YAY! Lots of Reviews! I feel so loved that all of you indirectly, or directly answered my OOC question, and if you didn't, you tried! OOC Out of Character. Got it. So Special thanks to Dark Wolfess Yoru Okami, Pugz, Possessed Squirrel, Panmotto, Silently Broken, Muse of the Stars, Ann, Chibes, Maistwin, and animekiTie!
To Silently Broken: Thank you for answering my question, and although I made Nina attractive Austin just went after her because he's the school pervert (as can be seen in the 1st story when he 'tries' to go after Carla. Tries being the key word: Yami made sure of that)
Lately I've been researching what happened to Bakura so I can get a better sense of how to tell this story. WARNING: HUGE SPOILERS OF ANIME SERIES. What I know so far: 1. In the past Bakura died (by priest Akunadin doing a freaky spell) and was reduced to sand. 2. Priest Akunadin (the guy who created the Millennium Items and was given the evil God Zork's power which Bakura had wanted) has a son who is priest Seto (who didn't know of this) whom he wants to be king. Akunadin is also King Akunumkanon's brother…so that means all he has to do is kill the King's only heir. Atem. 3. Yami ends up sacrificing himself with Zork to stop "Zork" from being released into the world. How does he beat the almighty evil God of destruction and slaughter? Hasan (perhaps another God?) was sent by the King to protect Atem so when Atem died his request had to be fulfilled. However when he has to defeat Zork in the present he did it with quote 'the power of friendship'. Typical. Then, the present Yami goes back in time and makes Seto the next Pharaoh. 4. Bakura and Yami (in the present time) had to battle because Bakura wanted to resurrect the wicked god named Zork again. So they play this game called Dark RPG (?) 5. Yami wins…somehow…against Bakura…and Bakura…errr disappears…?
Questions I would really like to know: I know Diabound is Bakura's ka but what the heck is he?! Who exactly is Zork?! Why does Bakura worship him so religiously?! More information on Bakura's demise would be extremely helpful to me and this story.
Anyways… Disclaimer: Me no own.
The reason i didn't update yesterday because my computer chose the perfect time to screw up and crash. But for some reason it's working now so...I WILL write as much as i can before it decides to "screw up" again.
Onward to the story! Enjoy.
Nina's now-hazel eyes became colder, and was it just Carla or did the hair just become spiky?! Before Carla could ask what the heck just happened, she felt the Millennium Puzzle around her neck glow and she lost control of her body.
(a/n: to readers who haven't read the first story when Yami takes over Carla's body…just imagine Yugi's tri-spiked hair on a girl with brown hair…::cringe::)
A feminized Bakura glared at feminized Yami who glowered back.
It was on.
But before Bakura and Yami could begin their showdown…
"Class, the exam is over! You may now leave." Mrs. Marcuri said cheerily as she collected the drawings. "Uh, Nina, Carla…I said you could leave." reinstated Mrs. Marcuri as she watched the two girls glare daggers at each other.
"Let's go outside shall we tomb robber…" Yami growled as he realized the teacher and some of the students' were giving the odd looks.
"Of course Phar-aoh. Let's." Bakura leered as he gave the teacher a sarcastic bow, and hooked his arm in with Yami's. Anyone else might've mistaken this for just friendliness. But Bakura wasn't getting friendly with Yami: he was seeing how hard he could squeeze Yami's arm before he screamed.
Yami was biting his cheek to prevent himself from crying out. He walked stiffly out the door muttering obscenities.
If anything noticed something odd about the pair they said nothing.
Once they were outside though and on the front lawn of the school…
"PHARAOH!"
"TOMB ROBBER!"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" both yelled in each other's faces at the same time.
What a lovely hello.
Both hikaris watched this "interesting" greeting, floating near their Yamis.
"You a hikari too, I assume? Of the handsome man in the picture?" Carla asked calmly as she sat cross-legged on the air. She seemed to be taking the whole Nina-has-a-yami-too-who-is-now-spitting-in-my-Yami's-face incident rather well. Lack of sleep was really affecting her judgment.
