Hey, cool. Third chapter. Let me tell ya, it takes both Battygirl and I to rewrite all of this stuff. It probably takes her longer though. Oh well, be happy that you don't have to do it and you only have to read it and review it. Which, by the way, nobody but the co-author has been reviewing it! C'mon people. Let us know you're not dead and that we're not lousy writers!

-Egyptian Wolf


Chapter 3

Misty and Kokujo had walked back downstairs after finding Risika, Bakura, and Jagger gone. Misty wasn't quite sure where they had gone, and Kokujo was acting hurt from their last impact with the hard floor. As they sat together on the couch downstairs, Misty held onto Kokujo, crying silently and shivering slightly.

"I hope they're ok," she whispered into his chest.

Kokujo felt her shiver and held her closer to comfort her.

"Knowing Risika, I'm sure they're fine. Bakura will be all right with her around, don't worry."

Misty looked up at him. "You sure?"

"Uh... no, not really. If I know Bakura like I think I do, he's probably already opened his big mouth and has gotten into even more trouble."

"That doesn't help," she replied, glaring at him.

She began to calm down again and stood. "I'm just really worried. I think I might of pissed Jagger off earlier by helping bring Risika back here. What if he's mad at me and decides to take it out on them?"

"I still don't think you should worry, Risika can handle it."

Misty stood quiet for a moment, then turned to him and replied, "I'm still worried. Do you think you're well enough to stand?"

Kokujo looked at her suspiciously. "Why?"

"Because I want to go try and help them any way I can."

"Are you crazy? Wait..." Kokujo said, trailing off.

"I'll try contacting them on more time, if I can't, we're going. Got it?" Misty snapped back.

Kokujo shook his head. "I'm pretty sure she said to stay here."

"I don't care," Misty said, trying to contact Risika through telekinesis again, "Risika? Are you okay?" She heard nothing and tried again. "Risika, where are you guys?"

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Bakura glared up at Jagger. "You leave her alone! It's between you and me now. Leave Risika out of this!" he demanded.

"But... wait, no! He's unstoppable! He's an elemental and you don't even know what powers you possess," Risika argued worriedly.

Jagger laughed evilly and replied mockingly, "Yeah, Bakura, listen to the woman. She knows more than you."

Bakura began to get pissed off, and, out of anger, creates a shadow beam and sends it at Jagger.

Jagger melted away into the shadows, laughing, "Who are you to challenge me?"

Risika ducked as the shadow beam, which had Jagger had dodged easily, just misses hitting her head. She straightened herself and began to conjure her own weapon of choice.

Bakura stopped her. "No, Risika, its between me and him. Stay out of this; I don't want you hurt," he says while looking around for his foe, who has disappeared.

Risika looked to him in surprise, tears brimming her eyes. "But you could get killed!"

Jagger appeared between Risika and Bakura, facing Risika, knowing that she has a better chance at winning this match.

Risika glared at him. "I don't even understand why I even helped you train when we were young." She sighs and shook her head at her brother. "I should've known you would ruin my life!" she screamed, hurling several light daggers at Jagger.

Jagger chuckled evilly to himself. "That was the worse mistake you've ever made!" he cackled, disappearing and dodging the attack, leaving Bakura standing in the path of the daggers.

Risika noticed what she has done and screams, "Bakura! Get out of the way!"

Unfortunatly for him, Bakura realized a bit too late what was coming at him and was hit with the light attack, which defeats his dark shields.

"No!" Risika screamed, running to Bakura, who is lying upon the ground. The daggers were dissolving into his body, slowly killing the darkness that resided within him and that allowed him to survive.

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Misty sat down with Kokujo. "I can't reach them..." She paused a moment. "We are going to try and find them, you know."

Kokujo stood and glared at her. "Hell no! That's far too dangerous!"

Misty stood and glared right back up at him. "Since when do you consider that?" She stayed, glaring at him while he remained silent.

"Fine!" she exclaimed, "If you won't go then I'll find them myself!" She then proceeded to teleport to the dimension. As she stood in front of Risika and a slowly dying Bakura, she asked, "What happened?"

