So, here's the next chapter. Why did I call it Toussan-Ryou? The Japanese name of Ryou's avatar, White Magic User Bakura, is Toussan. I read that somewhere. I don't know if you've ever seen pictures from the Manga, but White Magic User Bakura looks so sweet when Ryou's soul is inside it...

Yugi: OO"

Ryou-Ran: What's that junk?

Yugi: Yami Bakura.

Ryou-Ran: What?

Yugi: Hikari Lunar was so mad with him, because he killed Ryou, that she shredded him and ran off with Ryou.

Ryou-Ran: Aaah nooo... I mean... we had just pieced him together again!

Yami: Phew... I'm here again. (sees remains of Yami Bakura) AAARGH! (faints)

Yugi: --"

Ryou-Ran: One would think that, being a Pharaoh, Yami would be used to something.

Yugi: Appareantly not. What about Ryou? Hikari Lunar still has got him.

Ryou-Ran: YOOHOO! HIKARI! WE'LL GIVE YOU A BONE IF YOU GIVE RYOU BACK TO US!

Yugi: (picks up a bone lying besides him) THIS ONE BIG ENOUGH?!

Ryou-Ran: No! That's Yami Bakura's arm!

Yugi: Oh... Oops!

Disclaimer: Ryou-Ran does not own Yu-Gi-Oh!

Toussan-Ryou

"I can't believe it."Yugi sobbed. "Bakura-Kun can't be... dead." Yami's arm went around Yugi's small shoulders. He tried to comfort his Hikari. Mr Bakura cried with his face in Ryou's neck. He inhaled the smell of Ryou's hair, storing it in his memory, so he would never forget it. He had slapped his arms around Ryou's body, not caring about Ryou's blood staining his shirt.

Yami sadly looked at the Ring Ryou was still wearing. The Ring was useless. Together with Yami Bakura's soul the magic had died. The gold did not shine any more. The pointers were stuck. Now there would be just six Millennium Items to gather. The tremendous power Yami Bakura had been looking for could not be accessed any more.

Mr Bakura stood. He lay his son on the floor and took the Millennium Ring off. He looked at the tarnished thing in disgust and threw it in a corner of the room. He grabbed a cloth and tried to wipe the blood away a bit, but only managed to make everything dirtier. He looked down at Ryou's face. It was as white as his hair. He still had that smile on his lips. Mr Bakura could clearly see the hole in his stomach.

Suddenly a little light appeared. It came from Ryou's wardrobe. Standing on the wardrobe was White Magic User Bakura. The eyes of the little doll radiated a green light. Mr Bakura gazed at it with watery eyes. Yami walked over to the wardrobe and picked Ryou's avatar up. The little robot felt warm. "It's White Magic User Bakura."Yami said. "He feels warm." Yugi looked at Ryou's laptop. It was not activated. But the laptop was needed to control the avatar, so how could it possibly be emanating light? "Perhaps there's a shortcut."Yugi proposed.

"How could you possibly be speaking about shortcuts?"Mr Bakura cried. "My son is dead!" They all looked at the sprawled corpse of the Japanese boy.

"OW!"Yami suddenly yelled and released the avatar. White Magic User Bakura fell to the floor. But something weird happened. The little robot stood up and began to walk in the direction of his master. Mr Bakura, Yugi and Yami followed him with their eyes. White Magic User Bakura had reached Ryou. He grabbed Ryou's hair with his tiny hands, clenched his magic rod between his little teeth and began to climb up until he stood on Ryou's forehead.

"How can that robot even walk without the batteries?"Yugi asked, holding a few batteries in his hands.

