Gasp…. It it true? So soon after I was last seen, the scum of the earth, Aelli-chan, returned with the first true chapter in the story Between Darkness and Light. I'm still sorry to fans of Unlovable, but I'm afraid that I have writer's block for that pairing. I really can't write about them now.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any thing in any way associated with it including the characters and settings.

SailorSaturnthesilencer: You got the idea first. Good job.

Dragonlady222: Thank you very much.

- glomps Yuugi -: Yes it is. Thank you for the glomp. /glomps back/.

Now on with the story!

Between Darkness and Light Chapter 1

It had already been around two months since the time when… well to Yugi it was known as the time when Yami and Bakura received their own bodies. After that time everybody seemed a little distant towards him. Lately they had begun to ignore him completely. Yugi had a sinking feeling that Yami was angry with him for saving Bakura. The two of them had been enemies longer than Yugi even knew. He didn't know the story, but he wanted to. With Yami without his memory and Bakura so psychotic he didn't have anybody to ask.

Anzu laughed at something in the background and Yami responded. Every time Yugi had tied to talk to them, not even just Yami, they had blown him off. It shouldn't have come as such a surprise. They were only his friends because of Yami. It may even be over-generous in saying they were ever really his friends. When he had been captured and tortured nobody seemed to care about anything other than the duel that Yami was currently engaged in. Yami always seemed to care, but when they got home and his Grandfather wasn't there Yami would take off his clothes and fuck him mercilessly. Yami always said that since he was only a shadow and they were inside the puzzle it didn't exactly count as losing his virginity, but Yugi didn't believe that.

He blushed at the memories, but knew that he didn't feel that way for his Yami. He had a feeling that Yami knew that, but he didn't care. Tears welled up in his eyes as the lunch bell rang. He didn't want to sit where he normally did. There he could still see his so-called 'friends' as they ignored him. He ran into the hall and finally reached a dark, empty classroom. He plopped on the floor to eat his meager lunch and to cry in peace. He finished eating well before the bell rang and buried his face in his arms which were hooked around his bended knees.

"I wonder what would happen if your friends could see you now…."

Yugi looked up from his arms, his tear stained face showed even in the darkness of the room.

"What do you want Bakura? Nobody else seems to care about what I'm doing." Yugi sighed and waited tensely for the answer.

Bakura slid down next to him, "I don't exactly care, but you made it so we're connected. I owe my life to you and even thieves have some honor no matter what anybody else says."

A sigh escaped Yugi's lips, "Oh, is that all."

Bakura shrugged, staring off into the distance, "Not only that, but we're more alike than you'd think."

A dry laugh was heard from Bakura's left, "How so? I don't remember stealing anything or killing anybody."

"That's a shame. You'd probably find it quite soothing. The shrieks of the victim as you take their most prized possession before their very eyes and then rip their head off as a souvenir. I doubt you could enjoy it now, but someday perhaps….. Not like that though. I was once the Pharaoh's friend, much like you were. We were both young at the time and very different. My family was very poor and weak while his was rich and powerful. Once his father told him that future rulers shouldn't associate with poor peasants he stopped talking to me. It burned, but he decided to hurt me more. I guess I must have known something I shouldn't have because one day when I was out of my town he burned it down. He killed my family in that act. I don't think that even while he had his memories he knew that I was the boy he tried to kill."

Yugi's eyes widened, "D-do you thu-think that he wu-would do that to me?"

"Probably not. He thinks you're too innocent to ever use what you know to hurt him. He's actually probably right about that. You are, after all, a Hikari while he is a Yami."

"What does that mean? I've heard it used before."

Bakura grinned, "Hikari means light. It shows your innocence and purity. Yami means darkness or shadow. It shows the inner evil of all of us."

Yugi brightened, "You are being helpful today."

Bark-like laughter erupted from Bakura's mouth, "It's this damn connection. If I think anything about you that isn't sappy or something is feels like my brain is on fire."

"So does that mean you will be my friend?" Yugi asked hopefully.

"No way, that's too sappy and," he began to scream, "You're doing this on purpose you bastard!"

Yugi pouted, "I don't want to hurt you. It's just that we're so alike and I'm all alone now. I just really want somebody to hang out with and you seem to be the only possibility. Yami may wish to forgive me someday, but I don't think I did anything wrong. Plus if I go back to him he'll practically rape me again."

His hands hurried to cover his mouth, but he had already said it.

"He rapes you? I guess he's already done enough to hurt you. Damn stupid Pharaoh probably expected you to go crawling back to him by now."

Yugi pouted, "I'll never go back to him. I want him to be my friend though. He's still seems like my other half."

Bakura shrugged, "He'll just hurt you more, and then this curse will force me to kick his ass… not that I'm not always looking for reasons to do it anyway. I guess I'll try to be your friend if for no other reason than that my head will stop hurting."

"Really?" Yugi asked ecstatically.

"Yes, now shut up before I change my mind and take a leaf out of the Pharaoh's book."

Yugi ignored the last comment, "Then this Friday we should go out together. I'll plan the whole thing so don't worry about that."

The bell rang and Yugi practically skipped back to class with Bakura following behind him. Bakura had a slight frown on his face. He screamed at two girls and didn't fight anybody. It was actually a really good day, a record in fact. Yugi didn't even notice these things in his excitement to finally be able to go somewhere with somebody.