Post by Bakura on Aug 10, 2006 15:20:53 GMT -5
Hey here’s another story…but this is a requested fic by one of my friends I know in real life. I wrote it up and she typed it up for me. Please don’t shoot me I’m working on finishing my other fics too I promise! Please review they make me so happy.
It will be eventual Yaoi Yugi/Bakura. And not nearly as dark as my other fic this one is angsty with fluff attached.
Ryou sighed as he looked up to the sun. His father had taken a job in Egypt, digging in a lost city. It seemed to be and expert at with holding the secrets buried there. Half way through the dig his father did something very unlike him and invited Ryou to the dig site. Of course Ryou jumped at the chance to spend time with his distant father. So here he was a week later on his way out to the work site, top of the jeep off and the sun in his eyes. His father sat beside him going over paperwork. As he placed his hand upon the ring the dark presence inside it remained ever still. He was afraid of the chaos his yami would be able to cause on a job site, but Bakura had been oh so quiet since they arrived in Egypt.
He leaned over to his father for a moment, “What was the name of the town father?”
“Elna Kuru” his father replied with a smile on his face “The town of thieves”
With this Ryou felt the spirit of the ring stir a bit but quickly settled back down as if he had never been there.
Meanwhile back in Japan Yugi was stretching as he got up from doing his homework. Tomorrow he had his finals for World History, Geometry and Chemistry. Then he would be done for the year. Summer was finally going to be here.
Half way through the day Ryou was getting sorta bored. He didn’t want to insult his father and make him thing that he didn’t enjoy spending time with him – he did very much. But with all due respect…it was just a bunch of dirt…they really hadn’t found much of anything. They were just going of some old papyrus scrolls found in a palace that dated back to a pharaoh whose name they couldn’t even translate…It very much sounded like a wild goose chase to Ryou.
When he couldn’t take the boredom any longer he told his father he was thirsty and was going to get a drink and wander off a bit from the dig site. Sand sand and more Sand that was all Ryou saw in any direction. He pulled out his sunscreen with his pale skin he had to remember to put it on at least every two hours out least he be red as a tomato the next day. As he was re-applying it he took a step and fell- as he did he let out a scream. Sand poured in around him as he hit the bottom of a stone floor…He tried to stand…his ankle was sore but not broken as well as his butt. He coughed getting the sand out of his mouth.
It was then he was able to take in his surroundings. It was an old plain stone building. In his mind it clicked that this must be one of the houses of Elna Kura…it was real. As this thought filtered through his mind the spirit of the ring became restless. Where ever he was his Yami didn’t like it…He tried calling for help again but no one came.
Ryou sat down against the wall, hoping his father would figure out he was missing and send people to search for him…he hadn’t wandered that far off. He sighed brushing his hair out of the way and knocking some of the sand out of it. As he did so he glanced at the opposite wall. It had hieroglyphs on it…odd he thought people usually didn’t just go and write on their walls. Or so Ryou thought maybe the Egyptians were weird or something. Anger filtered through from the ring and Ryou sent a silent apology.
As he brushed it off he found he could read it. This surprised him slightly till he remembered Yugi telling him how he Marik and Kaiba had been able to read the writings on The Winged Dragon of Ra. Some of it had worn away with time. But as Ryou ran his hand across it he read what he could make out.
/Past Forgotten Future Unknown./
/Spirits Unrest and Children Alone/
/Discover the Past Ancient and New/
/The Balance of Light and Darkness Shall Ring True/
/As the Sunsets Will You Still be You/
As his hand reached the end he felt a warmth shoot through the ring and then all the sudden it was cold….nothing was there. The spirit of the Ring was gone.
Half way around the world Yugi was settling down for bed, when all the sudden the puzzle started glowing. He grabbed it just as he felt the pharaoh leave.
“Yam!” he screamed not knowing what was going on. But it was to late his friend was already gone. He dropped the puzzle and cried not noticing that it glowed a second time.
The ring glowed again as a presents reentered the ring. Ryou sighed as the spirit if the ring returned…but it felt different. Less hostile and more confused.
“Yami…” Ryou prodded. Usually he was smart enough NOT to bother his darker half but something felt wrong.
Ryou nearly fainted when the Pharaoh materialized next to him. “Ryou…what how…where am I? Where’s Yugi”
“I have no idea…all I remember is falling down here. Read the hieroglyphs on the wall” He pointed as Yami looked at them still listening to Ryou “Then Bakura was gone and a moment later you were here.”
Yami looked puzzled at the wall. “That…means Bakura must be…” As he looked back at Ryou
Ryou covered his mouth with his hands. “Bakura must be in the puzzle now”
With that Ryou heard voices above him. Yami quickly moved back into the Ring as Ryou called up
“Down here! I fell down a whole” Ryou was pulled up 10 minutes later and given a large hug from his dad. 1.) because he was safe and 2) Because he has discovered the lost city….Ryou wasn’t sure how he was going to approach his dad after that about returning home so the he could help his friend….
