Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! All I own is my extreme obsessiveness of Yami Bakura. And some taped episodes that I can stare mindlessly at every time I see him.
A/N: This would be me finally getting around to adding more onto the story. Here is part of the promised addition to "What I Deserve." This part is more following what Ryou was thinking during all of this. No POV, just regular storyline. More notes after the story. ~Yami
Quick note on the telepathical link thing:
/.../ - Ryou
//...// - Yami Bakura
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*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//I hope you'll be happy without me...//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryou's head snapped up. He was sitting beneath a tree in the park, and had been daydreaming slightly. Taking in a shaky breath, he glanced around. Yugi and Jounouchi were dueling, and there didn't seem to be another person in sight. Looking down at his Millennium Ring, Ryou remembered that his Yami had decided to stay at home while he was out. He had been planning to come to the park with Yugi and Jounouchi since early in the week, and had been fairly surprised when his Yami had displayed an interest in staying home by himself. However, he hadn't thought much of it, and had decided it best to let his Yami have his way.
"That voice sounded a lot like Yami..." Ryou thought, beginning to worry slightly. Although he knew it was highly unlikely that his Yami would ever say anything like that, it still bothered him. Something didn't seem right. He tried to contact him through their link. /Yami?/ No answer. Yami had blocked their link.
He couldn't feel his darker half as strongly as he usually did. Even when Yami Bakura chose to completely block himself off from Ryou, he could still sense a signal from him, aware that he was there. But that signal seemed unusually weak. Much too weak for Ryou's liking.
Standing up, he started to walk out of the park. But before he could get far, he heard Jounouchi run up behind him.
"Hey, Ryou, are you okay?" Jounouchi asked, noticing the slightly worried features that Ryou wore. Ryou didn't reply, and jumped a little when he felt Jounouchi's hand on his shoulder, stopping him. Jounouchi walked in front of him. "You okay?" he repeated.
Ryou seemed to be looking through him for a moment, then suddenly seemed to refocus. "Of course, I just wanted leave a bit early. It's nothing much, I'd just like to get home. I do have some things I need to do," he said, hoping that Jounouchi would let him go without further questioning.
Jounouchi's eyes narrowed, if but slightly. "All right, if you say so," he said, sighing. Releasing Ryou's shoulder, he started to walk back to where Yugi was still sitting. "See you later, Ryou," he said.
Ryou breathed a quick sigh of relief, and continued his journey home. Once he felt he was out of sight of Yugi and Jounouchi, he sped up, racing for his house. "Something's not right..." he said to himself. But he was suddenly stopped by a dim yet sharp pain in his chest. His ring glittered faintly in the sunlight as he paused on the sidewalk, clutching his chest.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//How could you have possibly forgiven me? After everything I've done?//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryou searched the area around where he stood. He was sure that he had heard his Yami's voice again, and yet he was nowhere in sight. "Could he still be at home?" he wondered. Ignoring the pain, he began running again, finally spotting his house in the distance. But before he could get there, he heard another voice yell his name. He wanted to ignore it; he knew it wasn't his Yami. However, his politeness got the better of him, and he stopped and turned to find out who it was.
Honda waved to him from across the street. Ryou smiled weakly and waved back. Honda crossed the street, and walked up to him. "What are you doing, Ryou? I thought you had gone to the park. I was on my way there."
Ryou couldn't talk for a moment; he was out of breath from his running. Finally managing to speak, he replied, "I left a little early. I have some things that I need to take care of at home. I'm sorry I missed you at the park, but the others were still there, if you wanted to go meet them."
Honda nodded. "You sure you don't want to come back, too?" he asked. Ryou shook his head, and Honda nodded again. "Okay then, I'll catch you later, Ryou," he said, as he headed off to the park.
"Finally," Ryou muttered. Why was it that everyone was choosing today, at this time to care so much? He needed to find his Yami. Of course, they wouldn't understand that. None of them, except perhaps Yugi, could ever imagine how much Ryou needed his Yami. And maybe even Yugi couldn't fully see.
All of them saw Yami Bakura in a much different light than Ryou saw him. All the others saw was a tomb robber, a thief, no more. He had written his fate, and there were no changes to be made to it. But Ryou could see so much more than that. He knew about Yami Bakura's terrible past, why he had to keep his icy facade up. His past was one that Ryou could never have imagined anyone having to live through.
