Thanks for the reviews guys. The buttong for anonymous reviewers is working now. Just follow the rules from the page before this one. I didn't mean to sound harsh or anything its just that I don't like it when people flame stories. I wanted to get the message across. Yes, I like to cause suspense when I can, but sometimes it doesn't work that way.
Yep it was my intention to malke Malik soft like. I think I really softened Mariku as well, didn't mean to make this into a death fic, but it depends on the reviewers. Also if anyone has any sotries or any updated stories I would love to read them if I haven't. Yugioh related only.
Disclaimer: Never own Yugioh. Seriously, does every chapter need a disclaimer?
Chapter 10
(Flashback before Bakura has the dagger)
"Ryou, I have to do this or else we will be cursed to be with them forever. That means being their slave and tormented whenever they feel like it. When we are separate they won't be able to do as much." Malik tried to reason with his lover as he pulled the book away from him.
Ryou shook his head. The pros were being seperated had good advantages, but then again. Such as going where he wanted, seeing his other friends, not having to be locked up in his soul room, etc. Of course the cons the little hikari began to think of what Bakura could do to him once he was free from his control. Bakur wouldn't need him anymore and could most likely do away with him. Or worse, Bakura and Mariku could team up.
"What if they decide to rule the world together? Chaos would spread throughout Domino. Think about it, no one would be able to stop them. I don't want to be responsible for the freedom of those two demon yamis. I would never forgive myself.""Ryou let go of Malik's shirt as he turned his head at the crack of the door as his silver bangs covered his eyes.
"You mean conquer it?" Malik shook his head as he placed his hand on Ryou's palm and began to rub it in consolement. "I doubt that could ever happen since they hate each other and probably would end up killing each other."
"I wouldn't be surprised. Mariku seems to care for Bakura in his odd little way."
"How do you know?" Malik wondered, looking into his lover's eyes. The hikari knew that Mariku like Bakura but how did Ryou know?
"Just the way he sounded protective over him. Before, he wanted nothing, but the end of mankind, but…." Ryou responded as Malik raised his hand and brushed Ryou's bangs out of his eyes.
"It's okay. I noticed he has changed, but I don't know if your yami has." Malik sighs, kissing Ryou on the cheek. "How about this. We let them have their own bodies, but still be connected to them? That way we can stop them if we have to. We will finally have our own life."
"Okay, that sounds fair. Just promise you own't let anything bad happen to me if the spell back fires." Ryou said in a worried tone.
"Ryou, I assure you that nothing will happen. I love you. You are so cute and beautiful." Malik said a dream like voice as he began to kiss Ryou tenderly on the lips and pushed on the bed while lashing his tongue about in Ryou's mouth.
"I love you too Malik. One question, before we lose ourselves in each other's eyes." Ryou began to moan as he got up on top of Malik who was kissing him passionately.
"Yes, my love?" Malik played with Ryou's hair, twirling it between his fingers lovingly. He tangled himself on the pallid hikari's hips.
"Do you know where are yamis are?" Ryou giggled at the nick name he was given.
"I have no idea." Malik replied as if he was tramatized by Ryou's beauty but then reality hit him. "Oh shit. I better perform the spell quickly or else they may try to interfere." Malik quickly took the book out and started skimming through the pages.
"What? How would they know?"
"They are spirits, remember?" Malik answered in warning. "They don't want us to be happy, but miserable."
"I can't wait." Ryou grabbed Malik cheerfully by the arm as they got off the bed and started dancing across the room while holding hands in a circle and chanted, "We are going to be free."
Malik and Ryou then started jumping on the water bed in enjoyment. For the first time in their lives they were truly happy.
Nonetheless, none of them noticed the Millenium Ring around Ryou's neck glowed. So, you are hoping to get rid of us? Not if I can help it.
(End of flashback)
Malik shot straight up out of the bed as he felt a jold in his heart that caused him to slip onto the ground, and was breathing heavily. His eyes were havy and he could scarcely see the blurred figure of the white haired Ryou whose panicked face seemed to be clouded with tears. Malik coughed some blood up as he found that it was impossible to get up to his feet. He just layed there like he was dying as water collected on his face and his skin color turned pale.
"Malik, what's wrong?" Ryou shed some more tears as he picked him up gently, carassing his head and cheek. "You're cold."
The blonde hikari closed his eyes, but then opened them as he shook his head, trying to get his vision to clear. Ryou tried to remain strong for his friend and lover. "It's Mariku, he's hurt and If eel our link being severed. I feel his pain." Malik spoke quietly.