As Yugi slept Bakura snuck into his soul room. It took Bakura little to know time to figure out he had been transferred from the Ring to the Puzzle. What better time to get dirt on the pharaoh then when he was trapped in said Pharaoh’s hikari’s body? He looked around and saw all the random toys and duel monsters cards. It was almost sickening nothing that he could use against the Pharaoh. He was about to give up when he noticed a crease in the wall. ‘Jackpot’ thought the thief. It was something so hidden that he was sure the pharaoh hadn’t seen and the squirt probably did his best to hide from the cheer squad. This was better then gold. He made his way over to it and pushed but as he did a force sucked him in and slammed the door behind him. When he became aware of his senses again he was incorporeal form, in a house.
He saw a woman at the stove cooking. The house was in disrepair. His eyes scanned and landed on a pair of children playing at the table. There was a girl with long golden hair highlighted in purple. She had to be around 10-12 yrs old with a petite frame. The other however was instantly recognizable. Golden locks framed his face, midnight black etched around it tipped in red. “Yugi’ floated through his head. Though at this time he couldn’t of been older then 7 or 8.
He was beginning to wonder what was so special about this scene when a man with jet black hair ran in, as an explosion racked through the air.
“Amira take your brother to the shelter now” his voice left no room for argument and the girl stood, taking her brother’s hand hastily. With calmness, that wasn’t normal for ones of their age in such a situation, made their way out of the room. Bakura was forced to follow, of course this was Yugi’s memory. As he left he caught the man saying “This isn’t good Kaiba-Corp has gone all out-…” He turned back to Yugi and the girl as they made their way down a whole in the floor. Quiet yes but in his eyes he spoke of the fear he was feeling.
“Amira are they really going to be ok?” Asked little Yugi as the explosions became louder and more frequent.
“Yes Yugi” the girl said hugging him to her.
Time seemed to take forever to pass, and Bakura could look outside but the battle was still going on. All the sudden though the house shook more violently and a loud /crack/ was heard. From there things went in slow motion. A support beam fell and headed straight for Yugi. But Amira was there first and knocked him out of the way. The sickening crunch of bones breaking was heard and she coughed up blood.
“Yugi’ she croaked out as blood flowed from her forehead covering her face. “Run, hide, don’t let them get you” and then her eyes closed.
“Amira” the small boy screamed over and over, tears spilling from his eyes. Bakura wanted to grab the small boy, hold him and tell him it would be okay, but he couldn’t he was rooted on the spot, a cold chill going down his spine. Never mind he was just an unseen spirit. Finally Yugi stood and moved to look outside. Everything was on fire or smoking. Bodies were everywhere. He hide behind the remains of a car and cried. Blood cover the body lined streets. Bakura recognized the two adults that had been with Yugi earlier, they must have been his parents. As the sun rose and everything feel silent. There was nothing left. The town was destroyed- leveled Yugi was the only thing left alive.
Bakura felt sick and the eerie familiarity of the situation hit him and he couldn’t take it any more as he cried for himself and for Yugi. He found himself in Yugi’s soul room again and could sense Yugi’s tears. He must of forced him to relive the experience. He then did something he had knowledge of but never attempted before- he manifested in front of Yugi. He hugged the boy tight, who cried deep into the spirits embrace. Yugi at the moment didn’t care who was comforting him with soothing words.
As he looked up though at first he was frightened to see the thief before him, but he saw the sadness in them and gasped.
“Don’t be afraid. I’m not going to hurt you.” Bakura said solemnly moving a strand of Yugi’s hair behind his ear. “I’m so very sorry I made you relieve that nightmare.”
“I…I had almost forgotten….but it …its always there.” Yugi said silently wiping his tears away.
“I know.” Bakura said with a heavy voice.
Yugi’s eyes narrowed “How could you know…” he said almost hurt.
Bakura sighed. Most would say he was going soft and maybe he was. But right now Yugi needed to know someone else understood the pain. That he wasn’t alone.
“You know I’ve been after the Millennium items for sometime now but do you know why?”
Yugi covered up the puzzle. “I always thought it was because you wanted the powers of the Pharaoh”
“Far from it. I want to destroy them” Bakura stated
Yugi looked confused “Why?”
“Because they are evil very evil Yugi.” Bakura began Yugi looked confused but did not speak so Bakura continued. “You see back in ancient Egypt……..” And Bakura told Yugi his story. How his home town had been slaughtered to create the items, this ordered by the Pharaoh. And how he believed that if he destroyed the items he could set their souls free and allow them to move on.
At the end Yugi looked down. “Yami can’t remember anything about his past. You seem to remember it clearly but its still been 5000 years…We were are trying to recover his memories. If…if what you say is true and he ordered the destruction of your village for this… then… then I’ll help you destroy him. But please let us figure it all out. You might reminder something incorrectly.”
Bakura sighed yet again. Something in him felt he couldn’t deny Yugi this after everything. And he was right it had been 5000 years…and things were a little hazy and hard to recall even for him.
“For you Yugi I can do that. I can do that.” Bakura said hugging the petite duelist.
“Please…” Yugi said looking up at Bakura.
“I..I don’t want to be alone tonight...can…can you stay? “ Yugi said shyly.
“I can do that too.” And Bakura did something that shocked them both. He smiled.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEE Finally Chapter 2
Sorry it took so long but I’ve been really busy between work and the camarilla (I’ve been to two conventions including GenCon in the past oh say 3 months -) But here is the next chapter. This one is a lot of fluff but I got a wicked idea while writing this. Originally this was going to be set AFTER the Doma arc but I had some fun ideas of how to re-write that arc and pull in an idea I had for another story into this one. So this is officially between the Alcatraz Tower and Doma arc. This fic should extend through the Memory World arc as I have it planned out.
