Wow, sorry for the long wait, this was a LOOOONG chapter, eh? Enjoy. ^^
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Night time, somewhere around twelve. The room was almost horrifyingly dark. The only light that made it possible to see, even if it was just a little, was the luminous glow from the moon that seeped through the small window of the blimp, and into Yami's room.
Though Yami's body was tired, his mind was not. Even as he tried to shut his eyes, they would just open once more. Though it was kind of odd, he had no problem sharing a bed with Bakura, that wasn't the reason he couldn't sleep, not at all. He was afraid, afraid he'd let go of the leash in his sleep. He didn't want to kill Bakura, not intentionally, not accidentally, not ever…
Yami turned over to see Bakura lying on his back, one hand on his chest, the other beside his head while his head lay so Yami could see his face. He watched Bakura, his slowly heaving chest, his calm breaths, his relaxed position. Everything about him right now seemed so innocent. It was hard to believe this was Bakura Yami was looking at… Why? Why did he have to be the bad guy? Why did he have to be his enemy? Yami only stared at Bakura's face for just a moment before glancing at the white on Bakura's leash, the white that had formed when Yami let go of the leash to prove his point to Bakura. The one thing that came to Yami's mind, was the memory of Bakura's frightened face when he let go of the leash… and, as much as Bakura tried to hide it, the fear he had shown when telling the pharaoh about his life at kul elna. If I did kill Bakura, it would give my puzzle more power, merely because Bakura's spirit is evil, it only makes sense that the puzzle will take his life, his spirit, everything… no… Yami glared at the leash as he clutched it tighter, I will not allow that to happen. I can't… Yami looked at Bakura once again, only this time, to see his eyes open and staring right at him. This made Yami flinch a little, but not much as he observed his eyes more. His eyes seemed more gentle than before. His eyebrows were not narrowed. Even awake right now, he seemed… innocent. Yami couldn't help but like this side of Bakura, the side he had never seen before. He smiled softly at Bakura, not just glad to see a gentle face, but glad to see he was awake now too.
"What? What's with that smile?" Bakura asked as his eyebrows narrowed.
Yami sighed as he frowned, so much for the innocent look…
"It's nothing… I'm just relieved you're awake now"
Bakura raised a brow as he stared at Yami confused before returning to the angry look.
"Why…? Can't sleep?"
"No, I can't"
"Hmph… Just as I thought, you're too busy worrying about something unimportant. What's worrying going to do anyway? It won't change anything, just make you ill"
"It's not unimportant" Yami replied as he kept a straight face.
"I'm sure it is, just forget about it and go to sleep"
With that Bakura turned over and pulled the blankets over his head. Yami's expression saddened. He thought he knew Bakura before, had him figured out, but no… Bakura was not to blame for his hatred towards Yami's family. It was his family that destroyed Bakura's life. His family that took everything from Bakura.
Yami sat up and slid the blanket off from over Bakura's face. This made Bakura growl under his breath, but that did not affect the pharaoh in any way.
"Bakura… I was worried about you…" he said in a calm voice.
Though Yami could not see it, Bakura's eyes had widened at Yami's answer. Bakura sat up, his eyes narrowed as his head turned enough for him to see Yami looking at him. Bakura's eyes were cold and unfriendly, but something told Yami that he should try harder to gain Bakura's trust. Though Bakura said he trusted him, Yami was sure he only said that to get out of the situation he was in before. Yami was sure Bakura didn't really trust him… and from where he was seeing things, it all seemed so impossible. It was hopeless to think that Bakura would actually trust him. The only reason Bakura did anything for the pharaoh was because his life was on the line. …he needs to trust me, if he doesn't, I'd be getting nowhere fast with him… the millennium puzzle will only set him free when Bakura is ready to cooperate the way I want him to… if I'm correct, it's not just the puzzles decision, but mine as well. Right now, however… I can't believe he is ready to be set free…
"…Bakura" Yami said in a gentle tone, hoping that would help gain his trust more, even a little.
"What?"
Yami held the leash up for Bakura to see the white still on it. Bakura turned around completely and stared at the white as he took part of the leash in one hand.
"…We didn't restore your life like we said we would. Or do you want to wait?"
Bakura's eyes glanced up to see Yami's face, then back at the leash.
