Innocence?
Mystical Knight Dragon: Whee! I'm starting this in the middle of typing chapter 12! ^__^ Anyways... I finished this the same day I finished chapter 12, so I obviously didn't get any reviews.
****NOTE --- PLEASE READ!!!!!!! I updated this chapter the same day I uploaded the previous chapter. Make sure you've read the previous chapter and didn't skip it!!!
Disclaimer: *yawn* Lack of sleep is never good. Yeah. I don't own this, but I own your mind!!! MUAHAHAHA!!!!!! *runs off screaming*
Chapter 13: Freedom
~*~Bakura's POV~*~
A voice tried to work its way into my brain, but it wouldn't decode properly. I could feel the blood sliding down my back in sheets. Pain was scorching through my body, and it seemed to double each time that fucking whip crashed into me again.
Where the *hell* was my hikari?!
//Ryou!// I shouted through the link. I tried to keep my sobs away, but I don't think it was working too well. //Where are you?//
I heard something behind me, and Ryou's voice echoed through my mind. I couldn't understand a word of it, though. My mind seemed to be flipping back to ancient Egyptian. Ra, where the hell was he?!?!
I felt the whip slice through my skin again. A few more words shot through the air. I expected to feel the whip again, but it never came.
//Ryou?// I sent again. I wanted him here with me. I don't know why; I just did. It just seemed right.
/I'm right here, yami./ ...Well that was pretty new. Was he there the whole time...? Ra, I hope not. I don't want him to see me cry.
I took a deep breath, trying to ebb away the pain. You'd think that now that the whip wasn't upon me that the pain would begin to vanish. Unfortunately, that information is incorrect. It was as if thousands of white-hot needles were pressing deep into every centimeter of my skin.
//I'm sorry.//
/For what?/
Hmm... I wonder... Do the words "me-forcing-you-to-go-near-a-dead-body" ring a bell?
//I'm sorry I made you go near that dumpster. I shouldn't have been so selfish. I knew you didn't like it. I'm sorry.//
/Bakura! It's not your fault! You didn't know! I---/
Just then, laughter sliced through the air. Immediately, I knew who was laughing and at whom.
//He's laughing at you.//
/I---What?/
Hmm... Could I have made it any plainer...?
//He's laughing at you.// I repeated that a bit slowly, and I hope I didn't offend him. He can have a nasty temper sometimes... //I'd beat him up, but I don't know if I can stand.//
I felt the link break, and I was back to only hearing things in Egyptian. For some reason, just talking to my other half for that short amount of time made me feel loads better. It's funny how things can work out that way...
I heard footsteps. R-Ryou was leaving?! But why?!?!
//RYOU!!!!!// I shouted after him. No answer. Either he was ignoring me, or something terrible happened. I seriously hoped it was the former, although I'd still be seriously pissed if it was...
The whip was going back to slicing me to pieces. If I didn't know better, I would think that they were trying to kill me... Too bad it takes a lot more than whips to kill a spirit of a Millennium Item.
I might not die, but I could still feel pain.
Tons of it.
After my back had had that break, it was burning even more now that it was being tortured again. What the hell was going on?!
And then my hearing was increased. I could hear everything, including English. I heard the blood squelch from my back as the whip sliced through it again. I heard footsteps cantering down the hall and into the room.
It's too late.
You can't save me.
I'm broken.
He's gone.
You can't save me.
I felt the whip slash through the air again. I braced myself, but I knew I could do nothing to stop the pain that was to launch itself upon me.
"Stop!!!" a voice yelled. The whip slashed through me, but stopped after that one. Another wrenching sob wracked through my body. Tears slipped down my face and fell to the ground, joining the others that had been there for awhile. "Bakura's free! Some kid just gave us his bank account number and card for bail money!"
The man holding the whip seemed furious. "Why should I care about some fucking bank number? Just take the money, and let me get on with killing this worthless piece of shit!" That did it. No one calls me a worthless piece of shit and walks away with their mind intact. I tried to stand up, but couldn't even manage a wiggle. I was just too exhausted. My eyes slid shut, and I went into a half-doze.
When I opened them back up, I saw Marik's face looming over mine.