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seers-of-a-lost-paradise - Yes it was went Seto’s stepfather was in power. KaibaCorp’s weapons did a lot of damage in the hands of some very bad people. In my stories Kaiba Corp was more involved then just producing the weapons because lets face it Gozaburo was a bastard of a human being and wouldn’t of been opposed funding some of the attacks if he could get something out of it. Exactly what Kaiba Corp was after when they attacked Yugi’s home town will come out later on -.
Baby Kid – I wasn’t planning on adding more to the memory later on until I added in the Doma Arc. What happens after that will be added in then -/
On with the show!
Ryou couldn’t get home right away even if he had it in himself to tell his father. Flights that would take him to Japan would require long layovers spanning about 4 days. In 3 there would be a more direct flight anyway. Long enough for Bakura to do damage to Yugi. Yami was restless worrying about Yugi. They both knew Bakura wanted Yugi and Yami dead. The next day they were able to place phone calls to Japan. Ryou’s father simply thought he was sharing the good news. But in reality he was calling to check up on Yugi.
Yugi woke up as the light streamed in his window. His face still had the remnants of his tears. He felt the body close to his. Bakura had manage to stay materialized all night long just to keep him company. He smiled for a moment his mind forgot who Bakura was and want he had put him through. Right now Bakura was a gift from the heavens and asleep looking as he did now. His arms wrapped protectively around Yugi he could even fathom to relate him to an evil dark spirit.
The phone rang and he answered it on the fifth ring, thus causing the presence on the other end to start to panic. “Yugi!” Ryou’s voice sound over the phone. “Are you alright?” “Yah Ryou I’m fine” But Yugi’s voice didn’t reflect fine…he was still worn down after last night.
“Are you sure you don’t sound it…did…did my Yami do anything to you?” Ryou ask hesitantly
Yugi went still. Yes Bakura had been there last night which made Yugi assume from Ryou’s reaction that Yami was with him. What should he say? Bakura was the reason for his current state…but Bakura had been…..Kind. Gentle? Caring? Just about everything that Yugi had never seen the spirit be with Ryou. What should he say? ‘No your Yami was absolutely perfect last night’.
“I’m just worn out. He actually hasn’t done anything yet honestly. I was barely aware of his presence” Yugi lied. He hated lying but he couldn’t hurt his friend like that. Ryou’s life was usually miserable with his Yami. “I’ll be alright I can handle him till we can get things sorted out. Enjoy your time in Egypt with your father I know it means a lot to you”
“Yugi just be careful I could never forgive myself if something happened to you/” Ryou said somberly over the phone.
Yugi decided to reassure him again. “It really is fine. Its not like I don’t know who he is. I can handle it I promise.” Yugi smiled into the phone.
“Alright” Ryou said releasing a sigh. “ I’ll be hard to get a hold of but if you need to leave a message here at the desk and I’ll check them when I can. Oh and your Yami said to be careful as well and that he loves you.” (IE brother love folks…sorry yami/hikari pairings kinda bug me…its like dating your twin brother ewww)
“I love him too. Enjoy your time in Egypt” And with that the call was ended. Yugi curled back up in bed next to Bakura. He made a great pillow and he had yet to stir…it would be ok if he slept a bit longer…His grandfather was out after all. Thus he pulled up next to Bakura and fell asleep. Not to soon after Bakura shifted and wrapped his arms around the sleeping Hikari subconsciously wanting to bring the warmth that felt so good closer too him. Not that the sleeping Yugi minded as a smile was on his face. Head buried in Bakura’s chest as Bakura’s head was buried in his hair.
This is the scene that one Jounouchi Katsuya walked in on 30 minutes later. See Ryou being the paranoid hikari of Bakura was on convinced that Yugi was fine nor was Yugi’s Yami. Thus he had called Jou and convinced him to go and check on Yugi. After hearing the story of what had happened he immediately agreed.
Once arriving at the Kami Game Shop he had knocked on the back door expecting Yugi to be up since Ryou had called him 30 minutes ago. Not the case however and Jou started to worry. So he took matters into his own hand. Fishing the spar key out from under the pot that housed a cactus and opened the door. He looked around for Yugi but found no signs of him. Glad at least too see the downstairs was still in one piece he made his away up the stairs.
He went to Yugi’s room first and opened the door to find the sight described above. First his jaw dropped ten feet then he immediately started screaming and over reacting in only the way that Katsuya can. Bakura was instantly awake due to his life as a thief. While Yugi was still groggy.
“What did you do to him you bastard” Jou yelled as he moved quickly to the bed to grab Bakura. But the thief’s reflexes were fast and Jou soon meet the floor.
“What the hell are you doing you Baka. And what are you talking about. Done what?” Bakura yelled back pinning Jou to the floor.
By this time Yugi had woken up enough to speak. “Bakura Jou what are you doing?” he demanded.
“Yugi, Ryou called me he told me what happened. What’s he done to you.” Jou said from his pinned position on the floor.
“What’s my Hi-“ Bakura started but Yugi enraged cut him off.