"I run on something different, Yugi."the avatar suddenly spoke. His voice sounded like Ryou's, but higher and thinner. "I run on the energy of life. The life inside Ryou has distinguished, but part of his life went to me." The others looked down at him in shock. White Magic User Bakura smiled and made a complicated move with his rod. "Remember when Yami Bakura had trapped you in a game of Monster World?"he asked. Yami and Yugi nodded. "Ryou had placed part of his soul in Yami Bakura's dice. When Yami Bakura tossed double zero you would have been destroyed, but Ryou caused the dice to fall apart. He killed himself by that." Yami looked at him. "You threw double zero too, making it possible for me to revive Ryou."White Magic User Bakura said. He climbed on Ryou's bedside-table and took a dice in his minuscule arms. "You must toss double zero again, Yami."he said. "Then I can get Ryou back. You must throw double zero. If you don't Ryou will never come back." He stuck the dice out. Yami took it in his hand. White Magic User Bakura gave him the other dice too. "Go!"he urgently said. He went to stand on Ryou's chest, above his heart.

Yami felt the dice in his hand. He closed his eyes. He had to throw double zero. He just had to. He opened his hand and threw the dice.

They rolled over the floor and stopped just besides Ryou's arm. Double zero. A shock went through the tiny avatar standing on Ryou's ribs. He raised his rod. The rod was shaped like the Egyptian symbol of life. The round end of it began to glow. White magic User Bakura squatted and then launched himself in the air. He shouted an old Egyptian spell and then pointed the rod at Ryou's heart. A blinding, white flash came out of the tip and drilled itself a way through Ryou's chest.

Yami, Yugi and Mr Bakura shielded their eyes from the light with their hands. When the light had distinguished they saw the wound in Ryou's stomach was gone. Ryou inhaled deeply and stirred. Mr Bakura almost exploded with joy.

Suddenly Yami, Yugi and Mr Bakura heard something crackle behind them. The stinging scent of melting plastic invaded their noses. When they looked down they saw White Magic User Bakura was standing on the floor. Smoke coiled out of his hair. Sparks came from his back. Then he fell face-first on the floor. Yami picked him up and lay him in his hand. He lifted the cloack of the avatar up and saw the wires inside the puppet were burned. White Magic User Bakura was an ordinary, broken robot again. "White Magic User Bakura killed himself in order to save Bakura's life."he said. Yugi just wanted to say robots could not be killed, but stopped when he heard someone sing.

"Death is a longer sleep,

Sleep is a shorter, shorter death,

Death is a longer, longer sleep"

It was Ryou. His head moved with the beat of the eerie song. His eyes were closed. His fingers curled themselves around the still bloodied knife. Again he began to sing, but now his voice sounded lower. Yami Bakura's voice. The Millennium Ring was back around his neck. The gold was shining brightly.

"Oh no!"Yami cried. "Bakura came back... that means the Spirit of the Millennium Ring came back as well!" "That is correct."Yami Bakura growled. He opened his cold eyes. "Omote Bakura and I are linked to eath other." He stood, holding the knife in his hand, licking Ryou's blood off. "What are you going to do, devil?"Yami bellowed. Yami Bakura made an indifferent gesture with his hands. "Well, I wanted to only kill Bakura's father at first, but now the three of you are here I could as well kill little Yugi too." Yami quickly hid Yugi behind his back. Yami Bakura closed his eyes again. "I know that when I kill little Yugi I will kill you as well, Pharaoh."he said. "My Ring gets useless when my Yadonushi and I are killed, but the Puzzle is different. The magic of the Puzzle is a stayer. After I have killed you I will not be able to use it's magic, but I do not need it anyway. All I want is the tremendous power that will belong to the person owning all seven Millennium Items." Yami grumbled. Mr Bakura grabbed Ryou's laptop. He pulled the cable out of the wall and held it tightly.

Yami Bakura raised the knife and slowly began to walk in Yami's direction. Yugi looked over Yami's shoulder. Yami could feel his tremble. "This is the end of the ride for you, Pharaoh!"Yami Bakura hissed. "You've been outside little Yugi's body for quite a while now. Doesn't it drain you of all of your energy? Don't you begin to feel weak?" His Ring began to glow. Yami's form became vague. He uttered a frustrated cry as he began to disappear, leaving Yugi defenseless. Yugi tried to grab him, but his hands went right through. "Yami! Don't leave me here!"he cried. Yami Bakura laughed and leapt forward, the knife pointed at Yugi's heart. At that exact moment Mr Bakura brought the laptop down.

