Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ A Simple Wish ❯ Figuring Things Out ( Chapter 5 )

Sorry this took so long to get out. I had trouble figuring out how I wanted to write this. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed this so far! I really appreciate your comments and support.

Review Responses:

nanashi: Thanks for the encouragement. I'm glad you like my writing so much.

Dark Queen of Roses: I like having suggestions for my stories. They help me out. Thank you.

Molly-chan the Anime/Game fan: Hope this is soon enough. I'm glad you like it so far.

lizzy9046: I already have the ending worked out. I'm just trying to decide how I get there. That's usually my problem, getting from my starting idea to my ending idea without making it boring.

Tsunamimbw: What do you mean by "what is really supposed to happen"? If you mean what he really meant when he made his wish, then he'll reveal that in this chapter. As you asked, here's the next chapter!!

ShadowFire: Your welcome for the review. Your story is pretty good, as I said. And your right, Yugi does have problems now that he has Bakura. Poor Yugi, I hate tormenting him like this.

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Since I forgot the disclaimer last time (AGAIN!!). I'll say it twice.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh!! I don't own Yugioh!! Get off my back!!!

There, that's better. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the look into Yugi's new life (and Ryou's old one). There will probably only be one or two more chapters.

Remember: //yami to hikari// /hikari to yami/ ~~scene change~~ **flashback**

So, here's chapter 5! Enjoy!!!

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Chapter 5: Figuring Things Out

'How am I going to fix this?' Ryou thought.

He was lying in bed, staring up at the ceiling. He was supposed to be asleep. It was almost two in the morning. Any smart person would be asleep. Especially if they had school later, which Ryou did. But he couldn't stop thinking about the past couple of weeks.

Yami. It all came down to Yami. At first Ryou had been happy to have Yami rather than Bakura. It was nice to not fear for his life every moment of the day. He liked being able to talk about his problems and ask for advice. And he had definitely liked having someone looking out for him.

The problem was, Yami was too protective. 'How did Yugi stand it? Did Yami treat him like he couldn't defend himself at all? I thought it would be nice having someone who cared about my safety, but this is too much. I'd almost rather have Bakura beating me than Yami treating me like spun glass.'

Ryou sighed. It had all really started about a week ago.

**Flashback**

Ryou was walking down the hall after school, heading for his locker. As he rounded a corner he bumped into someone. He ricocheted off and scraped his elbow on the floor as he landed. He hissed in pain.

//Aibou, are you alright?// Yami asked, concern clear in his voice.

Ryou didn't get a chance to reply because the person he bumped into moved forward to help him up.

"Ryou, buddy you alright?" Joey asked, offering a hand to pull him to his feet.

"Yeah, fine." Ryou replied, smiling despite the pain in his arm.

"Sorry, man. I wasn't watching where I was going." Joey noticed Ryou holding his arm and asked, a concerned look on his face, "Did you hurt yourself?"

Ryou moved his arm so he could check out the damage. He winced a little as he saw the bloody scrape. It wasn't too bad, but would need to be cleaned and dressed.

"Just scraped my arm, that's all. I'll be fine. And it wasn't all your fault, Joey. I wasn't watching were I was going either."

//Aibou?// Yami asked, clearly still concerned.

/I'm fine, Yami. Just being careless./

Yami appeared from the Puzzle and rushed to his hikari's side.

"Ryou, your hurt." Yami stated, taking Ryou's arm gingerly.

Ryou flushed; embarrassed that Yami was making such a big deal out of a small injury.

"I'm fine, Yami." Ryou said, pulling his arm away gently. 'I have worse.'

**End Flashback**

Yami had insisted that Ryou go straight to the nurse's office and get the injury looked at. She had said the same thing that Ryou had. It was just a minor wound and, after cleaning and wrapping it, she sent him out.

Yami hadn't really been happy with that and had insisted on redressing the wound when they got home. No matter how much Ryou protested that he was fine, Yami treated him like he had a fatal wound. Ryou finally decided that it wasn't worth arguing over and just did what Yami told him.

But it had gotten worse since then. A few days after the incident with Joey, Ryou tried again to talk to Yugi. Unfortunately, Bakura was there and when Ryou asked Yugi if Bakura was treating him okay, Bakura decided to teach Ryou a lesson. Yami had decided to stay home that day, so Ryou was on his own. Bakura hadn't really done much other then punch him and then kick him around. Yugi had watched for a moment, then tried to get Bakura to stop. Bakura did, but only so that he could beat on Yugi.

Ryou had come home with a black eye, a split lip, and few bruises on his arms and sides. Yami had positively freaked when he found out what happened. It took Ryou a whole hour to get Yami calmed down and then he had to physically restrain Yami from going out and banishing Bakura back to the Shadow Realm. Yami even threatened Yugi for letting Bakura hit Ryou. He wanted to send Yugi to the Shadow Realm too.

It hadn't even stopped there. It seemed that if Ryou even go a paper cut, Yami would freak and try to send the paper to the Shadow Realm for hurting his hikari.

Ryou shook his head, and sighed again. He looked out the window at the stars and closed his eyes, thinking. 'I wish everything was back to normal.'

A bright flash of light lit the room, and Ryou shot out of bed in surprise. He squinted his eyes against the brilliant luminescence invading his room through the window.

Suddenly a soft voice spoke. "But didn't want to have someone who cared for you?"

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I know that was a bad place to stop. But I wanted to have at least one big cliffhanger. Sorry.

Anyway, please review!!