Summary: Ryou Bakura is a normal 16 year old boy. He's friends with Yugi
Motou, Joey Wheeler, Tristan, and Tea Gardner, and lives to duel, just like
Yugi (whose grandfather owns a game shop) and Joey. One night, he starts
having the weirdest dreams about someone beating someone else up, and he
wakes up in pain. Before long, will reality start to slip from his grasp,
or is he just imagining things?
Notes: This is not AU, but it is TWT. Which means that even though the people and the place and the cards are still mostly the same, it doesn't follow the same storyline as the episodes. Also, there all of the Yami's in there eventually, but no one knows about them yet.
Warnings: Can be a bit . . . I dunno, but it's not humor. Please read and review. I will be eternally happy.
Sleeping Demons and Crying Angels - Prelude
'Why are my fingers so cold?' he wondered, the thought getting jumbled into his confused mind. 'I can't feel them . . . at all . . .' He slowly turned over onto his back and forced his hands in front of his face. The tips were blue from cold. 'It's so cold . . . why am I here?' He rolled back over again, using all of his waning strength to do so.
'Who torments me so . . .?'
He used his very last bit of energy to curl up into a ball and close his eyes, hoping, if anything, he would fall asleep and never wake up.
-=-=-=-=-=-
Waking with a start, 16 year old Ryou Bakura blinked. He had been having the strangest dream, and it was about some guy who looked incredibly evil beating up someone else. 'Not the best way to start a day,' he thought to himself, sleeping wiping at his eyes to wake up faster. He sat up and looked around the room.
'Why am I so worried?' he thought, and he got out of his bed, heading to the bathroom to take a shower. He was the only one in the house; what with his father on vacation. 'It was only a dream. I think I need to get more sleep if stuff like that is starting to scare me.'
He sighed and pulled off his nightshirt, and was about to turn on the water when he noticed that his fingers were all bruised and red. 'Did I fall asleep on them?' Ryou shook his hand a little. Now that he was fully awake, he could tell that they hurt, and they hurt a lot. 'I can't imagine what I did to them . . . I wonder if I sleepwalk.'
Deciding to deal with it later, Ryou turned the water on in the shower, making it nice and warm, and stepped in. He made sure to clean his hands very thoroughly, but regardless of the fact that it looked like there was blood caked between them, he had not even one cut. By the time he had stepped out of the shower, however, they felt a lot better, and they weren't as red anymore. However, the bruises were a bit more defined; you could see some purple, some black, even some green.
Shrugging into a sweater, Ryou hoped that no one in school would notice the bruises. It wouldn't be a very good answer to say 'I don't know,' but the true was, he didn't know.
-=-=-=-=-=-
"Hey, Ryou, wait up!"
Ryou heard the call and turned around to see his friends Yugi and Joey coming up behind him. They were jogging slightly to catch up to him, so he walked toward them. "Hey guys," he said.
"Geez, are ya deaf or something?" Joey asked, "We only called your name about fifty times."
"Oh, sorry," Ryou said, "I was just thinking about something. Hey, where are Anzu and Triston?"
Yugi grinned a little. "They didn't sleep in and they caught the bus."
"Hey, I could have sworn I set my alarm," Joey said, holding up his hands. "6:30, just like ya asked me to!"
Ryou laughed. "Well, let's not be late then," he said, and the three of them walked quickly to Domino High School. It was a fairly decent day out, and none of them wanted detentions anyway.
'I'm so glad they didn't notice how bruised my fingers are. I should really think of an excuse . . .' Ryou thought to himself while Yugi and Joey talked about going duel after school maybe.
"So you wanna come with?" Joey asked, startling Ryou out of his thoughts once again.
"Sorry, what?" Ryou grinned apologetically. "I'm afraid I'm just a little out of it today."
"Yug' and I are gonna go duel after school. So hows about it? You wanna come with?" Joey asked, clapping Ryou on the back.
Ryou blinked, and then nodded. "Sure, that sounds like fun. But I'll have to stop at home first; I don't have my deck with me right now."
Yugi and Joey nodded, and went back to talking about dueling strategies while Ryou went back to thinking. 'I wonder if they'd buy it if I say I dropped a pan on my fingers.' But would that explain why he had bruises on both hands? 'Heh,' Ryou thought, 'I dropped a pan on one hand and, ummm, since it took me by surprise, it fell on my other hand. Yes, that will work for now.'
And he joined Yugi and Joey in their discussion over Dueling strategies. Dueling was a big thing now; tons of younger kids got the decks and would play the game during recess and after school. Some older kids, like Yugi, Joey, and himself, also got cards, but they played the game a lot more seriously.
