Disclaimer: See chapter 1.
Special note: The key is the same for all the following chapters as it was for chapter two. Thank you.
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Ryou sat on his bed, flipping through an anime magazine. It was a week later, and Ryou was sick every morning. He refused to tell Bakura, but the spirit knew and had kept him home sick. 'Kai-san?' Kai-san was what Set had introduced himself as in Ryou's mind. 'What do you think? Should I get this model,' he let the picture appear in his mind, 'or this DVD?' Set scowled at being asked such a pointless question. (I think you should get the DVD.) 'Thanks!' Ryou had come to trust the odd spirit in his mind. Somehow...
*Knock, knock* "Ryou? Can I come in?" 'Oh. It's Bakura. Wonder what he wants.' (Probably just here to cause you more pain. Well, let him in.) "Door's open!" Bakura walked in with a small tray of food. "Hey, hikari. I know you feel sick, but you'd probably best eat something." "'M not really hungry," Ryou replied, curtly. Bakura sat the tray down on the desk and sat on Ryou's bed. "Whassa' matter, love? I don't like you being all sick like this." (Oh, and like you do?) 'Shh. Kai-san!' (What? It's true.) 'Well...'
Bakura waved his hand in front of Ryou's face. "Hey. I can't help you feel better if you won't talk to me, you know." (Ooh, that...ugh!) 'What's wrong?' (Ryou, let me talk to him.) 'Okay...' Set forced his way into Ryou's immediate conscious. "Sense when have you helped me?" Bakura blanched. "Huh?" "Like you really even care." "Ryou, you know I care." "Yeah right. All you've ever done is hurt me!" 'Kai-san? What are you doing?' (Just listen.)
"Ryou, come on." "What?" he snapped. "Koi, why are you so mad at me?" "You should know me better than anyone else. You tell me." "It's not my fault if you don't tell me things!" Ryou gasped. (I told you. Was I right, or was I right?) 'You were...right. Oh...I fell sick again.' True to his word, Ryou got all white and clammy. "Ry-chan?" "Do you really think I'm hiding things from you, Bakura?" Ryou was back in charge.
"Sometimes I just don't know. You barely talk to me anymore." "Do I not have a right to be angry sometimes." "At me?" "Yes. Bakura, how can you not trust me? Do you not realize that I love you?" "Ryou, I never meant to imply that." Ryou sighed. "If you can't trust me, why should I trust you? Bakura...get out." "What?" "Out!" Bakura stared at him hurt. Then, he turned and stormed out of the room. (Why did you tell him to leave,) Set asked, innocently. 'He doesn't trust me! I've given him no reason to think I'd ever lie to him and he still can't trust me!'
(Calm down. I'm sure he didn't mean to.) Ryou fell back onto the bed and buried his face in the cool pillow. /Bakura!/ //What?// (Ryou, what are you doing?) 'I can't take this much longer, Kai-san,' Ryou replied, sadly. //Ry?// /Bakura...I want to break up./ He could feel the shock from both Set and Bakura. //What? Why?// /I just.../ (You don't have to explain your actions to him, you know.) /I just do, okay?!/ Then he shut off the link.
(What was all that about? You and Bakura, break up? No way!) 'I'm just so tired. He hasn't been the same lately. I think I might not be the only one.' (Bakura would never cheat on you!) 'I think he is. I don't think he likes me anymore.' Ryou was crying now. In his soul room, Set hugged him. (Why would you think that?) 'I think he has or wants a girlfriend. N-not some wimpy little fag.' (Don't say that, Ryou.) 'But it's true!' His thoughts got quiet. 'I always knew it was too good to last.' Bakura started pounding on his soul room's door. /Go away./ //No. Ryou, talk to me.// /I said 'go away'./
He could feel Bakura's pain. //If that's what you really want, Hikari.// His presence faded. /Bakura? Bakura, I didn't mean it! Bakura!/ Nothing. 'Oh. What have I done now?' He curled up on the plush bed in his soul room. 'I ruin everything.' Set crawled in behind him. (I'm sure he'll come back, Ryou. In fact, I'll bet that if you take a nap, he'll be back as soon as you wake up.) 'I hope so, Kai-san. I really do.' Set smirked into the back of Ryou's neck. (Perfect.) 'What?' (Nothing.)
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Bakura sat, curled up, deep within the shadow realm. 'I-I thought he loved me.' +He does!+ 'Huh? Who are you?!' +It is I, Mother Isis; Goddess of all Animate.+ He bowed down to the ground. 'Oh, great one: What should I do now?' +You go back.+ 'I can't' +You must! I granted your wish. The innocent one called Ryou is with child.+ Bakura smiled widely. 'Oh thank you, great one! But wait. is that why he is so mad?' +He does not know! You should have told him quite some time ago.+ 'I was scared.' +Now that you have turned your back on him, Ryou is in great danger.+
'Ryou-chan?!' +Yes! Set himself is after him. Both him and your child. Would you so easily cast them into his reach?+ 'Never. I love him...' Isis smiled down at him, reached out, and lied one hand upon his cheek. +I know you do. Go back to him. Save him.+ 'I will! Then...I'll beg him to take me back.' +He never really meant for you to go.+ Bakura got up and went to find away back into the real realm. Just before he went too far, he turned back.
'Mother Isis?' +Yes?+ He grinned. 'Is it a boy or a girl?'