His house was finally within close distance. Almost there, he tried to reach a full speed to arrive there faster. "If anyone else tries to stop me, they will just have to wait until I finish this. It's so much more important than anything else..." he whispered, making a vow to himself.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//You never knew...how I really felt...//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryou scrambled through his pockets for the key to his house. In his nervousness and worry, he dropped the key. Picking it back up again, he noticed his hand was shaking badly. "This is bad..." he thought, as he tried to steady his hand and allow himself entry into his house.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//Why did you have to be so innocent, so forgiving?//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Still working on getting the key in the door, Ryou finally managed to push it into the lock. He quickly turned it, first the wrong way, then the right way, then accidentally locked it again. His worry only grew worse as the seconds ticked past. Finally, he succeeded in unlocking the door, and keeping in unlocked long enough to open the door.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//You changed me...after all the times I tried to prove to you that some people never change, you managed to do what I had thought impossible.//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
He ran into the house, and tried to find where his Yami would be. Searching through the downstairs rooms first, he found no sign of him. "He must be upstairs," Ryou thought, turning to the staircase. His footsteps thundered up them as he ran to the second floor.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//You unlocked emotions that had been buried deep within me for centuries.//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryou ran to his room, seeing the closed door, knowing in his heart that this was where his Yami was.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//You're the first person that I truly cared about.//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
He turned the handle, and started the push the door open...
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//I...I love you.//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryou pulled back slightly as he heard those words. But fear got the better of shock, and he pushed the door open all the way.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//I love you enough to end all the pain I've caused you...once and for all.//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryou gasped as the sight of his Yami greeted his eyes. Yami's clothes were red, colored by his blood, much of which lay around him. As he approached the unmoving figure, he shook his head slightly. "This can't be...this can't be happening!" his mind screamed, unable to believe what he saw.
Walking over to the bloody body, Ryou kneeled at his side, taking in the sight. Shaking his head again, he tried to erase what he was seeing. He wanted all of it to leave, he only wanted to see his Yami, not surrounded by blood, but seeing him just as he had always been. Suddenly, a voice greeted his ears. A soft, dying voice; that of his Yami.
"Ryou...please...tell me...how...how could you have ever forgiven me...for everything...that I did to you?"
Ryou closed his eyes for a moment, trying to gather himself together enough to respond. Tears threatened to fall from his eyes, and a few managed to do so. He laid his hand softly in his Yami's, before replying, "I love you..."
Nothing else could be said, for after Ryou's admission, he felt Yami's hand go limp in his own. Unable to hold back the tears that had sprang to his eyes, he allowed them to fall on the dead body. His sobs echoed through the room, as he realized...he was alone.
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Sidenote: I have absolutely NO clue what Ryou's house looks like. I don't know if it has two stories or not. But for this story's purposes, it does.
Okay then! That was Ryou's story of what was going on during Yami Bakura's little suicide episode. Now, next should come an actual epilogue! Namely, I plan on doing some of Ryou's thoughts, what he feels now that he has lost the one he cares about most...all of that. BTW, reviews of this part would be appreciated, seeing as how they are my driving force to keep writing! ~Yami
A/N: This would be me finally getting around to adding more onto the story. Here is part of the promised addition to "What I Deserve." This part is more following what Ryou was thinking during all of this. No POV, just regular storyline. More notes after the story. ~Yami
Quick note on the telepathical link thing:
/.../ - Ryou
//...// - Yami Bakura
---
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//I hope you'll be happy without me...//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryou's head snapped up. He was sitting beneath a tree in the park, and had been daydreaming slightly. Taking in a shaky breath, he glanced around. Yugi and Jounouchi were dueling, and there didn't seem to be another person in sight. Looking down at his Millennium Ring, Ryou remembered that his Yami had decided to stay at home while he was out. He had been planning to come to the park with Yugi and Jounouchi since early in the week, and had been fairly surprised when his Yami had displayed an interest in staying home by himself. However, he hadn't thought much of it, and had decided it best to let his Yami have his way.
"That voice sounded a lot like Yami..." Ryou thought, beginning to worry slightly. Although he knew it was highly unlikely that his Yami would ever say anything like that, it still bothered him. Something didn't seem right. He tried to contact him through their link. /Yami?/ No answer. Yami had blocked their link.
He couldn't feel his darker half as strongly as he usually did. Even when Yami Bakura chose to completely block himself off from Ryou, he could still sense a signal from him, aware that he was there. But that signal seemed unusually weak. Much too weak for Ryou's liking.
Standing up, he started to walk out of the park. But before he could get far, he heard Jounouchi run up behind him.
"Hey, Ryou, are you okay?" Jounouchi asked, noticing the slightly worried features that Ryou wore. Ryou didn't reply, and jumped a little when he felt Jounouchi's hand on his shoulder, stopping him. Jounouchi walked in front of him. "You okay?" he repeated.
Ryou seemed to be looking through him for a moment, then suddenly seemed to refocus. "Of course, I just wanted leave a bit early. It's nothing much, I'd just like to get home. I do have some things I need to do," he said, hoping that Jounouchi would let him go without further questioning.
Jounouchi's eyes narrowed, if but slightly. "All right, if you say so," he said, sighing. Releasing Ryou's shoulder, he started to walk back to where Yugi was still sitting. "See you later, Ryou," he said.
