A story with Ryou and Moonlight Bakura as the mains! Moonlight somehow ends up in Yami Bakura's soulroom. Yami Bakura knows Shadow Souls like Moonlight are immortal and finds it fun to hunt Moonlight down, kill him and go after him again as soon as he has revived himself again. But killing a Shadow Soul is not as harmless as it may seem like...

Ryou-Ran: Well, it took us lots of glue, but Yami Bakura is completely himself again.

Ryou: Yes. Living together with one Yami is bad enough, but having to live together with a thousand little Yamis would be terrible.

Moonlight: So I am going to be killed in this story?

Ryou-Ran: Yes, more than once.

Ryou: And what about me?

Ryou-Ran: I won't tell. That would reveal too much.

Yami Bakura: And me?

Ryou-Ran: Am I going to kill Ryou?

Yami Bakura: You don't know yet.

Ryou-Ran: There.

Yami Bakura: ?

Ryou-Ran: Moonlight, you do the disclaimer.

Moonlight: (takes deep breath)

Ryou-Ran: In English, please.

Moonlight: Ryou-Ran does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! AAAARGH!

Ryou: Moonlight! What's wrong?!

Moonlight: Nothing, I thought I should just practice. (big grin)

Everybody: --"

Waxing Moon(light)

Moonlight Bakura slowly opened his eyes. He found himself lying on the floor. A strange floor. He looked up and saw he was not in his Shadow Soulroom in Ryou Bakura's mind any more. He was inside a Soulroom he could vaguely recognise. He could feel himself being surrounded by darkness.

He got up and took a look around. He could see a black sky and grey sand. About thirty meters away from him could see someone sitting crossed-legged on the floor. When he sneaked closer he saw the white hair of the person. It was sticking in all directions. When the boy the hair belonged to yawned Moonlight could see his teeth, long and sharp. The person sitting in front of him was a Yami. Yami Bakura. Moonlight was shocked to find out he was inside Yami Bakura's soulroom.

Yami Bakura closed his mouth again and suddenly looked in Moonlight's direction. Moonlight was startled and quickly hid behind a rock. Too late, Yami Bakura had seen him already. He strolled over to the rock and climbed on top of it. When he looked down he looked right in Moonlight's shocked face. "Well well, what do we have here?"he asked. The next moment his hand shot out faster than the tongue of a snake and grabbed Moonlight's throat. Moonlight uttered a suffocating sound as the Yami squeezed his throat shut. He grabbed Yami Bakura's arm and tried to pull it away, but Yami Bakura was just as strong as him. With his free hand he lashed out and hit the choking soul in the face. Moonlight tried to pry Yami Bakura's fingers off. Yami Bakura became a vague spot. Moonlight's eyes turned away. Just before he lost consciousness he used his dark powers to warn his reincarnation.

Ryou was walking over the street with Yugi and Téa. They were chatting happily about the new sets of cards that would arrive at the toy-shop later that day.

Suddenly Ryou felt a pang in the chest. He uttered a moan and rubbed his chestbone with his hand. He could feel the Millennium Ring under his clothes.

"What is it, Bakura-Kun?"Yugi asked. Ryou leaned against the wall. "I don't know."he said. "I feel... dizzy." He almost fell and Téa grabbed his arm to keep him on his feet. Ryou had a vacant look in his eyes. He looked at something Yugi and Tea could not see.

Moonlight's face appeared in front of him. Ryou could see the pale claw that had wrapped it's fingers around Moonlight's neck. Moonlight's eyes were closed, but suddenly he opened them and looked at Ryou. "Ryou... help..."he rasped. His face vanished. Ryou woke up with a start. He tilted his head and looked at Téa and Yugi. "What is it?"Téa asked. Ryou frowned and looked at his hands. "It was Moonlight Bakura."he said. "Moonlight Bakura?"Yugi asked. "What did he tell you?" Ryou looked up. "He's in danger. He called for help."he said. "What?"Yugi asked. "What's wrong?" Ryou pulled the Millennium Ring out of his shirt. He showed it to his friends. "It has to do something with Yami Bakura."he said. "But... but I don't know how I could ever help him." His looks saddened.

That night Ryou was alone in his flat. He had made himself dinner and was puzzling his head off. Moonlight needed his help, but Ryou did not know how he could possibly help him. He knew the Shadow Soul was inside Yami Bakura's soulroom, but he did not know how to get there. He wasn't even able to go to his own soulroom by himself. He could only go there if his Yami called him. But Yami Bakura would not allow Ryou to go over to his soulroom and help Moonlight. He finished his rice with his chopsticks and shoved the bowl away. He was not hungry any more. He decided to go to bed early.

