his arms around them. "Its....a rather tender subject Seto.." He mumbled. Seto ran a hand through Ryou's hair. "I can make all that go away..." Ryou blinked. "...A-away?" Seto nodded. "All you have to do is give me your millenium ring, and it will all go away." Ryou ran a hand along his ring.
Bakura rushed around downstairs, but there were simply TOO many rooms, halls, and offices. He had to search each one though...for fear of missing Ryou yet again. He froze mid-step. "No!"
Ryou looked at the Millenium ring he held in his hands. He had removed it already...but something gnawed at the edges of his mind...like something forgotten before a long trip.
Bakura began running faster. If he gave Seto that ring, he would not only be sealed back into it, but he'd never get his chance to apologize and explain to his Hikari. "Please Ryou....dont give it to him!" He pleaded, his legs burning from the physical strain.
Seto scooted closer to Ryou. "Whats wrong?" Ryou shook his head. "I dont know....is this right?" Seto frowned. "Why do you wonder about that?" Ryou frowned. "Shadi told Yugi, the bearers of the millenium items were DESTINED for them..." Seto shook his head. "Do you think its your destiny to endure physical, mental, and emotional abuse for the rest of your life, when it is already so hard for you? Your parents are hardly near you, you have school, bills, meals and other needs...are you truly destined to go through hell on Earth?" Seto said shaking his head. "No one deserves that."
Bakura was begining to tremble now. His bond was getting weaker, he was begining to lose his physical form. "Ryou! please! PUT THE RING BACK ON!!"
Ryou shook his head. "N-no...I dont deserve hell...but..." Seto shook his head. "Ryou, forget him. He obviously has no regret for how he has been treating you. Why do you defend him? He will only continue to hurt you. Always." Ryou blinked his innocent eyes at Seto. "Do you....you really think so? Do you really think he has no remorse?" Seto nodded. "If he did...he would have felt it LONG ago." Ryou looked down. "...but..."
Bakura was getting weaker. He was trying desperatly to conserve the link, but doing that took his energy, energy he needed to find Ryou. But in order to find Ryou he needed to move around outside of the ring. It was a maddening situation. "I'm BEGGING you Ryou! Stop!" He shouted once more. His voice was hoarse and he was fading in and out of being.
Ryou gripped the ring tightly. "You dont HAVE to give me the ring Ryou, I'm just giving you the option to have a better life." Ryou looked at Seto again. "N-no..." He whispered. "I....I'll give it to you..." He said handing the ring to Seto.
Bakura stumbled into the room breathless, at that very moment. "Ryou Wai--- !!" He managed to say before he disappeared, his soul once more sealed in the ring that was now resting in Seto's hand. Ryou trembled a little. 'did....did I do the right thing?' he thought as Seto smiled and pocketed the ring. "C'mon Ryou, its time for your first worry-free night." he said helping the shaking Ryou to his feet.
Bakura pounded the labyrinth walls. "NO! let me out! My hikari needs me!" He said sinking to his knees. "No..." He said pounding the stone floor. "...Ryou.." He said, voice cracking slightly. For the first time in over a thousand years...Bakura cried. Not because he was trapped in the ring, but because he hadn't had the chance to explain why he had always been so horrible to Ryou...to explain that he didn't mean that for him...to tell him all that really needed to be said.
Ryou laid away in his bed. The image of his yami frozen at the door, eyes wide and pleading. 'Ryou wai---!!' the last words of his yami replayed themselves over and over in his mind. He frowned. "Did...did I do the right thing?" He said to the early morning sky.
Seto chuckled and hooked the ring on a hook in his vault. "Lets see the famous tomb robber escape his own personal prison. If I have anything to say in the subject you'll never see the light of day again." He said shutting the door and locking it. The ring hung on the hook, still swinging slightly. It almost radiated sadness. The sadness of the soul trapped within.
Bakura had pounded the walls in a fit of mournful rage, to the point that his fists bled and there were gouges in his palms from his fingernails. "Ryou!!" He still had wet cheeks and the floor had droplets of blood and tears from the tomb robber. He pressed his back to the wall and stared at his shaking bloodied hands.
Memories rushed through his mind more fiercly than the most intense sandstorm.
"Tomb thief Bakura! For you actions against the throne, and lack of respect for the tombs of the departed I sentance you to..."
"I wont let you rule this world! I will seal away these powers! You shall never have them!"
"Hiya Ryou! How are things?"
"Who are you?"
"Ryou, I'm going off again. I have to take care of some business in South Africa, hold down the fort while I'm gone ok son?"
"I thought maybe if we talked....we could get to like eachother"
"Why do you have to be like this?!"
"I-I'm s-sorry Yami..."
"Listen later, dress now."
"Y-Yami its 15 degrees below zero out there! I cant...go out without my sweater!"
"I just dont understand why he holds so much hate for me..."
It eats me from inside... that you're not by my side... just because I made that call...
