As Time Goes By Chapter 1: Default Chapter, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

Misao: Well, here I am again, with another fic. And I still haven't finished my other one... but I'll get to that. On the way back from this skii trip I was listening to the song "100 Years" by Five for Fighting, it's a good song. You should listen to it if you haven't already... anyways, yeah, I was listening to it and I got this story idea. This is my first fic that isn't humor..thats a scary thought...Ok, well, There is some humor! I can't help it, I couldn't resist...

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!... but if I did... if I did... well I'd be filthy rich and have Shonen-Ai goodness in every episode. And I also don't own the song "100 Years"... I can't sing worth crap...and I'm not a guy... so that rules me out automatically.

Misao: Oh yeah! Almost forgot. The story is in Bakura's P.O.V... but the Song is in Ryou's P.O.V... but ONE part of the song is in Bakura's P.O.V... and it's towards the middle... or end. Crap... er... I'll Have the part of the song that's in Bakura's P.O.V in Italic. Geez... could I make it anymore confusing?..Yes, I probably could...And also, the story skips through time with the song...very OOC... Ok, I'll shut up now...

As Time Goes By

I'm 15 for a moment

Caught in-between 10 and 20

And I'm just dreaming

Counting the ways to where you are...

For once in my life, I could actually say I was truly happy. I gave up my goal to get all the Millennium Items, and hell, I'm even civil towards the pharaoh. Sometimes. He's still an arrogant jerk, and he wears all that leather, and his hikari is way too cheerful...

Anyways, that's all beside the point. The point is I actually like my life now, and I thank my lover, my hikari, Ryou, for that. He seems happier now too. Yuugi and his little friends include him in things now and Malik too. Yami and Yuugi are together, so is Malik and Marik...seems like everyone was happy... Too bad good things never last...

"'Kura!" I twitch in annoyance. I HATE that damned nickname. The only one I don't mind calling me that is Ryou, but unfortunately Ryou doesn't have bleach blond hair.

"Don't call me that dammit!" I growl as Malik and his yami walk up to me.

"...Ryou calls you that..." Malik argues.

"Your not Ryou now are you, runt?" I cross my arms and narrow my eyes at him.

"Watch it, thief. Don't insult my hikari..." Marik growls. I choose to ignore him.

"Where is Ryou anyways?" Malik asks, glancing around. Yuugi had called earlier that morning and asked Ryou if he wanted to go to the arcade. And of course, he wanted me to go. Why, I don't know. He knows I can't stand his little group of friends. But if it makes him happy, I'll go. So here I am, standing off to the side, as far away from people as I can get.

"He's over their with the midget and the pharaoh." I answered, pointing in the direction I knew they were, even though I couldn't see them with all these damn people in the way. Without another word, he disappears into the crowd, leaving me and Marik standing there.

"Having fun?" he grins at me.

"Oh yeah, fun. Tons. I always did enjoy standing in the corner of an arcade, surrounded by loud, annoying mortals running around like wild animals..."

"Guilty pleasures are a bitch, aren't they?"

"I was being sarcastic..." I reply dryly.

"So was I..." Well, that was a short-lived conversation. So we spend the next 10-15 minutes in silence, and I swear that I've seen the same little girl with this over-sized stuffed bear run by me at least 20 times.

"Bakura!" I turn around to see Ryou running up to me. Please tell me he's coming over to say we're leaving. It's got to be at least 11:00... has the arcade always stayed open this late? Bed sounds so good right now.

Ryou runs up to me and throws his arms around me. I smirk down at him and ruffle his hair, "Hey, ready to go?" Please say yes!

"Yup! I'm tired..." He says, smiling up at me. You know, with all his cheerful and hyperness at the moment, one couldn't tell. Malik appears again, but only to grab his yami and drag him away. Just me and Ryou. Good.

"Well then let's get home. If I see that little girl with the bear one more time we're going to have a problem..." I said as I wrap my arm around his waist, pulling him closer. I give him a quick kiss before I pull him out of the arcade. He giggles and hugs me tighter. Now you see, when Ryou giggles, its fine. But when other people do it...it makes me want to rip their heads off.

"I don't know how you can stand being in that place with the pharaoh and his midget hikari for 5 hours strait..." I complain as we walk home. The silence was bugging me, had to say something.

"And I don't know how you can stand in that corner for 5 hours strait. Why don't you stick around with us?" He asks. Isn't that kind of obvious? Because I don't want to hear that little friendship bitch go on and on about...gasp friendship. And I don't want to watch the smug little pharaoh in all his glory over winning some stupid video games. I could go on, but I'll choose not to. I said I was civil towards the pharaoh, I never said anything about liking him.

