This Is Beginning To Look Like Malik All Over Again
Chapter 5: Run Away
{Life sucks.} hikari to yami
[I'm bored. I think I'll go kill people and let my hikari take the blame. Mua ha ha ha!] yami to hikari
'I hope my yami doesn't go off killing people...' Thinking
Yami Bakura
I pinned Ryou to the floor and held his arm behind his back painfully. He was about to faint, I could sense it. With a smirk, I pulled harder. The weak hikari cried out. That would teach him not to-
Clonk. Something hard hit the back of my head, causing me to fall forward on top of my other.
"Yami Bakura! Go back inside the millennium ring! That's enough!"
Jonouchi stood behind me, his hand clenched into a fist. The wind was knocked out of me, I couldn't say a word.
"Go back, or I hit ya harder next time!" he threatened. I saw Mai, Yugi, and Anzu coming toward us from the corner of my eye. Reluctantly, I retreated into the soulroom of the ring. I was tired, anyway.
But I knew Ryou had fainted already.
Mokuba Kaiba
I snuck quietly into Seto's office, shutting the door very quietly behind me. The Kaiba Corp building was nearly empty this time of day. Seto was bent over his work, writing quickly. He looked tired. I watched him a few minutes. Then he threw down his pen with a sigh. "Done... What a day..." He yawned before turning his chair around slowly.
"Hi, big brother!" I said rather loudy at the right time. Seto nearly jumped right out of his seat. I laughed.
"Mokuba?"
"Surprise!"
"It's great to see you!" This time he did jump up out of his chair to hug me. "How have you been?" he smiled a smile that was reserved only for me. "Great! What's been going around in Domino?"
The smile on Seto's face instantly faded. That wasn't a smart idea. Something terrible must have happened. He motioned me to sit down and he flopped back into his comfortable chair. "A-A lot happened... everything's okay now... the main thing is that Malik Ishtal is dead." I saw for some reason, this was a painful subject for him. 'Why? He never liked Malik...'
"Mokuba, I should tell you this before you hear a jumbled version from someone else... Malik was murdered. It wasn't pretty. And no one knew who did it. No clues, nothing..." This part was blunt. But then his expression changed and he continued. Was his voice...shaking with emotion...? "Jonouchi and I were there after the killer was gone, as Malik was dying. Th-the last thing I said to him... well, I'd gone over there to kick his ass for cheating on a bet we made, I lost over $500... and I walked into the house, surrounded by news reporters... and..."
He really couldn't bring himself to say this. Even tears started to gather at the corners of his eyes.
"I understand, you don't have to say it." I said. He seemed to be very relieved.
"How...could I..." he murmured.
"Well, are the rest of the Ishtals okay?"
"Fine. Mika lives with Isis now..." Was it just me, or was a blush creeping into Seto's cheeks?
"Seto, why are you blushing?"
"What? Hunh, why would I be blushing? Y-Your eyes must be playing tricks on you, or something. Hey, what's that look? I'm not blushing, you- Stop with that look! Mokuba-"
"You're going out with Isis, aren't you?"
"What- no! Why would you think that?! It's kinda hot in here, that's what it is! Ha, you think I like Isis! I wouldn't know why in the world I'd- quit laughing! I don't-"
"There's a STORM out there! How can you be hot?! HA HA HA HA HA! Seto, you have to see how red your face is! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!" I nearly fell out of my chair laughing so hard.
"Shut up! I don't know why you think I'M IN LOVE WITH ISIS!"
"AH HA HA HA AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
"MOKUBA! I- I... SHUT UP!"
"HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
He was on his feet now in front of me, his face bright red. I was bent over with laughter in my chair. "So how long have you been dating her?" He exploded again, denying anything was going on between the two of them, while I laughed all the more harder. But he finally admitted it.
"...I started dating her a month ago. She's really broken up about her brother... you know, she told me he had grown closer to her after Battle City. So now she takes care of Mika."
"And how is Mika dealing with this?"
"Isis said she was... ah... traumatized, I think. She tries to get on with her life, but considering it was only a little over three weeks ago, that's pretty har..."
"THREE WEEKS AGO?!"
"Yeah... did I fail to mention that?"
"Yeah! Seto..."
"Mr. Kaiba, I'm sorry to interrupt, but there's something I think you should see." Another voice said behind me. I looked up to see a man standing nervously in the doorway.
"I'm a bit busy at the moment. Later."
"But sir, it's... you must come with me..."
"...Can't this wait? I've had a long day, I'm tired."
"Mr. Kaiba..."
"Alright!"
Seto swiftly got up from his seat and walked to the door. "Coming, Mokuba?" he paused and turned to me. I jumped up. "Grab my trench coat off the chair, onegai." he said before he walked away in quick, businesslike strides. I snatched the blueish green trench coat and followed after my brother quickly.
Yugi Motou
We had laid Bakura down on the couch and Shizuka held an ice pack to his forehead. "Poor Bakura..." she whispered. Jonouchi had bandaged Bakura's arm, yet the cut was so deep it continued to bleed and soaked through the bandages. Yami and Jou were furious over the incident. Yami stormed, complaining that no one could ever trust a tombrobber like Yami Bakura, he never changed. I heard him in the other room with Jou, yelling something like, "The Radamned bastard, leave it to him to do something like this, and abuse Bakura again. Damn him!" Every once in a while Jou would add something in. "Somethin's gotta be done! He keeps goin' on like this, it neva stops! What's gonna happen next? We can't be on our toes all da time. I think he should be banished to the shadow realm for good!"
"I would, except the bastard keeps escaping every time!"
"Well, you're more powerful now, he's weak, you said, so pow! Lock him there an' he won't come back! He can't!"
Shizuka stood up suddenly and went over to the room, leaving Anzu to hold the ice pack on the still unconscious Bakura.
"Maybe Yami Bakura needs a second chance!" I heard her yell.
"Shizuka, we've given him enough chances! He never did us any good!" Yami's harsh voice cut in.
"Really?! If we just-"
"Shizuka, stay outta this!"
"No, Jonouchi! You can't banish him to the shadow realm! He doesn't deserve that! No one does!"
"He's a danger to us all, Shizuka! It would do us good if he was out of our lives! And think of Bakura! He's hurt him in every way! His yami's physically wounded his body and broken his spirit countless times! It can't go on like this!"
They continued quarreling for sometime. I looked to the others. I caught Mai's eye. She shook her head. Even she couldn't calm Jonouchi down now. Honda sat on the floor with his back to the wall, all the chairs and couches taken. He stared into space, apparently deep in thought. Then, suddenly, I felt like a bucket of ice had been dumped down my back.
My body jerked upright and I gasped. There was no ice, though. Just the feeling something wasn't right. The puzzle glowed slightly. Uncomfortable, I stood and walked to the kitchen again. Anzu followed shortly after. Jou, Yami, and Shizuka left such a disturbing atmosphere that Honda and Mai came in as well. Their yells were dimmed a bit in the kitchen. I sighed.
"What do you think, Yugi?" Anzu asked me.
"Wait, not now."
The cold, disturbing feeling had grown stronger. How could Yami not notice it?
'It's the disturbance I sensed earlier... that Yami Bakura sensed too... the awakening of evil... Has he made his first move yet?'
"I'm sick of him hurting Bakura- and all of us! Sick of him coming back every time, it's better I do it now, while I have the chance, and banish him for good!"
"NO!"
"Shizuka, if ANYONE deserves the shadow realm, it's Bakura's yami! NOW BACK OFF!"
"You can't! I mean, he probably has feelings too...This isn't necessary..."
"You are not helping things at all..."
"Will you calm down, Yami, onegai..."
"YOU CALM DOWN! I'm going out there now..."
"Yami, don't!"
"...And I'm going to talk to the bastard and hear what he thinks..."
"Yamette!"
"...and Bakura, I guess, as well deserves a say in this, as he IS part of him..."
"Yami..."
"...and DO NOT INTERFERE WITH ME!"
We heard Shizuka's sobs as she tried to hold back Yami. I stepped out into the living room to see yami walking toward Bakura's still body on the couch, Shizuka behind him, still protesting. Jonouchi quickly followed, trying to convince Shizuka to stop and get a hold of herself. She ignored him and shunted him off, and in result he gradually became more harsh. I stood before Yami.
[Will you take care of her?! It is hard to do this with her hassling me. I don't want her to see this, anyway...]
{Yami... are you sure it's-}
[Just take her in the kitchen... I need Jonouchi, though.]
I tried to calm Shizuka down. Mai came out and talked some sense into her. Shizuka finally allowed herself to be led to the kitchen. Then Yami and Jou turned back to Bakura.
"Bakura...?"
"Hey, man, you awright?"
At the touch of Jonouchi's hand, Ryou stirred slightly. He slowly came into consciousness. He blinked and looked up into Jounouchi's face.
"Wha..."
"You 'kay?"
"Hai..."
Bakura moved slightly and winced. He looked at his bandaged arm. His brain kicked into full gear and he suddenly remembered everything that happened.
"Yami-he..."
"He did this to you." Yami said bluntly. "Again."
"Oh, hello Yami."
I could have laughed out loud at the look on Yami's face when Bakura said this.
"Look, we should just make this sweet an' simple, so, how would you like to have your yami gone an' outta your life forever?"
"...Are you joking?"
"No, we are serious."
"Yami... I... I don't know..."
"Think about it. But hurry."
"... it would be nice to have him gone... but... forever...? ..."
"I don' mean ta pressure you, 'Kura, but think abou' all he's done to you... and he'll neva change..."
"I thought he could... at one point..."
"Well?"
"Look, do ya hate 'im, or not?"
"..."
Jonouchi wouldn't let Bakura think 'no' for a second. He was so determined, he yanked off Bakura's shirt and pointed to all the scars on his abused body. Bakura frowned.
"An' where do all these come from, eh?!"
"..."
