Double Meaning
gninaeM elbuoD
(( Mondai Senshi ))
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Yeah, I know, I didn't use my newly-introduced vocabulary. X3 I thought I was gonna, but I guess I couldn't fit it into that chapter. I'll try to make good use of it, though...
Disclaimer: None of the characters in this fic belong to me, and no profit is being made in writing this story.
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Ryou walked down the sidewalk absent-mindedly the next day. He continuously bumped into people and mumbled his apologies, then continued to walk. He came to the Kame Game Shop and hesitantly walked to the door and pushed it open. Sugaroku Motoh greeted him kindly and asked how he could be of help, then called Yuugi downstairs by Ryou's request. Ryou politely asked Yuugi if they could talk a bit more privately, and followed Yuugi outside, then they began to walk the streets.
"So, then," Yuugi asked after a few minutes, "What did you want to talk about?"
Ryou continued to stare at the sidewalk. "The spirit of the ring," he answered simply. "He's been too quiet lately, I'm worried."
Yuugi almost brushed the problem off as a blessing, but the look in Ryou's eyes told him that it was serious. He questioned him further. "How so?" The spirit of the puzzle gained interest and appeared beside Yuugi.
"The other day I asked about ancient egypt, so he showed me-"
Yuugi interrupted, "Showed? How did he do that?"
"I'm not entirely sure, but we were in his soul room, and I think he used the magic of the millenium ring."
Yuugi's spirit answered more clearly. "There is a way to call upon memories as the inhabitants know them by using the millenium items. Unfortunately, I have no clear memories, so the attempts would have prooved useless for me."
Ryou looked up at Yuugi, who had not said anything after Ryou last answered. "Any thoughts?"
Yuugi shook his head. "Not yet. What did he show you?"
"He showed me a memory of ancient egypt, volunteering to help build the pharoah's pyramid, and a massacre of a village."
Yuugi stopped then. "A massacre?"
Yami Yuugi, too, stopped. "An entire village? Strange..." Yuugi looked at his spirit in an attempt to understand, so he continued. "Most things that people mention are familiar to me, and sometimes even bring extensive, if fragmented, memories to my mind. But this slaughter... I don't recall any attacks on a village. What village could it have been?"
Bakura appeared, suddenly, between Ryou and Yuugi's spirit. "Conveniant that you would have no recollection of my village, is is not? Than you could not have known that I was a sole survivor of the village of Kuruelna, could you?"
The pharoah's spirit looked at the spirit of the thief as though trying to understand a foreign language. "I remember Kuruelna village. I remember... Akunadin had horrible news that night. It had been attacked by bandits, everything was destroyed. There were no survivors, and nothing of value was left in the city."
If the spirit of the puzzle had anything more to say, Bakura would not let him continue. "So, then, I was worthless even as a child." He vanished, feeling his emotions raging stronger than he would have liked. Bakura could not show a weakness in the presence of the pharoah.
Ryou looked to Yuugi for understanding. The two boys had both heard only half of the conversation. Yami Yuugi nodded his head to Yuugi before vanishing again into the puzzle. Yuugi opened his mouth to speak, but suddenly heard Katsuya Jonouchi call from behind him, saying that the group was headed out for burgers. Yuugi turned to Ryou, again. "I don't suppose you'd like to come with us?"
Ryou half-grinned. "I'm afraid the spirit of the ring may have my head for that. Maybe next time."
Yuugi grinned and nodded, too. "Just be careful. I know it won't help the situation, but I really don't trust him."
Ryou nodded, then bade Yuugi goodbye before turning and heading home again.
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Several minutes later, Bakura's form appeared before Ryou. "I don't appreciate that."
Ryou did not expect this, and nearly tripped over his own feet. When he recovered, he replied simply. "Don't appreciate what?"
Bakura had a kind of a scowl on his face, his eyes slanted in deep frustration. "The pharoah is the last person I had wanted to see at the time."
Ryou grinned innocently. "Forgive me, yami-dono, I had no way of knowing. You wouldn't talk to me."
Bakura growled, "Then maybe you should have taken the hint that I did not want to be bothered!"
"Was I supposed to know that the spirit of the puzzle bothered you?" Ryou continued to play innocent.
Bakura frowned, still. "I have never gotten along with him, you knew that very well."
Ryou shook his head heavily. "If I had known, I would never have gone to talk to him. I just assumed that you were always in a bad mood."
Bakura stopped moving, making Ryou stand still from having not expected that. "I'd like to talk to you in my soul room, if you don't mind."
Ryou frowned. "I can't exactly pass out while I'm standing in the middle of the street, now, can I?"
"Sit down," Bakura answered simply.
If he had been talking to anybody else, Ryou would have taken that as a joke of sorts. But he shrugged and leaned against a building on the sidewalk, then let his body fall limp as he entered the hallway between his and Bakura's soul rooms again.