"Because I can't stand the pharaoh and his cheerleading squad." There, simple, to the point answer.

"There not that bad..." Ryou argues. I sigh, when will he learn that me and a crowd don't mix? I don't feel like arguing, for once in my life, so I'll just pretend the conversation ended a few sentences ago...

Once we got home, I threw my coat and shoes in a random direction, then dragged Ryou upstairs. I was dead tired. I had been dragged not only to the arcade, but the park, then Kaiba Land, and a few other places to. And I was woken up at the crack of dawn. We both changed into more comfortable clothes then hit the bed.

Ryou crawled in the bed next to me and curled up against my chest. I wrapped my arm around him and pulled him even closer, and he looks up and kisses me on the cheek before wrapping his arm around my chest and settling back down.

"Aishiteru, Kura..." He mumbles sleepily.

I hold him tighter and smile slightly, closing my eyes, "Aishiteru..."

I'm 22 for a moment

And she feels better then ever

And we're on fire

Making our way back from mars...

Remember when I said too bad good things never last. We'll, this proves it. I was a fool to believe otherwise. Ryou was now 22. And me, well, I didn't look a day older. Neither did Yami or Marik for that matter. We should have known. We were ancient spirits, we would never grow any older, we would live while our hikari's grew old and died. But... we never really thought anything of it back then. We were all content, didn't let any of these kinds of things plague our minds.

But when Ryou brought her home, I wished I could die. He had gone to college; he visited every weekend, since it was too far away for him to stay at home. I didn't argue, I gladly let him go, because I knew that was what he wanted. But the day he was supposed to come home for a few weeks, he brought some girl with him. It felt like my heart was ripped in half when he held her in his arms. I stayed in spirit form, or in my soul room when she was around. Which was all day everyday, I couldn't seem to get Ryou alone. When she finally did leave, but just to go to the store, I appeared in solid form, and confronted him.

FLASHBACK

"Ryou..." I said to get his attention while he was working on something for school, I guessed. He jumped and turned around to face me, and I saw slight fear in his eyes.

"Y-yami... where have you been?" He asked, standing up. I frowned at him. Couldn't he have felt my presence? It wasn't like I was blocking our link or anything.

"What do you mean? I've been here the whole time." I answer. I see the fear in his eyes grow.

"I-I didn't notice. Listen, yami, we have to talk." He said sighing. No shit we have to talk! This would definitely be considered cheating and/or two-timing. It's times like this when I wish we could go back 7 years or so, to when he was my sweet, little innocent hikari. Now he was older, he didn't need protecting anymore, and he certainly wasn't innocent.

I just nod and follow him into the living room. I take a seat on the chair across from him, where he sits on the couch. Silence. I wait for a few minutes, he still doesn't say anything. He knows how much silence bothers me..."You said we need to talk. So talk." Ok, I didn't mean to sound so annoyed... but he's a big boy, he can handle it.

"Bakura... I... I really do still love you." He said and closed his eyes. Well, from the situation, one couldn't tell, "It's just...that. Well... yami haven't you noticed that well... as I grow older, you still look the way you did 7 years ago?" I raise an eyebrow at him. Well of course I noticed. And what did he expect? I'm a 3000 year old spirit, If I haven't aged in over 3000 years, I don't think I'm going to start anytime soon.

"Yes, I have noticed. Your point?"

"Well... don't you think it would be, somewhat, odd? I mean when I'm... 50 or something, a 50 year old with an 18 year old? That would be strange..." he laughed a little, trying to lighten the mood, but failing miserably.

"Hikari..." I wanted to say something, but, I couldn't argue. I knew he was right. I had been dreading something like this for a while now, but I forced myself to push the thought to the back of my mind, and hope it would never come to this.

"Bakura I'm sorry, but it won't work. I'll grow old and die, while you stay young and...and.." he closed his eyes tighter and took a deep breath, "It.. just...I'm sorry Bakura..."

My heart shattered at that moment. The heart that Ryou himself had created. The one that I never had until my hikari came into the picture. So this was it. I knew I couldn't argue, and I knew this was hard on him, I could feel his emotions through our link. He felt the same way as I did at the moment, "I understand hikari..." Was all I could say. I wasn't about to yell or scream at him. Though, that's what the old me would have done. Years ago I would have killed to get what I wanted.

He looked up at me with tears in his eyes. I stared at him. With that expression, he looked exactly like he did 7 years ago. I watched as he slowly stood and walked towards me and I stood up as well. As soon as I did, he flung himself at me, wrapping his arms around me and crying. I was somewhat shocked. Ryou hadn't cried in years...