"Well, there's no use for him in this world! Lookit wha' he's done to you! All these years! Gimme one reason we should let 'im slide, again, as tons of times before! An' let's watch him do it again, and again...! Gimme ONE reason!"
"......I can't..."
"SEE?! Now tell me... tell me why we shouldn' do it! Really, Bakura, do ya really want him around?"
"...............No." he finally answered. "No, I don't."
"Great, now let's get 'im out here an' talk to him!"
Bakura called his yami out and the tombrobber appeared in between Jonouchi and Bakura. He then rounded on his hikari.
"What is this, Ryou?!"
"Yami Bakura..."
He turned sharply to face Jou. His eyes flashed dangerously. "Yes?" he said in a low voice. Jou didn't really know how to handle this. Yami spoke up.
"We all agreed that I banish you to the shadow realm, never to return."
"All? All of you, huh...?" He then turned to Bakura again, that smirk on his face. "What about little Ryou here? Certainly he..."
"Sayonara, yami." Ryou said in a surprisingly bitter voice.
His dark half simply stood there, dumbfounded.
"Then it's decided!" Yami cried. "We are ALL tired of you continually hurting others! And you had several chances to change... yet each time you turned around and did it again! Hurting poor Bakura..."
"DAMN YOU RYOU!!!"
Yami Bakura at last moved and made to choke the life out of his light half. Jonouchi leaped on him, allowing Bakura to scramble out of the way. Jonouchi hit the back of dark Bakura's head. The yami fell forward again. Jonouchi moved quickly away and shouted to Yami.
"NOW YAMI!"
Yami built up power, closing his eyes in concentration. Jou grabbed the light Bakura and pulled him away. His other half was on his hands and knees. His head was down, thick white hair falling in his face. And he looked up, his gaze unfocused, at Yami. He would have been gone... but-
".....WAIT!" he screamed. Yami opened his eyes.
"Before you do it... I need to know something..."
"Hardly the time, tombrobber...but what is it?"
"We go away from the others."
"Why in Ra's name...?"
"This is something I must know, and only I can hear."
"Fine. But your light comes-for safety."
"He stays."
"No..."
"He stays."
Yami narrowed his eyes and motioned Jonouchi to take Bakura back to the couch. Yami looked about, and decided to go up the stairs. Yami Bakura stood uneasily to his feet. He stepped forward, nearly toppled over, steadied himself, and walked in an uneven path to the staircase. He slammed into the wall half way up. He paused and looked back at me. "Come here, Yugi!" he said, irritated. I rushed up the stairs after him.
We locked ourselves in a room. Yami smirked down at Yami Bakura, who had slid exhausted to the floor. "Feel weak?" he said in a malicious tone. Yami Bakura proved he still had enough strength to make a rude hand gesture towards Yami. Yami's puzzle flashed and the white haired tombrobber was thrown against the wall. Yami Bakura winced as he fell to the floor.
"Yami!" I cried. {Do you need to act so harsh?} I said silently through the mental link.
[I have no sympathy for that cold hearted-]
{Look, why is he so weak?}
[I don't know...]
"I'M TALKING HERE!" Yami Bakura's voice interrupted.
"Gomen." I apologized.
"I said, why did you befriend Yami Malik?"
Yami and I froze.
"W-what?" Yami stuttered.
"You heard me. Why did you befriend Yami Malik?"
"Ah-ha! That's your question? That's what you wanted to know?"
"Just answer the damn question." "You tell me something first. Why are you so weak? I can hardly sense any power from your millennium ring."
"I'm out of touch, I guess. I don't know if emotions have anything to do with it..."
"Well, Yugi thought..." Yami started to answer Yami Bakura's question.
"I thought he meant it... I thought he really wanted to be friends." I finished.
"So, you thought he was trying to call a truce?" the tombrobber said.
"Yes." I answered.
"Then tell me, did you lose his trust when he called you out that one night?"
"...!"
{Yami, how does he know about that?}
Yami never answered.
"I'll take that as a yes." Yami Bakura grinned evilly. "And tell me, what did you think when you saw Malik instead?" I didn't answer. Yami stood motionless. "What happened when he attempted to take your millennium puzzle? Did you see him pull out the dagger in the dark? Or did you not? Did you call out to Yami?"
"That's enough, Yami Bakura."
"No. Answer me this, Yami, did you ever stop once to take a good look at Malik? Ever think he wasn't in control of himself? For Ra's sake, did you not see his eyes flash red?!"
"..."
"Tell me, is it worth it to destroy me when stronger evil lurks about, murdering and causing pain to anyone in his path? I could help you, for once. Spare me, and we can defeat the enemy together! What do you say...?"
"No."
"......Go ahead...and do it, then..." His eyes darted up to meet Yami's. "Do to me what you did to Malik!"
"SHUT UP!"
"You did it! It's your fault, you know it!"
"HE DESERVED IT AS YOU DESERVE TO BE BANISHED TO THE SHADOW REALM!"
"Of course... murderer." Yami flinched.
"It's no worse than what you've done to all of us these years! BEGONE!
Yami summoned the shadow realm to devour yami Bakura's soul. Yami Bakura laughed maniacally as he yelled "BURN IN HELL, YAMI! I'LL BE THERE TO WATCH YOU! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
Though his body faded away, soul shredded; his maniacal laughter still echoed in my head.
Seconds later Yami and I heard a scream from downstairs.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
I dashed downstairs and Yami returned to his soul room in a fury.
Ryou
I felt as if my soul had been torn in half. I fell to the floor-again. [A/N Akei- how many times has he done that already?!] I placed a hand to my heart. This was worse than anything I've ever felt.
[It was Yami no Yugi in the dream...he's the murderer...]
My yami's voice faded away. Those were his last words. That was it. He was...gone. Forever...
Yugi came tearing around the corner. But the pain had faded, along with my yami.
"Bakura, are you okay?! I heard you scream, what happened?"
"He really...was my other half..."
"What...?"
"Did you really...destroy him?"
"Yes."
My reactions were of the following:
'He did it. He really did... I can't believe it... he's gone. He's gone. Gone.'
'I don't have to worry about him anymore.'
'I'm safe. No more cuts... no more worries. I can go on with my life.'
'What a terrible way to die...to have your soul completely torn from your body and shredded in the shadow realm with no one to remember you at all...'
'Glad it wasn't me.'
Seto Kaiba
Kano, my messenger, ran ahead, urging me to follow him. I didn't understand his urgency, but I ran after him anyway. Mokuba's footsteps sounded behind me as they pounded on the hard pavement. "This way, Kano!" someone called out. "Over here! Quickly!" A man stood standing at a corner of the building.
We ran up to him. Suddenly, his eyes widened and he gave a gasp, as if he couldn't breathe. Strange sounds came from his throat, was he unable to breathe at all, out of breath? Then a sharp metal pole came out of his stomach. Blood spilled in a gush from the hole through his body. His eyes rolled back before he fell forward. I backed away to avoid his body, and he hit the cement with a thud. I took my eyes away from him and looked up in front of me. An instant chill zipped down my spine.
The attacker smiled into my face.
"Shit!" I cried as I dodged a gleaming gold dagger, dripping with blood. I looked into his crimson red eyes... and knew. I knew who he was. Oh hell.
"MOKUBA, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE! RUN!!!"
Ordering my brother away, I grabbed the pole from the dead man in front of me and pulled it out with a sharp yank. I swung my 'weapon' at the bastard, only to have it hit the ground and vibrate through my arms. I glared at those red eyes. Eyes of the devil, that's what they were. So merciless, cold as eternal darkness and as red as the blood of all those he murdered.
He wore a cloak black as night with a hood that cast his face in complete shadow. I didn't need to see his features to identify him.
I swung my pole at him. He didn't flinch. Something was wrong, something told me I should stop. Too late. Just before I could strike him, the pole in my hands went up in flames, the metal scorching hot. I threw it to the side. My hands suffered a second degree burn.
"YOU FING ASSHOLE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" I yelled. "HOW ARE YOU ALIVE?!?!"
"Not that you need to know...the millennium rod was passed on to someone else. They cannot get rid of me that easily." he laughed harshly. "Just having a little fun, Kaiba."
"Don't you touch my brother, you bastard."
"Always sticking up for your brother..." he paused to laugh again, making goose bumps rise on my skin. "He loves you dearly and does look up to you. I wonder... what would he do if you were gone? Would his body go stone cold at the sight of your dead figure laying motionless on the floor..."
He stepped forward. I raised a fist, my only defense. Useless, I knew, against an immortal spirit. I bared my teeth and stepped backward until my shoulder hit the wall of Kaiba Corp.
"...And would tears fall from his eyes at all the pools of blood on the ground..."
He grabbed my arm in a death grip and raised the dagger in his hand. I saw a flash of a twisted sneer on his face. Fear rose in me, spreading through my whole body, and gripped it so I was unable to move.
"Would your brother fall to his knees in emotion...and cry his heart out...? Would he think of you as a coward, watching me about to strike you as you can't do anything...?" He glanced over his shoulder. My eyes followed his gaze to see with a wave of dread, Mokuba standing a short distance away with Kano. My heart pounded wildly. "Let's find out." he whispered.
I caught his arm as he thrust it at me, the point of the golden dagger stopping just an inch from my throat. I twisted his arm and wriggled out of his grasp. I stumbled away. I felt around in the pockets of my trench coat, but all I could find were a few cards. I pulled one out, and with perfect aim, threw it at the spirit like a frisbee. It slit his cheek and left a long red line on the tan skin.
My body froze. Behind him lie several dead bodies. The ground was so covered in blood... they were just innocent bystanders, though... no one I knew. But the sight was terrifying. And how many...? Close to twenty...? Dear God.
"They didn't mean anything to you, did they?" he laughed. "I was merely bored."
"You fing bastard." I growled. He gave me another insane smile.
