It's the night before school starts and I figured I wouldn't get much time when it did, so I posted this for all you guys! I hope you like the chappie!
Disclaimer: Don't own Yugioh, if I did, I can assure you there would be more fluffy moments between Yami and Hikari pairs...grins
Warnings: Shounen-ai (boyxboy) relationships, so if you don't like, don't read. And yes, there is some in this chapter.
Oh! And to someoneyoudontknow- I think the title explains it all...'
Ryou awoke to the sound of heavy rain on the palace roof. Brushing his now soft, clean sliver hair out of his eyes, he walked over to a window and looked out at the garden. He chuckled to himself and a few plants blossomed. Ryou quickly stopped however, when he remembered the issues he had with cleaning up Yami's room. He had quickly learned that as an Elemental Mage, he was the reincarnation of the God of Earth and that he would regain most of his past memories the longer he stayed in Yami's dimension. This helped him a lot, especially with meditation. After three hours of heavy meditation, Yami ordered him to remember how to slightly control the plants and to get rid of them so he could sleep peacefully. After another three hours of futile attempts, something in Ryou's memory clicked and, unconsciously, Ryou willed the plants away. Yami then went to explain for a further hour how Ryou's magic was still very much controlled by his emotions as well as how magic was not a toy and that Ryou still had a long way to go before his power was under his full control. A loud clap of thunder brought him out of his reservoir and Ryou found himself among the plants, enjoying the feeling of being rained upon. The plants cries of joy sounding in his mind.
"Hey, Ryou!" An unfamiliar, yet familiar voice called.
"Yes?"
"It's me, Jonouchi, remember?"
"Yes," Ryou called, "What can I do for you?"
"Yami needs you. He told me to take you to the Room of Departures," Ryou appeared next to Jonouchi, "However, I think you might need to dry off. We'll stop by the Laundry Room on the way."
(The Water Elemental)
Ryou took in the surroundings as he followed Jonouchi. The walls were all made of carefully carved sandstone and were decorated with a multitude of tapestries and ornaments. Many of the tapestries and carvings depicted scenes involving the Gods and the creation of this dimension and the splitting of the dimensions, freeing the people from the horrible rule of a power hungry king. Jonouchi chuckled at Ryou who was having a hard time gazing at the variety of colour. Passing a very beautiful and cold ice garden, Jonouchi warned Ryou not to set foot into it unless he wanted to face the wrath of King Seto. Ryou, very sensibly, stepped away from the winter wonderland and continued down the long hall. Jonouchi held open a heavy wooden door, which had the Gods of Darkness and Light carved onto it and the two entered the Room of Departures.
"Jonouchi! What took you so long?'
"Him," Jonouchi pointed to Ryou who was scuffing a foot on the ground.
"I'm sorry, Yami, I was out in the rain."
"Don't worry about it. I just wanted to know if you'd like to come with me. It would help me quite a lot because you're the Earth Elemental. You're able to detect water, right?"
"But you said I'm not trained enough to do any serious magic yet."
"It won't be serious magic. You will be able to feel the water because of your connection with plants," and the God of Water because of your past, he said to himself. "Plants depend on water, so it will be like a sixth sense for you to find it. Do you understand?"
Ryou nodded.
"Alright then, here we go!" Yami's hands glowed and the room filled with magic as crimson flames grew from the circle on the floor again as the door to the Interchange opened.
"We'll see you soon Jonouchi," Ryou waved.
"Say 'Hello' to Seto when you see him for me!" Yami laughed.
"Why you!" Jonouchi sent two blasts into the portal.
"You missed, Jonouchi," Ryou said politely as Yami laughed even louder and the portal closed.
"That damned Yami…hmm, though, I suppose I had better be a good friend and relay the message," Jonouchi said thoughtfully, leaving the Room of Departures looking for King Seto.
(The Water Elemental)
"And here we are again!" Yami announced as they emerged at the Interchange. Yami looked around, expecting to be alone again, but this time there were hundreds of dimension travellers, all popping in and out of doors. Some were human and others were not quite so human. Yami barely had enough time to move before a Centaur crossed his path.
"Okay. Now, all I need you to do Ryou is feel where the most water is. Can you do that?"
