8O Yay, I'm making part two of Light after the Darkest Hour. Isn't that just so sweet.

Disclaimer: I don't own the original characters. If there are any madeups, inform me, because I had NO idea. 8O (Lies, this time)

Note: ^__________________________________________^ Fwee. _ Schoolwork, die, die, DIE, DIE!!!!!! Note 2: o_o Sorry for slowness in updates! And there will be a lot of "next" and "later" xD Okay? Time changes.

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"WHAT?!" Bakura screeched, staring at Ryou crazily. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'WHAT IS LOVE'??!" He shouted louder. Ryou was, probably, getting a headache.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Ryou bolted into his room and locked himself in, leaving Bakura to throw a fit.

Over the night, neither of the two had spoken to each other, even through their link; Ryou out of fear didn't dare talk to his yami, and Bakura out of...perhaps it was fright.

--The next morning--

"Ryou!" Bakura banged on the door with his fist, now ready to speak with his hikari about his question. After some silence, Bakura frowned, banging on the door harder. "RYOU! OPEN THE DOOR, DAMMIT!"

Receiving no response, Bakura had become more worried than infuriated at the moment. He glanced around and grabbed a box – who knew what was –in- the box, all he cared was that it was metal and solid – and beat the lock/handle off. Shoving the door open, Bakura walked in, to find his hikari...wasn't there.

A brief moment of shock again, before he went crazy, diving out the freaking window to find his hikari.

--Later that day--

"I've searched the whole beach and the damned town near it, and I can't find him!" Bakura hissed, throwing a rock as far as possible into the ocean. The rock skipped, sunk eventually, and hit a mine deeper into the water. An interesting ball of fire erupted in the middle of the ocean not far from where Bakura sat on the beach. "That was unexpected." He muttered, running a hand through his hair.

Suddenly, he was tackled by a large, vicious white dog, foaming at the mouth. "Get off!" He slapped the animal and it whimpered, backing away, but not fleeing. Actually, he was tackled by a large, excited dog, panting and drooling with joy. However, slapping it, it cowered, ears drawn back, eyes glossy with tears, and tail drawn between its legs. 'What have I done?!...Hopefully I've broken a world record.' Bakura snorted softly, staring at the animal. "Go away unless you know where Ryou is." He mumbled.

The ears of the canine perked up, and it started "foaming at the mouth" again, its tail constantly dancing back and forth. "You know where Ryou is?" Bakura raised a brow, staring at the dog suspiciously. 'Maybe he's trying to eat me.' Overcome by paranoia, Bakura lunged at the animal, tackling it back – it was a fairly large dog. He growled, and the two creatures began to wrestle violently.

Amazingly, the dog came out to be the victor, and now sat triumphantly on Bakura's back, as the said tomb raider had his face in the sand. 'This can't be dignified.' He thought, spitting out dirt and pebble rocks. "Get off!" He barked with a more serious tone, growling. The dog lay down on Bakura, nearly squeezing the wind out of him. 'No, this is definitely not dignified.' He noted to himself, plotting the demise of all dog-kind.

--Later that night—

Propped on an elbow, Bakura used his free arm to stretch it out, tapping his fingers in the damp sand. "You better not have peed on me, mutt." He growled. The dog simply yawned and shifted slightly, forcing more weight onto Bakura. 'One of these days, I will get all of the dogs to kneel before me, and with magic powers, I will destroy them all in the blink of an eye with my fancy laser beams!' Apparently Bakura had been hooked on Power Puff Girls cartoons a bit too much and didn't realize that one: He had no fancy laser beams. Two: He had no magic powers. Three: Dogs could not – would not -- kneel in the presence of an arrogant, stupid male.

--The next morning—

'I've had enough...must save the day...' Bakura summoned what strength was stored in his body and forced the dog off him. The said animal was asleep, and now was rudely awakened, lying on its back. It yawned and snorted, staring up at Bakura, panting...with lust? It received a paranoid and even more suspicious look from Bakura, before the said human/spirit dashed off with lightning-fast speed into the house. He slammed the door and locked it, breathing a sigh of relief; and, turning, he found himself knee to face...with the dog. He screamed loudly, slumping down onto the floor. The dog started to hump his leg.

Bakura had enough of this. He pulled himself with much force into the kitchen, grasped the handle of a frying pan, and struck the dog on the side, rendering it unconscious. "TAKE THAT, BAGPIPE!" He shrieked, panting heavily. 'For some reason I feel as if the dog will be with me for a while.'

--The next day—

Sprawled on the floor, the said tomb raider was sleeping soundly. Abruptly he woke to the sound of a jingle, as if metal was dancing around each other. He sat up and glanced around, realizing he was in the kitchen – a much trashed kitchen. Obviously the dog had awoken, but it was amazing that the drawers were all open, the sink was running, and that the trash bin and the freezer had been toppled over. Excess food was scattered around the whole house, Bakura found on closer inspection. 'No. The dog didn't-!' Every room so far had been trashed.

Dashing towards Ryou's room with great fear, he slammed the door open. There the dog lied; sound asleep in the middle of the bed – a clean bed – and snoring. Nothing else in the room was touched. Bakura breathed another sigh of relief, then released a war-cry and tackled the dog off the bed. Another wrestling match was set, with Bakura as the victor. He tied the dog's neck to the bedpost and began to scold it. "You can't watch TV, eat snacks, use the phone, or speak!" He ranted. The dog tilted its head and rammed into the bed. The stack of pillows knocked Bakura over as they fell.

"This means war."

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You will understand soon enough why the dog is there. xD No, the dog is –not- Ryou, although I will let you know that Ryou is an animal.