Actually, as seriously as they played the game, there was another person more serious then them about it. His name was Seto Kaiba, and, Ryou thought bitterly, he was the richest person that there ever was. Seto Kaiba used a lot of his money to run a dueling shop/ place to duel called Kaiba Land, and that was where anyone who was serious about the game would go play.
In fact, Ryou was so excited about dueling after school that he almost forgot his hands were hurting. At least, until lunch rolled around. He sat down with Yugi (Triston, Tea and Joey were eating off campus) and they both unpacked their lunches. Ryou was just about to bite into his sandwich when Yugi kind of gasped.
"Ryou, what happened to your hands?" Yugi asked, noticing that they were all bruised. "Are you ok? Do you need to go to the nurse or maybe home? I can explain to the teachers if you want."
Ryou shook his head, smiling slightly to lighten the mood. Now that Yugi mentioned his hands, they had started to hurt again. "No, it's ok. Would you believe it? When I went to make breakfast this morning I dropped a pan I was washing on my hand and it slipped on my other hand." 'I don't want to say anything about the dream because I'm sure he won't believe me.'
"Oh, do you need ice or something? You should have told me, Ryou, that must have hurt a lot," Yugi said worriedly.
"Don't worry," Ryou said, smiling again, "I put ice on them and they don't hurt at all anymore." 'At least, they don't hurt that MUCH,' he added to himself.
"Are you sure?" Yugi asked uncertainly, and Ryou nodded.
"Sorry to worry you, Yugi," He added, and Yugi shook his head, meaning 'it's ok, as long as you're ok.'
No one bothered him about his hands for the rest of the afternoon, and Ryou suspected that Yugi had talked to Joey and Tea and Triston about it, so he was quite glad. After school, he waved to Yugi and Joey, calling, "Hey, I'll be over as soon as I get my cards."
They nodded, and Joey said, "Yeah, we'll meet ya there! Don't hurry, though, cause I don't want ya to watch Yugi beat me again!" He grinned and Yugi smiled at him. Ryou ran off in the direction of his house.
He hurried, because he wanted a chance to duel Yugi and he was excited. He had been practicing, so he was pretty sure he could beat Yugi, or at least come pretty close to it.
However, the instant he walked through the door to his house, he blacked out, and the last thing Ryou remembered was that he seemed to be falling forever.
-=-=-=-=-=-
He was still curled up in a ball, and his energy was not coming back. 'Why can't I just die?' he wondered.
Notes: This is not AU, but it is TWT. Which means that even though the people and the place and the cards are still mostly the same, it doesn't follow the same storyline as the episodes. Also, there all of the Yami's in there eventually, but no one knows about them yet.
Warnings: Can be a bit . . . I dunno, but it's not humor. Please read and review. I will be eternally happy.
Sleeping Demons and Crying Angels - Prelude
'Why are my fingers so cold?' he wondered, the thought getting jumbled into his confused mind. 'I can't feel them . . . at all . . .' He slowly turned over onto his back and forced his hands in front of his face. The tips were blue from cold. 'It's so cold . . . why am I here?' He rolled back over again, using all of his waning strength to do so.
'Who torments me so . . .?'
He used his very last bit of energy to curl up into a ball and close his eyes, hoping, if anything, he would fall asleep and never wake up.
-=-=-=-=-=-
Waking with a start, 16 year old Ryou Bakura blinked. He had been having the strangest dream, and it was about some guy who looked incredibly evil beating up someone else. 'Not the best way to start a day,' he thought to himself, sleeping wiping at his eyes to wake up faster. He sat up and looked around the room.
'Why am I so worried?' he thought, and he got out of his bed, heading to the bathroom to take a shower. He was the only one in the house; what with his father on vacation. 'It was only a dream. I think I need to get more sleep if stuff like that is starting to scare me.'
He sighed and pulled off his nightshirt, and was about to turn on the water when he noticed that his fingers were all bruised and red. 'Did I fall asleep on them?' Ryou shook his hand a little. Now that he was fully awake, he could tell that they hurt, and they hurt a lot. 'I can't imagine what I did to them . . . I wonder if I sleepwalk.'
Deciding to deal with it later, Ryou turned the water on in the shower, making it nice and warm, and stepped in. He made sure to clean his hands very thoroughly, but regardless of the fact that it looked like there was blood caked between them, he had not even one cut. By the time he had stepped out of the shower, however, they felt a lot better, and they weren't as red anymore. However, the bruises were a bit more defined; you could see some purple, some black, even some green.
