I will warn you now and that is it… This story is REALLY TWISTED! In my opinion that is. I really hope you enjoy it though… And if not… PLEASE DON'T FLAME ME! It was all my imaginations fault!!!!!! I'm also gonna be switching from one name to the other for Ryou Bakura. I will now refer to Bakura/Raya as a she…

Oh ya… I DON'T OWN YU-GI-OH… Though I wish I did… Then I'd make Bakura the main character! =^-^=

Yu-Gi-Oh - Secrets From The Past

Chapter Six: Mask Of Weakness

It was several weeks after the whole incident. Raya was still avoiding the others and they respected "her" privacy. Every time she saw Seto she'd turn the other way or send him a glare that caused him to leave. It suited her well. It was lonely but she knew if she went back to the others they'd probably start asking her questions that she didn't want to answer.

It was another lonely school day. She had decided to eat her lunch outside near an old crooked tree. It was a nice warm day and she could hear the birds twittering away happily as they flew overhead. She sighed as she took a bite of her stale turkey sandwich. She supposed she should probably go to the grocery store after school.

"Well look who it is… It's the looser," a black haired boy about her age said as he walked towards her with three of his friends. She knew this boy well enough to know he was trouble. He never bothered her before… before when she had her friends. He walked up in front of her with his shadow looming over her.

"I heard your friends ditched you… Took em long enough," one of the others laughed.

"What do you want?" Raya asked the boys without looking up.

"You've got an attitude whitey," the lead boy growls grabbing her by the shirt and lifting her off the ground, "And I don't like it."

The other boys laughed as their leader roughly slammed Raya into the tree.

"Now I want an apology," he said with a smirk.

Raya bit her tongue wanting so much to teach this boy a lesson he'd never forget but she knew that if she was to keep her identity a secret she'd have to stop taking so many risks. She had to keep up Ryou's sweet attitude.

"I'm sorry," she said in a faked nervous voice.

"That's better… But I still don't like you looser," he said throwing her to the ground.

She winced and gritted her teeth. She'd been through this type of thing time and time again. Before she met Yugi and company she'd been one of the biggest bully magnets in the whole school. That was mainly because when she first came to Domino city she wasn't exactly the kind of person to stick up for herself and being a girl pretending to be a boy wasn't exactly the easiest thing to do… at first.

The boy laughed as he drew closer to her with his three friends in tow. She suddenly felt an immense pain in her stomach as he kicked her.

"HEY!" came an angry voice suddenly. She couldn't make out the voice through the ringing in her ears. Her eyes were shut tight and her teeth gritted. She could hear a fight going on around her but it hurt too much to move. He'd really hit her hard.

Soon she heard the sound of people running away.

"Bakura?! Are you ok!" came the voice, "Come on… Talk to me."

"I'm fine," she said in a weak pain filled voice.

"Ya… I really believe that one," the voice said. Her ears had stopped ringing finally and she could recognize the voice… It was Tristan. He grabbed one of her arms putting it around the back of his neck and put one of his arms around her waist lifting her to her feet, "I think you should see a doctor."

"I'm fine," she repeated taking a deep breath, "Just got the breath knocked out of me."

"You're lucky that's all that happened. Why didn't you do something? If you keep letting people push you around like that…" he started.

Raya sent him a glare that told him to drop it.

"Never mind," he said. He thought about what he'd just said. Bakura had stuck up for himself and nearly killed someone in the process. Did he really have the right to tell him to do that again? He sighed, "We better get to class."

Thankfully they both had the same class at that time so Tristan helped "Bakura" to class still worried. He knew, however, that Bakura wasn't going to listen to him. At least he'd be able to watch over him during the next class. He really didn't look too well.

As they neared the class Bakura pulled away from Tristan and walked in heading for his desk and sat down wincing slightly. Tristan narrowed his eyes at one of the boys who'd attacked his friend and sat down at his own desk. Tea, who was also in that class, looked over at Tristan. Tristan mouthed the words "later" and looked towards the head of the class.

Raya tried to listen to what the teacher was saying but her mind was spinning and her stomach still throbbing with pain. Half way through the class the pain was getting too much for her. She calmly put up her hand.

"Yes Ryou?" the teacher said.