"Just deliver a message for me."
"Wha-at?!"
"Tell Bakura I'm coming for him. He can run all he wants... but he's mine. Tell him that."
With one last freaky smirk, he walked away.
Ryou
"Yami! Do you sense that?!" Yugi said. "I felt it since you were talking to Shizuka and Jonouchi. Didn't you feel that? I think it's coming from the puzzle."
"I didn't notice before...but it's grown too strong now to ignore." Yami replied.
"Do you think...it's him, isn't it?! He's made his first move, I'm sure of it!"
"Yes..."
"Well, should we do something?"
"I told you, aibou, there is nothing I want you to do but wait."
"But, couldn't we warn the others or something?"
"Yugi, I told you..."
"I mean, like Kaiba, or Otogi, Isis and Mika..."
"Hai. Tell them. But what is there to tell? What will you say to them?"
"..."
"Exactly. You see?"
"Yeah, but...I could tell them to be prepared..."
"For what?"
"...I don't know..." "Something like this is hard to explain to others. Hard to put into words. Just...wait. We'll stop him when any REAL damage is done. We don't even know who 'he' is!"
"I may have an idea who..."
I lie on the couch and listened to Yugi and Yami's conversation quietly. Their voices drifted through the open door of the room. They were oblivious to the fact I was pretending to be asleep and technically eavesdropping on them. I pressed my cheek against the couch, lying facing the couch and my back to their room. I had a blanket pulled over my head as I listened intently. My breath came silent, so I could hear every whisper, every word they said.
Then, gradually, I began to have this strange feeling. A cold, chilling feeling. It grew stronger with every minute until I couldn't concentrate on what Yami was saying. I shifted uncomfortably. My whole body was stiff with fear.
By now waves of terror were passing through my body. I saw no reason to be so scared that I felt sick with fear...
'Run. Run away.'
Why in heaven's name would I want to run away? Nonsense. I'm safe here with Yami, out of the storm. Why would my mind think such a thing?
'Run as far as you can from here. Run away quickly.'
The strange impulse was so strong, I sprang quickly from the couch. Why do I feel this way? What would compel me to run away from the safety of the game store?
I allowed the blankets to slip from my shoulders and fall to the floor. The feeling grew stronger with each passing second. With a cold shiver, I took a step toward the door.
"Bakura? What's wrong?" Jonouchi's voice called out softly to me. I broke into a run across the living room and bounded out the door.
"Bakura-W-where are-"
I had no time to answer. I was already running out into the rain. I didn't even bother to shut the door behind me.
I felt the cold air as soon as I stepped out of the doorway. Rain poured down like buckets of water being repeatedly dumped on my head and splashed at my body. Lightning flashed against the pitch dark sky, illuminating it for a split second with a bright flash, and thunder rolled like giant drums played in the heavens.
Where was I running? How would I get there in this dangerous storm? I couldn't even see anything in the dark. Lightning flashed in the sky, and I saw a liquor store. I went there, seeking the shelter of the roof that hung out in front of the store. I huddled close to the wall, the driest spot I could find. I shivered again, not of cold...but of...something else.
It sent thorough chills down my spine, and I shivered more. I held my arms over my chest, my heart was pounding. I closed my eyes as an intense wave of fear and dread passed through me.
I heard a sound in the dark near me. It sounded like the rustling of clothes rubbing together, like a person shifting their weight...or stepping forward. Then I heard the sound of metal lightly scraping against metal.
I started running swiftly again. All I heard was the sound of rain pouring down hard, and my feet splashing through the water on the street. And it was making me extremely nervous, this quietness.
I ran quite some way from the liquor store. After about fifteen minutes, I was prepared to think I was merely hearing things. My mind was playing tricks on me, I thought. Then I heard footsteps. They were coming from behind me. The faint splash of each step taken toward me, covered by the loud rain and thunder...
I picked up my pace quickly. I had to get away...
I turned corners, back tracked and circled around, took a different street, ran through unknown alleyways... anything I could think of to lose him.
I was sure I had lost him. I stopped and leaned against a wall, panting, sweating. Cold, wet...and scared half to death. I was shaking all over. Who was he? The suspense was eating me inside out. I tried to calm myself down and sort out all the thoughts whirling in my head. I was beginning to miss my yami now. Though he dealed with his enemies harshly, he provided some defense, and right now, I would be happy to see him tear this guy limb from limb.
I was surprised to hear myself think this. My yami. A tear slid down my wet face. 'What?' I... I couldn't believe it...but-I missed him.
I thought I would have no regrets when Yami destroyed him...
And I don't. He wouldn't have protected me, anyway. He wouldn't have comforted me as I did him...
Yet a part of me told me he would. He did, once. At Battle City a long time ago. He risked himself, his life, to protect me from Yami's attack.
'What a selfish bastard. He chose to destroy me, and could have if it weren't for my yami. I hate you, Pharaoh! You destroyed my yami, my only guardian, when he was weak, and crying! And now my soul has been torn in half and part of my spirit has died! Why did you do it,Yami Yugi? Why?!'
My mind screamed these thoughts. I fought back sobs and wiped my eyes with my jacket sleeve.
Maybe I could reach my yami through our mental link, like always. Maybe he could help me...maybe... Maybe he'd hear me if I called out hard enough...If I screamed his name in my head and hoped really hard...that he'd be here...with me...then maybe...he would...
{Yami?} I called out in my mind.
{Yami, can you hear me?!} No reply.
{Yami, I need your help! I need you!}
There was no mental link. It was gone. It no longer existed. That one, last bond between me and my yami was severed. I felt all hope was lost. I felt...so alone. And I wanted him.
I pulled myself away from the wall and stared up at the sky. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled in turn. Rain still poured. A cold feeling wrapped around my heart, now an empty black void.
"YAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!" I yelled at the blackish gray sky. I closed my eyes hard against the huge fat raindrops.
"Come back! I didn't want him to do it! I didn't mean it!"
But I knew. I had wanted him gone, rid from my life forever, banished to become devoured by darkness. I said it. I stood there, and said it to his face, eyes narrowed and spoke in a tone so similar to his, he stood shocked. He had counted on me to want him to stay...
All I could recall was the image of him, and heard my own voice speak so coldly to him. "Sayonara, yami." The look of pure shock on his face.
God, he must have felt like shit.
"I'm sorry I made you feel like shit, mou hitori no boku. I shouldn't have raided your memories."
"It was wrong. I'm sorry! Gomen nasai! Please forgive me! Please, come back and portect me! I need you more than anything right now!"
My voice shook with emotion. I bit my lip and choked back sobs. I clenched my hand into a fist, as if that would help control my feelings.
And suddenly, I laughed. "You were right. I am weak. I'm pathetic."
I laughed a long, high pitched, insane laugh, then I started sobbing, crying my heart out. I sunk to the floor as my knees sagged. I pulled my legs up and wrapped my arms around them, and buried my head in my damp clothes. I just sat there and cried.
I cried until there were no more tears to fall, my eyes dry and stinging. I sniffled, wishing I had some kleenex or a kerchief. I knew I had to be brave and face this one on my own. All on my own.
I just want to go home, but tere's this stalker. Who is he?! I decided to concentrate on that question. It was the only one clear in my head. Instinct was telling me this guy was dangerous, and I did not want to meet him.
"It was Yami no Yugi in the dream...he's the murderer..."
My yami's last words. Did they have some connection...? Who did he kill?
'Think, think... Who died this past year?'
'Malik!'
Malik was murdered. There are a number of suspects as to who killed him...
A chill passed through me. I felt like the guy following me was near. But I can't run forever, I had to hide. Hide... inside a building. Lightning flashed across the sky again, revealing Kaiba Corp.'s huge sky scraper. There, that's where I had to go. I broke into a run.
I had only gone avout a yard or so when I tripped over something soft. I heard a hiss as I fell to the ground flat on my stomach. Stars winked before me, in and out of my sight. It took a moment for my breath to return to me and my vision to return. When it did, a pair of wide yellow eyes stared back at me through the dark. I stared hard and made out a pair of triangular shaped ears, whiskers, and a swishing tail. I scrambled into a sitting posistion. My stomach stung badly. I had hit my arm hard against something sharp. I ran a hand down my arm and felt it tingle painfully beneath my fingers. I felt a long cut down from my shoulder to half way down my forearm. I know it was bleeding, and it didn't help it was the same arm my yami injured.
Whiskers brushed against my arm. I looked down. A black cat stared up at me. It meowed. I moved to pet it and the cat licked the wound on my arm with her small rough tounge. It rubbed its head against my leg affectionately. I pet its sleek black fur. Then I stood to my feet. I sensed that cold fear again. It was the ring, I was sure. It allowed me to sense when this 'stalker' came nearer. If I was to ever learn how to work it, it had to be now. Here, and now.
"Ring...show me the way to Kaiba Corp..." I whispered. I pulled the millennium ring out from under my shirt and held it in the palm of my hand. I closed my etes and concentrated on its energy. The cold metal grew warm in my hand. I felt it pull me to the right. I started walking in that direction and opened my eyes. The millennium ring glowed brightly. I felt somewhat assured. The glow provided some light in the pitch black darkness. I ran faster as the ring pulled me around a corner. Lightning flashed at its regular intervals, revealing I was getting closer. I ran straight for a while.
Kaiba Corp. was dark. The whole block was dark, with no lights. Black out.
I ran through the gates and almost immediately tripped again. My stomach was protected from another hard smack against the ground by something. I got up again and checked my millennium ring. It was fine.
I looked down at the thing I had tripped over. I took a step closer into a puddle. The ring flashed a bright light suddenly. My heart jolted. A dead body lay before me. A huge gash in the throat. I stumbled backward, my eyes widened. Blood, everywhere! I was stepping in it! I ran in he opposite direction toward the door to the building. I passed the statue of the Blue Eyes White Dragons. A shiver zipped down my spine and I felt so terrified I stooped in my tracks. I looked up at the statue.
