WOW now hasn't it been forever since I updated bet you thought I wouldn't
ever update again huh? Well guess what you cant get rid of me that easy
complete computer cash and no internet for three months because of lack of
credit or money wont keep me away HAHAHA anyway here is the chapter and a
swear it wont take me longer then a month to get he next one up I promise.
A few weeks tops okay so enjoy!
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EIGHTEEN
The tools for lost memories
"That storm came out of nowhere." Ryou said as the wind blew a chill though his thin jacket. Bakura looked upwards towards the monstrous dark clouds that had just rolled in.
"Looks like it's going to storm pretty bad." Bakura said. Not to long after little droplets of rain began to cover his face.
"Did you ever get storms where you came from?" Ryou asked meekly. He knew Bakura still didn't like talking about his past but he really wanted to know more about him.
"Once in a while, but big storms like this one were rare." Bakura said. Rain started to fall faster now. Thunder began to make its loud presents all around them.
"They said when the thunder came it was the god of Ra showing up how powerful he was." Bakura said. Suddenly there was a downfall. It rained as hard as it could. It almost seemed as if the earth was crying.
"At least we are almost at the pier." Ryou shouted over the storm.
They hurried down the street getting close to where Bakura had sent Yugi and his dark half. Thunder rumbled louder then ever and lightning crashed into a near by tree splitting it right in half. It began to fall right towards them. Bakura snatched up Ryou's arm and pulled him as fast as he could to safety causing both of them to drop to the ground just out of reach of the tree. Bakura looked up as Ryou continued to shield his head. The rain fell so hard he couldn't see more then a foot in front of him. Bakura stood up helping his hikari off the ground. More lightning crashed around them sending a phone poll crashing behind them.
"Suddenly it doesn't seem very safe around here." Bakura yelled. He began to look for some type of shelter from the storm.
"We have to help Yugi, we can't just give up now!" Ryou said getting to his feet. He made a run for the pier only to be cut sort of his goal by a huge crash of lighting in front of him. Bakura caught him just as Ryou was about to hit the ground.
"What ever is going on in there it sure doesn't want us to interfere with it." Bakura said helping Ryou up. They watched as the storm condensed into a small area. Soon the sky around them cleared up and the sun came out, but in that spot where the dock was seemed like a wall of harsh clouds black like oil.
"I hope Yugi and his Yami are alright." Ryou said feeling quite helpless.
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"Do you give up now Marik?" Yami said standing over him. The duel was a hard one but Yami pulled it off. Marik started to laugh. Yami frowned.
"I don't see what is so funny Marik." Yami said in disgust.
"You really think you have beaten me? I hate to bring down your little high but this has only begun Pharaoh." Marik said.
"What are you talking about!" Yami shouted.
"I think you are forgetting what is important Pharaoh. You were so determined to get answers that you forgot about the only thing you have in this world, but I fear its too late now." Marik said. Yami breath left him and a cold lump swelled in his throat suddenly nearly choking him. He was so firm on beating Marik that he had completely for got about..
"Aibou!" Yami shouted as he ran for the exit.
"Its too late Pharaoh! We've already won!" Yami heard as he ran down the hall to find his Hikari.
//Aibou, are you alright answer me please!//
/.../
//Aibou!// Yami got to the door where he had last seen Yugi and stopped. It was a sliding door made of steel. He soon found out there was no way to open it no matter how hard he tried.
"There has to be a different door I can use." He mumbled to him self.
"You wish for an exit?" A stern voice appeared behind him. Yami turned to see Lisid once again.
"What happened to my Aibou?!" Yami demanded.
"The one from the shadows took him." Lisid said
"The shadows?" Yami questioned
"He convinced Marik-sama that doing this would be best." Lisid said
"Doing what would be best?" Yami asked
"Showing you your real self." Lisid said.
"My real self? What are you talking about I just want to find my Aibou! Now where is he!" Yami shouted just as he did the door slid open. He went through the door and it slid shut behind him leaving him in a strange room.
The sun gleamed through the window changing the surroundings bright as apposed to the dark room he had just left. He walked farther into the room seeing a bed with clean sheets and pillows. It looked like the room where Yugi's mother and Riko stayed. To the right of the bed was another door. Yami put his hand on the knob and opened it.
"Aibou!" Yami shouted seeing Yugi. He stood in the middle of the hall way holding someone's hand. He seemed not to hear Yami at all.
