A/N: Author's notes have been removed due to ff.net's notice about chat dialogue being used in this.. x.x oy.. gomen-nasai!



Watashi no Tenshi Sukuinushi
(My Angel Savior)
Chapter 7: Split Personas
By: Nadako-Mika

Yuugi brushed away a few tears and sniffled. "It's Ryou. Something's wrong!"

Yami's eyes widened considerably. "What do you mean? What happened?" he asked.

More tears welled up in Yuugi's bright amethyst eyes. He held the phone to his yami and said, "See for yourself."

Yami gently placed the phone by his ear and listened. He heard nothing. "Ryou?..." he asked softly.

Silence greeted him.

"Ryou? Are you there?" When he recieved no answer again, he took the phone away from his ear. "I don't hear anything, Yuugi." He proceeded to hang up when Yuugi spoke up.

"Wait! he's still there! He's just..." Yuugi looked down, "Not talking for some reason..."

Yami sighed and held the phone up again, "Hello? Ryou, are you there?"

A shakey voice greeted him, "Y-Yami?"

"Ryou?! What's wrong?"

There was a great silence on the other end. But Ryou eventually spoke, "Yami.. I..I'm not feeling very well. W-Where's B-Bakura? Why isn't he t-talking to me?"

The former pharaoh just stood in shock, trying to think of something to say.

"Yami? Is Bakura.. gone now? Where's Tenshi-Sukuinushi?"

Yami's heart shattered at the sound of Ryou's distress. He sounded so..broken. Was Bakura's disappearance affecting his mind? "Ryou... I-" but he was interupted.

The sound of a heavy door sliding open was heard on Ryou's end of the line. "Ryou? I need to have a word with you- What is that in your hand?.....How did you get that?" There was a shuffling sound, as if Ryou were moving around, "Ryou.. Give that to me... Ryou.. please, You might get hurt." Yami could only listen as fear coursed through his veins. What was happening over there? "Give that to me Ryou." There was a slight struggle on the other end. A frustrated cry erupted from Ryou and a door slid closed. Silence greeted Yami.

"Hello?" came a voice that surely didn't belong to Ryou.

Yami quickly hung up without warning. He didn't want to explain to that man why he had been talking to Ryou. He looked around the room to see confused faces staring at him.

Yuugi stepped forward. "What happened?" he asked timidly.

His yami shook his head and frowned. Not wanting to explain to the younger child. Instead, he only said, "Let's go and pay a visit to Ryou."

"Why?" Malik asked.

"First off.. something happened - I'll explain later, Yuugi -. And second, we have to try to get the Sennen Ring," Yami said. He left it at that, not bothering to elaborate on the reasons.

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Bakura paced back and forth in his soul room, now locked away in the Sennen Ring. 'How long will that pharaoh take? If that demon lays one finger on my hikari..I swear I'll...-'

"You'll do absolutely NOTHING." a cold voice sneered from a dark corner.

Bakura's head shot up. Since when was there another spirit in the same item?

"There isn't another spirit," the voice answered, "There's only one spirit here.. You."

"Then...WHAT in the name of Ra are YOU?" Bakura asked furiously.

"I'm You." the voice said simply. It stepped out into the lighting and faced Bakura, a cold and satisfying smirk plastered onto its face.

The being looked exactly like Bakura.. well, except for the clothing. He had the same white, tousled hair. The same pale skin, and those furious ruby eyes. His attire was completely black and comprised of leather. The only difference between the two was a pair of leathery wings placed upon the being's back. The wings shifted slightly as the 'Bakura-copy' moved forward.

Bakura backed away. He knew people could have split personalities.. quite like the hikari having yamis thing. But.. A split personality (yamis) having... another split personality (another yami)? It was just confusing.

"Oh. I'm not a split personality, Bakura," the being chuckled darkly, "I'm merely your dark thought.. or darker conscience, you might say."

Bakura narrowed his eyes and scoffed, "You mean even us Yamis have a conscience? Don't tell me.. I have a lighter conscience too neh?"

The daker conscience's insane grin widened. "You do, Bakura. Actually.. You're other conscience is possessing you right this moment."

"What?"

