Kinsako- Whooo. Next chapter.
Tonde- Wow, such a thrill.
Kinsako- Meh. Seeing as I finally got caught back up in my classes, I thought I'd do another chapter..
Tonde- No life. Nope, none at all.
Kinsako- Oh well. There are worse things.
This is a story is done completely spur of the moment, I have no idea what the plot is yet, I'm just making it up as I go along. Oh, and I liked the first song fic I did, so I decided to do another.
*Warning* This story contains Yaoi, or a guy on guy couple. Don't like it, don't read it. It's that simple. Flames will be used to set fire to spare soul cards. This story is rather angsty, with a lot of violence and such.
You have been warned.
Kinsako- And, I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, in any part or way, nor do I own any other copyrighted items, such as songs by Linkin Park.
Kinsako- And I would like to thank all the nice people who reviewed:
Moshi- I'm very glad you liked my back story, it always did bug me in other stories when
people would just have Bakura suddenly re-appear. He. Well, Yami used mind crush to
help Kaiba, so he might as well use it on our two favorite psychos.
Hyacinthus- Hehehe, here, continuing! And sorry, but it's going to get a lot sadder. Glad
you like it though.
Heart of ice- Meh, Yaoi is all in the frame of mind. I'm glad you liked the story, I hope
you like this update.
Luna- Ah, a reader of few words. Hope you liked the first chapter, here's the next!
Dedicated to- Neko Sama, Fuzz (aka pink scary monster) Mike (who has yet to READ this story), Josh (cause you're such a baka cutie :P), Matt, Amanda (all hail the art goddess!), Michelle (angsty and morbid just for you) and Clayton (I'll get that art teacher, I swear to the gods, somehow I will!), and all of the other people in my life who mean lots to me.
/…/ is Hikari to Yami
//…// is Yami to Hikari
~...~ is song lyrics
... is ;) just wait and see
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Fallen- Chapter 2
Easier to Run
It's not fair. He's right, he did nothing to deserve this. He has been through too much pain and loss already, I can't just leave him like this
It is his destiny, and you cannot change that. Those are the rules
And who, praytell makes these rules?
You know very well that we do
Then I don't understand why it shouldn't be just as easy to change them
You also know that we cannot separate these two, they would not survive on their own
I realize that. But maybe, somehow I believe I can change the dark one. Underneath all that pain and hatred there still lies emotions, no matter how hard he tries to hide that fact, he cannot hide it from me
Do what you wish, but the consequences are your to deal with
I understand
~"It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb"~
Pain. White hot, mind numbing, soul wrenching pain.
This is what greets me when I open my eyes. A unavoidable reminder of how much
Bakura truly hates me, and a world that is dead to my eyes.
I sigh softly, and slowly sit up. A glance at my alarm clock tells me that it is only a few
minutes before I would normally get up, so there is little point in trying to go back to
sleep. I blink a few times, and slowly push myself up into a sitting position. I grit my
teeth as a wave of pain washes over me, and tears prick the corners of my eyes. I swallow
heavily, and as carefully as I can slide off my bed. My head spins a little, but I manage to
remain on my feet. I sigh again, and make my way out of my room and towards the
bathroom.
I flip on the light, and blink a few times as the brightness stings my eyes. Slowly, I step
forward, and lean heavily on the counter.
~"It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone"~
I raise my eyes, and stare blankly into the face in the mirror. Dull green eyes stare back at me, and my pale skin shows no mark of the torture I endure. I smile ruefully, and lower my gaze. It's so funny sometimes how much our appearances can lie about our true nature.
~"Something has been taken from deep inside of me
The secret I've kept locked away no one can ever see"~
I shake my head, and gingerly pull off my pajamas. Maybe it's best this way. If my
friends could see the wounds that Bakura inflicted, there wounds be know way to hide his
presence from them. If they ever found out, especially Yugi and Yami, I know I would
lose him.
I sigh heavily, and step into the shower. The warm water stings as first, but after a few
moments, it washes away the pain, and I close my eyes and let it cascade over me.
I just don't understand it sometimes. My life has been one painful thing after another. My mother dying when I was very young, and soon after my sister following. Amane, I had never really got a chance to know her, and I only as much about her as my mother. As soft smile, a warm hug, and sparkling green eyes. And then my father, I barley knew him either. He never got over the death of my mother and younger sister, and after a while he buried himself in his work, a way to forget how lonely and lost he was. He returned a few times a year, bringing me back an elaborate gift or treat from his travels. I knew he couldn't stand living in this house, a place that brought more memories and pain than any other. So, I had spent my childhood in the care of others, in boarding schools in England until I was old enough to stay by myself. I never made friends well, my shyness had kept me distant from the people around me, and before I had come to Domino, I never remember having a single friend.
~"Wounds so deep they never show they never go away
Like moving pictures in my head for years and years they've played"~
And then, on my fifteenth birthday, everything changed. It was just shortly after I started at Domino High, my father had returned a few days before my birthday from his latest archeological dig. He didn't stay long, after making sure I had everything I needed in the house, he had wished me a happy birthday, and given me the Millennium Ring. He told me that it was from ancient Egypt, and it was rumored to have one time been owned by a famous and deadly tomb robber.
