"Yeah, if a bit describes insanity beyond the capacity of all the mental
hospitals in Japan." Seto rolled his eyes.
"Right. Well, anyway, I should go find Ryou," Malik sighed, "Before he blows something up..." He ran upstairs.
There was a murmur of agreement as Isis, Rishid, and Mokuba followed him.
"We would explain more..." Yugi began, "but we can't. Sorry." With that, he and Seto swept up the stairs.
******Ryou's POV******
What the heck is wrong with me?! I trust those two with my life, what's going on that I just...try to get away from them? What am I afraid of?
{~}~{~}~{~}~{Flashback}~{~}~{~}~{~}
/Please, just leave me alone!!/ //Rather hard for me to leave something so beautiful alone... especially when it's mine!!//
"Who... who are you!!?!!" "You should know... you belong to me now!!" {~}~{~}~{~}~{~}~{~}~{~}~{~}~{~}~{~}
Is... is that why? No! No, they're changed now, it's different! They care about me!!!
``Are you sure?``
Oh, so my Yami isn't here and I'm making up new voices! Yes, I'm sure! I'm positive, they'd never hurt me!!
``Then why did they hurt you before?``
You're not my Yami. Go away.
``You're normal now. You have to have another questioning voice.``
I don't *want* another questioning voice. I wanna be alone.
``You are alone. I'm just alone with you.``
Go be alone with someone else!
``I can't.``
You're evil. I don't like you. Go away, you dislikable evil questioning voice!
$Do you like this voice better?$
No. Now you sound like a girl. Girls don't belong in *my* head.
``Then you're stuck with me. I'm not a ventriloquist, you know.``
Be quiet. I'm trying to think.
``Then think.``
I can't!!
Thankfully, Malik brought me back to the real world.
"Hey, Ryou." He said.
"Hi. What's up?" I replied, even though I knew perfectly well what was up.
"The ceiling. Have you made friends with it yet?" He laughed and sat down on the bed.
"The floor, which is the ceiling downstairs. I guess it counts." Malik put an arm around me, ruffling my hair. He smells good, like the beach. I guess the desert is a beach, sort of... there's a lot of hot sand and palm trees, even if the tree part is only your imagination. "I'm sorry I..." I started to apologize, but Malik waved it off.
"Hey, no big deal. Besides, you were right, you didn't ask for any of this, you just sort of... got it." He told me.
"But... so did you, so my apology still stands." I defended. I was in a rather argumentative mood.
He sighed, "Yeah, right again. Have to tell Bakura, I think he's got a mental scoreboard." This time I laughed. "I imagine he's proud of his hikari, beating the assassin at his own arguments. And in a smarter sounding way than him, just think!"
I smiled up at him, "He better be, I can occasionally beat the master himself. Unless it's about Yami, and then he's just a stubborn ass. I never knew that the fact that Yami Yugi won every duel against us could be used against him."
"Oh, you bet. But I won't get into that right now." He told me. "I wanna know what's going on. I understand... some, but other stuff... well, you know." He cast his eyes down, and I put my arms around his waist, burying my face in his chest.
"Malik... it's a long story. I just need a little time to sort things out, I guess. I mean, you were never exactly normal, so I don't know if it was as scary for you as it was for me or if you knew what was going on, but I had no clue! I couldn't remember anything my Yami did, I would wake up with blood in my mouth and no idea where I was... and the bodies... the people, they looked so horrified in death, and the only person it could have been was me... It was terrifying, Malik...I didn't know what was wrong...." He stroked my hair as though I were some cat of his and muttered nonsense to calm me down. "And then we met, one time... I don't know how, it was the first time I had summoned my soul room. And it seems weird but I really was... empty inside. There was nothing. Just white stretching forever and ever. He appeared, like this evil twin I didn't know I had.... God, I sound so melodramatic, don't I?" Malik laughed softly.
"Melodramatic? Yeah, I guess. But I know how you feel, and I don't envy you, little baka. I killed my dad, you think I wasn't freaked? Don't worry about it. It's all good now. Try not to dwell on the past." He said. "Who sounds sentimental now?" He got up and kissed the top of my head. "See ya."
``Ah, isn't that sweet!``
Shut up.
``Never!! Never never never never never never!!!``
Ignoring you. Going to sleep.
``Uh-uh.``
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
******Normal POV******
"He gonna be alright?" Yugi asked.
"He's going to be fine. Give him some time." Malik replied, looking through the doorway at the shadow of Ryou fondly.
Yugi sighed. "He's a mess. He really didn't deserve any of this."
"No," Malik agreed. "He didn't. It was just fate, just baka fate screwing with him."
"Anata wa daijoubu desu ka?" (are you alright?)
"Hai, daijoubu desu." He answered. (I'm alright.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yeah, this is taking way too long. WAY TOO LONG!!! And the chappies are short. Baka Dizzy. Kurama: Yes, Baka Dizzy. Dizzy: Shut up. The translations are rough, any corrections go to reviews. I'll change it if it's wrong.