“Ryou called here earlier and I told him everything is fine. I didn’t lie to him. Bakura’s done nothing ill to me at all in fact quite the opposite. I was rather upset last night and he helped calm me down. Now if you promise to talk quietly and in a rational tone I’ll let Bakura let you go now.” Yugi said in a tone of voice that radiated authority.
It didn’t even register to Jou to not do as Yugi said. Nor in Bakura who could of easily defied the young boy and kept his friend pinned. Both quietly obeyed.
“Now” Yugi began again. “Tell Ryou you came over here. I was fine and you didn’t see Bakura. I don’t want him knowing just yet we’ve been getting a long. Alright? I’m fine understand?” Yugi asked still slightly annoyed in his voice that Ryou had sent Jou to “spy’ on him.
Jou just nodded and left. Deciding to file this one under the ‘weird nuts that’s tied to Yugi’ folder and be done with it.
Back in his room Yugi calmed down. And looked at Bakura.
“You know that was foolish” Bakura said in a calm voice yet his eyes didn’t meet Yugi’s. “I could kill you , easily you know. Especially last night in you sleep”
Yugi reached up and placed a hand on Bakura’s face. “But you didn’t. And I knew you wouldn’t…I…I know I can trust you. Don’t ask me how I just do. Especially after last night.”
“Thank You” Bakura said…no one had whole heartedly trusted him before in any life. What kind of fool trusts a thief? The look shinny in Bakura’s eyes moved something in him he thought was long forgotten…his heart. He knew he had Yugi’s trust and he vowed never to break it.
Yugi simply smiled at the tomb robber and in one moment leaned in and kissed him on the cheek quickly before rising. He was too the door before the shock of being kissed had left Bakura.
“I’m going to go make us some breakfast. I can make a killer omelet would you like that?” Yugi asked.
Omelet what was an omelet? Bakura asked himself. But not really caring at the moment if Yugi made it he knew it would be good so he nodded not trusting his voice. It was horrid after just one night with the pharaoh’s hikari he was reduced to this.
This bothered the thief but at the mere thought of giving Yugi up send very unpleasant shivers up his spine and he got and ill feeling in his stomach. A feeling which didn’t bother him as much as he thought it probably should have. If he didn’t know better he would have thought he was falling for the boy. But that was impossible he was the pharaoh’s hikari and very much a male even if he did have a petite feminine form. And Bakura was very straight. Gawh why was he thinking about this?
With a shake of his head he sat off in search of a bathroom, hoping to clear some of the spider webs out of his mind. The first door he came to was locked. He suppressed his urge to open it anyway in light of actually finding the bathroom. So he tried another door this time with success. The house was clean he thought Ryou was a clean freak but there wasn’t even a dirty towel on the floor.
The restroom smelt of something Bakura couldn’t identify but he decided he liked it anyway. 1 He simply washed his hands. Being a spirit he didn’t need to use the restroom or really even eat but he /could/ eat. He still couldn’t believe how plentiful water was here. He went from living in a country where water was a precious precious resource the life blood of Egypt the Nile, to a country literally surrounded by endless expanses of water so much so that one did not give a second thought to waste it. Bathing everyday? Not even acceptable for the royals in his past. Now you were considered ‘dirty’ if you didn’t.
Not that Bakura much minded he loved the feel on the water on his skin. Even the shower it simulated the rain that was even so rare. Briefly he wondered what it would be like to dance in the rain with Yugi. But stopped that train of thought as quickly as it started. Yugi right now was emotionally unstable no matter how hard he tried to hide. Heck Bakura wasn’t completely sane at the moment after recounting his own experiences to the young one. At least he finally knew he had someone who understood.
He touched his cheek where Yugi had kissed it earlier. It still confused him. He was glad that the chibi had expressed his affection but still disappointed …longing? These were emotions he hadn’t had much experience with. Hate Anger Frustration he knew well. Yugi seemed to be good at bringing out unknown sides to the thief. It made him feel…alive more so then when he even actually HAD his own body. Actually he was beginning to wonder why he hadn’t gone back into Yugi’s body. He wasn’t use to this manifesting stuff but he was sure after a while he would have to go back. Not that he cared right now but he would enjoy it while he could.
He padded down stairs light as a feather. And came up to someone singing. It was in English. Bakura knew English because that’s what Ryou had spoken for most of his life. But it was odd to hear it on Yugi’s lips. He just stood there captivated by the boys voice and words. They tore at time. “…if you have to leave I wish you would just leave because your presences still lingers here and it wont leave me alone…” Yugi continued his song and finally Bakura snapped out of his trance and hugged him from behind. Yugi momentarily stiffened, before relaxing into the embrace.
He took the pan off the stove and cried again and so did Bakura. This is something time took to heal and the song that played off his cd had again reopened the pain in his heart. I clicked over to something else but Yugi didn’t care. Yugi turned around and clung to the only thing that seemed to keep him grounded...Bakura.
“No one will hurt you again Yugi” Bakura muttered before he even realized what he was saying.
Yugi stopped crying and looked up at the Yami he moved ever so closer to him. It was like he was being guided but just as their lips were about to meet Bakura dissolved and faded back into the Puzzle. But Yugi didn’t cry he felt the presence and just held his puzzle tight. Not caring that his breakfast was now getting cold.
