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Endlessly:

I could love you endlessly, I could fall in love with you and we could keep a miracle alive. Every time I look in your eyes, I get lost inside of your soul. What are you doing to me? Don't you know that I hate you? Don't you want my blood on your hands? Don't you want me to scream? Don't you realize that it's too late to bring me back life? I'm already further than death. I'm drowning in my desire for you and my need to kill you. I want my hands covered in your blood, I want your skin underneath my fingertips I want you to reach out and touch me, I want you to burn me alive with your beautiful eyes. I want to hear your voice when I go to bed at night, I want to lie next to you and watch the world go by. I want to end you for good, I want to make you suffer, I want to see the look in your eyes when you look up at me when I hold the knife above your heart. I want you to know that any claims of hope you had of us is nothing but fantasy we'll never have. I want you to be the one that kills me, I want my blood on your hands.. I want you to end me I want to feel your passion. I want to feel your soul wrapping around mine. I I want to know if you feel this too. I want to know if I can kill you now. I want to feel you underneath me I want to feel something besides this loneliness I feel inside. I want to bring the demon out of you.

I want to know if it hurts when I cut you up inside. I want to know if you really hate me or if I really hate you. I want to make me scream, I want to feel the power within me grow. I want you to knock me out, I want you to defeat me. I want something so much more from you than I could ever get. I want you to bleed, I want you to scream. I need you to know you're driving me crazy. I need you to know my soul burns passionately for you every time you give me that look I think I'm going to lose my mind. I want you dead, I want your soul to scream, to earn itself to me. I need you to know this isn't a game anymore. And what would you think if I told you that loved you this whole time? What would you say if I told you I never wanted to hate you, that I never loved you at all? What if I was playing with your mind?

What if I was lying right now? What if I told it was too personal to tell you how I felt about you? What if I told you that everything you've done to me was nothing more than just a wicked fantasies you dreamt of? What if I can't take it back? What if I don't want to? What if everything I said wasn't a lie? What if I tried to bring you back? What if I really did love you? Would you love me back, even though you think of me as a fool? Am I fool to fall in love with you? What if I told you that loving you is so impossible, it's not reality. I couldn't take it anymore. You burn me alive, I'd give myself to you if I could.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh. If I did, then Yugioh would have ended with Bakura and Yami admitting their undying love for one another and Seto would have pulled Joey into a kiss to shut him up because Puppy and Darkshipping rock!

Warnings: My usual, y'all know what that means, but for those of you who happen to be new to my awesomeness, it means there's lemony goodness!

Summary:

Moments away from destroying Zorc, Yami hesitates, asking Horakhty if she can set Bakura free. She agrees, telling Yami that in order for him to pass into the afterlife, he must break his enemy of the darkness, and he only as a year to do so.

Chapter Eleven: Flooded

[Yami's POV]:

For the past two weeks, Bakura has been, for lack of better terms 'nice' to all of us. Of course, he still makes fun of us, but it's lessen immensely. Today, we're at the park. We have a month until school starts back. Unfortunately, Bakura and I are going to have to go to school. I'm not really looking forward to that, but there's really nothing I can do about it. Mr. Muto insisted that everyone who appears as a teenager has to go to school. And, unfortunately, Bakura and I look like that.

"I still can't believe I have to go to fucking school," Bakura grumbles under his breath.

We're-Yugi, Marik, Bakura, and I-are sitting at the picnic tables. Mokuba, Joey, Duke, and Tristan are playing catch. Serenity and Anzu are on the other side talking. Joey was very thrilled to have his sister back in Japan.

"Well, we live in the modern world now," I point out. "Is it any question we'd have to go?"

"I could care less what this modern world wants me to do. I'm over 5,000 years old and I'm smarter than all of these fools combined!" Bakura growls.

"You are smart," I concur, 'but don't think you're the smartest person in the world because you're not."

"Are you implying you're smarter than me?" Bakura hisses.

