This will be the last chapter of Out of Control, so I hope you guys can get tuned into a different one of my stories. By the way, I updated the Pirates of the Caribbean one, in case anyone was interested. Now to the last chapter.
Ch. 20: Back to Normal
Ryou's POV
I'm glad this stress is all over.
I rescheduled the duel to my convenience with Mokuba. I knew he might oblige; Seto sure wouldn't. Today was the day I get to experience a shadow duel. Malik warned me I wouldn't like it, but I decided that I should be prepared, just in case of dark forces. And besides, a duel is a duel.
"Ryou, hold on, damn it!"
Me and Sakura were already in the car. Yami Bakura, still in possession of his body, was lagging. I rolled my eyes. And he thought I was weak.
"Come, come Yami. We haven't all day."
He shot me a very dirty look as I started the engine.
Ryou, I need to ask you a fairly important question.
/What is it, Yami?/
I...er...CAN WE HAVE A MOTORCYCLE?!?!
/I'll pretend I never heard that/
Hey, a spirit can dream, can't he?
/You bet./
Malik was in the parking lot of Kaiba Land when we got there.
"'Bout time!" he told us.
"Oy, Malik! Your ass is mine the next time you get me sick!"
"I said sorry about seventy times over the phone! Ayari was counting!" he protested.
"There's a duel to be played, my friend. Or shall I say, my fiend?" I reminded him.
"In we go, Ryou-kun."
We walked in and received access into Duel Area 07.
"Okay. You ready, Bakura?"
I nodded determinedly.
Shadows enveloped us all. They creeped me out big time, but I didn't let my fear show.
"Okay...terms of this game..." Malik said. "You feel your monster's pain. In the event of total loss of bodily function, you lose. Don't feel bad if you barf. Yami did it when he went against Joey, even though he won. You ready?"
"I am."
"DUEL!!" we both said, activating our duel disks.
I drew five cards and smiled. Malik was as good as sunken.
"Play one card facedown and summon Headless Knight!!"
A pink thread connected me and the knight. I needed no explanation on that. My monster's pain would be connected to me.
"Okay," Malik began. "I place one card facedown and summon Makyura the Destructor!"
I gulped nervously. This was it...
Makyura, destroy his Headless Knight!"
As my knight shattered, I felt a pain rip through me that made me scream.
"AAAGHH!!!"
I clutched at my chest. The pain!! It burned!
"Are you all right, Ryou?"
I nodded feverishly.
'That hurt...'
And so the duel went. Eventually, I activated my Destiny Board, but I was so weak from sacrificing Life Points and monsters to summon Dark Necrofear and I could hardly stand. Malik was right. I didn't like this dueling way. With his Jam Breeding combo, he created enough tokens to sacrifice for the Winged Dragon of Ra. When it attacked, oh the pain!! I collapsed to my knees. However, the Destiny Board was at fourth letter status when he attacked, and I still had 525 Life Points.
"Shit. You spelled DEATH!!"
Cool!! I won!!
"I can duel in a shadow game just as well as anyone else..." I managed to say. That's when I threw up and collapsed.
Yami Bakura's POV
When Ryou won that duel, it made me proud. He was my hikari after all. Even when he puked and fainted, I was proud. I took him in my strong arms and placed him in the car. Sakura drove to the house. Malik and Ayari followed.
"He's grown up, that weakling," I remarked in the car. "He's not so weak anymore."
"Yami, he's himself, only stronger. We have you to thank for that. For being nice and around him, not beating him," Sakura said.
I nodded, and then stroked Ryou's hair, so much softer than mine.
When we got home, Malik and I played about a million rounds on Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. I obviously did better, having thief's instincts to help guide me to the treasure (and that radar ). And running was my specialty as well. Bakura came to, soon after we got home. He barfed again, then thanked Malik for the good duel.
"The pleasure was all mine, Sicky. Like I said, don't feel bad about the barfing thing. I did it on the motorcycle too. Dueling like that takes a lot out of you. And I'm proud that you did as well as you did. And no anorexic could do that. You'd have to be strong. Physically and spiritually. You are cured, my friend."
I smiled at Ryou.
Yes. You are cured. And may you never stray from the path as before.
Ryou's POV
I smiled at the praise. No one praised me much anymore.
"You know, we're all like separatists. You, Malik, you hate being around Ishizu a lot. Ayari, you dislike your own father, Pegasus..."
"Don't say the 'P' word near me," she growled.
"Okay...and we three Bakuras are pretty much loners. Well, together, we all form a family. A family of friends."
I sighed.
"All friendship speeching and Tèa bashing aside, friends are family. And I love my family."
They all smiled at me and we almost could have shared a group hug. Almost.
"What the hell do you think? That I'm going to get all mushy? Like hell I will. Damn," Yami Bakura sneered.
"No way you'll catch me dead in a mushy moment," Ayari snorted.
"I'm not a mouse, I'm a man," Malik said.
"Yeah, well your other Millennium Rod can't be bigger than a mouse's."
"Ooh, now it's on, Thief-man."
The two others began to wrestle as Ayari watched with a sweatdrop. Me and Sakura embraced in a sibling hug.
"Well, at least someone will cuddle with me," I said hopelessly.
"I'm always here for you, onii-chan."
With that, we turned to the rest of our bickering "family."
And sweatdropped as Yami lost his body and taunted Malik as pure spirit.
They'd be brothers, all right.
THE END!
Well, that's it. I really enjoyed writing this story and I hope everyone else enjoyed reading it. Now that I'm done with this, maybe I can start up the College Years. It requires some revision, though, so I'm not sure about that one quite yet. Until I update another story, see ya!! R&R!
