Woah, I am like totally freaked out. I had this dreamwhere my skin was melting! Or was it puffing up like a balloon? Only not a good balloon and it was only on one arm. (shivers in fear) So freaky…
Man, I'm not going to lie to you. This was the chapter FROM HELL! It took me like… 5 months to write because I had enough writers' block to drown an elephant, seriously. It was like disgusting. So this chapter… it's not bad I just had a horrible painstaking time writing it. Lots of bits… well, all of it was rewritten at a time and scenes and dialogs rearranged. It was insane. Phew, I'm so glad that's over.
Not to say that you all wonderful readers, both awesome and fat losers, (those who review and those who do not) shouldn't enjoy this chapter. I just personality hate it.
The chapter is brought to you by: Malik, being an idiot though I guess you can't really blame him for trying… Or maybe you can, depends on if you're Yami no Malik or not.
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Chyaputa 19: Reliable Guardian
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Yugi and his darker half were underneath the tree across the clearing, their heads very close together. Their gazes flickered towards each other, hinting they were using their mind link to silently communicate. Ryou sat a few feet away feeling highly left out. He always felt left out when Yugi and his yami talked to each other like that, there was just no way forhim to join.
ThenRyou looked down at his own dark personality again and his stomach dropped a few more unpleasant notches.
'He hasn't moved,' Ryou thought, anxiety creeping up on him again. 'He might not even be breathing anymore…' The disarray of messy silver white spiky hair lay unmoved around his pale cold face. It looked like he could have been asleep. Without noticing it, Ryou's breathing had become short and shallow. 'Please wake up,' Ryou pleaded to the corpse. 'Please, just wake up.' But his darker half did not move.
Ryou wasn't even sure why he wanted Yami no Bakura to wake up. Before entering the illusion world, a small part of Ryou had been wishing that his darker side would just go away and disappear forever but no part of him held that thought anymore. Now all of his heart was screaming, 'Please don't leave me alone…' Ryou was afraid to touch his dark personality. He had taken a hold of his darker side's wrist some time ago, trying desperately to find a pulse to reassure himself that his darker half was going to wake up and was shocked to find his pale skin icy cold to the touch.
'Does that mean he's dying?' Ryou asked, his hands firmly clasped in his lap to stop them from trembling. 'Can I do anything to help him?' Shakily, one hand rose from Ryou's lap and placed itself on top of Yami no Bakura's wild white hair. It felt real and smooth. Ryou relaxed, pale fingers digging through his snow-colored locks. The small reassurance was cleansing somewhat; it helped Ryou's fidgety nerves to finally calm.
Suddenly there were vibrations beneath his fingers; Ryou jumped in shock. Hastily,he extracted his hand from his darker half's thick hair. Yami no Bakura was stirring, a small groan escaped his throat as he squinted at the area around him through silted dark eyes. Ryou could hardly believe it. He was awake.
"Dammit… what happened…?" Yami no Bakura hissed. Ryou's heart jumped to hear his voice again. Yami no Bakura looked more urgently around the circle a second time. "Where's… Yami no Malik?" he asked. "Did he get away?"
"H-he's tied to a tree over there," Ryou explained. Yami no Bakura turned his eyes on Ryou, still sitting very close beside him. Ryou's insides squirmed for a split second as their gazes met.
'What the hell is wrong with me?' Ryou asked himself. Yami no Bakura stared at his light for a moment longer then relaxed his head against the leather material of his folded up trench coatagain. Ryou breathed.
"Well, lets kill the bastard and be done with it," Yami no Bakura hissed.
"Malik's already gone to do that," Ryou answered.
"Really?" Yami no Bakura asked with a smirk, eyeing his lighter half smugly. "So he's decided to kill him after all. Looks like you were wrong, yadonushi."
Ryou shrugged. "Maybe," he admitted. Yami no Bakura frowned but he didn't respond. Ryou looked thoughtfully down at his darker half. "Um, mou hitori no boku," Ryou began nervously. "Thanks for saving me." Yami no Bakura shrugged impassively and then winced as the action irritated the wounds in his back.
"If you died I would have I died anyway," he said indifferently as if it had been nothing. Ryou bit his bottom lip.
"But if you thought you were going to die anyway, why did you bother trying to save me?" Ryou asked tentatively. Yami no Bakura put his head back down on his folded leather jacket, closing his eyes.
