So, what is going to happen in this chappie? You'll find out soon enough! Hey... Yami's crying... what's going on?
Yami: Boohoo, Téa's dead! Murai-Sakura killed Téa!
Yugi: MHF!
Yami Bakura: Twenty stab-wounds... nice score! But I remember the time that I... (nobody listens)
From the bottom of the hole Marik had made earlier: Whaaoooh!
Ryou: (peers into the hole and nearly falls into it) There's a dog in the hole...
Ryou-Ran: No, it's Hikari Lunar. She tried to get Yami, but she fell right into that hole.
Yugi: MHF!!
Marik: (has not been listening) Shall I close the hole now?
Ryou-Ran: Heh, don't you know there's somebody inside? Don't close it!
Yami Bakura: (is been distracted from his story) Yeah, she ows me a bone! (goes on)... so I took him by the hair and stuffed his nose with... (still gets no attention at all)
Yami: sob... sniff... Téa...
Yugi: MHF MHF!
Ryou-Ran: If we cut Ryou's hair off and Bakura's too we can make a rope long enough to get her out.
Ryou: NO!
Marik: If Yami Bakura summons the Change Of Heart card he can have the angel go down and get her out.
Ryou: Great! My hair is saved! (dances around happily)
Ryou-Ran: (sings) Ooooh, Yaaamiii Bakuraaaa!
Yami Bakura: ... and that's how I relieved him of his... what?
Ryou-Ran: We need you to summon the Change Of Heart card to get Hikari Lunar out of that hole
Yami Bakura: Why should I?
Ryou-Ran: She owes you a bone, remember? (wink wink)
Yami Bakura: Oh, yeah, I forgot. I summon the Change Of Heart card!
Change Of Heart: (dives straight into the hole)
Yugi: MHF MHF MHF!
Yami: Whyyyy did you leeeaaave me behiiiind, Téa... sobsniffsob
Change Of heart: (comes out with a wolf in her arms and a bitewound in the leg)
Wolf: (Scrams)
Yami Bakura: HEY! THE BONE! (wants to go after her)
Ryou-Ran: (holds Yami Bakura by the collar)
Yami Bakura: (runs in place)
Ryou-Ran: Yami Bakura, I need Téa for the fic. Will you use Monster Reborn so she'll be alive again? (Ooh, Téa is such a teribble monster)
Yami Bakura: (grudgingly) Okay... BUT I'LL GET THE BONE, HIKARI LUNAR! YOU JUST WAIT!
Téa: (suddenly appears)
Yami: TÉA! I'M SO GLAD! (strangles... er, hugs Téa)
Yugi: MHF MHF $%!!! MHF!
Ryou: OO"
Ryou-Ran: I see... a classic case of Pixy Dust. Good, I need Yuge too, so we'll have to do something about this. (draws a magic wand and waves it)
Yugi: WHEW! GLAD I'M BACK!
Ryou-Ran: Who is going to do the disclaimer this time?
Marik: Me, me, me!
Ryou-Ran: Okay, Marik, it's all yours. (hands Marik the disclaimer, which is wrapped in a nice paper)
Marik: Here it is. (removes paper, disclaimer comes out) Look it's Egyptian. Let me translate it: Ahem...
Ryou: OO Does it say "Ahem"?
Marik: -- No, it says: "Ryou-Ran does not own YGO." Yami, keep your hands off Téa!
Ryou: OO Does it say that too?
Marik: --"No, I said that.
Yugi: (giggle giggle)
Yami Bakura: Good Anubis, please SAVE ME! After I got the bone back from Hikari Lunar, okay?
Ryou-Ran: Let's start the fic before we all go crazy.
Yami Bakura: We are.
All into darkness
Ryou had moved back into his appartment and lived there on his own. The first night Yugi had insisted on staying with him, but after that he stayed there alone. He could not sleep at night and frequently fell asleep in class. The teacher had him stay in detention one day.