The computer came down on Yami Bakura's head with a terrible "crack". Yami Bakura dropped the knife. A cry escaped his mouth. He grabbed at the back of his head and then fell face-first on the floor. Mr Bakura turned him over. He looked at the unconscious face of his son. Ryou's soul was back in his body again. Mr Bakura hugged Ryou and then looked at Yugi. "Are you okay?"he asked. Yugi nodded, though he was closer to crying than to smiling. "What about Bakura-Kun?"he asked. Mr Bakura fingered the back of Ryou's head. He felt quite a lump. "I think he should rest."he said. He felt exhausted. He looked at Ryou's messy room. "But not in here." He picked Ryou up easily and carried him down the stairs. He lay him down on a couch and slumped down besides him. Yugi had followed him. "Could you keep an eye on Ryou, please?"Mr Bakura asked and went to the kitchen.

Yugi looked at the Millennium Ring that was lying on Ryou's chest. "Are you alright, Yami?"he asked his Yami. "Yes, I'm fine."Yami's voice came. "But Yami Bakura was right. I could not protect you because I had run out of energy. And he drained me even further with his Ring. Yugi took the Ring between his fingers. He heard Yami sigh. "Yami, it is not your fault."Yugi said. "Don't feel guilty." He gently pulled the cord the Ring was attached to over Ryou's head. "It's all his fault."

Freed from the Ring, Ryou sighed. He wrinkled his nose. "He's coming around!"Yugi said. Ryou slowly opened his big brown eyes. When he saw Yugi he smiled, but the smile quickly turned into grimace. "Ow... Yugi, are you okay?"he faintly asked. Yugi nodded and grabbed Ryou's hand. There were tiny splatters of blood on it. "Bakura-Kun, the way you fought Yami Bakura... that was great!"he said. Ryou stared past him. "I did not want him to kill my father."he simply said. His eyes suddenly widened. "Dad! Where is he?!"

At that moment his father came in, holding two cups of tea. When he saw his son was awake he quickly placed them on a table and rushed over to him. He grabbed Ryou's other hand. "How do you feel, Ryou?"he asked. Ryou coughed. "I have felt better."he said. "My chest hurts." He made a jerk with his head and cramped his eyes shut. "Aahh... should not have said that!"

"I broke your laptop, Ryou."Mr Bakura said. He held up the broken device. He held White Magic User Bakura in his other hand. Ryou could see the little wires stick out of the exploded back of the tiny robot. He stuck out his hand and looked at his avatar. He looked at the vague smile on the motionless face of the doll. He held it upside-down and looked at the inside. "Toussan..."Ryou sighed. "It will be hard to repair him, but not impossible. How did he break?" "That's a long story, Ryou."Mr Bakura said. "You should get some sleep." Ryou handed the broken avatar over to his father. "I'm not tired at all..."he said. He yawned cautiously. Mr Bakura put White Magic User Bakura on the table. When he spun around again Ryou he fallen asleep.

Mr Bakura delayed his trip back to Egpyt, because he did not want Ryou to stay alone while he was sick. Ryou stayed in bed and did not eat much. He had a concussion again and could not keep anything but water inside.

A week later Ryou felt almost fine again and was able to go to school. When he arrived on the schoolyard he was surprised to see the whole class was there, waiting for him. They cheered as he limped over to them, with a surprised smile on his face. "Hello, Bakura-Kun!"Tristan bellowed. "You missed a test, you lucky devil!"Joey shouted. Ryou locked eyes with Yugi and gave him a smile. They knew better.