My heart stopped and I couldn't breathe. Lightning flashed and I saw the silhouette of Yami Malik sitting at he top of the statue. Crimson eyes glaring down at me.
Panic seized me and I ran through the door fast as I could. I prayed that Kaiba would be here. That he could help me. I ran up the main stairway. "KAIBA!" I yelled. "Kaaaaiiiibbaaa!!!" I kept yelling his name over and over, running down the office hallways. I rushed to the elevator and pushed the up button.
'I'm a baka!' I thought angrily.
Power was out, thanks to the storm. Elevators won't work. "Dammit!" I cursed.
I heard a noise behind me, like something falling to the floor.
"Kaiba?" I whispered. "Kaiba, is that you?"
The CEO stood by a desk. The thin beam of a flashlight shone on an object he'd knocked off the desk. He then shone the flashlight's beam in my face.
"Bakura!" he cried.
I rushed over to him. Kaiba looked around, shining the flashlight down hallways. Then he faced me.
"Do you have any idea...Yami Malik is out to murder you?! What did you do to make him angry?!"
"W-what?"
"Yeah, he went on a killing spree, in case you haven't noticed. Out in the front. Past the gates. Don't tell me you didn't see that."
"I did."
"So, I have no idea why he's after you, but he told me to warn you."
"Warn me...? Of what?"
"That he's out for your blood."
"I'm as clueless as you why he wants to kill me...but he was just outside on your crystal statue. Waiting."
"Then what are you doing here?!"
"I came for help because I can't keep running!" I yelled.
Kaiba shone the flashlight at me again. He ran the beam over me, and stopped at my arm. He let out a low whistle.
"Did he already get you?"
"No...But he WILL!"
Kaiba shook his head.
"Don't look at me like that!" I said. "I nearly killed myself trying to run from him."
"What about that crazy dark side of yours? In that thing?" He pointed to the ring. "Yami killed him. Soulshredded him." I said bitterly.
"You're in deep shit." he said.
"Look, can you help me?!" I said urgently.
"Alright...only because you're Malik's friend."
What was that supposed to mean? I didn't have time to figure it out, anyway.
A loud slam came from downstairs. Footsteps came up the stairs.
Kaiba and I exchanged frightened looks. Kaiba put a finger to his lips, signaling for me to be quiet. He snatched a pole by the door of an office. He tiptoed to the main entrance to this floor, where I came from. It was two doors made of strong, polished maple, that swung outward. Kaiba slid the pole between the brass handles of the two doors. He came back to me, with a frightened look on his face.
"I heard him coming." he whispered.
I stared at him, expecting him to have some kind of plan. He didn't.
Kaiba looked around frantically.
"No weapons..." he muttered. "The phone line is dead....cops wouldn't believe us anyway...your yami is gone...no way out but up...and I don't even know where the hell Mokuba is."
"We're doomed." I said hopelessly.
"We can grab something and rush at him..." Kaiba suggested. I sighed. "Though I already fought with him, and he burned my hands..." he said.
We stood there and tried to think up of something. Kaiba's eyes searched me as he rubbed his chin in thought. His blue eyes lit up suddenly.
"Hey, that pendent thing."
"What?"
"Your ring. The metal thing hanging around your neck glowing."
"Yeah?"
"Well...? Do you know how to work it?"
"Sort of. I guess...It did get me here."
"Then, we're going to have to rely on that."
The millennium ring. Rely on something I hardly knew anything about. Oh, yami, if you were here...
Golden light shone through the edges of the door, like something illuminated it from the other side. Then, the pole went flying and the door burst open. A cackle cut through the silence.
Frozen with fear, I couldn't move. Kaiba launched himself into the air, diving at me. He shoved me under a desk before he crawled under himself. He put a hand over my mouth and grasped the flashlight tightly. My eyes went wide as saucers as I tried to suppress a whimper.
I heard Yami Malik walk around the room.
"Bakuuuurrrrraaa..." his deep voice purred. My blood turned ice cold. I didn't want to die...
"We're too old for hide and seek games." he said. I could feel his eyes searching the room with their cold gaze.
I glanced at Kaiba. I knew him too well to be hiding under a desk. Like a coward.
He couldn't restrain himself any longer, and jumped up swiftly. He yanked me out from under the desk.
"Stand up." he hissed. "You need to learn to defend yourself like a man. Use that ring thing of yours!"
"I don't know how!"
"I am not going to die at the hands of a maniac. Use it."
"I don't know how-"
"Do something!"
Kaiba put his hand on my throat, blocking off my air.
Fear struggled with anger and confusion inside me. Mixed feelings whirled around in my mind. The ring flashed with a golden light and Kaiba stumbled away from me. I rubbed the back of my head. A massive headache was coming on. I stepped back and my foot hit something on the floor. The metal pole blasted from the door.
I snatched the pole and Kaiba's flashlight. I jumped over the desk and saw Yami Malik with his back to me. I rushed at him, holding the pole in front of me, so it was horizontal. Yami Malik turned around just in time, but the pole caught him in the stomach and he went down. He sunk to his knees and doubled over. I let go of the pole and ran past him. It was the second floor, but it was the only way I could think of...
I leaped into the air, hurling myself at the huge window. I threw up my arms for protection against the glass.
The glass shattered into a million pieces. Some buried in my hair, some cut my skin and clothes. The majority of it smacked and scraped my arms and hands, which were protecting my face. I felt the wind rush at me. I looked down. Long drop...
I felt as if I was falling in slow motion. Wind pushed up against my back. I felt the cold air on my face and looked up at the window above me. I was falling with my back parallel to the ground. I heard a yell. 'Kaiba...' I thought. His body was thrown through the window seconds later. Blood splattered from him, dotting the air with dark red splashes. Red specks falling slowly in time. Yami Malik probably got angry and threw Kaiba out the window.
My back hit something metal, for I felt it dent beneath me. The impact made my whole body jolt. The world which was moving above me, now halted to a stop and then turned black. I felt I was going to faint. The pain in my back was too great. Blackness gathered at the edge of my mind, ready to engulf me.
'No. I can't give up. Not now.'
I forced my eyes open and slid myself off the car I'd landed on. My legs gave beneath me and I crumpled to the floor. I grabbed the side mirror and pulled myself to my feet. I heard a heavy thud behind me. I turned around and saw Kaiba lying in a motionless heap on the ground. I walked on unsteady feet over to him.
Blood spilled from a cut in his side. I turned him over gently on his back. Dark red drops trickled down his cheek, from his head. His eyes were closed. I looked at his chest. It didn't appear to be moving.
"Oh my God..." I murmured. "Kaiba!" I cried. "Kaiba, you can't be-can't-"I couldn't say it. I shook his shoulders gently, my eyes wide in fear. If he was gone...
"HELP!!!" I yelled into the night. "Somebody, help! Help! Anybody-please! Somebody...help..."
No answer. Lightning flashed again. My only reply was the roll of thunder.
'I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to di-'
"Hey! Hey, are you all right?!"
I squinted into the darkness. A police man ran toward me.
"What happened here?" he asked.
"Him!" I said. "See if he's-if he's...a-alive..."
The police man bent down and took Kaiba's wrist. He felt for a pulse.
"He's fine. Just unconscious. What happened to him?"
How could I explain? Sure, an evil spirit just threw him out of the second story window of his own company. What? I'm not crazy. Why are you looking at me like that? Yes, an evil spirit. Asylum?
"I'll explain later. He needs to be taken to a hospital!"
"Looks like you do too. Here, let's carry him to my car."
With the aid of the cop, we managed to get Kaiba's body into the back seat and lay him down carefully. I shut the door. The cop motioned for me to hop into the front seat. I hesitated, looking back at the tall building. Yami Malik wouldn't find us, would he? A coldness gripped my heart, telling me he would hunt me and Kaiba down.
Yami no Yugi- 'Dark Yugi' (Yami Yugi)
Hai- yes
mou hitori no boku- my other self
gomen/gomen nasai- I'm sorry
Mokuba: Heh, KAIBA LIKES ISIS! XD
Silver: If you want to know who likes who, or the pairings or whatever, here they are:
MaixJonouchi
ShizukaxHonda/Otogi (they're both fighting over each other for her)
AnzuxYugi
KaibaxIsis
MalikxNamari (Malik married a woman he met in Egypt that went by the name 'Namari', she passed away when Mika was a child...I won't tell how just yet.)
MokubaxJessica Yesh, Mokuba now has a girlfriend.
I might as well clear some things up while I'm at it. This story confuses even me.
Akei: You probably have noticed by now that we use the Japanese names for the characters. And if you haven't... cough bakas cough Just kidding. I know some people only know the dub names, so...
Malik- Marik
Anzu- Tea (her name looks like TEA! Like the stuff you drink!)
Honda- Tristan
Jonouchi (Jou for short) - Joey
Shizuka- Serenity
Isis- Ishizu
And people, it's SETO Kaiba (and Mokuba Kaiba) and RYOU Bakura. Not the other way around. Sorri, it just annoys me when people say "Bakura Ryou". Stupid dubbers. --
And, everyone is around 30 or so. Mokuba's like, in his mid 20's. And Mika is 17.
Akei: Anything else confusing...?
Silver: I think that helps...
Oh yeah. Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! And I own Mika, Namari, and Jessica(though I haven't introduced them yet... sweatdrop)
Akei: And don't worry, I'm not planning on killing off everyone. (I know it kinda already seems that way with Malik and Kaiba and Bakura... ; Didn't mean it!)
