I'm sorry for the long wait. Been busy, what with school work and all. Plus there was a ton of christmas events. I also was preoccupied with sitely things (fanlistings, links, shrines, and the sorts). There was also the fact that I came across a rather tall wall made of a peculiar material...
...Writer's Block... =.=
Bakura: And off she goes with her lame excuses.
¬¬ I didn't see YOU helping, my pretty muse. And my reasons are quite valid, for your information. You were also liable to encourage me with plot ideas, for you ARE a muse.. are you not? *shakes head* @_@ Typing too formally.. head spinning...
Bakura: O.o I'm not going to ask...
Disclaimer: I don't own Yuugiou. Well, with that out of th way, let's enjoy the fic now eh?
Watashi no Tenshi Sukuinushi
(My Angel Savior)
Chapter 8: Delusions
By: Nadako-Mika
Why was all this happening to him? Did he do something during his short life to anger some godly being? Surely this was some sick joke, probably only a dream. He'd rest his eyes for a moment, and when he would awaken he would find himself back in reality: waking up on the cold tile floor, yami sleeping soundly on his bed, shivering uncontrollably because his own yami wouldn't give him a decent blanket. Yup.. life would return to the way it was.
Ryou highly doubted that...
Why this unearthly place? So full of illness and trauma. He couldn't be one of the many victims in this establishment, could he? It should be a sin to lock someone up as if they were some unnatural creature, one which should not be walking in the realm of man. Was it against the law to think differently than other... normal people?
It shouldn't be.
Everyone's entitled to their own opinions, right?
Apparently not in this sad building.
"Bakura-san? It's time for your appointment," someone said. The large metallic doors slid open all the way as one of the many employees walked in. "You don't want to be late again."
Appointments... They make it sound like some regular check-up. It was more like...little talks with a professional psychiatrist to help sort out your problems. He despised the idea. They would always talk in soft, sweet voices. Trying to pry every bit of information out of your very mind, attempting to 'help' you.
'Bunch of frauds,' Ryou thought bitterly as he was led out of his 'room'. He surpressed the urge to growl and lash out at the nurse and every living being in his way. How dare they treat him like some disabled human; holding onto his arm as if he did not know which way to walk; supporting him as if he didn't know how to walk. They talked in hushed voices, soft and slow, making you feel like you didn't understand the very language they spoke.
Who would attempt to sort out his problems this time? Whoever it was wouldn't get anything from him, just like the last few times. They kept bringing in new doctors, anxious to get even the slightest bit of information from him. No success. Ryou just sat in the large comfy chair, ignoring every sentence spoken; blanking out when a question was asked. Like hell he would tell some stranger his life problems.
He felt a hand release his shoulders as he was pushed into a familiar room. Ryou sighed heavily. Now he was going to have to spend two hours in this make-shift Hell again...
"Have a seat, Ryou," an all too familiar voice called to him.
The boy's head shot up and glared at who was in the room. Doctor Kihatensu was already in his seat, clipboard and pen in hand. Ryou glared dangerously at the man who separated him from his other half. 'Bastard...' he surprised himself. Usually he wouldn't use such foul language, but everything's been getting on his nerves lately.
"How are you today?"
"....."
"Ryou?"
".....Fine.." Ryou answered quietly, barely audible.
Kihatensu paused for a moment, looking over some sheets clipped onto the clipboard. He turned his attention back to Ryou, and in that annoying professional voice, said, "Ryou, It says here that you haven't been opening up lately. How have your other appointments gone?"
Ryou groaned inwardly. What kind of a question was that? The answer was probably right on that sheet of his. Surely the other doctors had jotted down notes refering to his behaviour. The boy sighed and turned his eyes onto some paintings hung in the room.
'Wow.. that's a nice portrait.. the nose needs to be worked on though.' he thought randomly, taking in full details of the painting.
"Ryou?"
'The eyes need to be worked on too. Whoever heard of a person with a large nose and puny, pea-like eyes?'
"Are you listening?"
'If I don't answer, he should get the picture.' Ryou thought to himself, eyes still fixed on the painting.
"Ryou?" Kihatensu waved a hand infont of the boy's face, trying to catch his attention.
'Wow.. this guy is dull, and he's supposed to be a professional?'
The man sighed and picked up his pen. Scribbling something onto the clipboard. "..Continuously..spaces.. out.." he mumbled as he wrote. He took a glance at Ryou again. "...Short attention.. span.."
