Shadows to Radiance
"They felt things that they never felt...", Quoted from How We Quit the Forest by Rasputina.
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Yugi woke to find Yami next to himself on the floor, his face buried into Yugi's chest. "Yami? Yami, wake up..." Yugi whispered.
Yami opened an eye carefully and Yugi chuckled warmly. "What are you doing down here with me?" Yugi asked.
"I was... Lonely." Yami explained with a long yawn between was and lonely.
"Okay, come on, let's go downstairs, I have to get ready to talk to someone today." Yugi explained.
"All right." Yami groaned, getting up.
"You don't have to come if you don't want to, you can stay home with Grandpa." Yugi told him.
"I.... I want to make sure.... You don't hurt anyone..." Yami explained.
"That's right, isn't it? I did promise you that." Yugi said, picking out a nice pair of what use to be Yami's leather pants.
"Are we going to have breakfast?", Yami asked.
'That's right, he has to eat to survive now, doesn't he? I should know better, even if I don't have to eat anymore...' Yugi thought to himself. "We'll stop at a restaurant on our way over to see who I need to see, kay?"
Yami nodded, slipping on his jacket, and looking at Yugi. "Yugi who is it you need to go see?" Yami asked, quietly.
"Yami Bakura." Yugi muttered.
"Do I have to go in with you? I really don't wanna." Yami said, fidgeting a bit uneasily.
"Not if you don't want to, Ryou can keep an eye on you for me." Yugi replied. "Don't worry, Yami, you'll be safe, I promise. Now come on, we need to go get you something to eat."
"Okay." Yami replied, hopping off of the bed, and following Yugi outside.
"I'm going somewhere Grandpa, don't worry about Yami, he's coming with me, kay?" Yugi yelled up into the storage attic.
"Okay, be careful Yugi!" Grandpa yelled back down.
So, the two headed off, stopped at some place to get Yami something to eat, then headed over to the apartment complex where Ryou lived. Yami followed Yugi upstairs to the apartment. Yugi knocked on the door and Ryou opened. "Oh, hi Yugi, nice to see you come to visit!" Ryou said.
"I need a word with your yami, Ryou, can you stay out here with Yami?" Yugi asked.
"Aaaa..... Sure, Yugi." Ryou said, puzzled.
"Thanks, I one you one for this." Yugi nodded, closing the door behind himself.
"What do you want with me?" Bakura groaned from the couch, partially awake.
"Just a few questions, like, how come I'm acting like my Yami, and Yami is acting like I did?" Yugi asked.
"Hold on a second, you mean you and Yami? You've switched roles sorta thing?" Bakura asked, sitting up, his hair sticking up at odd angles.
"Yes, that's exactly what I mean." Yugi rolled his eyes.
"Hm....." Bakura thought. "Okay, let me think about this...."
"Well?" Yugi asked, being impatient.
"I heard once, but mind, I'm not sure because it was before I was even born and my Mother told me about this...." Bakura said, slowly. "Well, she told me the way a millennium item worked was that it bound two people with two pieces of one spirit together."
"I already know that." Yugi sighed.
"Well, the two souls are just like yin and yang, each cannot survive without the other." Bakura continued. "Because each has one small piece of it's opposite inside of themselves."
"Okay, now we're getting somewhere. So, what about that?" Yugi asked.
"Well, in rare cases, that small piece in each half can cause both to switch what they are." Bakura explained. "For instance, you're now the yami and yami is now your lighter half."
"So, you mean... It's exactly what I thought it was?" Yugi asked.
Bakura nodded, then went to get a cup of coffee from the kitchen. "It's like what happened to me, I was a violent, heartless being. That is until I remembered that all I was doing was venting anger towards someone who isn't even alive anymore." Bakura told Yugi. "Now, I'm just ruff around the edges, but not abusive or wanting to destroy lives or steal souls..."
"I see." Yugi said, looking down at his hands.
Bakura gave a smirk and sipped his coffee. "However, it doesn't mean I still don't have fun with torturing those I believe to deserve what they get with my games. Don't get me wrong on my punishments, all they are, are nightmares."
"So, you don't hurt anyone, huh?" Yugi said.
"Why? Oh, that yesterday thing?" Bakura asked.
"How'd you know?" Yugi glared at him.
"I can read the past out of people." Bakura smirked. "And I heard about the guy turning himself in on the six o' clock news... He told the cops to save him from some spiky haired kid. Don't worry, the killing thing is sometimes needed, even Yami did it once or twice, just do it when he's not around."
"That's one problem, you see... Yami can become rather suicidal at times over something from his past." Yugi explained. "I'm afraid to leave him alone now."
"I remember that... Rumors going around the people saying that our new pharaoh was being abused by his high priest, Seth." Bakura told him. "I felt sorrier for him, than even myself those were bad, bad times."
"I see, Yami didn't tell me, couldn't tell me." Yugi sighed.
"I'd keep an eye on him, since now he's the one who can die." Bakura suggested. "You on the other hand, you are now just a spirit yourself. The switch gave Yami a flesh and blood body for good, and you became a spirit so he could obtain that body."
Yugi got up, Bakura leading him to the door. "Oh, both of your likes and dislikes seem to have stayed the same, so he'll still want to wear tight clothing as you would like yours to be a bit looser." Bakura suggested.
"Okay, well thanks for all the advice." Yugi nodded, going out into the hall. "Come on Yami, let's go home now."
End Chapter: I know, I know, short isn't it? A transfer chapter, one to bridge a gap between two major chapters.