Joey was there too. He had once again been drawing a Flame's Swordsman on his test-paper in stead of doing the test. He chewed on his pen and looked at his left. Ryou was sitting a few tables away from him. The white-haired boy was writting something on a sheet of paper. The tip of his tongue was sticking out between his lips. He sat back, read what he had just written, went with his hands through his long hair and began writing again. The teacher left the room to get herself some coffee. Joey stood from his chair and crackled his back. He walked over to Ryou. Ryou did not appear to hear him coming. Joey looked over Ryou's shoulder. He saw Ryou had drawn a picture on the paper, a picture of himself, his father and a young girl Joey recognised as Ryou's sister Amane.
Suddenly Ryou turned his face to him and smiled a bit. Joey turned red and backed away. "I heard you coming, Joey."Ryou softly said. "Did you think I hadn't heard you?" Joey swallowed something and lay a hand on the back of his head. "Uh... at the matter of fact..."he began, but Ryou interrupted. "You must be curious about what I was writing, aren't you?"he said. He turned back to the paper and held it up against the light. "Letters to my mother, my sister and my father. I hope they are alive... somewhere."he said. His voice suddenly grew bitter. "But my letters never reach them. They always come back!" He abruptly stuffed the letter into his satchel and grabbed a clean paper. He planted his elbows on the table and grabbed in his hair. "They don't answer! Why don't they answer?!"he almost cried. Joey stuck a finger into his mouth. "You just said they never reached your..."he began, but Ryou lay a hand on his arm. "Sorry. I... you won't understand."he sighed and began writing again. Joey walked back to his chair and slumped down. He felt sorry for Ryou.
Thar evening Yugi had organised a trip into town to lighten Ryou up a bit, but it wasn't much of a succes. Things did not seem to penetrate Ryou's mind. He stared blankly at something in front of him. He did not even smile when Joey tripped and splashed milkshake all over Tristan.
On their way home Téa walked besides him. Ryou licked his ice-cream, but didn't taste it. "Bakura-San, how are you doing?"Téa asked. Ryou looked up. "Oh, I'm fine."he said. Téa grabbed his arm. "What is the flavour of your ice-cream?"she asked. Ryou looked at it. "Eh... vanilla?"he said. Téa looked in his eyes. "It's raspberry, Bakura-San."she said. Ryou's brown eyes widened a bit. "You're right, Téa. I'm not fine."he said. "But I will be, somehow..."
Suddenly a man jumped in front of the gang while they were walking through a narrow alley. He blocked the way. "Hey, what kind of joke is this?"Joey angrily shouted. "This ain't funny!" The man chuckled. His hand went into his jacket. When he brought it out again a gun was in it. Joey stood back and bumped into Ryou, who was scared to death. "Hand me your goodies!"the thug said. "Cash!" Yugi stepped forward and threw his wallet in a bag the thief was holding. So did Joey and Tristan. The man angrily gestured to Téa and Ryou. "Sweetums, give me your money too!"he snarled. "And yours to, Snowy!" Téa gave him her wallet, followed by Ryou. The thug couldn't resist giving a pat on Téa's backside and pulling Ryou's hair. "Ow!"Ryou cried. "Shut up!"the shocked thug hissed. "Do you want somebody to hear us?" Ryou backed away and pushed himself against the wall.
The thug suddenly spotted Yugo's Millennium Puzzle. He saw the shining gold. He went into Yugi's direction. Yugi could see the eyes of the man were filled with greed. "Your jewel, sonny."he said. "I want it. Give it to me." Yugi protectively covered it with his hands. "No, you can't have it! Please! Don't take my Millennium Puzzle!"he begged. The man grabbed him by the neck. "Here with it."he breathed, his face close to Yugi's. "Or you'll never ever see the sunrise again." Tristan growled.
"I'll show you some pretty STARS!"a reedy voice suddenly shouted. The thug spun around and caught a stick that was aimed for his head on his shoulder. Ryou was holding it. His eyes were full of anger, but were then filled with shock when he saw the thug pointed the gun at him. The man saw the Ring hanging on Ryou's chest. "That wasn't so smart of you, kid."he said. He pointed the gun at Ryou's chest. Ryou raised his hands a bit. "You made me nervous and when I grow nervous my hands always begin to shake." He pulled the trigger. A loud PANG could be heard. Ryou's body jolted as the bullet hit him in the chest. He was slammed into the wall behind him.
Suddenly he raised his head and stretched his back. "It wasn't smart of you to hurt my Hikari."a low voice said. The thug looked into a pair of cold, mean eyes.