"…Answer me this first…" Bakura said silently, not taking his eyes off the leash, "…Why were you worried about me? I mean, it's not like I can kill you or anything, not in this position anyway…"
Yami looked down at the part of the leash in Bakura's hand, then the part in his own hand for a moment… before looking at Bakura, who waited patiently for an answer.
"I wasn't worried if you wanted to kill me or not…"
Bakura looked up at Yami. His eyes read hope. Yami could see that, but, hope for what? Yami didn't take his eyes off Bakura for a second, he wanted to show him that he was telling the truth when he spoke.
"…I was worried that if I fell asleep, I'd let go of the leash"
Bakura sneered at the pharaoh's answer before looking away. He didn't seem at all convinced that the pharaoh was telling the truth. He doesn't believe me… but can I blame him? After what he had told me about Kul elna… Yami sighed, he probably thinks I'm trying to deceive him, somehow…
"Is that all?" Bakura said, still not giving Yami any eye contact.
Is that all? How could he make his life sound so un-important… even after the way he reacted when he realized his life was so fragile now. Maybe… it wasn't that, perhaps he was putting up a barrier. Even if Yami and Bakura were now master and slave, Bakura still tried to keep his distance from him. Did he really hate him this much?
"…Yes…" was all Yami could say. He did not want to anger him further. Instead, he let him be.
Yami took as much leash as he could and wrapped it around his hand. Bakura's attention turned to Yami. He watched him wrap the leash around his hand with a confused look on his face.
"You can cut the circulation in your hand like that you know" He said.
"This is just my hand, I'd rather stop the flow of blood running through it than have to see you dead in the morning"
Bakura continued to stare at Yami's hand, even after he had finished wrapping some of the leash around. Immediately he grabbed Yami's hand and began un-wrapping the leash.
"Bakura, what are you doing?" Yami said as he snatched Bakura's hand away from his.
"What does it look like I'm doing! If you do this to yourself you won't be able to hold on to the leash anyway!"
"It'll be fine, I'll just keep the leash wrapped around my hand at all times!"
Yami quickly took his hand away from Bakura keeping him from grabbing it again.
"Give me your hand now!" Bakura hollered.
Yami wanted to say something back, but the look Bakura gave him had stopped him. Was Bakura, worried about him? Yami blinked, then lowered his hand enough so Bakura could reach it.
Bakura quickly snatched his hand and un-wrapped the rest of the leash off until he was only holding one part.
"…I didn't think you cared about me" Yami smiled.
"Shut up, I don't. I just want to make sure you won't do anything stupid while my life is in your hands"
"Alright…"
Yami just couldn't take the insult seriously. Even if Bakura really didn't care about him, he had a small feeling in him telling him otherwise.
"So, do you want to restore your life now?"
Bakura did not say anything, he simply nodded.
Yami gently placed his hands on Bakura's face and lifted it so he'd look at him. The more affection I show, and the more he shows, the better chance of having this curse lifted… I'll try… Yami stared into Bakura's eyes, the light that shown in them softened his look, making him seem less threatening. He then caressed Bakura's cheek with his thumb while keeping his hand on his cheek. Bakura only gave Yami a weird look, but he did not back off.
"What are you doing?" He asked a little nervously in a somewhat angry tone.
"Ishizu said the more affection we show, even if it's not real, the better chances of freeing you from this curse, but if I show you affection, you must show me it in return" Yami replied with a straight face.
Bakura didn't seem to want any part of this, but what choice did he have now? He raised his hands and placed them on Yami's face, though he didn't seem to be very warm about it, he was trying. His hands trembled as soon as they touched Yami's skin. If Yami had to guess, Bakura was just not used to showing this amount of love, no matter how small it may appear to someone else. Though he didn't want Bakura to have to try too hard, he wanted to see how far he could go. What was his limit?
Yami leaned in close and gave Bakura a small peck on the forehead before moving to his cheek. Of course, Bakura had to return his false love, but from the way he looked at him, it didn't seem that Bakura wanted to go any further. His hands dropped to Yami's shirt as he clutched the shirt tightly.
"Just hurry up and get the kiss over with" He growled.
"First, return the affection I had just shown you… and don't copy what I do"
Bakura's expression changed from angry to surprise. He looked down at the leash to see that the white had only barely moved. The answer to why that was, was simple however. Though Yami had shown affection to Bakura, Bakura hardly did anything that would be considered affectionate. Yami waited for something to happen, even a simple hug would do… but Bakura did nothing.