"Uh, yeah, I suppose so. I've had him for a day…Ow, that had to hurt." Nina replied amazed at her spiritlike form. She watched Bakura kick Yami in the shin as he whipped out his sword.
"Yup." Carla gazed on lazily. She was so tired…
"Um, aren't you worried? My Yami, Bakura, is really good with a sword, and I don't think he's slashing the air just to show Yami how cool it looks." Nina said, wincing as Yami barely dodged a slash of the sword. Bakura blamed it on the limitations of the body. He gave a growl of frustration and with a painful blast Nina had her body back: Bakura had decided to the power of two spirits, and materialize. Yami gave a satisfied smirk at Bakura's growl and gently gave back Carla's as he too decided to just materialize. Nina winced when Bakura gave Yami a painful slap with the flat of his sword. Secretly though, she had to admit Bakura looked dashing when he was being a swordsman...Bah, stupid thoughts.
"He's fine…I mean I'm sure deep down, these two are ecstatic about their reunion." Carla said as she dismissed the "reunion" with a hand.
Ecstatic…sureeeee.
"Uhhhh, Carla I think you really need to get some sleep." Carla yawned, and gave a drowsy "Mmhhhhhhmmm". Nina had a feeling Carla could witness a murder and all she would give was a surreal "Mmmmhhhhhmmm". Her newly acquainted friend really needed some sleep.
Meanwhile…
"I thought you were in the shadow realm until the Gods decided you were enjoying yourself too much so they sent you to hell!" Yami bellowed.
"Yeah, well I thought so too…Then the Gods decide to punish me and get me a hikari girl to "reform" myself. I should've known they'd get the stupid idea from you!" Bakura yelled back as his blade came scarily close to Yami's neck. Yami ignored the blade and held a crimson flame in his palm hidden behind him.
"Stupid for the Gods then! I doubted even Ryou had an effect on you!…I saw those bruises you gave him…" Yami growled. Nina gasped: Bakura was abusive! Living with him 24/7 was going to just oodles and oodles of joy. Not.
Bakura rolled his eyes, "I reached a truce with him eventually…" Bakura had heard Nina's gasp and he looked at her directly when he said his next words "I was angry at him for being…so weak. Like you…But I made a promise to never hurt him again…or any other hikari…(Bakura notices that he's starting to talk sappy)…Much. (Ahhh, much better. He despised sappiness)."
"Bull." Yami said as he snorted at Bakura actually keeping a promise. Bakura raised an eyebrow and the deadly silver point made contact with Yami's cheek.
"Well, I'm sure you've been having a good time Yami. Have you been having fun with your new hikari?" Bakura drawled out, knowing that he had hit a raw nerve.
"TAKE THAT BACK!" Yami snarled.
"Make me."
Yami unleashed the fire ball at Bakura, but Bakura dodged it. Only a part of his robe was left singed. Bakura grimaced: it was his favorite…
He would make him pay.
"Bastard…" Bakura's blade finally made contact with Yami's cheek. A small mar on Yami's face all the same, but it still stung like mad.
"Asshole!" Yami could hear Carla telling him to calm down, and think rationally. He thought he could until-
"Mother F#$$#!"
Yami punched Bakura in the gut, and from that moment on, it all became a blur of metal, fire, and arms trying to grasp the other's throat.
"Ecstatic reunion, huh?" Nina said as she got up from her position, and ran over to Bakura.
"Oh shut up," Carla said as she ran over to a panting Yami. Carla wrapped an arm around Yami's waist, "Stop it Yami. It's getting dangerous" she clearly demanded into his ear. Yami gave her a no-kidding look as Bakura was attempting to strangle him.
"I'm a little busy now Carla," Yami said through gritted teeth as Bakura's grip on his throat tightened. In return Yami tightened his too.
By their reddened faces and quick breaths, one had to wonder how long it would take until both their heads just exploded.
"Bakura…?" Nina said shyly as a red-faced Bakura turned to scowl at her.