Yami Bakura looked at his chest. He saw only a little hole and a bit of blood. He had blocked out Ryou's pain. Thanks to the small amount of blood he thought his host wasn't badly hurt. "I think I'll just let you rot inside the Shadow Realm."he continued. The Millennium Ring began to glow. The thug screamed and then vanished.
Yugi was confused. Yami had witnessed and did not know what had exactly happened to Ryou. Both Yamis did not know what guns were.
Yami Bakura spun on his heels and opened his mouth to speak, but no words were coming from it. Only blood. It ran down his chin. Yami Bakura's eyes widened in shock. "What's... going... on... here?"he spluttered. He forced himself out of Ryou's body. Ryou immediately collapsed and fell into Yugi's arms. Yami Bakura was standing a few meters away from him, wiping the now gold colored blood off his chin and smelling it.
Ryou moaned and opened his brown eyes. He looked at Yugi. More red blood came from the wound in his chest. Yugi held him. Tears began to form in his big purple eyes. Ryou slowly raised a hand. Yugi grabbed it. "Don't cry, Yugi."Ryou said. The others came closer. Yugi began to cry openly. "Oh, Ryou..."he sobbed. Téa called the hospital. "It will take fifteen minutes for them to reach us!"she panicked. "That's too damn-late!"Tristan shouted.
Ryou tried to smile, but grimaced instead. More blood came from his mouth. His delicate face had the color of marble. "Don't cry..."he again said. "I'll be with my sister and my parents again... I'll finally be happy." A soft moan escaped his mouth.
A loud metallic noise suddenly startled them. Yami Bakura had thrown himself against a few garbage-cans. "This can't be happening to me!"he cried. "I'm immortal! I can't die! Not after 5000 years!" He kicked his body around and cried out in hopeless fury and despair.
Joey, Tristan and Téa knelt down besides Ryou and took his hands. Ryou now managed a real smile. "I... I just wanted to thank you for your friendship... and your kindness."he said. "You knew I was carrying an evil heart with me, but did not reject me." He looked at all of his friends. "Thank you." Yugi held him tighter. "Ryou, you aren't nothing. You are a hero. You probably saved our lives!"he said. "Don't listen to your Yami. Yami had come out too and lay a hand on Ryou's thin shoulder. "If everybody in this world was like you there would be no wars any more and no despair. Everybody would feel love and compassion for each other." Joey sobbed. Téa blew her nose. Tristan tried to hold back his tears.
Ryou looked at his Yami. Yami Bakura looked at him. Ryou's brown eyes looked with his black ones. Yami Bakura writhed under Ryou's gaze. "And you..."Ryou said, voice no more than a whisper. "I thank you for having ruined my life." Yami Bakura backed away a bit. His mouth hung open and his eyes had the size of saucers.
Ryou stared at him. But suddenly a convulsion went through his body. He cramped his eyes shut and coughed. More blood flowed over his lips and fell on the Millennium Ring. His chest rose, fell, rose again, fell again... and rose no more. A last, weak sigh escaped his mouth. His face relaxed. His head fell against Yugi's small chest. His fingers released the fingers of his friends. His hand fell onto his chest. "Ryou... no..."Yugi cried. Joey, Téa and Tristan looked crestfallen. Yami wringed his hands.
Suddenly a scream cut through the silence. They looked up. Yami Bakura clutched at his chest and screamed out loud. Golden blood squirted from his chest and from his mouth. The Ring on Ryou's chest had begun to glow. Yami Bakura's scream was cut off. He fell onto his knees, waving his arms like the wings of a dying bird. He then fell on his side, in a pool of his own, undead blood. His eyes were wide open and had glazed over. Horrible, gurgling sounds came from deep inside his chest. He then fell silent. His body was enveloped by a golden light, coming from the Ring on his chest. It blinded all of the people present. When it had extinguished Yami Bakura was gone. The only thing that remained of him was a black stain on the ground shaped like his body.
Yugi bent over the corpse of his friend and cried out loud. Yami stared at the stain on the floor. He tried to hold back his tears too. Far away the wailing sirene of an ambulance was audible.
Sniff... what did you think of my death-scene? It really touched me... sob. I've been preparing for this scene for months, believe it or not. Wait, this isn't the end of the story yet. Please review!
