Man, I really need more reviews... I can't continue writing chapters for just one reviewer... Thanks, Hikari. You reviewed. I'll go on about the eggs in my fic 'Ra's Black Book".

Ryou-Ran: (wipes her forehead) Phew, I finally got rid of that!

Ryou: Rid of what?

Ryou-Ran: I had to write a story about my vacation.

Ryou: But that's not so bad.

Ryou-Ran: I had to do it in French.

Ryou: Oh.

Moonlight: (sees a mirror) Hey, what do we have here? (sees his own face) WAAH! Who's that?!

Ryou: That yourself, Moonlight.

Moonlight: Me? But I'm standing right here! I'm not inside that whatever!

Ryou-Ran: That's a mirror. You can see your own reflection in it.

Moonlight: (looks at himself) I did not know I was such a handsome guy. (goes to stand in a body-builder pose)

Ryou & Ryou-Ran: --"

Ryou-Ran: This fic has been locked up inside my laptop for a week, let's do the disclaimer and get over with it.

Moonlight: Ryou-Ran does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Look, the disclaimer has got an infection too!

Ryou-Ran: A reflection.

Wherever is light, there are Shadows

After school Ryou went with Yugi and the rest to the toy-shop. Ryou hadn't heard of Moonlight during school. He almost hoped Moonlight would contact him again, even though it hurt him when he was called. He wanted to help the Shadow Soul. Moonlight was over and over killed again. The pain that it caused had to be driving him crazy.

They all greeted Grandpa Muto and went to Yugi's room. When they were upstairs Yami came out of the Puzzle. "Bakura, tell me what is going on."he almost chanted. Ryou told him about Moonlight and that the Yami was hunting him down just for fun. "This night he cried he could not stand it any more."Ryou concluded his story. "I don't know... What if he becomes crazy, or something?" Yami cupped his chin in his hand. "Hm..."he said, appareantly receiving a gigantic burst of inspiration. "I do not know much about Shadow Souls... But one that loses his mind will cease to exist." Ryou's jaw bounced against the floor. "You mean... but Moonlight... I thought he was..."he stammered. Yami understood him. "Shadow Souls are immortal, but if they lose control they will disappear. A Shadow Soul that goes insane may start to destroy everything on it's way. They cannot be killed and that way, stopped. That is why they just stop existing when they go..."he said, but had run out of synonymes for the word "insane". "Bananas."a helpful Joey said. Yami looked at him strangely. "Bananas?"he asked. "I'll explain to you later, Yami."he heard Yugi say from the Millennium Puzzle.

Moonlight ran and ran. He had ran more than an athlete the past two days. The Yami chasing him never seemed to get tired. Moonlight, on the other hand, did. His whole body ached. Resurrecting himself took much of his energy away. He wanted to lie down and sleep for a while so badly, but Yami Bakura would not allow him to sleep. Moonlight saw a small cave he had missed before. He forced himself in and used his dark powers to make shadows fill the cave and make him invisible for a while to the Yami. He heard footsteps outside the cave. He saw Yami Bakura look inside, decide there was nothing in it and go on. Moonlight let out a shivering sigh. Only Ryou and the Pharaoh could help him. Again he concentrated on Ryou's mind.

"Oh..."Ryou suddenly uttered and grabbed his forehead. He saw the image of Moonlight sitting inside the cave. He saw the face of his friend was covered with dust and sweat. "Hurry, Ryou!"the Shadow Soul softly cried. "Hurry, before it's too late!" The image disappeared again. Ryou felt strange, like a part of his energy was gone. He began to sway a bit. "Bakura-Kun, what is it?"Tristan asked, worried. Ryou felt a little sick. He saw blacks spots hover in front of his face. "I... feel...strange."he said, his voice sounding unstable. "I think I am going to... faint..." At that moment he collapsed.