"I'm not feeling well… May I sign out please," she said in the calmest voice she could muster.

"Of course. Go ahead," the teacher said.

Tristan and Tea watched with worry and glanced over at each other. Tristan hoped that he would go to see a doctor. He'd seen how hard that jerk had hit him.

Raya nodded and got up and walked out of class. She headed straight towards the washrooms going in quickly. Thankfully no one else was there. She threw up and flushed taking deep breathes. Maybe Tristan was right. She stayed in the washroom for a few more minutes letting her stomach settle as best it would then got up and headed to the office to sign out.

Mr. Bradley was on his break when "Ryou" walked into the office area. He looked over and walked towards him, "Are you ok Ryou?"

"I'm not feeling well sir," she said in her usual male voice.

"You don't look well," he said, "Is your father home?"

"No… He's on another expedition," she admitted.

"Hmm…" Mr. Bradley said, "Do you need to see a doctor?"

"I'm fine really," she said nervously wincing again.

"You don't look fine Ryou. I'll drive you there, ok?" he asked in a kind voice. He was one of the teachers all the students liked because he really seemed to care. Raya nodded to him and smiled weakly.

"Thank you," she said. The sooner she saw the doctor the better she supposed. Sometimes it was good to accept help and this was just one of those times.

"Come on then," he said nodding to a secretary indicating he was leaving.

She nodded and followed behind him. They reached the car, got in and headed towards the hospital. Mr. Bradley looked over at her several times with a worried expression.

Within a few minutes they reached the hospital and the two headed towards the emergency entrance.

"Thank you for the ride but I can handle it from here," Raya said calmly.

"I'll stay if you don't mind. After all, you are going to need a ride back home," Mr. Bradley said with a smile.

"Ok…" she replied nervously and headed to one of the nurses to sign in. After all that was done a nurse ushered her into section A of the hospital and then showed her to one of the rooms to wait for the doctor.

"Nurse," she said before the woman left the room.

The nurse turned to look at her, "Yes? Is there something I can do for you?"

"Yes… Could you make sure the doctor who treats me is Doctor Ikari?" she asked.

"I'm sorry but Doctor Ikari isn't here. He's on vacation," the nurse said.

Raya looked at the nurse with horror. Doctor Ikari was the only doctor who knew her secret. Why did he have to go on vacation on a day like this. She bit her tongue, "Ok."

"I'm sorry," the nurse repeated before walking out of the room.

'What am I going to do? Maybe I should call… No… I can handle this on my own. I'll just have to tell the doctor the truth,' she thought.

After about a half hour wait a doctor walked into the room. He picked up the clipboard and read it before putting it down and smiling at Raya, "Well Mr. Bakura. What seems to be the problem."

Raya tried not to roll her eyes. He just read the clipboard so he should know what was wrong… After all it's written right there. She sighed, "I was kicked in the stomach."

"Well lets just take a look and see what we can do then," the doctor suggested.

"Umm… Before we do that… There's something you need to know," Raya said nervously.

"Yes what is it?" the doctor asked kindly.

"I… I'm not who you think I am… But you have to promise to keep it a secret… It's a matter of life and death," she said taking a deep breath not really expecting him to believe her.

The doctor chuckles slightly, "I promise to keep whatever it is a secret," he said putting his hand up like a boy scout.

"I'm not a boy," she said calmly in her female voice.

The doctor looked at her like she was insane and shook his head as if he was the one that had lost it, "I… uhh… see… Well then. I promise your secrets safe with me, my dear."

"Thank you," she whispered nervously.

"You might need X-Rays but before that lets just see if everything sounds ok," the doctor said nervously as he took his stethoscope. After checking her stomach and heart with it he stopped and looked at her biting his lower lip slightly.

"What? What is it?" she asked with a slightly frantic whisper. His reaction wasn't exactly reassuring.

"Are you… sexually active?" he asked.

"What?!" she said her face going a deep red. She didn't like where this was going but lying wouldn't do her any good, "Y… Yes."

"Well… we have a bigger problem then a kick in the stomach I'm afraid," he said, "You're pregnant."

((Ya… I know this chapter probably sounded a bit unrealistic but… oh well… Need to keep the angst in there… and I have no idea what a doctor would do in that situation so I made it up ok…))