Ryou breathed a quick sigh of relief, and continued his journey home. Once he felt he was out of sight of Yugi and Jounouchi, he sped up, racing for his house. "Something's not right..." he said to himself. But he was suddenly stopped by a dim yet sharp pain in his chest. His ring glittered faintly in the sunlight as he paused on the sidewalk, clutching his chest.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//How could you have possibly forgiven me? After everything I've done?//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryou searched the area around where he stood. He was sure that he had heard his Yami's voice again, and yet he was nowhere in sight. "Could he still be at home?" he wondered. Ignoring the pain, he began running again, finally spotting his house in the distance. But before he could get there, he heard another voice yell his name. He wanted to ignore it; he knew it wasn't his Yami. However, his politeness got the better of him, and he stopped and turned to find out who it was.
Honda waved to him from across the street. Ryou smiled weakly and waved back. Honda crossed the street, and walked up to him. "What are you doing, Ryou? I thought you had gone to the park. I was on my way there."
Ryou couldn't talk for a moment; he was out of breath from his running. Finally managing to speak, he replied, "I left a little early. I have some things that I need to take care of at home. I'm sorry I missed you at the park, but the others were still there, if you wanted to go meet them."
Honda nodded. "You sure you don't want to come back, too?" he asked. Ryou shook his head, and Honda nodded again. "Okay then, I'll catch you later, Ryou," he said, as he headed off to the park.
"Finally," Ryou muttered. Why was it that everyone was choosing today, at this time to care so much? He needed to find his Yami. Of course, they wouldn't understand that. None of them, except perhaps Yugi, could ever imagine how much Ryou needed his Yami. And maybe even Yugi couldn't fully see.
All of them saw Yami Bakura in a much different light than Ryou saw him. All the others saw was a tomb robber, a thief, no more. He had written his fate, and there were no changes to be made to it. But Ryou could see so much more than that. He knew about Yami Bakura's terrible past, why he had to keep his icy facade up. His past was one that Ryou could never have imagined anyone having to live through.
His house was finally within close distance. Almost there, he tried to reach a full speed to arrive there faster. "If anyone else tries to stop me, they will just have to wait until I finish this. It's so much more important than anything else..." he whispered, making a vow to himself.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//You never knew...how I really felt...//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryou scrambled through his pockets for the key to his house. In his nervousness and worry, he dropped the key. Picking it back up again, he noticed his hand was shaking badly. "This is bad..." he thought, as he tried to steady his hand and allow himself entry into his house.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//Why did you have to be so innocent, so forgiving?//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Still working on getting the key in the door, Ryou finally managed to push it into the lock. He quickly turned it, first the wrong way, then the right way, then accidentally locked it again. His worry only grew worse as the seconds ticked past. Finally, he succeeded in unlocking the door, and keeping in unlocked long enough to open the door.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//You changed me...after all the times I tried to prove to you that some people never change, you managed to do what I had thought impossible.//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
He ran into the house, and tried to find where his Yami would be. Searching through the downstairs rooms first, he found no sign of him. "He must be upstairs," Ryou thought, turning to the staircase. His footsteps thundered up them as he ran to the second floor.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//You unlocked emotions that had been buried deep within me for centuries.//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryou ran to his room, seeing the closed door, knowing in his heart that this was where his Yami was.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//You're the first person that I truly cared about.//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
He turned the handle, and started the push the door open...
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//I...I love you.//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryou pulled back slightly as he heard those words. But fear got the better of shock, and he pushed the door open all the way.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
//I love you enough to end all the pain I've caused you...once and for all.//
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryou gasped as the sight of his Yami greeted his eyes. Yami's clothes were red, colored by his blood, much of which lay around him. As he approached the unmoving figure, he shook his head slightly. "This can't be...this can't be happening!" his mind screamed, unable to believe what he saw.
Walking over to the bloody body, Ryou kneeled at his side, taking in the sight. Shaking his head again, he tried to erase what he was seeing. He wanted all of it to leave, he only wanted to see his Yami, not surrounded by blood, but seeing him just as he had always been. Suddenly, a voice greeted his ears. A soft, dying voice; that of his Yami.
"Ryou...please...tell me...how...how could you have ever forgiven me...for everything...that I did to you?"
Ryou closed his eyes for a moment, trying to gather himself together enough to respond. Tears threatened to fall from his eyes, and a few managed to do so. He laid his hand softly in his Yami's, before replying, "I love you..."
Nothing else could be said, for after Ryou's admission, he felt Yami's hand go limp in his own. Unable to hold back the tears that had sprang to his eyes, he allowed them to fall on the dead body. His sobs echoed through the room, as he realized...he was alone.
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Sidenote: I have absolutely NO clue what Ryou's house looks like. I don't know if it has two stories or not. But for this story's purposes, it does.
Okay then! That was Ryou's story of what was going on during Yami Bakura's little suicide episode. Now, next should come an actual epilogue! Namely, I plan on doing some of Ryou's thoughts, what he feels now that he has lost the one he cares about most...all of that. BTW, reviews of this part would be appreciated, seeing as how they are my driving force to keep writing! ~Yami