AN: could this be the end? HA! no of course not..I'm a sap...couldn't possibly leave things so sad like this... oh and in case you're wondering...YES Bakura WAS the Mystery person. As the last Quote clearly states..dont believe me...dont remember that line? look baaaack... ^_^
Ryou got into the limo with Seto. "Wow...its really nice in here..." He said his chocolaty eyes wide. Seto laughed a bit. "Its only a limo Ryou...haven't you ever ridden in one?" Ryou shook his head dumbfounded
Bakura stumbled out of the building just as the limo left. "GODS FREAKING DAMNIT!!" He yelled, followed by a string of Egyptian curses so colorful and foul they could have killed many a priest. This meant two things...one, Seto was a damn fast worker....and two...another trek through the cold! Bakura cursed again and began his long journey from the party to Kaiba corp.
Yami stepped out of the party. "Tomb robber!" He said with a knowing tone. Bakura turned, shivering, to glare at his pharaoh. "What do YOU want?" He sneered. He still held Yami at fault for his very entrapment in the ring. "Your hikari...you're going after him aren't you?" Yami said...no real question in his tone. Bakura glared. "So what if I am? What's it to you?" Yami smiled warmly. Bakura growled. "What?!" Yami shook his head. "You finally care...just as your time draws to a possible close..." Bakura gaped at him. "Explain yourself pharaoh." Yami walked over to Bakura. "Seto plans to remove your bond to Ryou. Seal you away. Isn't it obvious?"
Bakura sighed. "I know! Blast it pharaoh....you're just as bratty and ambiguous as you were when we were both in our rightful places!" Yami chuckled. "Its not my place to associate with THIEVES...yet, I still step from my boundaries to help you..." He said smiling as a taxi arrived. "Thief...for once I hope you can achieve your goal..." Yami said paying the driver in advance and opening the door for Bakura. "I'm sure you understand your need to rush off..." Yami said as Bakura got in. "Sir, please take my friend to Kaiba corporation." Yami added shutting the door.
Bakura grumbled. "I'll never know how he can read people like that..." he said as the cabby took him to the said destination. "The weather is really rough aint it kid?" The cabby said making light conversation. Bakura nodded slightly. "Its nothing like Egypt..." he muttered. "Egypt? you're from Egypt? Wow...I dont get many colorful riders." Bakura growled. "Please....hurry.." He forced polliteness. One thing he learned from Ryou...honey catches more flies than vinigar.
Ryou stared at the vast number of guest rooms that lined the absolute TOP floor of the tall corporation building. "My...my goodness..." He said as he sheepishly looked in each one. "You have me WELL beat in hospitality..." he said gawking at each lavish room, well enough furnished and comfortable that they may have each passed for a 5-star hotel or resort suite.
"Take your pick Ryou...any one you pick will be a decent room." Seto said amused as Ryou peeked in each room again. "They are all so nice..." He said looking down slightly. "You're sure I wont be a bother?" Seto laughed. "I'm sure, I called an executive of mine, he picked you up some pajamas...I hope they fit right... when you're all showered and cleaned up..." Seto said chuckling and running a finger through Ryou's hair, and then showing him the glitter that was stuck to his finger. "I'd like a quick word before we go to bed ok?" Ryou nodded. "Anzu got me....with a glitter bomb..." He said slightly pink.
"Finally!" Bakura said darting from the cab and running to the glass double doors. He gave them a light tug. "Figures...." He said noting their locked state. "Hmmph...its no different than it was a millenia ago..." He said pulling a pin from the hinge of the door as though he'd trained his whole life to do so. "Hmmph..." He said using it to pry the lower from its position and opening the door in a new way. He sighed spotting a few alarm systems. "Its funny how times haven't changed that much..."
Ryou scrubbed his hair for possibly, as Yugi has said, the '40 gazillion'th time, and he was still as sparkly as ever. "Darn it...rotty glitter..." he said stepping from the shower and wrapping a towel around his waist. He looked in the mirror that was slightly steamy. "I look like a pixie..." He chuckled as he began drying his hair. As he did so, glitter fell from his hair to his chest and arms. Ryou gave the mirror a flat look. "I can hear you calling me 'pathetic' miles away yami..." He dressed in the pajamas Seto had gotten for him. Black really was a nice contrast to his hair.
Bakura was rather proud of his ability to climb the coporation with little to no problems with the security. There was only one incident...but that guard is in dreamland now. Bakura finally cleared the secure areas to the less secure areas. "I'll remind myself to take up thievery again when this is over." He said spotting the long corridor of rooms. "Are you ALL against me?!" he grumbled and began checking each room for his Hikari.
Seto had already beaten Bakura, for possibly the 500th time that night, to Ryou and taken him BACK downstairs. (dear gods! its like an anti-Bakura conspiracy!) Bakura practically screamed when he had searched each room for his Hikari and found no trace, other than a steamy bathroom and a pile of clothes, the clothes he had worn to the party, neatly piled in a corner. "Oh....let me guess.." He said flatly before heading BACK downstairs. "This is not my evening..."
"Ryou...I know how Bakura has been treating you." Seto said flatly. Ryou blinked and looked down. "I...I dont know what you're talking about..." Ryou mumbled lightly. Seto shook his head. "You cant lie Ryou." Ryou pulled his knees to his chest and wrapped his arms around them. "Its....a rather tender subject Seto.." He mumbled. Seto ran a hand through Ryou's hair. "I can make all that go away..." Ryou blinked. "...A-away?" Seto nodded. "All you have to do is give me your millenium ring, and it will all go away." Ryou ran a hand along his ring.