"What is it brat, can't you seem I'm busy?!" Bakura managed to choke out. Nina could feel her bravery slipping as Bakura's piercing dark brown eyes bore into her innocent pale blue ones. She envied Carla who could just wrap an arm lovingly around her Yami and tell him straight out what she wanted. Wait, she meant the telling him what she wanted part…not the wrapping of arm lovingly…
"C-could you please let go of Carla's Yami's throat?" Nina asked, stuttering. Bakura gave her a superior look that clearly said are-you-stupid-or-what?
"No brat. I won't stop strangling this (nasty Egyptian word)! I know you joined the ranks of those who feel the wee wittle pharaoh needs protecting!" Bakura growled as he had obviously labeled Nina a traitor. Nina did the unprecedented and put an arm on his tense shoulder. Bakura flinched at her touch but didn't hurt her for it (but then again his arms were busy right now).
"Bakura, I'm not only worried over Yami…" she said quietly. Bakura glanceddown at her in disbelief. "Bakura for pete's sake, you're starting to turn purple! This must be stopped!" Nina cried in a shrill, worried voice as Bakura's face was indeed starting to turn a rich plum color. Yami wasn't faring any better.
"Not until he's dead…" both Yamis said in equaling chilling voices.
Carla and Nina both looked at each other in concern, knowing what they had to do. Had their Yamis seen the calculating, sneaky looks in their eyes, they would have known immediately that something was up…but they didn't: they had eyes only for each other. How sweet…if you disregard the fact that their eyes were locked together in a death glare staring contestas they both sputtered obscenities at the other.
"1...2…" Carla whispered as she hooked an arm around the oblivious Yami. Nina nodded, knowing that she had to be quick or Bakura would strangle her too.
"3!" Nina yelled as she rammed into Bakura with all her might as Carla did the same in the opposite direction.
OOF!
Both white-clenched hands sprung apart, as their owners tumbled hard on the ground in surprise.
Nina had collided into Bakura's chest and now she found herself clutching her forehead in pain. Note to self: don't headbutt a guy with an awesome six-pack…As she lay on top of her Yami…
Wait a minute…
She was…on…top…of…Bakura?! As it all began to slowly click, she heard a deep rumble from underneath what could only be Bakura's chest.
"Stupid brat. If you wanted me so badly than you could've waited until after I killed the Pharaoh." Although Bakura sounded all tough and mighty, the wind had been knocked out of him by Nina's surprise attack. Though Bakura had to admit it did feel nice with her on top of him…hold on…he should only think lust-filled thoughts on worthy girls, not stupid hikari brats, right? Then he saw the pink tints in Nina's cheeks, and he decided to have some fun...
Bakura flipped himself over so now he was hovering over his hikari, his toned arms were pinning her in place. "Like the view, my innocent?" he asked with a seductive smirk on his face. Nina was blushing furiously, her cheeks flushed and she was sure she was radiating heat.
"Pervert," Nina muttered as she was quite aware of she and Bakura's position.
"I know, it's a shame!" Bakura said with mock sadness. Before he gave up on tempting her, he leaned down and whispered into her ear, "But you must admit I'm a handsome pervert all the same…" Nina shivered as she felt his warm breath tickling her ear. As Bakura got off, Nina was both embarrassed and breathless. She stood up, legs protesting as she thought over how Bakura became a bigger mystery every day…He was a pervert, of that Nina was sure.
But as for handsome?
Well, she wouldn't lie and say he wasn't nice to look at.
(X.X) Carla was looking up at the sky as little mocking stars danced around her head. Yami's huge bulk had landed on her as they both fell backward toward the ground. Carla was pretty sure that if this had all been a video game thstright now a huge, red "K.O.!" would be over her, and 1000 pts. would be over Yami's. God, she didn't know how heavy he was.
Yami's hands were twitching with the blood rushing back into them as a dazed Yami himself groaned from the impact. He heard an urgent squeak from underneath him.
"Carla?" Yami said dizzily, as his face returned to its normal color.
::SQUEAK!::
Yami immediately knew that the grass was not so lumpy so that must mean…oh shoot.
"Carla, are you alright?!" Yami asked worried as he shifted the weight from underneath him to on top of his lap.
