Hey everyone! Now, for those who are reading my authors notes, I got a special treat. Please put your hands together for…RYOU BAKURA PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Cue Hysteric Screaming, Fainting, and Foaming at the Mouth*
Ryou- *Blushes* H-hello, everybody.
Saria- Hello Ryou, thank you for being here.
Ryou- *Smiles, Causing More Screaming, Fainting, Ex.* It's a pleasure.
Saria- Now, as much as my audience wants me to have you strip (and I wouldn't mind it either), all I'd like you to do is read this line, okay?
Ryou- *Slightly Disturbed* Um, okay. *Looks at Line* Do I have to read all of this?*Embarrassed*
Saria-*Smiles In A Very Creepy Fashion* Yes.
Ryou- Um, okay. SARIA HAEL DOES NOT OWN YUGIOH. IF SHE DID, TEA WOULD STOP ACTING ALL FRIENDSHIPPY AND JUST MAKE OUT WITH YUGI ALREADY. I MEAN, JESUS CHRIST, IT'S TORTURE.
It had been three months since Ari had joined them, and Akefia enjoyed almost every minute of it. There was one time though, that he did not enjoy at all.
Flashback
"NO, NO, NO!"Ari screeched in a display of immense (and extremely uncharacteristic) rage.
A week since Ari had joined them, and they had their first fight ever. This would have disturbed Akefia greatly if he had been in his right mind, but he wasn't. At the present moment, he was blinded by rage.
"What do you mean `You don't want revenge on the Pharaoh`?!" Akefia thundered.
Ari glared at him." I mean what I say. You should know I never take revenge, especially for something so drastic!"
"He KILLED our ENTIRE village to satisfy his own selfish wants!"
Ari adopted a saddened look" I know, trust me, I know. But it's against my morals to kill or harm any human being except to protect me or the ones I care about."
Akefia frowned, but there was no use arguing with Ari. As caring, gentle, innocent, and forgiving as she was, Ari was stubborn. Akefia sighed and nodded.
End Flashback
They had come to an agreement. Akefia wouldn't put Ari in any of his plans, and Ari would lead the raids into town. She was pleased with the compromise, and brought back the finest of foods straight from the palace, since they could easily replace whatever she took.
In fact, she was just coming back from a raid at the very moment. Through a window, Akefia spotted her taking Maydenia to the stables, carrying bags of supplies. He started to the stables, eager to welcome her back.
He found her talking to his right hand man, Silvean. A sandy- haired man with grey-blue eyes, Silvean was a master at strategies and battles. He and Ari had become friends quickly after he learned Ari was harmless.
Ari quickly caught his eye, and smiled happily. She spoke quickly to Silvean, and then walked over to him. Wordlessly, he gestured for her to follow.
Akefia led her up to the rooftop, and sat at the edge. Ari sat next to him, but didn't utter a word. They sat like that for a long period, just basking in the dawn's warm rays, before Akefia finally spoke.
"Welcome back."
Ari smiled, and tore her eyes away from the rising sun to beam at her best friend.
"Thank you."
Akefia did not meet her gaze, and Ari frowned.
"What's wrong?"
Akefia stubbornly kept his eyes on the horizon as he replied." The Pharaohs guards took our other team captive. They are to be executed in the courtyard in public tomorrow, to set an example."
Ari gasped, horrified." We have to save them!"
Akefia finally looked at her, beaming."So you'll help?"
Ari nodded eagerly."Well, of course."
She jumped up."We have to go prepare. I want our most skilled fighters on the team."
They pulled together an elite task force of eight. All were the most skilled fighters, most cunning strategists, and the most stealthiest thieves ever known. The ten rode off to the palace the minute the stars appeared.
They had found the five prisoners in the dungeons under the Priest Sets room. It was easy to free them; the hard part began with getting out. For the Priests personal guards had come.
The fight was pretty even. While the guards were many, the thieves outclassed them greatly. Akefia and Silvean ended up fighting back-to-back. Both were thourgholy enjoying themselves.
Akefia could see Ari out of the corner of his eye. She weaved gracefully through the guards, targeting the legs and arms. Ari wouldn't kill unless there was no other way. All the wounds she inflicted were non-lethal nor permanent.
That's when it happened. She had turned to laugh, to give him one of her patented happy-go-lucky smiles. A spear entered her chest.
In her oh-so open eyes, he saw her joking look become replaced with shock and pain, before becoming blank. Her body crumpled to the floor, motionless. Akefia felt something spring free in his chest*.
In his rage-and-grief induced haze, he barely noticed how he slaughtered the one who had killed her, or all the rest. He barely noticed how he had knelt by her body and wept. He barely noticed how the rest of his team said a prayer over her body and carried it away to be buried.
But he did notice the darkness that was quickly overtaking his mind and freezing his heart. He did notice the new grudge against the Pharaoh and a certain priest building. And when he stood up, he was no longer Akefia, best friend of Arinel Haeat. He was Bakura, avatar of Zorc, the dark one.
Ari was gone.
Both Saria and Ryou are crying. Ryou, silently. Saria, outright bawling.
Saria-*Sniff* Tha-t's s-so SAD.
Ryou- Yeah, I feel so bad for him
*While Ari was around, she had suppressed Zorc from taking control of Akefia. The minute she died, he took control
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