Yami: Boohoo, Téa's dead! Murai-Sakura killed Téa!
Yugi: MHF!
Yami Bakura: Twenty stab-wounds... nice score! But I remember the time that I... (nobody listens)
From the bottom of the hole Marik had made earlier: Whaaoooh!
Ryou: (peers into the hole and nearly falls into it) There's a dog in the hole...
Ryou-Ran: No, it's Hikari Lunar. She tried to get Yami, but she fell right into that hole.
Yugi: MHF!!
Marik: (has not been listening) Shall I close the hole now?
Ryou-Ran: Heh, don't you know there's somebody inside? Don't close it!
Yami Bakura: (is been distracted from his story) Yeah, she ows me a bone! (goes on)... so I took him by the hair and stuffed his nose with... (still gets no attention at all)
Yami: sob... sniff... Téa...
Yugi: MHF MHF!
Ryou-Ran: If we cut Ryou's hair off and Bakura's too we can make a rope long enough to get her out.
Ryou: NO!
Marik: If Yami Bakura summons the Change Of Heart card he can have the angel go down and get her out.
Ryou: Great! My hair is saved! (dances around happily)
Ryou-Ran: (sings) Ooooh, Yaaamiii Bakuraaaa!
Yami Bakura: ... and that's how I relieved him of his... what?
Ryou-Ran: We need you to summon the Change Of Heart card to get Hikari Lunar out of that hole
Yami Bakura: Why should I?
Ryou-Ran: She owes you a bone, remember? (wink wink)
Yami Bakura: Oh, yeah, I forgot. I summon the Change Of Heart card!
Change Of Heart: (dives straight into the hole)
Yugi: MHF MHF MHF!
Yami: Whyyyy did you leeeaaave me behiiiind, Téa... sobsniffsob
Change Of heart: (comes out with a wolf in her arms and a bitewound in the leg)
Wolf: (Scrams)
Yami Bakura: HEY! THE BONE! (wants to go after her)
Ryou-Ran: (holds Yami Bakura by the collar)
Yami Bakura: (runs in place)
Ryou-Ran: Yami Bakura, I need Téa for the fic. Will you use Monster Reborn so she'll be alive again? (Ooh, Téa is such a teribble monster)
Yami Bakura: (grudgingly) Okay... BUT I'LL GET THE BONE, HIKARI LUNAR! YOU JUST WAIT!
Téa: (suddenly appears)
Yami: TÉA! I'M SO GLAD! (strangles... er, hugs Téa)
Yugi: MHF MHF $%!!! MHF!
Ryou: OO"
Ryou-Ran: I see... a classic case of Pixy Dust. Good, I need Yuge too, so we'll have to do something about this. (draws a magic wand and waves it)
Yugi: WHEW! GLAD I'M BACK!
Ryou-Ran: Who is going to do the disclaimer this time?
Marik: Me, me, me!
Ryou-Ran: Okay, Marik, it's all yours. (hands Marik the disclaimer, which is wrapped in a nice paper)
Marik: Here it is. (removes paper, disclaimer comes out) Look it's Egyptian. Let me translate it: Ahem...
Ryou: OO Does it say "Ahem"?
Marik: -- No, it says: "Ryou-Ran does not own YGO." Yami, keep your hands off Téa!
Ryou: OO Does it say that too?
Marik: --"No, I said that.
Yugi: (giggle giggle)
Yami Bakura: Good Anubis, please SAVE ME! After I got the bone back from Hikari Lunar, okay?
Ryou-Ran: Let's start the fic before we all go crazy.
Yami Bakura: We are.
All into darkness
Ryou had moved back into his appartment and lived there on his own. The first night Yugi had insisted on staying with him, but after that he stayed there alone. He could not sleep at night and frequently fell asleep in class. The teacher had him stay in detention one day.
Joey was there too. He had once again been drawing a Flame's Swordsman on his test-paper in stead of doing the test. He chewed on his pen and looked at his left. Ryou was sitting a few tables away from him. The white-haired boy was writting something on a sheet of paper. The tip of his tongue was sticking out between his lips. He sat back, read what he had just written, went with his hands through his long hair and began writing again. The teacher left the room to get herself some coffee. Joey stood from his chair and crackled his back. He walked over to Ryou. Ryou did not appear to hear him coming. Joey looked over Ryou's shoulder. He saw Ryou had drawn a picture on the paper, a picture of himself, his father and a young girl Joey recognised as Ryou's sister Amane.
