Next Chappy 4 You All!!!!!!!
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Bakura opened his eyes, only to see nothing at all. Wherever he was, it was pitch black.
Suddenly, the entire room turned white. And then it turned into something that looked like a small child's bedroom. Looking around, Bakura saw toys, books, a very comfortable looking bed, and many other things. The walls were decorated with light blue sailboats and so were the curtains. The floor matched the color of the sailboats exactly. There was a gumball machine, a whole set of shelves devoted to action figures, a book case full of comic books... everything a child could want. It looked like a child's paradise.
In the middle of it all, sitting on th floor and playing with action figures, was a little white-haired boy. Ryou.
SEE!!! I always knew his life was perfect!!!! thought Bakura as he stared in wonder at his hikari's old room.
Suddenly a man entered the room. He had dark hair, but his eyes were the same as Ryou's. This was obviously his father.
"I'm going to leave for France now, Ryou. I'll be there for a month, but call me if you need anything." said the man. He turned and walked out of the room, Ryou watching him go.
"Yes, and I'll call you if anything happens with mother as well. Not that you'd notice if she died." Ryou muttered under his breath.
Suddenly a voice, obviously Ryou's thoughts at the time, surrounded Bakura.
Does father even care if mother dies? They say she could go within the next two months and he's STILL going from trip to trip!
Huh? What the hell is he thinking! Ryou's mother didn't die! He would have told me if she did! Wouldn't he? Thought Bakura, as he watched.
Ryou got up and walked out of the room. The scene seemed to follow him as he did so. He stopped at a set of heavy-looking wooden doors. Bakura watched as Ryou opened one, and went inside a very luxurious bedroom. On the king-size bed in the middle of the room was a woman. She had long white hair, just like Ryou's. This had to be Ryou's mother.
"Hello Mother, how are you feeling?" asked young Ryou.
"As good as I'll ever feel." Said the woman, in a weak voice. This answer made Ryou wince.
"Would you like me to get you anything, Mother?" asked Ryou, his voice full of concern.
"You can read me our favorite book. Please Ryou?" Asked the woman in a pleading voice.
"Of course Mother! I think that would be splendid!"
Oh great. Here comes the little kiddy popup book. Thought Bakura. But to his surprise, Ryou reached into the drawer in the night stand by the bed, and pulled out a fairly thick-looking chapter book. Bakura could just make out the title as "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. He stood, dumbstruck at the fact that a boy who looked about six years old could read something like that. Ryou began reading aloud.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
As the scene faded, Bakura thought about how much Ryou must love his mother, to learn to read so fluently for her sake.
I wonder why he's never mentioned her...Thought Bakura.
Suddenly, a new scene arose. The same luxurious bedroom, with the same woman laying on the bed. This time though, Ryou's father and a doctor were the ones by her side.
"We're losing her." said the doctor, gravely.
"Please..." said Ryou's mother, weakly. "I need to see my son..."
"No! Don't You DARE let Ryou in here! I'm not going to be the cause of my own son's mental breakdown!" yelled the father. Bakura fumed.
His mother's about to DIE, Ra damn him!! Let Ryou See Her!!!!! his mind shrieked as the scene unfolded before him.
"She doesn't have much time left, sir." said the doctor.
"No! I refuse to let my son see his mother die! Do you know how much pain that would cause him???" shrieked the father.
"Please... At least tell him... I... Love him." Sighed the mother, as her last breath left her body. The monitor flat lined. The doctor said "I'm so sorry." The father just stood there, without emotion.
Suddenly the door burst open.
"MOTHER!!!!" Shrieked a little boy with white hair and brown eyes. Tears welled within those eyes as he ran to the side of the bed.
"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU NOT TO LET HIM IN HERE!!!!!!" Ryou's father screamed. "JAMES!!! JAMES, GET HIM OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!"
A man in a black suit came behind Ryou and grabbed him around the waist.
"NO!!! MOTHER!!! MOTHER, NO!! DON'T LET THEM TAKE ME!! MOTHER!!" screamed Ryou. Bakura knew that if he had been there, at that moment, Ryou's father would have been in the shadow realm in no time flat.