Stay tuned for Chapter 6: A Deadly Shadow Game Face off with Yami Malik. Need I say more? I don't want to spoil it. ;
Akei: Oh, right! Artwork has been moved to my page! I'm gonna do the drawings! http:maliks-silverwolf.deviantart.com
R & R! :D
Silver wolf and Akei
Chapter 5: Run Away
{Life sucks.} hikari to yami
[I'm bored. I think I'll go kill people and let my hikari take the blame. Mua ha ha ha!] yami to hikari
'I hope my yami doesn't go off killing people...' Thinking
Yami Bakura
I pinned Ryou to the floor and held his arm behind his back painfully. He was about to faint, I could sense it. With a smirk, I pulled harder. The weak hikari cried out. That would teach him not to-
Clonk. Something hard hit the back of my head, causing me to fall forward on top of my other.
"Yami Bakura! Go back inside the millennium ring! That's enough!"
Jonouchi stood behind me, his hand clenched into a fist. The wind was knocked out of me, I couldn't say a word.
"Go back, or I hit ya harder next time!" he threatened. I saw Mai, Yugi, and Anzu coming toward us from the corner of my eye. Reluctantly, I retreated into the soulroom of the ring. I was tired, anyway.
But I knew Ryou had fainted already.
Mokuba Kaiba
I snuck quietly into Seto's office, shutting the door very quietly behind me. The Kaiba Corp building was nearly empty this time of day. Seto was bent over his work, writing quickly. He looked tired. I watched him a few minutes. Then he threw down his pen with a sigh. "Done... What a day..." He yawned before turning his chair around slowly.
"Hi, big brother!" I said rather loudy at the right time. Seto nearly jumped right out of his seat. I laughed.
"Mokuba?"
"Surprise!"
"It's great to see you!" This time he did jump up out of his chair to hug me. "How have you been?" he smiled a smile that was reserved only for me. "Great! What's been going around in Domino?"
The smile on Seto's face instantly faded. That wasn't a smart idea. Something terrible must have happened. He motioned me to sit down and he flopped back into his comfortable chair. "A-A lot happened... everything's okay now... the main thing is that Malik Ishtal is dead." I saw for some reason, this was a painful subject for him. 'Why? He never liked Malik...'
"Mokuba, I should tell you this before you hear a jumbled version from someone else... Malik was murdered. It wasn't pretty. And no one knew who did it. No clues, nothing..." This part was blunt. But then his expression changed and he continued. Was his voice...shaking with emotion...? "Jonouchi and I were there after the killer was gone, as Malik was dying. Th-the last thing I said to him... well, I'd gone over there to kick his ass for cheating on a bet we made, I lost over $500... and I walked into the house, surrounded by news reporters... and..."
He really couldn't bring himself to say this. Even tears started to gather at the corners of his eyes.
"I understand, you don't have to say it." I said. He seemed to be very relieved.
"How...could I..." he murmured.
"Well, are the rest of the Ishtals okay?"
"Fine. Mika lives with Isis now..." Was it just me, or was a blush creeping into Seto's cheeks?
"Seto, why are you blushing?"
"What? Hunh, why would I be blushing? Y-Your eyes must be playing tricks on you, or something. Hey, what's that look? I'm not blushing, you- Stop with that look! Mokuba-"
"You're going out with Isis, aren't you?"
"What- no! Why would you think that?! It's kinda hot in here, that's what it is! Ha, you think I like Isis! I wouldn't know why in the world I'd- quit laughing! I don't-"
"There's a STORM out there! How can you be hot?! HA HA HA HA HA! Seto, you have to see how red your face is! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!" I nearly fell out of my chair laughing so hard.
"Shut up! I don't know why you think I'M IN LOVE WITH ISIS!"
"AH HA HA HA AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
"MOKUBA! I- I... SHUT UP!"
"HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
He was on his feet now in front of me, his face bright red. I was bent over with laughter in my chair. "So how long have you been dating her?" He exploded again, denying anything was going on between the two of them, while I laughed all the more harder. But he finally admitted it.
"...I started dating her a month ago. She's really broken up about her brother... you know, she told me he had grown closer to her after Battle City. So now she takes care of Mika."
"And how is Mika dealing with this?"
"Isis said she was... ah... traumatized, I think. She tries to get on with her life, but considering it was only a little over three weeks ago, that's pretty har..."
"THREE WEEKS AGO?!"
"Yeah... did I fail to mention that?"
"Yeah! Seto..."
"Mr. Kaiba, I'm sorry to interrupt, but there's something I think you should see." Another voice said behind me. I looked up to see a man standing nervously in the doorway.
"I'm a bit busy at the moment. Later."
"But sir, it's... you must come with me..."
"...Can't this wait? I've had a long day, I'm tired."
"Mr. Kaiba..."
"Alright!"
Seto swiftly got up from his seat and walked to the door. "Coming, Mokuba?" he paused and turned to me. I jumped up. "Grab my trench coat off the chair, onegai." he said before he walked away in quick, businesslike strides. I snatched the blueish green trench coat and followed after my brother quickly.
Yugi Motou
We had laid Bakura down on the couch and Shizuka held an ice pack to his forehead. "Poor Bakura..." she whispered. Jonouchi had bandaged Bakura's arm, yet the cut was so deep it continued to bleed and soaked through the bandages. Yami and Jou were furious over the incident. Yami stormed, complaining that no one could ever trust a tombrobber like Yami Bakura, he never changed. I heard him in the other room with Jou, yelling something like, "The Radamned bastard, leave it to him to do something like this, and abuse Bakura again. Damn him!" Every once in a while Jou would add something in. "Somethin's gotta be done! He keeps goin' on like this, it neva stops! What's gonna happen next? We can't be on our toes all da time. I think he should be banished to the shadow realm for good!"
"I would, except the bastard keeps escaping every time!"
"Well, you're more powerful now, he's weak, you said, so pow! Lock him there an' he won't come back! He can't!"
Shizuka stood up suddenly and went over to the room, leaving Anzu to hold the ice pack on the still unconscious Bakura.
"Maybe Yami Bakura needs a second chance!" I heard her yell.
"Shizuka, we've given him enough chances! He never did us any good!" Yami's harsh voice cut in.
"Really?! If we just-"
"Shizuka, stay outta this!"
"No, Jonouchi! You can't banish him to the shadow realm! He doesn't deserve that! No one does!"
"He's a danger to us all, Shizuka! It would do us good if he was out of our lives! And think of Bakura! He's hurt him in every way! His yami's physically wounded his body and broken his spirit countless times! It can't go on like this!"
They continued quarreling for sometime. I looked to the others. I caught Mai's eye. She shook her head. Even she couldn't calm Jonouchi down now. Honda sat on the floor with his back to the wall, all the chairs and couches taken. He stared into space, apparently deep in thought. Then, suddenly, I felt like a bucket of ice had been dumped down my back.
My body jerked upright and I gasped. There was no ice, though. Just the feeling something wasn't right. The puzzle glowed slightly. Uncomfortable, I stood and walked to the kitchen again. Anzu followed shortly after. Jou, Yami, and Shizuka left such a disturbing atmosphere that Honda and Mai came in as well. Their yells were dimmed a bit in the kitchen. I sighed.
"What do you think, Yugi?" Anzu asked me.
"Wait, not now."
The cold, disturbing feeling had grown stronger. How could Yami not notice it?
'It's the disturbance I sensed earlier... that Yami Bakura sensed too... the awakening of evil... Has he made his first move yet?'
"I'm sick of him hurting Bakura- and all of us! Sick of him coming back every time, it's better I do it now, while I have the chance, and banish him for good!"
"NO!"
"Shizuka, if ANYONE deserves the shadow realm, it's Bakura's yami! NOW BACK OFF!"
"You can't! I mean, he probably has feelings too...This isn't necessary..."
"You are not helping things at all..."
"Will you calm down, Yami, onegai..."
"YOU CALM DOWN! I'm going out there now..."
"Yami, don't!"
"...And I'm going to talk to the bastard and hear what he thinks..."
"Yamette!"
"...and Bakura, I guess, as well deserves a say in this, as he IS part of him..."
"Yami..."
"...and DO NOT INTERFERE WITH ME!"
We heard Shizuka's sobs as she tried to hold back Yami. I stepped out into the living room to see yami walking toward Bakura's still body on the couch, Shizuka behind him, still protesting. Jonouchi quickly followed, trying to convince Shizuka to stop and get a hold of herself. She ignored him and shunted him off, and in result he gradually became more harsh. I stood before Yami.
[Will you take care of her?! It is hard to do this with her hassling me. I don't want her to see this, anyway...]
{Yami... are you sure it's-}
[Just take her in the kitchen... I need Jonouchi, though.]
I tried to calm Shizuka down. Mai came out and talked some sense into her. Shizuka finally allowed herself to be led to the kitchen. Then Yami and Jou turned back to Bakura.
"Bakura...?"
"Hey, man, you awright?"
At the touch of Jonouchi's hand, Ryou stirred slightly. He slowly came into consciousness. He blinked and looked up into Jounouchi's face.
"Wha..."
"You 'kay?"
"Hai..."
Bakura moved slightly and winced. He looked at his bandaged arm. His brain kicked into full gear and he suddenly remembered everything that happened.
"Yami-he..."
"He did this to you." Yami said bluntly. "Again."
"Oh, hello Yami."
I could have laughed out loud at the look on Yami's face when Bakura said this.
"Look, we should just make this sweet an' simple, so, how would you like to have your yami gone an' outta your life forever?"
"...Are you joking?"
"No, we are serious."
"Yami... I... I don't know..."
"Think about it. But hurry."
"... it would be nice to have him gone... but... forever...? ..."
"I don' mean ta pressure you, 'Kura, but think abou' all he's done to you... and he'll neva change..."
"I thought he could... at one point..."
"Well?"
"Look, do ya hate 'im, or not?"
"..."
Jonouchi wouldn't let Bakura think 'no' for a second. He was so determined, he yanked off Bakura's shirt and pointed to all the scars on his abused body. Bakura frowned.
"An' where do all these come from, eh?!"
"..."
