Ariku: I think I'm going to end this in 3 chapters. Twelve is a nice number.
Miya: Yuh huh… any ideas for your next story?
Ariku: Nope, not one.
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Chapter 10: Distant, Part One
Ryou slumped back down onto his chair, and the two were consumed in a very awkward silence. The green-haired girl behind the counter looked very startled, while the unmoving creature in the corner continued to read it's newspaper as if nothing had happened.
"It's all my fault." Lucia said timidly, tucking her hands in between her knees and biting her lip. She was expecting him to yell something along the lines of "Damn straight it is!" but he didn't. Ryou was… crying. She knew he was too… kind to yell at her for that even if it was her fault. 'I've screwed up things so bad for him…' She thought sadly.
He looked very much like his heart had been ripped out and stomped on.
Lucia stood up, sliding off Ryou's blue school jacket in the process. She set it on the table and then looked towards at Ryou.
She bowed her head and muttered, "I'm sorry." After that, she took off. Out the door and down the street.
Ryou looked up to see the figure who had been sitting in the corner run out the door around a minute after Lucia had done so. He was curious. Until he caught glimpse of that creatures face.
"Shit!" He exclaimed as he grabbed his jacket and dashed off, tipping his chair over in a panic.
"Hey! Dude, who's going to explain this to the boss!?" The teen behind the counter shouted, but she knew it was pointless. She sat down on the floor and sighed heavily.
"No doubt about it, I'm fired for sure. Damn I need a hobby."
.
Bakura ran his hand through his hair, letting out a groan. He had overreacted. He needed to apologize to Ryou.
"But that girl… damn her." Bakura growled.
So Lucia had been running in his direction. Who could've seen it coming? Certainly not Bakura.
He stood up, only to have a person collide with him, sending him straight down onto his ass.
"Watch where the hell you're going!" He shouted, focusing on the figure that practically lay on top of him.
"Lucia!?" He snorted. Said girl groaned and rolled over onto the sidewalk, "Ow… Damn, did I hit brick wall or what?"
Bakura sat up and glared at her, "No, you hit me."
"Oh." Her face sunk into a frown. She sat up, hanging her head. "I'm sorry."
He gained control of himself and stood up, extending a hand out to her. "Need help?" He murmured.
She looked up, definitely speechless at his act of kindness towards her. Nevertheless, she took his hand and he pulled her onto her feet.
"Arigatou." She smiled sadly. He grunted in response. Bakura turned his back for a minute. "I suppose I have something to say to you." He spat.
"Are you listening to me?"
"HELLO!?" He spun on his heel, and he found the blue-haired girl wasn't there.
'Can't turn your back on the bitch for five seconds!' He thought as he put his hands on his hips. His head jerked seconds later towards the sound of someone yelling his name.
"BAKURA!!!!! WHERE'S LUCIA!?" Ryou hollered, glaring as soon as he reached his yami.
Bakura winced, "No need to yell. Well, dear Ryou, I turned my back on the girl for about ten seconds and when I turned back around she was gone."
"Shit shit shit!" Ryou breathed, beginning to pace back and forth. Bakura raised a brow, "What's wrong now?"
"Damnit Bakura, her brother is after her!"
"What do you mean? Her brother is dead, hikari. Are you on drugs or what? And if so, can I have some?" Bakura looked very confused.
Ryou took five minutes or so to explain, Bakura's eyes widening more with each passing second. "Well that's not good." The tomb robber said flatly.
"Gee, aren't you the clever one?" Ryou snarled.
.
It was a sensation like nothing she had ever felt before…
Lucia awoke in a rather dream-like place. Everything was hazy, beautiful… and extremely elegant. It was an endless land of nothingness. She looked cross-eyed at that feather that had perched on her nose and blew it off before yawning sleepily.
"Where am I?…" The words were barely audible.
Even the fact that she was suspended in mid-air wasn't enough to alarm her. She felt peaceful here; like she belonged in this dreamland.
"My sweet little Lucia…" The words were nothing more than a breath, carried by the wind. She felt a gentle breeze tease her hair playfully, wrapping around her before disappearing.
"Are you afraid?" That soothing voice met her ears again. She shook her head lazily in reply. "No…" She managed to force out of her mouth.
