Hellsing Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Darkened Life ❯ Chapter 15

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
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-Telepathy-


(Thoughts)


Chapter 15


After answer all of the questions that everyone had of him, Bakura escaped the study and went to his room so he could think some more. He wanted to figure out if he had any more memories of his attacker. Just knowing the sound of his voice didn't help much, unless he just happened to be in the same room as it, but Bakura figured that was very unlikely.


He had only been in his room for a few minutes when someone entered his room, interrupting his train of thought. "What do you want Alucard?"


"Do you want to learn to control your demon?" Alucard asked. "Or do you want to have to rely on that ring for the rest of eternity?"


Bakura glared at the vampire, but got to his feet. "What do you want me to do?"


"Sit back down," Alucard said as he sat down on the table. "Lean your back against the wall."


Bakura did as he was told. "Now what? Are you going to lecture me about how to use my powers or something?" He was very sarcastic.


Alucard glared at him through his glasses, "If you want to joke around then I will leave and I won't help you with anything."


Bakura gulped and kept his mouth shut.


Alucard smirked, but continued. "First I want you to stretch the limits of your self control."


"Huh?" Bakura asked.


"I want to take off the ring and see how long you last until the demon inside you is almost in control," Alucard answered. "Keep the ring next to you so once the demon is almost in control you can grab it and prevent it from taking hold of you."


Bakura gulped. He was very reluctant to take his ring off. "But," he said, remembering something, "Integra said if I lost control again she would kill me."


Alucard smirked, "My master can't do that now that your relatives are here."


Bakura still didn't want to take the ring off.


-If you don't do it you'll never learn to gain control of this thing,- the spirit of the ring said.
-You're one to talk,- Bakura said to him.
The spirit grunted. -Well I can't do that anymore, so I'm one less thing to worry about. Just do it so Alucard doesn't quit. You know he will quit if he doesn't think you're up to it.-


Bakura sighed, and then reached for the ring. Once it was off, he placed it next to him within very easy reach.


"Now we wait until the demon tries to take control," Alucard said.


Bakura gulped, but tried to strengthen his mind by mentally thinking of some sort of barrier. He got so lost in it that when he snapped back out of it he realized that over an hour had passed. "Nothing's happened."


Suddenly Alucard started laughing. "I knew you would do this, you stupid boy."


"Hey!" Bakura exclaimed, "Mind telling me why you called me that when I haven't done anything to deserve it?"


Alucard continued smirking, "You erected a mental barrier between your mind and the demon. I watched you do it. The Police Girl told me that you had been controlled by that spirit of your ring, so I knew you would easily be able to create a sort of mental defense if you but that head of yours to it."


Bakura blinked, "So that's it?"


"Ha!" Alucard said, "You're not done, but I am."


"Huh?" Bakura asked.


"The only way to completely master that demon is to force your will into it." The vampire got up, "Once you do that, the mental barrier won't even be needed. You'll be in complete control of your body, the demon will be part of it." He vanished without another word.


"Force my will?" Bakura asked aloud as he put the ring back on. Someone knocked on his door, "Yes?"


"It's me." It sounded like Yugi.


"Come in Yugi," Bakura said.


The door opened and Yugi walked in. "What have you been doing down here? Everyone's looking for you."


"And you were the only smart one to come down here?" Bakura asked.


"Alucard told me you were down here through telepathy," Yugi explained. "What were you two doing?"


Bakura always marveled at the way Yugi's mind worked. "Alucard was giving my first 'lesson' on how to control my demon."


"Apparently it seems that I don't have much left to do. He said I had to force my will on it. I guess he wants me to take control of it instead of it controlling me."


"I would think that was the point," Yugi said.


Bakura sighed, "Whatever. Come on, let's go back up and show everyone that I haven't gone and made myself immobile."


Yugi smirked and they left the room.


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Later that evening, Bakura was tired of being stuck inside the manor for once, and decided to sneak out for some fresh air. As he walked the streets in the darkness, he thought about what Alucard had said.


"Force your will into it." The words kept going through his head.


(I know what he means,) Bakura thought, (I just don't know how to do it.) He knew he needed to get back to the manor, he was weaponless and if Anderson decided to show up Bakura would be completely defenseless against him. He headed back to the manor, but something in the empty street caught his eye.


A person was staggering down the street. Bakura allowed his vampire sight to focus on the person. When his eyes adjusted, he saw that it wasn't a human, well, not anymore. It was a Ghoul.