"Well, of course he's smarter than you dumbass!" Marik smirks.

"Do you want to live? If so, I'd suggest you keep that mouth of yours shut." Bakura threatens.

Marik rolls his eyes.

"I'm bored." Yugi says going through his deck.

"What do you want to do, Aibou?" I ask.

Suddenly, a smirk appears on my Hikari's face. Marik, Bakura, and I look at him with perplexity. He turns to unzip his bag pulling out some sketchbooks pencils, coloured pencils, the works.

"Umm...Yugi…" I start to say but he cuts me off.

"We're going to draw." he says.

I pale. This, unfortunately for me, has Bakura cackling like a madman.

"Oh isn't this delicious!" Bakura says between fits of laughter. "The almighty Pharaoh can't draw!"

I narrow my eyes. "Yes, well one cannot do everything." I mutter.

Bakura snorts. "You make it seem that way. Then again I've always known you weren't as perfect as you claimed to be."

"Can you draw?" I ask.

Bakura smirks.

I sigh. "Figures," I mutter.

"Yami, if it's any consolation, I can't draw either." Marik says.

"So are we going to draw or not?" Yugi asks.

"Sure," I shrug.

"What are you going to draw?" Marik asks as Yugi passes the sketchpads and pencils around.

"Not sure," I say. "What about you?"

"A tiger." Marik says.

"Why so it can eat you?" Bakura asks.

Silence fills the air before we all burst into a fit of laughter.

"No!" Marik snaps, trying to glare at his best friend, but he's unable to mask his laughter.

"What are you going to draw, Bakura?" Yugi asks.

"You'll see." Bakura says already having started on his drawing.

I tap my pencil on my sketchbook as Bakura, Yugi, and Marik draw. I look across the table at Bakura. He's so engrossed in his drawing. He's got the paper turned so I can't see what he's drawing.

"You're left-handed?" I ask.

Bakura snorts. "Technically yes, but I can use both hands."

"Really?" Yugi gasps. 'That's pretty cool."

"Sure is, helps too." Bakura says. "Especially since Ryou is right-handed."

"That must have been awkward for you." I say.

"A bit," Bakura says. "Though, I'd broken my left-hand so many times I had gotten used to using my right one. I just can't draw with my right hand, not sure why."

"From what I understand people who are left-handed use the right side of their brains, which is very artistic." Yugi says.

"Something like that." Bakura says. "So Pharaoh, are you going to draw or not?"

"I'm not sure what to draw." I admit.

"Draw whatever comes to mind." Bakura says. "That's what I do."

"Who taught you how to draw?" I ask.

"My mother could draw." Bakura replies looking up from the paper.

"Really?" Yugi asks. "That's pretty cool."

"I think Ishizu can draw," Marik says.

"Well you obviously can't." Bakura teases.

"Don't act like you're the greatest drawer in the world." Marik retorts.

"Might as well be!" Bakura says.

"You two are so funny." Yugi giggles.

Bakura is so much at ease now that he's opened up. I know he still hates me, but he's slowly opening up to me. I'm beginning to enjoy being around him instead of fearing him. I want to get to know more about him. I want him to be happy. But how can he be when there's so much he's hiding?

I glance down at my empty paper. All of a sudden, I know what it is that I want to draw.

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[Bakura's POV]:

The past two weeks have been something else for me and everything's going exactly as I planned it. The Pharaoh is falling right for my traps of being nice. It's hard to be nice to these fools. All I want to do is butcher them, but that's too obvious and the obvious is not the way to go when it comes winning against the Pharaoh.

I learnt that the Pharaoh cannot draw. Just another victory for me. See? I knew I should have challenged him in a different way. I mean how stupid could I be to challenge him to Shadow games when he's the 'King of Games'? What the hell was I thinking?! Of course, I wasn't really thinking too much. I was hellbent on my revenge. And I still am, I just...see things in a better view I guess one could say.

