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8/7/06
:………: Bakura's thinking
/………/ Ryou's thinking
/………/ Akefia's thinking
"………" Normal speech
'………' Normal thought
Yami's have their own bodies. NO ROMANCE OR YAOI!
Summary: When an accident creates two Bakuras, how will Ryou deal with it? And now that Akefia shows his true colors, how can Bakura protect himself from being sealed into the Ring and having Akefia take his place in life?
I am SO sorry for the lateness!
And the crappy chapter….
Chapter Twelve
Bakura went back into the house, holding the little bird carefully. He'll have to be careful when doing this, and he'll more than likely have to be alone.
He suddenly felt a wrench in his chest, and the feeling of something trying to claw it's way out. The pale haired yami gasped and staggered, stumbling into an abandoned warehouse that was so handily nearby.
He scrabbled in his pocket and drew out the card that contained the essence of Akefia. It was glowing and with a bright flash it was empty.
Bakura glanced up and snarled.
Akefia glared at him.
"Do you realize how much it HURT to have that bloody card ripped in half?" Akefia roared.
"Serves you right for trying to take over my life." Bakura bit back nastily. Akefia growled at him, and lashed out.
Bakura shot to his feet and dodged, turning to face his double.
"This ends now." He hissed.
"How?" Akefia laughed. "You can't banish me, I AM the Shadows. You can't seal me in a card, I'll get out sooner or later, and you can't kill me because you'll injure yourself permanently since we're linked." Laughing, he lunged at Bakura again.
Smoothly moving aside, landing a blow on Akefia's back when he passed, Bakura held the bird close and prayed he was up to performing the required magic.
Hissing in pain from the blow, AKefia spun to face Bakura and stalked forwards.
"What do you have there? A bird? What?" He paused in his advancing, regarding the little bird suspiciously.
Bakura lowered his head, bangs covering his eyes, his sinister smile all that showed. Ryou was in the back of his mind, supporting him and on his way with Marik and Malik in tow. All he had to do was hold Akefia off long enough for them to get there to supply Bakura with the power he needed, for though he didn't show it physically, the tearing of the card had injured and pained him as well, and took out a large chunk of his energy.
But the bird…with the bird, all will be over. Bakura felt a bit guilty at this…but he had too. He couldn't destroy the card while he was linked to Akefia, he couldn't kill Akefia, he couldn't banish him…but there was one thing he could do….
Ryou and the two psychos were close now…he could do it.
He had to do it.
Closing his eyes, he drew on his last reserves of magic, and then drew heavily on his link with Ryou, who in turn was being supplied power from Marik and Malik.
He began to weave his spell.
There was a startled squawk from the bird, and a shout from Akefia. Bakura was vaguely aware of Akefia charging him, and didn't bother to dodge, for that would ruin his concentration.
When Akefia was midway to him, he said the final words.
There was a pained cry and a screech, the dark build up of the Shadows, and then…nothing. Bakura opened his eyes, and stumbled to his knees. Ryou, Marik, and Malik rushed in, all three looking exhausted.
"Akefia?" Ryou wondered, glancing around and seeing no sign of his yami's double.
"Here…" Bakura said hoarsely, holding out his hands.
In his left palm sat the little bird, seeming confused.
In his right, another bird.
A bird with flaming red eyes.
"You…what did you do?" Malik exclaimed, staring. Bakura gave a pained grin.
"Remember that spell I told you about? Well, I did it. Only I used the card one more time, and I used it on the bird. Then I transplanted Akefia into the second bird." He tried to stand and ended up stumbling.
"You okay?" Marik rumbled, taking the normal bird from Bakura so that he could use the hand to help himself up.
"Not really. I forgot much of the spell, and had to improvise a bit. Took more out of me than I thought it would, and therefore more out of you too." Bakura muttered back, holding Akefia tightly in his hand.
"Now what? Do we kill him, or…what?" Malik wondered, peering at the demonic bird that Bakura still held.
"I'm still linked. If I kill the bird, I risk injuring myself. No," He said, and turned to Ryou. "looks like we have a pet, hikari," A small cheep from the normal bird made him smile slightly. "Two pets, I mean." Ryou blinked, and nodded.
"I guess that would be best. I mean, we can keep an eye on Akefia, and I wouldn't feel right letting the baby go. He'd die. So…let's see…we'll need a cage, food," Ryou said, listing off the items on his hands.
"So that's all? It's over?" Malik asked, taking the baby bird from Marik and petting it softly.
"Yes, it's over." Bakura replied, finally able to stand up.
They turned and left the warehouse, heading back to Ryou's home, the two birds in tow. It was the end to a hectic week, and hopefully everything would be back to normal by morning.
The small bird that Malik held turned his head slowly, surveying the group.
"You may have trapped me in the body of a worthless, pitiful and weak bird, but you can't get rid of me. I WILL have my revenge." Akefia promised, red eyes glinting evilly.
"After all, I will only be a small bird for so long…"
End
Okay, I'm really sorry for the crappy ending, and the late update, and all that! Really sorry! It's just…I lost so much of my motivation for this story…and I have been having a real hassle trying to get the inspiration for it.