"How should I know?" Yami no Bakura said coldly. "I didn't even realized I had jumped. My body just acted on its own."
"I thought…" Ryou said, looking away from his darker personality's face. "I thought you hated me. I couldn't understand why you would…" Ryou pulled himself into silence.
Yami no Bakura sighed irritably. "It didn't seem logical," he explained with unreadable emotion. "For both of us to die when only one of us had to." Ryou blinked, pondering this callous point of view.
"I guess that makes sense," Ryou answered. Yami no Bakura opened his eyes and glanced up at Ryou. His lighter half smiled at the dark soul. A strange feeling knotted Yami no Bakura's stomach. He had never seen his host smile before, not since he had been a child. It was strange, unnerving yet oddly reassuring. Yami no Bakura stared, hypnotized by his lighter half's sudden cheerfulness. What did he have to be so dammed happy about?
It was at that moment that Malik returned. He stumbled out of the trees on wobbling legs, face very pale. Ryou and Yami no Bakura tore their eyes away from each other and turned to look. Yugi and his darker side looked up as the Egyptian entered and collapsed exhausted upon the ground in the middle of the clearing.
"What happened, Malik-kun?" Yugi asked cautiously.
"Did you kill him?" Yami no Yugi asked seriously, more straightforward. Malik slowly shook his head. Yugi sighed with relief. Yami no Bakura scowled deeply.
"You what?" Yami no Bakura growled skeptically. The others, who hadn't noticed Yami no Bakura was awakeuntil he spoke, turned sharply towards the sound of his voice.
"Bakura-kun!" Yugi cried happily.
"Hey, looks like you're alive," Malik commented. Yami no Bakura frowned
"What the hell did you do Malik?" Yami no Bakura accused forcefully, cutting off their reunion abruptly. "I can sense you lowered power levels. What the hell did you do?" Yugi and his Yami looked at each other confused. Malik sighed tiredly.
"My darkness was made from the hatred and fear within my heart," Malik explained, looking down at his shaking hands. "I created him to protect me, or at least that's what he says. So I tried to seal him back into my heart. It kinda worked." Yugi looked across the clearing to Ryou who was just as bewildered as he did.
"He was made from the darkness in your heart?" Ryou asked urgently, very confused. He and Yugi were both thinking the same thing.
'Did I create my darker side?'
Malik nodded. "If you can believe what he says." Ryou exchanged one last look with Yugi before they both looked down at their respective darker sides. Yami no Bakura's eyes narrowed but he didn't say anything. Yami no Yugi looked just as confused as Yugi did.
I have no idea whether you created me, aibou, he admitted in their silent mind link. I told you I don't remember anything. Yugi nodded.
I believe you, mou hitori no boku, Yugi insisted. Then suddenly something Yami no Bakura had once said came surfacing up to Yami no Yugi's mind.
"Yami no Malik knows nothing but power and wants nothing but destruction… He was born from a child's nightmares and the powers of darkness. He cannot comprehend real human emotions…"
'Is it possible?' Yami no Yugi thought darkly, red eyes flashing over to Yami no Bakura. 'Could he have known all this time?'
But hadn't the dark soul also said, "Yami no Malik is different than us…"
'Different how?' Yami no Yugi pondered, his old suspicions resurfacing. Yugi followed his darkness' train of thought scattered-ly, catching small images as they flew past Yami no Yugi's mind.
Is that what Bakura-kun said to you? Yugi asked. Yami no Yugi looked up with a start, forgetting his lighter half had been listening.
Yes, he admitted darkly. I don't like this feeling. How much does Bakura actually know?
"That was stupid!" Yami no Bakura spat harshly. Malik's head shot up from the ground to glare at him. "It's dangerous trying to suppress your power, that won't solve your problem Malik!"
"Even if it's only temporary, it will at least help us get out of this world," the Egyptian retorted stiffly.
Yami no Bakura snorted in disbelief. "What we need now is more power, not less. Restraining yourself will only make it harder for us to escape. Without your darker side you're weak…"
"I can manage it!" Malik insisted forcefully. Yami no Bakura scowled angrily.
"So what? You're not going to kill him?" he questioned coldly.
"No," Malik announced. "Not least not yet."
"This might be your last chance," Yami no Bakura warned him severely.
"I told you I'm fine! Besides he's harmless now, I can control him," Malik said firmly. Yami no Bakura scoffed doubtfully, even Yugi and his darker side exchanged uneasy glances; it just sounded too simple.
