Gruzzee: hello 3D world out there it is I Gruzzee and my bird boy here Cazi
Cazi: you're in a good mood again why?
Gruzzee: why Cazi old buddy pal friend what ever do you mean? Bats eyelashes innocently
Cazi: that, that's what I mean your being too nice!
Gruzzee: puts her old face back on fine you really want to know my mothers finally coming down to live with us she finally sold our old house and whenever she's around with just me she raises absolute hell you just look at her funny and she goes nuts. And I'm trying to act nice so she will leave me alone while I'm typing the chapters!
Cazi: gee you don't have to blow up on me I get it start the chapter while I get Bakura we finally made up an agreement if he's nice he won't get whacked and I'll be nice.
Gruzzee: all right I don't own Yu-gi-oh if I did, I'd have moved away from my mother a long time ago, now on with the chapter.
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Bakura reached the gates of the Kaiba mansion the bloody bundle of blankets in his hands he threw on his best Ryou impression and clicked the intercom button for them to open the gates for him.
"Waddaya want" it was Seto him self the guy must have slept in.
"It's me Ryou please let me in it's an emergency" he said in a weak voice
"Sure Ryou come on in what's the emergency?" he asked sounding slightly concerned
"Meet me at the door I'll tell you then" Bakura said running through the gates to the house. Seto saw Bakura coming up the drive with the bundle in his arms, as he got closer he started to see the differences until he was standing right in front of him
"Who are you? What have you done with Ryou?" he asked eyeing the sheets in this mans arms.
"Save it Kaiba Ryou needs help I heard from him that you had a private medical staff" he said fiddling with the blanket trying to uncover Ryou.
"Yes I do, but first answer my question" Seto said getting angry
"Fine my name is Bakura, and Ryou is right here" he said finally getting the blankets off of Ryou. Seto almost fainted at the sight of Ryou withering in this, Bakura's, arms; Bakura glared at him.
"Well are you going to just stand there staring or are you going to help him," he barked
"Oh sure come in I'll get a nurse" he said running inside. Bakura stepped in dripping allover the carpet, soon a nurse ran up to him.
"Are you going to take care of him?" Bakura asked her, she started to try o take the boy out of his arms he wouldn't let go until she gave him an answer.
"Sir, we will take good care of him but you must let me look at him" she said trying to calm Bakura. Bakura finally let Ryou go and resolved to explore the mansion for Seto, he found him sitting in the kitchen with a rather large cup of coffee. He looked up when he entered the room
'Ya know everyone says that a smile brightens anyone's mood well whoever said that never met this guy' Bakura thought as Seto smiled slightly at him before squashing it and going back to his mug.
"What happened to Ryou?" he asked without looking up from the newspaper in his hand.
"His father did it" Bakura said simply. Kaiba spit the coffee out "WHO!" he shouted dropping the paper.
"His father bound his feet took a knife an cut him back, shoulders, arms, stomach; if you want me to get detailed I can!" he yelled, it still hurt to think that he had just sat there safe inside the ring while Ryou had been cut up by his own dad.
"Oh" he said seeing Bakura wanted to drop the subject
"Um, who are you anyway?" he asked again
"What? You got memory loss or something I told you my name is Ba-ku-ra" he said his name nice and slow for him.
"I heard that, I mean where did you come from I've known Ryou for years I never met you or even heard of you what are you distant cousin or something?" he asked. Bakura stared at the ceiling like he was mad at it
"That's none of your concern," he said
"It's every bit of my concern you could be a thief for all I know"
"Reverted" Bakura said smiling sadistically. A doctor came in behind him "Mr. Kaiba I've got a report on the child you brought in earlier"
"Well, out with it?" Kaiba said sitting up
"Well sir the boy lost a lot of blood but we have managed to stop the bleeding while we were stitching him up we noticed that the boy had other wounds that had healed improperly and a broken wrist which we set and fixed up in a cast. Also his ankles had been rubbed raw and bleeding by what looks like a rope we also bandaged them, those will need to be changed in another hour we also have him on an IV he was very badly malnourished too. Just give him two of these, after he eats something, when he wakes up and another dose every eight hours." He said handing Kaiba a bottle of painkillers (A.N: I'm not sure if I got that right)
"Can I go see him?" Bakura asked
"Yes just please don't wake him, I advise you have Mr. Kaiba show you where" the doctor said leaving. Bakura turned to Kaiba,
"Well, you heard him show me where my aibou is" (A.N: man Bakura's dense when it comes to terminology) he practically ordered.