"…Uh…" was the only thing that Bakura said in response.
Yami raised an eyebrow. Uh? That's all? Just… uh? Then it came to him, Yami understood why Bakura wasn't doing anything.
"Do you not know how to be affectionate?" He asked.
Bakura's eyes widened for only a minute before turning into a glare.
"Of course I know how to be affectionate! Do you think I'm an abomination or something!"
"Well? I'm waiting then"
Bakura only stared at Yami for a moment before he glanced at his own hands, then back at Yami's face.
Suddenly he ripped open Yami's shirt and pinned him to the bed as he roughly kissed Yami's neck. Yami tried to struggle free but Bakura managed to keep Yami pinned there. Not only that, but he noticed the white in the leash growing once again. Ishizu never said anything about the leash turning white if Bakura messed up, though, she did say she didn't know everything about the curse as well.
"Bakura stop!" Yami shouted.
"What!" Bakura said angrily before turning his attention to the fading red. He gasped and immediately backed away from Yami.
The red had stopped fading. Yami sat and rubbed his neck. As he took his hand off his neck, he also noticed the bruise marks Bakura left on his wrists when he had him pinned.
"…I don't understand" Bakura muttered.
Yami looked at Bakura to see his stressed expression.
"It should have worked, I kissed you at least, that counts doesn't it!"
"That wasn't affection, that was rape" Yami replied, "…You really don't know what real love is, don't you?"
Bakura's hands clenched into fists, as he slowly looked up at the pharaoh in a glare. This made Yami a little uncomfortable, but he did not back off.
"Fine… I admit I don't know how… the closest thing to affection I know is rape… probably because I was raped during the time I had been sent to the dungeon in Egypt…"
"By other prisoners?"
"Prisoners, guards, anybody who could get their hands on me"
Pity filled Yami's heart. Why hadn't Bakura told anyone before? Was he too hurt from the past that he wouldn't dare let anyone care for him? It seems, the only thing he knows how to do, is hate. I wonder if I can break him of that.
Yami crawled over to Bakura and wrapped his arms around him, securely, comfortably.
"Get off me…" Bakura hissed.
"…Hug me back"
Again, Bakura did not have a choice, but if he messed this up he might end up dead quicker than Yami would have thought.
Bakura wrapped his arms around Yami, and Yami held Bakura closer and tighter, but not too tight. The red began to come back in the leash, but slowly. Maybe… Yami thought as he placed his hands on Bakura's face once more, lifting it to see his face better, …Maybe, I can help him.
Yami leaned in close, and gently kissed Bakura, long enough to let Bakura's life restore itself.
I can only hope now, that he lets me help him…
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Dressed in their usual day time clothes, Bakura, Yami and everybody else sat around the dining table, either eating or talking. Joey was the one doing the most talking, however. By the way Bakura slouched, his elbow on the table and his cheek sunk into his hand, the position read 'I really don't want to be here'. Yami looked at Bakura, un-amused by his disrespectful posture, still he made an attempt to be kind anyway.
"Did you eat yet?" He asked before taking another bite out of his sandwich.
"Yes, I had cereal actually"
"Oh? What kind?"
"Sweet berries…"
"Are they any good?"
"Yes. To be quite frank they were sweetalicious"
Yami didn't understand the sarcastic tone coming from Bakura, until he spotted the cereal box Bakura ate from… and the slogan… 'They're sweetalicious'… Yami frowned at the cereal box and groaned, Now I know he's just messing with me… Yami looked back at Bakura, who still looked a little annoyed, though he wasn't the only one losing his patience.
"Oh yeah!" Joey said, "I couldn't sleep last night, I mean, I'm just too excited about the next duel, I hope it's me up next!"
"Yeah, but you kept me up all night too, Joey" Yugi smiled shyly before looking at everyone else, "I mean, he can talk non-stop for hours"
"Tell me something I don't know" Bakura said as he rolled his eyes.
"What! Hey, you trying to insult me pal?" Joey shouted ready to fight Bakura if necessary, "You try having to stay up all night!"
"Actually I was up all night too, both me and the Pharaoh to be exact"
"Really?" Yugi turned his attention to Yami, "Why couldn't you sleep pharaoh?"
"I was afraid I'd let go of the leash in my sleep"
"You were also horny" Bakura joked.
Yami's face immediately turned bright red as his eyes widened before he turned to Bakura and glared at him.
