Chapter 7
(Jenrya:.Thanks for the reviews!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!!! I was about to give up on this fanfic.... If I don't get 12 reviews on this chapter, I'm not continuing and you'll never know how the story ends! AND I MEAN IT!! I also do not own Crayola. OR Escaflowne. OR ASTRO BOY!! Or Gravitation. BTW, I happen to like Gravitation. Now leave me alone.)
Bakura P.O.V
I smelt the sweet smell of flowers and the beautiful chirping of birds outside my window. A rainbow was visible after the cool rain slightly drenched the flowers....
And then I woke up.
As I rolled over to turn off the alarm clock, I realized that Kaiba's room was very...dark. In the corner of the room sat a vase with what I supposed was a rose, but it was faded and dead beyond further recognition. I frowned. This room really needs some cheering up! I got up and walked over to Kaiba's room, and peeked in to see if I should wake him up or not. But the room was empty, and as I went downstairs, I saw Kaiba over the stove cooking something. He scratched his eyes and then said hi to me.
"Whatcha cooking?" I asked, trying to peer over his shoulder. Kaiba glared at me with my own light brown eyes and he still managed to freak me out. He turned to the pans in front of him again.
"Pancakes. And french toast." Kaiba muttered, turning over a pancake and sugaring a piece of french toast at the same time. "I hate cooking."
"Then why didn't you get the cook to...um, cook." I asked.
"He doesn't work today, that's why. I'm in charge of all the cooking on weekends." Kaiba walked over to the coffee machine, turned it off and then poured himself a huge cup. "You take milk or cream with your coffee?" Kaiba muttered. He seemed to be doing a lot of muttering today, I can tell you that much.
"I don't drink coffee. I'm more of a tea person." I answered.
"Damn hippy." Kaiba said coldly. He grabbed his cup and smirked at me. "You'll go insane without coffee, you'll see."
"And why is that?"
"If I don't drink at least two cups a day, then it's metabolic meltdown for me." Kaiba said, drinking the cup in three sips.
"Ah, you are officially weird." I said, smiling.
"Never said I wasn't." Kaiba answered back.
After breakfast, we went outside to buy some stuff for this thing we were having for school. It was a small project, and luckily Kaiba and I were in the same group. The project was on, "The Soul and Body". With that title, make up anything you want. Jounouchi and Yugi were in our group too, but Honda and Anzu were in another group. We were going to meet Jou and Yugi at the mall to buy our supplies. Kaiba threw some of the clothes he would wear at me, and I did the same. Then, we went to opposite rooms and changed. Kaiba walked out first, and when I went out, Kaiba glared at me.
"No 'happy-go-lucky' today, understand? Mokuba is already on to us, and Yugi knows. If Jounouchi finds out, he'll never let me live it down." Kaiba said, making a sharp turn and walking down the stairs.
"Well, you HAVE to act 'happy-go-lucky' today, yah hear?" I said, smiling evilly.
"I'll just pretend I have laryngitis. You cannot. For I never get sick." A smirk flashed across his face. "That way I won't have to do any talking whatsoever."
We arrived to the mall ten minutes late, due to the fact that Kaiba kept telling me what to do and what not to do, and I was mostly telling him what to do. When we got there, Yugi was smiling at us and Jounouchi was glaring at me with daggers. Because I'm Kaiba, the guy no one in the world likes or will EVER like.
I took out the list of the things we had to buy and read off the first thing, markers & crayons. Yugi decided to get that, considering it would be kind of humiliating for the rest of us (who actually looked like High School students) to go into a store and ask where the Crayola is. Jounouchi decided to get the scotch tape and glue, since it was in the same store as where Yugi would get his stuff. I decided to get paper and poster board, while Kaiba got the last thing, which was research books. Yes, research books. It was Kaiba's decision to get those, so Kaiba decided to buy them with his own money in order to have the best possible project. Just when we were about to separate, Kaiba let out a little laugh and told me that I had to get the books, since I was technically Kaiba now. I frowned and stated that I had no money with me now, but Kaiba handed me fifty dollars and pushed me toward the book store. He then whispered that he had a book waiting there and asked if I could pick it up but not look through it. I agreed.