"That's not what I need," Bakura muttered. He noticed several more Ghouls around him, and realized that he was completely surrounded. "Oh shit." He saw an opening close by and dove for it. The Ghouls pursued him, but Bakura raced away, too fast for the zombies to keep up.


After running for a minute or so, Bakura hid behind a building and peeked back around it to make sure he was well away from them.


"This is not my day," he groaned. "Or my night for that matter."


-Get back to the manor you idiot,- said the spirit. -You know those Ghouls are following you, and possibly whatever vampire made them as well.-


Bakura grumbled at the spirit, but did as he was told.


Once he was back inside the manor, he went back to his room, relieved that no one had spotted him when he was sneaking in. As soon as he was in his room, he shut the door and looked it, and then he collapsed on his bed.


-You're not going to tell anyone?- The spirit asked, outraged.


-I'll do it in the morning,- Bakura grumbled as he rolled over and closed his eyes.


-You will not do it in the morning you will do it now!- The spirit yelled. -And if you don't I'll keep you up until you do!-


-Why do you even care?- Bakura grumbled.


Silence.


Bakura groaned and sat up. -If I told them, then they would know that I had snuck out. It's best to let them be told by an informant.-


Suddenly his door burst opened and Seras stood in the doorway, a very angry expression on her face. "Master just told me that you just got back."


"Uh-oh," Bakura mumbled.


"Why in the world did you go outside?" Seras asked. "And unarmed! If Anderson had come up you would have been completely defenseless!"


"I know Seras," Bakura muttered.


"If you know then why did you do it?" Seras asked.


Bakura winced, "I needed some air?" Seras whacked him upside the head. "Ouch!"


"Master also told me you ran into Ghouls," Seras continued. "Where?" Bakura told her where he had run into the Ghouls. "I'm going to tell Sir Integra. Once I'm done I'm going to go get your girlfriend and we'll be back in here." She left.


Bakura gulped.


-Now you're in for it,- the spirit cackled.


-Shut up,- Bakura grumbled.


He sat there on his bed and waited for Seras to return with Tea. When Seras did return, she didn't have Tea with her.


"Sir Integra wants to see you," Seras said quietly.


Bakura got up and followed her out. When they reached Integra's office, Seras left him there; she had some other work to do. Bakura knocked and Integra granted him permission to enter. When he came in, he had to duck when an ashtray came flying at him.


"I missed," Joey grumbled.


"And now you have to get it back," Integra said.


Bakura surveyed the room. All of his friends and his family were standing around Integra's desk, and Integra did not look happy.


"How many Ghouls were there exactly?" Integra asked.


Bakura thought for a second, ignoring the glares from his friends. "I'm not sure, maybe four dozen or so, maybe more. I really didn't stick around to look, I just wanted to get away."


Integra was silent for a moment, but then said, "The fact remains that you left the manor without us knowing, without a weapon of any kind. You don't know what condition Anderson is in because you didn't stay to see what happened. He could have appeared at any time while you were out."


"Bakura," Yugi interrupted, "You said that Alucard had done what he could for you about your demon earlier today, and said the rest was up to you. Have you tried any of that yet?"


Bakura felt like he was in a classroom, or at home when he was still in school, constantly being asked if he had made a smart decision or he'd done his homework yet. He glared at Yugi, "Why should it matter, they were only Ghouls."


"But if Anderson-" Tea started.


Bakura had had it. "I don't care!" He stormed out of the office and headed for the main stairway. He passed Walter on the way, but he completely ignored him. When he reached the staircase he could hear many footfalls behind him, and decided to take a faster way down. He went over to the side of the balcony and jumped off, landing with surprising ease on the entry floor below.


"Where are you going?" Tea yelled.


"I'm leaving!" Bakura called back up. Everyone was standing on the balcony.


"Do you want to die out there?" Joey asked. He received a glare from Tea, Bakura's mother, and Kiyo, but Bakura had something else to say.


"I don't care. Even if I don't die I'll live forever. You'll all be dead and I'll still be here, you think that's going to fun? I don't care if I die now, the sooner the better!" He wrenched open the door and stormed out, slamming it shut behind him.


"I'd take that as a very bad thing," Tristan said as the echoing of the door slamming ebbed.


"What was your first clue?" Tea snapped


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Author's Note: Wow, I'm on a role. Another new chapter in two days, though none of my readers have read my last chapter, and if they did they didn't review me. Oh well, maybe this time I'll have better luck. Tell me what you think if you guys read this.