The white haired boy nodded and headed through the crowds. Yami was getting worried when they had been floating/walking for a while when Ryou suddenly stopped in front of dimension number three hundred and one.
"Okay, here we go!" Yami and Ryou stepped through the door into the unknown dimension.
(The Water Elemental)
Yami looked up at the cloudy blue-grey sky. Looking over towards some rocks, he noticed people lounging around on them nude and some even had fish tails?
"Ugh, it's too wet!" Ryou exclaimed, standing up, realising he was on land.
"Ryou, stop it. We're meant to try and blend in!"
"What do you two strangers want?" A rough voice asked, the waves crashing against the rocks angrily.
"Umm… we were…" Yami trailed off as he looked at the person who was talking to him, "Ryou, turn around, just so I know I'm not already talking to you."
"What is it? Dear Gods," Ryou whispered. The stranger had the same silver hair as Ryou but instead of green eyes, his were a deep ocean blue. He had solid muscles but they weren't too bulky and his entire body was a sun-kissed bronze, obviously from years of sunning on the beach. He stood up clumsily, as if walking on two feet was a totally new experience for him.
"Sweet Mother of the Oceans," the stranger replied, "You look just,"
"Like me," Ryou finished, "I'm Ryou."
"Bakura," the stranger announced, the waves calming down slightly.
"And I'm Yami," Yami added, feeling a little left out.
"We've never met, have we?" Bakura asked Ryou, sitting down, his legs not able to take his weight any longer.
"Maybe," Ryou answered, remembering a long explanation that Yami gave him once about how all of the Elementals were Gods. A memory bubbled to the surface of Ryou's mind…
It was strangely serene, the underwater plants gently swaying with the movement of the water. Shafts of light filtered through the surface, the sound of waves crashing on the surface were a soft lullaby.
"Welcome to my domain," a smooth, deep voice said.
"It's beautiful…"
"Just as you are," the voice said as a kiss was softly placed on his shoulder…
"Water," Ryou whispered, desperately wanting to reach out and touch the mirror image of him sitting helplessly on the sand. The person he hadn't held in so long…
"We've been looking for you," Yami said, looking out to sea.
"You have? I've only been awake for a few weeks. When I was only just born, I was stung on my tail fin by some creature and fell into a coma. That's what the doctors say. I've been out for sixteen years apparently. I woke up a few weeks ago to find that my entire family had left for another ocean and the doctors left me on the shore until I recovered."
"I…I don't know what to say," Ryou said.
"You're a merboy?" Yami asked, genuinely intrigued.
"Sort of. Because we have so much water, but we still have land, we have the ability to switch from fins to feet and vice versa. Unfortunately, I can't seem to use either very well," Bakura said with a grin.
"Considering that you have nothing left here and we need you back at my dimension, how about you come with Ryou and myself?"
"Sure," Bakura said, looking at Ryou intently, something stirring inside of him…
The forest was thick and dense. It was his home. The home in which they both thrived, each of their magical abilities existing harmoniously, just as they did. Walking amongst the masses of plants, he failed to notice the green eyes watching him until he was tackled to the mossy ground, being showered with gentle kisses.
"I missed you," a gentle voice whispered…
"I missed you too," Bakura whispered, almost reaching a hand out to the Earth Elemental…the person he silently and secretly craved for…
"But before we go," Bakura shook his head, the memory fading away, "We will need to find you some form of clothing," Yami casually mentioned.
"Clothing?" Bakura asked looking at the two confusedly.
"Yeah, what we're wearing…by the looks of things, it doesn't exist here," Ryou thought for a moment before taking his shirt off and tearing it so it was a long strip of material. "Now, tie this around your waist like this," Ryou tied the strip of material around his waist like a sarong. He then untied it and handed the light blue material to Bakura. After a few minutes, Bakura was as decently dressed as Yami and Ryou could get him without loosing too many of their own clothes. Once again, Yami's hands glowed crimson and he transported Ryou, himself and the new Water Elemental back to his own dimension.
So that's that chapter. You all liked? Giggles The Water Elemental is revealed...is it who you thought it would be? Please, Read and Review! Ja!