IkutosGirl: Hello beautiful world and every creature that inhabits you!~

Ryou and Bakura: *back away*

IkutosGirl: What, am I too evil to be kind anymore?

Bakura: Well actually…

IkutosGirl: I'm waiting. *reaches for her pocket knife*

Bakura: Umm… never mind… You're the best person ever!

IkutosGirl: Aww Thank you!~ *hugs Bakura*

Ryou: "Weirdoes…"

Bakura's POV

The light continued to flicker… but I got bored watching about 10 minutes ago so I decided to just watch the trees' leaves rustle. Honestly, when was that stupid Pharaoh going to ge-

"Thief, where are you?" The Pharaoh yelled.

The idiot was probably going to wake up the whole block.

"Bakura, we're here!~" I heard a girl's voice cry out.

Oh great, now the other idiots were yelling too.

"I'm right here." I said in the general direction of the voices.

I heard many people talking amongst each other and then multiple footsteps approaching me. They were all with the Pharaoh; Tea, Joey, Tristan, and Duke. I noted how Kaiba was not here, but he was probably just getting his beauty sleep.

"Bakura tell us what happened this time." Joey spoke up as he stood in front of the rest of his friends.

I hated it. I hated it how he made it sound like it was my fault that Ryou was…sick again. But part of me cringed because it believed that it was my fault.

"Ryou…" I began, but I felt like crying, and I was not about to cry in front of the damned Pharaoh and his puny hikari's friends.

I lowered my head, trying to compose myself while my face was hidden.

"Bakura…" Joey nearly growled at me and I looked at him.

They were all taken aback; I could tell. Everyone's face clearly displayed 'shocked' all over it. I felt like I was in pain and they could tell. Through the ways my eyes had barely risen and looked dull, the way my bottom lip quivered ever so slightly, and the way the tears were already strolling down my face.

I felt pathetic.

"Ryou…Ryou he… he…" I tried to speak but the tears rolling down my cheek were getting in the way.

And then he slapped me.

The Pharaoh slapped me on the face. My neck twisted and my hair followed. I reached to touch my cheek; it felt sore. Ironically, my tears had stopped because I was so focused on the new, but somewhat bearable, pain that was spread on my face.

"You are not the Tomb Robber or Thief King that I knew 3000 years ago!" The Pharaoh yelled at me.

I stared at him in confusion.

"Look at you, you are a blubbering mess. So Ryou's in danger again, right; that's what you wanted to say? Well if Yugi was in danger I would not be acting so lowly and self-pitying right now! I would help him! You took the first step, you asked for help, but now you have to put your other foot in front now and keep going, or else you'll just be standing still!"

I took in what the Pharaoh said, and no matter how much I hated it, he was right. I looked down again, took a deep breath, and looked up.

"Do you have problems with your mouth, because I'd be glad to shut it for you?" I said, smirking for the first time in a while.

Ryou's POV

I finally sat down under a tree and took a deep breath. I hadn't stopped walking since I ran out of the house. I went past about 7 blocks when I felt that I was far enough from Bakura. God, Bakura; he was such an idiot!

I punched the trunk of the tree and I winced as I saw the blood running down my knuckles, to my palm, and eventually half way down my arm. I wiped my arm and hand off in the grass and lapped up the blood on my knuckled with my tongue. It gave off a metallic tang, but for some reason it didn't taste as good as I had thought it would.

I sighed, feeling a bit guilty about something that I couldn't remember. I looked up at the moon and the stars that surrounded it. It looked so peaceful, up there in space. It was just an endless voice that you could float in for all eternity, with nothing to bother you.

I closed my eyes; hoping sleep would consume me for a few minutes… or hours.

Yami's POV

I stared at the tomb robber curiously. He was much more different now. Was it due to him having a separate body from Ryou? Probably.

"I wonder what would happen if me and you were given separate bodies." Yugi called from a crevice in my mind.

I too had wondered that, but for some reason, I felt that it was just not meant to be. I didn't find it a thing that was needed or supposed to happen.

"I don't know Yugi but I don't care for the idea much." I replied casually.

I could practically see Yugi pouting. "Fine then."

I laughed and Tea looked at me oddly.

"It's Yugi." I just said and she nodded in recognition.

"Tomb robber!" I called for he had wandered off, probably from Joey pestering him. "Where are you?"

"Right behind you, Pharaoh." He whispered and I turned around, just barely managing to not gasp.

He chuckled- no, cackled is a better description of his laugh. No matter how much having his own body affected him on the outside, he was the same homicidal maniac on the inside.

"So Pharaoh, what did you want?" He asked still smirking.

"Well we are going to find Ryou of course." I said to him, feeling a bit…irked… by his smirk.

"Okay then," He said and stretched his back, cracked his neck and flexed his hands. "Where to?"

"We'll split up, 2 people per group. Joey and Duke, Tea and Tristan, and you and-"

"Me, wonderful." Bakura nearly snarled and I sighed.

After all, I couldn't exactly leave him with my friends, but I didn't exactly like this pairing much more than he did.

IkutosGirl: Yay, Bakura's a bit more devilish now!~

Bakura: Feels good to be able to laugh so freely!

Yami: Frikkin psycho, why did the writers even include you in the storyline?

Bakura: Because in season 5 I'm a main character! And you shouldn't be complaining, in the Japanese version I am much worse~ ^.^

Yami: ...

Bakura: Left you speechless, huh?

Yami: What? Oh sorry, I was too busy not listening to you.~ :P

Bakura: WHY YOU LITTLE-!