1- it was an evergreen air freshener I doubt Bakura would of ever encountered one O-o.
It will be eventual Yaoi Yugi/Bakura. And not nearly as dark as my other fic this one is angsty with fluff attached.
Ryou sighed as he looked up to the sun. His father had taken a job in Egypt, digging in a lost city. It seemed to be and expert at with holding the secrets buried there. Half way through the dig his father did something very unlike him and invited Ryou to the dig site. Of course Ryou jumped at the chance to spend time with his distant father. So here he was a week later on his way out to the work site, top of the jeep off and the sun in his eyes. His father sat beside him going over paperwork. As he placed his hand upon the ring the dark presence inside it remained ever still. He was afraid of the chaos his yami would be able to cause on a job site, but Bakura had been oh so quiet since they arrived in Egypt.
He leaned over to his father for a moment, “What was the name of the town father?”
“Elna Kuru” his father replied with a smile on his face “The town of thieves”
With this Ryou felt the spirit of the ring stir a bit but quickly settled back down as if he had never been there.
Meanwhile back in Japan Yugi was stretching as he got up from doing his homework. Tomorrow he had his finals for World History, Geometry and Chemistry. Then he would be done for the year. Summer was finally going to be here.
Half way through the day Ryou was getting sorta bored. He didn’t want to insult his father and make him thing that he didn’t enjoy spending time with him – he did very much. But with all due respect…it was just a bunch of dirt…they really hadn’t found much of anything. They were just going of some old papyrus scrolls found in a palace that dated back to a pharaoh whose name they couldn’t even translate…It very much sounded like a wild goose chase to Ryou.
When he couldn’t take the boredom any longer he told his father he was thirsty and was going to get a drink and wander off a bit from the dig site. Sand sand and more Sand that was all Ryou saw in any direction. He pulled out his sunscreen with his pale skin he had to remember to put it on at least every two hours out least he be red as a tomato the next day. As he was re-applying it he took a step and fell- as he did he let out a scream. Sand poured in around him as he hit the bottom of a stone floor…He tried to stand…his ankle was sore but not broken as well as his butt. He coughed getting the sand out of his mouth.
It was then he was able to take in his surroundings. It was an old plain stone building. In his mind it clicked that this must be one of the houses of Elna Kura…it was real. As this thought filtered through his mind the spirit of the ring became restless. Where ever he was his Yami didn’t like it…He tried calling for help again but no one came.
Ryou sat down against the wall, hoping his father would figure out he was missing and send people to search for him…he hadn’t wandered that far off. He sighed brushing his hair out of the way and knocking some of the sand out of it. As he did so he glanced at the opposite wall. It had hieroglyphs on it…odd he thought people usually didn’t just go and write on their walls. Or so Ryou thought maybe the Egyptians were weird or something. Anger filtered through from the ring and Ryou sent a silent apology.
As he brushed it off he found he could read it. This surprised him slightly till he remembered Yugi telling him how he Marik and Kaiba had been able to read the writings on The Winged Dragon of Ra. Some of it had worn away with time. But as Ryou ran his hand across it he read what he could make out.
/Past Forgotten Future Unknown./
/Spirits Unrest and Children Alone/
/Discover the Past Ancient and New/
/The Balance of Light and Darkness Shall Ring True/
/As the Sunsets Will You Still be You/
As his hand reached the end he felt a warmth shoot through the ring and then all the sudden it was cold….nothing was there. The spirit of the Ring was gone.
Half way around the world Yugi was settling down for bed, when all the sudden the puzzle started glowing. He grabbed it just as he felt the pharaoh leave.
“Yam!” he screamed not knowing what was going on. But it was to late his friend was already gone. He dropped the puzzle and cried not noticing that it glowed a second time.
The ring glowed again as a presents reentered the ring. Ryou sighed as the spirit if the ring returned…but it felt different. Less hostile and more confused.
“Yami…” Ryou prodded. Usually he was smart enough NOT to bother his darker half but something felt wrong.
Ryou nearly fainted when the Pharaoh materialized next to him. “Ryou…what how…where am I? Where’s Yugi”
“I have no idea…all I remember is falling down here. Read the hieroglyphs on the wall” He pointed as Yami looked at them still listening to Ryou “Then Bakura was gone and a moment later you were here.”
Yami looked puzzled at the wall. “That…means Bakura must be…” As he looked back at Ryou
Ryou covered his mouth with his hands. “Bakura must be in the puzzle now”
With that Ryou heard voices above him. Yami quickly moved back into the Ring as Ryou called up
“Down here! I fell down a whole” Ryou was pulled up 10 minutes later and given a large hug from his dad. 1.) because he was safe and 2) Because he has discovered the lost city….Ryou wasn’t sure how he was going to approach his dad after that about returning home so the he could help his friend….
As Yugi slept Bakura snuck into his soul room. It took Bakura little to know time to figure out he had been transferred from the Ring to the Puzzle. What better time to get dirt on the pharaoh then when he was trapped in said Pharaoh’s hikari’s body? He looked around and saw all the random toys and duel monsters cards. It was almost sickening nothing that he could use against the Pharaoh. He was about to give up when he noticed a crease in the wall. ‘Jackpot’ thought the thief. It was something so hidden that he was sure the pharaoh hadn’t seen and the squirt probably did his best to hide from the cheer squad. This was better then gold. He made his way over to it and pushed but as he did a force sucked him in and slammed the door behind him. When he became aware of his senses again he was incorporeal form, in a house.