When the Pharaoh asks me questions, I give him answers and he does the same. We never ask each other personal things, not yet anyways. It's only been two weeks since I've started this with him. I have to build my trust in him. Spending nearly every day with the Pharaoh and his bitch squad has allowed me on how they are as people. There's so much diversity in this friendship squad of theirs it amazes me they're friends at all.

I could never be like that. Not that I'd want to. I prefer to be alone. It makes more sense. I learned that a long time ago. The Pharaoh, obviously, hasn't grasped this concept. Well, sooner or later he'll understand how much of a pain it is to have friends…

"Who's that?" Yugi asks breaking me out of my thoughts.

"Hmm?" I ask.

"Her," he says pointing to my drawing. The Pharaoh and Marik put their pencils down looking at my drawing.

"She's my sister." I reply.

"Sister?" The Pharaoh echoes.

I look up at him.

"Wow, Bakura. I didn't know you had a sister! Look how tan she is! How did you get pale skin when she-"

"Idiot! I have pale skin because of my Hikari! I wasn't born looking like this!" I shout.

"But I thought Horakhty granted you and Yami with your original bodies." Marik muses.

"Unfortunately, no." I spit. "She gave us this weakness!"

"I think you look fine, Bakura." the Pharaoh says.

"Well, I mean I am still sexy, but I was much sexier in my original body." I say.

Yugi and Marik roll their eyes, shaking their heads. The Pharaoh blushes. This plan is going so well something wrong's going to happen.

"Anyways," Yugi says. "So the girl you drew is your sister?"

I nod.

"What's her name?" Marik asks.

"Koranna." I reply.

"She's very pretty, Bakura." the Pharaoh says.

"Thanks," I mutter.

"What was she like?" he asks.

"Smart, determined, loving…" I trail off.

Marik must have sensed that this was bothering me because he changes the subject.

"Yami what on earth is that?!" he exclaims pointing to the Pharaoh's drawing.

I grab the drawing before the Pharaoh can react, bursting into a fit of laughter.

"Bakura give it back!" he shouts leaning over the table grabbing at it. I slide the sketchbook closer to me.

"What is this?" I ask trying not to laugh.

"I said give it back!" he shouts snatching the drawing away from me.

"Seriously, Yami, what are you drawing?" the Pharaoh's bitch of a midget asks.

He lets out a frustrated sigh. "I was drawing Bakura."

"Why were you drawing me?" I ask.

He shrugs. "No idea."

"You're strange." I say.

The Pharaoh just smiles and I nearly choke on my own breath because of it.

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[Marik's POV]:

Watching Bakura and Yami interact with each other this past two weeks has confirmed my suspicions all along: they're in love. They'll never admit to it though, especially to each other. Of course, I've always known they were. I mean you'd have to be blind not to see how they look at each other. Bakura tries so hard to hate him. And he does, to a certain degree, but now that he's able to open up more I think he's really falling for Yami and it's terrifying him.

I need to get them together. It's the only way Bakura can truly be saved. He needs someone like Yami to lean on, to support him. To love him. While I love him, I'm not in love with him. He needs someone that he can show his weakness to, someone that won't judge him. And I know just how to do so.I stand.

"Where are you going, Marik?" Bakura asks.

'To see what everyone else is up to." I say. "Stay here and help Yami learn how to draw."

"Oh like you're a master drawer?" Yami snaps.

I laugh. "I'll be back later guys."

I walk over to where Serenity and Anzu are having a conversation. And what luck I have that they're talking about the very thing I want to talk to them about.

"Y-you don't think-" Anzu stutters her voice getting caught in her throat.

"I don't think, I know." Serenity says.

It's amazing. The girl seems so oblivious to the world around her, but in actuality she sees things everyone else doesn't see. That's a relief because I'm going to need her help with this.

"Know what?" I ask making my presence known. I sit down side of Anzu.

"I'm sure you know Marik." Serenity says.

"Oh? You mean Bakura and Yami being in love?" I ask 'innocently' "Anyone with eyes can see that."