~" I could change I would take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would"~
I shook my head slowly, and switched off the water. I stepped out of the shower, and grabbed a towel of the back of the door. Sometimes, I think that getting the Millennium ring was the worst, and the best thing that had ever happened to me. It had brought me to Duelist Kingdom, and it was then that I truly became friends with the Yugi tachi. It was also then that Bakura started hurting me. He returned from the Shadow Realm after Yami first sent him furious at me, raging that I had betrayed him, and that be would make me suffer for the rest of my days.
~"If I could stand up and take the blame I would
I would take all my shame to the grave"~
I remember Pegasus' castle. I remember Bakura threatening Honda, but Honda had overcome him, and tried to get rid of the Ring. They could figure out how it returned to me. I had called it back. My soul was bound to it, so I could, and even after all the things that Bakura had done, I still couldn't bear to lose him. I still don't regret it. Maybe I just couldn't stand the thought of being truly alone again, or maybe even then I realize how I feel for Bakura.
~"It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone"~
I pushed the door to my room open, and padded inside. Sometimes... I almost think that
deep down, Bakura truly cares for me. He has used and abused me more times than I can
count, but when it really came down to it, he never let anything happen to me. He had
defended me against bullies, gym teachers, and even from an Egyptian God. I never truly
understood why he saved me in the Battle City finals. He had told Yami that he needed
me as a host, but I knew that wasn't entirely true. That attack from Osiris would have
only destroyed my soul and not my body, and therefore he had everything to gain, and
nothing to lose by letting me take that attack.
But he didn't. He sacrificed his opportunity to claim the Millennium Rod, and possible
the Millennium Puzzle to save me.
~"Sometimes I remember the darkness of my past
Bringing back these memories I wish I didn't have"~
I pulled on the jacket of my school uniform. Maybe it was just wishful thinking. After he had returned after battle city he had done nothing but torture and ridicule me. Maybe there really was nothing but hatred and malice underneath all that darkness. I'm not even sure if he is capable of feeling anymore.
~"Sometimes I think of letting go and never looking back
And never moving forward so there'd never be a past"~
I grabbed my backpack off a chair and stepped outside. The sun was just rising over the horizon, casting a dull gold light over everything. I know Bakura had lost the people he loved very early on in his life. I had seen bit and pieces of his memory sometimes when he forgot to put up a mental barrier when he slept. He had witnessed the slaughter of his village when he was only a child, and some of the memories of his I've seen make me cry. I know that's why he hates Yami as well, because he believes that Yami was the one who ordered that fate upon his friends and family.
~"It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone"~
I sighed softly as I made my way to school. I don't know how much longer I can stand this. I loved Bakura with all my heart, but I can never see him returning the same feelings for me. And even if he did, what good would it do then? He would still just be a spirit, and we would be unable to see each other in the real world. And he would never be able to stop hating Yami, and eventually Yami would send him back to the Shadow Realm, and I don't know if he could return again.
"If I could change I would take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would"~
I stopped suddenly, and glanced up at the sky. The sunlight washed over my face, and I
closed my eyes for a moment. I couldn't go on living this lie. I loved Bakura with all my
heart, but sooner or later these "lessons" of his were going to kill me.
Tears slowly slid down my face. What was I going to do? No matter what I did I was
going to lose something. If I told my friends about Bakura's return, it would end my pain,
but I would lose Bakura. If I did nothing Bakura would undoubtedly keep beating me,
which I knew would eventually cost me my life.
~"If I could stand up and take the blame I would
I would take all my shame to the grave"~
I rubbed my eyes furiously. Crying wouldn't help anything.
"There must be a way..." I whispered softly to the sky. "Please... someone...I ..."
I don't want to lose him...
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And there you have it. I kinda think that this chapter was boring, but I had to set scene for
the next part of the story. I think the next chapter will be from Bakura's point of view.
Oh, and so you know:
Ryou does have green eyes in the original anime, Bakura has dark brown. I don't know
why they're changed in the dubbed version.
Bakura's village was slaughtered by the pharaoh's army while he watched, they needed to
sacrifice 99 lives to create the Millennium items.
Amane is Ryou's sister, I've heard that both his mother and sister died when he was young, I just haven't been able to find out how.
Anyway, it's 1 in the morning, and I have school tomorrow. I plan on updating this story in about a week, but reviews will only motivate me to do it faster! ;) Also, I's love to hear any imput on my story, this is my first Bakura/Ryou, and only me second fan fic. (AND, I would be ETERNALLY grateful to anyone who read my first fan fic and told me what they thought, I really like it!!!)
Oh, and today is one week from my birthday! Incase I don't update before then, Happy Birthday to Me!!!
Thanks to everyone who read this, even if you didn't like it, you're still all awesome for reading it! :) Vanilla Coke and Starbursts for all!