Ryou gained control a second later. When he came to, he was sitting across Sabrina with his hands lightly wrapped around her neck. She was lying there, not moving. Already, bruises were appearing on her throat where Bakura's hands had been. "Oh God!" he exclaimed and got off of her. "Sabrina!" she didn't move. Panic crept in on him. ' He killed her.' The thought shot through his mind before he could stop it. ' No! She's alive! She has to be!' Ryou grabbed her by the shoulders. "Sabrina!" Still no response. He shook her. "Sabrina! Please wake up!" Tears filled his eyes. "Sabrina! Come on! Breathe!" Finally, her chest rose as she took a breath. Relief flooded him and he picked her up off the floor and held her to his chest. "I'm sorry." he whispered, "I didn't stop him when I had the chance. I was afraid for myself when I should have been afraid for you and now you're paying the price for my cowardice." 'It won't happen again, I promise.' he silently added.
Sunday- aproximately 12:00 p.m.
Sabrina awoke in a bed. She didn't know how she had gotten here. In fact, the last thing she remembered was everything going black as Bakura choked the life out of her. That memory woke her up the rest of the way and she snapped up in the bed. Her hand flew to her throat and she looked around in terror. SHe didn't see anyone and sighed in relief. "I'm glad to see you're finally awake." A voice softly said. Sabrina jumped and her gaze shot to a corner. Out of the shadows stepped Ryou. Sabrina's eyes went wide and she clutched the bed sheets in fear. "I'm so sorry, Sabrina" Ryou said. "I should have told you about Bakura. I shouldn't have let you get so involved. I shouldn't..." he let his voice grow quiet," I shouldn't have grown so close to you." Ryou was at the side of the bed now. He could clearly see all of the damage Bakura had done. She was shaking. Both of her wrists were bruised from the shackles and on her left cheek was a rather large bruise from where Bakura had slapped her. Her neck was also flecked with bruises from Bakura's hands. "But I didn't want to push you away." he continued, "You were so nice. Always laughing and smiling. Just seeing you made my day brighter. You were the light in my bleak life." He moved to brush a hand against her bruised cheek. Abruptly, Sabrina shot from his touch and scooted to the other side of the bed away from him, the look of a terrified rabbit on her face. Ryou's eyes turned sad. "You have the right to be afraid of me," he said, "what happened to you must have been a nightmare." Sabrina just stared at him.
" I want to go home." she said in a shakey voice. If possible, Ryou's eyes grew sadder, but he nodded and opened the door to the bedroom. Cautiously, Sabrina climbed from the bed and crept toward the door. Her eyes remained locked on Ryou, searching for any sign that he was going to stop her. She even turned and backed out of the room so that she could watch him. He followed her from the bedroom, through the livingroom, to the front door. She opened it and took a step outside.
"Sabrina." Ryou called softly. Sabrina's eyes shot back to him from where she had looked to make sure she didn't trip over anything. "I'm sorry I couldn't break free and stop him." His eyes glistened with unshed tears, but he held them at bay. Sabrina couldn't stand seeing him like that, pretending to be strong for her. She pivoted and fled down the stairs of the apartment building. Ryou closed the door and returned to the livingroom. Through the window, he was Sabrina, running for all she was worth down the sidewalk. Heartbroken, he turned and stared at the wall. Anyone else would have put a hole through it to take out their frustration, but Ryou didn't. He simply stood there, shaking with the strain of trying not to cry. "Bakura...this is your fault. I've lost another friend because of you." A tear slipped down his cheek. Then, he did something very unRyou like. He tore the Millenium Ring from his neck and threw it out the window. "Damn you, Bakura!" he shouted and then gave in to his tears. The Millenium Ring would be back. He knew it would. As soon as Bakura realized that he wasn't with his host anymore the Ring would magically return to hanging around Ryou's neck, the same as it had done in Duelist Kingdom, but Ryou didn't care right now. At least he would have a few hours of peace.