Suddenly Ryou turned his face to him and smiled a bit. Joey turned red and backed away. "I heard you coming, Joey."Ryou softly said. "Did you think I hadn't heard you?" Joey swallowed something and lay a hand on the back of his head. "Uh... at the matter of fact..."he began, but Ryou interrupted. "You must be curious about what I was writing, aren't you?"he said. He turned back to the paper and held it up against the light. "Letters to my mother, my sister and my father. I hope they are alive... somewhere."he said. His voice suddenly grew bitter. "But my letters never reach them. They always come back!" He abruptly stuffed the letter into his satchel and grabbed a clean paper. He planted his elbows on the table and grabbed in his hair. "They don't answer! Why don't they answer?!"he almost cried. Joey stuck a finger into his mouth. "You just said they never reached your..."he began, but Ryou lay a hand on his arm. "Sorry. I... you won't understand."he sighed and began writing again. Joey walked back to his chair and slumped down. He felt sorry for Ryou.
Thar evening Yugi had organised a trip into town to lighten Ryou up a bit, but it wasn't much of a succes. Things did not seem to penetrate Ryou's mind. He stared blankly at something in front of him. He did not even smile when Joey tripped and splashed milkshake all over Tristan.
On their way home Téa walked besides him. Ryou licked his ice-cream, but didn't taste it. "Bakura-San, how are you doing?"Téa asked. Ryou looked up. "Oh, I'm fine."he said. Téa grabbed his arm. "What is the flavour of your ice-cream?"she asked. Ryou looked at it. "Eh... vanilla?"he said. Téa looked in his eyes. "It's raspberry, Bakura-San."she said. Ryou's brown eyes widened a bit. "You're right, Téa. I'm not fine."he said. "But I will be, somehow..."
Suddenly a man jumped in front of the gang while they were walking through a narrow alley. He blocked the way. "Hey, what kind of joke is this?"Joey angrily shouted. "This ain't funny!" The man chuckled. His hand went into his jacket. When he brought it out again a gun was in it. Joey stood back and bumped into Ryou, who was scared to death. "Hand me your goodies!"the thug said. "Cash!" Yugi stepped forward and threw his wallet in a bag the thief was holding. So did Joey and Tristan. The man angrily gestured to Téa and Ryou. "Sweetums, give me your money too!"he snarled. "And yours to, Snowy!" Téa gave him her wallet, followed by Ryou. The thug couldn't resist giving a pat on Téa's backside and pulling Ryou's hair. "Ow!"Ryou cried. "Shut up!"the shocked thug hissed. "Do you want somebody to hear us?" Ryou backed away and pushed himself against the wall.
The thug suddenly spotted Yugo's Millennium Puzzle. He saw the shining gold. He went into Yugi's direction. Yugi could see the eyes of the man were filled with greed. "Your jewel, sonny."he said. "I want it. Give it to me." Yugi protectively covered it with his hands. "No, you can't have it! Please! Don't take my Millennium Puzzle!"he begged. The man grabbed him by the neck. "Here with it."he breathed, his face close to Yugi's. "Or you'll never ever see the sunrise again." Tristan growled.
"I'll show you some pretty STARS!"a reedy voice suddenly shouted. The thug spun around and caught a stick that was aimed for his head on his shoulder. Ryou was holding it. His eyes were full of anger, but were then filled with shock when he saw the thug pointed the gun at him. The man saw the Ring hanging on Ryou's chest. "That wasn't so smart of you, kid."he said. He pointed the gun at Ryou's chest. Ryou raised his hands a bit. "You made me nervous and when I grow nervous my hands always begin to shake." He pulled the trigger. A loud PANG could be heard. Ryou's body jolted as the bullet hit him in the chest. He was slammed into the wall behind him.
Suddenly he raised his head and stretched his back. "It wasn't smart of you to hurt my Hikari."a low voice said. The thug looked into a pair of cold, mean eyes.