I hesitantly wrap my arms around him as he cried into my chest, sobbing out apologies over and over. I bury my face in his hair and try to tune him out; hearing him apologize was getting to me. It meant that this was really happening; it meant he was really leaving me, and I didn't want to believe that...

END FLASHBACK

Needless to say, Yuugi and Malik soon came to the same conclusion as Ryou, and left their yami's as well. Yami took it the hardest. He was the only one of us to actually break down and cry. I actually felt sorry for Yuugi, Yami kind of made it harder on him. Marik basically reacted like I did, and accepted his hikari's choice. Not that Yami didn't, he just made a bigger scene out of it.

We stuck around though. Our hikari's didn't kick us out. Though they did prefer us to stay in spirit form or in our soul rooms. They didn't want their new "lovers" to know about us. That kind of hurt. So we stayed, what else could we do? We couldn't leave. We were here in this time period for our hikari's, that was our purpose. And besides that, where the hell would we go?

There were rare occasions though, where me, Marik and Yami would meet up in the park or somewhere. We enjoyed each other company. And we would be stuck together for all of eternity, might as well get along, right? I was thankful though, that Yami's stuck-up personality diminished some-what. He didn't act like the arrogant pharaoh he used to be anymore. But out of this whole ordeal, I came to one conclusion. Life's a bitch.

15 there's still time for you

Time to buy and time to loose

15, there's never a wish, better then this

When you only got a hundred years, to live...

"Bakurraaa..." Ryou whined and clung to my arm, "Pleeeeeease? It's only for a little while!" I groaned. Ryou wanted to go to Yuugi's New Years party. Everyone was going to be there. Which was all the more reason for me to stay here. I couldn't stand their little get togethers. Damn you and your watery puppy dog eyes hikari!

"Fine." I sigh, "But we're NOT staying the night."

"ARIGATO!" Wow, he's happy..."Aishiteru!" He tackle-hugs me, sending us both to the ground. I'm gonna feel that in the morning. He gives me a quick kiss before jumping up and going upstairs to get ready, leaving me on the floor. I blink and stare after him. HOW can a party, filled with lots of people, annoying and loud people, might I add, make someone so damn happy? I stand up and plop down on the couch to wait till he comes back down.

AT THE PARTY

Well, so far I, as well as everyone else, is still alive. Its 5 minutes till midnight, and some of these people are so excited their squirming in their seats. I don't see why. What's so exciting about a new year? In my mind, I can only list negative things about it. I glance around the room, having nothing better to do.

Yami is sitting on the couch with Yuugi in his lap, clinging to him like these next 5 minutes are the last he'll ever see him. Sitting on the other side of the couch is Seto. Honestly I never expected to see him here, him being the busy business man he is and all. On the floor in front of him is Jounouchi, with his head resting on his lap. Another thing I didn't expect. Those two argued so damn much, even now, and yet they were together. Heh, not that I care. Cause I don't. Near the fireplace is Marik, with his back against the wall, with Malik in his lap, his back against Marik's chest, and Marik has his arms wrapped around him, his chin resting on his shoulder.

The rest of the "gang" as they like to put it, was spread out in random places in the living room. I sighed closed my eyes, resting my head on Ryou's shoulder, since we were in the same position as Malik and Marik, but in a chair, not the floor.

"'Kura, what's wrong?" I hear Ryou ask. I open my eyes to look at him, he's got his head tilted so he can see me and he has a look of curiosity on his face, which doubled his kawaii-ness.

"Nothing hikari, just bored..." I reply, closing my eyes again.

"Well, it's almost midnight, then we can go home." He says, then I feel him shift in the embrace. Once again, I open my eyes and look down to see that he has turned in my lap and has his head resting on my chest. Since his shoulder is kind of out of reach, I rest my chin on top of his head instead and wrap my arms around him.

"Psst... Hey, Yami..." I hear Marik whisper across the room.

"Hm?" Is Yami's reply.

"Bakura's gonna score tonight! You can just tell!" Marik whispers a bit louder.

There's a moment of silence, then Yami speaks up, "Hey, I think your right..." Ok, there pissing me off...

I narrow my eyes at them, "I'm not the one with my hand down my hikari's pants every 10 minutes, jackass." I say to Marik.

"That is not true, Bakura!" Malik says in Marik's defence, "My yami does have more control then that...it's more like every 1/2 hour..." I roll my eyes. Oh that's so much better...