"Woooo…just a wee bit squished is all…" Carla said as she came to. She was feeling a little detached as she drunkenly staggered to her feet. She gave Yami a tipsy smile as she pecked him on the cheek, "You's heavy…shoulda listen to me and kept your temper! Naughty Yami…" Carla said, her words slurred. Being knocked out and lack of sleep produce the tipsy, drunk state of detachment Carla was experiencing.
"You aredefinitely going to sleep right now," Yami said.
"Aye, aye Captain!" Carla said with a salute as she tripped into Yami's arms.
"Agreed, Mr. Yami." Nina said as she walked over to Yami and Carla. Yami looked at her warily only for a moment until he met her innocent, doe eyes. Yup, with eyes like those she could be trusted.
"Ooooooh! I gots idea! Nina do you have plans over spring break?" Carla said with now-alert eyes.
"Um, not that I know of." Nina said having no clue what Carla was trying to lead up to.
"Good! You and Bakura can come over to my seaside cottage!" Carla said with glee.
"WHAT?!" both Bakura and Yami cried in surprise and horror.
"Yup. You're new, and are an interesting friend! I knows its forward of me though…" Carla said as her face became dramatically sad, with a pout and everything.
"I'm your friend?" Nina said surprised that after all Carla had seen she'd still want to be friends with her.
"'Course. Yous in Florida now Nina, (Carla forces herself to focus and correct her grammar), and most of us Floridians are very welcoming. So please think about it…" Carla said as she slumped against Yami once more. Her warm brown eyes never left Nina's though. It didn't take Nina too much thinking to know what her answer would be.
"I say yes! I'll just have to see if my Dad says yes too." Nina said as her eyes twinkled.
"What?!" Bakura growled, surprised.
"Is there a problem Bakura?" Yami asked testily as he saw Bakura's hand raised to strike the scared Nina. He instantly lowered it, and gave Yami a mocking sweet smile as he raised one of his fingers in a response whose meaning was universal. Yami crossed his arms but with no proof of a problem, he said nothing. But he muttered a four-letter word that made both hikaris cringe.
"Well, we'll see then. It's really close by anyways so you won't be too far away from your family…My family will be very pleased if you come, and I can you show you the beach, the mall, we'll have SO MUCH FUN!" Carla yelled as she used the last of her energy in that one burst of joy. Her features became weary as she finally gave in to what had been fighting her all day: sleep. "::yawn:: Sanchez out." Carla murmured, mimicking the closing words of Ryan Seacrest on American Idol. And she truly was. Yami smiled lovingly at his small hikari girl and cradled her as she slumped against him. Before he left though…
/It's not over yet tomb robber. I'll be watching you…/ Yami used two of his fingers to place them over his, and then he twisted it around in the clear you-better-watch-out-cuz-I'm-watching-you gesture.
((Pfff. In your dreams Phar-aoh.)) Bakura said with a dismissive wave.
TT /Bakura I'm warning you…/
((Whatever you say starfish.)) Bakura said with a sarcastic smirk. Somewhere in Yami's mind, there was a version of him sticking needles into a voodoo doll Bakura.
/…I wish you eternal pain and torture./
((And I you.))
I'm sure these were blessings deep down…very deep down…
Yami (jabbing needles into voodoo doll): Die, Bakura die.
Bakura: (picturing pharaoh dying in a grotesque fire, his screams of "I admit it Bakura; you're the best!" are piercing the air) ::smiles disturbingly::
Okay, maybe not so much.
'Hmmmm…Hi Daddy! I was wondering if I could spend spring break at a friend's sea side cottage?…You say how long I've known her? Uhhhh…one hour.' Nina was reviewing on how she was going to ask her father for permission while he and Adam had gone to sign Adam up for sports. So far it wasn't looking good. She glanced over at Bakura looking moodily through her window.
Bakura and Yami were glaring at each other from the windows of the opposite house. They'd just discovered they were neighbors too.
Fate had a very wicked sense of humor.
"Who's says you'll be going?" Bakura said nastily as he broke off from his current glaring contest, and sat down on the plush chair.Nina hated Bakura's mind-reading abilities.
"I do." Nina whispered softly as she watched Bakura's reaction carefully. He smirked as he sauntered up to her, his face leering down at her.