"GRANDPA!"Téa screamed. "BAKURA BLACKED OUT!" Half a second later Solomon Muto burst inside. He looked at the people standing in the room, at the boy on the floor. He knelt down besides Ryou and, without hesitating, took Ryou's Ring off. He grabbed Ryou's uniform-jacket, folded it up and lay it under Ryou's head. He then left and came back with a glass of water. He wet Ryou's wrists and waited for him to wake up. Ryou sighed and stirred. "Come on, Bakura."Solomon said. Ryou opened his eyes. "What happened?"he weakly asked. Yami smiled a bit, relieved. "You blacked out."Joey said. "All of a sudden." Ryou rubbed his forehead. His memories slowly came back. His eyes were filled with panick. "Moonlight!"he cried. "It was Moonlight again! He really needs our help! We must help him, Yami!" He grabbed Yami's arm. "You must help us!" Yami took Ryou's hand in his. "I will help you."he said. "I will do anything to help my friends." Ryou said nothing, but just nodded.

Later that afternoon he went back to his apartment again. Yami would help him contact Moonlight the next day.

The strange thing was that he felt weak, really weak. He was dead-beat and was not hungry. He knew he had to eat something, but the smell of food made him feel sick already. He took his sneakers off and slumped down on a chair. Hanging in front of it was a mirror. When he looked at his reflection he saw how terrible he looked. His face was almost yellow and his hair was greyish. He had bags under his eyes. How could he ever help Moonlight when he was in a condition like this?

Moonlight slept in his cave. Not being able to find him was a bummer for Yami Bakura, who had gone asleep too. He woke up sooner than the exhausted Moonlight and went to look for him again. What Moonlight had forgotten was that Yami Bakura could use his Millennium Ring for finding him. The Yami activated the Ring and looked at the pointers. One of them pointed at his right. Yami Bakura looked at the big rocks and grinned. He would find Moonlight easily.

Moonlight was still curled up like a cat when the Yami found him. Yami Bakura looked at the silent Shadow Soul with a smile on his cruel face. Moonlight looked so defenseless, lying there like that. He looked incredibly much like his Yadonushi. Yami Bakura grabbed Moonlight's long hair and tugged it. "WAKE UP!"he shouted, as Moonlight cried out in shock. "The hunt continues!" Moonlight tried to fire a bolt of dark energy, but it did barely harm the evil Spirit standing before him. Yami Bakura fired an attack that sent Moonlight sprawling. The Egyptian soul tried to get up again, but immediately Yami Bakura shot him in the back with his Millennium Ring. Moonlight moaned. He curled himself up and tried to roll away. Yami Bakura was at his side with one leap and kicked him over to the other side. He played soccer with the innocent Shadow Soul until it bored him and allowed him to run away. Moonlight scrambled up. Golden blood came from the corners of his mouth and his nose. He was covered with bruises. The skirt he wore was torn. His hair was a mess. Far away he could see a big door. The door of Yami Bakura's soulroom. If he could get out of the room, enter Ryou's and lock the door he would be safe. He began to walk in the direction of the gate.

After an hour of stumbling, falling and getting up again he reached the door. He leaned against it, trying to regain his energy. When he thought he had gathered enough energy he tried to open it. It wouldn't move an inch, let alone far enough to let Moonlight's wiry body through. He ran into it with his shoulder, but it would not open. A scream of pure frustration escaped Moonlight's mouth. He began to punch with his fists into the door and scratched over it with his sharp, pointy bracelets in a desperate atempt to open it. Tears of fear ran down his cheeks as he could hear the laughter of the Yami that kept him imprisoned coming closer. "OPEN UP! PLEASE!"Moonlight screamed, his voice sounding high and reedy. "RYOOOOUUUU! HELP ME! PLEASE, RYOU!"

A sharp pain went through Ryou's chest. He dropped the book he had been trying to read, bent over and moaned. Drops of sweat appeared on his forehead. He saw the image of Moonlight in front of him. He saw Moonlight trying to claw his way through the door with his bracelets. He heard him cry for help. He saw the tears on the copper-colored cheeks, the fear in the eyes, the dusty hair. He heard his Yami laugh. He saw him close in on Moonlight. He saw sparks fly from his face every time Moonlight hit the door with his bracelets. He saw Moonlight spun around. He saw Yami Bakura lash out at the immortal soul with a knife. He heard Moonlight scream as the knife cut through skin, flesh and ribs and hit his heart.

Ryou screamed too, a scream that could not be heard by anybody. He fell down face-first. He was unconscious before he even hit the floor. He was alone, helpless in his flat. Nobody would see him lying there, nobody would help him.