Ryou's eyes immediately snapped back to the man sitting in front of him.
Kihatensu looked up from his paper. "Oh good. You've found your way back." he said, sounding rather rude, "Moving on. Ryou, I hope that I can help you with this..predicament. You seem to have gotten worse from your last visit.
"In the span of twenty-four hours?" Ryou asked. 'My Problem's gotten worse over a day? How surprising..' he thought dryly.
"No. Your last visit ten years ago."
'Lier!' Ryou accused. How could he have been in this prison before? Nothing in his memories proved that what the man had said was indeed the truth.
"Don't you remember, Ryou? You were only six then."
"No."
Kihatensu rubbed his eyes and sighed. It would be hard on the boy, especially if he didn't remember. "It seems you've shut it out. Ryou, when you were only six you were sent to this very place. Can you guess why?"
Ryou shook his head. He had no idea what the doctor was talking about. 'I was here before?'
"It was just after your sister and mother died. You remember that incident, don't you?"
'How can this man address such a situation so casually.' Ryou thought as memories of his childhood flashed at him.
~"Daddy? What is it? Why are you crying?"~
~"It's your mother and sister."~
~"I'm sorry sir, but they've passed on."~
~"It can't be... No... You can't mean that!"~
~"What's wrong with them Dad?"~
~"Nothing Ryou. They're just.. taking a little vacation.. That's all."~
~"Why do they look like their sleeping?"~
~"Shh.."~
"They died in a car crash," Ryou was shaken out of his memories by the voice of the man, "Such a sad event. And to think you were only six, I'm surprised you weren't heavily scarred. You wouldn't except the fact that the two had passed on, so you were brought here. Remember?"
~"Where are they taking me, Dad?"~
~"Don't worry. You just need to go for a check-up"~
~"Why do I need my bags?"~
~"You'll be staying with your uncle for a bit."~
~"Why can't I stay with you?"~
~"Oh- hurry Ryou. The man's waiting."~
~"Can I say good-bye to Mom and Amane first?"~
~"......"~
"Uncle..? I have no uncle. I have no living relatives, except for my father," Ryou thought out loud.
Kihatensu scratched his head. "You really don't remember, huh? Try a little harder, Ryou."
~"Uncle!"~
~"Ryou, it's good to see you! How have you been?"~
~"I'm great. I haven't seen Mother for a while though. Do you know where she is?"~
~"....No.. I'm afraid I don't know. Here, this is going to be your room for a little bit."~
~"Why is it all white?"~
~"Doctor Kihatensu? One of your patients are waiting."~
~"Ryou, just wait here ok?"~
~"'Kay."~
~"Which Patient, Eve?"~
Large chocolate eyes snapped up and stared at the man before. 'My.. uncle?'
Dr. Kihatensu looked into Ryou's eyes, clearly seeing the shock embeded in them. "Do you remember now?" he asked gently.
Ryou shook his head vigorously. 'NO! It can't be. I..I have no uncle. Everyone's gone. Father's the only one left. This man is NOT my uncle!' He wouldn't let himself believe it. 'It's all a trick. None of this is real!'
~"Mommy can't be dead!"~
~"Ryou..."~
~"I saw them! Everynight, they talk to me!"~
~"Doctor. He's delusional."~
~"Ryou... They're gone"~
~"It can't be true! They were there! I saw them!"~
"No! It's not true!" Ryou clutched his head as painful memories washed over him. Memories he had tried so hard to block out, to forget. "I-I was never here! These are only lies!"
The boy rushed to the door, staggering slightly. Beads of cold sweat ran down his pale face. His eyes wide and full of fear. 'It can't be true! None of that ever happened!' Shakey hands took hold of the door-knob, desperately trying to turn it open. No such luck would be granted to the suffering boy, the door was locked. "It's not true.. It's not true! LET ME OUT!" Ryou screamed in frustration as he pounded heavily on the door.
"Ryou! Calm down!" Kihatensu was now out of his chair, rushing over to the boy.
"Mother, Amane. They're still here. They're not dead! They can't be dead!" he was barely aware of what he had said. Ryou only concentrated on opening the locked door, fighting against Kihatensu's helping hands.
"Oh dear Lord.. he's gone back..." worry washed over the doctor's face, "Ryou. Listen! They're gone now! They've been gone for ten years! You have to accept it."
"THEY ARE NOT GONE! They can't be. No!"