"Wonderful." The owner of these words smiled. Lucia's eyelids drooped heavily, but she tried to focus. There was somebody standing? No, floating in front of her. The figure made it's way forward, caressing her cheek with it's hand.
"I can protect you, Lucia." The sleepy figure tried harder to make out who it was that was in front of her, but she simply couldn't.
"How?" She questioned, feeling herself drifting between the world of consciousness and the forever enticing realm of sleep.
"Just come with me. I can save you from your nightmare, and always be there to dry your tears…"
"To fight your fears…"
"To give you the love that you deserve…"
"For all eternity…"
.
"I swear, Bakura, if we don't find her I'm going to..."
"Oh give it a fucking rest, I get your Ra-be-damned point." Bakura seethed in reply.
'He has to be at that damned apartment. He just has to be there… with her.' Ryou thought desperately. One hour had passed.
"Since when does it take an hour to get to her home?" Ryou asked blankly, receiving a shrug from Bakura.
Once they reached the building, Ryou left Bakura far behind when he bound up the steps as fast as his legs would allow. "Bakura! Get your ass up here or I'm locking you out!" he yelled, and met a very annoyed looking tomb robber within seconds.
"Glad to see you picked up the pace a bit." Ryou said before pushing his key into the lock. He opened the door gradually, stepping inside to find no one around.
"Oh great, looks like she's not even here." Bakura groaned, going to look in the bedroom.
Then something caught Ryou's eye; something he never noticed Lucia had before. A balcony? He spied two doors made of tinted glass, placed on the far left wall of the kitchen. It looked as though someone was out there…
"Kura! Come here!" Ryou demanded, running towards the doors and yanking one open.
And lo-and-behold, there was Lucia, sitting on the railing of her balcony, swinging her feet to the beat of someone humming.
That someone was the man dressed in black, sitting beside her. It would've been an adorable sight if one of them had not been dead.
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Ariku: WAAAAAAAAAH! I need to end this soon because it totally sucks… -sniffle-
Miya: …
Ariku: I'm sorry, I'll have part two up soon. PROMISE.
Miya: Lier no baka…
Miya: Yuh huh… any ideas for your next story?
Ariku: Nope, not one.
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Chapter 10: Distant, Part One
Ryou slumped back down onto his chair, and the two were consumed in a very awkward silence. The green-haired girl behind the counter looked very startled, while the unmoving creature in the corner continued to read it's newspaper as if nothing had happened.
"It's all my fault." Lucia said timidly, tucking her hands in between her knees and biting her lip. She was expecting him to yell something along the lines of "Damn straight it is!" but he didn't. Ryou was… crying. She knew he was too… kind to yell at her for that even if it was her fault. 'I've screwed up things so bad for him…' She thought sadly.
He looked very much like his heart had been ripped out and stomped on.
Lucia stood up, sliding off Ryou's blue school jacket in the process. She set it on the table and then looked towards at Ryou.
She bowed her head and muttered, "I'm sorry." After that, she took off. Out the door and down the street.
Ryou looked up to see the figure who had been sitting in the corner run out the door around a minute after Lucia had done so. He was curious. Until he caught glimpse of that creatures face.
"Shit!" He exclaimed as he grabbed his jacket and dashed off, tipping his chair over in a panic.
"Hey! Dude, who's going to explain this to the boss!?" The teen behind the counter shouted, but she knew it was pointless. She sat down on the floor and sighed heavily.
"No doubt about it, I'm fired for sure. Damn I need a hobby."
.
Bakura ran his hand through his hair, letting out a groan. He had overreacted. He needed to apologize to Ryou.
"But that girl… damn her." Bakura growled.
So Lucia had been running in his direction. Who could've seen it coming? Certainly not Bakura.
He stood up, only to have a person collide with him, sending him straight down onto his ass.
"Watch where the hell you're going!" He shouted, focusing on the figure that practically lay on top of him.
"Lucia!?" He snorted. Said girl groaned and rolled over onto the sidewalk, "Ow… Damn, did I hit brick wall or what?"
Bakura sat up and glared at her, "No, you hit me."
"Oh." Her face sunk into a frown. She sat up, hanging her head. "I'm sorry."
