Disclaimer: Does Bakura actually have an unknown drug addiction? Is he secretly pining for Yami? Is Malik dressed only in fishnet stockings? Apparently not, so I must not own Yugioh. *snaps fingers*
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Part 1: Separate
Chapter 8: Yami no Bakura: Withdrawal
It hurts... Oh Ra, it hurts... Everything's dark, and spinning... Am I in the Shadow Realm again? Please no... No...
Oh god, please. Just let me die. This is too much...
Where's Yami? He swore he'd never let anyone hurt me again. Did he go back on his word? But... Yami wouldn't do that, not to me...
Oh hell, who'm I kidding. Of course he would. I'm a tomb robber, there's no way he'd actually want to stay with someone like me. He's pharaoh, he could have anyone he wants. He wouldn't bother with a thief like me...
Please... Osiris, let me die... There's no reason to live! Yami doesn't care, and he's all I ever think of. He doesn't love me, so nothing matters. Please, let me die... Just let me fall...
"He's getting worse."
Who's there? I don't remember Qasim employing any women. Serenity? Is that you? Where's Ryou? Ryou, I have so much to tell you...
"He keeps calling out to you and Uncle Ryou, I think he's so delirious he doesn't even remember Ryou's dead."
Ryou's dead? My hikari? No, no, no... That can't be true! You lie, whoever you are! Ryou would never leave me! Ryou's always been there. Always...
"Hurry back quickly, Yami."
Yami? You lie again! Yami's gone... He'll never come for me, I'm just a worthless whore of a tomb thief. Broken and worthless, a clip-winged Horus. That's all. I could never be of any worth to a pharaoh. Especially not one as beautiful as Yami...
"Bakura..."
Ryou? Ryou! Oh Ryou please, it hurts so much. Please, just make it go away...
"It's not your time yet, yami no niisan. You have to live, so I can see you again."
But there's no point, hikari... Yami couldn't care less about what happens to me, so there's no point in going on!
"You're wrong. Yugi-kun and I are coming back someday. Don't you want to see me again, yami?"
Of course I do, Ryou! But...
"You have other reasons to go on too. Aren't you listening?"
Listening to what? All I hear is you, Ryou... Ryou? Where'd you go? No, please come back! It hurts... I don't want to be alone... Please Ryou... Someone...
"You're not alone, Bakura. I'm right here."
A cool hand rests on my forehead. Oh that feels so good! Please, don't go. Who are you?
"It's me, Bakura, it's Yami."
"He's been babbling on about you leaving him. For a moment there, he actually seemed to think he was talking to Ryou."
"That isn't good... Ebon, is the first dose ready yet?"
"Almost,"
What are they talking about? Ebon? Who's that? Did Qasim hire someone new without me noticing? Hey, where are you going? Don't let me go, I'm falling... No! Come back, please! I don't want to be alone!
"I'm right here Bakura, I'm right here... Shh..."
Pharaoh... Don't leave, please...
"He sounds so pathetic... I can't believe they'd do this to him!"
"Is he going to be okay?"
"We can only hope. Can you sit up, Bakura? Here, I'll help you. Drink this..."
Arms around me. Pulling me back from the darkness, keeping me from falling. Warm and safe... Can't we just stay like this? Please? Please don't leave me alone again...
A chuckle. "I won't, my thief. Not ever. I missed you too much when we were apart to ever leave you again."
A kiss, then. Cool lips against my sweaty forehead. That feels so nice... I wonder if he's really there, or if this is just another dream... I've dreamed so much, tied up in my cage... Dreamed of Yami coming to rescue me, but it never happened. Oh please... Don't let this one be a dream too... Please... I want my pharaoh...
Slowly, my vision comes back into focus, and I find myself staring into amethyst eyes that are brimming with tears. I blink, surprised, as one falls and splashes against my cheek. "Yami..."
"Welcome back, my thief," his voice is thick with surpressed emotion as he cradles me against him, his arms feeling as though they belong around me. "It's going to be a long journey, but the first step is taken."
I blink again, still bewildered. My head still hurts, though not nearly as much as before. Instinctively I reach a trembling hand to curl it around the Puzzle's chain. "A-and you won't leave me?" I ask, my voice quavering with hope. I wrinkle my nose at the sickening tone of my own voice, but Yami just laughs and hugs me, more tears welling up in his eyes. I recognize them now for tears of joy.
"No Bakura, I won't leave you. Not ever."
And I believed him.
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