Chapter 10: Two-Tiered Drama
Yami Bakura's POV
They tried their best to awaken Ryou again, but were unable to without medication, as it were. After a dose of some, he woke up very weak.
"Bakura, we'll be taking a blood sample for testing, alright?" the doctor said.
"Yeah, whatever..."
I grimaced as the doctors withdrew blood from him. It was drawn from me as I could still feel that much from him, but I didn't have control of it this time. The little girl hugged up against my leg and I patted her on the head. She was warm, but it felt like I was getting a doggy hump. Jeez. What was with all the blood? They'd taken two syringes. How many tests could they have to make, damn it?
At last, they were finished. Ryou's wrist was purple where they'd drawn the blood.
"Doctor, I need you to test for anorexia, because that's what I think he has. Could you please?" Sakura asked.
"Mm-hm. We will."
The doctor looked at the girl with the gown by my side.
"Is she one of ours?"
"Erm...yeah, she is."
I pushed the girl forward, but she wouldn't budge.
"Don't wanna go. I wanna stay with you."
She clung to my leg and I sighed.
"I'll take care of her for awhile, just to shut her up," I told the doctor.
"Very well. Sarah, be good."
"I promise I will."
The girl grinned at me.
"So, you've got my full, undivided attention. What do you want?" I asked moodily.
"D'you wanna play rock-paper-scissors?"
"Is that like stone-papyrus-knife?" I asked.
"Uh...well rock is this."
She held up a fist.
"Paper is like this..."
She held an open palm out.
"...And scissors is like this."
She shaped her index finger and middle finger into a scissors shape.
"That's pretty close. So your name is Sarah, eh?" I said.
/Ka Saraha.../
I stared at the little girl. She was about four, I could see. That was about, say...16 minus 4...twelve years younger than my host.
"You wanna see my lucky charm?" she asked me. From under her shirt, she pulled an amulet.
"Oh, Ra..."
It was a pendant made of pure jade with a cat that had an eye in the middle of it's forehead in the shape of the Eye of Ra...
"Where did you get that?!?!" I snapped.
"My mommy gave it to me, it's so pretty..."
I grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Where did your mommy get it?! I need to know! Tell me!!"
She cringed away from me. Sakura was alarmed by my behavior.
"Yami, what's up?"
I could no more tell her at the moment then I could tell Sarah.
"I'm sorry Sarah, but I saw that amulet before. My best friend had one a really long time...ago..."
My speech faltered as the girl looked at me. Eyes, one emerald and the other deep blue. I never noticed it until now. And her hair was red, like the flames in a fire, with a tinge of hot pink that slightly off-set the color, with bluish highlights. Exactly like my one true love. Come now, you don't honestly believe I led a solitary life if Ryou is my predecessor. No, I had a wife...and she owned the dark and mysterious Amulet of Bast, the Egyptian cat-god. It had almost as much magic as a Millennium Item. But could it harbor souls...
"Ka Saraha...Ka Saraha, are you in there?"
The girl looked confused, and then the amulet shone. Her eyes sharpened and a sinister grin took her face.
"Yami Bakura, Touzoku-ou of Egypt?" she said in a voice quite unlike herself.
"Is that you, Ka Saraha?"
"And if it is, Bakura?"
"If it is...why the hell are you so young...and how..."
"Later. The girl knows not of my presence."
Sarah was once again released.
"So, we gonna play...why are you crying?"
It was true. Tears, which I had barely ever shed in my life, save my childhood, were streaming down in little rivers down my face.
"It's nothing," I told her.
We never got to play rock-paper-scissors before the doctor walked in.
"It's anorexia," he told us solemnly. "Serious case."
I frowned. So Sakura was right. At that moment of my undead life, I was being violently pulled in two directions. Ryou at one side, Ka Saraha at the other. It was a pull on, dare I say, my heart. True, as an immortal, I didn't have a real heart, but something there, deep in my chest, was pulling me apart.
"What can we do?" I asked.
"We can treat his malnutrition, but he is at the mercy of his disease. Only he can stop it."
"Very well. Treat him, I will pay any cost for my aibou-I mean cousin- to live."
The doctor nodded vigorously.
At that time, Ryou was transported to a critical care room. He was moaning in agony, clutching his stomach.
Ryou's POV
I couldn't understand it. I did everything right, I drank water, but ate less food. Why was I still suffering? My stomach was being torn in different directions and I knew it was due to my hunger. But the fact was, I had made myself an erratic eating course. Anytime Sakura saw me eat, I was dying of starvation, so naturally, I was binging. However, my stomach had its limits, and if I didn't make myself throw up by accident, I would most certainly do it on purpose.
I regretted it all now, but it was too late for regrets. I was dying, and there was no turning back. This pain and nausea could mean nothing else. I had all sorts of bodily cramps, not just my aching gut. This had to be the end, and I wasn't ready to go...
Sorry I didn't update in such a looooooong time, but I was totally tied up this weekend. I still love you all! Anyway, I'm ecstatic that I hit the twenty review mark on this story. Thank you my adoring fans, but still, 'specially Mina Chan AMD.
