Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ A Rose to Show My Love ❯ Chapter 22 ( Chapter 22 )

A Rose to Show My Love

Shaina- Well I decided to write more to the story though I need more reviews for incentive. I have an idea for another story. . .I don't know if I'll write it or not. Well here is chapter 22 for all of my fans. I don't know how long until the wedding, but I think maybe by chapter 30 we'll have the wedding up. I'm thinking of doing a future Yu-Gi-Oh story with their kids. . .from this story. Marira, Roy, Kanji, Nen, and a couple new kids. Well I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh so please don't sue.

Chapter 22: Fate's Cold Hand

" Kura?" asks Ryou as he wakes up and looks around for his yami. " Kura-chan?" Ryou hears sirens downstairs and pulls on his shirt and practically flies down the stairs.

" Kura?" Keora stands in the doorway her hair blowing melodramatically in a breeze. " Keora?" The girl turns her head and looks at Ryou through tear filled eyes. " Is something wrong?"

" Ohayo Ryou-kun," whispers Keora. Ryou blinks in amazement as the girl addresses him in her native tounge. " There. . .has been. . .an accident." Suddenly the room seems to grow very cold as Keora walks over and places something in his hand. Ryou opens his hand and stares in shock at Bakura's rose earring. " I'm. . .I'm so. . .so. . .sorry Ryou-kun." Ryou just nods as the sixteen year old wipes an arm across her eyes. " If. . .if. . .I can do anything. . .anything. . .at all. . .you just tell me. . .okay?"

" Hai. . .Keora-san," says Ryou quietly. Keora blinks as the albino starts to walk back to his room. " Is. . .he dead?"

" He's in a coma," says Keora quietly. Ryou nods as Keora brings a hand to her chest as she looks at him. " Ryou-kun?" Ryou turns his head to look at the Kaiba. " They. . .don't think. . .he'll come out of it. . ."

" For the light shall stand alone, in the darkness of the night, no one to hold onto or stand beside them during a fight, it is all alone," whispers Ryou. He disappears in a burst of white light as Keora lets a few tears trickle down her cheeks.

" I don't want this, I don't need this, I don't deserve this, I didn't earn this," whispers Keora as the wind picks up around her as her coat blows out behind her in the wind. " Of all that stand, I stand alone, I knock on the door, No one is home, do I care? No." Keora digs her fingernails into her hands and blinks as she feels blood trickle down and drop onto the floor. " I guess. . .fate hast dealt you a cruel hand. . .Ryou-chan."

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< p> " Kura," whispers Ryou as he stands beside his fiancee's bed. Wires snack around as Ryou holds onto Bakura's hand. " Oh. . .Kura-chan. . .I can't loose you now. . .not after all we've gone through."

" Ryou. . .time's up," says a doctor as they stick their head into the room. Ryou doesn't even respond as he continues to hold Bakura's hand. " Ryou. . .oh. . .nevermind." Malik, Marik, Yami, Yugi, Mokuba, Noa, and Seto look in through the window as they stand helpless to help their friends.

" Isn't there anything we can do?" asks Yugi. Yami shakes his head as he looks sadly at the scene. " Bakura. . .he didn't deserve this. . .how did it happen?"

" From what I could gather. . .someone intentionally hit him," says Seto. Keora suddenly appears in a swirl of black, red, purple, and sapphire light. " Hello. . .Keora." Keora nods as she looks on the scene. " I wish. . ."

" It's in Gods hands now," whispers Keora as her wind blows around her. " We just have to let God take his course." The others nod as they look on the scene. Keora blinks as she hears a strange sound from the other side of the door. Shouts and voice echo through as Keora's eyes sharpen as her hair stands on end. " How did they get out?" Seto's eyes go wide as Keora's wings appear as she shoots through the door. The area around them erupts into a mixture of shouts, crashes, curses, and blasts as something or someone comes hurtling past them.

" How did she get out?! I was sure she was dead!" shouts Marik as he glares at Anzu. The girl smirks as she stands up and brushes herself off. " You are so dead!!" A gentle chime from behind them stops as Keora steps in carrying what appears to be a miniature form of Bakura. " Oh what is that?"

" It seems. . .that death wasn't enough for you Anzu," purrs Keora as a strange look enters her eyes as she takes a blank card out of her pocket. " So. . .I think I'll just in act a little of my own sort of punishment on you." Marik and the others stares at Keora as the Exodia Diamond around her neck shimmers as she makes some weird motions with her hands. " Lets see. . .how you like walking around 'without' a soul for a while. . .wait a minute. . .you don't have a soul. . .I forgot." Anzu falls over as a pure black soul card appears in Keora's hand. She puts it in her pocket as she looks down on the miniature version of Bakura in her arms. " 'This' is all that's left. . ." The others blink as Keora walks into the room and stands next to Ryou. " Ryou-chan. . .gomen nasa." Ryou blinks as Keora lowers her head as the spirit Bakura disappears from her arms and disappears.

" You can't help it," whispers Ryou. Keora nods as she hears the drones of the machines in the background. " I just. . .I just wish. . .I hadn't waited. . .if I hadn't waited. . ." Tears trickle down Ryou's cheeks as the engagement ring Bakura had given him shimmers on his finger. " He. . .didn't even know. . .how much. . .I truly loved him."

" Yes. . .he did," whispers Keora as she brushes a few tears out of her eyes. " Remember me for who I was, not for who I am, remember me for my heart, not for my mind. I love you, I will always love you. Till the chariot of death comes to take me away. . .I will stand at your side." Ryou nods as Keora closes her eyes as a picture appears in her hands. Ryou blinks as she hands it to him. Tears trail down Ryou's cheeks as he looks at the picture in his hands. " I know. . .you will always treasure that. . .Ryou. . ." Ryou nods as he looks at the picture of him and Bakura smiling together with the backdrop of black and red roses behind them. " Now. . .stay with him Ryou. . .I can sense. . .he's slipping." Ryou nods as Keora disappears as he turns and wraps his arms around his comatose fiancee.

" Sayonara Bakura. Aishiteru," whispers Ryou as he hears the heart monitor start to slow. " Arigato. . .my love."

" Aishiteru," comes the mind thought through the link. Ryou's eyes go wide as he looks down on Bakura. " Gomen Nasa Ryou. . .sayonara. . ." With that the link cuts out as the monitor goes still. Tears trail down Ryou's cheeks as his hair falls into his eyes as he looks down on Bakura.

" Till death do we part," whispers Ryou as he runs a hand through Bakura's hair. " You will always be with me. . .in my heart. . .I know that now Bakura. . .I will never forget you." Keora stares off into the distance as a smile graces her lips. " I just wish. . ." Keora smirks as the knowledge of what's to come enters her mind. " Aishiteru Bakura-chan. . .always." Keora disappears and stands on the roof as her cape blows out behind her as another spirit floats next to her.

" Ohayo, Ryo-chan," whispers Keora. The boy nods as he smiles to himself as his long white hair falls down his back. " Gomen."

" It's alright Keora. . .peoples times come," whispers Ryo and with that disappears into the moonlight.

" Yes. . .you are right Ryo. . .peoples times certainly come," whispers Keora and with that disappears into the shadows. " For now Ryou. . .you will know nothing. . .but in a few months. . .oh you shall be surprised. . ."

Okay. . .*blinks* that was certainly not the way I expected thing to go. Sorry about the short chapter, but I want to get this story finished with. Thanks to all my loyal fans for the reviews. R+R please.