AN: All right this chapter sort of spans the duel between Joey/Yugi and
the paradox brothers; Kaiba and Yugi's duel; Tea and Mai's duel; and Kaiba
and Pegasus's duel. It also covers the events in which Bakura makes his
first appearance since the shadow realm game in which he was banished.
Much fun, really! And it will make sense....... I promise!
Ryou's Problem 6
'Damn it.' I heard Ryou curse. 'Shit! Shit! Shit! I'm going to die! Hell, we're all going to die!'
'What? Ryou, what are you talking.......' I began, once I realized it was actually MY aibou cursing so violently. I was still half-asleep and very tired after being dragged across the shadow realm and back. All I wanted to do was sleep, but if Ryou was in trouble, I'd best lend whatever hand I could.
'I'm going to die in this cave! We're never going to find the exit! Why did it have to be a maze? I'd much prefer a lake of lava and a rope to close with. At least the death would be quick!' Ryou continued, obviously not hearing my question.
"So, they need the exit, huh?" I asked myself. "Well, I AM a tomb raider. With the added powers of the ring, I should be able to help out."
Rolling onto the floor, I stretched out and concentrated. Letting my energy roll out of my body and power the ring, I heard Ryou and his friends talking.
"Ryou?" The shortest friend asked. "What's going on?"
"My ring! It's glowing! I think it's pulling me this way!"
"Ryou! Go slower!" The idiot blond-Joey?-yelled.
"I can't help it! It's pulling me this way!" Ryou yelled over his shoulder.
"Tell it to pull slower!" Joey yelled back.
"Look the exit!" One of the others called. A shout rose from the group and I felt my energy falter.
'If they've found the exit.......' I thought as my vision grew dimmer. 'I think....... I need to sleep.'
I cut off the flow of energy and relaxed.
'I hope no one wants to kill me now.' I thought as I passed out.
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I slept for, what seemed to be, forever. I remained in my soul room and didn't try to talk to Ryou. I knew he was probably still mad at me, and I didn't want him to send me back to the shadow realm. The wimp would probably get his ass blown up if I wasn't around to watch him. Just look what he did when I turned my back! Shoots up on Cocaine! What an idiot! Periodically, I would wake-up only to fall back asleep again. It was beginning to annoy me. What kind of Yami was I being? I couldn't even remain conscious for more than a minute. Fortunately, my bouts of consciousness were becoming more frequent and longer as my energy increased. Soon, hopefully, I would be able to make another grab at one of the items. Perhaps not the pharaoh though. He'd proved to be a tougher opponent than I could handle head-on. The millennium eye seemed my best bet and, perhaps I could rethink my strategy towards the pharaoh. I took a quick look out of Ryou's eyes and saw that he was watching a duel. One of the monsters seemed to be a closed book. I'd never seen this monster before!
"I wonder who's dueling." I commented before passing out again.
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'Yami.......' I heard Ryou sigh to himself. 'I wish you were here. You'd help me here. I hate this! I hate heights too!'
'Huh?' I asked, now fully awake. Rubbing my eyes, I realized I was STILL tired from the trip to the shadow realm and helping out Ryou at the maze. Dozing, slightly, I looked through Ryou's eyes and found him walking across a roof!
"WHAT! Is this one of your highs?!" I asked outloud, though I knew Ryou couldn't hear me; I'd closed our link ever since I'd come back. I let out a sigh as he slipped into a room through the window. He was with two of his friends, poking around the room.
"Robbing, huh?" I laughed. "How ironic. And I thought Ryou disapproved of this thievery."
Laughing to myself, I cut my view and sat down on my bed. If I was conscious, I might as well see how long I could stay that way. It would be most embarrassing to confront the owner of the millennium eye and be unable to win our battle. Actually, today, or night as the case might very well be, I felt almost energized. I suppose I had recovered most of my strength, which was very good considering my previous circumstances. Curious as to what my aibou was doing with his two friends, I opened his eyes again and gasped.
"FUCK YOU, RYOU!" I yelled. "WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? CAN'T YOU STAY OUT OF TROUBLE FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE?!"
My STUPID aibou had managed to get himself and his friends pulled into an area of the shadow realm. He was talking softly with his friends, but I wasn't really listening. Why talk when you needed to run? Suddenly, Ryou's voice cut through my thoughts.
/YAMI! HELP!!!!!/ He screamed, probably not even realizing I could hear him. Gods, I loved his self-preservation reflexes. Running out of my soul room, I dashed down the hall to the control area and wrenched him out of the way.
"What is this? I sense a dark presence!" I heard the owner of the millennium eye gasp. Laughing darkly, I looked up at him and drew on Ryou and my energies, fending off the eye's spells and blasting everyone in the vicinity into the real world.
"Erase their memories!" I commanded the ring as I found myself in the room Ryou had been staying in. It really wouldn't do for the wielder of the eye to come looking for me, especially since my powers had been weakened from fending off the powers of the eye.
/Yami? / I heard Ryou ask timidly. He was just asking for comformation of what he thought was true. He'd never ask out loud if I was there and I loved that about Ryou. He'd never ask me questions he already knew the answer to. He could always put two and two together and read between the lines at the same time.
/Who is this man? / I asked, sending him a mental picture of the man I had saved my hikari from.
/Maximillion Pegasus? / Ryou offered. /Why do you ask, Bakura? /
"Soon the millennium eye shall be mine." I grinned, talking outloud. /But first, I need to rest. And so should you, Ryou. /
/Yes Yami. / Ryou sighed, going to his soul room to sleep. Groaning in exhaustion I pulled off our shoes and slipped into bed, knowing Ryou wouldn't wake me in the morning.
