Aisha: Wow it feels like it's been forever since I last updated. It's only been one week right? Don't mind me, I've been so lost this week, I thought Tuesday was Wednesday and Friday was Thursday. I'M SO CONFUSED!!! Anyway I'm gonna try something new with this chapter. I know you all want Bakura and Ryou fluff, and you'll get it, but first I'm going to do is chapter from the point of view of a different character. Just for Shenya, I do believe it will either be from Malik's point of view or his yami's point of view.

Responses:

Yami Bakura Kia: I'm working on chapter size, so not only am I giving you the next chapter, but hopefully it will be longer as well. I simply LOVE your website by the way. It's so cute!

Kate Tully: Readers please keep in mind that this is a personal friend of mine, so whatever is said here is most likely a personal joke. Other then that I can tell her to shut up, and it's not considered rude…. Not that I would Kate Tully Well Bonzi can't have my body! And you can't have my fic, but you can read it GIR impression?

firedraygon97: Don't worry Ryou is fine. Yes he can retract his wings, but remember at the time Bakura had him pinned to a fence, if he were to have retracted his wings at that point it would have only caused him more pain. Anyway, I'm sure Ryou will be just peachy once he's done with his nap…. Then again since he isn't a morning person he may not want to wake up.

Shenya: I'm so glad you updated, and it was a very good chapter! Don't worry I'm adding Malik, just for you! Yup, that was the Soulroom last chapter, just wait I think I may expand on that later. I've got plans, evil plans. Insert Yami Bakura's insane laughter in his Japanese voice Cough I hope you like this. I'm almost positive I'm going to screw up Malik and his Yami.

Angel Anastasia: Yes they have finally met, but the fluff may not start for a little while yet. It'll be soon though, have patience; it'll pay off in the end. I'll make sure to stop by that site, thanks

Genkisaru: Sorry for the cliffy, I tend to do that a lot. Anyway I think you're right about Ryou. I think that when people usually see him he's a bit preoccupied with saving them from his yami to act like himself. ; I have too much time on my hands if I can come up with a theory about a cartoon character.

Rosz of the Angel: Yeah sorry about the short chapters. I'm glad you like this, that makes it worth writing. It took me a little longer then I would have liked to get this chapter up, but here it is!

Dreamchaser149: I'm hoping that some interesting stuff happens in this chapter as well. Actually I know something happens, it's just kinda subdued is all. The plot thickens a bit this chapter. And I think I'll have Bakura and Ryou actually talk to each other at the end of the chapter. Thanks for sticking to this, it means a lot to me, to know that I can count on the feed back of a certain few people who like this enough to come back for more. Thankies! Huggles

Disclaimer: You'd have to be a moron to mistake me for an Asian. Sigh Wish I was though, at least I wouldn't be so freakin' pale. I tell if I were any more white, I'd be clear.

Characters: People seemed to be confused as to who's who, so here's a guide that'll probably confuse you even more. I'm always happy to help ;

Ryou Bakura (hikari)- Ryou the angel

Yami Bakura- Bakura the human

Yugi Mouto (hikari)- Yugi the angel

Yami Yugi- Yami the human

Malik Ishtar (hikari)- You haven't met him yet, but he's gonna be from the Lower Elements.

Yami Malik- I'm gonna call him Ishtar, because if I call him Marik, like most people, I'll probably type Malik by accident. Anyway he's a human too, but his personality has been toned down a bit to fit the average teenage life tedium.

Bound By Our Simple Mistakes

Chapter5: Winged Thingies

(Ishtar's POV)

What a weird day. It started out bad and then took a decided turn towards loony land. First I woke up ten minutes before my alarm went off, and that just irked me. I simply stared at the ceiling for ten minutes when I could have been sleeping! I finally got out of bed, got dressed, and staggered down the stairs only to find that there weren't any Lucky Charms left. If I was irked about having to get up early it was nothing compared to this. I needed that sugar so I could be nice crazy ol' Ishtar that zones out during classes and stops talking mid-sentence when answering teachers, just to see the funny face they make when they send you to the guidance counselor for trying to get out of detention by saying, "But I have a spoon!"

So I had rice krispy treats instead. Almost as sugary, and it certainly did buzz in my head the same way (Bakura tells me that the buzzing isn't caused by the sugar, but by being dropped on my head too many times as a child. I was never dropped on my head. I ran into a metal poll a few times, but never dropped on my head. It's too pretty to take that kind of abuse.) School was just as boring as always, and by lunch I had decided that I'd had enough. Looking at my watch I timed my stride out just right so that none of the school security guards would notice me leaving mid-day. Once I was completely out of site of the school, I breathed a sigh a relief. Friday; I had skipped on a Friday, so if they even noticed I was gone (which they would, I seem to stand out for some reason…. Or maybe they just notice the sudden absence of someone mumbling about microwavable turkey sandwiches from the back of the class,) I wouldn't get in trouble until after the weekend.

