" The Final Judgement "
By JessieHeart
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I want to be with my Yami.
I want to be with him.
I want to be with him!
Ryou thought it over and over again until absolute need filled his heart. It was as if nothing else in the world mattered.
Ryou suddenly felt as though he'd been plunged into ice water. His eyes flew open.
He was no longer in his room, rather some sort of gate. Immensely large doors were in front of him. The Millenium Ring around his neck seemed to be pulling him towards it.
Yami needs me, He thought and began to run.
The doors swung open before he even reached them. Ryou dashed through a long hallway, ignoring the statues to his left. The hall seemed to stretch on forever, but he did not slow down.
Ryou came to a small, wooden door and flung it open with all his might. And there he saw him…
Yami…
His darker half was lying on the floor, eyes shut tight. His body was a roadmap of cuts and bruises. Bakura kept rolling on the ground, scrambling at his ears as if he didn't want to hear another sound. He screamed in agony.
"YAMI!" Ryou cried and ran to him, but he was stopped by a man with a dog's head.
"You can not pass." Said Anubis. "That spirit is undergoing the Final Judgement and may not be interrupted."
"Please!" Ryou pleaded. "Let me go to him. You a torturing someone I share a soul with. I am him, and he is me. I feel everything he feels. We're one and the same, like a yin yang, can't you understand?"
Anubis growled. "If you are the same as that spirit, then you, too, deserve his fate!"
The god raised his unforgiving hand once more to strike, but Ma'at appeared to calm his rage once more.
"His soul is pure. You must not harm him." She said quietly.
"Are you mad?!" Anubis roared. "He has merged with a 5,000 year old thief!"
Ma'at raised her voice for the first time. "He was able to pass the Stone Gates and through my Hall unscratched! How can you say that he is worthy of damnation?!"
The two gods argued relentlessly, neither backing down. Bakura let out another tormented scream.
"SILENCE!" Boomed a great voice. Everyone stopped talking, except for Bakura, who groaned on the floor.
Ryou looked up to the top of the staircase, now illuminated with light. There stood a god clothed like a noble Egyptian.
"Osiris…" Ma'at whispered, bowing her head. Ryou recognized the name at once; Osiris, the Lord over the Realm of the Dead.
Osiris spoke again. "I have been watching for quite a while now. Anubis, Ma'at- Step aside. I want to see…" He paused as he looked between Ryou and Bakura. "I want to see how his… their… future will play out. I want to know if a pure soul and a dark, ancient one can truly coincide."
The two gods backed away, letting Ryou rush forward. He sat on his knees and put Bakura's head in his lap, then held one of the trembling hands.
"Release your spell on him, Anubis." Osiris commanded.
Bakura instantly stopped shaking. After a moment, his eyes slowly opened and blinked a few times. He looked up at Ryou, who gave him a small smile.
"It's okay Yami… I'm here to take you home…" Ryou said.
"Aibou?" Bakura asked weakly, his forehead wrinkled in disbelief. Ryou smiled a little more.
"That's right. I'm here now, I'll fix your injuries and get you out of this place-"
"NO!" Bakura screamed, sitting up and pulling away. "You're another trick, another demon-!" He lashed out suddenly and clamped a hand around Ryou's neck. He had the same enraged glare that Ryou knew so well. "You are not my Aibou."
"I… am… Yami, I'm your… Aibou… Look… I have… the ring." Ryou said, barely able to breathe. Bakura tightened his grip around Ryou's throat.
"Leave me alone, demon!" he demanded.
"Yami… I wanted you to know… I love you…"
"SHUT UP!" Bakura cried, throwing Ryou away with all his might. He grabbed their Millenium Ring away from the boy. He poised on of it's sharp edges at him own throat, prepared to slit it open and take himself to hell. "Just SHUT UP! You are NOT my Aibou- You're some image of him sent here to torment me!"
"No…" Ryou pleaded, getting off the ground from where Bakura pushed him. He crawled on his knees slowly, almost begging Bakura not to take his second life. "I would never hurt you, Yami…" He reached Bakura, taking his face in his hands, feeling the familiar features. Tears welled up in his innocent, cinnamon eyes. "I couldn't hurt someone I love…"
Ryou pressed his forehead against Bakura's. His hands left his Yami's face one going to his shoulder and the other to the hand that held the Millenium Ring. Ryou wrapped his fingers around Bakura's.
"And if you love me, you won't send yourself to hell… You'll stay with me…"
An inner war raged within Bakura, causing tears of angst and rage to fall. He want so desperately to believe this boy in front of him, to believe that he was his savior from this realm. However, his logic would not allow him to give in so easily. His brain told him this all had to be some sort of test…
But his heart knew differently. In his heart Bakura knew that no one else would hold him like this, beg him not to kill himself. In an instant, all the voices that raged inside his mind were silenced.
There was a moment where everything stood in perfect quiet, a stillness as if time had stopped. All present were unintentionally holding their breath.
The Ring fell to the ground. Bakura pulled away from Ryou, then wrapped him in an awkward embrace.
"Aibou…" he said, whispering the forgotten word. He rubbed the side of his face into Ryou's hair, seeking it's warmth. "Aibou…"
Ryou let his tears of joy flow freely now, holding his Yami as tight as he could.
For the longest time they ignored all gods and time itself. They just held each other, refusing to let go.
Nothing else mattered.
