Back again everyone. I do have much to say today.
When I found this site I never knew that things would turn out the way they did. This fan fic has acquired an amazing 114 reviews (I only expected not more then 100) I am so glad so many people enjoy this fic enough to get so many reviews. Thank you. ^_^
Also I have this to say...
A few days ago I was honored by have a fan fic dedicated to me. I would like to say that I never expected it at all and I would really like to thank Linchi for the honor!
Also I have to ask everyone who reads this to PLEASE drop by Linchi's fan fic "Sabishísa to Shí" and check it out if you haven't already and don't forget to leave her a nice review. She is a very good writer and I know you all would enjoy her story and I can't wait till she updates again ^_^ You can easily find her profile in my reviews and my lovely dedication is in the second chapter
THANK YOU LINCHI ^_^
The last thing I have to say is that I do have credits planned for all the songs and reviewers and I have awards to announce too ^_^ now on to the story!
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FOURTEEN
Everywhere to me
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Turn it inside out so I can see
The part of you that's drifting over me
And when I wake you're never there
But when I sleep you're everywhere
You're everywhere
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Ryou woke up before his clock rang. Alone again as always. He knew Bakura had occupied the window seal for the greater part of the night. Yes it was true Bakura was cruel to him. It was also true Bakura hurt him on occasion. It was also true that Ryou felt safer when Bakura was in the room while he slept then when he wasn't. Ryou shifted his gaze to the empty window seal. Why did he always leave when Ryou awoke? Why would he only stay while Ryou slept? Ryou closes his eyes and tried to come to a rest again. It wasn't working so well so he settled for just relaxing his eyes. Bakura must have mistaken this for sleep since he appeared on the window seal and gazed outside for a while.
Ryou stayed quiet not wanting him to leave. Bakura watched Ryou as he took even breathes. Ryou rolled onto his back keeping his eyes closed and taking a deep breath. Bakura watched this shift in position carefully almost decided to leave again.
"Don't go..please." Ryou sleepily mumbled. It was a simple request wasn't it? Bakura frowned.
"Why should I stay?" Bakura answered.
"Why should you go?" Ryou returned.
Bakura was quiet. He didn't move from his spot on the window seal. Ryou shifted once again snuggling into his pillow and placing his hand over his chest which was still damaged from the day before. Soon there was movement from the outside of Ryou's room. Bakura looked up hearing Ryou's father moving around getting ready for work.
"Why are you here?" Ryou said softly. Bakura looked back to the bed lowering his eye brows.
"That shouldn't matter to you." Bakura said. Ryou saddened.
"But it does matter to me." Ryou said rolling over to face where Bakura was sitting to find that he had returned to his spirit room. Ryou frowned looking at the empty window seal.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Just tell me how I got this far
Just tell me why you're here and who you are
Cause every time I look
You're never there
And every time I sleep
You're always there
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Ryou closed his eyes. It would be time to get up for school soon. He laid there in bed until his alarm went off screaming for him to get up and get ready. He drug himself off the bed and put on his school uniform. He walked over to the dresser and took the ring and put it around his neck then buttoned up his shirt. He went down stairs to eat after he was ready. His father was at the table drinking coffee and reading the paper. He hid behind the unfolded news paper not looking up as Ryou sat down with some orange juice and a bagel.
"Do you enjoy wasting my money?" His father spoke from behind the paper. Ryou stopped spreading the jelly on the bagel and was quiet.
"What do you mean?" Ryou said.
"Your proscription is in the garbage. Now I have to spend money to get you a new one." His father said.
"I'm not taking them anymore." Ryou said
"And just why is that?" His father said putting the paper down angrily. Ryou looked away from his father. He wouldn't believe him but he had to try.
"Because I'm not insane." Ryou said. His father got even more upset.
"WELL YOU SURE SEEM LIKE IT!" His father shouted. Ryou flinched. He knew his father thought he was crazy. He wasn't crazy though. Bakura was real, but his father would never believe him unless Bakura would come out.