Special note: The key is the same for all the following chapters as it was for chapter two. Thank you.
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Ryou sat on his bed, flipping through an anime magazine. It was a week later, and Ryou was sick every morning. He refused to tell Bakura, but the spirit knew and had kept him home sick. 'Kai-san?' Kai-san was what Set had introduced himself as in Ryou's mind. 'What do you think? Should I get this model,' he let the picture appear in his mind, 'or this DVD?' Set scowled at being asked such a pointless question. (I think you should get the DVD.) 'Thanks!' Ryou had come to trust the odd spirit in his mind. Somehow...
*Knock, knock* "Ryou? Can I come in?" 'Oh. It's Bakura. Wonder what he wants.' (Probably just here to cause you more pain. Well, let him in.) "Door's open!" Bakura walked in with a small tray of food. "Hey, hikari. I know you feel sick, but you'd probably best eat something." "'M not really hungry," Ryou replied, curtly. Bakura sat the tray down on the desk and sat on Ryou's bed. "Whassa' matter, love? I don't like you being all sick like this." (Oh, and like you do?) 'Shh. Kai-san!' (What? It's true.) 'Well...'
Bakura waved his hand in front of Ryou's face. "Hey. I can't help you feel better if you won't talk to me, you know." (Ooh, that...ugh!) 'What's wrong?' (Ryou, let me talk to him.) 'Okay...' Set forced his way into Ryou's immediate conscious. "Sense when have you helped me?" Bakura blanched. "Huh?" "Like you really even care." "Ryou, you know I care." "Yeah right. All you've ever done is hurt me!" 'Kai-san? What are you doing?' (Just listen.)
"Ryou, come on." "What?" he snapped. "Koi, why are you so mad at me?" "You should know me better than anyone else. You tell me." "It's not my fault if you don't tell me things!" Ryou gasped. (I told you. Was I right, or was I right?) 'You were...right. Oh...I fell sick again.' True to his word, Ryou got all white and clammy. "Ry-chan?" "Do you really think I'm hiding things from you, Bakura?" Ryou was back in charge.
"Sometimes I just don't know. You barely talk to me anymore." "Do I not have a right to be angry sometimes." "At me?" "Yes. Bakura, how can you not trust me? Do you not realize that I love you?" "Ryou, I never meant to imply that." Ryou sighed. "If you can't trust me, why should I trust you? Bakura...get out." "What?" "Out!" Bakura stared at him hurt. Then, he turned and stormed out of the room. (Why did you tell him to leave,) Set asked, innocently. 'He doesn't trust me! I've given him no reason to think I'd ever lie to him and he still can't trust me!'
(Calm down. I'm sure he didn't mean to.) Ryou fell back onto the bed and buried his face in the cool pillow. /Bakura!/ //What?// (Ryou, what are you doing?) 'I can't take this much longer, Kai-san,' Ryou replied, sadly. //Ry?// /Bakura...I want to break up./ He could feel the shock from both Set and Bakura. //What? Why?// /I just.../ (You don't have to explain your actions to him, you know.) /I just do, okay?!/ Then he shut off the link.
(What was all that about? You and Bakura, break up? No way!) 'I'm just so tired. He hasn't been the same lately. I think I might not be the only one.' (Bakura would never cheat on you!) 'I think he is. I don't think he likes me anymore.' Ryou was crying now. In his soul room, Set hugged him. (Why would you think that?) 'I think he has or wants a girlfriend. N-not some wimpy little fag.' (Don't say that, Ryou.) 'But it's true!' His thoughts got quiet. 'I always knew it was too good to last.' Bakura started pounding on his soul room's door. /Go away./ //No. Ryou, talk to me.// /I said 'go away'./
He could feel Bakura's pain. //If that's what you really want, Hikari.// His presence faded. /Bakura? Bakura, I didn't mean it! Bakura!/ Nothing. 'Oh. What have I done now?' He curled up on the plush bed in his soul room. 'I ruin everything.' Set crawled in behind him. (I'm sure he'll come back, Ryou. In fact, I'll bet that if you take a nap, he'll be back as soon as you wake up.) 'I hope so, Kai-san. I really do.' Set smirked into the back of Ryou's neck. (Perfect.) 'What?' (Nothing.)
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Bakura sat, curled up, deep within the shadow realm. 'I-I thought he loved me.' +He does!+ 'Huh? Who are you?!' +It is I, Mother Isis; Goddess of all Animate.+ He bowed down to the ground. 'Oh, great one: What should I do now?' +You go back.+ 'I can't' +You must! I granted your wish. The innocent one called Ryou is with child.+ Bakura smiled widely. 'Oh thank you, great one! But wait. is that why he is so mad?' +He does not know! You should have told him quite some time ago.+ 'I was scared.' +Now that you have turned your back on him, Ryou is in great danger.+
'Ryou-chan?!' +Yes! Set himself is after him. Both him and your child. Would you so easily cast them into his reach?+ 'Never. I love him...' Isis smiled down at him, reached out, and lied one hand upon his cheek. +I know you do. Go back to him. Save him.+ 'I will! Then...I'll beg him to take me back.' +He never really meant for you to go.+ Bakura got up and went to find away back into the real realm. Just before he went too far, he turned back.
'Mother Isis?' +Yes?+ He grinned. 'Is it a boy or a girl?'