Bakura rushed around downstairs, but there were simply TOO many rooms, halls, and offices. He had to search each one though...for fear of missing Ryou yet again. He froze mid-step. "No!"
Ryou looked at the Millenium ring he held in his hands. He had removed it already...but something gnawed at the edges of his mind...like something forgotten before a long trip.
Bakura began running faster. If he gave Seto that ring, he would not only be sealed back into it, but he'd never get his chance to apologize and explain to his Hikari. "Please Ryou....dont give it to him!" He pleaded, his legs burning from the physical strain.
Seto scooted closer to Ryou. "Whats wrong?" Ryou shook his head. "I dont know....is this right?" Seto frowned. "Why do you wonder about that?" Ryou frowned. "Shadi told Yugi, the bearers of the millenium items were DESTINED for them..." Seto shook his head. "Do you think its your destiny to endure physical, mental, and emotional abuse for the rest of your life, when it is already so hard for you? Your parents are hardly near you, you have school, bills, meals and other needs...are you truly destined to go through hell on Earth?" Seto said shaking his head. "No one deserves that."
Bakura was begining to tremble now. His bond was getting weaker, he was begining to lose his physical form. "Ryou! please! PUT THE RING BACK ON!!"
Ryou shook his head. "N-no...I dont deserve hell...but..." Seto shook his head. "Ryou, forget him. He obviously has no regret for how he has been treating you. Why do you defend him? He will only continue to hurt you. Always." Ryou blinked his innocent eyes at Seto. "Do you....you really think so? Do you really think he has no remorse?" Seto nodded. "If he did...he would have felt it LONG ago." Ryou looked down. "...but..."
Bakura was getting weaker. He was trying desperatly to conserve the link, but doing that took his energy, energy he needed to find Ryou. But in order to find Ryou he needed to move around outside of the ring. It was a maddening situation. "I'm BEGGING you Ryou! Stop!" He shouted once more. His voice was hoarse and he was fading in and out of being.
Ryou gripped the ring tightly. "You dont HAVE to give me the ring Ryou, I'm just giving you the option to have a better life." Ryou looked at Seto again. "N-no..." He whispered. "I....I'll give it to you..." He said handing the ring to Seto.
Bakura stumbled into the room breathless, at that very moment. "Ryou Wai--- !!" He managed to say before he disappeared, his soul once more sealed in the ring that was now resting in Seto's hand. Ryou trembled a little. 'did....did I do the right thing?' he thought as Seto smiled and pocketed the ring. "C'mon Ryou, its time for your first worry-free night." he said helping the shaking Ryou to his feet.
Bakura pounded the labyrinth walls. "NO! let me out! My hikari needs me!" He said sinking to his knees. "No..." He said pounding the stone floor. "...Ryou.." He said, voice cracking slightly. For the first time in over a thousand years...Bakura cried. Not because he was trapped in the ring, but because he hadn't had the chance to explain why he had always been so horrible to Ryou...to explain that he didn't mean that for him...to tell him all that really needed to be said.
Ryou laid away in his bed. The image of his yami frozen at the door, eyes wide and pleading. 'Ryou wai---!!' the last words of his yami replayed themselves over and over in his mind. He frowned. "Did...did I do the right thing?" He said to the early morning sky.
Seto chuckled and hooked the ring on a hook in his vault. "Lets see the famous tomb robber escape his own personal prison. If I have anything to say in the subject you'll never see the light of day again." He said shutting the door and locking it. The ring hung on the hook, still swinging slightly. It almost radiated sadness. The sadness of the soul trapped within.
Bakura had pounded the walls in a fit of mournful rage, to the point that his fists bled and there were gouges in his palms from his fingernails. "Ryou!!" He still had wet cheeks and the floor had droplets of blood and tears from the tomb robber. He pressed his back to the wall and stared at his shaking bloodied hands.
Memories rushed through his mind more fiercly than the most intense sandstorm.
"Tomb thief Bakura! For you actions against the throne, and lack of respect for the tombs of the departed I sentance you to..."
"I wont let you rule this world! I will seal away these powers! You shall never have them!"
"Hiya Ryou! How are things?"
"Who are you?"
"Ryou, I'm going off again. I have to take care of some business in South Africa, hold down the fort while I'm gone ok son?"
"I thought maybe if we talked....we could get to like eachother"
"Why do you have to be like this?!"
"I-I'm s-sorry Yami..."
"Listen later, dress now."
"Y-Yami its 15 degrees below zero out there! I cant...go out without my sweater!"
"I just dont understand why he holds so much hate for me..."
It eats me from inside... that you're not by my side... just because I made that call...
AN: could this be the end? HA! no of course not..I'm a sap...couldn't possibly leave things so sad like this... oh and in case you're wondering...YES Bakura WAS the Mystery person. As the last Quote clearly states..dont believe me...dont remember that line? look baaaack... ^_^