"Well, there's no use for him in this world! Lookit wha' he's done to you! All these years! Gimme one reason we should let 'im slide, again, as tons of times before! An' let's watch him do it again, and again...! Gimme ONE reason!"
"......I can't..."
"SEE?! Now tell me... tell me why we shouldn' do it! Really, Bakura, do ya really want him around?"
"...............No." he finally answered. "No, I don't."
"Great, now let's get 'im out here an' talk to him!"
Bakura called his yami out and the tombrobber appeared in between Jonouchi and Bakura. He then rounded on his hikari.
"What is this, Ryou?!"
"Yami Bakura..."
He turned sharply to face Jou. His eyes flashed dangerously. "Yes?" he said in a low voice. Jou didn't really know how to handle this. Yami spoke up.
"We all agreed that I banish you to the shadow realm, never to return."
"All? All of you, huh...?" He then turned to Bakura again, that smirk on his face. "What about little Ryou here? Certainly he..."
"Sayonara, yami." Ryou said in a surprisingly bitter voice.
His dark half simply stood there, dumbfounded.
"Then it's decided!" Yami cried. "We are ALL tired of you continually hurting others! And you had several chances to change... yet each time you turned around and did it again! Hurting poor Bakura..."
"DAMN YOU RYOU!!!"
Yami Bakura at last moved and made to choke the life out of his light half. Jonouchi leaped on him, allowing Bakura to scramble out of the way. Jonouchi hit the back of dark Bakura's head. The yami fell forward again. Jonouchi moved quickly away and shouted to Yami.
"NOW YAMI!"
Yami built up power, closing his eyes in concentration. Jou grabbed the light Bakura and pulled him away. His other half was on his hands and knees. His head was down, thick white hair falling in his face. And he looked up, his gaze unfocused, at Yami. He would have been gone... but-
".....WAIT!" he screamed. Yami opened his eyes.
"Before you do it... I need to know something..."
"Hardly the time, tombrobber...but what is it?"
"We go away from the others."
"Why in Ra's name...?"
"This is something I must know, and only I can hear."
"Fine. But your light comes-for safety."
"He stays."
"No..."
"He stays."
Yami narrowed his eyes and motioned Jonouchi to take Bakura back to the couch. Yami looked about, and decided to go up the stairs. Yami Bakura stood uneasily to his feet. He stepped forward, nearly toppled over, steadied himself, and walked in an uneven path to the staircase. He slammed into the wall half way up. He paused and looked back at me. "Come here, Yugi!" he said, irritated. I rushed up the stairs after him.
We locked ourselves in a room. Yami smirked down at Yami Bakura, who had slid exhausted to the floor. "Feel weak?" he said in a malicious tone. Yami Bakura proved he still had enough strength to make a rude hand gesture towards Yami. Yami's puzzle flashed and the white haired tombrobber was thrown against the wall. Yami Bakura winced as he fell to the floor.
"Yami!" I cried. {Do you need to act so harsh?} I said silently through the mental link.
[I have no sympathy for that cold hearted-]
{Look, why is he so weak?}
[I don't know...]
"I'M TALKING HERE!" Yami Bakura's voice interrupted.
"Gomen." I apologized.
"I said, why did you befriend Yami Malik?"
Yami and I froze.
"W-what?" Yami stuttered.
"You heard me. Why did you befriend Yami Malik?"
"Ah-ha! That's your question? That's what you wanted to know?"
"Just answer the damn question." "You tell me something first. Why are you so weak? I can hardly sense any power from your millennium ring."
"I'm out of touch, I guess. I don't know if emotions have anything to do with it..."
"Well, Yugi thought..." Yami started to answer Yami Bakura's question.
"I thought he meant it... I thought he really wanted to be friends." I finished.
"So, you thought he was trying to call a truce?" the tombrobber said.
"Yes." I answered.
"Then tell me, did you lose his trust when he called you out that one night?"
"...!"
{Yami, how does he know about that?}
Yami never answered.
"I'll take that as a yes." Yami Bakura grinned evilly. "And tell me, what did you think when you saw Malik instead?" I didn't answer. Yami stood motionless. "What happened when he attempted to take your millennium puzzle? Did you see him pull out the dagger in the dark? Or did you not? Did you call out to Yami?"
"That's enough, Yami Bakura."
"No. Answer me this, Yami, did you ever stop once to take a good look at Malik? Ever think he wasn't in control of himself? For Ra's sake, did you not see his eyes flash red?!"
"..."
"Tell me, is it worth it to destroy me when stronger evil lurks about, murdering and causing pain to anyone in his path? I could help you, for once. Spare me, and we can defeat the enemy together! What do you say...?"
"No."
"......Go ahead...and do it, then..." His eyes darted up to meet Yami's. "Do to me what you did to Malik!"
"SHUT UP!"
"You did it! It's your fault, you know it!"
"HE DESERVED IT AS YOU DESERVE TO BE BANISHED TO THE SHADOW REALM!"
"Of course... murderer." Yami flinched.
"It's no worse than what you've done to all of us these years! BEGONE!
Yami summoned the shadow realm to devour yami Bakura's soul. Yami Bakura laughed maniacally as he yelled "BURN IN HELL, YAMI! I'LL BE THERE TO WATCH YOU! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
Though his body faded away, soul shredded; his maniacal laughter still echoed in my head.
Seconds later Yami and I heard a scream from downstairs.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
I dashed downstairs and Yami returned to his soul room in a fury.
Ryou
I felt as if my soul had been torn in half. I fell to the floor-again. [A/N Akei- how many times has he done that already?!] I placed a hand to my heart. This was worse than anything I've ever felt.
[It was Yami no Yugi in the dream...he's the murderer...]
My yami's voice faded away. Those were his last words. That was it. He was...gone. Forever...
Yugi came tearing around the corner. But the pain had faded, along with my yami.
"Bakura, are you okay?! I heard you scream, what happened?"
"He really...was my other half..."
"What...?"
"Did you really...destroy him?"
"Yes."
My reactions were of the following:
'He did it. He really did... I can't believe it... he's gone. He's gone. Gone.'
'I don't have to worry about him anymore.'
'I'm safe. No more cuts... no more worries. I can go on with my life.'
'What a terrible way to die...to have your soul completely torn from your body and shredded in the shadow realm with no one to remember you at all...'
'Glad it wasn't me.'
Seto Kaiba
Kano, my messenger, ran ahead, urging me to follow him. I didn't understand his urgency, but I ran after him anyway. Mokuba's footsteps sounded behind me as they pounded on the hard pavement. "This way, Kano!" someone called out. "Over here! Quickly!" A man stood standing at a corner of the building.
We ran up to him. Suddenly, his eyes widened and he gave a gasp, as if he couldn't breathe. Strange sounds came from his throat, was he unable to breathe at all, out of breath? Then a sharp metal pole came out of his stomach. Blood spilled in a gush from the hole through his body. His eyes rolled back before he fell forward. I backed away to avoid his body, and he hit the cement with a thud. I took my eyes away from him and looked up in front of me. An instant chill zipped down my spine.
The attacker smiled into my face.
"Shit!" I cried as I dodged a gleaming gold dagger, dripping with blood. I looked into his crimson red eyes... and knew. I knew who he was. Oh hell.
"MOKUBA, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE! RUN!!!"
Ordering my brother away, I grabbed the pole from the dead man in front of me and pulled it out with a sharp yank. I swung my 'weapon' at the bastard, only to have it hit the ground and vibrate through my arms. I glared at those red eyes. Eyes of the devil, that's what they were. So merciless, cold as eternal darkness and as red as the blood of all those he murdered.
He wore a cloak black as night with a hood that cast his face in complete shadow. I didn't need to see his features to identify him.
I swung my pole at him. He didn't flinch. Something was wrong, something told me I should stop. Too late. Just before I could strike him, the pole in my hands went up in flames, the metal scorching hot. I threw it to the side. My hands suffered a second degree burn.
"YOU FING ASSHOLE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" I yelled. "HOW ARE YOU ALIVE?!?!"
"Not that you need to know...the millennium rod was passed on to someone else. They cannot get rid of me that easily." he laughed harshly. "Just having a little fun, Kaiba."
"Don't you touch my brother, you bastard."
"Always sticking up for your brother..." he paused to laugh again, making goose bumps rise on my skin. "He loves you dearly and does look up to you. I wonder... what would he do if you were gone? Would his body go stone cold at the sight of your dead figure laying motionless on the floor..."
He stepped forward. I raised a fist, my only defense. Useless, I knew, against an immortal spirit. I bared my teeth and stepped backward until my shoulder hit the wall of Kaiba Corp.
"...And would tears fall from his eyes at all the pools of blood on the ground..."
He grabbed my arm in a death grip and raised the dagger in his hand. I saw a flash of a twisted sneer on his face. Fear rose in me, spreading through my whole body, and gripped it so I was unable to move.
"Would your brother fall to his knees in emotion...and cry his heart out...? Would he think of you as a coward, watching me about to strike you as you can't do anything...?" He glanced over his shoulder. My eyes followed his gaze to see with a wave of dread, Mokuba standing a short distance away with Kano. My heart pounded wildly. "Let's find out." he whispered.
I caught his arm as he thrust it at me, the point of the golden dagger stopping just an inch from my throat. I twisted his arm and wriggled out of his grasp. I stumbled away. I felt around in the pockets of my trench coat, but all I could find were a few cards. I pulled one out, and with perfect aim, threw it at the spirit like a frisbee. It slit his cheek and left a long red line on the tan skin.
My body froze. Behind him lie several dead bodies. The ground was so covered in blood... they were just innocent bystanders, though... no one I knew. But the sight was terrifying. And how many...? Close to twenty...? Dear God.
"They didn't mean anything to you, did they?" he laughed. "I was merely bored."
"You fing bastard." I growled. He gave me another insane smile.
"Just deliver a message for me."
