A/N: I've been dead for too long. *gets shot* :D

Well, here it is, finally. The sequel to Soul Halves! Tadaaah! I hope you all find this, and if you don't well, have fun without this. I found it hard to give this a name... So, if I come up with better one, I may change the name ;)

Disclaimer (for the whole story): Meh no owns Yu-Gi-Oh

Warnings (for the whole story): Finally Darkshipping (maybe other pairings, if I feel like putting them into story), cursing, and if there's something I forgot to mention.. hmm.. Too bad.

"He's dreaming."

Yugi glanced at Yami, who was leaning against the doorway, watching the sleeping form of his yami, a little smile playing on his lips. The smile made his eyes shine too. Yami's eyes held a content, almost proud feeling, saying that 'I did it'. Yugi turned to look at Bakura again.

"What is he dreaming about?" he asked after a long pause.

Yami raised his eyebrows.

"Forests," he answered, a little confused.

Forests? Wanted Yugi ask. Why would a former Egyptian dream of forests? Deserts would fit Bakura better. But Yugi kept his mouth shut. He knew that people didn't choose what they dreamed of. And if Yami said that Bakura was dreaming of forests, he probably was.

Yugi wondered what kind of a dream it was. Probably a good one, since Yami wasn't trying to wake him up. So a forest and Bakura. Well, they could fit together under few circumstances.

Yugi's musings of dreams and forests were suddenly interrupted when grandpa called from downstairs.

"Yugi! Yami! You're going to be late from school, if you don't hurry!"

Was it so late already? Yugi thought when he tore his eyes off from sleeping Bakura and ran down the stairs. Just a moment ago, it couldn't be more than an hour, Yami had came home, carrying sleeping Bakura in his arms. He didn't explain anything, and Yugi didn't ask. He just followed Yami upstairs and watched, how he gently lowered sleeping Bakura to the bed. Then Yami had turned to face Yugi and started talking.

There was a lot of things that Yugi hadn't understood, and there was a lot of things that Yami hadn't told obviously. This seemed something very private, and to be honest, Yugi didn't even need to know all.

Suddenly Yugi sighed and turned around. Yami was still standing on the top of the stairs, and his eyes were fixed to the door, that lead to Yami's room, where Bakura was sleeping.

"Do you want to stay with Bakura today?" Yugi asked.

Yami faked a laugh as he turned to face Yugi.

"He's going to sleep the whole day anyway..." He drifted off.

"Maybe," Yugi shrugged. " But do you want to stay with him?" When he saw Yami's uncertain look, he added: "I don't mind."

Grandpa appeared behind Yugi. Yami looked at him and raised his eyebrows in question. Grandpa smiled and said:

"I think Yugi can give a note to teacher that his twin brother hasn't quite recovered from his 'illness'" Grandpa winked, and Yami chuckled.

"My illness is a tough one. His name is Bakura."

"No doubt he's hard to get rid off," Yugi smiled. "If you even want to get rid off him. Anyway I should really get going. I promised to walk with Anzu."

"I hope our friends understand," Yami said, vocalizing his concern.

"Of course they will, they're our friends," Yugi assured, before dashing away.

Yami's brows furrowed. Sure they were his and Yugi's friends, but they were not Bakura's friends.

Yami sighed and went back upstairs.

Yami sat down next to his yami.

Bakura was sound asleep and still dreaming. If Yami concentrated enough, he could see the dream, and sometimes when the image was strong enough it flashed to Yami's mind.

Forests.

Just like Yami had told Yugi.

It seemed like a nice dream.

At least Bakura's slightly parted lips were slightly curved to a smile. Bakura looked very normal when he was asleep. His chest was rising and falling normally and that thump... Yes, it was probably there too.

Yami smiled. Just one little thump of a heart beating told that Bakura was indeed alive.

Yami sighed contently and turned his gaze to the ceiling. Everything was over. Bakura was asleep. Life would come back to normal. Or could it ever be normal again? This was Bakura after all.

Yami still had the feeling that everything wasn't over. Everything couldn't be over, normal and alright. After all that had happened how could it be alright? But all Yami needed to do was look at Bakura's closed eyes and he knew that all, for now at least, was over.

The peace was back in Yami's world. At least until Bakura woke up. No one wanted him to kill anyone. No one wanted his help. No one wanted anything from him. And it felt good. And maybe he kinda deserved that.

But Yami's mind wasn't in peace. It wouldn't be in peace until he had talked to Bakura. Until he had said what he wanted to say. 'I'm sorry.' Two words, he wanted to say, and a reaction he wanted to get.

Yami shook his head. It wouldn't help thinking about it now. Now, everything should be silent. Everything should be in peace. And so Yami was silent..

Time seemed to pass fast, even though Yami did absolutely nothing. He just sat next to Bakura, stared at the ceiling and let his mind wander.

Soon the hands of the clock on the wall showed that it was three. Yugi would be home soon. The school had ended.

One minute, and the room was still silent peaceful. Only sounds were two humans breathing, slowly, quietly. Other asleep, and the other, almost asleep too.

At first Yami heard the front door opening, which waked him up from his slumber. If he listened hard enough, he could hear someone talking, Yami didn't think much about it, and didn't try to make out the words spoken. Sure people can talk if they want. He didn't feel alarmed even when he heard how people started climbing up the stairs, and there was clearly more than two people.