"Ok guys!" I hear little miss friendship speak up, "10 seconds!"

Ryou sits up in my lap again and I silently listen as they all Count down.

"9"

"8"

"7"

"6"

"5"

"4"

"3"

"2"

"1!"

Ryou surprised me greatly when me pressed his lips against mine when it hits midnight. But of course, I didn't mind and eagerly responded by wrapping my arms around him and deepening the kiss.

"Hey, Look at em' go!" I hear Marik say, but I ignore him, I can kill him later...

"Hey...Mariiiiiiiiiiiik." Malik whines, "I wanna kiss too..."

"Yeah!" Yuugi says, "Yami..."

After that I tuned everyone out, and focused only on Ryou...

I'm 33 for a moment

I'm still the Man, But you see I'm a they

A kid on the way

A family on my mind...

It wasn't too long ago that it was Ryou and me sleeping in that bed. But now, it was him and that girl. I still didn't know her name, nor do I wish to. I stood in the corner of the room in spirit form, of course, just standing there watching the two sleep, holding each other contently. I was jealous of course, but I wouldn't disturb them, I hadn't for 10 years, wasn't going to start now. I was basically non-existent anymore. Ryou hardly noticed me. At least before he would visit me in my soul room once in a while. But that ended to.

It was just a few days ago that I heard the news. I locked myself in my soul room for a few weeks, and blocked out the outside world. But when I did come out, I learned that his wife, yes, his wife, they had gotten married 6 years ago, was pregnant. Just when I thought they couldn't be any happier, and I couldn't be more miserable, they went and got a kid. Well they would have one soon enough.

"I can't believe it, I'm actually going to be a father!" Ryou said, his child-like excitement returning. His wife was out buying clothes for the new kid, and he was alone in the house for the first time in a long while. One would think he was talking to himself, but I knew he knew I was there, and he was talking to me. I didn't know what to say though. I wasn't to thrilled, but I didn't want to upset him. He may be a full-grown adult now, but he was still the easily-upset hikari I knew him to be.

"I wonder if he'll be as much trouble as you were." I said, appearing next to him in solid form for the first time in years. What? I'm trying to be nice here.

Ryou jumped a bit. Ok, so maybe he was talking to himself and he didn't know I was there, "Oh, Bakura!" he said and sighed in relief, "You scared me."

"It never startled you before..." I frowned slightly.

"Yeah, well...it's...been a while." He said nervously.

"No kidding. So, where'd that girl go?" I asked. Sure, I already knew, but I might as well try to start a some-what decent conversation.

"She has a name, yami." Ryou pointed out. I smirked.

"Dear hikari, when have I ever bothered to remember peoples names? The only reason I know all your friends names is because I've been around them for years, and had to directly insult each one of them at least a dozen times."

"You've got a point..." Ryou said and sat down on the couch and started to fiddle with the Millennium Ring. I studied him for a minute, a sudden sadness washing over me as I saw just how much he had grown up. I missed the young, cheerful Ryou so much...

"Ryou..." I said as a sudden thought crossed my mind. A thought I didn't like.

"Hm?" He looked up at me, but still held onto the Millennium Ring.

"...Don't...Er...Your not going to give the Millennium Ring to your kid, are you?" I asked.

He titled his head in curiosity, "Probably, why?"

It felt like my heart just dropped to the bottom of my stomach. He couldn't do that... bad, bad idea, "...Ryou, please. Don't do that..."

"Why not?" He asked. Why not? He should already know why!

"Because, Ryou, if you do that, your kid will become my new host. And...I don't think that's a good idea. Besides, I don't want a new host, Ryou. And I know you don't want your child to go through what you had to..."

He was silent for a minute. He just stared at me and I hoped to Ra that he would change his mind, "Well, if you don't want me to then..I won't. But what about you Bakura? Without another host you'll be stuck in the ring!"

"No I won't. Since me, Yami and Marik learned how to make solid forms, we won't be stuck in our items again." I explained, and he seemed relieved.

"Well, ok then, here." He said and lifted the ring over his head and handed it to me. Was he trying to get rid of me?... I took it from him and shook my head.

"No, Ryou." I placed it back around his neck, "I want you to keep it...for as long as you can..."

"But why? You can take it so you can do what you please, go where you want. And besides, my wife's getting mad about it, she really doesn't like the fact that I wear it all the time... she thinks it tacky..." Ryou argued. Ok, that pisses me off.

"I don't give a damn what she thinks Ryou. Are you trying to get rid of me? Cause if you want me to leave then just say it."

"I don't want you to leave yami! I...just... I thought you wanted to leave..."