"Wha-at?!"
"Tell Bakura I'm coming for him. He can run all he wants... but he's mine. Tell him that."
With one last freaky smirk, he walked away.
Ryou
"Yami! Do you sense that?!" Yugi said. "I felt it since you were talking to Shizuka and Jonouchi. Didn't you feel that? I think it's coming from the puzzle."
"I didn't notice before...but it's grown too strong now to ignore." Yami replied.
"Do you think...it's him, isn't it?! He's made his first move, I'm sure of it!"
"Yes..."
"Well, should we do something?"
"I told you, aibou, there is nothing I want you to do but wait."
"But, couldn't we warn the others or something?"
"Yugi, I told you..."
"I mean, like Kaiba, or Otogi, Isis and Mika..."
"Hai. Tell them. But what is there to tell? What will you say to them?"
"..."
"Exactly. You see?"
"Yeah, but...I could tell them to be prepared..."
"For what?"
"...I don't know..." "Something like this is hard to explain to others. Hard to put into words. Just...wait. We'll stop him when any REAL damage is done. We don't even know who 'he' is!"
"I may have an idea who..."
I lie on the couch and listened to Yugi and Yami's conversation quietly. Their voices drifted through the open door of the room. They were oblivious to the fact I was pretending to be asleep and technically eavesdropping on them. I pressed my cheek against the couch, lying facing the couch and my back to their room. I had a blanket pulled over my head as I listened intently. My breath came silent, so I could hear every whisper, every word they said.
Then, gradually, I began to have this strange feeling. A cold, chilling feeling. It grew stronger with every minute until I couldn't concentrate on what Yami was saying. I shifted uncomfortably. My whole body was stiff with fear.
By now waves of terror were passing through my body. I saw no reason to be so scared that I felt sick with fear...
'Run. Run away.'
Why in heaven's name would I want to run away? Nonsense. I'm safe here with Yami, out of the storm. Why would my mind think such a thing?
'Run as far as you can from here. Run away quickly.'
The strange impulse was so strong, I sprang quickly from the couch. Why do I feel this way? What would compel me to run away from the safety of the game store?
I allowed the blankets to slip from my shoulders and fall to the floor. The feeling grew stronger with each passing second. With a cold shiver, I took a step toward the door.
"Bakura? What's wrong?" Jonouchi's voice called out softly to me. I broke into a run across the living room and bounded out the door.
"Bakura-W-where are-"
I had no time to answer. I was already running out into the rain. I didn't even bother to shut the door behind me.
I felt the cold air as soon as I stepped out of the doorway. Rain poured down like buckets of water being repeatedly dumped on my head and splashed at my body. Lightning flashed against the pitch dark sky, illuminating it for a split second with a bright flash, and thunder rolled like giant drums played in the heavens.
Where was I running? How would I get there in this dangerous storm? I couldn't even see anything in the dark. Lightning flashed in the sky, and I saw a liquor store. I went there, seeking the shelter of the roof that hung out in front of the store. I huddled close to the wall, the driest spot I could find. I shivered again, not of cold...but of...something else.
It sent thorough chills down my spine, and I shivered more. I held my arms over my chest, my heart was pounding. I closed my eyes as an intense wave of fear and dread passed through me.
I heard a sound in the dark near me. It sounded like the rustling of clothes rubbing together, like a person shifting their weight...or stepping forward. Then I heard the sound of metal lightly scraping against metal.
I started running swiftly again. All I heard was the sound of rain pouring down hard, and my feet splashing through the water on the street. And it was making me extremely nervous, this quietness.
I ran quite some way from the liquor store. After about fifteen minutes, I was prepared to think I was merely hearing things. My mind was playing tricks on me, I thought. Then I heard footsteps. They were coming from behind me. The faint splash of each step taken toward me, covered by the loud rain and thunder...
I picked up my pace quickly. I had to get away...
I turned corners, back tracked and circled around, took a different street, ran through unknown alleyways... anything I could think of to lose him.
I was sure I had lost him. I stopped and leaned against a wall, panting, sweating. Cold, wet...and scared half to death. I was shaking all over. Who was he? The suspense was eating me inside out. I tried to calm myself down and sort out all the thoughts whirling in my head. I was beginning to miss my yami now. Though he dealed with his enemies harshly, he provided some defense, and right now, I would be happy to see him tear this guy limb from limb.
I was surprised to hear myself think this. My yami. A tear slid down my wet face. 'What?' I... I couldn't believe it...but-I missed him.
I thought I would have no regrets when Yami destroyed him...
And I don't. He wouldn't have protected me, anyway. He wouldn't have comforted me as I did him...
Yet a part of me told me he would. He did, once. At Battle City a long time ago. He risked himself, his life, to protect me from Yami's attack.
'What a selfish bastard. He chose to destroy me, and could have if it weren't for my yami. I hate you, Pharaoh! You destroyed my yami, my only guardian, when he was weak, and crying! And now my soul has been torn in half and part of my spirit has died! Why did you do it,Yami Yugi? Why?!'
My mind screamed these thoughts. I fought back sobs and wiped my eyes with my jacket sleeve.
Maybe I could reach my yami through our mental link, like always. Maybe he could help me...maybe... Maybe he'd hear me if I called out hard enough...If I screamed his name in my head and hoped really hard...that he'd be here...with me...then maybe...he would...
{Yami?} I called out in my mind.
{Yami, can you hear me?!} No reply.
{Yami, I need your help! I need you!}
There was no mental link. It was gone. It no longer existed. That one, last bond between me and my yami was severed. I felt all hope was lost. I felt...so alone. And I wanted him.
I pulled myself away from the wall and stared up at the sky. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled in turn. Rain still poured. A cold feeling wrapped around my heart, now an empty black void.
"YAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!" I yelled at the blackish gray sky. I closed my eyes hard against the huge fat raindrops.
"Come back! I didn't want him to do it! I didn't mean it!"
But I knew. I had wanted him gone, rid from my life forever, banished to become devoured by darkness. I said it. I stood there, and said it to his face, eyes narrowed and spoke in a tone so similar to his, he stood shocked. He had counted on me to want him to stay...
All I could recall was the image of him, and heard my own voice speak so coldly to him. "Sayonara, yami." The look of pure shock on his face.
God, he must have felt like shit.
"I'm sorry I made you feel like shit, mou hitori no boku. I shouldn't have raided your memories."
"It was wrong. I'm sorry! Gomen nasai! Please forgive me! Please, come back and portect me! I need you more than anything right now!"
My voice shook with emotion. I bit my lip and choked back sobs. I clenched my hand into a fist, as if that would help control my feelings.
And suddenly, I laughed. "You were right. I am weak. I'm pathetic."
I laughed a long, high pitched, insane laugh, then I started sobbing, crying my heart out. I sunk to the floor as my knees sagged. I pulled my legs up and wrapped my arms around them, and buried my head in my damp clothes. I just sat there and cried.
I cried until there were no more tears to fall, my eyes dry and stinging. I sniffled, wishing I had some kleenex or a kerchief. I knew I had to be brave and face this one on my own. All on my own.
I just want to go home, but tere's this stalker. Who is he?! I decided to concentrate on that question. It was the only one clear in my head. Instinct was telling me this guy was dangerous, and I did not want to meet him.
"It was Yami no Yugi in the dream...he's the murderer..."
My yami's last words. Did they have some connection...? Who did he kill?
'Think, think... Who died this past year?'
'Malik!'
Malik was murdered. There are a number of suspects as to who killed him...
A chill passed through me. I felt like the guy following me was near. But I can't run forever, I had to hide. Hide... inside a building. Lightning flashed across the sky again, revealing Kaiba Corp.'s huge sky scraper. There, that's where I had to go. I broke into a run.
I had only gone avout a yard or so when I tripped over something soft. I heard a hiss as I fell to the ground flat on my stomach. Stars winked before me, in and out of my sight. It took a moment for my breath to return to me and my vision to return. When it did, a pair of wide yellow eyes stared back at me through the dark. I stared hard and made out a pair of triangular shaped ears, whiskers, and a swishing tail. I scrambled into a sitting posistion. My stomach stung badly. I had hit my arm hard against something sharp. I ran a hand down my arm and felt it tingle painfully beneath my fingers. I felt a long cut down from my shoulder to half way down my forearm. I know it was bleeding, and it didn't help it was the same arm my yami injured.
Whiskers brushed against my arm. I looked down. A black cat stared up at me. It meowed. I moved to pet it and the cat licked the wound on my arm with her small rough tounge. It rubbed its head against my leg affectionately. I pet its sleek black fur. Then I stood to my feet. I sensed that cold fear again. It was the ring, I was sure. It allowed me to sense when this 'stalker' came nearer. If I was to ever learn how to work it, it had to be now. Here, and now.
"Ring...show me the way to Kaiba Corp..." I whispered. I pulled the millennium ring out from under my shirt and held it in the palm of my hand. I closed my etes and concentrated on its energy. The cold metal grew warm in my hand. I felt it pull me to the right. I started walking in that direction and opened my eyes. The millennium ring glowed brightly. I felt somewhat assured. The glow provided some light in the pitch black darkness. I ran faster as the ring pulled me around a corner. Lightning flashed at its regular intervals, revealing I was getting closer. I ran straight for a while.
Kaiba Corp. was dark. The whole block was dark, with no lights. Black out.
I ran through the gates and almost immediately tripped again. My stomach was protected from another hard smack against the ground by something. I got up again and checked my millennium ring. It was fine.
I looked down at the thing I had tripped over. I took a step closer into a puddle. The ring flashed a bright light suddenly. My heart jolted. A dead body lay before me. A huge gash in the throat. I stumbled backward, my eyes widened. Blood, everywhere! I was stepping in it! I ran in he opposite direction toward the door to the building. I passed the statue of the Blue Eyes White Dragons. A shiver zipped down my spine and I felt so terrified I stooped in my tracks. I looked up at the statue.