"No, he is only a spirit."
"He is still part of me." The blonde-haired egyptian boy then forced his eyes to look at the book that had falled on the floor. "The book. You know how I told you I wanted to separate our yamis from our bodies? Well, I didn't tell you of the other option. There is death and virginity. Also, it would only work if they don't know about it. Or free will, sacrifice." Malik rose his eyes to look at Ryou, whose eyes were red and edgy from crying.
"No, I will not lose you because of my yamis cold-heartedness." Ryou stood back and closed his eyes and the Millenium Ring began to glow.
The magic began to heal Malik as he felt his color coming back, but then his strength began to drop. Ryou began to cry again though anger was coursing through his veins. He was determined to stop this from happening in any means necessary.
"Your…yami…is interferring…and somehow…it is making him…stronger. For…whatever reason…"
"Don't worry Malik. I am going to save you." Ryou told him. "I promise." Ryou closed his eyes as he focused on bringing his yami to his sould room. Within a few minutes he was whisked into the depths fo his own dark consciousness. However, Bakura refused to budge.
(Ryou's soul room)
Yami Bakura for a minutes was so close to ending Mariku's life when all of a sudden he felt Ryou talking to him in his head and telling him that he couldn't continue his gruesome act.
/Yami, you have gone too far. I will NOT let you kill Malik./
Why does it matter? You are not going to get rid of me. EVER.
/You are so stupid if you don't think Malik means the world to me. You are so selfish. For years you have tormented me by using my body like a puppet, but then you also cared for me and now you are doing the one thing that will make me hate you and make me miserable again. If you go through with this, I will NEVER forgive you/
I don't care if you ever forgive me. How dare you interfere, you sneaky rat? Mariku is a plague to me. If you think us seperating is going to change my mind of how you feel then you are sadly mistaken.
/I want my own life back. Its for the best. Malik and I agreed upon it. Besides, I know that you want your own body./
I do. I just don't want to feel more human than I already do. Mortals are weak.
/Were you never human/
Yes, and that is why I am a sadistic, vengeful craving maniac!
Ryou was silent for a second as he began to understand that his yami was not happy with himself which could be the reason why he tormented people for the fun of it. Perhaps he had something bad happen to him in his lifetime.
/I'm sorry to hear that, but my life was taken away from me when my sister and mom died, and I hardly see my father who is always out on business. His last visit was when he gave the Millenium Ring to me and you then started taking over my body and making me into a dummy. I got over it though, but it never stopped hurting. Because of YOU, I had to move to switch to different schools and never was allowed to make any friends because YOU made sure they all suffered if they got near me. Thankfully, I made friends with Yugi and his gang that YOU tried to break up also, but you failed. Then I met Malik through you being partners with him./
There was a long silence through Yami Bakura's mind link as he looked down at the body that he had stabbed before answering again.
Enough with your rambling. What the hell are you trying to say, besides that you want your life back. Idiot, don't you know I don't exist without you? Do you honestly think that if this stupid spell didn't work then where would I be? Locked in the Shadow Realm for eternity. I don't want that and neither do I want to care for another living person.
/You were happy with me when I found someone and now you try to take it away because you are afraid of being alone again. That's not fair./
Yami Bakura growled through his teeth knowing that it was true. He was afraid of being along again. When sharing a body with Ryou head had company, but now he did not want to lost it. Of course he would never admit it.
I was fine until Mariku admitted how he felt towards me. You imbecile, he is my enemy. For three years I have wanted revenge for what he did to me. Now, finally I can kill him, but now you…you step in and sotp me because you love his weak hikari, Malik.
Ryou was about to lose his temper and wanted to strangle Yami Bakura, if he could strangle a voice, but he knew that it wouldn't do any good. So, instead he began to read his yami's thoughts through the past days that even Yami Bakura didn't eve know. He would have to stand up to his yami and use his weakness against him. It was the right thing to do. He could not cower forever in a corner.
/You can't say you don't care for Mariku, because I know that in your heart you do. You saved his life when he nearly drowned. You even made love to him. How is that not caring/
Yami Bakura is shocked to hear these thoughts and cursed himself for not stupifying Ryou's mind when he had the chance.
The mushy feeling 'love' is a different thing than lust which is fake love.
