Haunted Author's Not: I had already guessed they were out of character, but I was reading the manga and they are really out of character. Bakura is a snob... seriously! Oh and if you're wondering why he slapped Ryo, he needs him to take him seriously. I named this story haunted because Bakura is kind of like a ghost, so he's haunting his decedent, which happens to be Ryo. How he got decedents without kids is beyond me. Now, keeping in mind that Bakura is nicer to Ryo than Yuugi and friends, or at least acts nicer. If he had his own body, he probably wouldn't even bother with Ryo, because he wouldn't need him. He's deciding whether to scare Ryo into giving him what he wants or befriend him, either way, if he gets it, it wont end well for Yuugi.
Chapter III: Wanna Bet?
Bakura actually wanted to talk to Ryo about something, other than how he was going to take his soul and rip it to shreds and live the rest of his life for him while he could sit, watch and do nothing about it. He didn't trust that psychologist, they asked too many questions about Amane. And he kept giving Ryo that perverted smile. Bakura was already disgusted, he was making plans to kill him already.
Bakura noticed Ryo was still in his tacky school uniform. Of course while it wasn't really tacky, Bakura felt all clothes worn by present day mortals were tacky. Bakura tried shaking him but fell right through him, a good reminder that he couldn't touch him, he cold only touch things his host touched, or use the ring to make them move on their own.
Ryo was so much quieter when he was sleep, Bakura enjoyed silence, 'I guess this is why they say silence is golden, the boy thinks he's going to start ignoring me again I suppose. He doesn't want me to have to get his attention the hard way does he? It's so inconsiderate, I don't like to just kill people. No, let me rephrase that, something that wont get me struck by lightning, no time for that, we need to have a talk about Mr. Rogers. too bad, because he's quiet for once, I guess all good things must come to an end.'
Ryo's dream changed, He was back in control, and in the shadow realm. Bakura was there, "My Yadunoshi, weren't we having a peaceful sleep, but we need to talk." He said picking up his host, who of course struggled and demanded to be put down, "Let go of me!" He said kicking and making other futile attempts at escape. Bakura smiled, two doors appeared on each side of them, "Now, now Ryo, just come with me, I'm not going to hurt you, I'd never do anything to cause you pain." He lied walking into the door in front of him.
In the room, you couldn't see you're hand in front of your face, Bakura dropped Ryo on the ground, it wasn't a very pleasant landing. Ryo sat up rubbing his head. Ryo sat up, "What now?! I was trying to sleep!" Bakura completely ignored him, "I was just worried that's all, I feel like that man was prying into your business, don't speak with him again." Ryo laughed, "And now you're giving me orders, I wasn't paying attention to him. Although, I don't like for people to repeatedly ask about Amane, but if that's all you wanted to tell me, you wasted your time." Bakura smiled, "Don't speak to me like that. I'll kill him if you speak with him again, it's not that I like hurting people, it's just that I don't like people hurting my host, you understand don't you?" He said sounding very dishonest. Ryo got up and started walking away, "I am not going to let some voice accompanied by some strange but unfortunate events run my life." Bakura shrugged, "fine master, but you can't stop me frm ruining it." Ryo woke up in his room around midnight.It was cold so Ryo decided to sit outside and freeze his butt off. Well, that's how Bakura interpreted it. On top of that, it was raining pretty hard by now. Bakura sat in the chair across from Ryo. Ryo turned away from him, the last thing he wanted was somebody with his face, In his face. Bakura's face didn't look exactly like his, but if anyone else could see him they wouldn't know the difference. The rain began pouring down, it was like the Angels were just dumping buckets on his head. Bakura started laughing, completely unprovoked.
Ryo continued trying to ignore the voice and think. Bakura stopped laughing, "Aren't you cold?" Bakura said concerned. Ryo didn't respond. "My you're a snob. But please go back inside Yadunoshi. I'm beginning to worry, you don't want to get sick do you?" Ryo sat out for a good hour ignoring any of Bakura's attempts to get him back in, "I want you to go to school tomorrow, and the sick excuse doesn't go well every other day." Ryo looked over the deck, "There wont be any school tomorrow. Teacher's work day."
Bakura frowned, "Are you sure there's no school tomorrow? I really wanted to see what your classes looked like." Ryo began ignoring him again. Ryo walked back outside with a plate of spaghetti and some sprite. Bakura followed him out, "You know, being bound to you and all, it's pretty annoying when you keep going outside, now are you going to eat inside or do I need to make you?" Ryo frowned, his meatballs were being rained off his plate! Bakura laughed, "fool, it's a sign from God, he's saying for little boys to go inside before they get sick." Ryo smiled and started talking to some Irises he had growing on the table, "Isn't it nice out? I guess it's a bit cold, so maybe I should take you inside." Bakura was considering slapping himself, Ryo found himself being forced out of his body so Bakura could carry that out, 'What an imbecile. Note to self: Keep your host from watching Pretear.' He thought to himself."Are you really so desperate to avoid conversation with me that you'll talk to a flower? It's hard to believe we're related, even if it is over 3,000 years later." Bakura scoffed, his host was beginning to bore him with his ignoring tactics. Bakura walked back inside beginning to get frustrated with this. Ryo frowned watching himself walk back in without any orders given from him. Bakura fixed another plate of spaghetti and didn't even let Ryo taste it. "You know...your cooking is..." Bakura paused to swallow, "Horrible, you should just order pizza next time." Ryo frowned watching this person claiming to be his other half eat his food and insult his cooking.