He saw a woman at the stove cooking. The house was in disrepair. His eyes scanned and landed on a pair of children playing at the table. There was a girl with long golden hair highlighted in purple. She had to be around 10-12 yrs old with a petite frame. The other however was instantly recognizable. Golden locks framed his face, midnight black etched around it tipped in red. “Yugi’ floated through his head. Though at this time he couldn’t of been older then 7 or 8.
He was beginning to wonder what was so special about this scene when a man with jet black hair ran in, as an explosion racked through the air.
“Amira take your brother to the shelter now” his voice left no room for argument and the girl stood, taking her brother’s hand hastily. With calmness, that wasn’t normal for ones of their age in such a situation, made their way out of the room. Bakura was forced to follow, of course this was Yugi’s memory. As he left he caught the man saying “This isn’t good Kaiba-Corp has gone all out-…” He turned back to Yugi and the girl as they made their way down a whole in the floor. Quiet yes but in his eyes he spoke of the fear he was feeling.
“Amira are they really going to be ok?” Asked little Yugi as the explosions became louder and more frequent.
“Yes Yugi” the girl said hugging him to her.
Time seemed to take forever to pass, and Bakura could look outside but the battle was still going on. All the sudden though the house shook more violently and a loud /crack/ was heard. From there things went in slow motion. A support beam fell and headed straight for Yugi. But Amira was there first and knocked him out of the way. The sickening crunch of bones breaking was heard and she coughed up blood.
“Yugi’ she croaked out as blood flowed from her forehead covering her face. “Run, hide, don’t let them get you” and then her eyes closed.
“Amira” the small boy screamed over and over, tears spilling from his eyes. Bakura wanted to grab the small boy, hold him and tell him it would be okay, but he couldn’t he was rooted on the spot, a cold chill going down his spine. Never mind he was just an unseen spirit. Finally Yugi stood and moved to look outside. Everything was on fire or smoking. Bodies were everywhere. He hide behind the remains of a car and cried. Blood cover the body lined streets. Bakura recognized the two adults that had been with Yugi earlier, they must have been his parents. As the sun rose and everything feel silent. There was nothing left. The town was destroyed- leveled Yugi was the only thing left alive.
Bakura felt sick and the eerie familiarity of the situation hit him and he couldn’t take it any more as he cried for himself and for Yugi. He found himself in Yugi’s soul room again and could sense Yugi’s tears. He must of forced him to relive the experience. He then did something he had knowledge of but never attempted before- he manifested in front of Yugi. He hugged the boy tight, who cried deep into the spirits embrace. Yugi at the moment didn’t care who was comforting him with soothing words.
As he looked up though at first he was frightened to see the thief before him, but he saw the sadness in them and gasped.
“Don’t be afraid. I’m not going to hurt you.” Bakura said solemnly moving a strand of Yugi’s hair behind his ear. “I’m so very sorry I made you relieve that nightmare.”
“I…I had almost forgotten….but it …its always there.” Yugi said silently wiping his tears away.
“I know.” Bakura said with a heavy voice.
Yugi’s eyes narrowed “How could you know…” he said almost hurt.
Bakura sighed. Most would say he was going soft and maybe he was. But right now Yugi needed to know someone else understood the pain. That he wasn’t alone.
“You know I’ve been after the Millennium items for sometime now but do you know why?”
Yugi covered up the puzzle. “I always thought it was because you wanted the powers of the Pharaoh”
“Far from it. I want to destroy them” Bakura stated
Yugi looked confused “Why?”
“Because they are evil very evil Yugi.” Bakura began Yugi looked confused but did not speak so Bakura continued. “You see back in ancient Egypt……..” And Bakura told Yugi his story. How his home town had been slaughtered to create the items, this ordered by the Pharaoh. And how he believed that if he destroyed the items he could set their souls free and allow them to move on.
At the end Yugi looked down. “Yami can’t remember anything about his past. You seem to remember it clearly but its still been 5000 years…We were are trying to recover his memories. If…if what you say is true and he ordered the destruction of your village for this… then… then I’ll help you destroy him. But please let us figure it all out. You might reminder something incorrectly.”
Bakura sighed yet again. Something in him felt he couldn’t deny Yugi this after everything. And he was right it had been 5000 years…and things were a little hazy and hard to recall even for him.
“For you Yugi I can do that. I can do that.” Bakura said hugging the petite duelist.
“Please…” Yugi said looking up at Bakura.
“I..I don’t want to be alone tonight...can…can you stay? “ Yugi said shyly.
“I can do that too.” And Bakura did something that shocked them both. He smiled.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEE Finally Chapter 2
Sorry it took so long but I’ve been really busy between work and the camarilla (I’ve been to two conventions including GenCon in the past oh say 3 months -) But here is the next chapter. This one is a lot of fluff but I got a wicked idea while writing this. Originally this was going to be set AFTER the Doma arc but I had some fun ideas of how to re-write that arc and pull in an idea I had for another story into this one. So this is officially between the Alcatraz Tower and Doma arc. This fic should extend through the Memory World arc as I have it planned out.
