Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of its characters. If I did, then it wouldn't be a show about some weird game (no offense). Hmmm… I'm picturing the population of rabid shonen-ai fangirls taking over… muahahaha.
Well, I took a day off school today because my mom said I could (;;;;) and so I'm at home with nothing to do! Oh, but yes, now I have found something! You know that little thing I said about not updating until finals are over? Well, since I have the day off, YAY! Updating time!
IMPORTANT NOTES: First things first, I have a couple changes to my original story background information. In this chapter, Ryou DOES get in contact with Yugi-tachi (for the first time). Technically I said that they weren't in contact, but I re-thought my plot lines a little bit and this may help (you'll see why). Also, there will be hints of Yami Yugi/Yugi in this chapter. But I don't like this couple that much (too overdone) so I won't put obsessive amounts in. Last thing is that between Bakura and Ryou (for now) their mind link is completely cut off. If I do use a mind link for any reason, this is how it would look: (I don't plan to that much)
"Spoken words"
''Thinking'
/Hikari to Yami/
/Yami to Hikari/
Well, that's all I can think of now! Here's my MUCH LONGER chapter two!
(Hyper because she's listening to a POTC background theme from her CD… ahhh Jack Sparrow 3)
Note: Yugi-tachi are all around 17 years old now and it is summer break (no school).
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(Victim of Love)
Recap: After most of
the unpleasant pain had subsided, he opened his eyes. Or so he thought
he had. Everything was still black. Ryou, confused, reached up to touch
his eyelids. Yep. His eyes were definitely open... but why couldn't he
see anything? A rush of panic coursed through his body and something
clicked in his mind. Was he...? Ryou, scared half to death, could only
stutter out,
"I-I can't... I can't... s-see!"
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Chapter Two: Consolation
Ryou slid down the side of the sink and buried his face in his hands. Tears welled up in his eyes and anger started to surge inside his heart. 'Bakura…what an asshole! How could he do this to me?' Ryou began to cry to himself softly. 'What am I going to do? I need to get to the hospital...' Ryou thought about the possibility of Bakura leading him there but the chances were limited. Very limited. 'Well, couldn't hurt trying, right?' Ryou rubbed his eyes dry. '… well okay, I could get beat up even more but... what else can I do?'
Ryou, drawing up all his courage, stood up and began finding his way to Bakura's room (which used to be his father's). He felt along the walls until he ran into the first step of the staircase. Ryou climbed onto the first step and used the handle bar on his right to support his weight as he searched out the rest of the steps. Once he was finally upstairs, he didn't have to walk far to Bakura's room, since it was the first room on the right.
The door was closed, or so he could feel, so he gave a small knock and entered without waiting for an answer. He couldn't see where Bakura actually was, but he Ryou's bet was that he currently might be sleeping. Not knowing what else to do, Ryou called out his name softly.
"What do you want?" Bakura snarled. "Because I'm trying to sleep, unless you want another face full of ashes."
"Bakura…" Ryou started in a timid voice. "I –err.. umm…"
"Spit it out, damnit!" Bakura growled. Ryou took a deep breath.
"I can't see! I think I'm blind!" Ryou desperately admitted, noticing right away how stupid his confession sounded. Bakura snorted and Ryou could tell that he shifted his weight on the bed. 'I hope he's not getting up… lord, I hope he's not getting up!'
"So? Thank you for sharing that completely useless knowledge with me but I really do not give a shit," Bakura replied. He didn't know exactly what being 'blind' meant but the whole concept of not being able to see was pissing him off. 'That weakling is just asking me to punch his face in, isn't he?'
Ryou suddenly felt more couragous as he scowled impulsively. "Don't give me that crap Bakura. I really need to get to the hospital. The only reason I came in here was to ask you if you could lead me, okay?!"
Bakura, a little thrown off by his hikari's outburst, glared at Ryou. "You are not allowed to command me. What the hell makes you think that I'm going to help you?! Do you want a slow and painful death?" Bakura stood up off the bed and paced towards Ryou angrily.