Yami Bakura looked at his chest. He saw only a little hole and a bit of blood. He had blocked out Ryou's pain. Thanks to the small amount of blood he thought his host wasn't badly hurt. "I think I'll just let you rot inside the Shadow Realm."he continued. The Millennium Ring began to glow. The thug screamed and then vanished.
Yugi was confused. Yami had witnessed and did not know what had exactly happened to Ryou. Both Yamis did not know what guns were.
Yami Bakura spun on his heels and opened his mouth to speak, but no words were coming from it. Only blood. It ran down his chin. Yami Bakura's eyes widened in shock. "What's... going... on... here?"he spluttered. He forced himself out of Ryou's body. Ryou immediately collapsed and fell into Yugi's arms. Yami Bakura was standing a few meters away from him, wiping the now gold colored blood off his chin and smelling it.
Ryou moaned and opened his brown eyes. He looked at Yugi. More red blood came from the wound in his chest. Yugi held him. Tears began to form in his big purple eyes. Ryou slowly raised a hand. Yugi grabbed it. "Don't cry, Yugi."Ryou said. The others came closer. Yugi began to cry openly. "Oh, Ryou..."he sobbed. Téa called the hospital. "It will take fifteen minutes for them to reach us!"she panicked. "That's too damn-late!"Tristan shouted.
Ryou tried to smile, but grimaced instead. More blood came from his mouth. His delicate face had the color of marble. "Don't cry..."he again said. "I'll be with my sister and my parents again... I'll finally be happy." A soft moan escaped his mouth.
A loud metallic noise suddenly startled them. Yami Bakura had thrown himself against a few garbage-cans. "This can't be happening to me!"he cried. "I'm immortal! I can't die! Not after 5000 years!" He kicked his body around and cried out in hopeless fury and despair.
Joey, Tristan and Téa knelt down besides Ryou and took his hands. Ryou now managed a real smile. "I... I just wanted to thank you for your friendship... and your kindness."he said. "You knew I was carrying an evil heart with me, but did not reject me." He looked at all of his friends. "Thank you." Yugi held him tighter. "Ryou, you aren't nothing. You are a hero. You probably saved our lives!"he said. "Don't listen to your Yami. Yami had come out too and lay a hand on Ryou's thin shoulder. "If everybody in this world was like you there would be no wars any more and no despair. Everybody would feel love and compassion for each other." Joey sobbed. Téa blew her nose. Tristan tried to hold back his tears.
Ryou looked at his Yami. Yami Bakura looked at him. Ryou's brown eyes looked with his black ones. Yami Bakura writhed under Ryou's gaze. "And you..."Ryou said, voice no more than a whisper. "I thank you for having ruined my life." Yami Bakura backed away a bit. His mouth hung open and his eyes had the size of saucers.
Ryou stared at him. But suddenly a convulsion went through his body. He cramped his eyes shut and coughed. More blood flowed over his lips and fell on the Millennium Ring. His chest rose, fell, rose again, fell again... and rose no more. A last, weak sigh escaped his mouth. His face relaxed. His head fell against Yugi's small chest. His fingers released the fingers of his friends. His hand fell onto his chest. "Ryou... no..."Yugi cried. Joey, Téa and Tristan looked crestfallen. Yami wringed his hands.
Suddenly a scream cut through the silence. They looked up. Yami Bakura clutched at his chest and screamed out loud. Golden blood squirted from his chest and from his mouth. The Ring on Ryou's chest had begun to glow. Yami Bakura's scream was cut off. He fell onto his knees, waving his arms like the wings of a dying bird. He then fell on his side, in a pool of his own, undead blood. His eyes were wide open and had glazed over. Horrible, gurgling sounds came from deep inside his chest. He then fell silent. His body was enveloped by a golden light, coming from the Ring on his chest. It blinded all of the people present. When it had extinguished Yami Bakura was gone. The only thing that remained of him was a black stain on the ground shaped like his body.
Yugi bent over the corpse of his friend and cried out loud. Yami stared at the stain on the floor. He tried to hold back his tears too. Far away the wailing sirene of an ambulance was audible.
Sniff... what did you think of my death-scene? It really touched me... sob. I've been preparing for this scene for months, believe it or not. Wait, this isn't the end of the story yet. Please review!