//Mou hitori no boku? Come out! Please!// Bakura had cut the mental link between them. Ryou didn't know what to do or say now.
"But I'm not." Ryou said quietly.
"Oh really? Is that your professional opinion? Because every doctor I've taken you have said differently!" His father shouted.
"Because Bakura is real! And he does talk to me! And I DO see him! And I'm NOT crazy! You would be able to see him too if he would come out, but he doesn't like coming out....in front of anyone!" Ryou shouted as tears forced their way out. His father just stared at him. He stood up suddenly.
"I wont hear anymore of this NONSENCE. Especially from a insane person!" He father said just before storming off to go to work.
He swung the door open then slammed it behind him as he left. Ryou sat in his seat in a blank stare. The bagel which was no longer warm or the jelly which was unsetting didn't register in his mind right then. Bakura appeared next to him after awhile. Ryou was quiet.
"I told you that would piss him off. Baka yadounshi." Bakura spat glancing around the room.
"He doesn't believe me because I have no proof that you are real." Ryou said. Bakura was quiet.
"Can't you just come out while he is here that way he knows you are real?" Ryou said.
"Why should I?" Bakura demanded
"To be nice..." As soon as the word nice came out Ryou wished he hadn't have said it. Bakura quickly took a hold of Ryou's shirt lifting him up out of the chair.
"I wouldn't do it for your father, I wouldn't do it for you, and I especially wouldn't do it to be NICE. GOT IT?!" Bakura spat. Ryou shook his head confirming he understood then Bakura let him go then returned to the ring.
Ryou left the house soon after. He walk on towards school quietly with the ring inside his shirt pressed against his chest. How could he ever think Bakura wasn't real? Hell his father shouted it so much it was like a broken record. Ryou was not even half way to school when it began to rain. He didn't even try to walk under the building's he passed which had canopies. The cold showed soaked his hair and uniform but Ryou was in to deep of thought to notice or care.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
I recognize the way you make me feel
It's hard to think that
You might not be real
I sense it now, the water's getting deep
I try to wash the pain away from me
Away from me
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Bakura sat idle in his spirit room and watched as Ryou walked to school in the rain. He was running his mind over everything. Why had he obeyed Ryou? Ryou had no right to request anything of him. He shouldn't have stayed. He should have left like he planned. And why did it matter to Ryou why he was here? That is what really upset him the most. He had already made up his mind that Ryou did not need to know anything about him nor should Ryou ever get in his way. He didn't need Ryou. Ryou was just a pawn in the over all quest to put the king in check. With the edition of the holder of the millennium puzzle Bakura knew that Ryou would question him more.
He still watched as the day went on. Ryou seemed to forget about what happened at home while he was at school and around his new friends. He was still upset about it even though he hid it well. Bakura knew better then to think Ryou would resolve his feeling that fast. The boy was far too sensitive.
Ryou was now with Yugi and his other friends, the blonde that was with them when he took them to the shadow realm and two others one being female. Ryou clung so tightly to these new friendships it was pathetic. Ryou was happy to be invited back to the game shop again to hang out. As soon as school was over the five of them walked to the shop together. Yugi had already decided to introduce his yami to Honda and Anzu when they got to the shop. Yugi set his book bag down and plopped down on the bed. Before he could say anything Jonouchi spoke up.
"So where's that Yami guy?" Jonouchi said resting on Yugi's desk.
"He will come if I ask him to." Yugi said.
He would come if Yugi asked. Ridicules. What kind of behavior was that. Yugi was no different then Ryou. So why did the Pharaoh cooperate with his other self so much. Bakura tried not to think about it anymore. It shouldn't make any difference to him anyway.
"Who will come?" Honda spoke up from beside Jonouchi. Yugi stood up.
"Well I haven't been totally honest with you." Yugi began. Anzu and Honda were informed earlier in the day about Yugi and the announcement he had to make but were very unsure about what it was about.