"The baka's awake," he said to his hikari, who was standing on the other side of me.
"Where am I...?" I asked sleepily. My back still felt like it was on fire, but it wasn't as bad as before.
"You're at my house," said Malik, bringing me a glass of water. I didn't take it, though. Other matters were more important at the moment.
"Where's Ryou?"
Malik and Marik exchanged glances. "Last I remember," said Marik slowly, "was that he was with you. In that jail place or whatever it's called."
"The police called us and told us that someone had bailed you out," explained Malik. "They told us to give you this" --- he handed me my hikari's bank card --- "and give it back to Ryou."
I closed my eyes again. I needed to contact my hikari. Today was just getting too much for me to handle. All I wanted to do was to go take a nap on the soft bed awaiting me inside the Ring. Oh, shit! The Ring!
"They gave us your stuff back, too," continued Malik. He pointed to a cardboard box next to me. I took a deep breath and tried to contact my hikari again.
'That should be *me* in Mokuba's place - not someone that innocent! I deserve to get shot. To die.'
I had no idea what was going on, but that didn't sound too good. What the hell was Ryou talking about...? //Ryou?!//
'Damn it. Why does he have to bother me *now* of all times?'
Oh, so now I'm a bother...? I'll show him!
//To save you from yourself. Now, Ryou: Where the hell are you?!?!//
/I'm safe./ Wow. That's reassuring. He just had about the most suicidal thought I ever heard him think of, and now he's saying he's safe. Yeah right. /No harm can come to me right now./ But where *are* you?!?! /Don't worry about me. Just get my bank card from the cops and change my account number whenever you get out of jail./
Well, that'll be easy. I'm already out of jail and have the bank card in my hands. //That's what I wanted to talk to you about. I wanted to thank you for getting me out of that hell hole without even knowing why I was there.// Wait a minute... If he didn't know why I was there, then... I'm confused. //Or did you know why I was there?//
/Marik told me./
I'd yell at him later. //Yeah... I guess that son of a bitch would know that.//
/Is my bank account safe?/ I could tell he was pointedly avoiding my question. Usually it meant that he wasn't telling the truth, but I was too exhausted to stretch that point now.
//Yeah. The cop gave me your bank card just as he stepped in to the room.// Fighting lies with lies. A snippet of a song popped in my head: "And no one knows..." I heard that song only once, and it's been haunting me ever since. Stupid modern day technology... //Told me I was free. But let's not talk about that now. All I want to know is where you are.//
/I'm on a bus./
Wow. That's helpful.
//What the hell is a bus?!//
Silence.
The song began to circle over and over in my head, driving me insane. Why wasn't Ryou answering?! He couldn't have forgotten that I was there, could he...?
//Ryou?//
/Bakura. Can't talk now. Long story. Tell it later./
Well, that does it. I'm thoroughly confused now. I have no idea what's going on. And I want some answers - NOW!
//Ryou! What the fuck is happening?!// He can't ignore me now that I'm pissed.
The link shut off.
Oh, he's going to be one sorry son of a bitch when I see him again...
"What's going on?" Malik asked eagerly. "Did you contact Ryou?"
"Yeah, I contacted him." I sighed. This was turning out to be one long day... "He wouldn't tell me where he was, though."
"We'll help you find him," said Marik quietly. I looked up at him, and he looked away.
"Thanks," I said just as quietly. I decided to try contacting him one more time.
//Ryou! Where are you? I'm coming to get you!//
/I told you I can't talk right now. I'll tell you later./
That was it. I had to find him.
I opened my eyes only to find Malik and Marik staring down at me.
"I have to find him," I told them. "I think something's happened."
"I'll call the police for some help." Malik got up and was halfway to the phone when what he said sank in.
"Don't call them!" I hissed. "Think about where I just was!"
"Not the local police," Malik said. He tried to sound reassuring, but I wasn't in the least bit calmed. "It'll be all right. Really. Do you want to find your hikari or not?"
I dropped my gaze. He was right. We would probably need all the help we could get.
I felt something touch my shoulder and looked over to see Marik's hand there. "We'll find him," he said softly. "I know we will."
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Mystical Knight Dragon: How's that for a sappy chapter? *rolls eyes* Anyways, please review.