"Are you saying you can make him cooperate?" Yami no Bakura snapped from the ground. "We can not afford to make a mistake." Malik stared him down, eyes firm.
"I can control him," Malik persisted, almost menacingly.
"So you think," Yami no Bakura spat, scowl deepening. "If he messes this up, it's your head." Malik frowned irritably. Yugi smiled down at his darker half. Yami no Yugi knew he was happy no one had to die. Ryou sighed in relief; his darker personality glared up at him for a second then looked back at the ground.
'Dammit, yadonushi was right,' Yami no Bakura thought grudgingly, glaring bad tempered at the ground.
"So what now?" Yugi asked.
"We break out of here," Yami no Bakura announced.
"Can we do that?" Malik questioned. "I mean, are we allowed to do that? Didn't that guy say that only one team can escape?"
"Actually if you remember the words that guy said, he doesn't mention anything about there only being one winner," Yugi pointed out logically. "We just assumed that since he was putting us into teams and giving us weapons that we were supposed to kill each other."
"'Only the worthy shall rise victorious, all teams that fail will be consumed by darkness', that's what he said," Yami no Yugi recalled seriously. "So technically we're not breaking any rules."
"But we still don't know how to get out," Malik said.
"We need to find the place where that guy's shadow power is the weakest and then we canbreak the illusion and return to the real world," Bakura instructed.
"How do we know what place is the weakest?" Malik questioned.
"Think about it," Ryou said before his darker half could answer. "This world is set on patterns. The trees are all the same; same space apart, the bushes exact same height. So all we need to do is find a place where the pattern is broken," Ryou answered logically.
"Or find where the pattern begins," Yami no Yugi suggested.
"So we'll have to search this whole world looking for a broken pattern or edge?" Malik asked grumpily. "Sounds tiresome."
"We don't have to search," Yami no Bakura said. "This forest world does not go on forever, the illusion ends a short walk in that direction," he explained pointing to the right. The others looked at him, astonished.
"How do you know?" Yami no Yugi accused skeptically. Yami no Bakura shot him an annoyed glare.
"Are you going to constantly question my reasoning forever? We're on the same team now in case you haven't noticed," Yami no Bakura spat nastily. Yami no Yugi frowned but remained silent. "While I was searching for Malik's hideout a while ago I found a wall."
"A wall?" Malik repeated, looking around. "I haven't see anything."
"It's barrier of sorts," Yami no Bakura explained irritated. "You can't see it."
"If you can't see it, how do you know where it is?" Yami no Yugi commented dryly.
"Will it hurt your pride to go and check it out?" Yami no Bakura sneered coldly. Yami no Yugi glared at the white haired demon but again didn't respond.
"Let's go see it then, or not see it I guess," Malik corrected himself.
"Bring your darker half, Malik," Bakura ordered. Malik nodded and ran back to the place where he had left him tied against the tree.
Malik came back a few minutes later withhis dark side in tow. Yami no Malik's arms were tied behind his back but his legs were free so he could walk. Malik had also secured a rope around Yami no Malik's waist so he could lead him around as if Yami no Malik was a dog on a leash. A significant change had come over the dark soul; it was a sickening sight.He looked very weak, his limbs trembling as though he might collapse on the spot, breathing harsh as though every step was causing him pain. His cruel confidence had disappeared probably from the loss of his power andhis pale fidgety eyes focused on the ground, refusing tolook at anyone and covered in shadow.
"I told you he was harmless," Malik said, smiling cruelly at his darker half. Yugi and his Yami traded worried and confused looks, Ryou felt slightly nauseous. Yami no Bakura didn't even look up.
"Let's move then," Yami no Bakura said and tried to pull himself off the ground and failed, wincing and groaning with pain.
"Here," Ryou offered and leaned forward and took a hold of both of his darkness' arms. Yami no Bakura looked up into his host's face; Ryou made his eyes focus on the ground, not looking at him. Yami no Bakura hissed at the ache of the wounds in his back. Ryou, facing directly in front of his yami, hooked his arms under Yami no Bakura's arms and, Ryou's back against the tree, slowly pulled him up to his feet. Yami no Bakura's shaky legs tried to find their footing against the ground.
There was a shift in balance and Ryou was suddenly surprised to find himself pinned in between the tree and weight of Yami no Bakura's limp body; the dark soul's face was inches away from his own. Ryou's muscles froze as Yami no Bakura's almost black eyes stared into his own. Ryou's face grew hot.