Ryou, sensing his yami's movements, slowly backed away into the hallway. Bakura reached out and grabbed his hikari by the shirt collar. Ryou glared at his taller half as best he could, even though he could only see blackness. Bakura, angered by the look his hikari was giving him, began to raise his arm to give him what he deserved. But, then he saw where his pupil had been gazing. Bakura stared strangely at the wandering black spot, as if it was frantically searching for something. Using the same hand that was about to punch Ryou, Bakura waved it in front of his eyes.
Seeing no reaction, Bakura let go of Ryou's collar and he fell to the ground with a thump. Ryou stared up at where he thought his yami was with a confused look grazing his features. Bakura's eyebrows furrowed together in thought.
"You really can't see me, can you?" Bakura demanded softly, a sharp edge to his voice. An astonished appearance swept Ryou's face and he felt like smiling. Ryou reached out and touched Bakura's leg before finding the other one and hugging them both. He didn't know why, but Ryou felt grateful for Bakura's discovery.
Bakura growled at the contact and swiftly kicked Ryou away. "What the hell are you doing?!" Ryou's happiness faded.
"I... you… understood… I was just happy that… you understood," Ryou stuttered meekly. Bakura grunted. "I just thought… well if you knew that I really couldn't see… that you'd take me to the hospital." Bakura broke out into a cold laugh.
"What makes you think I would do that?" Bakura paused to let out another sharp laugh. "I have to admit, this whole not seeing thing is a job well done for me. Ha, great, now you're even weaker. I think I should just send you to the shadow realm and get it over with." At this, Bakura retreated back into his room (not really following up what he was saying) and slammed the door behind him.
Ryou's body lay limply on the ground and he considered the possibilities now that Bakura wasn't going to help him after all. Like there was much luck there in the first place. An idea hit Ryou as he slowly stood up and sensed his way to his own room. Once he arrived, his fingers lightly brushed his desk in search of the phone. 'I wonder if I can remember their number…I know I have it written down but that won't really help me now…' So, picking up the phone, he ran his fingers over the numbers (knowing which order they were in) and tried to feel out the first number.
After a few tries and a few failed numbers (and disgruntled sleepers), Ryou finally obtained the right number. He knew this when the slightly older voice of Yugi mumbled a hello on the other line.
"Yugi? Yugi, is that you?" Ryou asked softly. There was a stunned pause before,
"Ryou? Why are you calling me? And so late at night, nonetheless? Did… did something happen?" Yugi wondered, concern weaving throughout his voice.
"Yugi, I think I'm going to need your help on something. You see, Bakura was kind of, well... lets just say he became a little mad. But the problem isn't him at the moment. Yugi… I'm blind, or so I think. I can't see a thing and I need to get to the hospital. I mean, it's not that serious, but I really want to see if maybe its just temporary… or…" Ryou trailed off, hoping Yugi would get the point.
"Don't worry, I understand. You're wrong, however. If you really are blind, that's serious. I don't know how soon I could get there though, we live pretty far away from each other," Yugi mused. "Well, if a friend is in need, then I can't refuse. (AN: Yes, noble Yugi.) I'll be over there as soon as I can." Yugi wasn't about to drive in the night, (Ryou knew that) but he would start early the next morning.
"Are you sure? I hope I'm not troubling you too much… I can pay for your gas when you get here if you want. I just… I don't think I know anyone else around here would understand as well as you could," Ryou confessed.
"No problem. I'll be there by morning. Oh, hang on a second." Yugi paused. "Yami is going to come too. He says he has some business to attend to, whatever that means."
"Thank you so much Yugi. I don't know how I'll ever repay you for this," Ryou cried.
"No need to worry about it. Just hold off Bakura until we get there and get a good night sleep, you sound like you need it."
"Okay, I will. Thanks again. Have a safe drive."
"Alright. See you sometime tomorrow, maybe around nine, okay?
"Yep. That sounds good. Ja ne."
"Ja ne, Ryou," was the last thing Ryou heard before he hung up the phone. Feeling his way to the bed, he flopped down and fell into a very deep sleep.