"I was not, I asked if you wanted your life restored and you agreed!"
"I agreed you could kiss me again, but you decided to be a little more affectionate than that"
"That was so the curse would be lifted easier…"
"It would have been if you weren't turned off when I tried to show my affection"
"You tried to rape me"
Little did the two realize that as they argued everyone listened carefully and curiously, and some, like Tristan and Joey, gave the two weird looks.
"I don't care what you call it I was getting somewhere with it" Bakura said as he folded his arms only continuing the argument.
"That's not what the leash said"
"Oh! So now it talks to you?"
"That's not what I said"
"Well, that's what it sound-"
Suddenly a fist slammed on the table making mostly everybody jump before they're attention turned to where the sound came from.
"If you two are done arguing like a married couple then I suggest you all finish your meals so we can choose the next two duelists" Kaiba said impatiently.
It seemed everyone was losing their patience with something today, it was probably one of those days where everyone was stuck in the angry zone. Whatever it was, today was most likely going to turn into a disaster.
Everyone got up from their seats and entered the room where the next two duelists would be chosen and waited patiently for their numbers to be called.
"Alright Roland, start the machine" Kaiba ordered.
"Yes sir"
Roland, who was also the announcer, started up the machine. Everyone watched and waited as the numbers scrambled. Finally, a ball entered the slot and rolled out of the machine blue eye's mouth.
"The first duelist will be… number two, Joey!"
"Alright! I get to duel now!" Joey cheered as he raised a fist in the air.
The next ball entered the other slot and rolled out the other mouth.
"His opponent will be… Marik!"
"Good, I'll show Marik who's boss around here for sure!"
Yami admired Joey's confidence, but he also doubted him for being over confident.
"Joey, don't get ahead of yourself, remember to stay focused"
Joey turned to look at Yami.
"Huh?" He said before showing his 'confidence face' once more, "Don't worry Pharaoh, No matter how hard the duel may be, I can assure you I won't back down"
Yami smiled, secretly hoping his friend could back up those strong words in his duel.
"Alright everyone! Make your way to the top of the blimp!" Roland shouted before leading the way to the duel arena.
Yami followed behind the others as they headed to the highest floor, Bakura following behind. The two didn't talk to each other, though Yami was hoping that Bakura would say something, anything. It seems that between me and Bakura, I'm the only one trying to break the curse… and as much as Bakura wants to be freed from this curse, he's making no attempt. Perhaps it's because of what happened last night, when he tried to show, what he considered, affection. Instead he only made things worse. Yami sighed to himself, Perhaps I'm partly to blame as well, the only reason he listens to me is because I threatened him… but that was the only way to make him listen to me, at least, that's what I believe.
"Pharaoh" Came Ishizu's voice from behind him.
Once Ishizu caught up to him, she walked beside him, a look on her face that told Yami that she had… news.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"I found out more about the curse. Apparently it was used before in the past, by who I'm not sure, but…"
"Yes?"
"You know, the more affection you show, the better chance of releasing him from this curse… but you see. In order for it to take most affect, you two must show each other affection when his life is full. If you only show affection when it turns white, you're not doing much"
Yami listened carefully, as he hoped Bakura was doing the same. He was certain Bakura didn't like this information, but Yami wasn't too thrilled about it either.
"Also, this curse as I said before is used to change someone using what they want least against them, right?"
"Right"
"Well…" Ishizu looked back at Bakura who only stared back, his expression as uncaring as hers, "Bakura, this curse upon you now, consider it a warning"
Yami looked back at Bakura, who said nothing. Instead he rolled his eyes and looked away.
"Why must he consider it merely a warning?" Yami asked as he looked back at Ishizu, "This curse is bad enough as it is"
"I know, and once he's free he can do as he wishes… but, if you have to use this curse a second time on him, the curse will worsen"
"What could be worse than having my life so fragile and in the hands of my enemy… and the fact I have to give him hugs and kisses?" Bakura asked a little sarcastically.
"Depending on what you do to try and change a person, whether it's love or hate or humiliation, there is a fate curse"
"Fate curse?" Yami echoed.
"Yes, the fate curse lives up to its name. You see, in your case it's affection, so you must show him the affection you gave him first when the curse started… you know, the kiss. If there comes a time where you must use this curse on him again, you have only an hour to show him that same affection, only you choose whether to spare him, or to kill him. If you choose not to do anything, the curse will kill you both"
"Woooah!" Joey interrupted, "Lady, you mean to tell me that if Bakura is set free then captured again, he and the Pharaoh only have an hour to live?"