'Does a person who's been dead 3,000 years need to eat? Fine I'll humor the idiot.' Ryo scoffed mentally. "Bakura-kun, maybe you should try putting some cheese in it and sticking it in the microwave, and then put the sause on." He said sounding as nice as possible.
"What's in the sauce? It's cyanide isn't it? Or arsenic? Or do you just want it to taste worse than it already does, I'll take my chances with starvation thank you."
Ryo appeared next to him, "I figured it out finally! But...can you see me?" Bakura nodded, "and you're invading me and my food's personal space. So can you see me when I do that?" Bakura said putting some sauce in the spaghetti, he had figured Ryo wasn't suicidal now. Ryo shrugged, "Sort of. I can see your eyes, they look evil." Bakura laughed, "perhaps there is a reason for that." Ryo eventually began thinking, "so...Bakura, did you kill those people? You were just joking in there weren't you?" Bakura paused for a second looking thoughtful, then he began laughing, "You mean you're asking me? Now what credability do I have if I say no?' Ryo shrugged, "I don't know, I'm still questioning if your real, if you aren't you couldn't have, but when you talk to me, it sounds almost as if it's just my thoughts. But, could I really think something like that?"
Bakura shrugged, "what's to stop you? Everyone's got a dark side." Bakura said slurping down the speggetti. "So, does that mean your me? what were you saying about stealing my soul when we were first talking?" Bakura laughed, "Yes, I bet I said something about pixies too." 'Steal your soul? I already own your soul boy.' He thought to himself, 'And you're just handing it over without even a struggle.' Bakura smirked grabbing a can of soda he was prepared for the strange taste, but when he opened it, it sprayed in his face. Bakura dropped it in surprise, "RYO!!!" His unsuspecting host looked up at him and laughed, "I'm sorry! I must have dropped that one! Are you okay?" Ryo said trying to clean up the mess.
Bakura grabbed another and shook it up before spraying it on him. Ryo screamed trying unsuccessfully to get out of the line of fire, or soda. "Bakura! It was an accident!" Bakura was still having fun, "Yes, but to you, it was funny, well...IS IT FUNNY NOW?!" He wasn't really yelling, but he was having fun. He couldn't have asked for a more naive and simple-minded sucker to be his host. Bakura put down the can and went to go find his host, Ryo was now hiding from anymore sodas that might be going his way. Bakura didn't really have to look for him, nothing his host did ever surprised him, he was pretty predictable. Bakura decided to humor him anyway, but this was a good chance to scare the daylights out of him too.No ancient evil spirit could resist the smell of fear. Bakura looked at the knives. 'Scarring him might not be a good idea right now, I don't think he trust me yet, and if he starts ignoring me again than my plan wont work anyway. But I'm sure he can understand a joke.' Bakura smiled walking by the table, "You know my host, hide and seek is one of my favorite games, but why look, it's much more fun to scare them out of hiding isn't it? You have no chance to win as the game is now, you can just tremble in fear praying I wont come to find you, with the fear of your life ending the second you breathe wrong. Trust me when I say the smell of your fear is intoxicating." Bakura pulled out a dagger from Ryo's top drawer. Ryo was begining to get more than a little nervous. "Oh, don't be so scared, you're only making it easier, but you have one chance. You have to surprise me. That's not really even a fair chance for you, I can feel every emotion you have and hear your every thought, you have one hope to win and you have to figure it out yourself."
Bakura walked in the room Ryo's Monster World table was in. Ryo was hiding in the lamp over it, Bakura knew this, but he was having too much fun to just end it then. Ryo frowned, 'How did this go from trying not to get sprayed in soda to this guy trying to kill me?' He asked himself. Bakura couldn't really kill Ryo or even hurt him unless he was either possessing him to hurt himself or they were in the shadow realm, and if he could that would cause him a problem anyway. Bakura turned on the lights in the room, the same lamp that Ryo was on, he knew that the lamp would eventually get too hot for Ryo to sit on, it was only a matter of time before he couldn't sit there.
End Chapter:
Yeah! This is fun. Well well. I guess Bakura is a bit more sinister than he seems in the first two chapters. Anyone remember what he said about prolonging torture as long as possible in the manga? That's what he's doing now. He's not going to kill Ryo, since the only reason Ryo can form himself is because Bakura acknowledges him, whatever happens to Ryo will happen to Bakura and vice versa since Bakura is in Ryo's body temporarily.Next Chapter: Ryo's and Bakura's game continues, but a the storm in Domino is about to get a lot worse.
And who will win this game?