The next morning Ryou found it hard to wake up because of the fact that even though his eyes were open, it was almost as dark as it had been when he had been sleeping. Ryou instinctively turned his head to see the time on his alarm clock, but his efforts were in vain. 'I'll just have to wait until the grandfather clock downstairs strikes… well whatever hour it'll be…thank god Bakura didn't break that yet.' Ryou began his long journey downstairs (AN: The author is getting tired of telling the readers how he feels his way everywhere…) until he reached the kitchen. Ryou's eyebrows furrowed unconsciously. 'Well… this'll be a challenge. And all I want is a bowl of cereal, geez.'
If by some chance Bakura would have had some sort of heart, Ryou would have asked for assistance, but there were two problems wrong with that plan. 1.) Bakura didn't have a heart. Duh. 2.) He wouldn't be waking up until about noon. For all Ryou knew, however, it could already be noon. But judging by the fact that Bakura's door was still closed when he came down stairs (he had checked), he was pretty sure that the vicious yami was not yet up.
So, thus started the difficult ordeal of making a bowl of cereal.
Ryou gained a great deal of pride, strangely, by finally sitting down with his bowl of cereal. Sure, he had split some milk and cereal on the kitchen table (due to the misleading placement of the bowl) and he wasn't really positive if had grabbed the milk in the first place. Nor was he positive of the origin of the cereal he was eating. They had a lot of different kinds and Ryou wasn't so much of a freak to actually memorize what order he put the cereal boxes in. So, with pride and a little bit of suspicion, Ryou took his first bite.
'Well, I have established that I actually did use milk and not orange juice.' He took another bite. 'Mmmm…I believe this would be Cinnamon Toast Crunch. (AN: Hey, I don't own it!) Ryou nearly jumped out of his seat as the grandfather clock began to peal away. (AN: That makes it sound like a banana…sorry I'll stop now). Ryou started to count.
'One…two… three… four… five… six… seven… eight…nine. Nine. It's nine o' clock. I sure timed that well.' So, Yugi and Yami would be here in a matter of minutes. Ryou couldn't help but smile as he continued eating his breakfast. Only then did he realize that if he really wanted to know if the milk was milk and the cereal was Cinnamon Toast Crunch, he could've used he senses of taste and smell much earlier.
Ryou was fishing for some of his last pieces of Cinnamon Toast Crunch in his cereal bowl (which was very hard, indeed) when there was a knock on the door. He gave up on the cereal and got up to put it in the sink when there was another knock.
"I'm coming!" Ryou shouted, not loud enough to wake Bakura (he hoped). Ryou reached for the front door handle and unlocked it. He opened the door and tried to sense who was there, knowing very well already who it was.
"Um… hi?" Ryou questioned cautiously. You never know, it could be a mass murderer at his door instead of Yugi and Yami.
"Ryou!!!" Yugi shouted and gave his friend a hug as he entered. Ryou let out a breath of relief and hugged him back.
"Hey Yugi. How have you been? Yami's there, too, right?" Yugi let go and nodded his head before studying Ryou's eyes.
"Ryou! My gosh, your eyes look horrible! We have to go to the doctor's right away!" Yugi told him, alarmed.
"Calm down, it's okay. Here, come in, I made an appointment early this morning when I was having breakfast and I'm going in at ten, alright?" Ryou reassured his smaller friend (who had grown a bit, judging by the hug). Ryou opened the door and two pairs of footsteps entered his house. "Do you want to sit down? I could make you some tea or something, if you want."
"No offense Ryou, but I don't think at this point you COULD make us tea. Well, at least without taking more than twenty minutes just to find all the ingredients," Yami said knowingly and Ryou flushed.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Ryou admitted sheepishly. "Well, here lets sit down on my couch then." Ryou began leading the way except he was off to the right a little too much. Yugi took him by the hand and started pulling him gently towards the real location of his couch. Red tinted Ryou's cheeks again. "Heh, whoops. Thanks Yugi."
