~chapter 3~
Bakura blinked, looking around at his surroundings. "The kitchen...?" he blinked again. "How did I--" he paused. 'Oh...' he thought in slow realization. 'Kisei-sama must have been in control.' He looked at the wall clock and grimaced. It was late already, Yuugi-kun would be over with his school work any moment.
He rose to his feet and nearly fell as a wave of nausea and dizziness struck him. Clutching his stomach, he managed to stumble to the bathroom before succumbing, his body expelling the contents of his stomach.
Groaning, he collapsed next to the toilet. The redness could only mean one thing. Raw steak. 'Kisei-sama.... I would have cooked it for you...'
There was a snort in reply. 'I LIKE it raw...'
'Demo...!'
There was no reply.
Bakura sighed, hauling himself back to his feet. 'At least I'll be able to tell Yuugi-kun I was sick without lying,' he thought as he began brushing his teeth.
He looked up from the sink as the doorbell rang and quickly rinsed before heading for the entryway, trying to keep upright. "Hai?" he answered, not opening the door.
"Bakura-kun, it's me, Yuugi," the boy's voice answered, seeming both cheerful and worried at the same time. "I have your work from school, can I come in?"
"You shouldn't. I'm really sick, Yuugi-kun and I wouldn't want you to get sick as well," Bakura answered, smiling grimly at the truth to the sentence as he leaned against his forehead against the door. "If you leave it by the door, I'll get it after you leave."
There was quiet a moment on the other side and Bakura felt his heart race slightly. Yuugi would believe him, wouldn't he?
"All right..." Bakura sighed in relief at his friend's words. "I'll call you later to talk more then, if you're not too tired," Yuugi's voice continued. "Get better soon, Bakura-kun!"
Bakura listened as Yuugi's footsteps moved down the hallway and turned to lean the back of his head against the wall, eyes closing as he sighed in relief once more. Yuugi had believed him. He was safe.
Feeling almost giddy, he unlocked the door and pulled it open, looking down at the floor where his work should have been.
He froze when he instead saw his friends sneakers.
"Bakura-kun, what--"
The paler boy shrank back in a panic, reaching to close the door again, but Yuugi quickly stepped up and blocked it. "Bakura-kun--"
Bakura lifted an arm to cover his face. "I don't want you to get sick as well!" he exclaimed, trying to hide the trembling in his voice.
"I know you're not sick, Bakura-kun, please, I want to help you!" Yuugi insisted. "There's something wrong, you have blood on your shirt!"
The paler boy looked down and grimaced, seeing the splattered stains from his other's meal. "It isn't mine, I was cooking and I got clumsy with the steak," he assured, trying to regain his calm. Maybe he could bluff his way through. "Please, Yuugi-kun, I---" He broke off, eyes widening as the Ring began to heat up slightly against his skin. 'Kisei-sama?! What are you--?!' he asked silently in a panic.
The only reply was a dark chuckle inside his mind as the Ring began to move under his shirt.
"Bakura-kun...?" Yuugi's concerned voice spoke up.
"Yuugi-kun, please, just go," Bakura begged, voice catching as one of the Ring's pendants began to slowly puncture his skin.
The smaller boy's eyes went wide as Yami Bakura's form began to fade into existance behind his host, his arms wrapped around the boy possessively. "What's the matter, Yadonushi?" the darker boy's voice chuckled in his ear, form starting to solidify as the 2nd pendent slipped into his host's chest.
"Please..." Bakura near whimpered.
"Bakura! What ever you're doing--"
Yami Yuugi's challenge was cut off as Yami Bakura cackled. Bakura gave a small whimper, face warm as the pendants continued being slid into him, his mind unable to focus on what the two spirits were saying to each other as the seductive torture drained him. Part of him screamed to fight back while another ached for the rough touch that normally followed the pendants enrtry. "Kisei-sama..." he begged, voice exhausted and unheard as his eyes drooped closed. He fell soundlessly to the ground as his darker half let loose his hold and sank into the darkness of his mind.
