Response to Reviews:
feh: glad yaz do ^^ I love Ryoura! *Glomps* Heehee ^^;
YumeTakato: Yugi: O_O;; Can't... breath... Bayleef: heehee, this fast enough? No.. should've been up last Saturday ¬_¬;;
Pooka228: I seriously doubt it, Ryoura's not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.
Ryoura: I live in a shed? Then what am I doin' here? *Looks around his room*
Bayleef: Heehee, see? ^^;
TaleneIsMyYami: heehee, glad yaz like the story and Ryoura ^^ Second original char peeps have liked, the other being Rick Ketchum. Meh, read on!
BookDragon: He's a weirdo, ne? Heehee, glad yaz liked ^^
Sorceress Vanessa: *Eats cookie and cuddles Yami Plushie* Thank you! ... Bakura... run for your life...
SilverKnight7: Mittens!
... What?
Red Roses2-chan: O.o? What? I didn't mind! It was fun! And I'm feelin' much better now anyvay ^^ No need to feel's guilty, I should've had more sleep or somit ^^ Hope yaz like this chappy!
Ninetalesuk: *Twaps Noctowl* Cut that out! Or I'll sick me Koumori Dragon on yaz! heehee, nah, on'y jokin' ^^
Ashla: Bakura: *Takes out a gun and points it at Ashla* What are you implying?
Ryoura: Bakuman, she said non guy/guy. Still, sounded bad... make her eat soap!
Bakura: Hmm... that's not a bad idea...
Ryoura: No poison!
Bakura: awww......
Now doncha feel special Sue? All Ryoura and Bakura in your response ^^
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
"This is talking"
'These are thoughts'
Yugi gasped for breath and he collapsed to his knees, clutching his stomach after the blow he received from Bakura. Surrounding his attacker, Yugi could see a number of different Duel Monsters, all with an attack already used on the unfortunate prisoner. Blood flowed freely from his arm and left side, while also running down his face from a numerous cuts. His vision blurred and strength was hard to find. He started to sway from side to side in dizziness.
"What's the matter? Can't you get up and fight?" Bakura asked with a smirk. Easy for him to say, Yugi had been tied up for must of his torture.
Groaning, Yugi tried his best to make a response, but couldn't find his voice as blood filled his mouth and he coughed it up, clutching his chest with one hand while falling onto the other. He was weak, and couldn't hold himself up, so he collapsed down on the ground, unmoving, as his vision blurred and faded into darkness.
"Shut up!"
Joe blinked in confusion. Yujhi usually didn't get this angry. "What is the matter with you?"
Yujhi looked up at Joe, then back down at his scooter, which he was adding some quick repairs to. "It's my fault Yugi's gone... he warned me to take care of the Millennium Puzzle and I let him down. He protected me from harm as long as he could, and I know it was painful. I just don't understand." He looked up at his friend. "Why did he do it? I barely know him and he saved my life."
Shuffling uncomfortably, Joe shrugged. He didn't know what to say, what the heck was Yujhi talking about? What he'd said before couldn't be true... could it?
"Well I'm going out to find him." Yujhi announced, standing up and walking outside. Leaving the handle down on his scooter, he stepped onto it, using it like some sort of skateboard as it hovered about a foot off the ground. "Don't follow me, it could be dangerous." Was the last thing he said before speeding off, steering himself at a slope to dodge people and obstacles.
Joe watched on for a mere few seconds, before he quickly decided he wanted to follow. But how? He didn't have his scooter with him! Now what?
"Yo Joe! What's up with you?"
Turning Joe looked at Steve, confused. "Why do you have two scooters?"
"The other's your, duh!" Steve said holding it out. "Remember? You tried to beat me in a race and smashed it into a wall? I fixed it for ya!" He said, smiling.
"GreatthanksseeyaKaiba!" Joe said in a hurry, grabbing the scooter and taking off quickly and leaving Steve behind.
Of coarse, Steve wasn't one to be left behind, and was curious anyway, so he quickly opened his scooter and followed. "I at LEAST deserve a proper thanks for fixin' that thing, now what ever he's doing I'm gonna forcefully include myself in." Steve thought, grinning.
Yugi looked up at the large orb of memories. Time to search for more clues to his past.
With no time to waste, he hauled himself shakily to his feet, widening his stance for balance. He hugged his arms and sighed a shaky breath. He shivered in pain, trying to calm himself down, before taking a heavy step forward. Ever step he took was accompanied by a gasp of pain, as a pain shot through him from previous injuries. Why is it, even in his dreams, he still felt all the pain, emotions and thoughts as he would if in his conscious form.
By the time he reached the orb, his energy was drained worse then ever, but he couldn't stop now. His past was only an arm reach away. He nervously stretched his arm out, but his vision was blurred, and he didn't realise how close the orb was. He jerked his hand forward, causing his hand to plunge into the large orb. He gasped as flashes of different memories came through his mind.
Slifer, Bakura, himself, a duelling field, The Winged Dragon of Ra, a man smirking with the Millennium Eye, a wall of Kuriboh blocking a Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, a stone tablet, someone who looked like Joe, an anchor.
Voices swam in his mind too, as well as a mixed emotions of anger, fear, hatred and shock.