"Hi," Ryou breathed nervously, trying to cover up the awkwardness.
"Hello," Yami no Bakura said very softly, dark eyes flashing. A shiver ran up Ryou's spine.
Something had changed. It was as though the ice and distance between them had melted after Yami no Bakura had sacrificed himself to save his light. Ryou could feel the difference. He had once felt fear looking into his darkness' eyes, now he couldn't look away.
"Are you just going to stand there?" Yami no Bakura asked casually. Ryou blinked, confused. Was there something else he was supposed to be doing?
'That's right, helping him up. I've got to do that…' Ryou thought numbly.
"R-right…" Ryou mumbled out loud, still staring into his dark personality's eyes. "Sorry," he added, smiling apologetically. Yami no Bakura grinned, his breath hitting his light's face. Ryou's stomach flipped.
Ryou leaned forward until Yami no Bakura was back on his feet then moved around to his darkness' side and, carefully avoiding putting any pressure on the wounds in his darkness' back, placed his arms around Yami no Bakura's waist and shoulders to support him. Yami no Bakura wrapped an arm around his light's slim waist so he could better support himself when they walked. Their bodies were very close together now; Ryou tried his best not to blush.
So with Ryou's help, Yami no Bakura turned around to face the others. Across the clearing, Yugi had already gotten Yami no Yugi to his feet.
"Alright," Yami no Bakura said, breathing harshly because of the wounds in his back. "This way." He and Ryou moved forward, Malik with his darker half on a leash and Yugi and Yami no Yugi followed after him.
The group trudged along at the slow pace, all dark sides struggling with their injures. After a while Yami no Bakura finally stopped.
"Its here," he announced. The group came to a halt beside him, the scenery around them looked no different, the trees kept going in all directions. Malik continued walking forward.
"Where?" Malik asked suspiciously. "I don't-" and he crashed right into something solid and bounced back. The invisible barrier made an unearthly echoing noise that sounded like a dull gong. Hairs stood up on the back Ryou's neck. Yami no Bakura pulled his arm off his host's back and reached forward to the place where Malik had crashed into the wall. His hand hit something cool, smooth and hard, he could feel the wall shudder beneath his pale fingers.
"What now?" Yugi asked, looking at Yami no Bakura.
"We pour as much shadow power as we can manage into the barrier and break it," Yami no Bakura announced grimly, placing both hands on the barrier. "There's only one of him and six of us, we should be able to over power him." Malik and Ryou nodded in agreement and placed their hands against the invisible wall as well. Yugi and Yami no Yugi glanced at each other nervously and then followed suit.
Immediately the wall started vibrating like mad under their hands, ripples of distorted light shot across its surface high into the sky. The substance grew warm than hot, Ryou could feel the barrier flicker and writhe as though he were trying to hold onto wild flames.
"Don't give up! We almost have it!" Yami no Yugi encouraged, wincing himself. The wall began to whistle like high-pitched ringing. Ryou wanted to cover his ears.
"It's not working!" Yami no Bakura snarled, frustrated. "Where's Yami no Malik?" Without taking away his hands away from the illusion barrier, Yami no Bakura looked around to see Yami no Malik sitting on the ground by Malik's feet, not touching the barrier at all. "Malik! You said you had control of your darker side!" Yami no Bakura accused, shouting over the shrill whistling of the barrier growing steadily louder. Malik glanced down.
What the hell are you doing? Malik cried, struggling to keep his hold on the wall. Help us! Yami no Malik didn't move, hunched over on the ground.
No, he snapped. I hope you all die, he hissed, demonic-like, face covered in shadow.
If you don't help, we'll never get out of here, Malik threatened. Yami no Malik scoffed coldly.
And what am I supposed to do about that? You've taken away my power, Yami no Malik protested.
"If you don't try, I'll take away all you power, even your existence!" snarled Malik angrily. Yami no Malik looked up at his light pitifully.
"You can't do that…" Yami no Malik taunted sourly. "Even the power you've locked away is already causing you pain. There's no way you would be able to handle suppressing me entirely."
"I can try! Now help, you dark bastard!" Malik shrieked. Yami no Malik winced, then thought this over slowly in his mind, purposely taking a long time.
If you release my power from your seal, I can transfer it to you, Yami no Maliksuggested tauntingly, moving in beside his lighter half.