Risika put her hand on Bakura's wounded chest and began crying, staring down at what she had done, refusing to look up.

Misty started to cry as well and through sobs, asks again, "Risika, what's happened?"

Only Jagger's voice was heard, saying, "I knew he wasn't worthy to possess the gift. Don't blame me for his death, only blame yourself. A human isn't worthy to even know a pure demon."

Misty looked up and yelled into the infinate blackness, directing it at Jagger, "What did you do to him?"

"Misty..." Risika said, gaining her attention, her voice quavering. "He's right. I did do this."

"You're lying. You can't have done this, you wouldn't..." Misty cried, her voice trailing away.

"You weren't here." Risika says, tears rolling down her face onto Bakura's shirt as she leaned over his chest.

"But, I know you wouldn't."

"Hey, this is nothing. You don't know how many times I've died before", Bakura said weakly, trying not to wince as pain overcame his sences.

"But, I don't want you to leave", Risika cried.

Misty said nothing and looked on, tears also staining her face.

Looking up weakly, Bakura said, "Just take care of her, she's all I got left."

A confused expression overshadowed Risika's tear-drenched face.

"I think he meant he wants me to take care of you," Misty replied to Risika's confused look.

Risika looked up at Misty sadly, then, looking back down, she noticed Bakura's body had disappeared. All that was left of him was the Millenium Ring.

Misty scratched her head. "Okay, confused..."

"He was a spirit, you wouldn't understand", Risika said, picking up the Millennium Ring, all the while still crying and kneeling down. She said nothing for a moment and simply stared at the pendant, remembering most everything Bakura and her had ever done.

"You're right, I don't understand," Misty said, thinking, I wonder what Kokujo's doing...

Risika then stood and glared out across the vastness of the dimension they were in and screamed at Jagger in her native language that only she and him would understand. She disappears and teleported herself back into the solitude of her room at home.

Misty stood there dumbly then exclaimed, "Wait for me!" She then teleported back to Kokujo.

As Risika lies face down on her bed, she clutched the only memory of Bakura she had left: the Millenium Ring.

Misty teleported before Kokujo, uttering in a sad voice, "Hey Kokujo..."

Kokujo grabbed her arms, shaking her a little, "Where the hell were you? And why are you crying?"

"Where's Risika?" Misty asked, ignoring his questions.

"She came back?"

"Yes. Maybe she's in her room. Best not intrude."

"What'd you do now?"

Misty explained to Kokujo everything that she had learned, "Bakura's gone, and now Risika's probably in her room, crying. It'd be best to leave her alone."

Risika laid on her bed thinking, I don't understand... he was immortal. Then again, he was a shadow being, and light can defeat them.

Noticing a crack in the gold of the pendant, she began to understand what may of happened. "So that's it! His spirit was released from this prison," she whispers to herself. She smiled, trying to cheer herself up, "Hah, I bet he's hating heaven. Since his soul was purified and all..." Not finding this humorous, she began to cry herself to sleep that night.

Misty is still sitting with Kokujo after telling him what happened. "Then she just yelled at Jagger and came back here."

"So is he still gonna try and take her away?" Ko asked.

Misty looked down, "Possibly." She then wrapped her arms around Kokujo and cries quietly into his chest.

"Why are you crying? He didn't even like you all that well," Ko said, slightly confused.

"He may not have liked me, but he was still my friend..." Misty replied, burying her face in his chest. She began to cuddle closer to Kokujo, crying, "Kokujo, please don't

ever leave me."

Kokujo paused a moment then held her to him. "I won't..."

Misty sighs, hearing Risika's crying die down as the wolf demon drifts to sleep. "I hope she'll be ok."

Kokujo held her closer to him, trying to reassure Misty, "She'll be fine..."

Misty looked up at him hopefully. "You sure?"

"It might take a little while, but yeah. I'm pretty sure."

Misty sat up a bit, her eyes still remained focused on him, "How do you know?

"Why do you have to ask so many stupid questions?" Kokujo retorted.

Misty said nothing and just kept thinking about all that's happened. Meanwhile in her room, Risika growled and twitched in her restless sleep.