So, I entered the book store, and looked around. I found a few books on the topic of body and mind, and bought the best ones. When I walked over to the cashier to pay for it, the lady looked up at me for a whole minute before snapping her fingers. "You're Seto Kaiba, no?" I nodded, trying not to look at her in the eye or else she'd ask for an autograph or tips on dueling. (At that point I made another mental point on how Kaiba's life stunk, but anyway...) She didn't. She just typed something in the computer and asked for my ID. I showed it to her, and she looked at it. She nodded, handed it back to me, and handed me a book. I couldn't help myself from reading the front cover before she placed it in a bag for me.
'Forgetting the Pain Within'.....
I took the book, and placed the other books I wanted to buy on the table. She took my money, and gave me my change. Before I left, she gave me my receipt and told me, to 'Have a nice day, and please, come again!' in a monotonous voice. As I walked through the mall, I couldn't help but pick up the book in some corner and flip through it. There was a whole chapter on abuse and 2 chapters on parent death. I might want to borrow this book myself. For the abuse part, of course. Because you see, my Yami would kill me once this was all over. Well, not kill me. He keeps on saying that the only reason I wasn't dead by now was because he needed my body. Sigh....
I saw Kaiba walk toward me, carrying paper and a huge poster board. I quickly put the book back in it's bag. I squinted and already saw that the back of the poster board had, in tiny writing, a layout of what we where going to do. He runs an extremely successful computer and electronics company at the age of 15; you can't expect anything less. Kaiba didn't look mad, so I guess he didn't see me look through his book. Or else he would have given me a HUGE paper cut with the poster board. I let out a little mental laugh as I imagined Kaiba chasing after me with a huge posterboard, trying to cut me.
Kaiba looked around.
"Where's Jounouchi and Yugi?" He asked in a kind, sweet voice. He mimicked me so well when he wanted to. So well that even I couldn't believe it!
"I'm not too sure. They should be done now, should they not? Maybe Jounouchi is braiding Yugi's hair now or something pathetic like that." It hurt me to insult my friends like that, but I had no choice. I had to do my best to act like Kaiba one hundred percent. Which meant being an asshole.
"Haha, very funny, Kaiba. But I don't do braids." Jounouchi said from around the corner, glaring at me.
"Oh look, the boy with amazing umbrella hair arrives. Yippy." I said. I heard the real Kaiba snicker quietly under his hand.
"Oh, you are so gonna get it!" Jounouchi got up to attack me, but Yugi grabbed his shirt and gave me worried look, and mouthed quickly, 'Don't get yourself beat up!' I nodded at him in agreement.
"Um, so, how about we all head over to my house and work on the project? Hm?" Kaiba said. Everyone grunted 'yes', and we all headed toward Kaiba's house. (Which was really MY house, but this whole damn soul switching thing...) Once we actually got there, Kaiba fumbled with my keys a lot and it took 10 minutes for us to actually step into the house. Then Kaiba waited a moment to try and remember where his room was supposed to be. Remember, he spent a lot of time at the Kaiba Mansion since the switch. He wasn't accustomed to my house yet. He always complained that it was small. And empty.
Once he remembered, he led us up the stairs, and to my room. When I walked in, I was surprised. The room was so clean. I wasn't exactly a messy person or anything, it's just that my room usually has a few papers on the floor and things like that. You know, like a NORMAL teenager! But now, there wasn't even a speck of dust anywhere! I mentally nodded my approval over the state of the room.
"OK, here, chapter 4, paragraph 2, line 3, sentence 2, 'It is said that the body and the soul are in fact two different entities. The body is merely the physical being, while the soul contains the thoughts, and emotions, of an individual.'" Kaiba continued reading aloud from the book, his voice strong and powerful. Not once did he stutter or mispronounce something. I sighed, and sat on the floor, taking notes of what he was saying.
Hell, they don't call him a genius for nothing.
Kaiba P.O.V.
Once our project was completed; it took 4 hours and 27 minutes to get everything done, everyone went home. Except, of course, Bakura. And surprisingly, Yugi. So, in truth, only Jounouchi went home, and he only left because Yugi almost forced him out the door. (Even though, considering the fact that Jounouchi was significantly taller then Yugi, chances are that Jounouchi would have shoved Yugi out the door if he wished it.) I stood there, with a pretty good idea of why Yugi was staying.