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Nnh, that chapter felt unproductive. Oo` Yes, I do believe that I am coming to the great conflict of the story. Oh, what fun this shall be.
gninaeM elbuoD
(( Mondai Senshi ))
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Yeah, I know, I didn't use my newly-introduced vocabulary. X3 I thought I was gonna, but I guess I couldn't fit it into that chapter. I'll try to make good use of it, though...
Disclaimer: None of the characters in this fic belong to me, and no profit is being made in writing this story.
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Ryou walked down the sidewalk absent-mindedly the next day. He continuously bumped into people and mumbled his apologies, then continued to walk. He came to the Kame Game Shop and hesitantly walked to the door and pushed it open. Sugaroku Motoh greeted him kindly and asked how he could be of help, then called Yuugi downstairs by Ryou's request. Ryou politely asked Yuugi if they could talk a bit more privately, and followed Yuugi outside, then they began to walk the streets.
"So, then," Yuugi asked after a few minutes, "What did you want to talk about?"
Ryou continued to stare at the sidewalk. "The spirit of the ring," he answered simply. "He's been too quiet lately, I'm worried."
Yuugi almost brushed the problem off as a blessing, but the look in Ryou's eyes told him that it was serious. He questioned him further. "How so?" The spirit of the puzzle gained interest and appeared beside Yuugi.
"The other day I asked about ancient egypt, so he showed me-"
Yuugi interrupted, "Showed? How did he do that?"
"I'm not entirely sure, but we were in his soul room, and I think he used the magic of the millenium ring."
Yuugi's spirit answered more clearly. "There is a way to call upon memories as the inhabitants know them by using the millenium items. Unfortunately, I have no clear memories, so the attempts would have prooved useless for me."
Ryou looked up at Yuugi, who had not said anything after Ryou last answered. "Any thoughts?"
Yuugi shook his head. "Not yet. What did he show you?"
"He showed me a memory of ancient egypt, volunteering to help build the pharoah's pyramid, and a massacre of a village."
Yuugi stopped then. "A massacre?"
Yami Yuugi, too, stopped. "An entire village? Strange..." Yuugi looked at his spirit in an attempt to understand, so he continued. "Most things that people mention are familiar to me, and sometimes even bring extensive, if fragmented, memories to my mind. But this slaughter... I don't recall any attacks on a village. What village could it have been?"
Bakura appeared, suddenly, between Ryou and Yuugi's spirit. "Conveniant that you would have no recollection of my village, is is not? Than you could not have known that I was a sole survivor of the village of Kuruelna, could you?"
The pharoah's spirit looked at the spirit of the thief as though trying to understand a foreign language. "I remember Kuruelna village. I remember... Akunadin had horrible news that night. It had been attacked by bandits, everything was destroyed. There were no survivors, and nothing of value was left in the city."
If the spirit of the puzzle had anything more to say, Bakura would not let him continue. "So, then, I was worthless even as a child." He vanished, feeling his emotions raging stronger than he would have liked. Bakura could not show a weakness in the presence of the pharoah.
Ryou looked to Yuugi for understanding. The two boys had both heard only half of the conversation. Yami Yuugi nodded his head to Yuugi before vanishing again into the puzzle. Yuugi opened his mouth to speak, but suddenly heard Katsuya Jonouchi call from behind him, saying that the group was headed out for burgers. Yuugi turned to Ryou, again. "I don't suppose you'd like to come with us?"
Ryou half-grinned. "I'm afraid the spirit of the ring may have my head for that. Maybe next time."
Yuugi grinned and nodded, too. "Just be careful. I know it won't help the situation, but I really don't trust him."
Ryou nodded, then bade Yuugi goodbye before turning and heading home again.
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Several minutes later, Bakura's form appeared before Ryou. "I don't appreciate that."
Ryou did not expect this, and nearly tripped over his own feet. When he recovered, he replied simply. "Don't appreciate what?"
Bakura had a kind of a scowl on his face, his eyes slanted in deep frustration. "The pharoah is the last person I had wanted to see at the time."
Ryou grinned innocently. "Forgive me, yami-dono, I had no way of knowing. You wouldn't talk to me."
Bakura growled, "Then maybe you should have taken the hint that I did not want to be bothered!"
"Was I supposed to know that the spirit of the puzzle bothered you?" Ryou continued to play innocent.
Bakura frowned, still. "I have never gotten along with him, you knew that very well."
Ryou shook his head heavily. "If I had known, I would never have gone to talk to him. I just assumed that you were always in a bad mood."
Bakura stopped moving, making Ryou stand still from having not expected that. "I'd like to talk to you in my soul room, if you don't mind."
Ryou frowned. "I can't exactly pass out while I'm standing in the middle of the street, now, can I?"
"Sit down," Bakura answered simply.
If he had been talking to anybody else, Ryou would have taken that as a joke of sorts. But he shrugged and leaned against a building on the sidewalk, then let his body fall limp as he entered the hallway between his and Bakura's soul rooms again.
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Nnh, that chapter felt unproductive. Oo` Yes, I do believe that I am coming to the great conflict of the story. Oh, what fun this shall be.