"Aibou?" Yami said confused as to what was going on. These rooms were never there before, and who was this person Yugi was with, and why wouldn't he answer!?
"Aibou I think we should get out of here.." Yami began.
"She's right in this room Yugi-chan, safe and sound." The person said holding Yugi's hand. They turned around. Yami's heart jumped to his throat.
"Riko-kisama...!" Yami clenched his fists then he noticed Yugi. The last time he looked that bad was the day Yami arrived. He was skin and bones, and beat up. Black eye, bloody nose, not to mention how pale he was.
"Lets go see her." Riko said. Yugi was quiet, only nodding. They started towards the door behind Yami that he had just come from.
"Aibou where are you...wait stop!" Yami shouted as they walked right through him to the door. Still holding hands the two of them walked into the bedroom. Yami followed quickly behind.
"But there is nothing in this room..." Yami began.
He stepped beside Yugi to see the room completely different now. It was darker and the sun was gone. The sheets where disordered and covered in blood. The walls were also splattered with red, and there was a trail that led to a chair in the corner of the room where someone was sitting. Yami suddenly couldn't speak. The person got up from the chair slowly. She was in ragged cloths and smothered in blood like the room. She had gashes around her wrists and ankles.
"Yugi-chan." She spoke with her bloody mouth.
"Okaasan." Yugi said softly.
"Yes my little one?" She said
"Your okay." Yugi said going over to his dead mother.
"Yes Yugi-chan, I'm alright." She said
"No this isn't real, it can't be!" Yami shouted. Yugi put his arms around his mother and held her. Riko started to chuckle.
"Of course its real. Why wouldn't it be real." He said not ever moving from his spot.
"I sent you to the shadow realm..." Yami said not believing what was happening. "...and she was dead." He continued.
"Still is dead. The darkness brought us back. The same darkness you used to try and kill me. Now we are one big happy family again." Riko said stepping towards Yugi who was standing next to his dead mother.
"Bullshit! Aibou common let's get out of here!" Yami yelled.
"He can't hear you, besides you want to take him from his mother again?" Riko said
"THAT'S NOT HIS MOTHER! AIBOU THAT'S NOT YOUR MOTHER!" Yami shouted.
He ran to Yugi and grabbed for his arm and went right through it. Yami decided the only other way to get Yugi out of there was to go into the puzzle. He quickly returned to it then took over Yugi's body. He ran for the door which quickly returned to the ship door like it should have been. He moved down the hall way looking for and exit. He ran into a room hoping he would find the way out but he found himself in a dead end.
"Trying to escape?" A female voice filled the room. Yami turned around.
"What are you doing here?" Yami asked unhappily.
"I'm here for the future." Isis said. Isis took off her millennium necklace and walked over to the stone carving and set it in place.
"What are you here for?" Another voice said. Yami looked to see another person standing in the room.
"I'm here to find what I lost." Yami said
"Your memories." Isis said.
"You will find them here my Pharaoh." The other person said
"You are a millennium holder too." Yami said
"My name is Shadi, and I have come for the future too." He took off his millennium key and placed it in its place on the carving. Yami looked at the carving there was a place for each millennium item. So far the carving held four of the items. The key, the necklace, the eye, and the scale. There were three places left. Suddenly Yami heard the door open and shut real fast.
"I think there is one missing still." Marik said with crossed arms. Lisid stood next to his master waiting quietly.
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Ryou sat resting on the ground looking at the black cloud surrounding the dock. Bakura leaned against the tree waiting for something to change.
"Mou hitori no boku?" Ryou looked up with his big chocolate eyes.
"Yes?" Bakura said
"How much longer is this going to take?" Ryou asked.
"How should I know." Bakura said
"I don't know. What do you think they are doing in there?" Ryou asked
"Having a tea-party." Bakura said
"Why would they be doing that?" Ryou asked
"I don't know what the hell they are doing I'm not in there with them." Bakura said. Ryou went back to sitting quietly on the ground.
|We need him.| Marik's voice shot into Bakura's mind.
||Guess what too damn bad.||
|You have to bring him here right now|
||You said you would leave him alone||
|I never said for how long|
||I'm not bringing him in there damnit.||
|I'm afraid you have no choice.| The strange dark storm suddenly shifted leaving the door to get in clear. Ryou stood up.
"Hey look the door!" He said then he started for it. Bakura caught his arm before he could get very far.
"I don't think you should.."
"But we have too!" Ryou interrupted then he headed for the door.