"And who says that your say matters?" Bakura murmured softly, his chilling voice cutting through the air like a murderer does as he asks its victim its last requests.
"I do…" Nina whispered meekly as she did not want to find out why Bakura's eyes were taunting her. She was the victim and she could feel Bakura's threats mocking her, daring her to speak out and rebel. Bakura's smirk grew wider. He put a finger under his hikari's trembling chin and murmured looking straight into the girl's stricken eyes, "Wow, you're really as stupid as I thought…" Bakura chuckled evilly to his own private joke as he enjoyed terrorizing the weak girl. Nina frowned, but she didn't know how to respond. Then she thought of Carla's bright face as she asked her to come.
"No, I'm not. I will go Bakura." Nina said softly as she tried to make her weak stand. Bakura's icy gaze instantly shattered it.
"Stupid girl, there is no pharaoh to protect you, no one to save you from me…" Bakura said as he laughed pitilessly at Nina's horrified expression. He closed the blinds as Bakura stung his tongue out to make it seem as if he were still playing with Yami. Yami bought it, but he did the I'm-watching-you gesture again.
"B-but you said you'd never hurt me…What about Amane?" Nina said, as she asked the last part in a very small voice. She knew she was treading on dangerous ground. Bakura instantly reacted and he smacked Nina's face hard enough to send her sprawling on the carpet. The red handprint was visible on Nina's cheek as she fought the urge to cry out; that would give Bakura satisfaction.
"DON'T YOU EVER USE HER NAME YOU WORTHLESS GIRL!" Bakura bellowed as he pulled Nina up to his eye level by grabbing her long hair. Tears were now trickling down her red cheeks as Nina whimpered unwillingly. Bakura scowled at her weakness: "Answer me!" he demanded looking prepared to strike her again. Nina refused to meet his eyes, but when her dear Yami kicked her stomach she finally gave in to his wishes.
"I…won't…say her name," Nina managed out, and Bakura let go, letting her fall to the floor with a hard thump. Bakura could feel the few blue sparks in his aura turning red again. They seemed to taunt him, making him remember that damn promise…Great, Bakura groaned, now I won't get to see Amane…
Nina had curled into a ball, tucking her chin under her knees as she quavered. It had been nine long years since she had been hit, and she hadn't missed a second. She could almost feel the faint trace of a scar under her shirt, reminding her of her punishments…
Nina winced.
She got up, looked straight past Bakura, and knelt by her bed. She put her hands together and looked up at the ceiling. 'Dear Lord, we've had this chat before haven't we? All those years ago…(Nina gives a bitter smile)…Some help you were. I asked for a guardian angel to protect me from my father. It never came. I thought maybe you'd sent my angel in the forms of my new family. Well, some help they are now. What did I do? What did I do to make me deserve this? I trusted you Lord to send me an angel, and you send me the devil himself! I don't know if you're just ignoring me, or you just plain hate me but Lord when I die…expect to see me in the complaining center. I hope you're sleeping up there in heaven Lord, all nice and Bakura-less…' Nina prayed to herself as she abruptly ended the prayer. She gave a final testimony to her angry, betrayed feelings by doing something very uncharacteristicand raising her middle finger up at the ceiling. Had Nina been able to see her aura, she would've seen the blue aura darken. Following her obscenity, Nina sat on her bed with a resigned look on her face as she looked directly back at Bakura. Bakura had heard the loud prayer, and he looked at a subdued Nina like she was insane. She was just going to give up?! Weakling.
"Go on Bakura, start cutting me up." She said in an uncaring voice. Bakura stood there, surprised at what she was saying. "I have no chance. You're stronger. Just get it over with already." Nina said with her dull blue eyes looking at Bakura's in an almost-bored fashion. Bakura didn't know how to respond. In all his millenias of living, he had never encountered a soul so willing to accept his punishment; so unafraid of it. It was unnerving.
"Who are you, and where have you taken Nina?" Bakura asked. If you can't think of anything to say, resort to sarcasm.
"I am right here Bakura." Nina said quietly as she gingerly massaged her bruised, hot cheek.
"No, you're not." Bakura said bluntly. "What happened to the innocent goody two shoes?"