Mystical Knight Dragon: Whee! I'm starting this in the middle of typing chapter 12! ^__^ Anyways... I finished this the same day I finished chapter 12, so I obviously didn't get any reviews.
****NOTE --- PLEASE READ!!!!!!! I updated this chapter the same day I uploaded the previous chapter. Make sure you've read the previous chapter and didn't skip it!!!
Disclaimer: *yawn* Lack of sleep is never good. Yeah. I don't own this, but I own your mind!!! MUAHAHAHA!!!!!! *runs off screaming*
Chapter 13: Freedom
~*~Bakura's POV~*~
A voice tried to work its way into my brain, but it wouldn't decode properly. I could feel the blood sliding down my back in sheets. Pain was scorching through my body, and it seemed to double each time that fucking whip crashed into me again.
Where the *hell* was my hikari?!
//Ryou!// I shouted through the link. I tried to keep my sobs away, but I don't think it was working too well. //Where are you?//
I heard something behind me, and Ryou's voice echoed through my mind. I couldn't understand a word of it, though. My mind seemed to be flipping back to ancient Egyptian. Ra, where the hell was he?!?!
I felt the whip slice through my skin again. A few more words shot through the air. I expected to feel the whip again, but it never came.
//Ryou?// I sent again. I wanted him here with me. I don't know why; I just did. It just seemed right.
/I'm right here, yami./ ...Well that was pretty new. Was he there the whole time...? Ra, I hope not. I don't want him to see me cry.
I took a deep breath, trying to ebb away the pain. You'd think that now that the whip wasn't upon me that the pain would begin to vanish. Unfortunately, that information is incorrect. It was as if thousands of white-hot needles were pressing deep into every centimeter of my skin.
//I'm sorry.//
/For what?/
Hmm... I wonder... Do the words "me-forcing-you-to-go-near-a-dead-body" ring a bell?
//I'm sorry I made you go near that dumpster. I shouldn't have been so selfish. I knew you didn't like it. I'm sorry.//
/Bakura! It's not your fault! You didn't know! I---/
Just then, laughter sliced through the air. Immediately, I knew who was laughing and at whom.
//He's laughing at you.//
/I---What?/
Hmm... Could I have made it any plainer...?
//He's laughing at you.// I repeated that a bit slowly, and I hope I didn't offend him. He can have a nasty temper sometimes... //I'd beat him up, but I don't know if I can stand.//
I felt the link break, and I was back to only hearing things in Egyptian. For some reason, just talking to my other half for that short amount of time made me feel loads better. It's funny how things can work out that way...
I heard footsteps. R-Ryou was leaving?! But why?!?!
//RYOU!!!!!// I shouted after him. No answer. Either he was ignoring me, or something terrible happened. I seriously hoped it was the former, although I'd still be seriously pissed if it was...
The whip was going back to slicing me to pieces. If I didn't know better, I would think that they were trying to kill me... Too bad it takes a lot more than whips to kill a spirit of a Millennium Item.
I might not die, but I could still feel pain.
Tons of it.
After my back had had that break, it was burning even more now that it was being tortured again. What the hell was going on?!
And then my hearing was increased. I could hear everything, including English. I heard the blood squelch from my back as the whip sliced through it again. I heard footsteps cantering down the hall and into the room.
It's too late.
You can't save me.
I'm broken.
He's gone.
You can't save me.
I felt the whip slash through the air again. I braced myself, but I knew I could do nothing to stop the pain that was to launch itself upon me.
"Stop!!!" a voice yelled. The whip slashed through me, but stopped after that one. Another wrenching sob wracked through my body. Tears slipped down my face and fell to the ground, joining the others that had been there for awhile. "Bakura's free! Some kid just gave us his bank account number and card for bail money!"
The man holding the whip seemed furious. "Why should I care about some fucking bank number? Just take the money, and let me get on with killing this worthless piece of shit!" That did it. No one calls me a worthless piece of shit and walks away with their mind intact. I tried to stand up, but couldn't even manage a wiggle. I was just too exhausted. My eyes slid shut, and I went into a half-doze.
When I opened them back up, I saw Marik's face looming over mine.
"The baka's awake," he said to his hikari, who was standing on the other side of me.