When the door suddenly and violently was slammed open, Yami jumped up from his chair, startled. His confused eyes were focused to the crowd in the doorway. There was Jou, Anzu, Yugi, Ryou and Honda. Yugi's eyes were apologetic, as he held Jou's arms in a tight grip so the blond wouldn't enter the room.

Yami stared at Jou and blinked in confusion. Jou's eyes searched around the room, but when he found nothing he directed then to Yami.

"Where is he?" the angry blond snarled.

What's going on? Was the only thing Yami could think of. Suddenly the peace was gone. Suddenly the oh so silent room was invaded by noisy, breathing people.

"Where is Bakura?" Jou asked again.

Yami glanced at the sleeping yami on the bed behind him.

"What do you want from him?" he asked warily.

"I'm going to kick his sorry ass to the next planet," Jou declared, clenching his fists.

"Why?"

"Because he makes you ditch friends and skip school!" Jou explained like it was the most obvious reason in the world.

"Look he's sleeping," Yami said, keeping his voice low. He took a few steps to the side so everyone could see sleeping Bakura. "If there's someone you want to yell at, that would be me. And I would be really appreciate if we settled this thing outside."

Before anyone could protest, Yami hushed the group out of the door to the hallway and closed the door behind him.

"Look," he started talking, mostly to Jou. "I 'm not quite sure why are you so upset, but it was by no means Bakura's idea that I stay with him today. It was my choice. Bakura didn't make me do it. In fact, he's been asleep whole day."

"Why did you skip school?" Jou asked, crossing his arms.

Yami shrugged.

"I wanted to stay with my yami."

"Why? I mean sure he is you're yami, and all. But he's Bakura! And he's been sleeping whole day! I do not see the point!" Jou argued.

"I'm all to blame to the state Bakura was in, before he fell asleep. You didn't see him then, so you can't possibly know my reasons!" Yami shook his head. "It is all my fault."

"You're saying it like he's some sort of a saint!" Jou yelled."Well I know he isn't! Bakura is a murderer! He killed two people, you said he did! Everything you did to him he deserved!"

"Murderer or not, I don't really care," Yami said, and to his own surprise, he really did not care. "I'm his hikari, and I'm supposed to watch over him!"

"I can't believe there's a hikari so selfish and blind!" Jou screamed, before he stomped away.

"Jou! Wait!" Honda ran after his friend.

Yami blinked before he turned to look at Yugi, Ryou and Anzu.

"Do you think so too?" he asked. "Do you think I'm blind? I'm selfish?"

Mostly this question was directed to Anzu. The girl sighed.

"Come with me."

Yami nodded and followed Anzu downstairs. She sat on the couch in the living room. Yami sat next to hear. Anzu was silent for a while, thinking of a good way to put things.

"I don't think you're more selfish than any of us," girl started. "Sure there are times when everybody thinks of themselves, but in the end, you think of your friends too. As for being blind. Well I know you understand that we don't really know Bakura, and to us he's always been the bad guy. And it's true that he has killed people. But we don't know if there's a good side in him, probably there is, but we just don't see it, and Jou doesn't even want to see it. As you said you're his hikari now, and maybe you know more about him than we do."

Yami chuckled.

"A lot."

Anzu smiled.

"That's what I thought. But about Jou. I think he will regret what he said tomorrow. He really cares about you..."

"But not about Bakura?"

"Exactly. Bakura is that type of a person who pisses Jou off, and you know what Jou can do when he's angry. When Bakura wakes up, you better take care of that he and Jou don't meet. I don't think anything good would come out of that meeting."

"I'll try my best," Yami said before getting up. "And hey, thanks Anzu. For support."

Anzu tilted her head.

"You're welcome, Yami. I try if I can catch Jou an Honda. Someone has to talk some sense to Jou, though I'm sure he won't listen."

"You can always try."

"I will!" Anzu laughed before she ran away too.

Yami smiled. At least he got Anzu in his side, and Yugi too. But what about Ryou? He was a wild card.

Yami clanged at the stairs.

Ryou and Yugi were still up there. What were they doing anyway?

Ryou leaned against the doorway and watched sleeping Bakura. His posture was just like Yami's in the morning, expect that Ryou wasn't smiling, and his eyes didn't held the same content, peaceful feeling Yami's eyes had had.

Yugi watched him from afar.

Ryou eyes moved from Bakura's raising and falling chest to his closed eyes.

Has he ever seen Bakura asleep? Yugi wondered.

Ryou had, once. And that time he hadn't dared to stay and watch his yami sleep. He wasn't sure, what he had feared, but he had immediately walked away when he had seen his yami's closed eyes.

Now he wasn't afraid to watch. Because he knew that if Bakura were to wake up, Yami would be beside him immediately.

Ryou watched Bakura sleep. It felt like he was watching himself asleep. He had thought he wouldn't miss Bakura. Then...

Why did it hurt so much?

Yugi put his hand to Ryou's shoulder.

"He was half of you. It must feel weird," he said.

"I didn't miss him, when he was mine and away," Ryou told. "Now he's here. But he's not mine anymore."

Ryou felt confused. Bakura wasn't his anymore. Had Bakura really meant so much to him?

Yugi gently wrapped his arms around Ryou and turned him away from the sleeping yami.

"It will be okay," he assured.

All Ryou could whisper back was:

"He's not mine anymore. I don't care about him. I shouldn't care about him. He's not mine anymore. He's Yami's now."

A/N: At some point I'm going to write more about Ryou, who is right now really confused... Almost as confused as I am!

I go read some geography now. Have a test tomorrow...