THAT..... BASTARD.... he seethed as he watched his future hikari being dragged away.
Suddenly, the view was outside the room, where Ryou was. He was on his knees crying. The door opened and Ryou's father stepped out of the room. Taking a worn copy of "Pride and Prejudice" out from his pocket, he handed it to Ryou, who took it with shaking hands.
"She... wanted you to have this." He said in a low voice.
"Did... She... Say anything about me?" asked Ryou, suddenly searching for one last thing to hold onto.
His father's eyes darkened.
"No," he said. "No, Ryou. She said nothing about you."
Before Bakura cold start screaming, the scene changed again. Ryou was crying, holding the book in his hands, walking down a hallway. Seeing his hikari cry tore at Bakura's heartstrings.
Ryou's father appeared behind him.
"You're STILL crying?????" Asked the father.
"Father, I... I miss her." Said Ryou, weakly.
"Stop this foolishness, Ryou! She's GONE! Missing her won't bring her back!!!"
"I can't help it father! I loved her!!!!" yelled Ryou.
"LOVE?!?! Love is a stupid, silly emotion. It makes us blind and naive. Love is a weakness. ALL emotions are a weakness." Yelled the father.
Suddenly, the father grabbed the book and threw it into a nearby fireplace.
"NOOOO!!!! Father that was all I had left!!!!!!!" screamed Ryou, frantically running toward the fireplace. His father's hand stopped him.
"From now on, Ryou, I never want to see you crying. Crying makes you weak. Remember this. If I hear you or see you crying, EVER, the punishment will be much worse. And as for your mother, don't even think about crying at her funeral. When I say not EVER, I mean it. Feelings are a weakness, and you NEVER show your weaknesses."
The father walked away, and Ryou stood. Bakura would've ripped off the father's head if he could.
Suddenly, everything fast forwarded to the day Bakura first arrived. Ryou had a box in his hands that said "To: Ryou; From: Dad." on it. He opened the box, and pulled out the Millennium
Ring. He examined it for a moment, then put it around his neck. Bakura grinned. He knew what happened next. But when he appeared, he was surprised by his own actions.
"Oh Ra! Look at this pathetic hikari!!" The Bakura of memories was saying.
It then fast forwarded to that very year. Ryou was in the living room. So was Bakura.
"Oh Ra!" Memory Bakura was saying, "Please give me a stronger, less pathetic hikari! I cannot bare my own hikari's weakness!"
Ryou's thoughts again were heard.
Please Ra, give Bakura what he wants. I only wish for his happiness. You are the only soul who knows how I truly feel about him. Because I love him so deeply, please make him happy by giving him a gift of a knew hikari...
Bakura was dumbstruck.
Ryou... Loves me? But... oh Ra!! How could I have been so stupid to not to realize my own feelings! I love him too! Oh Ryou, why didn't you tell me!!! Oh, yeah, because I'm an insensitive jerk.
But then Bakura watched in horror as another scene came. The scene when Ryou was raped.
He wanted to kill the man for taking away his hikari's innocence. Then he heard what the man said.
"You're pathetic, you know that?"
Suddenly he heard all of Ryou's thoughts.
Yeah. I'm pathetic. That's what everyone always says.
Huh? Ryou, no you're not pathetic!! Bakura thought.
I'm pathetic. I'm weak. I'm stupid, naive. I'm nothing but a sniveling little child. I'm not even fit enough to go to that stupid college. Not even strong enough to hide my emotions.
No!!! Ryou, you're none of those things!!!! Thought Bakura.
Not even brave enough to tell Bakura how I feel.
But Ryou, I love you too!!!! Thought Bakura.
Suddenly, those words Ryou's father had said so long ago reverberated around Bakura.
He listened to the revelation as it hit Ryou's mind. No more feelings.
Suddenly, he was back in Ryou's room. Standing over his sleeping angel.
Who wasn't sleeping anymore...
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TBC! Next Chappy coming soon, I swear!!!!! Oh, and sorry I made Ryou's Dad look bad.