A muffled voice came from the other side of the door, "Doctor? Is something wrong?"
"Don't open the-" too late. The door was pushed open by one of the employees.
As soon as the door was pushed slightly ajar, Ryou swung it open, nearly knocking a poor nurse over. He made a mad dash down the halls, desperate to find a way out.
"Doctor Kihatensu? What happened?" the nurse asked, quite confused.
"We have to catch him," was the doctor's answer.
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"..Remind why we're here again."
"We need Kaiba to help us get to Ryou," Mariku answered the former Pharaoh's question.
"But this is Kaiba. Why can't we go to someone else? Pegasus would be even better." Yami complained. There had always been some sort of rivalry between the CEO and the dead pharaoh.
"Quite your whining. Do you really want to travel all those miles, cross that large lake, just to get to some freaky castle with a nearly insane man in it?" Mariku was greeted with silence. "I thought not."
"It's not like he's going to demand a duel, Yami. We're just asking him if he could give us permission to see Ryou. After all, he's the big sponsor for that hospital, right?" Malik added, walking slightly ahead of the group.
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"What did you want?"
"We need you to help us."
Kaiba turned around in his large office chair, looking quite professional. "You want me to Help YOU?"
"That's the idea."
"And why.. would I help someone like.. YOU?" he asked, directing the question at Yami.
The tri-haired teen blinked, "Cause your life depends upon this favor? -OW! Hey!" He glared daggers at Malik.
"Get real, Pharaoh," the Egyptian turned his attention to the CEO, "We need your permission to get to Ryou."
Kaiba now turned to the blonde Egyptian. He bore his 'I-really-don't-care' mask. "Why would I help YOU as well? Last time I saw you, you were trying to destroy my Battle City Tournament."
Malik had opened his mouth to object when Yuugi cut him off, "Look, Kaiba. I don't really give a shit about what you think!" Yuugi's sudden outburst startled everyone in the room. "We just need a little favor, is all. You only have to sign a letter/note saying we have full permission to visit Ryou. That's it! Or is your ego too big?" All eyes were trained on the short teen. Never had they heard him use such foul language.
A death glare was sent straight towards Yuugi from the CEO. Bakura took no notice. "Well?" he asked impatiently.
Kaiba growled before reaching for a piece of paper. He scribbled something onto it before throwing it at Yami. "There. You should be happy. Now leave before I decide to call security."
"Isn't he a cheerful one?" Mariku asked sarcastically as they made there way out of the building.
"At least we got permission," Yuugi said positively, being the optomistic he was. "He could have turned us down and kicked us out."
"By the way, that was quite an impressive speech you gave back there, Yuugi," Malik said, "Where did you learn such language?"
A little color rushed to Yuugi's face as he looked up at Malik. "You should here Yami in the morning. Everytime he bumps into something, curses start to flow like there's no tomorrow! Hey- Ouch!" Yuugi rubbed the back of his head, where someone had hit him.
"That's enough out of you, Yuugi," Yami said, eyesbrows twitching slightly.
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Yay! I finished! And I don't know what to write for the next chapter! Yay! *cough* -__- At least I finished in time for Christmas. You have to give me credit for that much... It's a Christmas present to all you faithful readers! Don't know when the next chapter will be out... Now let's join in to some Christmas Carols, eh?::
Nadako: Dashing through the snow.
Ryou: On a one horse open sleigh
Malik: O'er the hills we go...
Bakura: Trying not to be Gay- *thwack* @.@
Nadako: *glare* ¬¬ -haha-ha... Let's try another one..
Ryou: Deck the halls with boughs of holly!
All: Fa-lala-lala. La-la-la-la!
Yuugi: 'Tis the season to be jolly!
All: Fa-lala-lala. La-la-la-la!
Bakura: Don we now our gay apparell-
Mikalai: *falls down laughing* -*thwack* +_+
Nadako: Can we please at least TRY to be serious?
Yami: We wish you a Merry Christmas-
Jounouchi: We wish you a Merry Christmas,
Seto: We wish you a Merry Christmas-
Nadako: And a Happy New Year!
All: Good tidings we bring to you and your kin. Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Bakura: Oh, Give me that dumb Puzzle.
Yami: Oh, Over my dead body.
Ryou and Yuugi: Can't we all just get a-long, for Christ-mas Day?
Nadako: ...=.= I give up...
O.o well that didn't work out... You people really have to memorize the lyrics. Making it up as you go isn't good..