"No, I don't Ryou. I want to stay here with you. I have no where else to go. No where else I want to go. I'm your yami, the other half of your soul. I'm here to watch over you and protect you, I can't do that if I'm not here..."

He was going to reply, but the front door opened and I had to disappear into the ring. Again.

9 Months Later

I couldn't help but smile at the sight in front of me. Ryou was holding his new son, with his arm wrapped around his wife's waist. He was truly happy, so I should be happy, right? After a long, and I mean LONG moment of silence, the woman spoke up.

"So, Ryou. What would you like to name him?" she asked. Ryou was silent for a long time, I was tempted to open the mind link out of curiosity, but he decided to speak before I got my chance to. Damn. I love hearing him argue with himself, it's too damn funny.

"I think...Bakura..." He said quietly. My eyes widened at that.

"But, honey that's our last name." She argued.

Ryou looked up at her with that pleading look that always made even me give into him, "I know but... it's just that, it's the first name of someone very, very close to me. Someone I miss greatly, even though there so close, watching me..." He said something else, but I couldn't hear him. I was still shocked that he wanted to name his son after me. Poor kid, that'll probably curse him...

"If that's what you want..." She said, resting her head on his shoulder.

/Hikari.../

Yami?- Ryou's head shot up and he looked around, spotting me in the corner.

"Ryou? Something wrong?" She asked.

"Hm? No, nothing... I thought I heard something..." He replied.

Yami? Something wrong?-

/No.../

Bakura, you can't lie to me, I know when something's wrong..-

I smiled slightly at that comment. I never could lie to him, he always saw right through me...

/Why'd you name him after me/

I... I don't really know. Maybe cause he kinda looks like you. Not you now though, he looks like the past you...- Once again, poor kid, he's really cursed now...hey wait, how does Ryou know what I looked like?...I bet he was snooping around in my head again...

I'm 45 for a moment

The sea is high

And I'm heading into a crisis

Chasing the years of my life

Well, things have gotten worse, that's for sure. I had hoped that after their kid was born, Ryou would start at least talking to me more. Since he named his kid after me, I was thinking maybe he felt bad for ignoring me or something, guess not. After that night, I don't think we talked through the mind link even once. It was driving me insane to watch my hikari get more and more distant every day.

Well, right now Ryou's wife was in the hospital with some sort of sickness, I never did bother to find out what kind. And so Ryou was stuck at home with the kid. And he was right, the kid did look like me in my past life. That's a scary thought. Same wild, silver hair, same purple eyes, but minus the scar. The only major difference though, was that this kid was a wimp! Geez, even Ryou wasn't that freakin wimpy when he was 12! This kid seriously needed a yami... but I was out of the question. I had a hikari, and I didn't want another, or a different one.

"Kura. I'm sorry but your going to have to stay in your soul room more often or something. It's been 8 years now, and Bakura is still claiming that he's seeing a ghost that looks like me everyday, he even told his guidance counselor at school, and they think he needs medication now." Ryou said to me one day. I couldn't help but find it amusing. 'Yeah, umm... I'm seeing a ghost that looks like my dad every night... is that normal?' I accidentally laughed out loud.

"It's not funny, yami." Ryou said in a serious tone.

"Sorry..." I muttered.' Geez, the first time I laugh in years, I get bitched at'

"I'm not bitching at you yami, I just don't want my son to end up in a mental ward."

'Oh shit, he heard that?'

"Yes, I did."

"Fine, I'll stay in my soul room. But you know, after being in there for 3000 years, it kind of gets a bit...dull..." I mumbled. He looks somewhat guilty now. Well, he should be.

We were both distracted when the phone rang. Ryou sighed and made his way into the kitchen, and I, of course, followed. The brat was at school, so I could roam the house today, Ra, I feel like a caged animal.

I stood there silently while Ryou answered the phone. My curiosity growing when I felt fear through our link. I saw Ryou's expression change to one of shock, and the phone fell out of his hand, hitting the kitchen floor.

"Ryou?..."

No answer.

"Ryou?"

No answer again, but this time he sank to his knees, staring blankly at the wall. I kneeled down next to him and shook him slightly, "Ryou? What's wrong?"

"Dead..." He whispered. Dead? What did he mean by that?

"What are you talking about?"

"...She's...dead..." It took me a moment, but then I realized he was talking about his wife. She died? I didn't think he sickness was that bad.

