Yami: Unseeing Eyes
Bakura slowly rose from his seat. "I have to find him." he said simply, before turning towards the door. Yami stood up, leaving his Aibou sleeping soundly on the sofa. "Bakura, wait. Wait until morning; then we'll all help." he said. "Yami, I don't want your damn help, I just want Ryou back!" Bakura yelled back at his fellow dark, tears forming in his harsh eyes. He quickly sank to his knees, and dissolved into salty tears, eyes tight shut, while the water ran freely down his face. Yami calmly walked over to him, and put one hand on Bakura's shoulder. "Look, we all want Ryou ba..." he began, but Bakura turned angry, tearful eyes towards him, and punched Yami in the face with all his remaining strength. Yami reeled backwards, and fell over, hitting the floor with a bump. Yugi stirred for a moment, but rolled over, and continued his slumber.
Yami sat with his eyes wide open in shock, his left hand covering his reddened cheek. Bakura stood, his tears drying. He offered his hand out to Yami, and Yami gladly took it. Bakura pulled him up from the floor so that they were standing face-to-face. "I'm sorry." Bakura murmured. "I know you're only trying to help." Yami nodded. "Bakura, just wait until morning. We're all tired..." he looked across to Joey, who was fast asleep in another chair. "Look, you can stay here tonight. Yugi won't mind. And tomorrow, we'll go out, and look for Ryou, together." Bakura nodded, accepting the offer. "Yami, I'll tell you now, while the others are sleeping. I've really begun to like you; as a friend. I think, really, I always have, but I was too eager to try and succeed in my other plans..." His mind flashed back to when he was trying to steal all of the Millennium Items. "But, if you'll accept my friendship, I'll know that I have one true, real friend. Ryou never really trusted me." Yami smiled. "I'll accept your friendship, if you'll accept mine." "Of course I will, stupid Pharaoh!" "Idiot Tomb Robber." The two began laughing, and Joey opened bleary eyes. "Quiet, you'll wake Yugi." he said, before falling asleep again.
Yami picked up his small aibou. "I'll take Yugi to bed, and then I'll get some blankets or something for you. You don't mind the sofa?" Yami said. Bakura shook his head. "Okay then." Yami turned, and carried Yugi up the stairs, and put him to bed, with the covers tucked close to his small body. Yami quietly opened a cupboard, and took out a few blankets. He took them down, and gave them to the former tomb robber. "I'll be upstairs if you need me." Yami said. "Goodnight," came a rather subdued voice from behind him. Yami smiled quite happily, then took himself off to bed.
Rather than taking the risk of awaking Yugi by getting into bed, Yami sat with his back against one side of the wooden bed, and let himself fall asleep like that, which would be quite uncomfortable, if he wasn't used to it.
~Bakura's Dream~
Bakura found himself in an open dark land. There was no sun, or moon, or stars in the sky, and the ground was hard rock. It was light enough to see, though the source of the light could not be found.
A shadowy figure appeared before him. It was Ryou, as Bakura had last seen him, dressed in dark armour, and with a homicidal look in his darkened eyes. "You're weaker than I thought you were, Bakura." Ryou said. Bakura found he could say nothing in response. "Making friends with the Pharaoh, I don't believe it. This is a new low for you. Believe me now, the next time you see me, it will be your last."
Ryou raised his black-bladed sword, and slashed it through Bakura's dream form. "Your five millennia in that Ring were wasted..." was the last thing Bakura heard, before he woke with a short yell.
~End Dream~
Bakura opened his eyes, and saw another face before his. "Joey!" Bakura started back, and sat up. "Bakura, are you okay?" Joey asked, with a clear note of worry in his voice. "I got up to get a drink, and when I got back, you weren't breathing. I mean, usually, I wouldn't worry, but now you're mortal, I thought I should. Then you yelled, and woke up. I'm surprised Yami isn't down here, you yelled so loudly!" he explained. Bakura rested one hand on his forehead, pushing white hair out of his face. "Yeah... I just had a nightmare... It was Ryou..." he said quietly. "Sure, I understand. Maybe you'd better get back to sleep." Joey said, smiling. "It was only a dream." Joey turned, and went back to his chair. Bakura laid back down.
'That was more than just a dream.' he thought.
