Yami Yugi

Now that I knew for sure that Bakura had two millennium items, I realized that my plan might be even harder to pull off. None the less, I would have to try. And soon. At least now I knew what had happened to Pegasus on the Duelist Island.

I put Bakura’s arm over my shoulder and carried him to a nearby empty classroom. He was actually bigger than I was, so it was a bit difficult (physical strength was never my forte), but I managed. I locked the door after me and stretched Bakura out on the floor. He was out cold. I didn’t know much about modern healing methods, so I separated from Yugi so that he could help me. I could tell that Yugi was shocked when he first laid eyes on the haunting millennium eye on the face of his friend even though I had told him about it. He soon snapped out of it though. He got up and went for the back of the classroom. He came back with a white box with a red cross on the front.

“First aid kit,” he said. “We should be able to find something to help him in here.”

I backed off and watched as Yugi went to work.
 
 

Yugi

It was hard to believe that this had happened to Bakura. God, he was the most innocent person I had ever met. He didn’t deserve this. As if being beaten up wasn’t bad enough, he had been permanently mutilated as well. It wasn’t fair.

Bakura was out, but he was breathing and didn’t seem to be in any immediate danger. I got the first aid kit out of the back of the room. I looked inside for something that could be used for a cold cloth. I found a bandage that would work well. I also found some smelling sauce. That would help to wake him up. I dampened the bandage in the sink (we were in a science lab), and walked back to Yami and Bakura.

“Ok, he may be a bit scared when he wakes up, so be prepared,” I told Yami. I opened the small bottle and passed under Bakura’s nose a few times. At about the third pass, Bakura’s eye flashed open. As I expected, he was scared and confused. He sat up very quickly and scooted away from Yami and me until his back was pressed up against the large teacher’s desk. He looked back and forth between me and Yami a couple times.

“Y-Yugi,” he said finally, “What’s going on?”

“Perhaps it is you who should be answering that.” Yami said before I could say anything.

“W-what do you m-mean?” he stammered.

Yami sighed and pointed to his own left eye. Bakura put a hand to his face and felt that his hair no longer covered the eye. His mouth dropped open. “Oh, no…You weren’t supposed to see. If he finds out…if he finds out, then…”

“Yami, you could try to show a little compassion,” I said.

“Sorry.” he replied simply.

Bakura was on the border of hysterics. I went to him and tried to calm him down.

“Relax, relax,” I told him, handing him the cold cloth. “Put this on your head.” He did so, leaning on the desk, breathing heavily. Then Yami piped up again.

“What do you mean IF he finds out…?”
 
 

Bakura

This couldn’t be happening. I had been found out. I had been discovered. It was a good thing that I was already blocking out my yami. There would be no saving me if he knew that I had let Yugi and his dark side know about the eye. But I wouldn’t be able to hide something like this for long. I couldn’t expect Yami Yugi to do nothing with this new information. He was already questioning me.

“What do you mean IF he finds out…?”

I hesitated. I would be digging myself into a bigger hole if I gave away more information.

“I already know that Yami Bakura has returned and caused you quite a bit of grief, but what do you mean IF he finds out? He hasn’t already?”

Well, he knew most of what was going on. I guessed that it was obvious after he’d seen the eye. I might as well finish filling him in. I was dead already. I told both Yugis all about waking up with the eye, how sick I was, the pain and confusion when the eye activated, my yami beating up on me and being unable to use the eye, and my discovering how to block him out. I felt a bit better after getting all this off of my chest. But I knew it wouldn’t help me any. My fate was sealed. Yami Bakura would see this as treachery.

“So he doesn’t know yet?” Yugi asked, making sure he had heard right. I nodded.

“But he will not be unaware for long.”

“Why?” I did not answer. Instead I looked at Yami Yugi.

“Oh…” was Yugi’s reply.

“I do not expect you to give up any opportunities against my yami,” I said, “now that you know his “secret” weapon that he can’t even use.” Yami Yugi remained silent.

I then began to feel the strange sensation that I had so often felt… Yami Bakura! I had kept him in the dark too long, and now he was trying to gain control to see what was going on! I couldn’t let him out, but I couldn’t stop him either. I wasn’t strong enough.

Then, as I was struggling to suppress my yami, another thought crossed my mind. Yami Yugi had separated from Yugi! He was in a false form, cut off from most of his power! He wouldn’t stand a chance if Yami Bakura attacked now! Yugi and his yami were both looking at me with a curious expression on each of there faces. No doubt I looked as if I had lost my mind with the sweat rolling down my face and my body shaking as I fought to keep control. I had to tell them, but time was running out. Yami Bakura had figured out that I was trying to keep him out and was fighting like mad against my will now. With my last willful action, I pointed to Yami Yugi.

“Get b-back to Yugi…Now!”