Innocence?
Mystical Knight Dragon: Whee! I'm back! Bum bum buuuuuuum! Anyways, special thanks to StarStruck (^____^), random person (^-^ Kay!), and Master of Black Chaos (O_O Long review...; Marikay (My muse; pronounced Mar-ee-kay): I'll help with the whole crocodile thing!; MKD: *glare at Marikay*)!!!! Thank you!
Yeah!!! My computer finally decided to cooperate with me!!!! Finally... Anyways, I'm VERY, VERY, VERY sorry for the VERY late update... _ Stupid computers...
Disclaimer: Me no own Yu-Gi-Oh! I thought I've told you that already...
All other things said still apply to this chapter. Ok? Ok. Glad we cleared that up.
Chapter 3: Flashbacks and Jail
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Ryou was oblivious of everything except for the pounding of his feet on the sidewalk. He began to wonder if Yami had found his light yet. His pace began to slow as he realized again that someone had seen him. What if he was caught?! He had to get out of town. Across the street was a mini coffee shop. Ryou had been there before. They sold maps and bus tickets along with the best coffee he ever had.
He wandered into the shop and found a map of Taiwan. It looked interesting enough. A bus was leaving (A/N: The live in Japan, and, as of now, there is a bridge going from Japan to Taiwan.) to there at three o'clock that afternoon. That gave him two hours to wander around the city and hope to not get caught. (R/A/N: Muahahahaha!!!!)
He left the café with a cappuccino and headed toward the park. He sat on a bench near a fountain in the middle and watched the people go by. They looked so calm and peaceful, the thoughts of death clearly out of *their* minds. He tried to think back to why he had killed Yugi in the first place.
//Ryou!// he suddenly heard echo throughout his head. //Help! They've got me!//
Ryou blinked. 'Huh?' he asked himself. /What do you mean?/ he sent back through the link.
//They've accused me of killing Yugi!// Bakura shrieked back at his light. //I don't even know what's going on!//
Ryou sat still with his eyes wide. Why had they taken Bakura?! Then he remembered those cold, gray eyes that seemed to be floating in mid-air, having abandoned their body. Someone had seen him kill Yugi, and they thought that it was Bakura!
He glanced at his watch and saw that it was 1:15. That meant that he had an hour and forty-five minutes to save Bakura's ass and get back to the bus in time before its departure. 'Is it really worth it?' he wondered. A simple cry of pain from Bakura answered his question.
/All right, yami,/ he sighed; /but you owe be big time. By the way, where are you?/
Ryou thought he heard his yami growl before he answered, //I'm being taken to what you mortals call jail.//
Ryou stopped and stared at nothingness. /J...jail?!/ he stuttered.
//I believe that's what they it's called.//
The light groaned. His yami was going to jail all because of him. And since Bakura couldn't die, they'd probably seal him back into the Ring for the next couple millennia until a new reincarnation came along. Ryou shuddered at how Bakura had always described his being sealed in the Ring: eternal darkness on all sides. Ryou hated the dark, almost as much as he hated death. The second his thoughts wandered to death, an image of Yugi popped into his head.
Soon enough his feet had taken him straight to the jail. He stared at the glass doors for a moment, then lost the courage to go in. /Sorry Bakura,/ Ryou mumbled through the link, /but I can't help you./
Bakura didn't say anything for a while, but when he did he sounded very frustrated. //Ryou! Please! Besides, it's all your fault!//
'Yes it is,' Ryou thought to himself, 'but how did he know that?!' Fear struck him as he thought about Bakura possibly knowing what he had done.
//You're the one who took away my Ring and my deck so that I wouldn't kill anyone at Yugi's party!//
'Oh yes,' Ryou smiled to himself as he remembered the morning of that day about four hours before Yugi's party...
~*~FLASHBACK~*~
"Ryou!" Bakura shouted at his hikari. "My knives are gone!"
"I'm completely aware of that!" Ryou yelled back at his yami. "I had to take it away so that you wouldn't kill anyone at Yugi's party!"
//You know me all too well, Aibou.//
Ryou grinned. He didn't know why, but he did. He looked over at the drawer that he had shoved the knives in. It seemed to be calling out to him. 'Perhaps I'll just open it up once...just to make sure he hasn't taken any of them out.'
The light advanced to the drawer and slowly opened it up. He absolutely did not want his yami to know where they were or else he'd probably go on a killing spree. He reached in to the drawer and pulled out a two-foot long knife and studied it. There was not a whole lot of light in the room, and yet it had a strange glow to it. Though, that was probably the cause of his ring, which was also glowing.
He heard a noise in the hall and quickly shoved the drawer closed, forgetting to put the knife back. "What are you doing?" Bakura asked his hikari as he walked in to the room.
"Nothing," Ryou squeaked at him.
Bakura raised an eyebrow at his hikari, but left the matter alone. "I'm...going to go take a shower..." he said and left the room.
Ryou sighed as his yami left the room. Bakura was the one person that actually respected him, but now he had ruined even that. 'Why do I have to be such an idiot?!?!' Ryou yelled at himself.