"No problem," Yugi answered giving his Yami a glance to follow them as well.
"Where's the tomb robber?" Yami questioned Ryou, refusing to go sit down. Ryou looked towards the owner of the voice before answering.
"Ummm, well he's upstairs sleeping right now… but-" Ryou stopped when he heard Yami's footsteps leaving. To the stairs was his best guess. "Don't get him to upset! He's cranky when he wakes up early!" Yami began to climb the stairs, obviously ignoring much of what Ryou was saying. "It's the first door on the right! Well okay then." Ryou laughed and he could tell Yugi became a little upset at his yami's rude departure.
"Sorry about that. I guess his business was pretty urgent," Yugi told Ryou hesitantly. Yugi, of course, already knew what this business was but preferred to keep a secret for now. "So anyway…why don't you tell me what happened, Ryou?" Ryou paused and his eyes scanned the area of the voice's origin. He took a deep breath and initiated his story.
Meanwhile…
Yami opened the Bakura's door and entered. Noticing the sleeping form on the bed, he abruptly began to wake him up.
"Tomb Robber! Get up!" Yami hissed and Bakura shifted in his sleep. Yami looked around his room and spotted a stuffed animal (no doubt Ryou's doing). Picking it up, he threw it harshly at the sleeping form. No, Yami and Bakura were not on 'I'll shake you and wake you up' terms quite yet. At the impending soft sheep-like object, Bakura slowly began to stir.
"I need to talk to you Tomb Robber," Yami requested calmly. Bakura, who was finally awake now looking at Yami with confusion and a trace of shock decorating his face, stood up off his bed before deciding to sit back down on the edge again.
"What the fuck are you doing here?!" Bakura demanded coldly, upset that his greatest enemy had decided to intrude on his beauty sleep. (AN: Ha, beauty sleep... like he needs it)
"None of your business. Plus, I've needed to have a little 'chat' with you for a while now," Yami replied. Bakura narrowed his eyes at the taller teen.
"I don't give a shit what you have to say to me, I'm not listening to your damn lecture," Bakura snarled. Yami glared at the white-haired yami.
"You and I both know that I'm far stronger than you and I can end your pathetic existence right here and now. Trust me, I don't want to do that, especially with the fact that your hikari needs you now more than ever." Bakura snorted but Yami ignored it and continued. "Which is why I've come to talk to you anyway. Tomb robber, I want you to listen to me."
Bakura rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Just say it and get it over with."
Yami nodded and began. "Ryou can no longer see. Yugi and I came over here to help Ryou for the time being but we can only stay here for a day due to Yugi's grandfather. When we go to the hospital at ten o' clock, you WILL come with us. You will tell the nurse or whoever that you are Ryou's brother and that you will be caring for him while his father is away for the weekend. Now, I know that isn't true because one, you are not Ryou's brother and two, his father is dead. But, the nurse will not let you have full responsibility of Ryou unless you are eighteen, which you are not."
Bakura cut in. "What do you mean I'm not eighteen! I'm five thousand fricken years old!" Yami glared at him and continued.
"Your spirit may be five thousand years old but your body isn't. Anyway, the point is, tomb robber, you are going to have to care for your hikari whether you like it or not. I care for my hikari in ways that resemble an older brother and also romantically. Now, I'm not asking for you to have a romantic relationship with your hikari but I do want you to be just like an older brother to him, do you understand?"
Bakura scowled. "Whatever." Yami glowered and sneered at the tomb robber. Bakura sighed in defeat. "Okay, I'll do it. Happy now?"
"Yes and thank you. And if I get any word that you did something to your hikari, I will show no mercy. Don't think you can get out of this either. My hikari is informing your own right now what to do in case you do attempt something. Bakura, we have eyes all around, we'll find out if something happens, you guarantee it."
"Alright already! Jeez, I won't do anything to my 'precious' hikari," Bakura replied, voice dripping with resentment.
Yami smirked. "Good. Now get ready to go to the hospital and meet us downstairs at quarter to ten."