"What makes you guys so sure…" Anzu asks looking down her voice trails off.

"It's so obvious Anzu!" Serenity exclaims. It really is.

"But they've hated each other for so long and…"

"All the more reason to believe they do love each other." I point out. "What's that saying? 'There's a thin line between love and hate'? They're on the line."

'Well, don't you think we need to get them off of it?" Anzu asks.

We do, neither one of them can keep going like this. I know Anzu isn't too thrilled about this. She's had a crush on Yami for as long as I've known her. I can't blame her really, Yami is pretty hot, but still...he loves Bakura and Bakura loves him. And I'll do whatever I can to bring them together. Bakura is my best friend, I want to see him happy.

"Indeed, but it's not going to be easy." I 'say."For right now, Bakura refuses to be near Yami by himself."

"How do you guys know for sure that Yami and Bakura are in love with each other?" Anzu whispers staring into her drink.

She's kidding right? Though, how would she know something like that? She only sees Bakura as an enemy. He's so much more than that. I'm sure she wants Yami to be happy but is fearing for his safety at the same time. Still, she has to see how happy Yami is when he's near my best friend.

"It's the way they look at each other." Serenity says.

"But won't Bakura hurt him?" Anzu asks looking up.

"He'll try to." I say.

Why deny it? Everyone knows that Bakura hates Yami. That much is obvious.

Anzu stands up, "Well I won't let it happen!" she shouts.

"We're going to have to." I say. "It's the only way for Bakura to accept the truth."

"The truth to what?" she asks

"About what really went on in the past." I reply "About how he feels about Yami."

Anzu and Serenity exchange confused glances before turning to me.

"What went on in Bakura's past?" Anzu whispers.

I close my eyes. "That's something Bakura will have to tell you. It's not my place to, but in order for Bakura to be saved, he needs Yami."

"Can't Yami just save him some other way?" Anzu asks looking down at the table. This is extremely hard for her. She's 'allowing' her friend to be with someone who tried to kill him. I'd be concerned if she wasn't worried. She's always been very protective of her friends. Friendship, love, happiness mean the world to her. Anzu's the type of person to give up everything in order for the people around her to be happy. She's be a great friend to Bakura, if he'd just truly open up.

"No," I say. "Bakura needs someone that he can show his weakness too."

"Which, from what I'm seeing about him, is difficult for him, right?" Serenity asks.

I look at her, nodding. "Yami stirs something inside of him that he craves, that he needs."

"But what about Yami?" Anzu asks. "I mean I don't want anything to happen to Bakura but…"

"They need each other, Anzu." Serenity says. "They're great together."

Anzu sighs heavily. "I know it's just...I wished this wasn't so complicating."

"You're not the only one." I say. "So are the two of you going to help me or not?"

Anzu and Serenity glance at each other for a moment then turn to me and nod.

"What exactly do you want us to do, Marik?" Anzu asks.

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[Tristan's POV]:

Joey, Duke, Mokuba, and I are at the park playing catch. I'm glad that Mokuba's able to get out more. Being in that house must be really lonely especially since his brother is always at work and barely pays attention to him. Joey's been going over there a lot. Speaking of my friend, he's been acting strangely ever since the last time he went over to the CEO's house. He won't tell me what's wrong, but it has something to do with Kaiba.

If they had gotten in a fight, he would have told me about it. So there's something more. I know how Joey feels about Kaiba. Everyone's been trying to get them together, but in the end only they can bring themselves together. Whether the CEO loves my friend or not is anyone's guess.

I wished I could ease his fears and tell him everything's going to be alright, but I know they won't be. Kaiba and Joey have been rivals for a while now. It's going to take a lot for Joey to get Kaiba to open up to him.

"T, heads up man!" Joey calls throwing me the ball. I catch it with ease, tossing it to Duke.

"So, how's Bakura been doing?" Mokuba asks.

"Okay, I guess." Duke says. "Why?"

"He cares about him." I say. "How else?"