Ryou's Problem 6
'Damn it.' I heard Ryou curse. 'Shit! Shit! Shit! I'm going to die! Hell, we're all going to die!'
'What? Ryou, what are you talking.......' I began, once I realized it was actually MY aibou cursing so violently. I was still half-asleep and very tired after being dragged across the shadow realm and back. All I wanted to do was sleep, but if Ryou was in trouble, I'd best lend whatever hand I could.
'I'm going to die in this cave! We're never going to find the exit! Why did it have to be a maze? I'd much prefer a lake of lava and a rope to close with. At least the death would be quick!' Ryou continued, obviously not hearing my question.
"So, they need the exit, huh?" I asked myself. "Well, I AM a tomb raider. With the added powers of the ring, I should be able to help out."
Rolling onto the floor, I stretched out and concentrated. Letting my energy roll out of my body and power the ring, I heard Ryou and his friends talking.
"Ryou?" The shortest friend asked. "What's going on?"
"My ring! It's glowing! I think it's pulling me this way!"
"Ryou! Go slower!" The idiot blond-Joey?-yelled.
"I can't help it! It's pulling me this way!" Ryou yelled over his shoulder.
"Tell it to pull slower!" Joey yelled back.
"Look the exit!" One of the others called. A shout rose from the group and I felt my energy falter.
'If they've found the exit.......' I thought as my vision grew dimmer. 'I think....... I need to sleep.'
I cut off the flow of energy and relaxed.
'I hope no one wants to kill me now.' I thought as I passed out.
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I slept for, what seemed to be, forever. I remained in my soul room and didn't try to talk to Ryou. I knew he was probably still mad at me, and I didn't want him to send me back to the shadow realm. The wimp would probably get his ass blown up if I wasn't around to watch him. Just look what he did when I turned my back! Shoots up on Cocaine! What an idiot! Periodically, I would wake-up only to fall back asleep again. It was beginning to annoy me. What kind of Yami was I being? I couldn't even remain conscious for more than a minute. Fortunately, my bouts of consciousness were becoming more frequent and longer as my energy increased. Soon, hopefully, I would be able to make another grab at one of the items. Perhaps not the pharaoh though. He'd proved to be a tougher opponent than I could handle head-on. The millennium eye seemed my best bet and, perhaps I could rethink my strategy towards the pharaoh. I took a quick look out of Ryou's eyes and saw that he was watching a duel. One of the monsters seemed to be a closed book. I'd never seen this monster before!
"I wonder who's dueling." I commented before passing out again.
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'Yami.......' I heard Ryou sigh to himself. 'I wish you were here. You'd help me here. I hate this! I hate heights too!'
'Huh?' I asked, now fully awake. Rubbing my eyes, I realized I was STILL tired from the trip to the shadow realm and helping out Ryou at the maze. Dozing, slightly, I looked through Ryou's eyes and found him walking across a roof!
"WHAT! Is this one of your highs?!" I asked outloud, though I knew Ryou couldn't hear me; I'd closed our link ever since I'd come back. I let out a sigh as he slipped into a room through the window. He was with two of his friends, poking around the room.
"Robbing, huh?" I laughed. "How ironic. And I thought Ryou disapproved of this thievery."
Laughing to myself, I cut my view and sat down on my bed. If I was conscious, I might as well see how long I could stay that way. It would be most embarrassing to confront the owner of the millennium eye and be unable to win our battle. Actually, today, or night as the case might very well be, I felt almost energized. I suppose I had recovered most of my strength, which was very good considering my previous circumstances. Curious as to what my aibou was doing with his two friends, I opened his eyes again and gasped.
"FUCK YOU, RYOU!" I yelled. "WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? CAN'T YOU STAY OUT OF TROUBLE FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE?!"
My STUPID aibou had managed to get himself and his friends pulled into an area of the shadow realm. He was talking softly with his friends, but I wasn't really listening. Why talk when you needed to run? Suddenly, Ryou's voice cut through my thoughts.
/YAMI! HELP!!!!!/ He screamed, probably not even realizing I could hear him. Gods, I loved his self-preservation reflexes. Running out of my soul room, I dashed down the hall to the control area and wrenched him out of the way.
"What is this? I sense a dark presence!" I heard the owner of the millennium eye gasp. Laughing darkly, I looked up at him and drew on Ryou and my energies, fending off the eye's spells and blasting everyone in the vicinity into the real world.
"Erase their memories!" I commanded the ring as I found myself in the room Ryou had been staying in. It really wouldn't do for the wielder of the eye to come looking for me, especially since my powers had been weakened from fending off the powers of the eye.
/Yami? / I heard Ryou ask timidly. He was just asking for comformation of what he thought was true. He'd never ask out loud if I was there and I loved that about Ryou. He'd never ask me questions he already knew the answer to. He could always put two and two together and read between the lines at the same time.
/Who is this man? / I asked, sending him a mental picture of the man I had saved my hikari from.
/Maximillion Pegasus? / Ryou offered. /Why do you ask, Bakura? /
"Soon the millennium eye shall be mine." I grinned, talking outloud. /But first, I need to rest. And so should you, Ryou. /
/Yes Yami. / Ryou sighed, going to his soul room to sleep. Groaning in exhaustion I pulled off our shoes and slipped into bed, knowing Ryou wouldn't wake me in the morning.
