K: Banzai! ^0^ Ra bless Linkin' Park songs!!
Y: ^^; What aibou means is, thanks to our Hybrid Theory cd, we were able to find an angsty zone so we could write this next chappie!
Yuugi: Demo sa, demo sa…. It's another sidefic/songfic thing…. UU Yami-koi yells at me again! : (
K/Y: *pat Yuugi on the back* Daijoubu, daijoubu! At least he doesn't try to rape you like SOME people…. *glare at Yami B aka Bakura*
Bakura: *blink blink, glare* Nani miteru no?! What're YOU looking at?! *scowls* My hikari's hot, okei?! *stomps off*
Ryou: *blink blink* He thinks I'm hot?
Da-chan: *pops up randomly bc/if she didn't she'd kill us for sure* He's not the only one!! ^________^ *glomps Ryou*
Ryou: ???? Demo sa, demo sa…. Kimi ga yami desho…. but… you're a yami…
Da-chan: *points to Bakura* He's already taken….
Bakura: *freaking out as Da-chan's aibou, Mashida, tries to rip off his shirt* Nande kuso?! Anata ga hikari dai yo!! what the hell?! You're a hikari!!
Mashida: So? *succeeds in ripping off the shirt* Wai! Wai! Sekushi bishonen dai yo!! Yay! Sexy guy!! *glomps Bakura's waist*
Bakura: *right eye twitches* Na… nande kuso…?! what the hell?!
Disclaimer: We dun own 'One Step Closer' or YGO. If we did, there'd be a helluva lot more money in our wallets…. *point to red wallet with only 7 bucks in it*
Warnings: Excessive swearing, violence, and angsty goodness… X9 Yummy!
Mou Hitori no Boku: Shinzo ka?The Other Me: Heart?
~I cannot take this anymore
I'm saying everything I've said before
All these words they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Less I hear the less you'll say
But you'll find that out anyway
Just like before...~
"It's no use. I'll kill you both, either way…" The casual threat rolled off his tongue as if he'd killed all his life…
Kami, I hope that isn't true…. Although, since he knows of the spirit, and calls him by the title 'pharaoh', that possibility is more than likely….
Narou…! Why does this shit keep happening to me?! Did I piss someone off majorly up there or something?! I mean, really!
First there's my 'family problems' and the fact they both beat me up until about a year or so ago, then, when I finally get some slack, Mr. Oiishiri-Pharaoh here comes along and beats me some more! If that weren't enough already, he 'teaches me a lesson' by blowing up my classmates, I get chased down by some guy I don't even know, and he bursts in and says he's gonna KILL ME!!!
Grrrrrrrrr….. THIS IS SO UNFAIR, DAMMIT!!!!!
I don't even want to know how he knows the asshole sharing my body. I'm probably better off NOT knowing… Maybe it's better to just let him kill me so it'll all be fricking over and DONE with!!
//DON'T YOU _DARE_!!// the spirit screams, and I just can't take this anymore.
/GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HEAD!!! I'M RANTING, DAMMIT!!!!/
Well, that shut him up…. Perhaps I should try going AWOL more often?
~Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break~
Yep- I'm dead. Even if we somehow escape this evil bastard in front of us, my darkness will probably kill me for talking back… Shimatta. Could my life get ANY WORSE?!
Please, someone just shoot me and put me out of my misery! If this is as good as my life's gonna get, I really don't think I'll miss it that much… Sure, I'll miss Jounochi, and maybe Kaa-chan and Ji-chan, but they'll just forget me after a while anyway, so I guess that's it. It's not like my opinions and feelings matter to anyone…
//Oh, get over it, you sniveling, whiny little shit! Even if I might not like it, I'm stuck with you, so GET YOUR ASS UP AND STOP BITCHING!!!!//
I flinch at the harsh tone, but reluctantly rise from the dusty floor. He did have a point… We were stuck together, though exactly why, I have no clue. He obviously despises me, seeing me as only a host body, a vessel, and takes every chance he can to beat the living shit out of me….
Couldn't he be just a bit more understanding? Oh no, wait- he can't, because he grew up to be a heartless asshole. Figures, with my rotten, crappy luck, that I'd be the one to get him….
I wonder briefly what might've made him get so evil, but quickly dismiss the thought. He'd probably never tell me, and besides, I was better off not knowing, right?
~I find the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again
Just like before...~
And so, I'm all the way back to square one. Funny how your thoughts always seem to lead back to where they first started….
