A/n: Meha! Back again.

This segment was originally part of the last chapter, but I figured that the length of each chapter would be closer in size if I hacked that bit in two. I think I was wrong, though... because this is really short. Oh well. DEAL WITH IT!

Yadonushi either means landlord/master or lord's property/land. It's what Yami Bakura calls Ryou in the manga. Maybe in the anime too I don't really remember. Yadonoushi is another way I've seen it spelled, and I honestly have no idea which one is correct. So I'll just choose one.

Bakura had never actually intruded into Ryou's soul room, but he was now set on waking him up, even if it meant barging into his soul room and forcing him to. How, exactly, was a question he wouldn't yet trouble himself with. It just seemed like his only option after he'd spiritualized.

"Yadonushi!" he called as he opened the door.

A blinding light startled him and he stepped back, but as he became more accustomed to the light, he continued through the doorway. Ryou was sitting on his knees in the middle of the white room, his eyelids only half open, staring at a wall disconnectedly. The light was emanating from him, and when Bakura walked in, it never touched him, but instead went around him. He cast no shadow- he was the shadow.

That was when Bakura finally realized the difference between his omote and he: light and darkness (A/n: Duh). Ryou's soul was the brightest and most beautiful thing he had ever seen. As for his own...

"Mou hitori no boku?"

"Yadonushi, pull yourself together and get up!" Bakura commanded.

Ryou stood, the light following, his eyes still staring in the same isolated way, and spoke in a slow and contemplating manner.

"Did he stop hitting me?"

Bakura nodded, frowning.

"Why did not defend yourself? Cowardice-"

"What do you want, Yami? ...Are you going to hit me too?"

Bakura almost flinched. Almost.

"While your body lies the way it does, I can't take over. You have to be at least willing to wake up."

Ryou only blinked.

"Do I?" he asked, cocking his head slightly, "I don't recall you ever waiting for that before."

"I have no intention of taking over that bloodied up thing. You're going to do that," Bakura snarled.

"I'm content here."

"Have you any idea how badly damaged your body is?"

"You saw it?"

"I... did, yes. I even made an attempt to take over, and I couldn't. It's a bloody mess, and quite ready to give up on itself until it's original possessor takes back over."

"Oh."

"'Oh'?"

"It doesn't really matter."

The darker soul looked at him disbelievingly.

"Hikari, at this point you're the only one who can take the body over, and if you don't it could-"

"Why did you call me that?"

"I... Yadonushi, if you die I'll be bodiless. Do you have any idea how many millennias it could take to find a new host?"

"That's all I am to you, then?"

Ryou finally turned his head and slowly brought his eyes up to look into Bakura's- whose breath was momentarily caught in his throat. Ryou's eyes... were extraordinary! His corporeal eyes only captured a glint of the true beauty in these eyes, eyes analogous to twilight and dawn in one.

You see, when looked into, one could see straight through them and to his heart.

"I'm tired, Yami."

Even as the words left his lips, his eyes dimmed.

"I don't think I want to wake up," Ryou smiled softly, haplessly. Bakura immediately felt as though a piece of him, specifically located behind his ribs, was ripping apart. "I'm not important. I don't mean anything- to anyone. Even you... I'm so tired..."

"Hikari..."

"Leave m-"

Ryou stopped mid-sentence and gasped softly, his eyes widening. The light in the room suddenly flickered, threatening to go out, and the boy collapsed.

A/n: Bum bum bum buuuuum!

And Bakura started calling him 'hikari' for again, convenience purposes. Glad that chapter's done, geez. It was hard and funky and bleh.

You may have noticed that I've been treating spiritual bodies as though they are real. You know, having heart beats and breathing and crap. That is mostly just because I'm lazy and don't want to confuse myself too much. But remember, what affects their spiritual bodies is essentially what affects their soul the most. Know what I mean? I mean, right now Bakura is going gaga over Ryou's spiritual body, which is merely a reflection of his beautifully innocent heart. This means that it's not simple, bodily lust, but an interest in Ryou's kind nature.

Know what I'm talking about? Meh, maybe not...

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Oh and hey, I'll give, um, something nice... maybe honor a requested addition to the plot... to people who can guess what tunes I'm humming. You know. At the end at some of these chapters. Like the dun dun dun one and this recent bum bum bum one. Yea. Have fun with that.