I don't trust you! Malik growled, struggling under the force of the protesting illusion barrier. How do I know you'll help after I release your power?
Yami no Malik grinned mischievously. You don't. But if you do nothing all your energy will be wasted here and you'll never get out of this world. Malik grunted, his hands burning.
"Malik!" Yami no Bakura shrieked, eyes livid. "We need that power NOW!" Malik flinched, he had no choice. The compressed and restrained anger he had buried deep in his heart, shot back up in a burning wave, Malik's brain felt like it was boiling over with hatred. Behind him, Yami no Malik breathed refreshed, the rich copper color flowing back into his face.
Don't let go of the wall, Yami no Malik instructed. Then before Malik could protest, Yami no Malik stood directly behind his light and pressed his body up against Malik's back. Malik cringed in disgust.
Get the fuck off me! Malik shouted angrily. Yami no Malik grinned. He leaned forward so his mouth was right up against Malik's ear.
Don't let go, main personality-sama, Yami no Malik taunted sickeningly, licking the edge of Malik's ear. Power tore up Malik's body as it surged in through Malik's blood and shot right into the wall. Malik screamed out in pain and the barrier shrieked still more loudly. Then suddenly there was a swift snap as the tension broke, a moment of dead silence and frozen time right before the barrier shattered. Within a second, the world around them exploded in light, skin felt like it was on fire then suddenly cold again and then all light and thought vanished.
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The familiar stench of moist earth was all around them and cool sand was beneath their feet. Malik opened his eyes to find himself, Yugi, Ryou, and all their dark sides standing in the same room they had been in before, the cave-like under ground temple in Kuru Eruna village. Torches hanging on the walls providing dim light. Malik winced and leaned up against a nearby wall for support. That last action of Yami no Malik had wiped him of all his remaining energy.
'Shit, that hurt!' Malik thought fiercely, glaring furiously at his darker half across the room.
/We made it back/ Yami no Yugi said relived. He was back to his old transparent self again and as Ryou looked down at his hands so was he.
"Of course, did you expect my plan to fail?" Yami no Bakura said smoothly, standing up straight and healthy. All their wounds from the previous battle were gone; Yami no Bakura and Yami no Yugi were both standing on their own two feet quite steadily. Ryou examined his arm and found no trace of his wound was left.
'It's like it had never happened,' Ryou thought as he looked down at his watch, seeing the seconds tick away.
"Welcome back," a deep familiar voice greeted in the shadows. Everyone turned to see the same man who had trapped them in the illusion forest world emerge from the shadows, linen cloak sweeping the floor.
/Bastard, you almost killed us/ Yami no Malik snarled.
The ghostly Egyptian bent on one knee, hand over his breast as though he was bowing to them. "I apologize for my rudeness before, I had to find out if you were all truly worthy of the powers of darkness," he explained. "I am pleased that you have all managed to pass the first test."
"Test?" Yugi asked curiously. "You mean you gave us that riddle at the beginning on purpose?"
/We were never supposed to kill each other/ Yami no Yugi commented suspiciously.
"Exactly," the old Egyptian said, standing up again. Yami no Bakura snorted in annoyance, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Wait, you said first test. You mean there's more!" Malik exclaimed outraged, still leaning against the wall for support. The man nodded.
"There is one other stage you must make it through before you can receive the dark power," the man began stepping slowly out of the shadows, white robes hanging loosely around him. "You should also know, after that test my mission as a guardian will be completed. There will be no need for me to remain here any longer but I shall feel at ease knowing the five chosen ones have gathered together again after such a long time."
"Chosen ones?" Ryou repeated confused.
/Five/ Yami no Yugi questioned skeptically. Yugi turned to his dark side.
What does he mean by five? There are six of us, aren't there? Yugi asked, puzzled. Yami no Yugi frowned, eyes scrutinizing the mysterious man in front of them.
He could only be counting the ones with actually bodies but then there should be three of us, the numbers still don't add up, Yami no Yugi said silently to Yugi.
Maybe he's counting both Maliks as one person, Yugi suggested. Yami no Malik's transparent ghost was standing on the opposite side of the room to his host, pale eyes wide and watching sickly.
Maybe… Yami no Yugi pondered darkly.
"Let the second game begin," the man announced casually. At the sound of his voice, a shiver ran through the air. Six different doorways suddenly materialized around the stone wall of the circular room. "The next test will be harder than the last," the man continued in the same emotionless tone. "You must all face this next challenge alone."
