with my head cut off trying to get two projects done that are both due tomorrow.
::twitch::twitch::
Feel free to reach through your screen and smack me. I deserve it.
And... as a bribe... you guessed it... TWO CHAPTERS!
So... do you still love me?
Enjoy.
GUIDE
: Ryou to Bakura :
: : Bakura to Ryou : :
Blah is thoughts
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Ryou had heard every word of their conversation. Instead of helping him, it made him
even more at loss as to what he should do. Show them? How can I show them that I am
still me, when I'm not really? I've changed so much. I'm not that person they think of me
as being-- I never truly was. That was merely a shadow of myself. What I am now is who I
am, and have always been.
He sighed, frustrated, and rolled over onto his side. He was in his Soul Room, currently
sprawled on his bed. He had lit some incense, and the scent of musk permeated the room.
It helped to calm and soothe him, almost as well as lifting things successfully.
Wait. Maybe... but it's so... Malik-like.... Would it even work? It would certainly make
them confront the issue, or rather, their issue, and perhaps even set the record straight. It
might just work....
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RYOU'S POV
I came to the "real" world. Bakura was napping outside in the Rubicon, and I saw no sign
of the twin terrors. I had appeared where I had left, in the living room. I saw that it was
nearing dusk, which meant I had been gone for a good part of the day. I stared out of the
bay window, thinking about what I was about to do.
It wasn't right, it wasn't good, and it wasn't anything that they would like... in other
words, it was perfect. I hadn't wanted to force them to see me as I really am, but I knew
that I couldn't stay here much longer. If I did, I'd start to regret things that I never had
before and never wanted to start.
I listened down the back stairs, and heard Yuugi, Yami, and Sugoroku talking. They were
eating dinner. Ah, I thought, perfect. I crept down the hallway towards Yuugi's and
Yami's bedrooms. I spent only a few moments in each before opening a window and
disappearing into the near-darkness.
I visited all of them, remembering where they lived still. I was secretly glad that none of
them had moved, or that would have certainly made things ten times as hard. It was
almost midnight before I was finished. I went back to the game shop and laid down in the
back of the Rubicon, since Bakura was taking up the entire front. Good thing it was warm
out, or we'd both be freezing.
I laid there thinking about what I had just done for awhile. I remembered Bakura's
comment about a war; I had just fired the first shot, and the ball was now in their court.
I didn't know whether to be excited... or fearful...
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When Bakura found what I had did and that I had heard his conversation with Otogi, he
simply gave me a look and told me that wasn't what they had meant. I had just shrugged
and told him it was too late now and that we'd better be getting over to the park.
Malik and Marik had come stumbling in around four in the morning, drunk as all get out
and feeling a bit.... Well, as Bakura had put it, feeling a bit frisky and risky. No one had
any more sleep that night, even after the two had passed out, since we were all wide
awake.
They were currently sleeping the last of their hangover off in the Rubicon, not too far from
where Bakura was sprawled on a park bench and I in a nearby tree. I preferred the height
advantage, since I would be able to see the other coming earlier.
: : You realize this ain't your most inspired idea? : : Bakura said for the hundredth time.
: Quite aware, 'Kura, for the last time, already. :
: : I'm not backing you up on this. You're on your own, : : he said.
"What?" I said aloud, looking down at him. He didn't even blink.
"I'm not backing you up on this. If you're going to force them to face this, then you're on
your own. If you can't face it yourself, then you sure as hell can't make them face it," he
replied, before heading over to the Rubicon.
I had never heard him talk like that before. I knew he wouldn't like my idea, but to leave
me hanging.... No matter, I suppose. I was going to go through with this whether he or
anyone else liked it or not. I looked off in the distance and saw a flash of tri-colored hair
approaching.
It had begun.
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