"Ryou..." I wanted to comfort him, but I wasn't exactly sure how to. Well, I didn't have to think long because Ryou latched himself onto me and buried his face in my chest. I felt uncomfortable in this position. Years ago it wouldn't have bothered me at all... but now, he was so much older, and... it was just...weird, to say the least. But he was still my hikari, and I would do whatever I had to, to comfort him. So I sighed and pulled him closer, closing my eyes and resting my head on top of his, letting him sob into my chest.

15 there's still time for you

Time to buy and time to loose yourself

Within a morning star

Once again, Ryou decided to wake me up nice and early. I always did look forward to being woken up at 6:00, it brought me so much joy. Note the sarcasm. At the moment, me and Ryou were sitting on the back porch, he was sitting in my lap and I had my arms around him, like always. He had wanted to sit out there this morning to look at the stars. I found it kind of odd, but didn't argue.

"Hey Bakura..."

"Hm?"

"Do you...miss your family?" He asked. Ok, what brought this up?

"I guess, sometimes. Yeah. Why?" I asked. Honestly, I did. But missing them wouldn't do much for me.

"Just wondering..." he mumbled, "Were they still alive when you were sealed into the ring?" What was this? 20 questions? Why was he so curious about this all of the sudden?

"No, they weren't. They were all killed when I was about 8 years old. Or maybe 9... I can't remember... it was somewhere around there."

"Why were they killed?" Ryou asked, clearly upset.

"Egypt was under attack. So they needed sacrifices to make the Millennium Items. Kuru Eruna was a village of thieves, so no one thought it was mattered if they were killed. It was Yami's uncles' fault, I believe. Yeah, that bastard got permission from the pharaoh to make the items, but he left out the part about the sacrifices..." I explained. And that damned bastard deserved a much more gruesome death...

"If.. if you could go back to Ancient Egypt, and live with your family, would you rather go back, or stay here?" Ryou asked. I sighed. Oh yeah, this was definitely turning into 20 questions...this kid worried to much. He needed some Zoloft...

"Ryou, you know I would never leave you if that's what your worrying about..." I said and pulled him into a passionate kiss.

15 I'm alright with you...

15, There's never a wish, better then this

When you only got a hundred years, to live...

Wow, this was a first. It was just Me, Ryou, Yuugi, Yami, Malik and Marik. No annoying friendship - obsessed, cheerleading squad! The 6 of us had decided to go to the amusement park. Wait... let me rephrase that. The hikari's decided to go to the amusement park. And we, the yami's, were dragged along.

I have to admit though, kicking Yami's ass at all of the games, and almost sending Marik through the wall in the bumper cars WAS highly amusing. It was all good until I started choking on a French fry. I knew those things were dangerous... then Ryou got Cotton Candy stuck in his hair, but the most amusing part was when Marik had to use the Millennium Rod to make this one guy let Yuugi on the ride cause he was too damn short! I didn't think I could spend a whole day with the pharaoh and his midget hikari and actually enjoy myself.

It was getting late, probably around 10:00, when we decided to leave. But Ryou insisted on riding the Ferris wheel before we left. I hated Ferris Wheels. They were to damn slow, and very unstable, which made me fear for my hikari's safety, he could slip through those things dammit! But, of course, I ended up giving in. And Yami and Marik were dragged along as well. Heh, and they laughed at me when I gave in...

Well, after what seemed like forever, we got to the top. I sat back and yawned, thoroughly bored. But Ryou was looking around, his excitement level not going down in the least. How could he be so hyper this late? I still wondered...

I heard him sigh, and was about to ask what was wrong, but he leaned over and put his head on my shoulder, and it was then I noticed it was a sigh of contentment. Just before the damned contraption started moving again, I faintly heard Ryou whisper, "There's never a wish, better then this..."

Half time goes by,

Suddenly your wise

Another blink of an eye,

67 is gone...

The sun's getting high...

We're moving on...

It was amazing really. How the once young hikari changed into a...well, and old man. He was a grandfather now. It had been many, many years since Ryou's wife died. I still remember that day, and how his son took the news... it reminded me so much of the night my family was murdered. But now wasn't the time to dwell on the past.

Ryou had always been smart. Compared to me, he looked like a genius. Yes, I just called myself stupid. But over the years he just seemed to grow even smarter, wiser. Ra, years of being nothing but a shadow has really gotten to me! I'm so freaking bored that now I'm even starting to think how stupid I am compared to Ryou. I seriously need a hobby...

I was always amused though, when Ryou told his grandchildren stories. Mainly about, well, me. But most of them stories had to be, how to put it...edited. There we go, they had to be edited because my life stories weren't child appropriate! It depressed me some-what though. How Ryou told all these stories about me and everything, but hardly even noticed that I still existed... I wondered if Marik and Yami we're having as much 'fun' as I was.