/Alone/ Ryou asked. /Even without our opposite halves/
"Of course," the Egyptian clarified. "Each of you must take a separate path." He motioned to the six doorways. Yugi looked over at his darker half fearfully.
"We're being split up," Yugi said, voice trembling.
"What is beyond these paths?" Malik questioned. "What sort of things will we have to face?" The man shrugged.
"Whatever horrors the powers of darkness wishes to test you," the man answered simply. "Not even I know what they hold."
"Darkness, hm?" Yami no Bakura repeated, a malicious grin spreading across his face.
/And at the end/ Yami no Yugi said harshly, stepping towards the man challengingly. /We will meet up with our other halves again? You will promise us this/
"If both of you make it through your tests alive then you will meet each other again," the man answered. Ryou glanced over at his darker half nervously. Without hesitation, black overcoat hanging majestically off his tall shoulders, Yami no Bakura approached one of the first doorways. Ryou watched anxiously, hands clenching and unclenching. Yami no Bakura stopped right in front of the doorway and turned, his sharp dark eyes finding Ryou immediately. Ryou's breath caught in his throat.
What was this feeling? Kind of an electric jolt tingling his nerves. Almost as if he had been silently ordered, Ryou walked forward to the doorway to left of Yami no Bakura's.
"Ryou-kun," Yugi said, watching his friend eyes wide in surprise.
"Come on, Yugi-kun," Ryou said supportively. "As soon as we get through this task, it will all be over. We'll be joined with our darker halves and then we can all go home." Yugi glanced over at his Yami.
Mou hitori no boku, Yugi called.
Don't worry, aibou, Yami no Yugi encouraged, taking his lighter half's hand. We'll get through this. Yugi smiled and then he and his dark side approached the two doors at Ryou's left. Malik was about to walk forward as well when Yami no Malik suddenly grabbed his arm.
Wait, he ordered but Malik tore his arm out his darkness' hold.
"Don't touch me!" Malik snapped hatefully and stomped towards his own door. Yami no Malik was left in the center of the room alone, eyes watching his lighter half walk heatedly away.
Main personality-sama... Yami no Malik hissed. Malik ignored his protests, facing his doorway stubbornly, refusing to acknowledge his darkness. Yugi and Ryou watched the scene with confusion.
"Malik," Yugi said tentatively. "Yami no Malik hasn't moved."
"He can stay here, for all I care!" Malik snarled, eyes fixed ahead at his doorway. Yami no Malik's face fell, twisted and veined with hurt, it was pitiful.
"You must enter a door," the guardian of the temple instructed from behind Yami no Malik, cold empty eyes boring into his back. "If you choose to surrender now, I will have no choice but to take your soul." Yami no Malik gave the man an equally cold, murderous look and scuttled over towards the only remaining door. Malik did not even look up as he passed.
"Now," the servant of Osiris began. "Enter your doors." Ryou and his darker side walked immediately forward, the wall between them cutting off their sight of each other. Yugi and his Yami only let go of each other's hand at the last moment.
See you on the other side, mou hitori no boku, Yugi called through the wall.
Right, aibou, Yami no Yugi said firmly. Malik charged recklessly forward, not because he wanted to get the challenge over with but because he wanted get as far away from his darker half as possible.
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EEEEEEEEE! I'M SO EXCITED! I love the next chapter! And the one after that! And the one after that! And the one after that! (squeals)
Yeah, that summery last chapter really didn't have anything to do with what actually happened but (shrug) it made you want to read it, right?
See why this chapter was so shitty to write. I was like "Yay! They can get out the forest now… ah… how are they getting out of the forest again?" Yeah that took about a month. But the RyouXBakura-ness didn't take long to write at all… no way. Heehee. I love those two, they are so cute!
And Malik's allowed to be stupid because he had a traumatic childhood. (pats Malik on the head)
But WOOT! They are FINALLY out of that silly illusion world thing! Only took them…4 chapters! Now onto the cool stuff! Did I mention I love the next chapter?
Next Chapter: I don't know if I should tell you anything… maybe it should all be a surprise. Ok, ok, Yugi's alone, Yami gets tricked, Ryou's fighting, Malik's running. Yami no Malik's… well yeah. But what the fuck is Yami no Bakura doing? This doesn't make any sense!
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