The next morning Yugi appeared at school and was surprised to notice Ryou wasn't there yet. Ryou was usually a few minutes early. He saw Tristan come in his direction. "Bakura isn't at school yet."he said. "I'm worried about him." Tristan rubbed his chin. "Perhaps we should call him."he said. "There's Téa. She's got a mobile-phone." They decided to wait and see if Ryou would show up later that day. But Ryou did not show up. Yugi went to ask the teacher if he had called in sick. The teacher had to deny that. "I haven't heard of him."she said. "Strange. He is such a polite boy, surely he would call us if he had gone sick." Yugi's purple eyes widened. "Perhaps he is sick.... and not able to call!"he cried. "Ma'am, I want to call him! Can I call him?" The teacher thought about it and then nodded. Yugi borrowed Téa's phone and dialed Ryou's number.

In Ryou's flat the phone rang. The penetrating sound woke Ryou up. He slowly opened his eyes and tried to remember what sound it was. When he recognised it he tried to get up, but he was too weak. He crawled over to the table the phone was on and actually threw the device to the floor. He picked it up and held it close to his ear.

Yugi had set the phone on "hands-free" so everybody could listen. His heart made a little leap when he heard a hoars voice say "Ba-bakura." "Bakura! It's Yugi!"Yugi shouted in the horn. "Why aren't you at school?" It was silent on the other side of the line for a while. Then they heard Ryou say: "Yesterday... Moonlight called. I passed out." His voice sounded weak and low of hidden pain. "Moonlight called you?"Yugi asked. "He did? How is he doing?" He could hear Ryou's shivering breath at the other side of the line. "He... I... No! Not again! Moonli-AAAH!"Ryou screamed. They could hear the phone clatter to the floor and then a slump, like something heavier had fallen too. "Bakura?"Yugi cried. "BAKURA!" It remained silent. Yugi turned the phone off. "One of has to go to Bakura's flat and help him."he said. Joey volunteered. The rest looked at him as he ran away.

Joey ran as fast as he could. Ryou had given Yugi, who was the center of the gang, a key of his flat, so he could come in if something was wrong. Now something was wrong, so Yugi had given Joey the key so he could get in. Joey took the stairs and rushed to Ryou's flat. He opened the door with the key and went inside. He checked every room and finally found Ryou in the livingroom. The Japanese boy was lying on his side. He had torn his shirt so the Millennium Ring was exposed. Joey turned him to his back and slapped him in the face. Ryou sighed, but did not wake up. Joey picked him up and lay him on a couch and went to call Yugi.

The sound of the phone shocked Yugi so badly that he dropped it. He picked it up, saw Ryou's number and held it by his ear. "Joey? How's Bakura?"he blurted. "Not so well."he heard Joey say. "He won't wake up and he's being delirious. NO, BAKURA! ON THE COUCH!" Yugi could hear something that sounded like a struggle and then Joey was back. "He suddenly leapt up."he said. "He thought I was Yami Bakura." "How did you calm him down?"Yugi asked. It took a while before Joey's anwer came. "Uh... let's say a good shot on the temple does the trick."he stuttered. Yugi almost dropped the phone again. "YOU KNOCKED HIM OUT?!"he screamed in the horn. On the background he could Ryou groan. "Man, he was going completely crazy! He would have busted this whole place and me too if I hadn't stopped him!"Joey pleaded. "I'll come over with Yami as soon as possible."a furious Yugi growled and ended contact. He gave the phone back to Téa. "You heard what he did?"he asked. "He knocked Bakura out! He just hit him! The boy is sick already and then someones gives him a blow too!"

"We should hurry, Yugi."Yami, who had been listening, said. "This means Moonlight Bakura is falling apart. And Bakura's soul seems to be weakened every time Yami Bakura kills Moonlight. If we don't help Moonlight soon, both he and Bakura can be in danger."

Ryou: Yes, I blacked out again. I black out in every story.

Ryou-Ran: Of course, people love that.

Moonlight: (sceptical) They love blacking out?

Ryou-Ran: --" No, they love it when Ryou blacks out.

Moonlight: Why would they?

Ryou-Ran: They love to see their hero, in this case: antihero, pass out.

Ryou: Hey!

Ryou-Ran: Sorry.

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