"Aibou? Partner?" Kaiba asked
"Partner in what?" looking at Bakura suspiciously, the guy had just said he was a reverted thief, Bakura sighed.
"Fine I guess I must tell you since I'm going to be staying for a while anyway," he sat down and started
"I am Bakura I am 3000 years old and I live in this," he said holding up the ring that was hanging around his neck
"I am Ryou's other half I'm sort of his dark side" Kaiba snorted trying to hold back a laugh
"Please don't give me reason to prove it, we've had such a good relationship so far" he smiled wide enough to show his oversized canines then suddenly dropped it. Kaiba stared at him
"You're serious about this aren't you?" he said trying to keep from busting up laughing
"Serious as the day I was born" he said
"Well if you're this 'almighty spirit' prove it really what's the worst you can do hit me with that 'ring' of yours" he said laughing now; he just seemed to find this so funny. Bakura didn't think so though he took it personally in seconds he was out of his chair with his hand on Kaiba's forehead he sent a quick pulse of energy through his palm to Kaiba and he quickly stopped laughing
"All right, all right, I get it" he said trying to get Bakura's hand off him it seemed to be fused there and wouldn't budge
"You said you wanted me to prove I'm from this ring, that I am the famous tombrobber Bakura, plague to the pharaoh, stealer of souls, and buddy you just crossed the wrong line" he said angrily sending another energy pulse.
/Bakura NO!/ Ryou's voice shouted in the back of his mind catching him off guard long enough for Kaiba to get away, he looked up at the ceiling.
--Ryou? -- He asked dumbly.
/Bakura…hurts/ Ryou said closing off the link but not before Bakura felt a very small wave of pain hit him.
"Kaiba show me where Ryou is!" Bakura ordered again, Kaiba was now keeping a good distance and rubbing his temples Bakura smirked at least he'd succeeded in giving him one bad headache.
"Yeah follow me" after following Kaiba up the staircase and through what seemed like a maze of hallways they reached Ryou's room Kaiba opened the door for Bakura and closed it behind him waiting outside the room was dark but he could see just fine he saw Ryou laid out on a big bed with the IV needle stuck in his arm. He approached him quietly Ryou was bandaged all over he kneeled down next to Ryou who's hand had fallen off the bed and took the hand in his, stroking the smaller hand with his thumb
--Ryou-- he called through their link
/'Kura it hurts it hurts so much/ he sent back weakly
--What hurts Ryou? -- He asked he knew Ryou was still under the effect of anesthetic so he shouldn't be feeling much at all
/my heart hurts… feels like my soul's been shredded, I can't get rid of it/ Bakura knew what Ryou was talking about and returned to the ring to enter Ryou's soul room. When he entered he was immediately hit by feelings of pain, mistrust, and rejection. It was horrible forget just that one bloody spot like last lime the entire room looked like there had been a bloody massacre in there; the toys that were once there had disappeared there was a tall four-poster bed in the middle of the room Ryou's soul was sitting in the middle of it with his knees pulled up to his chest. Bakura took one step towards him and Ryou looked up he saw Bakura and hid his face in his knees and chains started to shoot out of the walls soon making an impenetrable maze of chains strung all over the room.
"Ryou let me help, I don't want to hurt you anymore" Bakura pleaded trying to get Ryou to open up to him he knew he'd been horrible to him but he wanted to change.
"You lie" he heard him mumble as he tried to break through the maze
"Why would I lie?" Bakura asked trying to use a bit of psychology
"Every one lies, just like she lied" he mumbled
"You lie" Bakura repeated to Ryou
"Why do you say I lie?" he said looking up slightly
"Because you ask for help and when it comes you push it away"
"You're wrong"
"If I'm wrong then why are you keeping me away?"
"You aren't here to help you're just here to cause more pain"
"Ryou trust me I want to help you," he said trying to get through again. The chains slackened enough for Bakura to get through, though they stayed just in case Bakura tried to do something to Ryou. Bakura reached the bed and sat down next to Ryou his eyes softened at the sight of the boy curled up in the middle of the bed he put his arm around the poor boy and he tensed up Bakura could even see it physically. He got the rest of the way on the bed so he was sitting next to him
"Ryou trust me" he coaxed trying to get the boy to open up to him
"Why does every thing happen to me?" Ryou said more to himself he'd asked himself this question so many times and he could never give an answer
"What do you mean?" Bakura asked back to the dazed Ryou
"My mother died after she promised she wouldn't she broke her promise, my father drinks and doesn't take care of me he broke his promise too, he said that he'd take care of our family, and then you and every bully at school think its funny to break at least one or more bones in my body and every day is the same I wake up get beat my father go to school get beat up by bullies go home get beat once again by my father and then go to bed…"
"...Where I would hit you" Bakura finished for him Ryou nodded
"I'm so sorry Ryou I didn't realize what I was doing" he said wrapping both arms around him holding onto him like he was going to disappear he expected Ryou to push him away, but instead he felt two arms wrap around his neck.