Speaking of the other two yami's... I hadn't seen them in over 20 years. I thought I heard Ryou or someone talking about Yuugi being in the hospital. I didn't want to think about it though. Because it just reminded me that...soon, Ryou was going to...

Dammit! Why the hell did I have to be stuck in the ring? If it wasn't for the damn ring, I would have been able to be with Ryou, and die with him! But no, I have to sit here, watch him get old,. and I'll have to watch him die! And then I'll be stuck here, on this damned planet, forever! Alone. Without the other half of my soul...

I'm 99 for a moment

And time for just another moment

And I'm just dreaming...

Counting the ways to where you are

I can't believe this is happening. He's dieing. No, Ryou can't die.. he can't... it's just not right. My hikari, my light, my reason for existing in this time, dieing. I'm sitting in the hospital, right next to him as he lay on the bed, his death bed, literally. From what I heard, he won't make it through the night.

I'm actually in solid from right now. I don't care if anyone see's me...I don't care about anything other then Ryou right now. He's laying there, slipping away from me and there's nothing I can do about it! Nothing! Ryou, the last of the 3 hikari's, is dieing. I can't seem to except that fact. I don't want to except it! Yuugi was the first to die, a few years later, Malik went to. I don't know what happened to Yami or Marik...there probably still somewhere in Domino...

"B-Bakura..." My head snaps up and I look at my hikari. He's actually conscious! I didn't think I'd get to talk to him again before he...left. Wait, conscious is bad, he can feel pain. Dammit all.

"Ryou...don't...don't talk, ok?" I reach over and gently take hold of one of his fragile hands.

B-Bakura...I'm sorry...- He said to me through our mind link.

/Don't be stupid Ryou, you have no reason to be sorry/

Yes I do. I-I'm leaving you all alone. A-and I've failed you as your hikari, all these years, I haven't been paying much attention to you, and now I regret it. I wish I could take it back Bakura! I love you! I wanted to spend my life with you...but...but...I was so stupid!-

/Ryou calm down! Your not stupid, ok?... You made the right choice, you were right, it wouldn't have worked. But you had a good life. Don't dwell on the past, ok? Look where it got me, I was sent to the shadow realm about 20 times before it finally sunk in that dwelling on the past never gets you anywhere.../

I'm still sorry yami...I wish I would have spent more time with you...- I could scence he was getting weaker by the second. My heart was pounding in my chest, and I could feel tears gathering in my eyes. He was slipping away... he was really leaving...

/Ryou, listen to me. Don't be sorry. If it makes you feel any better, I forgive you, ok/

Aishiteru, Bakura...yami...-

/...Aishiteru, hikari.../ I watched in horror as he took his last breath. I held my own breath, waiting, hoping, and praying he would start breathing again any second. But he didn't. Finally, I allowed the tears to fall. My hikari was dead.

"NO! RYOU!" I yelled out, not caring If I got the attention of any nurses or doctors, they could all kiss my 3000 year old ass! I quickly sat up and started to shake him, "Ryou! Ryou come on! Don't do this to me! You can't leave me here! Ryou!"

"Bakura." Came a soft voice. I froze. Was that Ryou?

"Ryou?..." I whispered. Silence, "Come on Ryou!" I started shaking him again, "Ryou!"

"Bakura, stop." I felt someone's arms wrap around my shoulders and I struggled to get free as they pulled me away from my hikari.

"Let me go dammit! Ryou!"

"Bakura, calm down. I know how you feel, but you have to calm down, ok?" Wait, I know that voice. I stop my struggling and fall to my knees, but the person's arms don't leave my shoulders.

"Ryou...he's..."

"We know Bakura." Wait, I know that voice to. I slowly turn my head to see Yami and Marik behind me. Yami was the one who had his arms around me, and Marik was standing there, staring at my lifeless hikari.

"Come on Bakura..." Yami said and stood up, pulling me up with him.

"I-I can't leave my hikari here...I promised I would never leave him..." I said and start to walk towards my hikari again.

"Yami, get the ring, I'll take care of Bakura." Marik says, "Bakura, we have to leave. Now." He says, more firmly then Yami.

"NO! I'm not leaving my hikari! I promised him!" I try to run towards Ryou, but Marik grabs me around the waist and pulls me back.