//You're not.// Bakura told him through the mind link.
/I thought that you could only read thoughts sent directly to you.../
//And if you're thinking about suicide. Or you could have just forgotten to turn off the link.//
Ryou mentally slapped himself for being so stupid. /I'm going to take a walk,/ he told his yami. After making sure that the mind link was off, he walked out of the house and headed for no where in particular...
~*~END FLASHBACK~*~
Ryou shuddered as the memory dispersed. It wasn't too long after he had left the house that he had done...what he did. He closed his eyes and immediately a picture of the deceased one's eyes twinkled in to his vision. The light's eyes snapped open and he tried hard not to blink in fear of seeing those violet orbs again.
~*~RYOU'S POV~*~
"Ryou?" a voice asked behind me. Dare I turn around? Damn curiosity! I did turn around and found Malik staring at me. "Why are you standing in front of the jail?"
I blinked and realized how awkward I probably looked. I was so tempted to tell him my whole story of what had happened...but then again I was also tempted to just turn around and run. Both of these things were out of the question, so I stated simply: "Bailing Bakura."
Immediately Malik's yami (A/N: I shall call him...Marik! *does a Dr. Evil impression*) began to laugh his ass off. "I knew that baka would screw up someday! What did he do this time?"
Malik decided that I was probably a bit touchy on the subject...either that or he decided that the mind link could be open and Bakura could come charging at them any moment... whichever way, he changed the subject by asking me if I had heard about Yugi.
My face paled, and I backed away. Obviously Yami had found Yugi and had told all of his friends. 'Holy shit,' I thought to myself. 'What if they suspect me of the murder?!' I turned around and ran, passing by Bakura, who hadn't quite made it to the prison yet.
//Aibou?// he questioned after me.
I just ignored this. I would have turned off the link, too, but no matter how many times I do that, he always figures out some way to get around it. I glanced at my watch. I had chewed up half an hour already. Only one hour and fifteen minutes left before the bus left. I sighed and decided that I probably should help Bakura, but I really just wanted to get away from everything, especially from life. (A/N: This is NOT going to become a suicidal fic, so don't worry!) In the end, though, my innocence took over and forced me towards Bakura.
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Mystical Knight Dragon: That's all for now! Sorry I didn't get this up sooner, but my computer decided that it would only let me type on this one and then it died. _ Stupid technology...
Marikay: Please review while she pouts over having to use a Pentium II. ^__^
Mystical Knight Dragon: *kicks computer* O_O PAIN!!!!! *holds foot* Anyways, please do what my muse says...and don't kick computers... Pain......
Mystical Knight Dragon: Whee! I'm back! Bum bum buuuuuuum! Anyways, special thanks to StarStruck (^____^), random person (^-^ Kay!), and Master of Black Chaos (O_O Long review...; Marikay (My muse; pronounced Mar-ee-kay): I'll help with the whole crocodile thing!; MKD: *glare at Marikay*)!!!! Thank you!
Yeah!!! My computer finally decided to cooperate with me!!!! Finally... Anyways, I'm VERY, VERY, VERY sorry for the VERY late update... _ Stupid computers...
Disclaimer: Me no own Yu-Gi-Oh! I thought I've told you that already...
All other things said still apply to this chapter. Ok? Ok. Glad we cleared that up.
Chapter 3: Flashbacks and Jail
~*~
Ryou was oblivious of everything except for the pounding of his feet on the sidewalk. He began to wonder if Yami had found his light yet. His pace began to slow as he realized again that someone had seen him. What if he was caught?! He had to get out of town. Across the street was a mini coffee shop. Ryou had been there before. They sold maps and bus tickets along with the best coffee he ever had.
He wandered into the shop and found a map of Taiwan. It looked interesting enough. A bus was leaving (A/N: The live in Japan, and, as of now, there is a bridge going from Japan to Taiwan.) to there at three o'clock that afternoon. That gave him two hours to wander around the city and hope to not get caught. (R/A/N: Muahahahaha!!!!)
He left the café with a cappuccino and headed toward the park. He sat on a bench near a fountain in the middle and watched the people go by. They looked so calm and peaceful, the thoughts of death clearly out of *their* minds. He tried to think back to why he had killed Yugi in the first place.
//Ryou!// he suddenly heard echo throughout his head. //Help! They've got me!//
Ryou blinked. 'Huh?' he asked himself. /What do you mean?/ he sent back through the link.
//They've accused me of killing Yugi!// Bakura shrieked back at his light. //I don't even know what's going on!//
Ryou sat still with his eyes wide. Why had they taken Bakura?! Then he remembered those cold, gray eyes that seemed to be floating in mid-air, having abandoned their body. Someone had seen him kill Yugi, and they thought that it was Bakura!
He glanced at his watch and saw that it was 1:15. That meant that he had an hour and forty-five minutes to save Bakura's ass and get back to the bus in time before its departure. 'Is it really worth it?' he wondered. A simple cry of pain from Bakura answered his question.
/All right, yami,/ he sighed; /but you owe be big time. By the way, where are you?/
Ryou thought he heard his yami growl before he answered, //I'm being taken to what you mortals call jail.//
Ryou stopped and stared at nothingness. /J...jail?!/ he stuttered.
