---Thank you Windy for beta reading this for me! Uhhh...
Jimmy Buffet has taken over my mind!
What does that have to do with this fic you ask? Absolutely nothing...
Now read!---
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Twisted Chain
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(Chapter Twelve: Transformation)
"Bakura! This is insane!" Yani yelled. Bakura chuckled again.
"What's the matter?" Bakura asked, drawing another card, "Don't you have faith?"
"I can't believe you!"
"Seeing is believing," Bakura said calmly "Now draw your card!"
Yani sighed and drew a card.
"Reveal card!"
Bakura's card was Enchanted Javelin, Yani's was Headless Night.
"Looks like you win this one." Bakura pointed out. Yani looked back to see Laria's left foot disappear.
"Hikari!"
Outside the Shadow Realm Marik laid awake in his bed. He tried to sleep, but he couldn't help feeling like something was wrong. Malik shivered slightly in his sleep. Marik pulled him closer and closed his eyes. He remembered the last time he had this feeling... the last time Bakura had really hurt Ryou.
Marik quickly got up, waking Malik. By the time Malik was wake enough to know what was going on, Marik was already to the door.
"What's going on?"
"I think there's something seriously wrong."
Malik got up and followed.
In the Shadow Realm, Yani was not doing very good. Bakura had already won seven times, leaving Ryou with his head, body, and one leg. Yani on the other hand had only won three times. Yani didn't know what to do. If she won, then she'd lose her hikari... and she couldn't live without her. Then again if Bakura won...
"Bakura, what is the point of this?" Yani asked, drawing another card. "We can't live without our hosts."
"That's where you're wrong," Bakura drew his card, "You may be too weak, but this is a Shadow Game, so when I win I get your Earrings..."
"No!"
"Did you forget that little detail koi?" Bakura mocked. "No matter what, I will get rid of you, and my pitiful light. There's no way I can lose!"
Tears filled Yani's eyes as Bakura laughed... this all seemed completely hopeless.
Marik and Malik stood outside the door to Ryou's room. Malik shivered again... it had gotten colder as they got closer.
"It's the Shadow Realm..."
"What do you think is going on?" Malik asked. wrapping his arms around himself to keep warm.
"I haven't the slightest clue." Marik said.
"Have you ever thought that Yani might have been lying to us?" Malik asked quietly, Marik looked at him.
"I'm going in," Marik said "Stay here, I don't want you do get hurt."
Malik nodded and kissed his Yami quickly. "Good Luck"
The Game was tied. One last card would decide the winner.
"Bakura..." Yani cried out softly, "Please stop this."
"You know, I've never listened to you." Bakura sneered drawing his final card. "And I'm not going to start now."
"Why?" Yani mused out loud. "Why do you have to do this?"
"Draw your damn card!" Bakura yelled. Yani closed her eyes and place her hand on her deck.
"NO!"
Yani and Bakura looked to see Marik standing there holding his Millennium Rod.
"Go away Ishtar" Bakura glared. "This doesn't concern you."
"Bull shit." Marik said noticing that all that was left of both hikaris were there heads. Yani looked at him with pleading eyes, but didn't say anything.
"Go away." Bakura repeated. Marik didn't pay attention to him and held out his Rod. It glowed blindingly and everything from the Shadow Game disappeared, or reappeared in the case of the lights. As soon as the chains were gone, they fell to the ground. Laria quickly got up, but Ryou just kinda sat there. The darkness faded around them.
"Damn you Ishtar!"
"Bakura, You should know by now that your not gonna win." Marik said as Laria and Yani went to see if Ryou was ok. Malik had heard them talking from the hall and came in as well. "Times have changed. When are you going to learn that?"
Bakura crossed his arms over his chest and didn't reply. Laria knelt beside Ryou. He was just sitting there staring in Bakura's direction.
"Ryou?"
He blinked as if he heard her but he didn't turn to her. He stood up and walked in front of Bakura. Dead silence fell over the room as everyone watched him.
"Bakura... I'm sick and tired of being used." No one in the room had ever heard him speak in the tone he was using. It was if he put all his anger and suffering into every word he said. "I don't want to take it anymore... I don't want to hurt... I don't want to just sit by and watch everyone suffer because of me."
"Why are you telling me this, boy?" Bakura asked, taking out his dagger and stepping closer to Ryou.
"There's something I want you to do." He said, stepping closer as well so there was hardly any space between them.
"Anything, my light." Bakura said. Ryou pulled his Yami into a kiss.
"I want you to kill me."
"Ryou! No!" Laria cried rushing over to him. Ryou stuck out his hand.