My heart stopped and I couldn't breathe. Lightning flashed and I saw the silhouette of Yami Malik sitting at he top of the statue. Crimson eyes glaring down at me.
Panic seized me and I ran through the door fast as I could. I prayed that Kaiba would be here. That he could help me. I ran up the main stairway. "KAIBA!" I yelled. "Kaaaaiiiibbaaa!!!" I kept yelling his name over and over, running down the office hallways. I rushed to the elevator and pushed the up button.
'I'm a baka!' I thought angrily.
Power was out, thanks to the storm. Elevators won't work. "Dammit!" I cursed.
I heard a noise behind me, like something falling to the floor.
"Kaiba?" I whispered. "Kaiba, is that you?"
The CEO stood by a desk. The thin beam of a flashlight shone on an object he'd knocked off the desk. He then shone the flashlight's beam in my face.
"Bakura!" he cried.
I rushed over to him. Kaiba looked around, shining the flashlight down hallways. Then he faced me.
"Do you have any idea...Yami Malik is out to murder you?! What did you do to make him angry?!"
"W-what?"
"Yeah, he went on a killing spree, in case you haven't noticed. Out in the front. Past the gates. Don't tell me you didn't see that."
"I did."
"So, I have no idea why he's after you, but he told me to warn you."
"Warn me...? Of what?"
"That he's out for your blood."
"I'm as clueless as you why he wants to kill me...but he was just outside on your crystal statue. Waiting."
"Then what are you doing here?!"
"I came for help because I can't keep running!" I yelled.
Kaiba shone the flashlight at me again. He ran the beam over me, and stopped at my arm. He let out a low whistle.
"Did he already get you?"
"No...But he WILL!"
Kaiba shook his head.
"Don't look at me like that!" I said. "I nearly killed myself trying to run from him."
"What about that crazy dark side of yours? In that thing?" He pointed to the ring. "Yami killed him. Soulshredded him." I said bitterly.
"You're in deep shit." he said.
"Look, can you help me?!" I said urgently.
"Alright...only because you're Malik's friend."
What was that supposed to mean? I didn't have time to figure it out, anyway.
A loud slam came from downstairs. Footsteps came up the stairs.
Kaiba and I exchanged frightened looks. Kaiba put a finger to his lips, signaling for me to be quiet. He snatched a pole by the door of an office. He tiptoed to the main entrance to this floor, where I came from. It was two doors made of strong, polished maple, that swung outward. Kaiba slid the pole between the brass handles of the two doors. He came back to me, with a frightened look on his face.
"I heard him coming." he whispered.
I stared at him, expecting him to have some kind of plan. He didn't.
Kaiba looked around frantically.
"No weapons..." he muttered. "The phone line is dead....cops wouldn't believe us anyway...your yami is gone...no way out but up...and I don't even know where the hell Mokuba is."
"We're doomed." I said hopelessly.
"We can grab something and rush at him..." Kaiba suggested. I sighed. "Though I already fought with him, and he burned my hands..." he said.
We stood there and tried to think up of something. Kaiba's eyes searched me as he rubbed his chin in thought. His blue eyes lit up suddenly.
"Hey, that pendent thing."
"What?"
"Your ring. The metal thing hanging around your neck glowing."
"Yeah?"
"Well...? Do you know how to work it?"
"Sort of. I guess...It did get me here."
"Then, we're going to have to rely on that."
The millennium ring. Rely on something I hardly knew anything about. Oh, yami, if you were here...
Golden light shone through the edges of the door, like something illuminated it from the other side. Then, the pole went flying and the door burst open. A cackle cut through the silence.
Frozen with fear, I couldn't move. Kaiba launched himself into the air, diving at me. He shoved me under a desk before he crawled under himself. He put a hand over my mouth and grasped the flashlight tightly. My eyes went wide as saucers as I tried to suppress a whimper.
I heard Yami Malik walk around the room.
"Bakuuuurrrrraaa..." his deep voice purred. My blood turned ice cold. I didn't want to die...
"We're too old for hide and seek games." he said. I could feel his eyes searching the room with their cold gaze.
I glanced at Kaiba. I knew him too well to be hiding under a desk. Like a coward.
He couldn't restrain himself any longer, and jumped up swiftly. He yanked me out from under the desk.
"Stand up." he hissed. "You need to learn to defend yourself like a man. Use that ring thing of yours!"
"I don't know how!"
"I am not going to die at the hands of a maniac. Use it."
"I don't know how-"
"Do something!"
Kaiba put his hand on my throat, blocking off my air.
Fear struggled with anger and confusion inside me. Mixed feelings whirled around in my mind. The ring flashed with a golden light and Kaiba stumbled away from me. I rubbed the back of my head. A massive headache was coming on. I stepped back and my foot hit something on the floor. The metal pole blasted from the door.
I snatched the pole and Kaiba's flashlight. I jumped over the desk and saw Yami Malik with his back to me. I rushed at him, holding the pole in front of me, so it was horizontal. Yami Malik turned around just in time, but the pole caught him in the stomach and he went down. He sunk to his knees and doubled over. I let go of the pole and ran past him. It was the second floor, but it was the only way I could think of...
I leaped into the air, hurling myself at the huge window. I threw up my arms for protection against the glass.
The glass shattered into a million pieces. Some buried in my hair, some cut my skin and clothes. The majority of it smacked and scraped my arms and hands, which were protecting my face. I felt the wind rush at me. I looked down. Long drop...
I felt as if I was falling in slow motion. Wind pushed up against my back. I felt the cold air on my face and looked up at the window above me. I was falling with my back parallel to the ground. I heard a yell. 'Kaiba...' I thought. His body was thrown through the window seconds later. Blood splattered from him, dotting the air with dark red splashes. Red specks falling slowly in time. Yami Malik probably got angry and threw Kaiba out the window.
My back hit something metal, for I felt it dent beneath me. The impact made my whole body jolt. The world which was moving above me, now halted to a stop and then turned black. I felt I was going to faint. The pain in my back was too great. Blackness gathered at the edge of my mind, ready to engulf me.
'No. I can't give up. Not now.'
I forced my eyes open and slid myself off the car I'd landed on. My legs gave beneath me and I crumpled to the floor. I grabbed the side mirror and pulled myself to my feet. I heard a heavy thud behind me. I turned around and saw Kaiba lying in a motionless heap on the ground. I walked on unsteady feet over to him.
Blood spilled from a cut in his side. I turned him over gently on his back. Dark red drops trickled down his cheek, from his head. His eyes were closed. I looked at his chest. It didn't appear to be moving.
"Oh my God..." I murmured. "Kaiba!" I cried. "Kaiba, you can't be-can't-"I couldn't say it. I shook his shoulders gently, my eyes wide in fear. If he was gone...
"HELP!!!" I yelled into the night. "Somebody, help! Help! Anybody-please! Somebody...help..."
No answer. Lightning flashed again. My only reply was the roll of thunder.
'I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to die I'm going to di-'
"Hey! Hey, are you all right?!"
I squinted into the darkness. A police man ran toward me.
"What happened here?" he asked.
"Him!" I said. "See if he's-if he's...a-alive..."
The police man bent down and took Kaiba's wrist. He felt for a pulse.
"He's fine. Just unconscious. What happened to him?"
How could I explain? Sure, an evil spirit just threw him out of the second story window of his own company. What? I'm not crazy. Why are you looking at me like that? Yes, an evil spirit. Asylum?
"I'll explain later. He needs to be taken to a hospital!"
"Looks like you do too. Here, let's carry him to my car."
With the aid of the cop, we managed to get Kaiba's body into the back seat and lay him down carefully. I shut the door. The cop motioned for me to hop into the front seat. I hesitated, looking back at the tall building. Yami Malik wouldn't find us, would he? A coldness gripped my heart, telling me he would hunt me and Kaiba down.
Yami no Yugi- 'Dark Yugi' (Yami Yugi)
Hai- yes
mou hitori no boku- my other self
gomen/gomen nasai- I'm sorry
Mokuba: Heh, KAIBA LIKES ISIS! XD
Silver: If you want to know who likes who, or the pairings or whatever, here they are:
MaixJonouchi
ShizukaxHonda/Otogi (they're both fighting over each other for her)
AnzuxYugi
KaibaxIsis
MalikxNamari (Malik married a woman he met in Egypt that went by the name 'Namari', she passed away when Mika was a child...I won't tell how just yet.)
MokubaxJessica Yesh, Mokuba now has a girlfriend.
I might as well clear some things up while I'm at it. This story confuses even me.
Akei: You probably have noticed by now that we use the Japanese names for the characters. And if you haven't... cough bakas cough Just kidding. I know some people only know the dub names, so...
Malik- Marik
Anzu- Tea (her name looks like TEA! Like the stuff you drink!)
Honda- Tristan
Jonouchi (Jou for short) - Joey
Shizuka- Serenity
Isis- Ishizu
And people, it's SETO Kaiba (and Mokuba Kaiba) and RYOU Bakura. Not the other way around. Sorri, it just annoys me when people say "Bakura Ryou". Stupid dubbers. --
And, everyone is around 30 or so. Mokuba's like, in his mid 20's. And Mika is 17.
Akei: Anything else confusing...?
Silver: I think that helps...
Oh yeah. Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! And I own Mika, Namari, and Jessica(though I haven't introduced them yet... sweatdrop)
Akei: And don't worry, I'm not planning on killing off everyone. (I know it kinda already seems that way with Malik and Kaiba and Bakura... ; Didn't mean it!)
Stay tuned for Chapter 6: A Deadly Shadow Game Face off with Yami Malik. Need I say more? I don't want to spoil it. ;
Akei: Oh, right! Artwork has been moved to my page! I'm gonna do the drawings! http:maliks-silverwolf.deviantart.com
R & R! :D
Silver wolf and Akei