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Anonymous- Ever heard of slang? Dear heaven and YES it has to be Boy x Boy. That’s clearly stated if you didn’t like it don’t read.
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seers-of-a-lost-paradise - Yes it was went Seto’s stepfather was in power. KaibaCorp’s weapons did a lot of damage in the hands of some very bad people. In my stories Kaiba Corp was more involved then just producing the weapons because lets face it Gozaburo was a bastard of a human being and wouldn’t of been opposed funding some of the attacks if he could get something out of it. Exactly what Kaiba Corp was after when they attacked Yugi’s home town will come out later on -.
Baby Kid – I wasn’t planning on adding more to the memory later on until I added in the Doma Arc. What happens after that will be added in then -/
On with the show!
Ryou couldn’t get home right away even if he had it in himself to tell his father. Flights that would take him to Japan would require long layovers spanning about 4 days. In 3 there would be a more direct flight anyway. Long enough for Bakura to do damage to Yugi. Yami was restless worrying about Yugi. They both knew Bakura wanted Yugi and Yami dead. The next day they were able to place phone calls to Japan. Ryou’s father simply thought he was sharing the good news. But in reality he was calling to check up on Yugi.
Yugi woke up as the light streamed in his window. His face still had the remnants of his tears. He felt the body close to his. Bakura had manage to stay materialized all night long just to keep him company. He smiled for a moment his mind forgot who Bakura was and want he had put him through. Right now Bakura was a gift from the heavens and asleep looking as he did now. His arms wrapped protectively around Yugi he could even fathom to relate him to an evil dark spirit.
The phone rang and he answered it on the fifth ring, thus causing the presence on the other end to start to panic. “Yugi!” Ryou’s voice sound over the phone. “Are you alright?” “Yah Ryou I’m fine” But Yugi’s voice didn’t reflect fine…he was still worn down after last night.
“Are you sure you don’t sound it…did…did my Yami do anything to you?” Ryou ask hesitantly
Yugi went still. Yes Bakura had been there last night which made Yugi assume from Ryou’s reaction that Yami was with him. What should he say? Bakura was the reason for his current state…but Bakura had been…..Kind. Gentle? Caring? Just about everything that Yugi had never seen the spirit be with Ryou. What should he say? ‘No your Yami was absolutely perfect last night’.
“I’m just worn out. He actually hasn’t done anything yet honestly. I was barely aware of his presence” Yugi lied. He hated lying but he couldn’t hurt his friend like that. Ryou’s life was usually miserable with his Yami. “I’ll be alright I can handle him till we can get things sorted out. Enjoy your time in Egypt with your father I know it means a lot to you”
“Yugi just be careful I could never forgive myself if something happened to you/” Ryou said somberly over the phone.
Yugi decided to reassure him again. “It really is fine. Its not like I don’t know who he is. I can handle it I promise.” Yugi smiled into the phone.
“Alright” Ryou said releasing a sigh. “ I’ll be hard to get a hold of but if you need to leave a message here at the desk and I’ll check them when I can. Oh and your Yami said to be careful as well and that he loves you.” (IE brother love folks…sorry yami/hikari pairings kinda bug me…its like dating your twin brother ewww)
“I love him too. Enjoy your time in Egypt” And with that the call was ended. Yugi curled back up in bed next to Bakura. He made a great pillow and he had yet to stir…it would be ok if he slept a bit longer…His grandfather was out after all. Thus he pulled up next to Bakura and fell asleep. Not to soon after Bakura shifted and wrapped his arms around the sleeping Hikari subconsciously wanting to bring the warmth that felt so good closer too him. Not that the sleeping Yugi minded as a smile was on his face. Head buried in Bakura’s chest as Bakura’s head was buried in his hair.
This is the scene that one Jounouchi Katsuya walked in on 30 minutes later. See Ryou being the paranoid hikari of Bakura was on convinced that Yugi was fine nor was Yugi’s Yami. Thus he had called Jou and convinced him to go and check on Yugi. After hearing the story of what had happened he immediately agreed.
Once arriving at the Kami Game Shop he had knocked on the back door expecting Yugi to be up since Ryou had called him 30 minutes ago. Not the case however and Jou started to worry. So he took matters into his own hand. Fishing the spar key out from under the pot that housed a cactus and opened the door. He looked around for Yugi but found no signs of him. Glad at least too see the downstairs was still in one piece he made his away up the stairs.
He went to Yugi’s room first and opened the door to find the sight described above. First his jaw dropped ten feet then he immediately started screaming and over reacting in only the way that Katsuya can. Bakura was instantly awake due to his life as a thief. While Yugi was still groggy.
“What did you do to him you bastard” Jou yelled as he moved quickly to the bed to grab Bakura. But the thief’s reflexes were fast and Jou soon meet the floor.
“What the hell are you doing you Baka. And what are you talking about. Done what?” Bakura yelled back pinning Jou to the floor.
By this time Yugi had woken up enough to speak. “Bakura Jou what are you doing?” he demanded.
“Yugi, Ryou called me he told me what happened. What’s he done to you.” Jou said from his pinned position on the floor.
“What’s my Hi-“ Bakura started but Yugi enraged cut him off.