"Bakura-kun! Bakura-kun!"
The boy gave a small groan, trying to move away from the sound that was pulling him from the comfort of the darkness that surrounded him. Slowly, his eyes cracked open and he groaned, trying to shield himself from the light. His entire body felt heavy and his chest hurt. Almost unconsciously he reached up to put a hand over the Ring.
His eyes snapped open when fingers found only bandages. Panicking, he sat up, and nearly passed out again from the dizziness.
"Careful!"
Bakura turned to see Yuugi's concerned face as the boy put an arm around him. "Sennen Ring ga...." the paler boy's voice trembled slightly.
"It's okay, Mou Hitori no Boku took care of it," Yuugi smiled, trying to assure his friend.
Bakura's eyes went wide again. "Took...." his voice faltered, mind reeling. 'Kisei-sama...?' he called silently to his other half, mental voice shaking. He felt a mild panic begin to grow inside him where they was no response.
"He won't hurt you again, Bakura-kun," Yuugi continued. "He's gone."
Bakura stared at his friend in horror. "G--g--" His voice choked up, unable to say the word.
Yuugi nodded with a smile.
Shaking hands reached out to desperately grip the lapels of Yuugi's uniform. "Please... give it back," Bakura begged in a shaky whisper.
Yuugi blinked. "Bakura-kun...?" he asked, concerned.
"The Ring! Please!" Tears stared to form in the pale boy's eyes. "Please..." he whispered again, hands tensing.
Yuugi shook his head, placing his hands over his friends. "I can't do that. Bakura-kun, I know it's hard, but--"
"GIVE ME THE DAMNED RING!" Bakura shouted hysterically, trying to shake the boy.
Yuugi's eyes went wide in shock.
"Please..." The paler boy's grip went slack as his energy gave out. His head fell forward to rest of Yuugi's chest, his eyes closing in exhaustion and despair. "Please...."
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And that's the end of Kisei. There is a sequal fic, 'Better' which will be posted soon.
Bakura blinked, looking around at his surroundings. "The kitchen...?" he blinked again. "How did I--" he paused. 'Oh...' he thought in slow realization. 'Kisei-sama must have been in control.' He looked at the wall clock and grimaced. It was late already, Yuugi-kun would be over with his school work any moment.
He rose to his feet and nearly fell as a wave of nausea and dizziness struck him. Clutching his stomach, he managed to stumble to the bathroom before succumbing, his body expelling the contents of his stomach.
Groaning, he collapsed next to the toilet. The redness could only mean one thing. Raw steak. 'Kisei-sama.... I would have cooked it for you...'
There was a snort in reply. 'I LIKE it raw...'
'Demo...!'
There was no reply.
Bakura sighed, hauling himself back to his feet. 'At least I'll be able to tell Yuugi-kun I was sick without lying,' he thought as he began brushing his teeth.
He looked up from the sink as the doorbell rang and quickly rinsed before heading for the entryway, trying to keep upright. "Hai?" he answered, not opening the door.
"Bakura-kun, it's me, Yuugi," the boy's voice answered, seeming both cheerful and worried at the same time. "I have your work from school, can I come in?"
"You shouldn't. I'm really sick, Yuugi-kun and I wouldn't want you to get sick as well," Bakura answered, smiling grimly at the truth to the sentence as he leaned against his forehead against the door. "If you leave it by the door, I'll get it after you leave."
There was quiet a moment on the other side and Bakura felt his heart race slightly. Yuugi would believe him, wouldn't he?
"All right..." Bakura sighed in relief at his friend's words. "I'll call you later to talk more then, if you're not too tired," Yuugi's voice continued. "Get better soon, Bakura-kun!"
Bakura listened as Yuugi's footsteps moved down the hallway and turned to lean the back of his head against the wall, eyes closing as he sighed in relief once more. Yuugi had believed him. He was safe.
Feeling almost giddy, he unlocked the door and pulled it open, looking down at the floor where his work should have been.