//I believe that's what they it's called.//
The light groaned. His yami was going to jail all because of him. And since Bakura couldn't die, they'd probably seal him back into the Ring for the next couple millennia until a new reincarnation came along. Ryou shuddered at how Bakura had always described his being sealed in the Ring: eternal darkness on all sides. Ryou hated the dark, almost as much as he hated death. The second his thoughts wandered to death, an image of Yugi popped into his head.
Soon enough his feet had taken him straight to the jail. He stared at the glass doors for a moment, then lost the courage to go in. /Sorry Bakura,/ Ryou mumbled through the link, /but I can't help you./
Bakura didn't say anything for a while, but when he did he sounded very frustrated. //Ryou! Please! Besides, it's all your fault!//
'Yes it is,' Ryou thought to himself, 'but how did he know that?!' Fear struck him as he thought about Bakura possibly knowing what he had done.
//You're the one who took away my Ring and my deck so that I wouldn't kill anyone at Yugi's party!//
'Oh yes,' Ryou smiled to himself as he remembered the morning of that day about four hours before Yugi's party...
~*~FLASHBACK~*~
"Ryou!" Bakura shouted at his hikari. "My knives are gone!"
"I'm completely aware of that!" Ryou yelled back at his yami. "I had to take it away so that you wouldn't kill anyone at Yugi's party!"
//You know me all too well, Aibou.//
Ryou grinned. He didn't know why, but he did. He looked over at the drawer that he had shoved the knives in. It seemed to be calling out to him. 'Perhaps I'll just open it up once...just to make sure he hasn't taken any of them out.'
The light advanced to the drawer and slowly opened it up. He absolutely did not want his yami to know where they were or else he'd probably go on a killing spree. He reached in to the drawer and pulled out a two-foot long knife and studied it. There was not a whole lot of light in the room, and yet it had a strange glow to it. Though, that was probably the cause of his ring, which was also glowing.
He heard a noise in the hall and quickly shoved the drawer closed, forgetting to put the knife back. "What are you doing?" Bakura asked his hikari as he walked in to the room.
"Nothing," Ryou squeaked at him.
Bakura raised an eyebrow at his hikari, but left the matter alone. "I'm...going to go take a shower..." he said and left the room.
Ryou sighed as his yami left the room. Bakura was the one person that actually respected him, but now he had ruined even that. 'Why do I have to be such an idiot?!?!' Ryou yelled at himself.
//You're not.// Bakura told him through the mind link.
/I thought that you could only read thoughts sent directly to you.../
//And if you're thinking about suicide. Or you could have just forgotten to turn off the link.//
Ryou mentally slapped himself for being so stupid. /I'm going to take a walk,/ he told his yami. After making sure that the mind link was off, he walked out of the house and headed for no where in particular...
~*~END FLASHBACK~*~
Ryou shuddered as the memory dispersed. It wasn't too long after he had left the house that he had done...what he did. He closed his eyes and immediately a picture of the deceased one's eyes twinkled in to his vision. The light's eyes snapped open and he tried hard not to blink in fear of seeing those violet orbs again.
~*~RYOU'S POV~*~
"Ryou?" a voice asked behind me. Dare I turn around? Damn curiosity! I did turn around and found Malik staring at me. "Why are you standing in front of the jail?"
I blinked and realized how awkward I probably looked. I was so tempted to tell him my whole story of what had happened...but then again I was also tempted to just turn around and run. Both of these things were out of the question, so I stated simply: "Bailing Bakura."
Immediately Malik's yami (A/N: I shall call him...Marik! *does a Dr. Evil impression*) began to laugh his ass off. "I knew that baka would screw up someday! What did he do this time?"
Malik decided that I was probably a bit touchy on the subject...either that or he decided that the mind link could be open and Bakura could come charging at them any moment... whichever way, he changed the subject by asking me if I had heard about Yugi.
My face paled, and I backed away. Obviously Yami had found Yugi and had told all of his friends. 'Holy shit,' I thought to myself. 'What if they suspect me of the murder?!' I turned around and ran, passing by Bakura, who hadn't quite made it to the prison yet.
//Aibou?// he questioned after me.
I just ignored this. I would have turned off the link, too, but no matter how many times I do that, he always figures out some way to get around it. I glanced at my watch. I had chewed up half an hour already. Only one hour and fifteen minutes left before the bus left. I sighed and decided that I probably should help Bakura, but I really just wanted to get away from everything, especially from life. (A/N: This is NOT going to become a suicidal fic, so don't worry!) In the end, though, my innocence took over and forced me towards Bakura.
~*~
Mystical Knight Dragon: That's all for now! Sorry I didn't get this up sooner, but my computer decided that it would only let me type on this one and then it died. _ Stupid technology...
Marikay: Please review while she pouts over having to use a Pentium II. ^__^
Mystical Knight Dragon: *kicks computer* O_O PAIN!!!!! *holds foot* Anyways, please do what my muse says...and don't kick computers... Pain......