"Where am I...?" I asked sleepily. My back still felt like it was on fire, but it wasn't as bad as before.
"You're at my house," said Malik, bringing me a glass of water. I didn't take it, though. Other matters were more important at the moment.
"Where's Ryou?"
Malik and Marik exchanged glances. "Last I remember," said Marik slowly, "was that he was with you. In that jail place or whatever it's called."
"The police called us and told us that someone had bailed you out," explained Malik. "They told us to give you this" --- he handed me my hikari's bank card --- "and give it back to Ryou."
I closed my eyes again. I needed to contact my hikari. Today was just getting too much for me to handle. All I wanted to do was to go take a nap on the soft bed awaiting me inside the Ring. Oh, shit! The Ring!
"They gave us your stuff back, too," continued Malik. He pointed to a cardboard box next to me. I took a deep breath and tried to contact my hikari again.
'That should be *me* in Mokuba's place - not someone that innocent! I deserve to get shot. To die.'
I had no idea what was going on, but that didn't sound too good. What the hell was Ryou talking about...? //Ryou?!//
'Damn it. Why does he have to bother me *now* of all times?'
Oh, so now I'm a bother...? I'll show him!
//To save you from yourself. Now, Ryou: Where the hell are you?!?!//
/I'm safe./ Wow. That's reassuring. He just had about the most suicidal thought I ever heard him think of, and now he's saying he's safe. Yeah right. /No harm can come to me right now./ But where *are* you?!?! /Don't worry about me. Just get my bank card from the cops and change my account number whenever you get out of jail./
Well, that'll be easy. I'm already out of jail and have the bank card in my hands. //That's what I wanted to talk to you about. I wanted to thank you for getting me out of that hell hole without even knowing why I was there.// Wait a minute... If he didn't know why I was there, then... I'm confused. //Or did you know why I was there?//
/Marik told me./
I'd yell at him later. //Yeah... I guess that son of a bitch would know that.//
/Is my bank account safe?/ I could tell he was pointedly avoiding my question. Usually it meant that he wasn't telling the truth, but I was too exhausted to stretch that point now.
//Yeah. The cop gave me your bank card just as he stepped in to the room.// Fighting lies with lies. A snippet of a song popped in my head: "And no one knows..." I heard that song only once, and it's been haunting me ever since. Stupid modern day technology... //Told me I was free. But let's not talk about that now. All I want to know is where you are.//
/I'm on a bus./
Wow. That's helpful.
//What the hell is a bus?!//
Silence.
The song began to circle over and over in my head, driving me insane. Why wasn't Ryou answering?! He couldn't have forgotten that I was there, could he...?
//Ryou?//
/Bakura. Can't talk now. Long story. Tell it later./
Well, that does it. I'm thoroughly confused now. I have no idea what's going on. And I want some answers - NOW!
//Ryou! What the fuck is happening?!// He can't ignore me now that I'm pissed.
The link shut off.
Oh, he's going to be one sorry son of a bitch when I see him again...
"What's going on?" Malik asked eagerly. "Did you contact Ryou?"
"Yeah, I contacted him." I sighed. This was turning out to be one long day... "He wouldn't tell me where he was, though."
"We'll help you find him," said Marik quietly. I looked up at him, and he looked away.
"Thanks," I said just as quietly. I decided to try contacting him one more time.
//Ryou! Where are you? I'm coming to get you!//
/I told you I can't talk right now. I'll tell you later./
That was it. I had to find him.
I opened my eyes only to find Malik and Marik staring down at me.
"I have to find him," I told them. "I think something's happened."
"I'll call the police for some help." Malik got up and was halfway to the phone when what he said sank in.
"Don't call them!" I hissed. "Think about where I just was!"
"Not the local police," Malik said. He tried to sound reassuring, but I wasn't in the least bit calmed. "It'll be all right. Really. Do you want to find your hikari or not?"
I dropped my gaze. He was right. We would probably need all the help we could get.
I felt something touch my shoulder and looked over to see Marik's hand there. "We'll find him," he said softly. "I know we will."
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Mystical Knight Dragon: How's that for a sappy chapter? *rolls eyes* Anyways, please review.