"Again, why?" Duke asks.

"He reminds me of Seto." Mokuba mutters looking down at the ball in his hand.

"How?" Joey asks. "I mean last I checked Kaiba wasn't trying to destroy the world. I mean sure he's an asshole but…"

'That's not what I mean." Mokuba says.

"Then what do you mean, Mokuba?" I ask.

Mokuba sighs, looking up at us. 'It's just...I mean they have this aura about them and this look in their eye…" he trails off.

I look across the field at Bakura. He's sitting with Yami, Yugi, and Marik. Is there something more to Bakura than just him being evil? What is he planning? Why did he agree to let Yami 'help' him?

"I don't trust him." I say.

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[A month later...]

[Bakura's POV]:

It's been a month since I started my plan of demise. The Pharaoh and his pack of rejects have gotten closer to me. We're sitting in the living room watching some movie. I'm not really paying attention to it. It seems rather boring to me, but Friendship bitch wanted to watch it and it was her turn to pick the movie out.

"Why do you watch this shit?" I gag.

'It's a great movie." she says. "You just don't have any tastes."

"I prefer real shit." I say.

"Like what?" she asks.

"Torture, killing..."

"All the movies that you should avoid." she says.

"That's your opinion." I say. "Those movies actually have plots to them. This movie is nothing but 'lovey dovey' bullshit."

"Love isn't bullshit." she says narrowing her eyes at me. "It's a beautiful thing."

"Yeah if you're a girl." I laugh.

"You might as well be one since you're gay." Dice Boy says looking at his nails.

"That's sterotypical Duke. Not all gays are girly." The Pharaoh's bitch of a midget says.

The black haired bitch just shrugs. 'They pretty much are. I mean take Marik for example..."

"Hey!" Marik exclaims.

"Well, if we're talking about being sterotypical, wouldn't you be gay since you wear leather pants, a handband, and have a pony tail?" I smirk confidently.

Said boy pales. That's what I thought bitch.

"You know, I do have a question for you, Bakura." Bland ass says.

"Yeah?" I say not really paying attention to him.

"You said you had girls lining up at your feet, if that's true then how are you gay?" he asks.

He's kidding right? Of course, he is part of this loser squad. I wouldn't put it past him that he didn't know something so obvious.

"It felt weird." I reply.

"How can you say that?!" Dice Boy exclaims. "Girls are hot!"

I sneer. "No, girls are weird. They cry every five seconds and you have to worry about getting them pregnant and they want to cuddle after sex and it's just...no! Plus, let's face it: cocks are so much sexier than..."

"You guys realize I'm right here!" the Friendship Bitch hisses.

I roll my eyes. "Anyways, I did bang Kisara a few times."

The Pharaoh turns to me. "You're joking right?"

"Nope." I say leaning back against the couch.

"Oh you mean that blue-haired girl?" the mutt asks.

"She has white hair," I correct him. "But yes her."

"She was pretty hot." Bland ass says.

"She was also Priest Seto's lover." The Pharaoh says. "Which is why Kaiba loves Blue-eyes White Dragon so much, probably has some dragon fetish."

At this, I burst into a fit of laughter. Everyone's staring at me as I lean over, clutching my stomach tears rolling down my face. Oh man! I can't breathe!

"Bakura are you-"

"Ryou?!" everyone gasps.

I look up to see my Hikari gaping at me. I send him one of my signature smirks.

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[Ryou's POV]:

It's been three days since my return from Egypt. School will be starting on Monday. My father stayed in Egypt, of course, so I returned home expecting Bakura to be there because, regardless if I had left a note or not, he'd have somehow barged in and made himself at home.

I had called Yugi to tell him of my return. He invited me over and that's when I was in the shock of my life: Bakura, my yami, the evil Spirit of the Ring that locked me away in my soul room and wanted to destroy, was laughing. I'm not talking about his usual evil cackle, he was smiling and having fun!