"I forgive," he said to Bakura he said cuddling into him
"Just don't break me again" he said relaxing, the chains that had been all over the room finally disappeared and it started to clear as Ryou fell asleep against Bakura. Bakura laid him back down and covered him up
"Sleep well and heal quickly," he said then he leaned down kissed Ryou lightly (A.N: I let you guys imagine where) and left. He came back out of the ring scaring Kaiba half to death; Kaiba had been changing the bandages on Ryou's ankles when Bakura had come out of the ring behind him.
"Don't do that!" he hissed trying not to wake Ryou
"I do what I want, what are you doing?" he said looking over Kaiba's shoulder
"I'm changing his bandages where did you go you could have at least told me I could come in; I'd have liked to see my friend too"
"I was helping him," he said
"How? You weren't even here?"
"A person can be hurt in more ways than just physically I was just consoling Ryou's soul," he said simply.
/I feel better/ he heard Ryou say in the back of his mind "and he says he's feeling better
/just make him stop messing with my feet/ Ryou added
"And he'd like you to stop messing with his feet" he said relaying the message for Ryou.
"Well tell him I'll be done in a second" Kaiba said irritated that Bakura was giving him orders. Bakura took a seat at the side of the bed and resumed watching Kaiba, which slightly unnerved him since those almost red eyes just tracked him all over the room and the guy never seemed to move his head.
"What is it with you? You're like a statue that breathes," he finally said standing over him
"I am no statue I'm just thinking"
"Of what might I ask?"
"Of a way to get back at you" he said smiling evilly
"You know you could be a nice guy and actually smile right but I think your face would break if you did," he said
"Kaiba be glad you're Ryou's friend or you would be a black mark on the far wall" he said. And so the next hour was spent throwing insults back and forth at one another until Ryou moaned his eyes finally opening.
"'Kura… What's going on?" he said looking at his hand where the IV had been stuck.
"Ryou you're awake!" he said trying to keep himself from throwing himself on the boy
"I had the weirdest dream," he said smiling weakly at Bakura Ryou's eyes suddenly shot open and he sat up quickly
"Where am I!?" he said confused he looked around the big bedroom before falling back onto the bed curling up and holding his stomach his eyes shut in pain. Bakura immediately jumped into a mother hen-like attitude,
"Bakura it hurts again!" he said feeling like he was going to throw up,
"Ryou, relax it won't hurt as much if you'd just relax" he said calmingly rubbing Ryou's back. Ryou took in a long breath trying to get his body to calm down after the sudden act of sitting up Bakura looked to Kaiba for help
"Well help him I know you have something that can"
"Yes I do but he has to eat something before he takes it, he's just got to endure the pain for now." Ryou lay there trying to take in deep breaths while Bakura whispered calming words in his ear until he finally fell back to sleep, he felt Kaiba come up behind him and look over his shoulder at Ryou
"You know you can be a really nice guy if you wanted to." He said smiling at him
"Oh shut up and just get me something for him to eat" he growled, still watching over Ryou.
/Thank you Bakura/ he heard Ryou say at the back of his mind
--Your welcome my little hikari-- he replied truly smiling.
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Gruzzee: yet another long chapter, something tells me that Bakura doesn't like Kaiba too much ne?
Cazi: ((sarcasm)) ya think?
Bakura: what are you talking about me and Kaiba are good friends are we you old egotistical maniac. ((Slaps Kaiba on the back))
Kaiba: ((how did I get here?)) sure you old Egyptian nutcase ((says it through his teeth))
Gruzzee: yeeeah they get along real good, like peanut butter and hair gel
Cazi: oh well I've got to go help my aibou keep Bakura and Kaiba from killing each other now all you people out there in 3D world R & R and come back for more oh and there's a note here from her too:
Dear viewers,
I will still be working on this story I just won't be updating as much due to the problem mentioned at the start of the chapter.
Thank you.