"Please, stay out of this Laria."
Laria stopped dead in her tracks. She, and everyone else, stared at Ryou. He hadn't called Laria by her full name since... forever. Ryou turned back to Bakura. He grinned wickedly and put his dagger in his back pocket.
"My dear sweet hikari..." Bakura said, caressing Ryou's cheek. "I wish I could, but I still need you."
Ryou frowned and leaned into his Yami's touch, placing his hand on top of his.
"As soon as you are no longer needed I'll set you free."
"Promise?"
"I promise."
Bakura chuckled and left the room after flashing a grin of triumph at Yani and Marik. As soon as he was gone, Laria slowly approached her white haired lover.
"Ryou-chan?" she said softly. He turned to her and she wrapped her arms around him. She was crying. "Ryou-chan, I love you... I don't want you do die."
"I don't want to hurt anymore," Ryou said softly "and I don't want to hurt you or anyone else."
"Ryou you don't hurt anyone." Malik said "Don't listen to anything Bakura says."
"You think Bakura tells me that I hurt people?" Ryou asked. "I just know I do..."
"Tenshi, I can't live without you..." Laria wiped her eyes. "If you died, I don't know what I would do."
"You'd hurt us more then anything if you were to leave us." Malik said wrapping his arms around Ryou too.
"If Bakura's gonna kill you, he's going to have to get though me and Malik first." Laria said. Malik nodded in agreement.
"Aishiteru." Ryou said to his two lovers draped on him.
"We love you to Tenshi." Laria said, nuzzling his shoulder.
"It's been a long night." Marik said "You guys should get to bed."
"Yeah." Malik said. The three hikaris quickly got into bed. As soon as they did, Laria and Malik were once again wrapped around Ryou.
"Good night, Lar-chan." Ryou said, snuggling closer to her as he pulled his blond lover closer. "Good night Malik-chan."
"G'night tenshi."
"Night koi."
Marik wrapped his arm around Yani's waist and nibbled on her ear. She giggled a little as Marik started leading her out of the room.
"Good night hikaris." she said.
"G'night Yami." Laria smiled "Have fun."
"Don't worry..." Yani smirked and kissed Marik's eye carvings. "I will."
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---Just so you all know... I am not going to kill Ryou... or am I?
(Insert evil and insane laughter here)
Barefoot children in the rain...---
Jimmy Buffet has taken over my mind!
What does that have to do with this fic you ask? Absolutely nothing...
Now read!---
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Twisted Chain
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(Chapter Twelve: Transformation)
"Bakura! This is insane!" Yani yelled. Bakura chuckled again.
"What's the matter?" Bakura asked, drawing another card, "Don't you have faith?"
"I can't believe you!"
"Seeing is believing," Bakura said calmly "Now draw your card!"
Yani sighed and drew a card.
"Reveal card!"
Bakura's card was Enchanted Javelin, Yani's was Headless Night.
"Looks like you win this one." Bakura pointed out. Yani looked back to see Laria's left foot disappear.
"Hikari!"
Outside the Shadow Realm Marik laid awake in his bed. He tried to sleep, but he couldn't help feeling like something was wrong. Malik shivered slightly in his sleep. Marik pulled him closer and closed his eyes. He remembered the last time he had this feeling... the last time Bakura had really hurt Ryou.
Marik quickly got up, waking Malik. By the time Malik was wake enough to know what was going on, Marik was already to the door.
"What's going on?"
"I think there's something seriously wrong."
Malik got up and followed.
In the Shadow Realm, Yani was not doing very good. Bakura had already won seven times, leaving Ryou with his head, body, and one leg. Yani on the other hand had only won three times. Yani didn't know what to do. If she won, then she'd lose her hikari... and she couldn't live without her. Then again if Bakura won...
"Bakura, what is the point of this?" Yani asked, drawing another card. "We can't live without our hosts."
"That's where you're wrong," Bakura drew his card, "You may be too weak, but this is a Shadow Game, so when I win I get your Earrings..."
"No!"
"Did you forget that little detail koi?" Bakura mocked. "No matter what, I will get rid of you, and my pitiful light. There's no way I can lose!"
Tears filled Yani's eyes as Bakura laughed... this all seemed completely hopeless.
Marik and Malik stood outside the door to Ryou's room. Malik shivered again... it had gotten colder as they got closer.
"It's the Shadow Realm..."
"What do you think is going on?" Malik asked. wrapping his arms around himself to keep warm.
"I haven't the slightest clue." Marik said.
"Have you ever thought that Yani might have been lying to us?" Malik asked quietly, Marik looked at him.
