Disclaimer: Read 1st chapter. NOTE: Sorry it's been so long! I've had writer's block badly for a while.... Not to mention I had ta reformat and reinstall this..... Also, just ta save time, from this chapter and onward, Yami Bakura will be Bakura and Ryou is well, Ryou. /Blah/ or //Blah// is Yami's and Hikari's mentally speaking to each other.

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//Ow. OW. Make it stop. NOW. // Bakura thought, still hurting from the pain of the operation. /I'm sorry. We can't do that. / //Wha...? Who...? // /Me? You know who I am. / Bakura's vision cleared. //R-RYOU?! // /No. I'm not Ryou. / //Then who in the name of Ra ARE you? // /As I said, my identity is not for you to know... WHAT THE?! / Ryou screamed, wincing, apparently in a lot of pain. /No...you are NOT coming out! / Ryou screamed, blood spilling out of his body.

The paramedics watched in horror as blood came out of the poor teen's body. "What the hell?" one of them screamed. *Meanwhile...* Yami's normally confident expression had changed to that of a worried one. "Yami? What's wrong?" Yugi asked. "Nothing, Aibou.... Nothing..." Yami answered. "Something IS wrong... just tell me!" "Aibou.. I don't want to worry you.." "Please?" "I..." "Come on...." "Don't know if Ryou's going to survive..."

*In the soul room...* The real Ryou had since fully awakened, and the struggle for control continued. Bakura could only lay there and watch as his Hikari battled for freedom.... In a last effort, the evil Ryou put a spell on the artifact. Silence. Bakura sent his telepathic words into the artifact. //R-Ryou...? // No answer. 'Ryou....'

*In the artifact* Ryou lay unconscious, everything in his world spinning, spinning.... He heard Bakura's words, yet sadly couldn't answer... 'Yami....Please...Help.....' were his final thoughts before falling into a coma....

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