He froze when he instead saw his friends sneakers.
"Bakura-kun, what--"
The paler boy shrank back in a panic, reaching to close the door again, but Yuugi quickly stepped up and blocked it. "Bakura-kun--"
Bakura lifted an arm to cover his face. "I don't want you to get sick as well!" he exclaimed, trying to hide the trembling in his voice.
"I know you're not sick, Bakura-kun, please, I want to help you!" Yuugi insisted. "There's something wrong, you have blood on your shirt!"
The paler boy looked down and grimaced, seeing the splattered stains from his other's meal. "It isn't mine, I was cooking and I got clumsy with the steak," he assured, trying to regain his calm. Maybe he could bluff his way through. "Please, Yuugi-kun, I---" He broke off, eyes widening as the Ring began to heat up slightly against his skin. 'Kisei-sama?! What are you--?!' he asked silently in a panic.
The only reply was a dark chuckle inside his mind as the Ring began to move under his shirt.
"Bakura-kun...?" Yuugi's concerned voice spoke up.
"Yuugi-kun, please, just go," Bakura begged, voice catching as one of the Ring's pendants began to slowly puncture his skin.
The smaller boy's eyes went wide as Yami Bakura's form began to fade into existance behind his host, his arms wrapped around the boy possessively. "What's the matter, Yadonushi?" the darker boy's voice chuckled in his ear, form starting to solidify as the 2nd pendent slipped into his host's chest.
"Please..." Bakura near whimpered.
"Bakura! What ever you're doing--"
Yami Yuugi's challenge was cut off as Yami Bakura cackled. Bakura gave a small whimper, face warm as the pendants continued being slid into him, his mind unable to focus on what the two spirits were saying to each other as the seductive torture drained him. Part of him screamed to fight back while another ached for the rough touch that normally followed the pendants enrtry. "Kisei-sama..." he begged, voice exhausted and unheard as his eyes drooped closed. He fell soundlessly to the ground as his darker half let loose his hold and sank into the darkness of his mind.
"Bakura-kun! Bakura-kun!"
The boy gave a small groan, trying to move away from the sound that was pulling him from the comfort of the darkness that surrounded him. Slowly, his eyes cracked open and he groaned, trying to shield himself from the light. His entire body felt heavy and his chest hurt. Almost unconsciously he reached up to put a hand over the Ring.
His eyes snapped open when fingers found only bandages. Panicking, he sat up, and nearly passed out again from the dizziness.
"Careful!"
Bakura turned to see Yuugi's concerned face as the boy put an arm around him. "Sennen Ring ga...." the paler boy's voice trembled slightly.
"It's okay, Mou Hitori no Boku took care of it," Yuugi smiled, trying to assure his friend.
Bakura's eyes went wide again. "Took...." his voice faltered, mind reeling. 'Kisei-sama...?' he called silently to his other half, mental voice shaking. He felt a mild panic begin to grow inside him where they was no response.
"He won't hurt you again, Bakura-kun," Yuugi continued. "He's gone."
Bakura stared at his friend in horror. "G--g--" His voice choked up, unable to say the word.
Yuugi nodded with a smile.
Shaking hands reached out to desperately grip the lapels of Yuugi's uniform. "Please... give it back," Bakura begged in a shaky whisper.
Yuugi blinked. "Bakura-kun...?" he asked, concerned.
"The Ring! Please!" Tears stared to form in the pale boy's eyes. "Please..." he whispered again, hands tensing.
Yuugi shook his head, placing his hands over his friends. "I can't do that. Bakura-kun, I know it's hard, but--"
"GIVE ME THE DAMNED RING!" Bakura shouted hysterically, trying to shake the boy.
Yuugi's eyes went wide in shock.
"Please..." The paler boy's grip went slack as his energy gave out. His head fell forward to rest of Yuugi's chest, his eyes closing in exhaustion and despair. "Please...."
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And that's the end of Kisei. There is a sequal fic, 'Better' which will be posted soon.