Turning left down a side street, I started to head towards the park. It was rather pretty out, since it was mid-winter, because everything was covered in fresh snow, which sparkles. I like shiny things, therefore I like snow on sunny days because it's shiny. I'd keep it too, but snow melts. Did I ever mention I'm a kleptomaniac? Maybe that's why I have so many shiny things, because once I see it, it has to be mine. My house is full of shiny thing and I have no idea what half of them are or what they do, nor do I care. Sorry I realize how un-organized all of these thoughts are, I start at point A and veer off to point 8…. That made no sense.

……..Right, well I was in the park, and was just thinking how odd it was that no one was around, when suddenly-

"Odd weather we're having, it's raining winged thingies" I have no clue who I was talking to at that point in time.

Something had fallen—dive-bombed out of the sky. Something human-like, with large dark purple wings.

It looked up……..

It had eyes that were trapped somewhere between blue and purple, with long blond hair, tanned skin, and leather attire. I stared, eyes unable to move.

It stood up and dusted itself off, as if plummeting to its splatty death was an everyday thing. Pseudo-Me looked back at Real-Me with aggravation written all over its face. "What in all the seven levels of hell are you staring at?" he asked none too gently, head titled to the side like a confused kitten.

Sun Blond Hair= Shiny Thing.

"Mine," was the only thing that came out of my mouth, as my eyes took on a look that said 'Hi, I'm going to eat you now!'

He raised a finely arched eyebrow, "Are you always this deranged, or am I just- OOF!!" I'm guessing he meant to say lucky, but at that moment I had decided to lunge at him. I had grabbed him around the middle, and was just about to celebrate about my newest addition to the Ishtar's Shiny Stuff collection, but at that moment everything decided to erupt in a bright golden light.

Too many things were happening all at once, and the next thing I knew my hand burned like all hell. Looking down I saw a small scepter-like object with wings and a freaky eye symbol on it. It was a highly polish gold, absolutely perfect for my shiny collection….. But where had that adorable Pseudo-Me that I had claimed gotten to?

/In here, stupid./

That was definitely its voice, "In where?!?" I was completely bewildered.

/Your head,/ he almost sounded amused…. Almost.

"Oh no you don't, I've got too many voices up there as it is! Besides your hair is shiny, you face is cute, and your skin is pretty, I want you back for my collection!"

/You collect people?!?/ He sounded horrified.

I grinned, "Only you."

/Lucky me, I've been bound to a madman./ He almost sounded like Daria when he talked like that. /Listen nutcase, I need you to find a boy with white hair, he should have bound to the one called Ryou Ten minutes ago./

"Huh? White hair? You mean Bakura?"

/Yes./

"Why?" Curiosity killed the cat, but he had my interest peeked.

/I must speak to the angel./ That last word almost sounded sarcastic.

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(Ryou's POV)

It wasn't long before I woke up to-

"Whatever the hell you are, could you please stop snoring in my head!"

That voice I had heard it before, in the very same pissed off tone, too. But who was it? My memory seemed to stay just out of reach, leaving me in a fog-like confusion.

I moaned in discomfort, realizing that I had fallen asleep without retracting my wings. They ached horribly, but for the life of me I could not remember what had happened.

"I thought I told you to shut up!" Pissed-off voice said.

"No, you just told me to stop snoring," I responded in a clipped voice. So sue me, I was confused, tired, and most of all hungry.

"Fine. Shut Up! Ishtar has voices in his head not me. I'm not crazy, I only saw a- a THING with freakish wings-"

"Angel," I supplied.

He snorted before saying the very thing that had haunted me all my life, "Angels have white wings. Close encounters of the fourth kind, now I've got it in my head. This is me telling you to get out of my head. Out. NOW!"

He was panicking; I couldn't blame him, because if I could remember what had happened I probably would be too. "Let's be rational about this-"

"Rational?! I've got a…. whatever in my head!………. What the hell are you anyway?"

That last statement echoed through my head before my memory shot forward like water from a dam. Bright mercurial flashes of gold, an agonizing pain, and a large ornate ring.

"Better question is, what happened?" I mumbled, my head reeling from this sudden over load.

"Bakura, we need to talk!" That wasn't my voice, and Bakura definitely wasn't talking to himself.

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Aisha: Ok, it wasn't that bad was it? Not as much happened as I had hoped, but it didn't turn out that bad. A bit longer too, yes? Review please! Chibi Ryou Eyes Pwease?

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Chapter Revised: August 4, 2004.