And who of all people was making him laugh? The man he has held so much hatred for: Yami. They had been sitting in the living room watching a movie. Yami must have said something really amusing because Bakura nearly fell in the floor from laughter.

Yugi brought me up to speed on what's been going on and the 'plan'. Apparently, Yami and Bakura are in love with each other and we're going to put them together. While I do want Bakura to be happy, I refuse to allow him to hurt anyone for his sick amusement. He's not fooling me.

I can see right through him.

"I can't believe we only have three days 'til school!" Joey groans.

We're at the mall eating lunch.

"With your brain you'll be there for a long time." Kaiba sneers.

We look up to see the CEO with Mokuba by his side.

Joey rolls his eyes. "Hey, Mokie!"

"Hey," Mokuba smiles. "what's up guys?"

"Nothing," is the echoed reply between us.

I notice the way Kaiba is studying my and Yugi's yamis. Something's...of with him.

"So what brings you over here? Did you come over here to tell the love of your life how much you love him?" Bakura cackles.

Kaiba narrows his eyes before smirking, "You're one to talk. What? You and Yami have been going out for a month, have known each other over 5,000 years and you're yet to tell him how you feel?" the CEO states confidently.

"We're not dating Kaiba-" Yami says but he's cut off.

"Really? Because the way you two laugh and carry on, I'd say you are." Kaiba says.

"We're just friends." Bakura grounds out.

"Friends?" Kaiba laughs. "Since when have you ever made friends? And last I checked, friends didn't sit so close to one another." Bakura and Yami give each other a look before moving their chairs further apart. "They also don't look at each other the way you two do. So just suck it up and admit to it."

"I'm not going to admit something that isn't true." Yami says. "Bakura is a friend, that is it."

For a moment, I see hurt in my yami's eyes. Kaiba smirks.

"That's exactly why you react so differently to him that anyone else right?" Kaiba asks looking at Bakura and Yami. "Because you're 'friends'? Save the bullshit for someone who will believe it because I don't."

"What are you suggesting Kaiba?" Bakura snarls.

"That you're in love with Yami." Kaiba says.

"I am not in fucking love!" Bakura shouts. "Just because you are doesn't mean I am! Why don't you fuck off and go fuck the mutt?!"

"Hey!" Joey exclaims.

"I could ask the same to you about Yami. Then again, you and he are pretty dominate, right? Hmm..though," he says looking at Yami for a split second before averting his gaze back to my yami. "You need to get fucked in order to dampen that cocky 'I'm king of the universe' attitude of yours." Kaiba sneers.

This, sets my yami off. He jumps up, lunging for the CEO. If not for the hold of Tristan, Duke, and Joey he would have already killed Kaiba.

"Someone needs to shut that pompous attitude of yours up!" Bakura hisses. "You're just jealous because you can't beat Yami in a duel!"

"Like you can?" Kaiba scoffs.

"I've come a hell of a lot closer than you have!" Bakura yells.

"Guys that's enough." I say tiring of this constant bickering.

The other joining in as well. They, of course, continue to fight as if none of us have said anything.

"For what? A pathetic attempt to destroy him? How noble of you destroying the love of your life." Kaiba says closing his eyes and shaking his head.

Marik, apparently, has had enough of this because he stands up.

"Alright there's only one way to settle this matter." he says.

"And this is?" Anzu squeaks.

He ignores her, completely focusing on Bakura and Kaiba. Mokuba's holding onto Kaiba's free hand the other holding his brief case. "This is what's going to happen. This weekend, on Saturday, the two of you are going to duel. Whoever loses will have to take their crush out on a date."

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Haha So Kaiba and Bakura are going to duel. Yay! And, I need some ideas on how to get Yugi and Ryou together because I have NO Ideas at ALL! Anything's fine just as long as it doesn't mess up Bakura and Yami or Seto and Joey's 'relationships'. So anyways, hope y'all enjoyed. Now, I'm going to go see if I can do something with BTS. Review lovelies!