"Yes, unless the Pharaoh chooses to spare Bakura or not"
"Seriously?" Tea joined, "Did the last guy who used the curse do this?"
"Yes. From what it looked like, he was a pharaoh as well… but, he did not spare his servants life, he let her die"
"Heh, the last pharaoh's slave was a girl. Our pharaoh got stuck with Bakura" Joey joked.
"Joey, there's nothing wrong about two guys with each other" Serenity said before looking at Ishizu, "How come he didn't spare her life? Was she really that bad?"
Ishizu nodded, "Yes, she was too stubborn to cooperate with him"
"Wait wait" Tristan butted in, "How do you know all this, I mean, what site did you look at?"
"…I suppose you should all know how I know all of this… I will show you" Ishizu removed the clothing covering her face and neck to show a millennium item around her neck.
"A millennium item" Yami said, eyes wide.
"Yes, the millennium necklace can see the past present and future no matter where, when, or what it is"
Finally, the all reached the top of the blimp, and the stage was set. Joey stepped ahead of the others, but stopped and turned to face his friends before going any further.
"Well guys, we can talk more about this later. Right now, I got a duel to win!" Joey said before walking onto the stage, he watched Marik as he did the same.
"Duelists, shuffle the opponents deck!" Roland shouted.
"I just know my brother will win" Serenity smiled.
"Don't get your hopes up my dear" Bakura grinned, "after all the dunce doesn't even know what he's doing half the time"
"Who asked you!" Tristan said, his voice raised and furious, "Joey is a good duelist!"
"He may be good, but that's all he is, and that's not saying much about him"
"That's it!"Tristan roared as he swung his fist at Bakura's face, but before he could even touch him Bakura dodged and grabbed Tristans fist and squeezed it tightly.
Tristan didn't show any sign of pain, though knowing him, he was simply hiding it.
"Please, let go of him!" Serenity cried.
"Let go of Tristan right now you walking corpse!"Duke joined.
"Fine" Bakura said as he literally threw Tristan onto Duke causing them both to fall to the ground, "You should learn to pick your fights more carefully, the both of you"
Just watching Bakura treat Yugi's friends like this, it made the anger inside of Yami grow. Bakura may not know how to be nice, but Yami knew for sure that he knew when to keep his mouth shut. He wasn't going to just stand there and watch Bakura mistreat his friends.
"Bakura! Treat friends with more respect!" Yami shouted, yet tried to keep calm.
Bakura turned around and glared at Yami. His expression told Yami that he didn't want to obey, but Yami wasn't going to give him that option. Yami looked at his friends with an apologetic look, then back at Bakura, though, the look he gave him was not kind at all.
"Bakura, my patience is growing thin with you, as yours grows thin with me… yet I have tried to help you to break this curse and yet, you still insult and hurt those I care about. I will not let you do this to them any further"
"Hmph, I don't care, I have you figured out pharaoh, you only let go of the leash for a second just to get me to do as you wish, but you would never kill me"
"I don't want to kill you, but if you do not listen to me, I might be left with no choice"
"Lies" Bakura grinned, "nothing but lies to get me to cooperate"
"Fine… I warned you"
Yami stepped over to the nearest railing and tied the leash onto it, though part of the leash remained in his hand. Bakura raised an eyebrow.
"You wouldn't, I know you can't do it" Bakura said, though his words made him sound confident, the expression he tried to hide showed doubt in himself.
I don't want to do this to him, but he's not leaving me with much of a choice… I'm sorry Bakura… Yami opened his hand and backed away from the leash, far enough so Bakura wouldn't be able to even touch him let alone put the leash back into his hand. Bakura's expression quickly changed from somewhat confident to great shock. Immediately he ran to the railing and tried to untie the knot, but it was too complicated for even him to figure out. He quickly switched from trying to untie it to breaking it off, of course Yami had already figured out that the leash was unbreakable. It was hard watching Bakura like this and still keep a straight face, especially as he watched the white of the leash eating away at Bakura's life. It wasn't easy to have to just stand there and watch a helpless life fade away like this, but he had to show Bakura that this was his punishment if he didn't cooperate, and that Yami wasn't afraid to use the puzzle's curse against him.