"It was only when I met Ryou that I knew that hiding it would no longer be any good. We both were given a item.." Yugi cupped the puzzle lifting it off his chest. Ryou unbuttoned his school uniform enough to pull out the ring from inside it.
"They are millennium items from Egypt. I received mine when I was six. I began to put it together and even though it was difficult I finished it last year only to reveal there was a spirit living inside it." Yugi said still holding his puzzle with one hand.
"A spirit?" Anzu questioned.
"Yes he lives inside the puzzle and he and I are connected mentally. Ryou is this true for you too?" Yugi said.
"Un. However I had been talked into believing that none of this was real. My parents did not take well to the fact the I claimed to see this spirit and hear him talk to me." Ryou said.
"I suppose they wouldn't." Honda said still thinking this had to be some kind of joke.
"So Yugi lets see this spirit of yours." Anzu said also unsure if this was a hoax or not.
Before anyone else could speak Yami had appeared to the side of the bed facing everyone. Honda nearly jumped into Jonouchi's arms. Anzu sweat dropped and covered her mouth. Jonouchi fought Honda off him while using a few choice names to call him.
"This is mou hitori no boku. You can call him Yami." Yugi said.
"Hey there." Honda said still in dismay. Yami gave him a friendly gesture. Anzu was unknowingly staring at Yami.
"So how 'bout you Ryou? Will your other self come out." Jonouchi said. Ryou looked up.
"I don't think so he's not very social." Ryou said
"He wont even come out so we can meet him?" Honda said
"Why don't you ask him?" Anzu said.
/Will you come out for just../
//I wont.//
/Why not?/
//I have no reason to.//
"I'm sorry he wont come out." Ryou said to the group.
"That's too bad." Anzu said.
"Well he isn't the friendliest..or the nicest for that matter." As soon as the words come out of his mouth he wished he could take them back. Bakura was suddenly beside him staring him down. Ryou froze up not know what he would do. He grabbed Ryou shirt harshly.
"Are you talking?" Bakura whispered into his ear.
Ryou shook his head. He really made Bakura angry and he actually appeared in front of other people which had never happen before. Bakura turned to everyone looking at them then placing his eyes on Yami. Ryou tried to compose him self when Bakura let go of him. He kept his eyes low not looking at anyone.
"Ryou dijoubu desu ka?" Yugi said stepping closer to him. Ryou looked hesitant to answer.
"Un. I'm fine." He said with what looked like a smile still avoiding eye contact with everyone.
"Of course he is okay. Right yadounshi?" Bakura said shooting a glance at Ryou. He only nodded quickly while keeping his smile in tact. Yami crossed his arms. He didn't like what was going on. Bakura chuckled.
"Using fear to control someone isn't the most honorable thing to do." Yami spoke.
"And what do you know of HONOR my trusted PHARAOH." Bakura growled. Yami frowned.
"I know more then you would." Yami said. Bakura laughed once more.
"I do not need honor. I do not need trust. I do not need friendship or loyalty or kindness. Pharaoh neither of us are here for any of these things." Bakura said
"Then why are we here?" Yami replied.
"You should tell me that Pharaoh. I am not the one who sent us here." Bakura said then he turned away and disappeared back into the ring.
Ryou looked away. He wasn't happy about the way his other self acted. Ryou was even a little ashamed of him. He tried to smile at Yugi who was looking on in concern and confusion. Yami stood close by submerged in deep thought. The others in the room were still trying to figure out if this was all some crazy dream.
"I should go. It's getting late." Ryou said finally. Actually he hadn't been there for more then two hours at most. Yugi nodded. Ryou turned to leave. Yami caught him before he reached the door.
"He should not control you." Yami said softly. Ryou tried to smile and nod, but fell short of his goal then quickly left.
To be continued...