"Well. He's ruling your thoughts right this moment. You see.. Us consciences alternate possessions depending on your mood. Without us, you'd be nothing but a shell. Void of any thought. Right now, your lighter half is in possession.. much to my portest." the darker conscience (A/N: I'm just going to type Dark...it's much easier ^^;;) snapped his fingers and a dark hand mirror appeared. "If you don't believe me... See for yourself!"

Bakura snatched the mirror and took a peak at it. What he saw startled him. A kind, but sharp face stared back at him. None other than his lighter conscience (A/N: Light for short). The Light had the same features as Bakura. The same sharp red eyes, but were filled with forgiveness. The same spikey white hair, but seemed purer. White wings protruded from the Light's back. If it weren't for the eyes, he would have looked exactly like Ryou.

"How can a dark person, such as myself, have a LIGHT side?" Bakura asked, still not believing in the concept.

"Everyone does, no matter how evil they are."

"Do YOU have one?"

"I'm no person. I'm hardly alive," the Dark explained, "I'm basically a figment of your immagination. Though, I reside in your mind."

Bakura furrowed his brows in confusion. "Then.. wouldn't the Light have stopped me from killing all those people?" he asked.

"No. Because all this time, I've been in possession. The Light only showed up the past few days. He's rather shy... kept himself hidden deep within your mind," the Dark grinned somewhat strangely. "Besides, I thought you would have more fun with ME in control."

There was a heavy silence around them. Until something suddenly clicked in Bakura's memories.

A dark scowl lit up Bakura's features. "YOU! I remember.. You were the one that hurt my hikari!"

The Dark didn't flinch, just stared smuggly at him. "Technically, it was you. But yes, I did hurt your 'precious' hikari."

"How...could you.."

The Dark's hands shot up defensively. "Hey! He was the one that entered your soul room. By rules, I'm not allowed to leave your mind's chamber. But your hikari entered it."

"What about the Light?" Bakura asked, "Did HE do anything?"

"Actually yes. He did. He tried to stop me- Actually, I wouldn't say 'stop me' more like try to fix the damage I've done," the Dark said, looking quite bored with the subject.

Bakura didn't say anything. Instead, he retreated to the farthest corner of his room. Away from the Dark. He decided to sit and think all of this through...

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Yami and Yuugi were stepping out the shop door. The two turned towards the Egyptians.

"You three can stay here if you want.." Yami said.

"No. We'll come along," Malik said, stepping forward.

"You don't have to-"

"But we want to."

"No we don- OW!" Mariku was jabbed in the ribs by Malik.

Malik looked at Yami. "Look, Bakura was our friend...well sort of, and we want to help."

"Well.. if your sure..," Yami turned to leave, "But we better hurry up. Visiting hours are almost over."

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Mariku slammed his fist down on the counter out of frustration. "What do you mean visiting hours are over?!" he yelled at the secretary.

The secretary seemed quite startled, but kept up her argument. "I'm sorry sir, but only family members are allowed in past this time."

"Mariku..." Malik had to restrain his yami from lashing out at the woman. "Come on! We could always visit him tomorrow."

"Who exactly did you want to see?" the secretary asked.

"Bakura, Ryou."

The woman frowned. "Oh.. I'm sorry. But the doctors aren't letting anyone but family members visit him. Apparently, some of his friends left a gift with him, which was against our rules," she said, eyeing Yami suspiciously.

"Er... Alright," Yami said, shifting uncomfortably. "We'll.. tell his father."

When the group was out of the building, Malik spoke up, "Does Ryou's father even know his son is in an insane asylum?"

Yuugi and Yami froze in their stride. Malik took this as an answer to his question. "Great! How are we going to help him now?"

Yami sighed and walked towards Isis's car. "I don't know.. We'll have to think this all through." he said.

Isis turned towards the the group of teens. "How did it go?" she asked.

"Horrible.." Yami muttered, "Only his father could go and see him, and possibly Bakura if he were still with us."

"Well.. better luck next time," was all Isis had to say, before starting up the vehicle. "Maybe you could get his father to write a letter giving you guys permission to visit Ryou..."

Yami's head shot up. That could be a possible solution...

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A/N: Author's notes have been removed due to ff.net's notice about chat dialogue being used in this.. x.x oy.. gomen-nasai!

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