/You are sick. I can't believe I have such a cold blooded bastard for a yami. Sometimes I feel that having Mariku as a yami would be better than having you. At lease he is showing his feelings and comforts Malik when he needs it. You only comfort me on your own terms. Oh, and another think, Malik is not weak. YOU are! You can't even let go of a stupid grudge that happened a long time ago. I'm sick of this conversaiton, but I am going to save Malik before you kill him. If you don't like it then kill me also. I would rather die and be with him than be in part of your hatred universe./
(Ryou's room)
Ryou closed the link as he pulled himself out of the depths of his mind and into his room as he blinked and looked at Malik's condition. He was a little stronger than before, but he looked at Ryou sadly.
"Malik?" Ryou asked in an almost calm manner. He noticed that light had fallen on him. Some strange force was healing him. Malik somehow was struggling and fighting back tears.
One the light was gone, Ryou saw that his best friend and lover was deeply healed. He reached over, glomped him and kissed him all over.
"We're free." Malik said with a small smile across his face as he got to his feet.
"That's great news." Ryou held the other's hand and was bout to prance around until he saw Malik began to break down. He was not satisfied. The hikari held his knees tightly against him as he looked at the floor until he was finaly answered his boy friend.
"He's gone. Sacrificed himself to save me." Malik's head buried itself in Ryou's chest as water began to fall on Ryou's back. "It's horrible. Now I feel only half of my soul. Your yami will pay for this Ryou. Mark my words." Malik felt the embrace on him tighten.
"Isn't there a way to reverse what we did?" Ryou tried to hold back his own tears to be strong for his friend.
"No, but he could only come back…through free will of that lousy spirit of the ring…"
"What do you mean? I thought you said…." Ryou went to his desk and got a tissue box and brought it towards the bed.
"Ryou, I didn't tell you everything. The spell has qualifications, but it also has consequences. It's like a love spell except it can separate beings if they wish to be. It wouldn't be able to be performed unless they were in the same room, one has to admit how they feel truly about the other person, it doesn't need to be in words necessarily. We meet the qualifications, but our yamis have to be the same way. It is true they were in the same room, Mariku admitted to Bakura, but then your yami nearly killed mine and nealry screwed up the spell so my darker half sacrificed himself so I wouldn't die with him. Sacrifice was one of the options I mentioned earlier, so it worked partly."
"I still don't understand." Ryou game Malik a skeptical puzzled look.
"So, in other words we are free, but your yami isn't. Therefore you aren't either. I hate to say this, but it is up to the will of the Spirit of the Ring. It's his fate and yours." Malik confessed.
(Bakura's Room)
Yami no Bakura was in shock as he finally was able to gather his thoughts of what Ryou had said to him. He never thought that Ryou had thought of him that way. The words had hurt emotionally, but he was not about to break down. It was like a slap to the face, literally. The Spirit of the Ring screamed out mentally. He was stronger than that. He kept his feelings locked inside like he always had. He never thought that Ryou had such guts to stand upt him like that. Oh Bakura was thinking of punishing him for his insolence. More nightmares and beatings and nearly maimment for his hikari. There was nothing that could utter or break his spirit of who he was. He like who he was or thought he did.
After composing himself, his eyes starred down at the body lying motionless below him with the magic no longer restrained he pulled out the Millenium Rod from Mariku's back as he realized he did kill Mariku. At first he was glad for finally getting rid of the one who had tormented him those last three years. It felt good. It was one of his wishes to kill his enemies, but then something inside of him snapped. It wasn't the same. The feeling was gone The desire to kill was not as appetizing as the desire to avenge. It was over. He had nothing left to do. His plan was completed. He did not know what to do with himself. He was too worked up to go after the Pharaoh next. Was it worth it?
"Mariku….I'm….what have I do?…" Yami Bakura placed his head on Mariku's chest and began to cry, just letting his emotions go. "Take me out of this world." He closed his eyes as he felt his spirit drift away from his body.
No, this is not my fault. The darkness within me did this to him. I just couldn't control it. Damn it. You stupid spirit, why did you have to be so…I can't say it…
(Shadow Realm)
The eeire climate fo overwhelming darkness seemed enlightened as another soul's thoughts had entered its domain. The create was observing watching and it growled in anger. Lost souls in this realm viewed it as a mirror and could see the outside world.
"It seems the darkness in his heart is not that great, but he will do nicely."
"Leave him alone. He's mine. I saw him first and if you wish to betray me then I will have you destroyed. This is my realm after all. I control it. I was born from it. You might as well call me the king of it." The voice hissed from behind the black creature.
"He is alone now. What do ou want with him anyway?" The eel creature asked before it slithered away.
"His death."
End of chapter 10. I think this was a weird chapter, but you guys will have to find out who the other stranger is next time. Perhaps some of you already know. Until next time. Please review.