Yami Bakura's POV
They tried their best to awaken Ryou again, but were unable to without medication, as it were. After a dose of some, he woke up very weak.
"Bakura, we'll be taking a blood sample for testing, alright?" the doctor said.
"Yeah, whatever..."
I grimaced as the doctors withdrew blood from him. It was drawn from me as I could still feel that much from him, but I didn't have control of it this time. The little girl hugged up against my leg and I patted her on the head. She was warm, but it felt like I was getting a doggy hump. Jeez. What was with all the blood? They'd taken two syringes. How many tests could they have to make, damn it?
At last, they were finished. Ryou's wrist was purple where they'd drawn the blood.
"Doctor, I need you to test for anorexia, because that's what I think he has. Could you please?" Sakura asked.
"Mm-hm. We will."
The doctor looked at the girl with the gown by my side.
"Is she one of ours?"
"Erm...yeah, she is."
I pushed the girl forward, but she wouldn't budge.
"Don't wanna go. I wanna stay with you."
She clung to my leg and I sighed.
"I'll take care of her for awhile, just to shut her up," I told the doctor.
"Very well. Sarah, be good."
"I promise I will."
The girl grinned at me.
"So, you've got my full, undivided attention. What do you want?" I asked moodily.
"D'you wanna play rock-paper-scissors?"
"Is that like stone-papyrus-knife?" I asked.
"Uh...well rock is this."
She held up a fist.
"Paper is like this..."
She held an open palm out.
"...And scissors is like this."
She shaped her index finger and middle finger into a scissors shape.
"That's pretty close. So your name is Sarah, eh?" I said.
/Ka Saraha.../
I stared at the little girl. She was about four, I could see. That was about, say...16 minus 4...twelve years younger than my host.
"You wanna see my lucky charm?" she asked me. From under her shirt, she pulled an amulet.
"Oh, Ra..."
It was a pendant made of pure jade with a cat that had an eye in the middle of it's forehead in the shape of the Eye of Ra...
"Where did you get that?!?!" I snapped.
"My mommy gave it to me, it's so pretty..."
I grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Where did your mommy get it?! I need to know! Tell me!!"
She cringed away from me. Sakura was alarmed by my behavior.
"Yami, what's up?"
I could no more tell her at the moment then I could tell Sarah.
"I'm sorry Sarah, but I saw that amulet before. My best friend had one a really long time...ago..."
My speech faltered as the girl looked at me. Eyes, one emerald and the other deep blue. I never noticed it until now. And her hair was red, like the flames in a fire, with a tinge of hot pink that slightly off-set the color, with bluish highlights. Exactly like my one true love. Come now, you don't honestly believe I led a solitary life if Ryou is my predecessor. No, I had a wife...and she owned the dark and mysterious Amulet of Bast, the Egyptian cat-god. It had almost as much magic as a Millennium Item. But could it harbor souls...
"Ka Saraha...Ka Saraha, are you in there?"
The girl looked confused, and then the amulet shone. Her eyes sharpened and a sinister grin took her face.
"Yami Bakura, Touzoku-ou of Egypt?" she said in a voice quite unlike herself.
"Is that you, Ka Saraha?"
"And if it is, Bakura?"
"If it is...why the hell are you so young...and how..."
"Later. The girl knows not of my presence."
Sarah was once again released.
"So, we gonna play...why are you crying?"
It was true. Tears, which I had barely ever shed in my life, save my childhood, were streaming down in little rivers down my face.
"It's nothing," I told her.
We never got to play rock-paper-scissors before the doctor walked in.
"It's anorexia," he told us solemnly. "Serious case."
I frowned. So Sakura was right. At that moment of my undead life, I was being violently pulled in two directions. Ryou at one side, Ka Saraha at the other. It was a pull on, dare I say, my heart. True, as an immortal, I didn't have a real heart, but something there, deep in my chest, was pulling me apart.
"What can we do?" I asked.
"We can treat his malnutrition, but he is at the mercy of his disease. Only he can stop it."
"Very well. Treat him, I will pay any cost for my aibou-I mean cousin- to live."
The doctor nodded vigorously.
At that time, Ryou was transported to a critical care room. He was moaning in agony, clutching his stomach.
Ryou's POV
I couldn't understand it. I did everything right, I drank water, but ate less food. Why was I still suffering? My stomach was being torn in different directions and I knew it was due to my hunger. But the fact was, I had made myself an erratic eating course. Anytime Sakura saw me eat, I was dying of starvation, so naturally, I was binging. However, my stomach had its limits, and if I didn't make myself throw up by accident, I would most certainly do it on purpose.
I regretted it all now, but it was too late for regrets. I was dying, and there was no turning back. This pain and nausea could mean nothing else. I had all sorts of bodily cramps, not just my aching gut. This had to be the end, and I wasn't ready to go...
Sorry I didn't update in such a looooooong time, but I was totally tied up this weekend. I still love you all! Anyway, I'm ecstatic that I hit the twenty review mark on this story. Thank you my adoring fans, but still, 'specially Mina Chan AMD.