"I'm going in," Marik said "Stay here, I don't want you do get hurt."
Malik nodded and kissed his Yami quickly. "Good Luck"
The Game was tied. One last card would decide the winner.
"Bakura..." Yani cried out softly, "Please stop this."
"You know, I've never listened to you." Bakura sneered drawing his final card. "And I'm not going to start now."
"Why?" Yani mused out loud. "Why do you have to do this?"
"Draw your damn card!" Bakura yelled. Yani closed her eyes and place her hand on her deck.
"NO!"
Yani and Bakura looked to see Marik standing there holding his Millennium Rod.
"Go away Ishtar" Bakura glared. "This doesn't concern you."
"Bull shit." Marik said noticing that all that was left of both hikaris were there heads. Yani looked at him with pleading eyes, but didn't say anything.
"Go away." Bakura repeated. Marik didn't pay attention to him and held out his Rod. It glowed blindingly and everything from the Shadow Game disappeared, or reappeared in the case of the lights. As soon as the chains were gone, they fell to the ground. Laria quickly got up, but Ryou just kinda sat there. The darkness faded around them.
"Damn you Ishtar!"
"Bakura, You should know by now that your not gonna win." Marik said as Laria and Yani went to see if Ryou was ok. Malik had heard them talking from the hall and came in as well. "Times have changed. When are you going to learn that?"
Bakura crossed his arms over his chest and didn't reply. Laria knelt beside Ryou. He was just sitting there staring in Bakura's direction.
"Ryou?"
He blinked as if he heard her but he didn't turn to her. He stood up and walked in front of Bakura. Dead silence fell over the room as everyone watched him.
"Bakura... I'm sick and tired of being used." No one in the room had ever heard him speak in the tone he was using. It was if he put all his anger and suffering into every word he said. "I don't want to take it anymore... I don't want to hurt... I don't want to just sit by and watch everyone suffer because of me."
"Why are you telling me this, boy?" Bakura asked, taking out his dagger and stepping closer to Ryou.
"There's something I want you to do." He said, stepping closer as well so there was hardly any space between them.
"Anything, my light." Bakura said. Ryou pulled his Yami into a kiss.
"I want you to kill me."
"Ryou! No!" Laria cried rushing over to him. Ryou stuck out his hand.
"Please, stay out of this Laria."
Laria stopped dead in her tracks. She, and everyone else, stared at Ryou. He hadn't called Laria by her full name since... forever. Ryou turned back to Bakura. He grinned wickedly and put his dagger in his back pocket.
"My dear sweet hikari..." Bakura said, caressing Ryou's cheek. "I wish I could, but I still need you."
Ryou frowned and leaned into his Yami's touch, placing his hand on top of his.
"As soon as you are no longer needed I'll set you free."
"Promise?"
"I promise."
Bakura chuckled and left the room after flashing a grin of triumph at Yani and Marik. As soon as he was gone, Laria slowly approached her white haired lover.
"Ryou-chan?" she said softly. He turned to her and she wrapped her arms around him. She was crying. "Ryou-chan, I love you... I don't want you do die."
"I don't want to hurt anymore," Ryou said softly "and I don't want to hurt you or anyone else."
"Ryou you don't hurt anyone." Malik said "Don't listen to anything Bakura says."
"You think Bakura tells me that I hurt people?" Ryou asked. "I just know I do..."
"Tenshi, I can't live without you..." Laria wiped her eyes. "If you died, I don't know what I would do."
"You'd hurt us more then anything if you were to leave us." Malik said wrapping his arms around Ryou too.
"If Bakura's gonna kill you, he's going to have to get though me and Malik first." Laria said. Malik nodded in agreement.
"Aishiteru." Ryou said to his two lovers draped on him.
"We love you to Tenshi." Laria said, nuzzling his shoulder.
"It's been a long night." Marik said "You guys should get to bed."
"Yeah." Malik said. The three hikaris quickly got into bed. As soon as they did, Laria and Malik were once again wrapped around Ryou.
"Good night, Lar-chan." Ryou said, snuggling closer to her as he pulled his blond lover closer. "Good night Malik-chan."
"G'night tenshi."
"Night koi."
Marik wrapped his arm around Yani's waist and nibbled on her ear. She giggled a little as Marik started leading her out of the room.
"Good night hikaris." she said.
"G'night Yami." Laria smiled "Have fun."
"Don't worry..." Yani smirked and kissed Marik's eye carvings. "I will."
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---Just so you all know... I am not going to kill Ryou... or am I?
(Insert evil and insane laughter here)
Barefoot children in the rain...---