Bakura scowled again. "Yeah, yeah. Go away already." With that, Yami turned, left and shut the door. The annoyed yami huffed. "Like an older brother… what fun." Bakura sarcastically mumbled to himself before getting up to dress in some casual clothing.
Yami continued downstairs and saw the two smaller teens sitting on the couch in a happy discussion.
"Well, I hear when someone losses their eyesight, all their other senses get much better. I guess that's an upside to something," Ryou went on.
"Yeah, they also have a much better feel for emotions, apparently. Although that could just be some psychological mumbo jumbo, if you ask me," Yugi replied, a small smile on his face. Ryou, hearing footsteps on the stairs, lifted his head and looked right in Yami's general area.
"Wow Ryou, you're getting good at that already," Yugi laughed as his yami gave him a wink. Yugi nodded his head in understanding.
Ryou smiled to himself. "Yeah, my ears are really keen now."
"Well, it's about nine thirty, how long does it take to get to your hospital?"
"Umm, less than five minutes by car. It's just around the corner, you know. I was actually hoping we could walk," Ryou suggested. Yugi thought for a little bit and nodded.
"Okay, walking it is then! We'll just have to wait until Bakura's ready."
"Bakura? He's coming too?" Ryou wondered aloud. "I know about this whole 'tell you immediately if he does something' thing but, why is he coming to the doctor's too?" At this, Yami decided to speak up.
"We can only stay here for a day," Yami admitted.
"But- but! I thought you guys were going to be here! That's when you told me to tell you immediately, I thought I could just scream or something!" Ryou said desperately.
Yugi looked at him sadly. "My grandfather wouldn't let us stay for more than a day because we have to run the game shop. I'm so sorry, Ryou."
Yami took this as a hint to continue. "In the meantime Bakura's going to be taking care of you. The reason he's coming to the doctor is because he needs to know the full extent of your situation," Yami told Ryou gently. At this new revelation, Ryou's face covered with shock and fear.
"Bakura is… he's… taking care of me?!?"
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Yay! I doubled the amount of pages! Yippee! See, I TOLD you it would be longer! YAY! Sorry, random hyperness, lol. And even though I only had 7 reviews, I was VERY happy with the fact that my story got 120 hits! Yay! (Thank you enhanced statistics.) Now, I know a bunch of people read it… how come there were only SEVEN reviews? Lol, just kidding. I'm really happy anyway! So I'd like to give thanks to the following people:
CrimsonEyedAngel99 : Thanks for your review! Yes, I think Ryou needed a hug too… I want a plushie of him… (fangirl mode) … it'd be sooo cute! I must glomp…muahahahaha!
Kawaii Shimegami : I loved your phrase, "You beat me, but I love you!" it made me laugh, especially because that was the exact type of thing I wanted to NOT do in this story. It just seems so unrealistic in other stories sometimes… (But I will read them anyway because I love Bakura/Ryou fictions soo much!) Thanks for your review!
Kania : Don't worry, it will not be sad at all. In fact, most of the angst is pretty much already over with. I was considering changing the second genre… I might make it general or drama or something.
Santurion2 : You lucky! I wish I were done with exams! Gar. Anywho, I really liked your review! Thanks so much! Don't worry, like I said with the previous thank you person, most of the angst and violence is already over (as you could probably tell from this chapter cuz otherwise Bakura would get in trouble!)
Princess Kat : Meep! 2 am?? Get some sleep girl! Lol, you can't stay up reading fanfictions all night! (I wish I could…)
Decemberjewel : I can't really comment TOO much on yours, lol. But thanks for the review!! I hope you liked this chapter!
Living on Dreams : Phanks Missa-chan! I'll update as soon as possible! Maybe around Thursday? I dunno, depends on swim practice (whoopee). Thanks again!!
Well, in general thanks all of you who reviewed AND all of you who didn't!! Have a great weekend (eventually)!! Exams are next week! I'll try getting the third chapter out sometime! (Maybe I'll write it during one of my free exam periods!) Expect it by June 12th!!
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