"Go Slifer The Sky Dragon!" "Your Millennium Puzzle will be mine..." "The Winged Dragon of Ra!" "You will pay for what you did..." "Blue Eye's Ultimate Dragon, Newtron Blast attack!" "Yami? So that's your name."
Yugi pulled himself away from the orb quickly, falling back and gasping for breath before collapsing to his knees. He hugged his arms and lowered his head, tears of pain streaming down his face as he cried uncontrollably from mixed emotions received from the memories, shivering from pain. "Yami?" He thought to himself. That was the persons name, and a familiar one.
He closed his eyes and lay down on the ground as his breaths calmed but his consciousness faded. "Yami..."
"No way!" Steve proclaimed. "After what Joe's told me, there's no way I'm going back and leavin' you by yourself.!"
Yujhi sighed. There was no way to change Steve's mind, and Joe was even more hopeless to convince. "Fine, but be careful..."
"Yo Baku!"
Bakura growled in frustration at Ryoura's voice. "It's Bakura!" He yelled, glaring back at the door of Ryoura's room.
"Aww..." Ryoura said in a pitying voice, before putting on a baby voice. "Is Bakuwa all mad? I tink someone needs a hug." He said with a half pouting expression, outstretching his arms playfully.
"Get away from me..." Bakura mumbled, turning away from Ryoura, but the hikari simply walked over and hugged Bakura anyway. Growling, Bakura glared down at him. "I swear if you don't let me go right now I'll-"
"I hug to bug." Ryoura proclaimed with a smile, obviously ignoring Bakura's comments. He let go and leaned his elbow on Bakura's shoulder. "Oh, bytheby, Yujhi and the others popped over and asked me 'bout you. Think yaz could give him back his puzzle?" He asked, jerking his thumb at the door.
Bakura rolled his eyes before glaring at his hikari. "I'm not giving it back."
Ryoura, completely unaffected by Bakura's intimidating glare, blink in confusion then waved his finger at Bakura. "Now now young man, you know it's wrong to steal." He said playfully. "Be a good little boy and trot of downstairs and apologise."
Bakura's shoulders slouched and he looked over at Ryoura, mouth hanging open. What was with this crazy kid? Bakura succeeded in scaring everyone, including Yami, at one point or another, but this little pest was completely opposite. He could barely believe some of the words that came out of his mouth. He felt strangely childish though, and for what reason he didn't know. Folding his arms he looked away. "No."
It was silent for only mere seconds, before Ryoura burst ut laughing. Bakura looked back at him in confusion before Ryoura pointed at him. "You pouted all by yourself! My little Baku's growing up so fast... where do the years go?" He said in a fake tearful voice.
"I did not... but that doesn't matter!" He added before Ryoura could comment. His voice suddenly became serious "I'm not giving up the Millennium Puzzle, unless he beats me in a Shadow Game... only then will-"
"Y'okay then! I'll go tell 'im. This is gonna be keu-wel!" Ryoura yelled, taking off and out of the room, Bakura's slowly following.
Ryoura nodded quickly. "Yupyup. This is gonna be awesome!"
"Well... ok..." Yujhi shuffled on the spot. What did Bakura have planned? The whole room around them suddenly erupted into darkness, travelling up the walls like a shadow before they were fully enveloped in it. The Shadow Realm...
Bakura smirked and picked up the Millennium Puzzle. A glow erupted from it, and an unconscious Yugi appeared on the floor next to him. He bent down and picked Yugi up by the back of his jacket, whispering harshly. "Wake up little Yugi, I want you to see you're friends demise." He placed a hand on Yugi's forehead and a glow erupted from it. Yugi's eyes suddenly snapped open.
"Yami!"
Bakura blinked at Yugi's first words as he awoke. He shrugged and threw Yugi back, cords of darkness shooting out of the ground and gripping his wrists, stretching his arms out beside him. He gasped in pain, all the while more black cords wrapping around his already immobile form. "Just be quiet and enjoy the match."
Ryoura looked around, suddenly seeming much less hyper then before. Smoke-like forms swirled around the Shadow Realm, lost souls. Rubbing his left arm nervously, he looked back at his yami. "Um... Bakura...?"
"What?!" Bakura hissed harshly, and was surprised to see Ryoura looking at him, with fear in his eyes.
"I... never mind..." Ryoura feel silent, hugging his arms slightly. This place... the feel of sadness, pain, death... it was that of a familiar and unfortunately unforgettable period in Ryoura's past. He felt helpless... and emotionally weak...
Unfortunately, no one seemed to notice this. Bakura had already turned his attention back to Yujhi. "The rules are simple." Bakura began. "We each choose five cards from our decks, one monster and four magic or trap cards. Those are the only cards aloud in play, and you must choose wisely, for one slip up means your gone... draw your cards!"
To Be Continued
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Yay! Longest part! Size wise that is... heehee, size wise...
Heehee, whacha think? hope yaz liked it. And Ryoura? *Huggles* You may just understand that later on... and no, it has nout to do with the Shadow Realm.
Me's gots a pic of Ryoura! It's not exactly how I imagine him, and he looks 10, but meh ^^;Yaz want it check me profile, near the bottom.
Hope yaz liked the chappy! Please review and slán slán for now!
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