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I have to work a lot after today so I will work my butt off to post again no later then a week from this update on 04/19/03
When I found this site I never knew that things would turn out the way they did. This fan fic has acquired an amazing 114 reviews (I only expected not more then 100) I am so glad so many people enjoy this fic enough to get so many reviews. Thank you. ^_^
Also I have this to say...
A few days ago I was honored by have a fan fic dedicated to me. I would like to say that I never expected it at all and I would really like to thank Linchi for the honor!
Also I have to ask everyone who reads this to PLEASE drop by Linchi's fan fic "Sabishísa to Shí" and check it out if you haven't already and don't forget to leave her a nice review. She is a very good writer and I know you all would enjoy her story and I can't wait till she updates again ^_^ You can easily find her profile in my reviews and my lovely dedication is in the second chapter
THANK YOU LINCHI ^_^
The last thing I have to say is that I do have credits planned for all the songs and reviewers and I have awards to announce too ^_^ now on to the story!
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FOURTEEN
Everywhere to me
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Turn it inside out so I can see
The part of you that's drifting over me
And when I wake you're never there
But when I sleep you're everywhere
You're everywhere
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ryou woke up before his clock rang. Alone again as always. He knew Bakura had occupied the window seal for the greater part of the night. Yes it was true Bakura was cruel to him. It was also true Bakura hurt him on occasion. It was also true that Ryou felt safer when Bakura was in the room while he slept then when he wasn't. Ryou shifted his gaze to the empty window seal. Why did he always leave when Ryou awoke? Why would he only stay while Ryou slept? Ryou closes his eyes and tried to come to a rest again. It wasn't working so well so he settled for just relaxing his eyes. Bakura must have mistaken this for sleep since he appeared on the window seal and gazed outside for a while.
Ryou stayed quiet not wanting him to leave. Bakura watched Ryou as he took even breathes. Ryou rolled onto his back keeping his eyes closed and taking a deep breath. Bakura watched this shift in position carefully almost decided to leave again.
"Don't go..please." Ryou sleepily mumbled. It was a simple request wasn't it? Bakura frowned.
"Why should I stay?" Bakura answered.
"Why should you go?" Ryou returned.
Bakura was quiet. He didn't move from his spot on the window seal. Ryou shifted once again snuggling into his pillow and placing his hand over his chest which was still damaged from the day before. Soon there was movement from the outside of Ryou's room. Bakura looked up hearing Ryou's father moving around getting ready for work.
"Why are you here?" Ryou said softly. Bakura looked back to the bed lowering his eye brows.
"That shouldn't matter to you." Bakura said. Ryou saddened.
"But it does matter to me." Ryou said rolling over to face where Bakura was sitting to find that he had returned to his spirit room. Ryou frowned looking at the empty window seal.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Just tell me how I got this far
Just tell me why you're here and who you are
Cause every time I look
You're never there
And every time I sleep
You're always there
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Ryou closed his eyes. It would be time to get up for school soon. He laid there in bed until his alarm went off screaming for him to get up and get ready. He drug himself off the bed and put on his school uniform. He walked over to the dresser and took the ring and put it around his neck then buttoned up his shirt. He went down stairs to eat after he was ready. His father was at the table drinking coffee and reading the paper. He hid behind the unfolded news paper not looking up as Ryou sat down with some orange juice and a bagel.
"Do you enjoy wasting my money?" His father spoke from behind the paper. Ryou stopped spreading the jelly on the bagel and was quiet.
"What do you mean?" Ryou said.
"Your proscription is in the garbage. Now I have to spend money to get you a new one." His father said.
"I'm not taking them anymore." Ryou said
"And just why is that?" His father said putting the paper down angrily. Ryou looked away from his father. He wouldn't believe him but he had to try.
"Because I'm not insane." Ryou said. His father got even more upset.
"WELL YOU SURE SEEM LIKE IT!" His father shouted. Ryou flinched. He knew his father thought he was crazy. He wasn't crazy though. Bakura was real, but his father would never believe him unless Bakura would come out.