He caught sleep easily, but wished he hadn't done that. He was having nightmares. The dreams were sent by Moonlight, in a desperate attempt to attract Ryou's attention. Moonlight used his powers to show the Japanese boy what was going on. Ryou could see everything the evil Yami did to him.

Moonlight was running through Yami Bakura's soulroom. He passed rocks and dead trees. Behind him he could hear the footsteps of the ancient Spirit that was hunting him down. "Why don't you stop running?"the voice of the Yami sounded. "You could give up as well! I am going to get you anyway!" He didn't even sound a little tired. Moonlight's breath came in pants as he continued running. "I... won't... give... up!"he shouted back. The next moment he tripped over a rock and fell hard on his knee. "Ow!"he cried, thus revealing his position to Yami Bakura. He looked at his knee. It was bruised and there was a little cut in it. He tried to get up, but his knee hurt too much.

He heard something crack behind him and saw the skinny form of Yami Bakura appear. He tried to crawl away from him, but the Yami grabbed him by the hair. "You know the good thing about fighting a Shadow Soul?"he hissed. He lashed out with his hand and broke Moonlight's neck. Moonlight fell to the floor with a soft sigh. A bit of bloody foam appeared on his lips. "Shadow Souls keep coming back, no matter how often you kill them."Yami Bakura said. Moonlight Bakura stirred and got up again. His knee had healed. The foam had vanished. He ran away again. Yami Bakura gave him a headstart and then went after him again, laughing out loud.

Moonlight's eyes began to glow a blue light. "Please, Ryou!"he cried. "Help me! I need your help!"

Ryou woke up with a start. A cry escaped his mouth. He could still see the face of the Shadow Soul in front of his face. It was not fair. The Shadow Realm being Yami Bakura's soulroom gave the Yami an advantage. Moonlight was weakened by the powers of the Shadow Realm. He could not use the powers of darkness he held, because they were immediately absorbed by the Shadow Realm. He wanted to help Moonlight so badly, but he did not know how, he did not know how...

When he went to school the next morning Téa and Yugi were waiting for him in front of his appartement. "Yugi? Téa? What are you doing here?"he asked. "We wondered if you had heard anything of Moonlight Bakura again."Yugi said. He noticed Ryou didn't look so well. He had bags under his eyes and his hair was almost grey in stead of white. "And now I wonder how you are doing too." Ryou picked up his bag. "Tonight I had a dream."he said. "I saw Yami Bakura chase Moonlight, kill him, wait until Moonlight had revived himself again and then he went after him again." Téa looked shocked. "Moonlight can't stand it much longer."Ryou sadly said. "He keeps begging me to help him, but I don't know how I could ever help him! This is killing me!" Yugi lay a hand on his arm. "My Yami may be able to help you and Moonlight."he said. Ryou looked at him. Hope glistened in his brown eyes. "Yes?"he asked. "He is?" Yugi smiled reassuringly. "I'm sure Yami will do anything to help you."he said. "He loves to help people." Ryou smiled vaguely. "Hang on, Moonlight."he thought. "Help is on it's way."

Moonlight had hidden in a small cave. He barely fitted in there. He hoped very much Yami Bakura would not find him. He was a part of Ryou's soul, so he heard Ryou's thoughts about Yami. He felt hope grow in his heart. The Pharaoh would be able to help him for sure!

Then a white flash enveloped him. Moonlight screamed in fear and pain. He could just hear the cold laugh of Yami Bakura before he fell into oblivion.

That's how "Mindcrusher" is called in Dutch. Simply "oblivion".

Today I went to acting classes for the first time and the last thing I had to do was dying tragically. I can do lots of things, but I cannot die tragically, I found out this morning. We had to walk through the room with our eyes closed and the teacher would pat the one supposed to die tragically on the shoulder. Some really died tragically, but some others screwed up. I wanted to do anything but dying tragically.

Moonlight: Oh, I'm good at dying tragically! AAAAAAARGHLLL! (dies tragically)

Ryou: So am I! (our Ryou really is)

Yami Bakura: (is cocky) I laughed when I died.

Ryou-Ran: That's not tragical.

Yami Bakura: But I'm not tragic.

Ryou-Ran: Ooh, but being yourself must be a biiig tragedy!

Yami Bakura: -- (is pissed)

Moonlight: (gets up) Was it good?

Ryou-Ran: Very.

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