“Ryou called here earlier and I told him everything is fine. I didn’t lie to him. Bakura’s done nothing ill to me at all in fact quite the opposite. I was rather upset last night and he helped calm me down. Now if you promise to talk quietly and in a rational tone I’ll let Bakura let you go now.” Yugi said in a tone of voice that radiated authority.
It didn’t even register to Jou to not do as Yugi said. Nor in Bakura who could of easily defied the young boy and kept his friend pinned. Both quietly obeyed.
“Now” Yugi began again. “Tell Ryou you came over here. I was fine and you didn’t see Bakura. I don’t want him knowing just yet we’ve been getting a long. Alright? I’m fine understand?” Yugi asked still slightly annoyed in his voice that Ryou had sent Jou to “spy’ on him.
Jou just nodded and left. Deciding to file this one under the ‘weird nuts that’s tied to Yugi’ folder and be done with it.
Back in his room Yugi calmed down. And looked at Bakura.
“You know that was foolish” Bakura said in a calm voice yet his eyes didn’t meet Yugi’s. “I could kill you , easily you know. Especially last night in you sleep”
Yugi reached up and placed a hand on Bakura’s face. “But you didn’t. And I knew you wouldn’t…I…I know I can trust you. Don’t ask me how I just do. Especially after last night.”
“Thank You” Bakura said…no one had whole heartedly trusted him before in any life. What kind of fool trusts a thief? The look shinny in Bakura’s eyes moved something in him he thought was long forgotten…his heart. He knew he had Yugi’s trust and he vowed never to break it.
Yugi simply smiled at the tomb robber and in one moment leaned in and kissed him on the cheek quickly before rising. He was too the door before the shock of being kissed had left Bakura.
“I’m going to go make us some breakfast. I can make a killer omelet would you like that?” Yugi asked.
Omelet what was an omelet? Bakura asked himself. But not really caring at the moment if Yugi made it he knew it would be good so he nodded not trusting his voice. It was horrid after just one night with the pharaoh’s hikari he was reduced to this.
This bothered the thief but at the mere thought of giving Yugi up send very unpleasant shivers up his spine and he got and ill feeling in his stomach. A feeling which didn’t bother him as much as he thought it probably should have. If he didn’t know better he would have thought he was falling for the boy. But that was impossible he was the pharaoh’s hikari and very much a male even if he did have a petite feminine form. And Bakura was very straight. Gawh why was he thinking about this?
With a shake of his head he sat off in search of a bathroom, hoping to clear some of the spider webs out of his mind. The first door he came to was locked. He suppressed his urge to open it anyway in light of actually finding the bathroom. So he tried another door this time with success. The house was clean he thought Ryou was a clean freak but there wasn’t even a dirty towel on the floor.
The restroom smelt of something Bakura couldn’t identify but he decided he liked it anyway. 1 He simply washed his hands. Being a spirit he didn’t need to use the restroom or really even eat but he /could/ eat. He still couldn’t believe how plentiful water was here. He went from living in a country where water was a precious precious resource the life blood of Egypt the Nile, to a country literally surrounded by endless expanses of water so much so that one did not give a second thought to waste it. Bathing everyday? Not even acceptable for the royals in his past. Now you were considered ‘dirty’ if you didn’t.
Not that Bakura much minded he loved the feel on the water on his skin. Even the shower it simulated the rain that was even so rare. Briefly he wondered what it would be like to dance in the rain with Yugi. But stopped that train of thought as quickly as it started. Yugi right now was emotionally unstable no matter how hard he tried to hide. Heck Bakura wasn’t completely sane at the moment after recounting his own experiences to the young one. At least he finally knew he had someone who understood.
He touched his cheek where Yugi had kissed it earlier. It still confused him. He was glad that the chibi had expressed his affection but still disappointed …longing? These were emotions he hadn’t had much experience with. Hate Anger Frustration he knew well. Yugi seemed to be good at bringing out unknown sides to the thief. It made him feel…alive more so then when he even actually HAD his own body. Actually he was beginning to wonder why he hadn’t gone back into Yugi’s body. He wasn’t use to this manifesting stuff but he was sure after a while he would have to go back. Not that he cared right now but he would enjoy it while he could.
He padded down stairs light as a feather. And came up to someone singing. It was in English. Bakura knew English because that’s what Ryou had spoken for most of his life. But it was odd to hear it on Yugi’s lips. He just stood there captivated by the boys voice and words. They tore at time. “…if you have to leave I wish you would just leave because your presences still lingers here and it wont leave me alone…” Yugi continued his song and finally Bakura snapped out of his trance and hugged him from behind. Yugi momentarily stiffened, before relaxing into the embrace.
He took the pan off the stove and cried again and so did Bakura. This is something time took to heal and the song that played off his cd had again reopened the pain in his heart. I clicked over to something else but Yugi didn’t care. Yugi turned around and clung to the only thing that seemed to keep him grounded...Bakura.
“No one will hurt you again Yugi” Bakura muttered before he even realized what he was saying.
Yugi stopped crying and looked up at the Yami he moved ever so closer to him. It was like he was being guided but just as their lips were about to meet Bakura dissolved and faded back into the Puzzle. But Yugi didn’t cry he felt the presence and just held his puzzle tight. Not caring that his breakfast was now getting cold.
1- it was an evergreen air freshener I doubt Bakura would of ever encountered one O-o.
