Amani: Well a lot of you seemed to like the last chap. I glad ^___^ So sorizes this took forever and is still short but with school and all I kinda screwed -. - Well enjoy ^____^

Blood and Tears By: Amani Hershel

I opened my eyes staring at my yami who held me covered in our blood. What had caused me to want his blood? Hmm I didn't care I was with my yami I was more happy then I have been in years. Perhaps I had been wrong by wanting to lead him to light perhaps I am the one who is to be led into the darkness. I knew from the feeling I had had I am slowly giving into it, not that I was exactly fighting it.

I felt my dark stir against me opening his eyes. "Ryou.." The Raider pulled me closer nuzzling my neck, causing me to blush deeply. "You awake?" He mumbled into my neck his warm breath playing on my bare neck made my blush only redden further. I look down it's strange him being there actually makes it seem I have a height advantage. Although he was my double he had always been slightly taller than me.

"Bakura shall I fix you breakfast now?" There was no reply I looked down to my darker half sleeping peacefully once more. I carefully crawled out from his embrace exiting the soulroom and the ring. I blinked finding myself in my room. I stood stretching I scowled myself remembering the cuts, but was surprised when no pain came. I looked myself over seeing none of them all that was left was, my shoulder wound, which was practically healed, and Bakura had healed my back. My eyes then meet the white scars that ran across my wrist now a pale white thanks to the change of hearts help. I felt tears sting the back of my eyes recalling just why I had planed to do such a thing, but I quickly wiped them away things were different now.

I sighed making my way to the kitchen I can only pray to Ra things stay this way. -------------------

I enter my ring once more to wake my yami he must still be sleeping I open the door. The smile that had been upon my lips quickly vanished as I saw the scene before me. "B-bakura." I whispered knowing he had not heard me there was my yami atop the change of heart strangling it. "Bakura!" This time he heard me snapping his head over at me, stopping his assault. "Ryou!" "Bakura wh-what are you." "Ryou it tried to kill me!"

My card lay there trying to regain its breath. "What?" I didn't understand my most trusted card had tried to kill him? I approached the card identical to me. "Are you okay?" Bakura glared at the card most likely worried it would try to harm me, but I highly doubt that. It looked up at me fear in its eyes. "Why did you try to harm my yami?" I asked bring the card into my lap stroking its hair. "He will only bring master more pain we do not want master to be in pain none of us do. So I tried to keep master from feeling pain." The change of Heart gave a rare glare to my yami. " By destroying that whom caused master pain in the first place."

Bakura glared back at the card. I placed my hand to the side of its face giving it a gentle look. "You have to understand you would hurt me much worst then Bakura ever could attempt to by taking him away from me." The change of heart looked up at me wide eyed not understanding. "Hmmm I don't blame you if you find it strange, but I love him." This shocked the card further. "But..." I saw the card glance at my various cuts which had returned when I had entered the ring. I blushed slightly. "I-I enjoyed it and I was the on to ask for it."

"No..no." The card shook its head raising from my lap. "That man is losing masters perfect light in darkness! I can not allow master's light to become lost in the darkness of this man's soul!" The change of heart stood going to Bakura. Bakura's ring began to glow. "Bakura!" I screamed out desperately. The change of heart began to summon a power of it's own. Bakura let out a cry as he was slammed into a wall. "No stop!" Again I yelled out pleading to them. By now Bakura could not have heard me even if he had wanted to. Bakura did start fights but he also finished them. Bakura glared at my card as he summed up some energy also blasting it.

"Stop it! Please!" I wanted neither of them hurt I understood the change of heart was trying to protect 'my perfect light' as it had called, but it didn't need to go this far! The change of heart arose once more flapping its wings in an almost intimidating way. I can't take this! I run to my yami grabbing his arm. "Bakura stop this now!" My yami looked down at me glaring pulling his arm back with me still clinging to it about to throw me into the nearest wall. Then he stopped gazing into my eyes realizing I was the one standing before him. Tears ran down my already wet cheeks.

"Ryou." He gazed at me then returned his glare to his opponent. "I will not be so forgiving if this occurs again." The card still glared at him then looked at me as if it hated me more than my yami right then. Hated me for choosing my yami, hated me for giving into the darkness. It then disappeared. "Gomen my friend." My dark half continued to glare as if it still stood before him before wrapping an arm around me. I looked up finally noticing the perfect finger bruises around my yami's neck. I brushed my fingers against them gently followed by my lips. "Gomen." I said sadly. "I know this is all my fault. my fault for hurting myself." I looked down at the white lines across my wrists. "It's not yours.."My yami stopped I knew he felt guilty by what I had said, but I was not going to, push it any further. I gave him a reassuring smile. "Well breakfast is ready." "Aibou.." He looked as if he were to say something detrimental but then stopped giving a rare smile. "Alright then."

However now I wish I had listen to him maybe then some of what to come would not have been so difficult. No, nothing could have prepared me for what was yet to come.

TBC

Amani: Kinda cliffy. Ryou: What the bloody 'ell is to become of me and Kura!!! Amani: Well that I'm still workin' on. Ryou: ahg! Amani: Suggestions Onegai!! Big writer's block!!