IkutosGirl: So here is chapter 12 of my story…
Bakura: That's wonderful to know. *sarcasm is intended*
IkutosGirl: Yes it is! *is oblivious*
Ryou: You both are so strange that you make me look normal.
IkutosGirl: Umm…
Ryou: Yeah forget what I just said, I'm still the worst. T_T
Bakura's POV
He's trying to torture me… or maybe trick me...
I'm just too paranoid.
The Pharaoh probably just doesn't want me near his 'friends'. Honestly, what's the point of friends anyway, they're not exactly helpful. You have to save them when they are in trouble, aid them when they are hurt, and even more. They are nothing more than a pain.
And when they betray you and leave you all alone to fend for yourself it is even worse.
That's why I never wanted Ryou to have friends; they would only hurt him in the end. But the Pharaoh and his stupid host… they ruined my dream of keeping him safe. I glared at the Pharaoh… he caught me looking at him…
"Umm… anything bothering you?" The Pharaoh asked seeming bewildered and disturbed by my stare.
"Not really… let's get going…" I trailed off, avoiding his gaze, and began to walk down a random street.
The Pharaoh followed me and the air began to feel tense. It was so tense that I started to feel a bit dizzy. I began to hyperventilate, gasping for air. Everything around me was becoming stained with black and the darkness was closing into my eyes.
"Thief, are you okay?" The Pharaoh called but he sounded far away.
My balance was leaving me and I was stumbling as I tried to find something to grab a hold of. There was nothing around me.
"Thief?" The Pharaoh's voice rose and I could tell he was becoming anxious for an answer.
My strength was fleeting and I felt the floor below me make contact with my body. I couldn't move and I blinked my eyes. But they were too dark and I couldn't tell if they were open or closed anymore.
Fire… fire and blood…
It was everywhere. So many people were being hurt and I couldn't do anything but watch…
Everyone… was dead…
I ran and ran; I ran until I couldn't feel the dread that was chasing me from behind. I arrived in a town, a nice one too. One that wasn't stained with evil.
"Little boy, what are you doing here?" A woman asked kindly.
Maybe this lady could help me. "Mom and Dad… they're gone…" I said but the tears were coming back.
The woman's voice grew cold. "You wouldn't happen to be from Kul Elna would you?"
I nodded and the woman looked at me with disgust.
"Leave here, now!" The woman screamed at me and people glanced my way.
They looked at me in disgust too and some even spat at me.
They don't understand how I feel. My family was gone. My friends were gone. Everyone was gone.
They betrayed me; they left me to die.
Only I could protect myself now, because I was all alone.
Ryou's POV
I sat up suddenly. I must have fallen asleep under the tree as I had wished. I felt the twitch in my heart. It hurt; it hurt a lot.
Why was my heart aching so much? This was like a pain that I had never experienced before. This type of hurt made me feel… alone. Suddenly my head fogged up and all I could register was the pain.
"Ryou!" I heard someone call my name.
It was boy.
"Ryou, are you around here?"
There was a girl with the boy. The girl's voice sounded familiar, more so then the boy's at least. I tried to stand up but suddenly the pain jerked my body and I fell back in spot.
Apparently I had made a lot of noise when I fell for the duo snapped their heads in my direction. They were running towards me. Their faces were becoming easier to see too.
The girl was familiar! It was without a doubt Tea and the boy was…was…Tristan? Yes those were their names. It felt funny though, I could swear that they had been something of close friends yet my memories of them were blurred…
"Ryou, are you alright?" Tea exclaimed, seeing me writhing on the floor in pain.
"Tea, be careful, he might still be able to hurt you." Tristan warned her.
He was obviously more worried about my state of mind than my state of health.
"G-gah!" I clutched my head in pain again.
The pain from my heart was numbing, but my head was far from clear. It was all jumbled up and I couldn't make sense of anything.
"We had a DEAL, there is no way I'm going to let you out of it!" A voice in my head screamed and the pain started to subside.
No matter how strange this sounds, I don't want the pain to go away. It is the oddest sensation. I felt that if I let the pain leave me, things would only get worse. So I fought the numbing feeling and forced the pain to continue.
"Stop!" The voice yelled at me.
I continued to force the pain to continue and I don't know why, but I knew it was a good thing.
"…Ryou…?" Tea and Tristan looked at me, distraught; not knowing what to do.
The pain was like fire now, but it was only burning the worst of the worst out of me.
"Fine don't stop, but that means that your precious Bakura will only have worse done unto him." The voice laughed at me.
I stopped resisting. I couldn't hurt Bakura… never…
"I'm s-s-sorry…" I whispered and I fainted.
The last thing I registered in my mind was Tea gasping as I fell limp and the hideous laughing in my head that wouldn't end.
IkutosGirl: …Well that was…dark.
Ryou: You make me sound suicidal!
Bakura: *is quoting* "I continued to force the pain to continue and I didn't know how, but I knew it was a good thing." *laughs*
Ryou: Oh yeah well… umm… your face!
IkutosGirl: How pathetic… *shakes head*
Bakura: Indeed it is… *also shakes head*
Ryou: …Grr…