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I've been contemplating the situation for a while now & I still have no reason why Yami would have ignored Bakura, the only thing I have managed is getting even angrier with the former Pharaoh. Bakura has remained upstairs the entire time; I suppose he's been thinking about this too. I hope he doesn't feel too bad about things, I like Bakura to be happy, other than the fact that I care for niisan, he's hurting too much, more than he deserves.

I mean, I know he isn't perfect, I know he's done a lot of bad things, but he's a good person really. People always over look the good though, which is partially why he acts so mean, there is also his heritage to blame. I don't need to tell myself this, I already know, I know all about his past & why he became 'the evil spirit of the ring'.

The only way to deal with this is to confront the baka Pharaoh myself & find out exactly what happened. Ra help Yami though & anyone else I meet, because I am far from happy right now & I can be just as temperamental as Bakura.

I've just arrived at the Game Shop, hopefully Yugi will be helping Solomon, so I will only have to deal with Yami. Damn, no such luck, I have to deal with Pharaoh's brat first, this will be so much fun.not.

"Bakura? What is it? Are you okay?" Yugi sounds concerned & just a little afraid.

"Where is the Pharaoh?" My voice is devoid of emotion, which will frighten him further.

Yugi looks confused. "Why do you want Yami?"

Has the idiot forgotten the incident at the park or something? His naivety is annoying.

"Get me Pharaoh, now." I'm practically growling at this point, I must sound like Kura.

"Bakura, what's wrong? Why haven't you been at school?"

Must resist strangulating him. Breathe Ryou. No, I still want to throttle him.

"My name is Ryou, not Bakura. Now I want to speak to that bakayaro of a Pharaoh!"

"What's all the commotion? Ryou?" Ah, finally, the 'great Pharaoh' appears.

"We need to have a chat Pharaoh." I still sound malicious, but at least I'm not shouting at the moment.

"About what?" Yami asks guilelessly.

Does naivety run in the group or something? Now I'm getting angry again.

"My yami of course!"

See, now I'm shouting again. This can't be good for my blood pressure.

"Bakura? Sure." He still sounds clueless.

Yami walks outside & ushers Yugi inside. We walk a little, away from prying ears.

"I've been trying to call him, is something wrong with him?" Yami is an idiot; he has to be for asking that.

"Wrong? No, why would anything be wrong?" My words are snarled sarcastically.

Yami just looks confused. "I don't understand."

I growl in response & have to control the urge to hit him.

"You ignored his message & hurt him again!"

I'm through being anything but blunt.

"Message? What message?"

"The message Bakura left asking you to meet him where you first met. Only, you never showed, or gave any excuse, so now he thinks you hate him!"

"I never received a message from him Ryou, or I would've gone. I don't hate him."

Okay, now all the anger is gone & I'm left as confused as the Pharaoh has been.

"I didn't think you would've just ignored him, but."

Yami looks agitated. "I think I need to have a chat with my hikari."

Of course, Yugi must have done something, he didn't want Yami near Bakura & must have thought everything would go back to normal if Yami had nothing to do with him. That sneaky little kusottare.

"I'd better go & explain the basics to Bakura."

"I'll come over once I'm done with Yugi. I'll have some serious grovelling to do, ne? Even if it was Yugi's doing."

I can't help but smile at that. Hopefully everything will be okay now, what a relief.

"That would be good, I know he's missed having you around."

I turn to leave, but Yami isn't done.

"Ryou, why haven't you been at school?"

Oh dear, I was hoping I wouldn't be asked that.

"Um, you see, we had an accident & I got slightly injured."

Yami looks shocked & I know what he's thinking.

"Ryou, did Bakura, hurt you?"

"It was an accident! Please don't be angry with him." Now I'm pleading, joy.

"What happened?"

I'm almost in tears, damn it.

"He was angry when you didn't show, he pushed me away & I lost my balance, he wasn't thinking & he didn't mean to hurt me."

Yami looks sceptical, though I can tell he wants to believe me.

"Ryou."

"Everything is fine Yami, it was an accident. I wouldn't be here defending him otherwise, now would I?"

Hopefully that will quell his doubts.

He nods. "Okay. I'll be over soon."

I sigh in relief once he's far enough away, I'm glad he didn't push things. Now I just need to explain everything to Kura & then hopefully he can be happy again. Perhaps not everything is against him after all. At least I know Yami cares for him now. Enough talking to yourself Ryou, go home & talk to Bakura instead.

I hurried home, wanting to give Bakura the good news, instead I turned up while Malik was trying to contact me again & am now stuck trying to get rid of him. Not easy considering he's worried & I don't want to upset him any further. Having him as a partner & my best friend just makes things even more difficult. Why do I do this to myself?

My random excuses & explanations aren't doing much good; he's even more sceptical than Yami. Malik does know me far better though, considering I usually confide things with him. What am I supposed to say though? Kura hit me & later threatened me with a knife; all because he thought Yami hated him? I'm sure he'd be thrilled to know I've been stuck with my 'evil' yami for the past week. Can't you tell I'm in a hurry Malik? Just leave me be for now, please?

I guess I'll have to be blunt with him too, I hope I don't upset him.

"I don't have time to chat right now Malik, perhaps later. Right now I have a problem to resolve."

He looks a little hurt that I snapped at him, now I feel guilty.

"Sure thing Ry, uh, I guess I'll have to catch you another time."

Now I want to hug him & apologise, be strong Ryou, you can explain everything later, Bakura must come first right now. I enter the house & call for Bakura, hearing a reply from the living room, I head there & take a seat opposite him, time to explain my little chat with Yami, hopefully it will make him happy again.

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After I left Ryou, I headed straight back to the Game Shop. I can't believe Yugi would have done something like that. Yet at the same time, I understand why he would & that in his eyes, I'd given him the justification to do so. He'll assume Bakura was a bad influence on me, since I yelled at all of them, so he erased the message in an attempt to remove that bad influence & turn me back to the pathetic idiot that wandered his soul room until he was needed.

Still, he had no right to make that choice, no right to discard Bakura's feelings, or get Ryou hurt because Bakura felt alone & betrayed. Also, Ryou said I'd hurt Bakura again, so I must have hurt him in the past & that's why Ryou went through all the pain of having Bakura as a yami. I seem to be good at making people's lives a mess. No time for self pity right now, I need to yell at Yugi & then try to make up with Bakura. I just hope that he will forgive me; I didn't mean for him to get hurt, I really do care for him a lot, no, I really do love him.

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That'll do for now I think. So it should be two more chapters, but no promises, the next one could be the last, depending on how long I write it.

Uh, you'll have to excuse all the cursing; I blame it on the Japanese YGO. Hearing Yugi & Mokuba swear is so funny ^_^

Um, anything else I need to say? Hope you enjoyed the chapter, please review & don't be angry that I'm almost finished.

Oh Todo, come back please? I miss you ;_;

Anyway, that's enough from me. Ja ne!