Weiße Weihnacht
Part 2—Angel from the Sky
by YYY
Bakura heads toward the lake again. He knows even if he gets home he will not be able to sleep. His mind is occupied by the thoughts of the one who saved him. He heads to the lake to search for clues to the whereabouts of his savior again.
"Well, well, well, look who is back." A group of boys appears. It's the thugs who attacked Bakura and throws Bakura into the lake. They are about to attack Bakura when Joey runs up to them. The blonde stands in front of Bakura and says to the thugs, "Leave Bakura alone."
"Step aside, blonde. We got you out numbered. We can beat you!" The leader of the thugs says.
"I welcome you to try." Joey replies.
One of the thugs recognizes Joey and says to the boss, "Boss, don't pick fight with him. That's Joey Wheeler, he can put us all in hospital in less than 30 seconds."
"You're lucky, Bakura. This is not the end of it." The leader of the thugs says before he leaves.
"Oh, yes it is. If you hurt Bakura, I'll make sure you pay." Joey says.
The thugs practically run. Yami, Yugi and Ryou run up to Bakura. "Are you okay? You shouldn't come here youself!" Yugi says.
"What are you all doing here?" Bakura asks.
"We know you're going to be here, so we come and help you." Yami says.
"You guys are too much. I wasn't even your friend. Why would you waste time on me?" Bakura asks.
"Time spent on you are never wasted." Joey says, "and you are our friend."
"Come on, let's go and see if we can find your savior." Yami says.
The gang spends hours looking around the lake and they cannot find clue on who saved Bakura. Soon, the sun goes down. It's getting too dark to see the road. Ryou trips on something and falls down to the ground. "Ouch!" The boy cries.
"Silly boy! How come you don't watch where you're going?" Bakura says as he rushes to help Ryou up.
"I'm so crumsy." Ryou's knee is scraped and there is blood coming out from it.
"No, it's my fault. I made you all come and look for that person for me; and now you got hurt." Bakura grunts.
"Don't say that! We volunteer to come and help you look!" Ryou says at once.
"If I tell you a secret, will you promised not to tell anybody?" Bakura asks while he cleans Ryou's wounded knee.
"Cross my heart."
"I think an Angel saved me."
"What?"
"Go ahead. Laugh. I know it's stupid."
"No, no!" Ryou says, "I don't mean to act weird, you just caught me by surprise. You don't look like the kind who believe in angels."
"I surprised myself. I don't know what comes over me. but that's what I saw."
"You saw an angel?"
"That night, when those thugs threw me down the lake, I was sure that it's the end of me. My whole body was in intense pain form the beating and the icy water is freezing me. I can feel myself sinking but there is nothing I can do. I remember thinking 'please let me die. I don't care if I die from intense pain or hypothermia, I just want to die'." Bakura says, "and then I see this angel comes floating down the water. The angel is wearing a long white robe that shimmers in the moonlight under the water. There is a pair of wings coming out from the back of the angel. Nothing from this earth can be that pretty."
"It does sound very beautiful."
"You must think I'm crazy now, talking like that."
"I don't think you're crazy. I think it's miraculous."
Bakura laughs, "I was dying and my brain is oxygen deprived. I was probably hallucinating. I just need to say that to someone. I'm going insane thinking about that."
"Maybe you really did see an angel." Ryou says.
A warm smile comes up on the usually cool Bakura's face. "Thanks for listening to me, silly boy. It's nice to have someone listen to me. Come on, it's getting late. I'll take you home."
TBC…