He gained control of himself and stood up, extending a hand out to her. "Need help?" He murmured.
She looked up, definitely speechless at his act of kindness towards her. Nevertheless, she took his hand and he pulled her onto her feet.
"Arigatou." She smiled sadly. He grunted in response. Bakura turned his back for a minute. "I suppose I have something to say to you." He spat.
"Are you listening to me?"
"HELLO!?" He spun on his heel, and he found the blue-haired girl wasn't there.
'Can't turn your back on the bitch for five seconds!' He thought as he put his hands on his hips. His head jerked seconds later towards the sound of someone yelling his name.
"BAKURA!!!!! WHERE'S LUCIA!?" Ryou hollered, glaring as soon as he reached his yami.
Bakura winced, "No need to yell. Well, dear Ryou, I turned my back on the girl for about ten seconds and when I turned back around she was gone."
"Shit shit shit!" Ryou breathed, beginning to pace back and forth. Bakura raised a brow, "What's wrong now?"
"Damnit Bakura, her brother is after her!"
"What do you mean? Her brother is dead, hikari. Are you on drugs or what? And if so, can I have some?" Bakura looked very confused.
Ryou took five minutes or so to explain, Bakura's eyes widening more with each passing second. "Well that's not good." The tomb robber said flatly.
"Gee, aren't you the clever one?" Ryou snarled.
.
It was a sensation like nothing she had ever felt before…
Lucia awoke in a rather dream-like place. Everything was hazy, beautiful… and extremely elegant. It was an endless land of nothingness. She looked cross-eyed at that feather that had perched on her nose and blew it off before yawning sleepily.
"Where am I?…" The words were barely audible.
Even the fact that she was suspended in mid-air wasn't enough to alarm her. She felt peaceful here; like she belonged in this dreamland.
"My sweet little Lucia…" The words were nothing more than a breath, carried by the wind. She felt a gentle breeze tease her hair playfully, wrapping around her before disappearing.
"Are you afraid?" That soothing voice met her ears again. She shook her head lazily in reply. "No…" She managed to force out of her mouth.
"Wonderful." The owner of these words smiled. Lucia's eyelids drooped heavily, but she tried to focus. There was somebody standing? No, floating in front of her. The figure made it's way forward, caressing her cheek with it's hand.
"I can protect you, Lucia." The sleepy figure tried harder to make out who it was that was in front of her, but she simply couldn't.
"How?" She questioned, feeling herself drifting between the world of consciousness and the forever enticing realm of sleep.
"Just come with me. I can save you from your nightmare, and always be there to dry your tears…"
"To fight your fears…"
"To give you the love that you deserve…"
"For all eternity…"
.
"I swear, Bakura, if we don't find her I'm going to..."
"Oh give it a fucking rest, I get your Ra-be-damned point." Bakura seethed in reply.
'He has to be at that damned apartment. He just has to be there… with her.' Ryou thought desperately. One hour had passed.
"Since when does it take an hour to get to her home?" Ryou asked blankly, receiving a shrug from Bakura.
Once they reached the building, Ryou left Bakura far behind when he bound up the steps as fast as his legs would allow. "Bakura! Get your ass up here or I'm locking you out!" he yelled, and met a very annoyed looking tomb robber within seconds.
"Glad to see you picked up the pace a bit." Ryou said before pushing his key into the lock. He opened the door gradually, stepping inside to find no one around.
"Oh great, looks like she's not even here." Bakura groaned, going to look in the bedroom.
Then something caught Ryou's eye; something he never noticed Lucia had before. A balcony? He spied two doors made of tinted glass, placed on the far left wall of the kitchen. It looked as though someone was out there…
"Kura! Come here!" Ryou demanded, running towards the doors and yanking one open.
And lo-and-behold, there was Lucia, sitting on the railing of her balcony, swinging her feet to the beat of someone humming.
That someone was the man dressed in black, sitting beside her. It would've been an adorable sight if one of them had not been dead.
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Ariku: WAAAAAAAAAH! I need to end this soon because it totally sucks… -sniffle-
Miya: …
Ariku: I'm sorry, I'll have part two up soon. PROMISE.
Miya: Lier no baka…