Bakura slowly rose from his seat. "I have to find him." he said simply, before turning towards the door. Yami stood up, leaving his Aibou sleeping soundly on the sofa. "Bakura, wait. Wait until morning; then we'll all help." he said. "Yami, I don't want your damn help, I just want Ryou back!" Bakura yelled back at his fellow dark, tears forming in his harsh eyes. He quickly sank to his knees, and dissolved into salty tears, eyes tight shut, while the water ran freely down his face. Yami calmly walked over to him, and put one hand on Bakura's shoulder. "Look, we all want Ryou ba..." he began, but Bakura turned angry, tearful eyes towards him, and punched Yami in the face with all his remaining strength. Yami reeled backwards, and fell over, hitting the floor with a bump. Yugi stirred for a moment, but rolled over, and continued his slumber.
Yami sat with his eyes wide open in shock, his left hand covering his reddened cheek. Bakura stood, his tears drying. He offered his hand out to Yami, and Yami gladly took it. Bakura pulled him up from the floor so that they were standing face-to-face. "I'm sorry." Bakura murmured. "I know you're only trying to help." Yami nodded. "Bakura, just wait until morning. We're all tired..." he looked across to Joey, who was fast asleep in another chair. "Look, you can stay here tonight. Yugi won't mind. And tomorrow, we'll go out, and look for Ryou, together." Bakura nodded, accepting the offer. "Yami, I'll tell you now, while the others are sleeping. I've really begun to like you; as a friend. I think, really, I always have, but I was too eager to try and succeed in my other plans..." His mind flashed back to when he was trying to steal all of the Millennium Items. "But, if you'll accept my friendship, I'll know that I have one true, real friend. Ryou never really trusted me." Yami smiled. "I'll accept your friendship, if you'll accept mine." "Of course I will, stupid Pharaoh!" "Idiot Tomb Robber." The two began laughing, and Joey opened bleary eyes. "Quiet, you'll wake Yugi." he said, before falling asleep again.
Yami picked up his small aibou. "I'll take Yugi to bed, and then I'll get some blankets or something for you. You don't mind the sofa?" Yami said. Bakura shook his head. "Okay then." Yami turned, and carried Yugi up the stairs, and put him to bed, with the covers tucked close to his small body. Yami quietly opened a cupboard, and took out a few blankets. He took them down, and gave them to the former tomb robber. "I'll be upstairs if you need me." Yami said. "Goodnight," came a rather subdued voice from behind him. Yami smiled quite happily, then took himself off to bed.
Rather than taking the risk of awaking Yugi by getting into bed, Yami sat with his back against one side of the wooden bed, and let himself fall asleep like that, which would be quite uncomfortable, if he wasn't used to it.
~Bakura's Dream~
Bakura found himself in an open dark land. There was no sun, or moon, or stars in the sky, and the ground was hard rock. It was light enough to see, though the source of the light could not be found.
A shadowy figure appeared before him. It was Ryou, as Bakura had last seen him, dressed in dark armour, and with a homicidal look in his darkened eyes. "You're weaker than I thought you were, Bakura." Ryou said. Bakura found he could say nothing in response. "Making friends with the Pharaoh, I don't believe it. This is a new low for you. Believe me now, the next time you see me, it will be your last."
Ryou raised his black-bladed sword, and slashed it through Bakura's dream form. "Your five millennia in that Ring were wasted..." was the last thing Bakura heard, before he woke with a short yell.
~End Dream~
Bakura opened his eyes, and saw another face before his. "Joey!" Bakura started back, and sat up. "Bakura, are you okay?" Joey asked, with a clear note of worry in his voice. "I got up to get a drink, and when I got back, you weren't breathing. I mean, usually, I wouldn't worry, but now you're mortal, I thought I should. Then you yelled, and woke up. I'm surprised Yami isn't down here, you yelled so loudly!" he explained. Bakura rested one hand on his forehead, pushing white hair out of his face. "Yeah... I just had a nightmare... It was Ryou..." he said quietly. "Sure, I understand. Maybe you'd better get back to sleep." Joey said, smiling. "It was only a dream." Joey turned, and went back to his chair. Bakura laid back down.
'That was more than just a dream.' he thought.