Ch. 20: Back to Normal
Ryou's POV
I'm glad this stress is all over.
I rescheduled the duel to my convenience with Mokuba. I knew he might oblige; Seto sure wouldn't. Today was the day I get to experience a shadow duel. Malik warned me I wouldn't like it, but I decided that I should be prepared, just in case of dark forces. And besides, a duel is a duel.
"Ryou, hold on, damn it!"
Me and Sakura were already in the car. Yami Bakura, still in possession of his body, was lagging. I rolled my eyes. And he thought I was weak.
"Come, come Yami. We haven't all day."
He shot me a very dirty look as I started the engine.
Ryou, I need to ask you a fairly important question.
/What is it, Yami?/
I...er...CAN WE HAVE A MOTORCYCLE?!?!
/I'll pretend I never heard that/
Hey, a spirit can dream, can't he?
/You bet./
Malik was in the parking lot of Kaiba Land when we got there.
"'Bout time!" he told us.
"Oy, Malik! Your ass is mine the next time you get me sick!"
"I said sorry about seventy times over the phone! Ayari was counting!" he protested.
"There's a duel to be played, my friend. Or shall I say, my fiend?" I reminded him.
"In we go, Ryou-kun."
We walked in and received access into Duel Area 07.
"Okay. You ready, Bakura?"
I nodded determinedly.
Shadows enveloped us all. They creeped me out big time, but I didn't let my fear show.
"Okay...terms of this game..." Malik said. "You feel your monster's pain. In the event of total loss of bodily function, you lose. Don't feel bad if you barf. Yami did it when he went against Joey, even though he won. You ready?"
"I am."
"DUEL!!" we both said, activating our duel disks.
I drew five cards and smiled. Malik was as good as sunken.
"Play one card facedown and summon Headless Knight!!"
A pink thread connected me and the knight. I needed no explanation on that. My monster's pain would be connected to me.
"Okay," Malik began. "I place one card facedown and summon Makyura the Destructor!"
I gulped nervously. This was it...
Makyura, destroy his Headless Knight!"
As my knight shattered, I felt a pain rip through me that made me scream.
"AAAGHH!!!"
I clutched at my chest. The pain!! It burned!
"Are you all right, Ryou?"
I nodded feverishly.
'That hurt...'
And so the duel went. Eventually, I activated my Destiny Board, but I was so weak from sacrificing Life Points and monsters to summon Dark Necrofear and I could hardly stand. Malik was right. I didn't like this dueling way. With his Jam Breeding combo, he created enough tokens to sacrifice for the Winged Dragon of Ra. When it attacked, oh the pain!! I collapsed to my knees. However, the Destiny Board was at fourth letter status when he attacked, and I still had 525 Life Points.
"Shit. You spelled DEATH!!"
Cool!! I won!!
"I can duel in a shadow game just as well as anyone else..." I managed to say. That's when I threw up and collapsed.
Yami Bakura's POV
When Ryou won that duel, it made me proud. He was my hikari after all. Even when he puked and fainted, I was proud. I took him in my strong arms and placed him in the car. Sakura drove to the house. Malik and Ayari followed.
"He's grown up, that weakling," I remarked in the car. "He's not so weak anymore."
"Yami, he's himself, only stronger. We have you to thank for that. For being nice and around him, not beating him," Sakura said.
I nodded, and then stroked Ryou's hair, so much softer than mine.
When we got home, Malik and I played about a million rounds on Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. I obviously did better, having thief's instincts to help guide me to the treasure (and that radar ). And running was my specialty as well. Bakura came to, soon after we got home. He barfed again, then thanked Malik for the good duel.
"The pleasure was all mine, Sicky. Like I said, don't feel bad about the barfing thing. I did it on the motorcycle too. Dueling like that takes a lot out of you. And I'm proud that you did as well as you did. And no anorexic could do that. You'd have to be strong. Physically and spiritually. You are cured, my friend."
I smiled at Ryou.
Yes. You are cured. And may you never stray from the path as before.
Ryou's POV
I smiled at the praise. No one praised me much anymore.
"You know, we're all like separatists. You, Malik, you hate being around Ishizu a lot. Ayari, you dislike your own father, Pegasus..."
"Don't say the 'P' word near me," she growled.
"Okay...and we three Bakuras are pretty much loners. Well, together, we all form a family. A family of friends."
I sighed.
"All friendship speeching and Tèa bashing aside, friends are family. And I love my family."
They all smiled at me and we almost could have shared a group hug. Almost.
"What the hell do you think? That I'm going to get all mushy? Like hell I will. Damn," Yami Bakura sneered.
"No way you'll catch me dead in a mushy moment," Ayari snorted.
"I'm not a mouse, I'm a man," Malik said.
"Yeah, well your other Millennium Rod can't be bigger than a mouse's."
"Ooh, now it's on, Thief-man."
The two others began to wrestle as Ayari watched with a sweatdrop. Me and Sakura embraced in a sibling hug.
"Well, at least someone will cuddle with me," I said hopelessly.
"I'm always here for you, onii-chan."
With that, we turned to the rest of our bickering "family."
And sweatdropped as Yami lost his body and taunted Malik as pure spirit.
They'd be brothers, all right.
THE END!
Well, that's it. I really enjoyed writing this story and I hope everyone else enjoyed reading it. Now that I'm done with this, maybe I can start up the College Years. It requires some revision, though, so I'm not sure about that one quite yet. Until I update another story, see ya!! R&R!