"I'm so glad you're back, Bakura-San..."a voice suddenly said. Ryou recognised the voice and gulped. He knew the voice belonged to Miho, a girl who was terribly in love with him and with her the rest of the girls in his class, exept for Téa. Miho looked up at Ryou with a worshipping look in her eyes. Tristan sighed. He was in love with Miho, but all Miho could think about was Ryou. "Are you alright again?"Miho warbled, almost pushing Ryou into a wall. Ryou gave her a nervous grin. "Uhh... yes! I'm fine!"he shrieked. "Ow... almost fine..." With his left hand, that was out of Miho's sight he gestured "help me" to Yugi and the rest. "I missed you so much..."Miho murmured. Ryou tried to disappear through the wall. "You did?"he squeacked, madly trying to find a way to save himself from her. His left hand said "Please help me!". Tristan made a long nose at him and spun around, but Téa came forward, holding a magazine. "Look, Miho."she said. "There's going to be a sale in the Domino Shopping Centre." "Oh!"Miho shrieked. "Let me see!" She and Téa left with the magazine. Téa looked back and smiled at Ryou. Ryou blew out the breath he had been holding and smiled back at her. His lips formed the words "thank you". The other people of the class waited until Tea and Miho had left and then broke into laughter, exept for Tristan, who was grumpy and jealous.

When Ryou came back from school he saw his father was packing his bags. Mr Bakura was just putting a big collection of striped socks in a suitcase when he felt a hand on his back. He stood and saw it was his son. Ryou looked at him with a begging look in his eyes. "Stay with me" the eyes said. "I've got to go back to Egypt, Ryou."Mr Bakura said. Ryou's eyes became wet. His lower lip trembled. "Don't leave me, Dad."he said, his voice breaking. "Don't leave me alone!" Again Mr Bakura could see that fear in the eyes of his son. The fear caused by Ryou's other half. He hugged Ryou. "I have to go. My friends are counting on me."he said. Ryou nodded and sniffed. "Will you say hi from me to Marik if you see him?"he asked. Mr Bakura gave him a pat on the shoulder. "I will."he said.

Outside he hugged Ryou again and got into the taxi he had ordered. There was a cold wind outside. He saw Ryou shiver. Mr Bakura waved at him as he was driven away. Ryou waved back. Mr Bakura knew he would never forget the look in the eyes of his son.

But when the taxi had gone out of sight Ryou lowered his hand and let it fall besides his body. The Millennium Ring broke through his shirt and appeared on his chest. His eyes grew narrow and his hair stuck up. A mean grin appeared on his face. He activated the Millennium Ring and began running, faster than the bicycles out on the road, faster than the car his father was in.

The taxi was just going over a narrow, deserted road when the driver suddenly hit the brakes. "What's going on?"Mr Bakura asked. When he looked over the shoulder of the man he became shocked. Standing in front of the car was a boy with wild, white hair. His arms were spread. He looked at the two men in the car with eyes as cold as rocks. "Yami Bakura!"Mr Bakura shouted. "NO..." Yami Bakura laughed. The brilliant flash coming from the Millennium Ring blinded the two men in the car. When the light died out they Yami Bakura had vanished. The men could not remember anything of what had happened. Mr Bakura's memories about the Spirit of the Millennium Ring were erased.

Zees ees ze end! And tomorrow (Tuesday) I've got to go to school again. I'll hear in what class I'll end up, A5A, A5B or A5C. And I'll see my timetable. I hope I don't have long days... days with more than seven hours. Last year most of my days had three hours and some days were even cancelled completely. But then I was going to do my Finals. Two more years and I'll do the Finals again; then for a higher level.

Ryou: Uhh... what is that stuff?

Ryou-Ran: Yami Bakura. We're trying to... repair him again.

Ryou: (brings out a welding-device) Could you use this?

Ryou-Ran: --" No, thanks. (has pieced Yami Bakura's head together) Ah!

Yami Bakura's head: Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhh....

Ryou-Ran: How do you feel, Yami?

Yami Bakura: Rotten... my leg hurts...

Ryou: Your leg is there, in the pond. How can you possibly feel it?

Yami Bakura's head: I don't know... But it hurts!

Ryou-Ran: Why don't these Yamis have a user's manual!

Yami Bakura's head: If we had a user's manual we wouldn't be mysterious any more.

Ryou: That's a good reason.

Ryou-Ran: Yeah.

Next ficcie written already, will be uploaded tomorrow! (I hope)