"Well, Kaiba–" Yugi said, staring at Bakura.
"I'm Kaiba." I said quickly.
"Oh, yeah. Right. Sorry about that. Anyway, Kaiba, I was speaking to my Yami, and he said he found a way to switch you two back."
"Really? HOW?" Both Bakura and I said at the same time.
"Yami thinks that you both thought something at the same time. So, all you need to do is genuinely think of something at the exact same time to switch back." Yugi said, making it sound simple.
"What do you mean, 'genuinely'?" I asked, wanting to know all the details. I missed my body, and my normal life!!
"Well, you can't say, 'On the count of three, think of this!' No. You have to think of something at the same time and you can't inform each other of it or anything like that." Yugi said.
"That's it?" Bakura asked, happy.
"Um, well, Yami predicts it'll take a few more months for that to actually happen."
"A few more months?! I can't wait that long! Kaiba Corporations stocks fell .023 percent over the last two weeks!! At this rate, I'll go bankrupt!" I said, beginning to go into hysterics. I wanted my body back now! Not later! I hate waiting!
"Well, that's the only way. Got to go, or Grandpa will kill me! Bye!" Yugi said, leaving the room.
"But–"
"Bye Yugi! And thank your Yami for us!" Bakura said sweetly.
"My god, I never though I'd hear that coming out of Kaiba's mouth, ever!"
"It's not my mouth!!" I said, my temper slowly rising.
"I know, I know..." Yugi said, rolling his eyes and leaving the room. I sighed deeply. Will this terrible nightmare ever end?
Bakura P.O.V
I rubbed my eyes. I was just so tired...and the project took a while longer then I had thought. Kaiba was sitting in his little corner, brooding about random things. I always imagined my Yami looking like that. A brooding, crouched figure, with a dark and shallow face. I thought back to what Kaiba had said earlier,
"'It is said that the body and the soul are in fact two different entities. The body is merely the physical being, while the soul contains the thoughts, and emotions, of an individual.'"
No wonder me and Kaiba were able to switch bodies. And I guess that's why when we switched, our features changed. Kaiba's face, now belonging to me, became brighter, happier. His harsh voice softened, and to everyone around him, he seemed to be in an amazingly good mood. But my face, which is usually bright, is now dark. I always thought that my Yami looked just like me, but I guess since the whole soul and body thing is really true, then he probably looks just like Kaiba does now. I wonder...if Kaiba had a Yami, what would it look like? I guess since Kaiba is such a bitter person to begin with, he might have a Hikari instead....
Kaiba rummaged through his pocket suddenly. He muttered. His hands clenched into a fist, nearly ripping the carpet out of the floor. I gave him a worried look.
"What is wrong with you?"
"I want my body back. I'm just thinking of stuff and hoping you think of it too...." Kaiba closed his eyes, and his face turned white.
Kaiba P.O.V
Visions passed quickly through my head. I heard Bakura call my name. Memories passed through my mind endlessly. I pulled out and grabbed one. A shock, like someone threw ice-cold water on me, engulfed my head.
"Bakura! Hahaha...how sweet of you!" A beautiful white haired woman said, holding her son in her lap. She held a hand made card in one hand, and clumsily held a rose and her son in the other. Her warm smile and eyes made it obvious she was Bakura's mother, but her face looked pale and thin, as if she was slightly sickly. Bakura, being no older then 5, held his mother in a tight embrace. His hands couldn't wrap the whole way around her skinny waist, but she didn't care. She merely held him right back, softly caressing his hair. Bakura's joy rang through the room, his smile was like a beacon of light. So much love was in the room....so much happiness...
I opened my eyes, only to find Bakura hunched over me, his face frowning. He jerked his head to one side, inspecting me. "What's wrong? Another vision?" Bakura asked.
"No...it was nothing."
Bakura laughed. "Guess who I just thought of?"
"Amuse me."
"Hitomi from Escaflowne!"
"Um....why?"
"'What's wrong? Another vision?'"
I scanned my memory banks for anything that was even remotely related to what he was saying. "I don't get it."
"She always used to have visions in Gaia that would end up saving Van or his Guymelef or Allen from danger. But once, she had this weird vision that she thought came true but it really came true later on in the episode and so she was like, 'Oh no! VAN! My vision wasn't about before! It was about now! LOOK OUT!' I think it had to do with Dilandau before and had to do with bounty hunters after...." Bakura said, trailing off.
