Yes, I know I said I wouldn't be back until after school ended for the year, but I felt compelled to write more of this. I guess I decided that I needed to make a stab at getting back to fanfiction or else I'd put it off forever…..
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh and never will except in one of my strange fantasies where all the boys are gay and have awesome little love scenes…
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dragonlady222: Yes, I know. I wanted Yami to seem like that because there has to be a reason behind his name.
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Between Darkness and Light
Chapter 2 – Becoming Friends
The final bell of the day rang loudly three times. Yugi gathered up his books, he was still alone in this class even if in the classes that he shared with Bakura the thief had been willing to answer when Yugi asked him a question. In one corner of the emptying classroom Joey and Kaiba bickered back and forth and in another Yami blatantly hit on Anzu. Yugi tried to ig nore his friends living their lives without him, but it still hurt to see this. He slipped out of the class, all but invisible to his old 'friends'.
"You know, you're going to run into walls if you don't start paying attention…"
Yugi spun around smiling, any sadness he had felt only moments before was in no way evident on his cheerful face.
"Hi Bakura, do you want to hang out now that school's over… or do you have something to do?" Yugi's face shone with hope that he was trying unsuccessfully to hide from the white-haired boy.
Bakura sorted through his options, 'I can go back to Ryou's house and lock myself in my room again to plot the fall of the pharaoh, or I could start a fight with the annoying ruler, or I could entertain Yugi and 'hang out' with him….' Pain seared through his head as he started to lean toward the maniacal plotting, 'Damn this God-forsaken curse, why can't I do what I want to do?'
As Bakura thought, Yugi shifted nervously from foot to foot. He hadn't wanted to bother Bakura, it was just that he was the only one who would still talk to him.
A sigh finally escaped Bakura's lips as he decided, "I guess we could do this 'hanging out' thing. As long as it doesn't involve any actual hanging."
Yugi giggled at Bakura's last comment, "You don't get out much, do you Bakura?"
"I usually don't see a need to leave my plotting." He shot a glare at a random bystander because if he shot it at Yugi, he would get another headache.
Yugi sighed and thought of somewhere to go. He had been trying to avoid places where his friends still went. His eyebrows dropped as he thought and his hand went up to scratch his head.
Bakura smirked as he watched Yugi's confusion, "Don't hurt yourself."
All of a sudden, Ryou runs up to Bakura and throws a ring of keys at his head, which he easily catches. "I need you to watch over the house. I would rather ask somebody else, but you still live there. I'm leaving to see my parents in Egypt. Remember, don't burn down the house or blow it up or else I'll kick you onto the streets no matter what kind of blackmail you have on me."
He spun around, not even noticing Yugi and went over to talk to Yami and Anzu, probably to tell them that he is going to leave.
"If you don't know where you want to go, why don't you come over Ryou's house with me? He gave me the keys, so he won't be back for a while." Bakura tossed the keys up and down absentmindedly as he waited for Yugi's answer.
Yugi stopped scratching his head and nodded 'yes' enthusiastically. "Let's go Bakura," he pumped his fist in the air and grinned widely.
Bakura shook his head at the boy's excitement and grabbed his arm to drag him along. Once outside the school he went over to a motorcycle that had, at one time, belonged to Malik. After the manic had been destroyed he decided to take it as his own. It's not like wherever he was he could use it.
"Yugi take this," he tossed an extra helmet to the shorter boy, "then you need to get on behind me and hold on tightly. I doubt you want to fall off the back while I'm driving. I did learn how from Malik… and he wasn't the safest driver on the road."
The albino put on his helmet and got onto the bike as Yugi fumbled with the extra one. After he finally managed to put it on, he sat on the motorcycle behind Bakura and held onto him. Underneath them the cycle roared to life and sped off down the road. He decided to scare Yugi a little and when they were on an empty street, he popped a wheelie, which caused Yugi to yelp and cling onto Bakura tighter. Bakura chuckled at Yugi's fear.
"Don't do that. Are you trying to give me a heart attack?" Yugi screamed into Bakura's ear.
Bakura just continued to laugh and then stopped the cycle in front of Ryou's house. "I told you that I'm not the safest driver. You should have been paying more attention to my driving. Then you wouldn't have been so scared."
Yugi pouted, "That's not the point. …"
Bakura smiled and pulled out the keys that Ryou had thrown him and unlocked the door.
"I guess welcome to my house."
He kicked off his shoes by the door and put on a pair of slippers and Yugi did the same. The two boys walked into the living room and sat on the couch. It was already 5:30 P.M. so Bakura decided he should probably go to make some food.
He glared at the stove, "Metal contraption, I demand that you make food or I shall send you to the shadow realm." The stove stayed completely still, "Damn you cretin. You will obey me!"
Yugi giggled as he walked into the kitchen and then grabbed Bakura around the waist to keep him from destroying the kitchen. "Bakura, I'll make us some food. You can just watch so you can make something when I'm not here."
Yugi chopped up ingredients for a simple chicken dish and then put it on the stove to cook. Bakura watched all this as he sat on the counter. When Yugi let the food cook for a while Bakura decided to talk to him.
"Yugi, I actually have a question for you. How do you get your hair like that… and how does it stay….?" Bakura fingered a piece of his own hair as he asked this.
Yugi smiled, "I dye it… and then I use lots and lots of gel. Why do you want to know?"
Bakura shrugged, "It just looks like the Pharaoh's so I thought that you'd want to change it. If you want I can help you to do that. I may not look it, but I'm really vain about my hair. What color is your hair naturally?"
"Blond, why?" Yugi replied, stirring their meal.
"That's the color I'm going to make all of your hair. I want you to get away from the Pharaoh in any and every means."
Yugi shrugged at the suggestion, "Whatever sounds fine to me."
He took the food off the stove and set and filled plates at a table in the dining room. They both sat down and began to eat.
Bakura chew thoughtfully, "This is really good. What is it?"
"Chicken marsala, I'm glad you like it." He beamed at the older boy, who was still being very nice toward him.
They finished the meal in comfortable silence and then Yugi cleaned up the dishes.
Bakura walked up behind him after he was finished with the dishes, "Hold your breath."
He waited until he heard Yugi gasp a breath before he turned on the sink and dunk Yugi's head under the running water. He pulled it out after all the gel washed out.
Bakura grinned wolfishly, "You already look better. Now promise not to dye your hair again, okay?"
Yugi sighed, trying to blow some hair out of his face "Okay."
His hair hung around the middle of his back and in three layers, each one a different color. Bakura walked up behind him and started to cut his hair. When he finished it was in a boyish cut that went down his neck and over his ears. It was actually all blond at the way he cut it.
Bakura looked at a clock, "You should probably go now."
Yugi turned around, "Do you even like me?"
Bakura shrugged, "I guess, I don't like the sappy need to be constantly nice to you. Other than that I've never really had a problem with you. It's only your alter ego that I hate. Now do you want a ride home?"
Yugi nodded, his house would be about an hours walk from Ryou's house so a ride would be much quicker.
"'Kay, just don't fall asleep on me. I might have to let you off a little way away from your house too."
Yugi nodded again as Bakura dragged him outside and onto the bike. Yugi held on tightly after he put on his helmet. He smiled against Bakura's back, this was the best day he had for along time. For some reason he felt happy that it was Bakura that had become his friend. Just as he was feeling good when Bakura pushed him off the bike.
"We're here Yugi. I'll see you tomorrow." Bakura sped off as Yugi watched after him.
Okay I think I'll end it here. This is a really long update for me. Please review to tell me what you think about it.