"Right. Well, anyway, I should go find Ryou," Malik sighed, "Before he blows something up..." He ran upstairs.
There was a murmur of agreement as Isis, Rishid, and Mokuba followed him.
"We would explain more..." Yugi began, "but we can't. Sorry." With that, he and Seto swept up the stairs.
******Ryou's POV******
What the heck is wrong with me?! I trust those two with my life, what's going on that I just...try to get away from them? What am I afraid of?
{~}~{~}~{~}~{Flashback}~{~}~{~}~{~}
/Please, just leave me alone!!/ //Rather hard for me to leave something so beautiful alone... especially when it's mine!!//
"Who... who are you!!?!!" "You should know... you belong to me now!!" {~}~{~}~{~}~{~}~{~}~{~}~{~}~{~}~{~}
Is... is that why? No! No, they're changed now, it's different! They care about me!!!
``Are you sure?``
Oh, so my Yami isn't here and I'm making up new voices! Yes, I'm sure! I'm positive, they'd never hurt me!!
``Then why did they hurt you before?``
You're not my Yami. Go away.
``You're normal now. You have to have another questioning voice.``
I don't *want* another questioning voice. I wanna be alone.
``You are alone. I'm just alone with you.``
Go be alone with someone else!
``I can't.``
You're evil. I don't like you. Go away, you dislikable evil questioning voice!
$Do you like this voice better?$
No. Now you sound like a girl. Girls don't belong in *my* head.
``Then you're stuck with me. I'm not a ventriloquist, you know.``
Be quiet. I'm trying to think.
``Then think.``
I can't!!
Thankfully, Malik brought me back to the real world.
"Hey, Ryou." He said.
"Hi. What's up?" I replied, even though I knew perfectly well what was up.
"The ceiling. Have you made friends with it yet?" He laughed and sat down on the bed.
"The floor, which is the ceiling downstairs. I guess it counts." Malik put an arm around me, ruffling my hair. He smells good, like the beach. I guess the desert is a beach, sort of... there's a lot of hot sand and palm trees, even if the tree part is only your imagination. "I'm sorry I..." I started to apologize, but Malik waved it off.
"Hey, no big deal. Besides, you were right, you didn't ask for any of this, you just sort of... got it." He told me.
"But... so did you, so my apology still stands." I defended. I was in a rather argumentative mood.
He sighed, "Yeah, right again. Have to tell Bakura, I think he's got a mental scoreboard." This time I laughed. "I imagine he's proud of his hikari, beating the assassin at his own arguments. And in a smarter sounding way than him, just think!"
I smiled up at him, "He better be, I can occasionally beat the master himself. Unless it's about Yami, and then he's just a stubborn ass. I never knew that the fact that Yami Yugi won every duel against us could be used against him."
"Oh, you bet. But I won't get into that right now." He told me. "I wanna know what's going on. I understand... some, but other stuff... well, you know." He cast his eyes down, and I put my arms around his waist, burying my face in his chest.
"Malik... it's a long story. I just need a little time to sort things out, I guess. I mean, you were never exactly normal, so I don't know if it was as scary for you as it was for me or if you knew what was going on, but I had no clue! I couldn't remember anything my Yami did, I would wake up with blood in my mouth and no idea where I was... and the bodies... the people, they looked so horrified in death, and the only person it could have been was me... It was terrifying, Malik...I didn't know what was wrong...." He stroked my hair as though I were some cat of his and muttered nonsense to calm me down. "And then we met, one time... I don't know how, it was the first time I had summoned my soul room. And it seems weird but I really was... empty inside. There was nothing. Just white stretching forever and ever. He appeared, like this evil twin I didn't know I had.... God, I sound so melodramatic, don't I?" Malik laughed softly.
"Melodramatic? Yeah, I guess. But I know how you feel, and I don't envy you, little baka. I killed my dad, you think I wasn't freaked? Don't worry about it. It's all good now. Try not to dwell on the past." He said. "Who sounds sentimental now?" He got up and kissed the top of my head. "See ya."
``Ah, isn't that sweet!``
Shut up.
``Never!! Never never never never never never!!!``
Ignoring you. Going to sleep.
``Uh-uh.``
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
******Normal POV******
"He gonna be alright?" Yugi asked.
"He's going to be fine. Give him some time." Malik replied, looking through the doorway at the shadow of Ryou fondly.
Yugi sighed. "He's a mess. He really didn't deserve any of this."
"No," Malik agreed. "He didn't. It was just fate, just baka fate screwing with him."
"Anata wa daijoubu desu ka?" (are you alright?)
"Hai, daijoubu desu." He answered. (I'm alright.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yeah, this is taking way too long. WAY TOO LONG!!! And the chappies are short. Baka Dizzy. Kurama: Yes, Baka Dizzy. Dizzy: Shut up. The translations are rough, any corrections go to reviews. I'll change it if it's wrong.