Bakura and Yami: *looks innocent*
Shfft.. nice try...¬¬. Yes.. Well that's it for this chapter ;.; sad I know.. but we all must part. I'll be back er.. next..year. I'm quite slow at writing chapters u.u I update at least once every month XD. Hey, you can't blame me.. I have a life too.. *shifty eyes* ok.. no I don't have a life. But I have other fics I must tend to as well. Er yes.. I'm holding you with my ramblings. *waves* See ya! HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS-
Yuugiou Cast: *sings* And a Happy New Year!
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Thank You Reviewers::
s.h.i.r.o.i.k.e.t.s.u.e.k.i :: Thanks for the review. I'm sorry for making it so short i_i I was running out of ideas. Would you rather me stall until the NEXT month? XD Merry Christmas!
person6 :: Aww.. I feel bad for Ryou know. I torment him too much T_T Ah well.. I'll feel better later on.. in a few minutes.. XD I didn't quite elaborate on the split personality thingy for Bakura, but I'm going to do that next chapter... if I remember..
Cettie-girl :: I don't know about the lighter and darker sides.. I just threw that in for the fun of it. O.o
Mina-chan AMD :: tsk. tsk. You should have done your essay first! You shouldn't be like me and stall until the last day.. =.= having to stay up until midnight trying to finish it is NOT fun.
Windswift :: Hn? Yami.. smarter? HAH! That's a good one.. *is chased down by Yami fangirls* ACK ACK! Okay okay... *rubs head* that hurt.. *gasp* YOU DON'T PAY YOUR LITTLE EVIL MINIONS?! They'll turn their backs on you soon.. Not that it's happened to me.. *cheesy grin* Sorry for not responding last chapter XD Got lazy.
Moshi :: '__' *am officially a 'DUDE'* eh... yeah.. *cough* The split personality thingy makes you think of the yamis differently? O.o really?...
VampssAmby10210 :: Yes.. poor Ryou... now he's gone on thinking his mother and sister are still alive. I'm too cruel.. *cackles*
Evil Chibi Malik :: *pat pat*... It'll end happily. No sad ending. Be grateful... maybe I should change the ending to a horrific one.. *insane grin*
Mooncinder aka Dreamy-eyes1 :: *thumbs up* Love the new name! I'm sorry about that short chapter. I was busy and couldn't think of any more to write. COOKIE! *chomp chomp* Thanks!!! o.o' enough 'pleases' ??
Elle-FaTe2x1 :: Lol. You.. dark just kills..?.. *edges away* Just a precaution XD. Thanks for the review! Ja!
Ciu Sune :: All these situations and conflicts may be interesting.. but they're killer. @.@ Now I have to rethink the whole plot and how it's going to weave together.. *crawls into corner* Thinking is so hard..;.;
sdrive :: *cries* I hope the two end up okay too!! T____T I'm for sure going to keep a happy ending.. don't want to anger the reviewers.. O__o don't know what they're capable of..
Draggy2 :: LOL That would have been hilarious.. A break-in. and then have someone like Yami dress up in white.. 'blend in with the walls'.. HAHA! You should write a humor fic for that ^_____^
fatlazikat :: @.@ long review.... Did you have a lot of time on your hands? that would have taken me forever to write. Eep.. murdered people? Did they show the bodies on television? That would have been interesting XD see old murdered bodies.. I want to see how they were killed.. manipulation.. stab wounds.. gun shots.. maybe decapitated. *insane grin* yes.. I'm a bloody fool. Er. yea. Thanks for the review!
Crimson-Eyed-Angel99 :: Thank you! I wonder if I should make Bakura's split personalities have a split personality of their own..and then make another split personality for that split personality. Then there would be an army of Lights and Darks to fight in Bakura's mind. And then Bakura can go insane with all the fighting in his soul room. But then it would also affect Ryou, since Bakura basically lives in Ryou's mind.. but aren't the two separated now? O.o.. wow.. I confused myself with my own story plot.. +_+
gothic_christian :: To tell you the truth.. I have no idea what's going to happen to Bakura and Ryou...=_=
Freai :: Thank you! uh.. bye now ^^;; *runs off* (sorry.. couldn't find much to say)
DaLizzie :: NO! Dont' hunt down Bakura's Dark! *sees you coming in with head trophie* .. *slaps forehead* *sigh*.. I'll have to go make another Dark then.. *heads off to find another 'Dark'*