"Bakura! We know how you feel, our hikari's died to you know! But sitting next to their dead bodies isn't going to bring them back dammit!" Marik growls and I stop struggling, somewhat shocked by his words. How could he be so...calm about this? Or, maybe he was just trying to act like he was fine for my sake. He lost his hikari to... a few years ago...but...I promised Ryou I'd never leave him, and by walking out of this hospital, I would be doing just that.

I watched as Yami walked over and took the ring from around Ryou's neck. I went limp in Marik's arms and just stared at my dead hikari. I couldn't move. I wasn't even sure if I was breathing right now. All I remember is Yami putting the ring around my neck, and then Marik saying something about leaving again, but then I blacked out, I guess the stress got to me, the last thing I saw was my dead hikari, and that image would haunt me forever...

15 there's still time for you

"Bakura!" I turn around to see Ryou running up to me.

Ryou runs up to me and throws his arms around me. I smirk down at him and ruffle his hair, "Hey, ready to go?"

"Yup! I'm tired..." He says, smiling up at me.

"Aishiteru, Kura..." He mumbles sleepily.

I hold him tighter and smile slightly, closing my eyes, "Aishiteru..."

22 I feel her too...

But the day he was supposed to come home for a few weeks, he brought some girl with him. It felt like my heart was ripped in half when he held her in his arms, looking at her with love in his eyes, the look that he used to give me, and me alone...

33 Your on Your Way...

Everyday's a New Day...

"So, Ryou. What would you like to name him?" she asked. Ryou was silent for a long time.

"I think...Bakura..." He said quietly. My eyes widened at that.

"But, honey that's our last name." She argued.

"If that's what you want..." She said, resting her head on his shoulder.

I stood there silently while Ryou answered the phone. My curiosity growing when I felt fear through the mind link. I saw Ryou's expression change to one of shock, and the phone fell out of his hand, hitting the kitchen floor.

"Ryou?..."

No answer.

"Ryou?"

No answer again, but this time he sank to his knees, staring blinklessly at the wall. I kneeled down next to him and shook him slightly, "Ryou? What's wrong?"

"Dead..." He whispered. Dead? What did he mean by that?

"What are you talking about?"

"...She's...dead..." It took me a moment, but then I realized he was talking about his wife. She died? I didn't think he sickness was that bad.

15 there's still time for you

Time to buy and time to choose

15, there's never a wish, better then this...

When you only got a hundred years...

To live...

It took everything I had and more to keep myself from running up, grabbing my hikari and making a run for it. All of Ryou's friends were either already dead, or couldn't even get out of bed. So the funeral wasn't that big. His Son, and his grandchildren were there. And a few other people, probably from his son's wife's side were there also, and me, Marik and Yami were there, of course.

I had tried to go up to were my hikari laid once, but Marik stopped me, told me I had to wait. Yes, I was in solid form. And I'm pretty sure everyone there was staring at me more then at Ryou. I guess being his twin brother was ruled out because I looked 18, and they would know if I was his Grandson, but screw it I don't care. When the priest started talking about Ryou, I wanted to attack him. He talked like he knew Ryou. No one knew him like I did! He was the other half of my soul for Ra's sake! I feel so empty now that he's gone. When he died, It really did feel like my soul had been ripped in half.

Now I stood there silently, Marik had one arm wrapped around my waist, probably making sure I don't try anything. I don't think I could do anything if I wanted to though, I could barely stand up let alone kill that damned priest. I lean back against Marik, and stare at my hikari. I stay like that until Marik said it was ok for me to go up their.

Marik, or course, goes up with me, along with Yami. I stand their and stare down at his old, wrinkled body, and try to picture the young, sleeping hikari. It worked, for a minute, but realties a bitch. And after what seemed like forever, Marik tries to pull me away. It almost worked, but he didn't manage to get me away until Yami helped him. They forced me onto Marik's motorcycle, the motorcycle that used to belong to his hikari, and I watched as they lowered Ryou's body into the ground. I stared back, even as Marik started his motorcycle and started to drive away, I stared until I couldn't even see the graveyard, or the church.

I finally turned around and buried my face into Marik's back, "My hikari's dead..." I said to myself, as if I was just now realizing it. I would live forever, so would Yami and Marik. How were we going to go through eternity missing the other half of our souls?... Guess we would find out...

Misao: Ok, yeah crappy ending. And that was...really, really, really, really OOC... oh well, that what you get when you try to write a story 3:00 in the morning... We'll all get over it though. It wasn't my best story, but I think it was..ok. I was thinking about continuing it. What do you think? Should I continue it? Or leave it as a One-shot? And, if I DO decide to continue it, what should the pairing be? BakuraxMarik, BakuraxYami OR

BakuraxMarikxYami?...