Memories by Tikaru

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Bakura: Stop listening to that horrid song.

Tikaru: Hah! No! (Listening to Tenacious D-Tribute)

Bakura: I...will...kill...you.

Tikaru: Then how will I put you in the chapter today? Smirk

Bakura: well. Ah...Shut up...TURN OFF THAT SONG!!

Tikaru: No! Do the disclaimer I don't want to today.

Bakura: No! I refuse!

Ayane: Pops out of nowhere ill do it!

Tikaru and Bakura: Oo!

Tikaru: ;; Okay

Ayane: Hiei is Hot and I love him so much.

Tikaru: OO that's not a disclaimer.

Bakura: forget it.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything absolutely nothing.

Chapter 5 Angel

It was a little windy outside today and I wished I could have stayed at Yugi's house. I didn't want to face the horrors that would meet me at my house. Sure, I was safe now. I was in public but it has to get dark eventually and then Bakura would make his appearance and beat the living hell out of me. Yugi said I could stay at his house. So why didn't I. I wasn't thinking at the time I suppose. The blood loss has probably gotten to me. No that wasn't it. I don't know. I don't know anything anymore. I wish I could just go back. Go back into the past with Amane, my mother and father. I can remember everything so clearly even though it was about 6 years ago.

Flashback

I watched my mother pack her suitcase with sweaters. She said it would be a short trip and that she would be back soon. She obviously took me for a fool. I knew she wasn't coming back. All her things were packed in boxes. She said she had to help Grandpa at his shrine because he was old.

"Mother", I said in a childlike voice. I didn't want her to go.

She told me a long time ago that if, when, she divorced Father. Amane and I would have to stay with him. It was a custom that if the parents divorce the children stay with the Father. You see because Father was always gone, she wanted to move around to. She couldn't stand being stuck in a household with two kids and she couldn't leave because we were too young.

"Mom", I tried again. My voice seemed so small. What could I do to make her stay? She had prepared me for this day just in case. It's a completely different thing to know what could happen in the future, and what's happening now.

Amane was asleep on my bed in the other room. I don't know how mom could leave us. Especially Amane. She was ever parents little angel. Just a perfect beautiful angel.

"Ryou-chan I'll be back soon mommy is going on a little visit to Grandma and Grandpa's house", she had tears rimming her eyes. I was smart, but too young to know what they meant.

"Mommy. Amane and I want to go to Grandma's to", I stated. I really couldn't understand why mom was crying.

She cleaned her eyes with a piece of cloth and bent down on her knees sitting on her favorite cashmere grey sweater. Looking me in the eyes she gave me a big hug. I hugged back with as much force as a nine year old can give.

"Ryou-Chan go wake Amane up please", she wiped he eyes.

I walked over to Amane's room. Surprisingly she was already awake ing furiously in a big, now bright pink heart.

"Amane, Mom want's you", I said.

"Look what I made Mama", she held up the pretty pink heart" That's mommies heart, see I put a smiley face in it and our names".

"That's cute. You better show mom now".

She giggled and walked out the door with me following her. I watched her show mom the heart and mother cried freely.

"You don't like it mom", Amane said calmly.

Mom shook her head. "No Amane this is the best gift I have ever gotten". She waved my hand to come over, so I did. She gave Amane and I the last hug we would ever get from her.

The doorbell rang and mom told me to go get it.

I went downstairs and opened the door. It was yugi and Solomon Mouto.

Yugi's grandpa didn't even pass a glance at me. He just walked straight to were my mothers room was and brought out her 3 boxes. Yugi was watching me with curiosity. What were the boxes for?

When the last of everything was put into the taxi Amane, Yugi, Solomon and I stood on the driveway-watching mom get into the Taxi. The car drove off and no one waved goodbye. Waving was like when we were leaving from the summer at Grandpa's it meant' we had a great summer and don't want to go. We will be back. That wasn't going to happen. Deep down I knew she wouldn't be back.

She would never come back because 3 years later a police officer called our house. Father was out and I just assumed Joey got into trouble again and needed bail money. Amane was napping. When he said Mother had died at a shootout in a shopping district. I asked if he had the wrong number. I heard the officer sigh on the other end and he explained what happened. I hung up the phone when he was done and slumped into a chair.

My mother? No! It couldn't be? She couldn't be gone! She couldn't be dead! It was then I felt bitterness. It was my Fathers fault if he hadn't let mom leave she wouldn't be gone now. I just wanted someone to blame. I felt awful. I couldn't tell Amane that. I knew I had to. So I did after she woke up. We cried in each other's arms. I knew then at least I had Amane and as long as I had her nothing would break me.

Then a year later Amane got sick. Really bad sick, Father wasn't there to sign the medicine forms cause he was in America. So the couldn't give her any. Father didn't give us any contact number or anything. Then before I knew it that night my angel was gone. She said she would say hi to mother for me.

My angel was gone.

End Flashback

I couldn't help it but tears came to my eyes. This wasn't the best time to remember something like that. Bakura would call me weak for my tears and give me more thrashing than I could believe.

Little did Ryou know in his soul room. The tomb-robber Bakura had watched Ryou's memories unfold.

/So that's why he's so sad/

Tikaru: phew how do you guys like this one. RR

Bakura: You gave me ONE LINE. ONE LINE!!!

Tikaru: Shut up dude.