//Mou hitori no boku? Come out! Please!// Bakura had cut the mental link between them. Ryou didn't know what to do or say now.
"But I'm not." Ryou said quietly.
"Oh really? Is that your professional opinion? Because every doctor I've taken you have said differently!" His father shouted.
"Because Bakura is real! And he does talk to me! And I DO see him! And I'm NOT crazy! You would be able to see him too if he would come out, but he doesn't like coming out....in front of anyone!" Ryou shouted as tears forced their way out. His father just stared at him. He stood up suddenly.
"I wont hear anymore of this NONSENCE. Especially from a insane person!" He father said just before storming off to go to work.
He swung the door open then slammed it behind him as he left. Ryou sat in his seat in a blank stare. The bagel which was no longer warm or the jelly which was unsetting didn't register in his mind right then. Bakura appeared next to him after awhile. Ryou was quiet.
"I told you that would piss him off. Baka yadounshi." Bakura spat glancing around the room.
"He doesn't believe me because I have no proof that you are real." Ryou said. Bakura was quiet.
"Can't you just come out while he is here that way he knows you are real?" Ryou said.
"Why should I?" Bakura demanded
"To be nice..." As soon as the word nice came out Ryou wished he hadn't have said it. Bakura quickly took a hold of Ryou's shirt lifting him up out of the chair.
"I wouldn't do it for your father, I wouldn't do it for you, and I especially wouldn't do it to be NICE. GOT IT?!" Bakura spat. Ryou shook his head confirming he understood then Bakura let him go then returned to the ring.
Ryou left the house soon after. He walk on towards school quietly with the ring inside his shirt pressed against his chest. How could he ever think Bakura wasn't real? Hell his father shouted it so much it was like a broken record. Ryou was not even half way to school when it began to rain. He didn't even try to walk under the building's he passed which had canopies. The cold showed soaked his hair and uniform but Ryou was in to deep of thought to notice or care.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
I recognize the way you make me feel
It's hard to think that
You might not be real
I sense it now, the water's getting deep
I try to wash the pain away from me
Away from me
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Bakura sat idle in his spirit room and watched as Ryou walked to school in the rain. He was running his mind over everything. Why had he obeyed Ryou? Ryou had no right to request anything of him. He shouldn't have stayed. He should have left like he planned. And why did it matter to Ryou why he was here? That is what really upset him the most. He had already made up his mind that Ryou did not need to know anything about him nor should Ryou ever get in his way. He didn't need Ryou. Ryou was just a pawn in the over all quest to put the king in check. With the edition of the holder of the millennium puzzle Bakura knew that Ryou would question him more.
He still watched as the day went on. Ryou seemed to forget about what happened at home while he was at school and around his new friends. He was still upset about it even though he hid it well. Bakura knew better then to think Ryou would resolve his feeling that fast. The boy was far too sensitive.
Ryou was now with Yugi and his other friends, the blonde that was with them when he took them to the shadow realm and two others one being female. Ryou clung so tightly to these new friendships it was pathetic. Ryou was happy to be invited back to the game shop again to hang out. As soon as school was over the five of them walked to the shop together. Yugi had already decided to introduce his yami to Honda and Anzu when they got to the shop. Yugi set his book bag down and plopped down on the bed. Before he could say anything Jonouchi spoke up.
"So where's that Yami guy?" Jonouchi said resting on Yugi's desk.
"He will come if I ask him to." Yugi said.
He would come if Yugi asked. Ridicules. What kind of behavior was that. Yugi was no different then Ryou. So why did the Pharaoh cooperate with his other self so much. Bakura tried not to think about it anymore. It shouldn't make any difference to him anyway.
"Who will come?" Honda spoke up from beside Jonouchi. Yugi stood up.
"Well I haven't been totally honest with you." Yugi began. Anzu and Honda were informed earlier in the day about Yugi and the announcement he had to make but were very unsure about what it was about.