*
By JessieHeart
*
I want to be with my Yami.
I want to be with him.
I want to be with him!
Ryou thought it over and over again until absolute need filled his heart. It was as if nothing else in the world mattered.
Ryou suddenly felt as though he'd been plunged into ice water. His eyes flew open.
He was no longer in his room, rather some sort of gate. Immensely large doors were in front of him. The Millenium Ring around his neck seemed to be pulling him towards it.
Yami needs me, He thought and began to run.
The doors swung open before he even reached them. Ryou dashed through a long hallway, ignoring the statues to his left. The hall seemed to stretch on forever, but he did not slow down.
Ryou came to a small, wooden door and flung it open with all his might. And there he saw him…
Yami…
His darker half was lying on the floor, eyes shut tight. His body was a roadmap of cuts and bruises. Bakura kept rolling on the ground, scrambling at his ears as if he didn't want to hear another sound. He screamed in agony.
"YAMI!" Ryou cried and ran to him, but he was stopped by a man with a dog's head.
"You can not pass." Said Anubis. "That spirit is undergoing the Final Judgement and may not be interrupted."
"Please!" Ryou pleaded. "Let me go to him. You a torturing someone I share a soul with. I am him, and he is me. I feel everything he feels. We're one and the same, like a yin yang, can't you understand?"
Anubis growled. "If you are the same as that spirit, then you, too, deserve his fate!"
The god raised his unforgiving hand once more to strike, but Ma'at appeared to calm his rage once more.
"His soul is pure. You must not harm him." She said quietly.
"Are you mad?!" Anubis roared. "He has merged with a 5,000 year old thief!"
Ma'at raised her voice for the first time. "He was able to pass the Stone Gates and through my Hall unscratched! How can you say that he is worthy of damnation?!"
The two gods argued relentlessly, neither backing down. Bakura let out another tormented scream.
"SILENCE!" Boomed a great voice. Everyone stopped talking, except for Bakura, who groaned on the floor.
Ryou looked up to the top of the staircase, now illuminated with light. There stood a god clothed like a noble Egyptian.
"Osiris…" Ma'at whispered, bowing her head. Ryou recognized the name at once; Osiris, the Lord over the Realm of the Dead.
Osiris spoke again. "I have been watching for quite a while now. Anubis, Ma'at- Step aside. I want to see…" He paused as he looked between Ryou and Bakura. "I want to see how his… their… future will play out. I want to know if a pure soul and a dark, ancient one can truly coincide."
The two gods backed away, letting Ryou rush forward. He sat on his knees and put Bakura's head in his lap, then held one of the trembling hands.
"Release your spell on him, Anubis." Osiris commanded.
Bakura instantly stopped shaking. After a moment, his eyes slowly opened and blinked a few times. He looked up at Ryou, who gave him a small smile.
"It's okay Yami… I'm here to take you home…" Ryou said.
"Aibou?" Bakura asked weakly, his forehead wrinkled in disbelief. Ryou smiled a little more.
"That's right. I'm here now, I'll fix your injuries and get you out of this place-"
"NO!" Bakura screamed, sitting up and pulling away. "You're another trick, another demon-!" He lashed out suddenly and clamped a hand around Ryou's neck. He had the same enraged glare that Ryou knew so well. "You are not my Aibou."
"I… am… Yami, I'm your… Aibou… Look… I have… the ring." Ryou said, barely able to breathe. Bakura tightened his grip around Ryou's throat.
"Leave me alone, demon!" he demanded.
"Yami… I wanted you to know… I love you…"
"SHUT UP!" Bakura cried, throwing Ryou away with all his might. He grabbed their Millenium Ring away from the boy. He poised on of it's sharp edges at him own throat, prepared to slit it open and take himself to hell. "Just SHUT UP! You are NOT my Aibou- You're some image of him sent here to torment me!"
"No…" Ryou pleaded, getting off the ground from where Bakura pushed him. He crawled on his knees slowly, almost begging Bakura not to take his second life. "I would never hurt you, Yami…" He reached Bakura, taking his face in his hands, feeling the familiar features. Tears welled up in his innocent, cinnamon eyes. "I couldn't hurt someone I love…"
Ryou pressed his forehead against Bakura's. His hands left his Yami's face one going to his shoulder and the other to the hand that held the Millenium Ring. Ryou wrapped his fingers around Bakura's.
"And if you love me, you won't send yourself to hell… You'll stay with me…"
An inner war raged within Bakura, causing tears of angst and rage to fall. He want so desperately to believe this boy in front of him, to believe that he was his savior from this realm. However, his logic would not allow him to give in so easily. His brain told him this all had to be some sort of test…
But his heart knew differently. In his heart Bakura knew that no one else would hold him like this, beg him not to kill himself. In an instant, all the voices that raged inside his mind were silenced.
There was a moment where everything stood in perfect quiet, a stillness as if time had stopped. All present were unintentionally holding their breath.
The Ring fell to the ground. Bakura pulled away from Ryou, then wrapped him in an awkward embrace.
"Aibou…" he said, whispering the forgotten word. He rubbed the side of his face into Ryou's hair, seeking it's warmth. "Aibou…"
Ryou let his tears of joy flow freely now, holding his Yami as tight as he could.
For the longest time they ignored all gods and time itself. They just held each other, refusing to let go.
Nothing else mattered.
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