"I'm am so lost, it's not even funny. Whose Van, her car?" I asked.
"No, no! Gosh, don't tell me you've NEVER seen Escaflowne!! Huge robots, a guy with wings, another guy who was a knight with really long hair, another guy with short silver hair who liked fire–"
Robots, and a lot of guys. "Is this a queer show?" I asked. "Don't worry, you can be honest. Yaoi's are common these days." I said reassuringly. Even I, the great Seto Kaiba, watched the first 20 minutes of the first episode of Gravitation. I actually liked it....before I finally realized that Shuichi was gay and in love with Yuki. I thought Shuichi was a girl until the end, before that I found myself saying how cute a couple Shuichi and Yuki were. I watched 3 hours of Shinto prayers to make up for that disgusting kiss in the end of the episode that forced me to change the channel.
"NO! Never mind..." Bakura said, tired of trying to explain. He rubbed his eyes and laughed a little. "Have you ever seen any cartoons in your mature and short life?"
"The first 20 minutes of Gravitation."
"I like that show!! But, how about when you were younger! Come on Kaiba! When you were younger, what did you used to watch? Before your parents–" I stopped myself, realizing what I was about to say.
"It's ok." Kaiba smiled a tiny, itty bitty smile. "I don't remember them that well anyway. I can't really....miss what I never knew I had, now can I?"
"No, I'm still sorry..."
"Astro Boy."
"Huh?"
"By Osamu Tezuka? I used to watch that show all the time...it was pretty old, but I remember that every week, my mom would sit with me and we'd watch it. She giggled every time Astro Boy appeared on screen. She thought he looked adorable. My dad thought the show was meant for pedophiles or something, because you know, Astro doesn't wear a shirt and flies around in his underwear...."
"Is this a queer show?"
"No!!"
"Don't worry Kaiba boy...it's nothing to be ashamed of!" Bakura said teasingly. He sat down next to me on the floor.
"Don't call me Kaiba boy or I'll be forced to shove a fork in your eye."
"It's technically not my eye."
"But you'll feel the pain." I answered smartly.
"Kaiba, the one eyed wonder!!! Watch in awe as the multi-millionaire walks around Tokyo, with one eye! THE CYCLOPS!!! AHHHHH!!!" I kicked Bakura awkwardly from my angle. Bakura laughed and rubbed his leg. "You know Kaiba....you really are a nice guy..."
I edged away from Bakura in fear. No queer passes on me tonight....I'm not ready for any type of relationship, and I am not gay!!
"I don't mean it like that, you jerk!!" Bakura wacked my arm, his face red.
"Yaoi lover..."
"You admitted to watching Gravitation!!"
"I thought he was a girl!!!"
"Who?"
"Shuichi."
"I thought Yuki was a girl before he started talking." Bakura admitted. I stood up, and walked out of the room. My face was red and I felt disgusted. How could I assume Bakura would do something like that to me? I thought I understood him....and we won't be able to switch back unless we have a total understanding between us.
I sighed. It will still be a very long time before we can switch back.
A very long time.
Bakura P.O.V.
I sighed and laid on my bed. My body ached, and my muscles groaned. They had
been causing me pain for some time now.
As I was pondering about my old bone, the bell rang furiously. I answered the door, only to see Yugi, covered in sweat and panting.
"Bakura! Thank god I found you! I've been looking everywhere!" Yugi grabbed onto my sleeve, gasping and wheezing.
"Get Kaiba, now!" I ran to the other side of the house and yelled out his name. He didn't show up. I thought for a minute, and thought of something else.
"Bakura!!"
Kaiba ran downstairs, his steps mimicking the real Bakura's. Yugi bit his lip anxiously.
"When do you think you'll switch back.? Hmmm?" I shrugged.
"Anywhere from right now to next year to never. I don't know." I wandered over to the stairs to lean on them. I've been feeling rather stiff lately—
"You guys are gonna die."
(Jenrya Lee: MY GOD, MY WRITERS BLOCK WAS SO EVILLL! I AM SO SORRY! I've got about two-four more chapters. It'll probably round down to about 3. Don't worry hehehe….I'll post the next chapter fast.
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