"Marik you fucking bitch!" Bakura sneered then followed his hikari.
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Bakura lead Ryou down the hall. It was dark and it seemed like a maze.
"Are you sure we are going the right way?" Ryou asked somehow thinking this was a bad idea.
"I know they are over here. I can feel it." Bakura said. He opened the door at the end of the hall. Ryou followed.
"Its about time you showed up." Marik hissed.
"What's going on?" Ryou asked
"He must put his ring on the carving." Marik said. Ryou clutched his ring and looked at Bakura.
//Do what he says.//
/But what will happen?/
//I'm not sure just do it.//
Ryou took the leather rope from his neck and walked over to the carving. He found the spot where the ring belonged and set it in place, then he moved back over to his Yami.
"Now we are just missing one piece." Marik said looking over at Yami.
The was just one question. Would Yugi be able to come out. There was something waiting there. Yami could feel it. It was thick like blood and horrid like death. He had to find out though. What was it that was waiting and what was it that was being hid from him in those memories that he lost so long ago. Everything was connected somehow. Everything that had happened or would happen was all about to pull together. Yami left the puzzle leaving Yugi in place of him. Yugi quickly went to his knees. With his palms on the ground he scooted back and looked around franticly. Words jumped up but never left his lips. Ryou was at his side as fast as he could get there. Yugi took no comfort in seeing him. It was almost as if Yugi didn't recognize him. Yami appeared and kneeled down.
"Aibou its okay it's me." The words were like rain after centuries off dry heat, knowing there was life after all the death. Yugi grasped onto Yami's arm for relief from the horror he felt. Yami let him stay quiet for a while until he was calm enough.
"I saw them." Yugi whispered
"They weren't real Aibou." Yami said
"One of them was." Yugi said still holding onto Yami.
"I'm not going to let anyone hurt you Aibou." Yami said. Yugi nodded. They stood up facing the carving.
"You'll finally have your memories..." Yugi said as he took off the puzzle that hung at his chest. Yami was quiet. Yugi put the puzzle up close to the carving and was ready to push it in place.
"...and you will remember everything and then you will leave me. Maybe I'll never see you again, and whatever that darkness is out there will find me." Yugi said.
He pushed the puzzle in place before Yami could respond. Yugi turned around to face his Yami. The carving began to glow bright as the sun. the room filled with light. Yugi's silhouette slowly faded in front of Yami. Then the darkness grew all around as the light disappeared.
To be continued...
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EIGHTEEN
The tools for lost memories
"That storm came out of nowhere." Ryou said as the wind blew a chill though his thin jacket. Bakura looked upwards towards the monstrous dark clouds that had just rolled in.
"Looks like it's going to storm pretty bad." Bakura said. Not to long after little droplets of rain began to cover his face.
"Did you ever get storms where you came from?" Ryou asked meekly. He knew Bakura still didn't like talking about his past but he really wanted to know more about him.
"Once in a while, but big storms like this one were rare." Bakura said. Rain started to fall faster now. Thunder began to make its loud presents all around them.
"They said when the thunder came it was the god of Ra showing up how powerful he was." Bakura said. Suddenly there was a downfall. It rained as hard as it could. It almost seemed as if the earth was crying.
"At least we are almost at the pier." Ryou shouted over the storm.
They hurried down the street getting close to where Bakura had sent Yugi and his dark half. Thunder rumbled louder then ever and lightning crashed into a near by tree splitting it right in half. It began to fall right towards them. Bakura snatched up Ryou's arm and pulled him as fast as he could to safety causing both of them to drop to the ground just out of reach of the tree. Bakura looked up as Ryou continued to shield his head. The rain fell so hard he couldn't see more then a foot in front of him. Bakura stood up helping his hikari off the ground. More lightning crashed around them sending a phone poll crashing behind them.
"Suddenly it doesn't seem very safe around here." Bakura yelled. He began to look for some type of shelter from the storm.
"We have to help Yugi, we can't just give up now!" Ryou said getting to his feet. He made a run for the pier only to be cut sort of his goal by a huge crash of lighting in front of him. Bakura caught him just as Ryou was about to hit the ground.
"What ever is going on in there it sure doesn't want us to interfere with it." Bakura said helping Ryou up. They watched as the storm condensed into a small area. Soon the sky around them cleared up and the sun came out, but in that spot where the dock was seemed like a wall of harsh clouds black like oil.
"I hope Yugi and his Yami are alright." Ryou said feeling quite helpless.