//SHUT UP ALREADY!!! NO ONE CARES!!!!!//
I send my 'other' a mental glare. /Sure someone does… I care. And no, I won't shut up- it's MY MIND, not yours, so I can think whatever the hell I WANT to!!!/
Uh-oh…. That probably made him pissed…. Crap. Crap, crap, crappity, crap crap crap….. He's pissed.
//You DARE to tell me what to do?!// he hisses, and I feel the pure rage harbored toward my being.
Gulping a little, and deciding I was as good as dead already, I decided to risk it. /Well, I may as well have something GOOD happen to me before I die… I always heard revenge was the best thing that could ever happen to a tortured soul…./
I paused, then added, /….aside from salvation, that is…. But no one'd ever let me have that…./
~Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
Break break break break break
shut up when I'm talking to you
shut up shut up shut up
shut up when I'm talking to you
shut up shut up shut up shut up
I'm about to break~
There's an uncomfortable silence, and a faint glimmer of feeling pushes through our link. I'm speechless as I recognize the ephemeral hint of emotion- it was… respect? No- admiration? Can't be… I concentrate on the last few options, and finally come up with a single conclusion…
…It was pride. But why the hell would he be proud of my backtalk?
//Stupid, brainless fool….. If I were to kill you, I'd be stuck in that damn puzzle again…// he pauses for a moment, almost hesitant, and another twinge of emotion filters through; this time, I recognize it right off the bat, having constantly felt it all my life….
….Fear.
I subconsciously draw myself within the soul room, and stare wide-eyed at the one who'd caused me such pain this past year. This monster, as I've grown accustomed to seeing him as such, could feel. He could be afraid of something, just like anyone else…
…He had a heart. As cold and black as it was, it was there….
He shuddered, something I never thought was possible, and continued, his gaze on the golden trinket he held in his hands. "I hated it in there… I absolutely hated it… More than anything else I've ever felt…."
The next moment, as if he realized just what he was doing, he jerked his head up and glared at me. All traces of the humane, lost boy from before were gone- buried deep within the walls that bound his heart.
"You'd better survive, boy…. If you don't, I swear I'll find a way to torture your soul for all eternity…."
With that, he banished me back to the real world, and I scooted back from the sadistic, homicidal maniac blocking the door. How did he expect me to get out of this?!
~Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break~
I scanned the room, searching frantically for any means of escape, any way at all that could increase our chances of surviving. All at once, my eyes locked on a new door; one that had been hidden in the corner and painted white so that it nearly blended into the wall. I sneak over to it while the stranger is busy fighting with Jounochi, and place a hand on the handle.
As if an answer to my prayers, it was open. As a bonus, it led to an area outside where the students set their work to dry, meaning we could actually get out of the building and keep him from coming this way if we jammed the door with one of the benches.
"Jounochi-kun!!" I cry, grabbing his sleeve and pointing to the now-open door.
He nodded, shoving us both through and slamming the door, kicking a bench under it so it jammed the handle. A loud string of curses filtered through the inch-thick wood; or at least, they sounded like curses. Our attacker spoke in a strange, foreign tongue, something other than English, since I would've understood him after taking up through English 4. No- this was something entirely different.
All thoughts disappeared as Katsuya grabbed my hand, racing off toward the school in the distance. It wouldn't be long before he was on our tails again, since we hadn't locked the front door. Sure enough, as we crossed the halfway point of the track field, a white gleam of hair burst forth from the ceramics building, heading our way.
As we reached the first row of buildings, a pair of hands shot out and grabbed both of us, pulling us into an empty classroom before the person locked the door behind them. We turned to face him, ready for the worst, but froze when the heavy steps of the white-haired boy passed by.
Once the coast was clear, we continued our 180 degree turn, and came face-to-face with someone we never expected….
"…Kaiba-sempai?!"
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K: Well, that was pretty different…
Y: Yeah, Yuugi went AWOL….
K: *glares* Not THAT, I meant the layout!! It's a chapter, but still has a song in it just like the side story!
Y: Oh… THAT…. ^^; Yeah, that's different too….
K: *rolls eyes* ANYWAY, I hope you guys liked this chapter a lot better than the… *shudders, then glares pointedly at Bakura, who's still being hugged to death by Mashida* … last one…..
Y: *notices her aibou's not gonna say anything else for a while, since she's started a glaring contest with Bakura* ^^;; Ano sa…. Review, onegai? We haven't been getting many lately, even if we DID add another chappie to "Strip Tease"…. IT'S ANZU BASHING FOR RA'S SAKE!!! DON'T YOU PEOPLE CARE?! *starts ranting for a while and doesn't notice Dai posting the fic for them*