"I'm used to this." Nina said shortly. Her eyes flashed for a moment, and the azure pupils darkened as she remembered her "re-education" days as her father quaintly put it. Bakura studied her reactions with a furrowed brow. He had spent enough of his life learning to memorize people's expressions so he could always tell if they were lying to him or not. Nina wasn't lying. There seemed to be a shroud of mystery and horror concerning Nina's past before she met the Sky's. Bakura remembered those screams…
"What happened in your past?" he asked curiously.
"Nothing, absolutely nothing." Nina said a bit too harshly. Bakura instantly could see she was lying straight through her teeth.
"Liar." He said. Nina then saw how ridiculous their situation was. She was sick of Bakura's mood swings.
Sweet goody-two-shoes Nina snapped.
"WAIT A MINUTE! One minute, you're beating me up when I mention a name, and then next you want to know of my past? What is it with you Bakura?! You're such a darn mystery!" Nina snapped. Before Bakura could get a chance to retort, Nina continued in her tirade, "What happened in YOUR past Bakura?! What screwed you up so badly that you'll beat people up if they even say a name from it?! (Nina's voice quiets down to a whisper so low that Bakura had to lean in to hear it)…I've learned that every person has a turning point in our past that changes our lives forever…What happened to ours?"
Bakura remembered sweet, little Amane was ruined by merciless Death. He remembered the screams and the blood. Blood was everywhere…everywhere in life: one just couldn't escape it.
"Blood. Death. That's what screwed us up." Bakura said softly. Both Yami and hikari reminisced for a few minutes. Bakura broke out of his memories to see Nina silently crying with her eyes closed as she seemed to murmur a soft "Mother". Tears slipped down her cheeks, and Bakura felt a small twinge of guilt as he realized one of them was swollen because of him. Bakura didn't know what possessed him, but he leaned over to the girl and wiped the culprit tears gently off with his thumb. Nina's eyes flew open at his touch, and in that moment Bakura saw their vulnerability. The fragile shield Nina put up between her and her past was breaking. Bakura immediately put his hand back where it belonged, but his eyes weren't leering at her. They looked almost…kind?!
"Sorry. I was just a little…caught up in the memories." Nina said as she rubbed at her red, puffy eyes.
"No apologies necessary." Bakura said cockily. But his voice became tentative as he asked his next question. "…We both have screwed up pasts, don't we?"
Nina looked prepared to deny it, but she caught sight of Bakura's open face that had lost its maniacal malice for her. Instead, she saw a boy who looked truly lost and alone in this cruel world. The boy looked so tough on the outside, but inside he was so fragile. Nina felt her mind demand for her to just keep her mouth shut about what she was about to say, but her heart told her differently.
"Yes," she said quietly. She gave a sniff and curled up into her covers as she gazed at Bakura. Bakura had to admit, she looked sort of cute…uh, he meant cute for weirdoes and jocks and perverts. Not tomb robbers.
Then Bakura got a wild urge to do something he had sworn to never do. He didn't know why the hell he was going to do it to a mere girl, but here he was. Perhaps it was those huge innocent blue eyes that stared up at him. He felt he could tell anything to those kind, azure eyes that looked as if they would take in whatever he said like an eager sponge. His reasonable side told him to ignore the urge and keep quiet, but hey, since when was Bakura reasonable?
"Would you like to hear a story, brat?"
I considered adding more to this chapter, but it seemed so fitting to just end it there and leave you in suspense. BWUHAHAHAHA! You know lately I seem to be updating every Thursday (well really Friday) night just because I can do a chapter in a week…weird, it used to take me longer…Ah well.
The next chapter: uh Bakura will read a bedtime story to Nina, then tuck her, and tell her to "not let the bedbugs bite!". Um, Not. JK. (just imagine Bakura with a fairytale and being forced to read it. He would just die! I love it…
Bakura: I hope you're not getting any ideas…
Me: ::wink:: We'll see…
Bakura: Noooooo!)
Anyways, just think about what this last part of the chapter was all about and you should get what the next chapter is all about.
PLZ R & R!
-Starlet36