"Damn you pharaoh!" Bakura roared as he glanced in Yami's direction, "TAKE THE DAMN LEASH!"
Yami did not respond, he just watched.
"DO IT!" Bakura screamed, again trying to show he wasn't backing down. His expression was angry as he straightened himself and marched over to the Yami, but he only managed to go so far before the leash stopped him. He glanced back at the leash then back at Yami.
"Will you listen to me now, Bakura?" Yami asked calmly.
Bakura looked at the white that was making its way to his collar before looking back at the pharaoh. His legs began to shake due to the white draining his life, he could barely stand anymore.
"Yes, fine! Just take the leash!"
Yami walked over to Bakura and grabbed the leash before the white could reach his collar, and Bakura fell to his knees, unable to stand anymore. His hands lay flat on the ground supporting his body to stay up as he began to pant. Yami sighed to himself in relief, Good, he decided to cooperate. I'm glad I didn't have to kill him, Now, I just have to hope that it never has to come to that. Yami went over to the knotted leash and began untying it, but only to hear Tristan groan as he and Duke stood back up.
"Tristan, are you alright?" Serenity asked as she looked up at him, her eyes full of worry.
"Don't worry Serenity, I'm fine… It's just that I can't believe the pharaoh is still going to let that guy live!"
Yami had finished untying the leash when Tristan said those words, those cruel and cold words. His eyes shot open and his jaw dropped as he looked over at him.
"What?" Yami said in a whispered voice.
"Yeah, I have to agree with Tristan on that one" Duke joined, "How could you even want to keep him alive pharaoh? I mean, all he's done to us is give us grief and cause pain for everyone that even looked at him"
"I'm with the boys on his too, the mans a menace to society, not only that but he's probably working with that other scumbag, Marik" Mai said before looking at Namu, "Don't you agree Namu?"
"Uh… I don't really know him well enough to judge him"
"Well, I don't blame you for that… still" Mai turned her attention back to Yami, "If that were me holding the leash I would have dropped it and left him there to die as soon as it placed itself in my hands"
"Yeah, same here" Duke agreed.
"Exactly" Tristan said as he raised his fist, "So, I think we all agree that you should just do the same!"
Yami couldn't believe what he was hearing from his friends. He watched all of them as they agreed with one another that Bakura was nothing but trash that could easily be forgotten about and left for the shadow realm to take, or wherever he would go if the puzzle did take his spirit. He looked back at Bakura, who was still having a hard time breathing, as he sat there not giving the others any eye contact.
"Seriously pharaoh" Tristan continued, "You were able to stand there and watch his life fade that far I think you'd have no problem just-"
"-THAT'S ENOUGH!" Yami roared tremendously as he glared at everyone causing some to flinch and others to jump and back off, "You think it was easy for me to watch his life fade!"
"U-uh…" Duke stuttered.
"It does NOT matter whether or not he is evil and has caused misfortune for others! He is not a worthless nothing that you can just throw away!"
Yami's friends stared in surprise, and some in fear at the pharaoh's reaction. They had seen him mad before, but never this mad, and not at them. Yami then realized what he had done, he pushed his friends away, just because he was protecting Bakura. He looked away from them, ashamed, before turning away from them as he walked over to Bakura. Gently, he lifted Bakura up into his arms and carried him bridal style. Bakura was surprisingly light, so it wasn't all that difficult. Yami looked back at Yugi, who gave him a look of sympathy and worry. Yami then looked at his other friends, Serenity giving the pharaoh the same look Yugi did, the others had different expressions of worry on their faces.
"…I'm sorry" Yami said, "and I'm sorry to Joey, I don't think I can stay to watch your duel…"
"…It's ok pharaoh" Joey replied, his eyes sad.
Yami then looked away from them all and headed back downstairs as he heard Kaiba say 'alright let's get this duel started already' behind him. Bakura wasn't going to put up much of a fight now, though he was too weak to do so anyway, he wouldn't push away the pharaoh or argue about being in this position anyway, even if he had the strength to do so. Right now, he simply lay his head on the pharaoh's shoulder as Yami carried him downstairs.
What's wrong with me? I snapped at my friends… and all because I wanted to protect Bakura…
Yami looked down at Bakura who rested comfortably in his arms.
Why am I doing this again…? Why for him? …Why…?
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Fffffourteen pages! DX Last time I checked anyway, or was it fifteen...? Oh well. More chapters to come. owo