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"Do you give up now Marik?" Yami said standing over him. The duel was a hard one but Yami pulled it off. Marik started to laugh. Yami frowned.
"I don't see what is so funny Marik." Yami said in disgust.
"You really think you have beaten me? I hate to bring down your little high but this has only begun Pharaoh." Marik said.
"What are you talking about!" Yami shouted.
"I think you are forgetting what is important Pharaoh. You were so determined to get answers that you forgot about the only thing you have in this world, but I fear its too late now." Marik said. Yami breath left him and a cold lump swelled in his throat suddenly nearly choking him. He was so firm on beating Marik that he had completely for got about..
"Aibou!" Yami shouted as he ran for the exit.
"Its too late Pharaoh! We've already won!" Yami heard as he ran down the hall to find his Hikari.
//Aibou, are you alright answer me please!//
/.../
//Aibou!// Yami got to the door where he had last seen Yugi and stopped. It was a sliding door made of steel. He soon found out there was no way to open it no matter how hard he tried.
"There has to be a different door I can use." He mumbled to him self.
"You wish for an exit?" A stern voice appeared behind him. Yami turned to see Lisid once again.
"What happened to my Aibou?!" Yami demanded.
"The one from the shadows took him." Lisid said
"The shadows?" Yami questioned
"He convinced Marik-sama that doing this would be best." Lisid said
"Doing what would be best?" Yami asked
"Showing you your real self." Lisid said.
"My real self? What are you talking about I just want to find my Aibou! Now where is he!" Yami shouted just as he did the door slid open. He went through the door and it slid shut behind him leaving him in a strange room.
The sun gleamed through the window changing the surroundings bright as apposed to the dark room he had just left. He walked farther into the room seeing a bed with clean sheets and pillows. It looked like the room where Yugi's mother and Riko stayed. To the right of the bed was another door. Yami put his hand on the knob and opened it.
"Aibou!" Yami shouted seeing Yugi. He stood in the middle of the hall way holding someone's hand. He seemed not to hear Yami at all.
"Aibou?" Yami said confused as to what was going on. These rooms were never there before, and who was this person Yugi was with, and why wouldn't he answer!?
"Aibou I think we should get out of here.." Yami began.
"She's right in this room Yugi-chan, safe and sound." The person said holding Yugi's hand. They turned around. Yami's heart jumped to his throat.
"Riko-kisama...!" Yami clenched his fists then he noticed Yugi. The last time he looked that bad was the day Yami arrived. He was skin and bones, and beat up. Black eye, bloody nose, not to mention how pale he was.
"Lets go see her." Riko said. Yugi was quiet, only nodding. They started towards the door behind Yami that he had just come from.
"Aibou where are you...wait stop!" Yami shouted as they walked right through him to the door. Still holding hands the two of them walked into the bedroom. Yami followed quickly behind.
"But there is nothing in this room..." Yami began.
He stepped beside Yugi to see the room completely different now. It was darker and the sun was gone. The sheets where disordered and covered in blood. The walls were also splattered with red, and there was a trail that led to a chair in the corner of the room where someone was sitting. Yami suddenly couldn't speak. The person got up from the chair slowly. She was in ragged cloths and smothered in blood like the room. She had gashes around her wrists and ankles.
"Yugi-chan." She spoke with her bloody mouth.
"Okaasan." Yugi said softly.
"Yes my little one?" She said
"Your okay." Yugi said going over to his dead mother.
"Yes Yugi-chan, I'm alright." She said
"No this isn't real, it can't be!" Yami shouted. Yugi put his arms around his mother and held her. Riko started to chuckle.
"Of course its real. Why wouldn't it be real." He said not ever moving from his spot.
"I sent you to the shadow realm..." Yami said not believing what was happening. "...and she was dead." He continued.
"Still is dead. The darkness brought us back. The same darkness you used to try and kill me. Now we are one big happy family again." Riko said stepping towards Yugi who was standing next to his dead mother.
"Bullshit! Aibou common let's get out of here!" Yami yelled.
"He can't hear you, besides you want to take him from his mother again?" Riko said
"THAT'S NOT HIS MOTHER! AIBOU THAT'S NOT YOUR MOTHER!" Yami shouted.
He ran to Yugi and grabbed for his arm and went right through it. Yami decided the only other way to get Yugi out of there was to go into the puzzle. He quickly returned to it then took over Yugi's body. He ran for the door which quickly returned to the ship door like it should have been. He moved down the hall way looking for and exit. He ran into a room hoping he would find the way out but he found himself in a dead end.