Shrugging into a sweater, Ryou hoped that no one in school would notice the bruises. It wouldn't be a very good answer to say 'I don't know,' but the true was, he didn't know.
-=-=-=-=-=-
"Hey, Ryou, wait up!"
Ryou heard the call and turned around to see his friends Yugi and Joey coming up behind him. They were jogging slightly to catch up to him, so he walked toward them. "Hey guys," he said.
"Geez, are ya deaf or something?" Joey asked, "We only called your name about fifty times."
"Oh, sorry," Ryou said, "I was just thinking about something. Hey, where are Anzu and Triston?"
Yugi grinned a little. "They didn't sleep in and they caught the bus."
"Hey, I could have sworn I set my alarm," Joey said, holding up his hands. "6:30, just like ya asked me to!"
Ryou laughed. "Well, let's not be late then," he said, and the three of them walked quickly to Domino High School. It was a fairly decent day out, and none of them wanted detentions anyway.
'I'm so glad they didn't notice how bruised my fingers are. I should really think of an excuse . . .' Ryou thought to himself while Yugi and Joey talked about going duel after school maybe.
"So you wanna come with?" Joey asked, startling Ryou out of his thoughts once again.
"Sorry, what?" Ryou grinned apologetically. "I'm afraid I'm just a little out of it today."
"Yug' and I are gonna go duel after school. So hows about it? You wanna come with?" Joey asked, clapping Ryou on the back.
Ryou blinked, and then nodded. "Sure, that sounds like fun. But I'll have to stop at home first; I don't have my deck with me right now."
Yugi and Joey nodded, and went back to talking about dueling strategies while Ryou went back to thinking. 'I wonder if they'd buy it if I say I dropped a pan on my fingers.' But would that explain why he had bruises on both hands? 'Heh,' Ryou thought, 'I dropped a pan on one hand and, ummm, since it took me by surprise, it fell on my other hand. Yes, that will work for now.'
And he joined Yugi and Joey in their discussion over Dueling strategies. Dueling was a big thing now; tons of younger kids got the decks and would play the game during recess and after school. Some older kids, like Yugi, Joey, and himself, also got cards, but they played the game a lot more seriously.
Actually, as seriously as they played the game, there was another person more serious then them about it. His name was Seto Kaiba, and, Ryou thought bitterly, he was the richest person that there ever was. Seto Kaiba used a lot of his money to run a dueling shop/ place to duel called Kaiba Land, and that was where anyone who was serious about the game would go play.
In fact, Ryou was so excited about dueling after school that he almost forgot his hands were hurting. At least, until lunch rolled around. He sat down with Yugi (Triston, Tea and Joey were eating off campus) and they both unpacked their lunches. Ryou was just about to bite into his sandwich when Yugi kind of gasped.
"Ryou, what happened to your hands?" Yugi asked, noticing that they were all bruised. "Are you ok? Do you need to go to the nurse or maybe home? I can explain to the teachers if you want."
Ryou shook his head, smiling slightly to lighten the mood. Now that Yugi mentioned his hands, they had started to hurt again. "No, it's ok. Would you believe it? When I went to make breakfast this morning I dropped a pan I was washing on my hand and it slipped on my other hand." 'I don't want to say anything about the dream because I'm sure he won't believe me.'
"Oh, do you need ice or something? You should have told me, Ryou, that must have hurt a lot," Yugi said worriedly.
"Don't worry," Ryou said, smiling again, "I put ice on them and they don't hurt at all anymore." 'At least, they don't hurt that MUCH,' he added to himself.
"Are you sure?" Yugi asked uncertainly, and Ryou nodded.
"Sorry to worry you, Yugi," He added, and Yugi shook his head, meaning 'it's ok, as long as you're ok.'
No one bothered him about his hands for the rest of the afternoon, and Ryou suspected that Yugi had talked to Joey and Tea and Triston about it, so he was quite glad. After school, he waved to Yugi and Joey, calling, "Hey, I'll be over as soon as I get my cards."
They nodded, and Joey said, "Yeah, we'll meet ya there! Don't hurry, though, cause I don't want ya to watch Yugi beat me again!" He grinned and Yugi smiled at him. Ryou ran off in the direction of his house.
He hurried, because he wanted a chance to duel Yugi and he was excited. He had been practicing, so he was pretty sure he could beat Yugi, or at least come pretty close to it.
However, the instant he walked through the door to his house, he blacked out, and the last thing Ryou remembered was that he seemed to be falling forever.
-=-=-=-=-=-
He was still curled up in a ball, and his energy was not coming back. 'Why can't I just die?' he wondered.