"It was only when I met Ryou that I knew that hiding it would no longer be any good. We both were given a item.." Yugi cupped the puzzle lifting it off his chest. Ryou unbuttoned his school uniform enough to pull out the ring from inside it.
"They are millennium items from Egypt. I received mine when I was six. I began to put it together and even though it was difficult I finished it last year only to reveal there was a spirit living inside it." Yugi said still holding his puzzle with one hand.
"A spirit?" Anzu questioned.
"Yes he lives inside the puzzle and he and I are connected mentally. Ryou is this true for you too?" Yugi said.
"Un. However I had been talked into believing that none of this was real. My parents did not take well to the fact the I claimed to see this spirit and hear him talk to me." Ryou said.
"I suppose they wouldn't." Honda said still thinking this had to be some kind of joke.
"So Yugi lets see this spirit of yours." Anzu said also unsure if this was a hoax or not.
Before anyone else could speak Yami had appeared to the side of the bed facing everyone. Honda nearly jumped into Jonouchi's arms. Anzu sweat dropped and covered her mouth. Jonouchi fought Honda off him while using a few choice names to call him.
"This is mou hitori no boku. You can call him Yami." Yugi said.
"Hey there." Honda said still in dismay. Yami gave him a friendly gesture. Anzu was unknowingly staring at Yami.
"So how 'bout you Ryou? Will your other self come out." Jonouchi said. Ryou looked up.
"I don't think so he's not very social." Ryou said
"He wont even come out so we can meet him?" Honda said
"Why don't you ask him?" Anzu said.
/Will you come out for just../
//I wont.//
/Why not?/
//I have no reason to.//
"I'm sorry he wont come out." Ryou said to the group.
"That's too bad." Anzu said.
"Well he isn't the friendliest..or the nicest for that matter." As soon as the words come out of his mouth he wished he could take them back. Bakura was suddenly beside him staring him down. Ryou froze up not know what he would do. He grabbed Ryou shirt harshly.
"Are you talking?" Bakura whispered into his ear.
Ryou shook his head. He really made Bakura angry and he actually appeared in front of other people which had never happen before. Bakura turned to everyone looking at them then placing his eyes on Yami. Ryou tried to compose him self when Bakura let go of him. He kept his eyes low not looking at anyone.
"Ryou dijoubu desu ka?" Yugi said stepping closer to him. Ryou looked hesitant to answer.
"Un. I'm fine." He said with what looked like a smile still avoiding eye contact with everyone.
"Of course he is okay. Right yadounshi?" Bakura said shooting a glance at Ryou. He only nodded quickly while keeping his smile in tact. Yami crossed his arms. He didn't like what was going on. Bakura chuckled.
"Using fear to control someone isn't the most honorable thing to do." Yami spoke.
"And what do you know of HONOR my trusted PHARAOH." Bakura growled. Yami frowned.
"I know more then you would." Yami said. Bakura laughed once more.
"I do not need honor. I do not need trust. I do not need friendship or loyalty or kindness. Pharaoh neither of us are here for any of these things." Bakura said
"Then why are we here?" Yami replied.
"You should tell me that Pharaoh. I am not the one who sent us here." Bakura said then he turned away and disappeared back into the ring.
Ryou looked away. He wasn't happy about the way his other self acted. Ryou was even a little ashamed of him. He tried to smile at Yugi who was looking on in concern and confusion. Yami stood close by submerged in deep thought. The others in the room were still trying to figure out if this was all some crazy dream.
"I should go. It's getting late." Ryou said finally. Actually he hadn't been there for more then two hours at most. Yugi nodded. Ryou turned to leave. Yami caught him before he reached the door.
"He should not control you." Yami said softly. Ryou tried to smile and nod, but fell short of his goal then quickly left.
To be continued...
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I have to work a lot after today so I will work my butt off to post again no later then a week from this update on 04/19/03