"Trying to escape?" A female voice filled the room. Yami turned around.
"What are you doing here?" Yami asked unhappily.
"I'm here for the future." Isis said. Isis took off her millennium necklace and walked over to the stone carving and set it in place.
"What are you here for?" Another voice said. Yami looked to see another person standing in the room.
"I'm here to find what I lost." Yami said
"Your memories." Isis said.
"You will find them here my Pharaoh." The other person said
"You are a millennium holder too." Yami said
"My name is Shadi, and I have come for the future too." He took off his millennium key and placed it in its place on the carving. Yami looked at the carving there was a place for each millennium item. So far the carving held four of the items. The key, the necklace, the eye, and the scale. There were three places left. Suddenly Yami heard the door open and shut real fast.
"I think there is one missing still." Marik said with crossed arms. Lisid stood next to his master waiting quietly.
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Ryou sat resting on the ground looking at the black cloud surrounding the dock. Bakura leaned against the tree waiting for something to change.
"Mou hitori no boku?" Ryou looked up with his big chocolate eyes.
"Yes?" Bakura said
"How much longer is this going to take?" Ryou asked.
"How should I know." Bakura said
"I don't know. What do you think they are doing in there?" Ryou asked
"Having a tea-party." Bakura said
"Why would they be doing that?" Ryou asked
"I don't know what the hell they are doing I'm not in there with them." Bakura said. Ryou went back to sitting quietly on the ground.
|We need him.| Marik's voice shot into Bakura's mind.
||Guess what too damn bad.||
|You have to bring him here right now|
||You said you would leave him alone||
|I never said for how long|
||I'm not bringing him in there damnit.||
|I'm afraid you have no choice.| The strange dark storm suddenly shifted leaving the door to get in clear. Ryou stood up.
"Hey look the door!" He said then he started for it. Bakura caught his arm before he could get very far.
"I don't think you should.."
"But we have too!" Ryou interrupted then he headed for the door.
"Marik you fucking bitch!" Bakura sneered then followed his hikari.
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Bakura lead Ryou down the hall. It was dark and it seemed like a maze.
"Are you sure we are going the right way?" Ryou asked somehow thinking this was a bad idea.
"I know they are over here. I can feel it." Bakura said. He opened the door at the end of the hall. Ryou followed.
"Its about time you showed up." Marik hissed.
"What's going on?" Ryou asked
"He must put his ring on the carving." Marik said. Ryou clutched his ring and looked at Bakura.
//Do what he says.//
/But what will happen?/
//I'm not sure just do it.//
Ryou took the leather rope from his neck and walked over to the carving. He found the spot where the ring belonged and set it in place, then he moved back over to his Yami.
"Now we are just missing one piece." Marik said looking over at Yami.
The was just one question. Would Yugi be able to come out. There was something waiting there. Yami could feel it. It was thick like blood and horrid like death. He had to find out though. What was it that was waiting and what was it that was being hid from him in those memories that he lost so long ago. Everything was connected somehow. Everything that had happened or would happen was all about to pull together. Yami left the puzzle leaving Yugi in place of him. Yugi quickly went to his knees. With his palms on the ground he scooted back and looked around franticly. Words jumped up but never left his lips. Ryou was at his side as fast as he could get there. Yugi took no comfort in seeing him. It was almost as if Yugi didn't recognize him. Yami appeared and kneeled down.
"Aibou its okay it's me." The words were like rain after centuries off dry heat, knowing there was life after all the death. Yugi grasped onto Yami's arm for relief from the horror he felt. Yami let him stay quiet for a while until he was calm enough.
"I saw them." Yugi whispered
"They weren't real Aibou." Yami said
"One of them was." Yugi said still holding onto Yami.
"I'm not going to let anyone hurt you Aibou." Yami said. Yugi nodded. They stood up facing the carving.
"You'll finally have your memories..." Yugi said as he took off the puzzle that hung at his chest. Yami was quiet. Yugi put the puzzle up close to the carving and was ready to push it in place.
"...and you will remember everything and then you will leave me. Maybe I'll never see you again, and whatever that darkness is out there will find me." Yugi said.
He pushed the puzzle in place before Yami could respond. Yugi turned around to face his Yami. The carving began to glow bright as the sun. the room filled with light. Yugi's silhouette slowly faded in front of Yami. Then the darkness grew all around as the light disappeared.
To be continued...